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A case study of building leaders' experiences with strengths-based coaching and feedback
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study examined the experiences of building leaders as they implemented strengths-based coaching and feedback, exploring the overarching research question: how do building leaders implement strengths-based coaching and feedback as part...
A qualitative study of teachers as path-goal leaders with an emphasis on clearing the path of distraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This qualitative phenomenological study investigated teachers as leaders in their classrooms. The study focused on the various ways high school teachers facilitate deep work in their students to lead them to learning goals, by examining how teachers...
Structural and biochemical studies of virus : host interactions in HIV-1
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
new therapeutic targets. We have previously reported that host RNA helicase A (RHA/DHX9) is recruited into HIV-1 virions and promotes virion infectivity by enhancing the processivity of RT (4). Our preliminary studies have suggested that RHA is likely...
To whom much is given: a study of Black female leadership within the context of spouses of historically Black college and university presidents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
the experiences that contributed to these Black First Ladies' involvement in racial and community uplift, and to identify strategies and practices these unique community leaders employ when engaging in uplift. The stories of Black First Ladies have been absent...
"Reclaimin' my crown" : a Black feminist critical autoethnography of a Black woman educator who left K-12 education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
of Black women educators. These findings indicate recommendations for educational leaders and policymakers wanting to retain Black women educators. Some best practices for supporting Black women educators are autonomy to create and build their own support...
Value addition to acid whey from Greek yogurt processing with millets (kodo and proso) for development of nutritious food products
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The disconnect between massive demand and abundant supply of food has resulted in millions of people suffering from hunger and billion metric tons of food being wasted. Circular food economy could be a solution to the problem, whereby...
Informatically-informed biochemical characterization of aptamer-protein complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Nucleic acid aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides that fold into unique three-dimensional shapes that typically bind to targets of interest with high specificity and high affinity. However, a significant limiting ...
Transformative technology : examining the capacity of virtual reality induced awe to change self-transcendent values and improve hedonic and eudaimonic well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Awe is an emotion that tends to shift focus away from individual concerns of the self towards collective interests that transcend the self. The primary purpose of the current study was to examine whether an experimentally ...
Investigation of smart work zone technologies using mixed simulator and field studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Safety is the top concern in transportation, especially in work zones, as work zones deviate from regular driving environment and driver behavior is very different. In order to protect workers and create a safer work zone ...
Candidate emergence and the first party era, 1789-1816
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
My dissertation evaluates the development of candidate in the early republic, 1788-1816. The creation of nomination procedures to structure candidate emergence informs our understanding on the development of political ...
Single and multi-object video tracking using local and deep architectures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Moving object tracking is a fundamental computer vision task with a wide variety of real-life applications ranging from surveillance and autonomous systems to biomedical video analysis. A robust, accurate, scalable, and ...
Reducing No-Show Appointments in a Pediatric Interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2024)
An increasing number of children with feeding issues require tube feedings to obtain the calories they
need to survive and thrive. Many of these children often experience prolonged waiting periods before
they can access ...
Roles of post-Golgi vesicular trafficking components in plant growth and immunity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
defects in the plant immune signaling pathway. For instance, I used this technique throughout Chapter 4 to investigate a preformed callose deposition defect in Arabidopsis mutant seedlings. Additionally, the quantification methodology is valuable...
Between God and Mammon : politics, class conflict, and the southern Irish state, 1922-45
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Although it is well understood that working-class politics and the political Left have been marginal forces in Irish political life, the question "Why?" has been underexamined, often attributed ...
Solidarity infrastructure : gender and race solidarity and cross-class coalitions in the Kansas City general strike of 1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation investigates alliances across gender, race, and class in the dynamics of working class solidarity. The analysis examines the geographically bounded organizational networks, community spatial organization, ...
Influence of nutrition and health behaviors on academic performance of students at a public Midwestern university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This mixed-methods, grounded theory study investigated the relationship between health behaviors and academic performance among university students. The survey instrument collected data related to academic performance, ...
A multi-level explanation of the process of innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This research models the process of innovation with an iterative multi-method model made up of a system dynamic (SD) model and an agent-based model (ABM). This method is a tested and validated modeling process for the study ...
Diagnostic competencies of those administering and interpreting cognitive (IQ) assessments for special education placement within Missouri: perceptions of special education directors and process coordinators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study explored the policies and laws established to govern the process school districts within Missouri use to administer and interpret cognitive assessments, as well as the perceptions of special education administrators ...
Instrumental analysis, sensory analysis and consumer acceptance of strained yogurt in frozen desserts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
macronutrients (e.g., protein, fat, and carbohydrates), significant differences could be observed among pH, titratable acidity, hardness, gumminess, chewiness, particle size and flow behavior at small changes in the frozen dessert formulation. Treatments...
Methods of partitioning, biogenesis, and selecting for natural and engineered CoA-RNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
of in vivo biogenesis of CoA-RNA by performing a selection under in vivo like conditions to select for RNAs capable of capping themselves with 4' phosphopantetheine (pPant) to become CoA-RNAs (CoAzymes) and RNAs which serve as the best substrate to be capped...