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Graham Cracker Treats (recipe)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2014)
Graham cracker treats recipe.
A diffusion model analysis of transitivity and lexicographic semiorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
semiorders are typically considered to model the choice data. In literature, transitivity is often associated with rationality, whereas lexicographic semiorders are usually considered an alternative way to make decisions specifically when the given task seems...
Three essays on phosphorus runoff and water quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
efforts to limit both residential and agricultural nonpoint source pollution. The results could be helpful policy makers to target specific regions to initiate environmental policies and extension efforts for designing educational programs to increase...
Mizzou Nursing, 2013 Fall
(University of Missouri -- Columbia. School of Nursing., 2013)
Effects of prescribed fire and timber harvest on terrestrial salamander abundance, behavior, and microhabitat use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
-adapted ecosystems. However, many fire management decisions are currently based on predicted plant responses, since there is more data available on plants than wildlife. To estimate terrestrial salamander population size (abundance) prior to treatments, I conducted...
Agroforestry adoption: influential factors, land manager perceptions, and willingness-to-accept payments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The various environmental, economic, and social benefits of agroforestry have long been touted, but adoption remains minimal on the world's agricultural landscape. A metaanalysis of 69 global agroforestry adoption studies ...
Genomics of seasonal hair shedding and ecoregion-specific growth to identify environmentally-adapted beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Recently, interest has increased in augmenting current national scale cattle evaluations with precision genetic predictions tailored to specific environmental conditions. Some efforts to develop environmentally-aware ...
Methodological approaches for sound training in underepresented learners: a case study with american toads (Anaxyrus americanus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
plasticity as a metric for the process of learning, such as time latency (longer it takes a toad to succeed, the more likely they will be successful) and the behavior displayed during the task as an indication of behavioral flexibility for decision making...
Three essays in regional economic modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
My dissertation is about regional economic modeling for understanding local economy, economic impact analysis and forecasting. In the first essay, I developed a nonspatial version of community policy analysis model for Missouri counties. In my...
Phylogenomics of orchids and their mycorrhizal fungi : trees, diversity, and the pursuit of symbiosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
the remaining aims of my Community Sequencing Proposal with the Joint Genome Institute by analyzing the 15 fungal reference genomes I generated during my PhD. Together these chapters are the start of a life-long research project into the evolution and function...
Three essays on the economics of pesticide use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Pesticides primarily benefit humans in terms of protection of food production, prevention of diseases, and weed control, but also potentially harm people and the environment. Given increasing current interest in human ...
Motivation for smoking and smoking cessation : a self-determination theory investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
, understanding more about this process may provide important insights into dependence. It appears progress in this area has been slowed by a paucity of appropriate theoretical and methodological tools for research (Stickland & Smith, 2014; 2015). The current...
Understanding the role of Coxiella outer membrane protein-1 in relation to the Type IVB Secretion system of Coxiella burnetii
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens, like Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q Fever, rely upon the host for metabolites and carbon sources for energy and biosynthesis of nucleic acids, proteins, and energy ...
Essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation consists of two chapters on labor economics. In the first chapter, we study redistributions via the United States Social Security ...
Agroforestry buffer, biomass crop, and grain crop effects on soil quality and soil water use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Soil degradation, impaired water quality, and reduced soil organic carbon have become major concerns in the management of degraded claypan soils with ...
Birth order and gender : differential parental investment in Medieval England and France in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This dissertation addresses the question: will parents invest differently in their children based on gender and birth order? Using parental investment theory and four major sets of outcome variables--child survival, parental ...
Objective Bayesian analysis of the 2 x 2 contingency table and the negative binomial distribution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
takes the decision of prior selection out of the hands of the researcher. Ideally, for a given data model, we would like to have a prior which represents a "neutral" prior belief in the phenomenon we are studying. In categorical data analysis, the odds...
Bioremediation of atrazine and its metabolites using a novel Bacillus thuringiensis spore-based enzyme display system
washout as compared to free recombinant AtzA enzymes in soil. More than 90 percent of applied ATR (46 M [mu]10 mg L-1]) in the soil was detoxified by AtzA-bearing spores in 24 hours. Furthermore, the optimal ratio of AtzA- and AtzB-bearing spores...
The early imperial ceramics as evidence for life at Roman Sardis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Historical testimonia tell us that in the year 17 CE, an earthquake struck in Western Asia Minor and destroyed the city of Sardis. Recent excavations ...
An ecological study of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) in the Missouri Ozark Highlands: effects of herbivory and harvest, ecological characterization and wild simulated cultivation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Matrix population analysis was used to analyze eight years of demographic data from six American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) populations in east-central Missouri to examine effects of herbivory by white-tailed deer ...