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Exercising in the heat (2015)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2015)
Publications, University of Missouri Extension, 2006-11
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2006)
Publications, University of Missouri Extension, 2017-05
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2017)
Catalog of CDs, software, videos and hardcopy publications of the University of Missouri Extension Office....
The politics of CO2 emissions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Climate change poses a severe threat to humanity for the last few decades. Various forms of natural disasters, extreme weather events, the outbreak of deadly diseases, life, and food insecurity are among common threats of climate change...
Mizzou, volume 103, number 3 (2015 Spring)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)
Assessment of a voluntary nonlead ammunition outreach program on midwestern national wildlife refuges
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
. First, the risk of lead exposure from spent hunting ammunition is a multi-dimensional complex issue affecting wildlife and human health with voluntary programs primarily addressing the issue. Although little used in the past, social science theory has...
Accessibility of public services : city government institutions and service spatial distribution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Public services are central to the purpose of city government, and scholars have found that government institutions affect policy and budgetary ...
Annual evidence of moisture limitations at treeline in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study is focused on capturing a recent regeneration patterns on an annual level over the landscape of the Sangre de Cristo (SDC) mountain range. Modern temperature trends (post-1945) of this area are dominated by sharp ...
Spatial and disease ecology of the plains spotted skunk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is a species of conservation concern across much of its range in the eastern U.S. due to a range-wide population decline that began in the 1940s. The reason for the decline ...
The underlying genetic control of maize root system architecture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
by plant breeders and basic researchers alike. However, the root system has long remained inconspicuous, despite its foundational role in key plant and environmental processes. Abiotic stresses including lack of water and nutrients negatively impact crop...
Development of concentration and detection methods for the detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing bacterial pathogens in foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Currently used conventional methods for detection of bacteria in foods are time consuming and labor intensive. Therefore, there is an increasing demand for a robust, rapid, and cost-effective method for the detection of ...
Alternative learning strategies for spatio-temporal processes of complex animal behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
. This dissertation provides three methodological extensions of alternative learning with statistical uncertainty quantification for modeling animal behavior dynamics at different scales. First, an efficient Bayesian Markov model is developed to provide inference...
Hormonal regulation of bone health: novel understandings of xenoestrogens and estrogen receptor-[alpha]
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
to xenoestrogens, or environmental compounds that have anti-estrogenic qualities, is increasing in industrial countries, but the impact of these compounds on skeletal health in males and females remains unknown. In this dissertation, we used animal models...
Ultrastructural damages in the brain induced by low-intensity primary blast wave : a transmission electron microscopy study on mild traumatic brain injury
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Explosive blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), a "signature wound" of recent military conflicts, commonly affects Service Members. While ...
Rapid growth in central city : a case study of a growing downtown district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This qualitative case study examined a period of rapid growth in housing in a midsize city downtown. The research question asked what the process of ...
What is the meaning of livestock production for long-standing 4-H members? : a hermeneutic phenomenological study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Raising livestock for food production is a unique cultural phenomenon. It has been well documented that showing livestock as part of 4-H (a positive youth development program operating in 50 nations around the world) ...
Studies on the physical properties and preservation of the North American pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The North American pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit is an annonaceous fruit that belongs in the same family as tropical fruits like soursop, cherimoya, atemoya, and others. Pawpaw is the only fruit in the Annonaceae family ...
Development of UAV-based high-throughput phenotyping technologies towards improving soybean breeding efficiency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
people in the world. Conventional crop breeding strategies largely rely on 'trial-and-error' and human input, limiting the trial capacity of breeding materials, the accuracy of measuring plant traits, and selection intensity of elite genotypes...
Novel Prodrugs and Self-Assembling Nanocarriers to Improve Drug Delivery
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
PART I: DIPEPTIDE PRODRUG APPROACH TO IMPROVE INTESTINAL
ABSORPTION OF LOPINAVIR
Lopinavir (LPV), a highly potent second-generation HIV-1 protease inhibitor, is
currently indicated in HIV-1 infection. However, poor ...