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Integrating hydrology and geophysics into a traditional geology field course: The use of advanced project options
(Geological Society of America, 2009)
The incorporation of increasingly multidisciplinary aspects of geoscience curricula into a traditional geology field camp requires compromises. Among these, decisions about projects to reduce or eliminate and course prerequisites are two of the most...
Roll-out of the "Mizzou Advantage"
(University of Missouri, 2009)
Approximately three years ago, MU began an exercise to define "strategic advantages" that could place the University within higher education in an extremely strong, competitive position. The idea was to identify MU's competitive advantages...
Characterization of Corning EPMA Standard Glasses 95IRV, 95IRW, and 95IRX
(Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2002)
The preparation, synthesis, and characterization of Corning trace-element glasses 95IRV, 95IRW, and 95IRX by bulk
chemical and electron microprobe techniques is discussed. Working values for the doped elements in the ...
The Heart of the University
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)
-driven Information Commons, University of Missouri Libraries have earned a worldwide reputation for innovation. As MU Libraries celebrate the centennial of the Elmer Ellis Library Building, librarians build the electronic databases, online classrooms and digital...
Home green home
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2012)
Six students take over one old house with a mission to use less and conserve more. Welcome to MU's Sustainahouse....
In Ovo Exposure to o,p´-DDE Affects Sexual Development But Not Sexual Differentiation in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes)
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2003-01)
Despite being banned in many countries, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) continue to be found in fish tissues at ...
The heart of the university
(Mizzou Alumni Association, 2015)
Trust in the wind
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2009)
MU law graduate Tom Carnahan sees opportunity, sustainability and prosperity blowing in the wind....
1st Place Winner: Of men and martians : a close reading of a Cow Pea
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
I was really looking forward to going to the "Food: Fact or Fiction" exhibit at the Perlow-Stevens Art Gallery, and I was disappointed when the weather interfered with our class trip. This exhibit seemed like it might be ...
Soils : to be or not to be ... on campus
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Soil erosion causes harm on and off-site. On-site impacts are confined to the local area where as the damages caused by off-site impacts are felt by society at large. The most harmful on-site impact is the actual loss of ...
Geographic Differences in Semen Quality of Fertile U.S. Males
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2003-04)
Although geographic variation in semen quality has been reported, this is the first study in the United States to compare semen quality among study centers using standardized methods and strict quality control. We evaluated ...
Longitudinal Differences in Habitat Complexity and Fish Assemblage Structure of a Great Plains River
(American Midland Naturalist, 2010)
We investigated the spatial variation in the Kansas River (USA) fish assemblage to determine how fish community structure changes with habitat complexity in a large river.
Fishes were collected at ten sites throughout the ...
PCE: Piece-wise Convex Endmember Detection
(IEEE, 2010-06)
A new hyperspectral endmember detection method
that represents endmembers as distributions, autonomously partitions the input data set into several convex regions, and simultaneously
determines endmember distributions ...
Bisphenol A Is Released from Used Polycarbonate Animal Cages into Water at Room Temperature
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2003)
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a monomer with estrogenic activity that is used in the production of food packaging, dental sealants, polycarbonate plastic, and many other products. The monomer has previously been reported to hydrolyze ...
Semen Quality in Relation to Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2003-09)
We previously reported reduced sperm concentration and motility in fertile men in a U.S. agrarian area (Columbia, MO) relative to men from U.S. urban centers (Minneapolis, MN; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY). In the present ...
Regulation and the Evolution of Corporate Boards: Monitoring, Advising or Window Dressing?
(Journal of Law and Economics, 2004-04)
It is generally agreed that boards are endogenously determined institutions that serve both oversight and advisory roles in a firm. While the oversight role of boards has been extensively studied, relatively few studies ...
Epitaphs and tombstones of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus
(2002)
Tombstones and their epitaphs yield excellent evidence on the nature of the population of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus. Analysis of these monuments can reveal who the deceased were, their social classes, ethnic origins, ...