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Steps in the solar hot water series : costs
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2019)
Costs -- Calculating yearly operating costs -- Gas backups -- Electric backup -- Other cost considerations -- Incentives that lower costs -- References
Temperature trends of the Late Cambrian through the Middle Ordovician : implications for Ordovician climate and biodiversification
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Ordovician Period includes both the largest and longest period of sustained biodiversification--the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE)--and the second...
Parent-child relationship factors associated with emotional adjustment and academic engagement in the transition to college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The current study used a person-centered approach to examine how the parentchild relationship is associated with emotional adjustment and academic engagement during...
Quantifying the effect of environments on crop emergence, development and yield using sensing and deep learning techniques
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
negative impact on cotton emergence in this study. Monthly growth variations of cotton under different soil textures during crop development growth stages were significant in both 2018 and 2019. Soil clay content in shallow layers (0-40 cm) affected crop...
Transborder ethnic alignments and the interplay between domestic and international violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Transborder ethnic ties constitute an alignment between an ethnic minority group and its external ethnic kin in another country. Similar to interstate alliances, in which a...
Missouri rice research update, Missouri rice research and merchandising council (2019)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2019)
This report includes a compilation of the trials and research of rice planting and harvesting in Missouri and Arkansas. The research extends throughout 2019, reporting on the results of harvest for that season and discussion for the future....
Data mining and machine learning methods for chromosome conformation data analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Sixteen years after the sequencing of the human genome, the Human Genome Project (HGP), and 17 years after the introduction of Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) technologies, three-dimensional (3-D) inference and big ...
Lifestyle treatment in the regression of NASH: insulin resistance, lipid synthesis, and methodological innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation is focused on factors that increase risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) and the more advanced form nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). These factors include postprandial lipid handling ...
Three essays on biofuel policies and aggregate supply curve
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The first essay investigates the impacts of Brazil's new biofuel policy, namely RenovaBio. RenovaBio aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector through expansion of biofuels by requiring ...
Function and evolution of the crocodyliform feeding apparatus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The evolution of crocodylians from their suchian ancestors represents one of the great transformations in vertebrate evolution. Modern crocodylians have flat skulls and generate high forces during feeding, but crocodylian ...
Variable selection and causal treatment effect estimation based on interval-censored failure time data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
the proposed procedure, an EM algorithm is developed, and a simulation study is conducted and suggests that the proposed method works well in practical situations. What's more, the augmented Lagrangian method is used in implementation [Bertsekas, 1996] to deal...
Essays on state merit-based financial aid : seeking STEM, revisiting methodology, and test retakers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This dissertation investigates several topics in state merit-based financial aid research. The main research content includes three separate studies, primarily using the administrative datasets from the Missouri Department of Higher Education...
Regulation of fetal brain development in short versus long lived mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
result, most Cav-1- null mice die within a year. Gene expression in bulk brain tissue as well as single cells were analyzed in the Cav-1-null fetal brain compared to the wildtype (WT). The results of this study showed that lack of Cav-1 leads to extensive...
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation addresses labor market issues. The first two chapters deal with employment issues during the great recession using nationally representative data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The ...
Bulletin : summer session, 1978
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1978)
Impacts of artificial light and melatonin signaling pathways on behavior and skeletal physiology in mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The natural cycles of light and darkness are a major feature of the environment for most species; thus, circadian physiology is rooted in the expectation of bright days and dark...
Essays on early childhood education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Early childhood educations plays a fundamental role in human capital development. This dissertation studies skills development during early childhood. Chapter 1 focuses on early childhood intervention from birth to age 3. ...
Stress, cognition and functional connectivity in the healthy human
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Stress is known to negatively impact physiological and psychological processes in humans. While chronic exposure to stress has been implicated in the pathology of numerous physiological and neuropsychological disorders, ...
Coupling, membrane conductance, and ion channel mRNA profiles in the establishment and maintenance of network activity in the crustacean cardiac ganglion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Neural networks produce critical rhythmic behaviors throughout an animal's lifespan, despite growth, differing environments, and changes in physiological state. This requires networks which balance stability in their ...
Tracing cat domestication through population genetics and capturing genotype-by environment interactions in US beef cattle genomic predictions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Cat domestication initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats and the peoples of developing agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent. To refine the sites of cat domestication, over 1,000 random-bred cats of ...