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Child pain rating after injection preparation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
"Injections produce the most negative responses of any procedure for a child (Faust, 1953; Eland & Anderson, 1977) and yet most immunizations are injectable and mandatory for all pre-school children. Noxious intrusive ...
Physiological monitoring - an experimental evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"Observation of post operative nursing care in the Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a state medical center revealed that the staff, both nurses and physicians, questioned the reliability of the direct arterial and ...
Soil polysaccharides synthesized by microorganisms in soil
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The carbohydrate fraction of soil organic matter consists mainly of a mixture or heteropolysaccharides of high molecular weight. The major monosaccharide components are several sugars, uronic acids, amino sugars, and amino ...
Friendship : the forgotten meaning of a vital nexus in political life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
This dissertation will demonstrate that men have aesthetic, ascetic, and therapeutic capacities with public ramifications. It will demonstrate that these capacities enable men with different values, goals, rules, and ...
An investigation of the economic impact of the Ozark Dairy Management Component on low income dairy farmers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The Ozark Dairy Management Component, initiated April, 1966, had set forth as a major purpose: the improvement of management practices among low income dairy-farmer participants. Accomplishment of the primary and secondary ...
Excretion balance, metabolic fate, and tissue residues of N-Phenyl-N'-1,2,5-Thiadiazol-3-Ylurea (Photothidiazuron) in rats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
"Thidiazuron (DROPP[copyright]) or N-phenyl-N'-1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-ylurea is a promising new cotton defoliant currently being developed by NOR-AM Agricultural Products, Incorporated. In addition to its defoliating activity, ...
Phosphorus availability and algal production in waste water
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The primary purpose of this research was to establish the algal growth potential of phosphorus laden effluent with respect to the phosphorus needs of algae. To accomplish this, an optimum carbon to phosphorus ratio had ...
Roy Wilkins as a journalist
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
"This study is primarily concerned with an observation of Wilkins' journalistic image as reflected in his newspaper, magazine and syndicated columns concerning the racial and economic problems of the Negro American. A ...
Nuclear charge distribution for the 131 and 133 mass chains from the thermal-neutron induced fission of ²³³U
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
The fractional cumulative chain yields at 131Sb and 133Sb and the fractional independent chain yields at 131mTe, 131gTe, 133mTe, 133gTe, 131I and 133I were measured for the thermal-neutron fission of 233U. The measured ...
Variations in leisure activities among families with emotionally disturbed adolescents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"A lack of wholesome, compatible family relations has been thought to be one of the causes for adolescent deviation from socially accepted patterns, yet the family has more opportunity to spend time together in leisure ...
The stereochemistry of chlorination of sulfoxides with nitrosyl chloride
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The reaction of nitrosyl chloride, with sulfoxides in the presence of pyridine was investigated. The reaction has been shown to be stereospecific at the sulfur atom with retention of configuration at this asymetric center. ...
Sequential partial adaptation of state transition matrices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The problem of process control has several phases to its solution. The first phase involves finding either experimentally or theoretically a dynamic model which represents the process to be controlled. The second phase ...
Persistence and latency of herpesviruses in experimentally infected turkeys
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
Herpesviruses have been isolated as the causal agents of disease in man and most species of animals (Nahmias, 1972). Because of their propensity to establish latent infections, herpesviruses have been extensively studied, ...
A re-evaluation of the kernos, with special reference to the kernos in Demeter's rites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The focus of this paper has therefore become the objects excavated throughout the Mediterranean, which have been called "kernoi." An examination of these vessels of various shape and a survey of the finds from excavated ...
Students and politics in India : Parochialization and policization in a national university
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 1975)
Comic pattern in the novels of Smollett
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
This dissertation focuses upon the disparity between the bodies of Smollett's novels and their endings. The former is set in a society which historians identify as the "real world" of eighteenth-century London, a world ...
The impact of the Sino-Soviet conflict on the Japanese Communist Party, 1961-1968
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 1973)
The magnitude and intensity of the Sino-Soviet conflict since 1956 have had a profound impact on East- West international relations, the intra-bloc relations of the Communist political parties, particularly those in Asia. ...
An analysis of journals used in research in geomorphology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
Some effects of two phthalic acid esters on the life cycle of the midge (Chironomus plumosus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1977)
"The lack of aquatic toxicity data on PAEs, their possible reproductive impairment of certain aquatic species, and their accumulation by other species indicates a need for further examination of their effects on aquatic ...
Model for the thermoregulation of sea lions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)