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The psychology of the Negro
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from introduction: Though the term "race psychology" has been in use, for some years, the amount of scientific evidence of the existence of racial differences in mentality is very small. In America, where so many races meet and contribute...
Sex variability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
in considering very diverse aspects of the physical and psychic phenomena of human life. One of these is the greater variability of the male; this is true for almost the whole of the field we have covered, and it has social and practical consequences...
Paper electrophoresis of rat serum and muscle proteins during hypothermia and cold acclimatization
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The present study is designed to follow the course of the electrophoretic pattern of the serum proteins and water extractable muscle proteins during cold acclimatization. Body weight changes and body temperatures were ...
Study of the phenomenon of barrenness in corn
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
and comment to both practical farmers and agricultural investigators as well. Strange as it may seem, however, there has been practically no work done to discover why the maize plant, or any other grain normally bisexual, should be sterile. Many theories have...
The interrelation of mental functions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
"The aim of this dissertation is to review the most important results published up to the present time, and to add a statement and discussion of results obtained in the laboratory of educational psychology at the University of Missouri." -- Pages 1-2....
The preparation of novel carbanions in hexamethylphosphoramide
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
Statement of the problem: The purpose of this investigation was to study the interaction of a variety of methylated aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds with several lithium dialkylamide-hexamethylphosphoramide complex base systems. The resulting...
Assessment of behavioral, neurochemical and developmental effects in developing rats following in utero exposure to non-teratogenic levels of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
to 15. Group 3 and 4 mothers gained significantly (P<0.05) less weight during pregnancy and delivered fewer offspring than control. Neonatal mortality on postnatal day (PND) 1 significantly increased only in G4. Treatments did not significantly affect...
The energy requirements for the normal growth of dairy heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
Text from introduction: "There are at least two reasons why more definite knowledge of the energy requirements of growing cattle are desirable. First, the energy requirement of the animal is known to be high and because ...
Relation of lime and magnesium to plant growth in Missouri soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
with success; sometimes with medium results and sometimes with apparent failure. SIR JOHN BENNET LAWS and SIR JOSEPH HENRY GILBERT were the first to make accurate observations upon the practice of liming. They found that the white or "fat lime" would produce...
A comparison of methods of determining the amount of radium in rocks and minerals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
This paper is chiefly the outcome of a study of the radioactivity of the rock at different depths from the surface obtained during the drilling of the University deep well number 2. The first method described by J. Joly ...
A study of the effects of cotton seed products upon the composition of butter fat and the churnability of cream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
Practical feeders raise many objections to the feeding of cotton seed meal. In addition to various alleged evil effects on the health of animals to which no consideration will be given in this thesis, cotton seed meal has been held to have certain...
Some characteristics and environmental sensitivities of taxpayers taking the United States political contribution tax credit during 1979-1982
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1988)
believed to influence the decision of the taxpayer to jointly make a contribution and claim the credit. Empirical data used in the study have been obtained primarily from the Arthur Young Tax Research Data Base tapes for 1979 to 1982. Final model variables...
The price-quality relationship of lint cotton in five local markets in southeast, Missouri, 1951-1953
(University of Missouri., 1958)
in the local market, the purpose is to resolve if this type of buying or buying based on quality gives the greatest advantage to the cotton producer. An additional purpose is to evaluate the economic significance of these practices and suggest possible...
The relation of size, shape, and number of replications of plats to probable error in field experimentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
of the methods used, the need for attention along this line becomes strikingly evident. It has been demonstrated repeatedly that even soils which possess apparent uniformity really vary a great deal. This variation is often so great as to cast doubt on a large...
The development of a valid and reliable instrument to grade the difficulty of vocal solo repertoire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1996)
The purpose of this study is to design a valid and reliable instrument, the Ralston Repertoire Difficulty Index (RRDI), to measure the difficulty of solo vocal repertoire. Another important aspect of this instrument is its ...
The effects of various planes of nutrition upon the cost of maintenance, reproduction, and development of beef cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The frequency with which valuable animals reproduce themselves has always been a factor of economic importance in the pure bred cattle business. Great economic changes during the last few years have made this an important ...
The psychology of the Negro
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
races meet, the problem of racial differences is an important one for our educational theory and practice, as well as our social philosophy. This is especially true in our Southern States, where there are vast numbers of white and colored children...
The killing of plant tissue by low temperature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
The term freezing to death is applied to a very specific set of phenomena in plants. With all plant tissues, when a certain temperature is reached very shortly after thawing, it will be found that the tissue has taken on ...
A re-evaluation of the kernos, with special reference to the kernos in Demeter's rites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The focus of this paper has therefore become the objects excavated throughout the Mediterranean, which have been called "kernoi." An examination of these vessels of various shape and a survey of the finds from excavated ...
A study of the relation of type and conformation to production in dairy cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The subject of dairy type and conformation is a question of vital importance to all breeders and students of dairy cattle. It is a well-known fact that from the standpoint of milk production there is no method of ascertaining ...