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Communicating medical advances in television health news : the influence of a human interest frame on audiences' cognitive and emotional responses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
medical advances. Based on framing theory and exemplification theory, this study aims to examine individuals' cognitive and emotional reactions to the news stories in a human interest frame vs. a non-human interest frame. A 2 (news frame: a human interest...
Carbon nanotube forests: synthesis, patterning, milling, mechanics, and applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are a nano-structured material consisting of vertically oriented carbon nanotubes. The material has many exceptional and unique physical properties that have motivated considerable research ...
Skeletal muscle weakness and mitochondrial dysfunction in the osteogenesis imperfecta murine (oim) model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
the investigation of mitochondrial health in a mouse modeling a severe human type III OI (oim/oim), as mitochondria are important regulators of energy metabolism and overall cell health. We hypothesized that oim/oim mice, exhibiting severe skeletal muscle weakness...
Cover crop effects on corn plant water uptake and soil health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Cover crops (CC), close growing crops that provide soil and seeding protection between periods of normal cash crop production or between trees in ...
Occurrence and modeling of THMS and HAA formation in drinking water
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) are two of the largest classes of disinfection by-products (DBPs) during chlorination in drinking ...
Three essays on political polarization in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
is an illusion (Abramowitz and Saunders 2008; Abramowitz 2010; Fiorina 2014, 2017; Mason 2016). A sample is carefully chosen from the sociological and political science SCIMAGO rankings. Since almost all measures of polarization used in earlier works can...