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If you are feeling confident enough, do not hesitate to reveal who you really are : extension of Baker, Honea, and Russell (2004)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
) examined whether the brand name placement influences on the way people perceive the advertising and brand information retention. As an extension of Baker et al.'s study, this study examines the role of narrative features within the advertising, prior...
Topics in harmonic analysis and partial differential equations: extension theorems and geometric maximum principles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
the resulting extension procedure is nonlinear in this case. The results presented in this part are based upon work done in collaboration M. Mitrea. In the second part of the thesis we prove that an open, proper, nonempty subset of ℝn is a locally Lyapunov...
Topics in geometric analysis and harmonic analysis on spaces of homogeneous type
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The present dissertation consists of three main parts. One theme underscoring the work carried out in this dissertation concerns the relationship between analysis and geometry...
Two phases of extension in North China since Mesozoic :a numerical study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The North China Craton was formed around 1.8 Ga by collision and amalgamation of the Eastern and Western blocks. It remained tectonically stable since then until the Mesozoic, when its eastern part experienced widely distributed extension...
Textual summarization of data using linguistic protoform summaries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
is then illustrated with a novel application in the healthcare domain where the textual summaries are tailored to a clinical population. This is followed by an extensive study on the use of LPS as features in order to process data. There, we present our thoughts...
Perceptions of secondary agriculture teachers and 4-H youth development extension personnel regarding cooperative behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Numerous cooperative agreements and memoranda exist at the federal and state levels that suggest or require cooperation between the Extension agents and agriculture teachers. The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the degree...
Usability study shows MU Extension Style Guide website is usable and highly learnable
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
A think-aloud usability study of the revised MU Extension editorial style and usage guide addressed usability and learnability of the navigation and search function of the MU Extension online style and usage guide. I conducted usability tests...
Bismuth impurity effects on copper: examining embrittlement in immiscible binary metallic systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
conditions. This thesis presents a comprehensive parametric model of the effects of temperature and the presence of Bi on the fracture response of the sample. The experimental data provide an extensive matrix of conditions within a decreased ductility trough...
Why do people post online? : an analysis of the online review posting (ORP) scale as an extension to the web motivation inventory (WMI)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Online motives are one of the most important starting points for understanding online consumer behavior (Rodgers & Thorson, 2000). The present research draws from existing research and the larger uses and gratifications literature in an effort...
Articulated learning trajectories related to the development of algebraic thinking that follow from patterning concepts in middle grades mathematics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
, and balance were considered in analyzing the mathematical development of these concepts. Comparisons based on the disciplinary perspectives showed key differences among the ALTs identified across textbooks, including the extent to which authors presented...
Application-driven overlay network as a service for data-intensive science
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
manage the hybrid cloud requirements of multiple applications in a scalable and extensible manner. ADON's main features include: programmable "custom templates" and a "virtual tenant handler" algorithm. Our solution approach in ADON involves realtime...
The role of middle leaders in fostering organizational learning in a state cooperative extension service
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This qualitative study explored the nature of organizational learning and the role of regional directors (RDs) and program directors (PDs) as mid-level leaders in fostering organizational learning in one cooperative extension organization. In...
Spatial pyramid context-aware moving object detection and tracking for full motion video and wide aerial motion imagery /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
information. We exploit integral histogram as building block to meet the demands of real-time performance. A novel fast algorithm is presented to accurately evaluate spatially weighted local histograms in constant time complexity using an extension...
Development of standardized and validated survey methods for assessing unionoid mussel assemblages in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
diversity in the Midwestern United States. Results suggested that an extensive, qualitative survey method (timed visual search) detected a greater proportion of mussel species with consistently higher detection rates per unit effort than more intensive...
Theoretical and computational studies of bio-molecular systems : structure and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The research presented in this thesis is relevant for the study of structure, function and dynamics of complex bio-molecular systems. The thesis contains two parts related to (1) protein structure prediction, and (2) free energy profile calculations...
Application of deep learning networks to crime prediction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
better crime prevention. This thesis discuss the use of deep learning networks, an advanced machine learning technique, as applied to the task of predicting future crimes. First, an extensive set of experiments of various types of network structures...
Predicting risk of mathematical learning difficulties in preschoolers : the role of symbolic and nonsymbolic quantitative knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
There is extensive debate over whether children's mathematical learning difficulties are the result of deficits in the inherent system for nonsymbolic representations of quantity or in their ease of learning quantitative symbols, such as number...
The production, applications and economic study of activated carbon for large scale production including an educational study on undergraduate laboratory modules
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
was developed to study the mass and energy balance involved with operation of an AA Alkaline battery under a load current. An extension of the module allows evaluation of laboratory assembled batteries using granular anodic/cathodic materials. The system allows...
The role of witchcraft accusations as an alternative form of self-expression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Witchcraft has been extensively dismissed or simplified in popular thought, media and scholarship as a negative force that aggravates social hostilities and hinders peaceful...
"The sphinx of the nineteenth century": Helena Blavatsky's syncretism in Britain, 1887-1891
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Helena Blavatsky, the enigmatic co-founder of the Theosophical Society, has an extensive biographical record, much of which is dedicated to proving or disparaging...