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Self-authorship developing within the Sinclair School of Nursing students /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There has been increasing interest in transforming education to ensure that graduates are appropriately trained to meet the complex health care needs of the 21st century...
The exploration and regulation of gender and sexual identities in literacy education /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The goal of this dissertation study was to explore and understand the regulation of gender and sexual identities in literacy education, and the discourses within/around schools...
Abortion decision-making and the impact of the 72-hour waiting period
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
% of UIPs ended in abortion, which is slightly higher than the 40% in 2008. Abortion restrictions are increasingly being put on women and abortion providers in the United States, resulting in barriers to accessing safe abortions. In 2013, 70 antiabortion...
African American males navigating their way to college : a socio-ecological resiliency model /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The majority of African American college students are female, with males representing five percent of the total four-year college population (U.S. Census, 2013). Despite...
Representations and interpretations of the Wrigley Field renovation : between nostalgia and nostophobia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In January of 2013 the Chicago Cubs announced the "Ten-Sixty Project," a five-year 500 million dollar renovation of the historic Wrigley Field. The century old ballpark...
Evaluation of pre-formulated micronutrients products and their interactions with glyphosate on corn growth and yield
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Pre-formulated micronutrient fertilizer products are advertised to improve yields and may increase the nutritional content of Missouri's crops. The increase in yields would...
The effects of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) treatement on nonverbal working memory-related brain activations and connectivity in individuals with phenylketonuria
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research suggests that phenylketonuria (PKU) is associated with disruptions in structural and functional connectivity that may contribute to impairments in working...
Associations between executive functioning, affect-regulation drinking motives and alcohol use and problematic drinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Extant literature confirms the direct effects of two key constructs on alcohol use and problematic drinking: (1) motivations to use alcohol to regulate positive and negative...
Assessing border permeability : a geospatial analysis of insurgent mobility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As the propensity for irregular warfare grows in the 21st century, understanding the potential for movement across borderlands will be essential to battlespace awareness. Recent...
Application of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing for studying soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) Heterodera glycines has become one of the most economically important pathogens of soybean in the world. The main strategy of SCN management is planting resistant soybean cultivars. The main ...
Modification of polyamide thin film composite reverse osmosis membrane for water desalination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A novel thin film ZnO-Graphene quantum dots composite reverse osmosis (TFQ-RO) membrane was prepared by the interfacial polymerization of m-phenylenediamine (MPD) and trimesoyl...
Design and analysis of a frequency reconfigurable antenna for wireless communication at 5 GHz
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this research, a frequency reconfigurable antenna was simulated and analyzed. The industry standard simulation suits (CST) was used in the design and analysis...
Detection of engineered nanoparticles by SERS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
There has been increasing number of consumer and food products sold on the market that contain various engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). These nanomaterials ...
The Agrobacterium tumefaciens min system contributes to the regulation of cell division
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In A. tumefaciens, the essential FtsZ protein is located at the growth pole before shifting to the mid-cell right before division. Recruitment of FtsZ to mid-cell is required...
Three essays on the relationship between franchising and productivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This dissertation fills a gap in the literature by exploring the effects of franchising. Much research has been done on the reasons for franchising, but little work has been done on the outcomes from that decision. In essay one, I present a...
Intelligent user interfaces for internet-of-things based web applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There is a growing need for Intelligent User Interfaces to visually make sense of the enormous data that is being created within web applications that are based on emerging...
Adjusting organizational structure for cooperative longevity : Missouri farmers association, 1920 - 1950
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The objective of this qualitative exploratory study is to analyze the process which led Missouri Farmer Association (MFA) to dramatically change its organizational structure...
Hierarchical cloud-fog platform for data import from network-edge applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Communication and coordination in a mass casualty disaster scenario is limited and difficult for medical personnel in the absence of necessary cyber infrastructure...
Cell-to-cell infection, cell-cell fusion and production of ebolavirus : mechanisms of action and cellular modulators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Ebolavirus (EBOV), a member of the Filoviridae family, is a deadly non-segment negative-sense RNA virus that causes hemorrhagic fever among human and other species; the fatality rate can be up to 80%. In 2014, a re-emergent ...
The Effect of Drugs of Abuse and HIV-1 GP120 on Autophagy in Astrocytes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
The life expectancy of individuals infected with HIV-1 has significantly improved since the introduction of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). However, this has led to an increase in the prevalence of HIV-associated ...