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Measuring and modeling suspended sediment and nutrient yields in a mixed-land use watershed of the central United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
-scale experimental watershed study design (n=836 samples x 5 gauging sites) in an urbanizing mixed-land use watershed of the central USA. Highly variable annual precipitation was observed during the four year study period (2010-2013) with the greatest suspended...
Effect of Earthquake and Human Migration on Land Cover and Mass Wasting from The 2010 Haiti Earthquake
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
The 2010 earthquake in Haiti displaced millions of people and drastically induced mass wasting. The purpose of this study is to explore comprehensive relationships between population displacement and landslide frequency by comparing land use...
Self-authorship developing within the Sinclair School of Nursing students /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
(Sandars & Jackson, 2015). Faculty and administrators have sought ways to improve their educational programs to better prepare health care professionals (Blue, Mitcham, Smith, Raymond, & Greenberg, 2010; Gillett, 2010; Johnson, 2013). The theoretical...
Christian media framing of gay marriage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This mixed methods study explores Christian media's framing of gay marriage from 2010 to 2015, looking at a sample of articles on Christianity Today's website before and after gay marriage became legal. Using mixed methods, the researcher looked...
Simulating Urban Landscape Transformation: Implications for Urban Wetlands at Multiple Scales
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Urban landscape change simulation has received increasing attention in recent times.
As a result, many studies have focused on various aspects of land change simulation, ranging
from uncertainty of input data to model ...
African American males navigating their way to college : a socio-ecological resiliency model /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
likelihood of experiencing school to prison pipeline, all of which reduce their likelihood of enrollment in college (American Psychological Association Task Force, 2008; Aud, Fox, and Kewel-Ramani, 2010; Orfield, Kucsera, and Siegal-Hawley, 2012). In order...
Effects of regeneration harvests on stand development and oak (Quercus spp.) regeneration through 15 years in bottomland hardwood forests of Northern Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
control (CO; no harvest, basal area 32.0 m2 /ha or 139 ft2 /ac; n=5). From 2010 to 2014, stands treated with the BAR and CC treatments exhibited a significant increase in the trees per hectare and basal area per hectare for rapid growing, light seeded...
An exploration of contingency theory of accommodation : communicating environmental sustainability measures in Norway
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
of Accommodation in Europe for the first time, specifically in Norway. The research is similar in nature to contingency theory tests in China (Li, Cropp, and Jin, 2010; Zhang, Qui and Cameron, 2004), South Korea (Bae and Park, 2011; Choi and Cameron, 2005; Shin...
Lessons learned in a crisis situation : the Joplin Schools' story
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Natural disasters affect millions of lives each year, devastating educational institutions across the world (United States Agency for International Development, 2010). This qualitative study was designed using a case-study approach to understand one...
Effects of phrase style in storybooks on children's word learning in small and large reading groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
are exposed to an abundance of new, complex words, for which adult readers subsequently expand on and highlight to help make memorable for children (Biemiller & Boote, 2006; Clark, 2010; Read, 2014). Given that early childhood providers regularly incorporate...
Popular media and profitable microfinance in India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
natural experiment design based on a first difference analysis, this thesis studies how profitability of microfinance institutions changed after a crisis that resulted in unfavorable popular media coverage of microfinance after 2010. This study aims...
Managing high biomass sorghum for optimum ethanol yield in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
long-term research plots at two marginal sites, in central Missouri and southwest Missouri, comparing HBS to maize (Zea mays L.) and sweet sorghum for potential ethanol yield in five years (2010-2014) given minimal inputs. Each crop was planted in a two...
Editing and marketing a photography book
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
changes and evolves, photographers are taking on new responsibilities including self promotion and marketing. This project includes both a practical component where an entire book of photography was compiled using the photographs from the 2010 Missouri...
Evaluating the Outcomes of a Concept-Based Curriculum in an Associate Degree Nursing Program
(2016)
A complete overhaul of nursing education has been commanded due to concerns
regarding the proficiency of novice nurses and the clinical care they provide in today’s
increasingly complex health care environment. Novice ...
Biopsychosocial Comparison of Adherent and Nonadherent Multiple Sclerosis Patients
(2016)
OBJECTIVE: Between 30-50% of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS)
prematurely discontinue disease modifying therapies (DMTs). Despite this, relatively little is known
about clinical factors that ...
Spatial modeling of aboveground carbon dynamics of the U. S. central hardwood forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
compared long-term trends of aboveground biomass of the CHF predicted by a landscape model LANDIS PRO 7.0, a hybrid empirical-physiological model LINKAGES v2.2, and a detailed physiological model ED2 under current climate from 2010 to 2300 to determine how...
Does it matters who pays? : an analysis of the relationship between department revenue mix and department faculty perceptions of organizational effectiveness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
appointed prior to September 1, 2012. Faculty responses were grouped by department for analysis. Revenue data for FY2010-11 were collected from MU budget records. Department revenue percentages were determined by coding revenue transactions into general...
Preparing students with disabilities to self-advocate for favorable post school outcomes : a qualitative case study of transition services in high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
by the conceptual framework of social justice theory (Fondacaro & Weinberg, 2002; Odegard & Vereen, 2010; Rawls, 1991, 2001; Zajda, Majhanovich, & Rust, 2006). The study seeks to construct meaning using the social justice theory principles of distribution...
Establishing a culture of academic optimism in response to changing student demographics within a Missouri elementary school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
themes related to organizational culture as determined by the artifacts, beliefs and values, and assumptions uncovered during analysis (Schein, 2010). Moreover, data analysis revealed components of the culture conducive to that of academic optimism, while...
Analyzing "The Paul Finebaum Show" : sport media and representations of the American South
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
, 2005; Newman and Giardina, 2008; White, 2010) to reveal that sport and sport media aid in creating these stereotyped images of the American South. With this in mind, this study seeks to examine the critical roles of sport media in representing...