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Zooarchaeological analysis of material excavated in 2009 from the 76 draw site (la 156980), Luna County, New Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The 76 Draw site is located in southwestern New Mexico, several kilometers south of Deming. Evidence such as thick abode walls oriented on a North-South axis, Ramos polychrome ceramic sherds and El Paso sherds, suggests ...
Driven or drafted : is there a connection between principals' motivational factors, leadership style approaches, and perceived effectiveness?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Therapeutic targets for spinal muscular atrophy : Inhibiting the inhibitors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder that is a leading genetic cause of infantile death. SMA is the most common inherited ...
Nanoparticle mediated ablation of breast cancer cells using a nanosecond pulsed electric field
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
In the past, both nanomaterials and various heating modalities have been researched as means for treating cancers. However, many of the current methodologies have the flaws of inconsistent tumor ablation and significant ...
Strategies for defining chemical connectivity between streams and wetlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Methods for characterizing wetland-to-stream chemical connectivity were developed to help regulators define jurisdiction and wetland managers prioritize their use of resources. Chemical connectivity here is based on historic ...
Adaptive optimal designs for dose-finding studies and an adaptive multivariate CUSUM control chart
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] There are many areas where optimal designs are applied to, for example, the development of a new drug, where a conventional dose- finding study involves ...
Come away with me: the uses and gratifications of leisure travel magazine readership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study examines the uses and gratifications of reading leisure travel magazines. A mixed method was applied. It sought to confirm four motivations based on past research and to find new motivations. Furthermore, it ...
Designing a holistic prototype and evaluating the requirements of long-term care electronic health record
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Our research is aimed at exploring the design requirements of long-term care information system or electronic health record based on the needs of the care providers. It helped in evaluating the current status of long-term ...
Empirically derived profiles of classroom management strategies and related student outcomes : a latent profile analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Disruptive behavior in the classroom can interrupt the development of academic and social behavior competence (Sutherland & Oswald, 2005). Problem behavior in the classroom often causes teachers to interrupt instruction ...
Three essays on Black Sea grain markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Russia and Ukraine (often referred to as the Black Sea region) have recently emerged as major world grain exporters. Just in the 2011/12 marketing year, according to the USDA (2013) they were among the top ten global ...
Providing for the needs of victims of human trafficking under the TVPA of 2000 : the experiences of service providers in Missouri and Kansas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Human Trafficking (HT) is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, and ...
Examination of a peer-mediated intervention as a method for the generalization of social skills among youth with high-functioning autism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a peer-mediated intervention on the generalization of acquired social skills via social skills training groups for high-functioning youth with social competence ...
Plasticity in lateral amygdala after Pavlovian fear conditioning-a computational study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
One of the main contributions of the dissertation is an explanation of how and why certain neurons are recruited into a memory trace. For this, we developed a biophysical model of the rodent lateral amygdala (LA) and then ...
Order in the marketplace : commercial organizations in antebellum St Louis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This dissertation is a study of how merchants in St. Louis worked to bring order to their commercial lives in the years between the Panic of 1819, the nation's first major economic depression, and the Panic of 1857, another ...
Uncovering morphoproteomic relationships using probabilistic graphical models and resource description framework knowledgebases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The heterogeneity of individual patient responses to conventional drug therapies is one of the central problems in personalized medicine and has great impact on clinical outcomes. To address this problem a new field of ...
Sythesis, characterization and reactivity of platinum (II) peroxo, alkoxide and triflate compunds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The chemistry of a collection of platinum(II) compounds, including peroxo, alkoxide and triflate compounds, were synthesized and studied. This involved ...
Somatic subjects : the pathological path to Victorian womanhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This project explores the role of disease in narratives of female development throughout the nineteenth century, primarily British women's novels. Specifically, I analyze the ways in which female subjectivities are formed ...
Modeling of environmental effects on thermal detection of subsurface damage for concrete bridges
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study developed a numerical model to predict thermal contrasts for subsurface delaminations based on a given set of environmental conditions. The finite element method (FEM) was used to perform 3-D, transient heat ...
Economic analysis of woody biomass harvesting in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
An integrated mechanized timber harvest thinning treatment to remove small diameter trees and merchantable saw logs was conducted on 30 acres of the Missouri, Ozarks in the summer of 2009. Two silvicultural treatments ...
Stakeholder perceptions of programs and services provided to Greek chapters : an exploratory program evaluation of the Missouri S&T Fraternity and Sorority Life Office
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The Missouri S&T Fraternity and Sorority Life Office oversees a 24 chapter campus Greek community. This Office is responsible for providing this community with the necessary administrative support and program assistance ...