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Gentrification through the eyes (and lenses) of Kansas City residents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Gentrification is a process where the middle class migrates to decaying or predominately poor areas of a city and changes the landscape. Since the phenomenon was first recognized in the 1960s in London, it has spread to ...
Design and simulation of a compact radiating system for high power microwaves in the 4 to 6 GHz range
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
As high power microwave technologies have advanced, demands have called for sources and radiators to become more compact. The University of Missouri has designed and simulated a compact radiating system for a compact virtual ...
Synthesis of fluorescent 7-amino-2,1-benzothiazines and total synthesis of buddledone A
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
fluorescent 7-amino-2,1-benzothiazines using palladium-catalyzed N-arylation of a sulfoximine with various 4-amino-2-halobenzaldehydes and the reaction between 7-fluoro-2,1-benzothiazine with amines. Structural modification of these compounds at C-7 provided a...
Profile of Missouri Norton wine aroma using solid phase microextraction of headspace, gas chromatography-olfactometry, mass spectrometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
identification was confirmed with Kovat's Retention Indices (RI) using C5-C27 standards. In total 119 volatile compounds were identified, 39 of which had previously reported RI values. This research aims to provide the basis for further investigation...
The legend of the dried persimmon for symphony orchestra and computer generated sounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The composition is based on a Korean folk tale. The dried persimmon legend's original name is 'The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon'. The composition ...
Structural and kinetic studies of bifunctional and monofunctional proline catabolic enzymes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
PutAs, Proline dehydrogenase and P5C dehydrogenase are involved in the oxidation of proline to glutamate. Mutations in proline dehydrogenase and P5C dehydrogenase cause a disease condition known as hyperprolinemia. In this work I have solved...
Alkene oxidation by platinum (II) oxo/hydroxo complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
)Pt(II)-hydroxo complex [(COD)2Pt(OH)2]2+ (4) is observed and the protonated platinaoxetane [(COD)Pt(OH)C7H10)]+ (5) is formed in quantitative yield. Both Pt-hydroxo complex 4 and protonated platinaoxetane 5 are found to be important species in the formation...
The evolution of strategic communication at United States Forces Korea (USFK) : an analysis of internal organizational strategies, 2008-2011
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Strategic communication is an expanding field in need of proper organization, standardization, and coordination. Its purpose -- to provide vital ...
Factors influencing media use in the evacuation decision-making process during approaching cyclones in the Bahamas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
A survey of Bahamians living on the island of New Providence (N = 381) explored the different factors that influence media use in the evacuation decision-making process along with investigating the different outlets used ...
Macroinvertebrate assemblage composition along a longitudinal multiple-land-use gradient in a midwestern stream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Land use changes often alter hydrogeomorphology and hydrologic flow regimes, which can adversely impact stream aquatic biota. Hinkson Creek Watershed (HCW, 231km2) located in Boone County, central Missouri, is comprised of 50% agriculture, 26...
Mathematics reform in a midwestern district : a case study of mathematics curriculum change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
: (a) textbook selection, (b) professional development, (c) curriculum content and pedagogy, (d) instructional changes, and (e) consistency of textbook implementation. In particular, the data from the nine participants interviewed showed strong support...
Engagement in online health communities : expressed attitudes and self-efficacy of arthritis self-management behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
analysis (N=1,960), and more than 6,500 archived posts were examined ethnomethodologically. Online health communities provide opportunities for health behavior change messages to educate and persuade regarding arthritis self-management behaviors....
Culturally transcendent, developmental model of multicultural counseling competence : an integration of theories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
, and Theory of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy. The model incorporated four culturally transcendent variables: (a) multicultural experiences, (b) cognitive flexibility, (c) cultura flexibility, and (d) multicultural personality. Based on the proposed...
Source localization in the presence of sensor manifold uncertainties and synchronization error
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Passive source localization is a commonly used technology which can be applied to many areas. A lot of positioning methods have been derived on this subject, such as time of arrivals (TOAs), time differences of arrival ...
Investigating the role of germline RNA helicase-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
, to ascertain whether any miRNAs are germline specific, we also analyzed differences in miRNA expression between glp-4(bn2) worms cultured at both 15oC and 26oC. Results of deep sequencing and qRT-PCR indicated that in general miRNA abundance is moderately...
Electronic structure and optical properties of layered ternary transition-metal carbides and nitrides
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-20)
The electronic structure and optical properties of Ti3AC2 (A=Al, Si, Ge), Ti2AC
(A=Al, Ga, In; Si, Ge, Sn; P, As; S), Ti2AlN, M2AlC (M=V, Nb, Cr) and Tan+1AlCn (n=1~4)
have been studied using first-principles orthogonalized ...
Nonlinear equations with natural growth terms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
) � �⟨|h|p,σ|⟩ ≤ C ∫Ω |∇h|p dx, for all h ∈ C∞0 (Ω) Here is assumed to lie in the local dual Sobolev space L-41,p'loc(Ω), and the pairing in display (2) is the natural dual pairing. 2. The pointwise behavior of fundamental solutions of the operator L. Here...
Modeling network vulnerability over space and time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Transportation networks play an important role in moving freight, people, data and energy. Therefore, ensuring continuity in these services is an ...
Efficient estimators in closed-form for source localization and sensor network self-localization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Passive source localization is a fundamental problem that has received great research interests for decades in many applications. Perhaps the most common approach for localization is to derive certain measurements from the ...
Synthesis and characterization of host-guest complexes : metal-organic nanocapsules using aryl-substituted pyrogallol[4]arenes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
, adopt a more kinetically stable 1,2-chair rctt stereostructure but show interconversion to the thermodynamic product, the all-cis rccc cone. In contrast, our studies of the C-arylpyrogallol[4]arenes unexpectedly suggest that the 1,2-chair rctt...