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Determination of scour susceptibility through rapid assessment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-21)
A need existed to efficiently predict the potential scour that could be expected at nearly
20,000 existing off-system bridges in the State of Kansas to assign a National Bridge Inspection
Standards (NBIS) Item 113 coding. ...
Characterization of "t-z" model design parameters for augered cast-in-place piles using field load test data
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-24)
With the increasing use of augered cast-in-place piles in new construction, it is important that proper design parameters be incorporated when evaluating pile capacity and performance using reliability-based design methods. This paper focuses...
Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
(2014-09-26)
Nurse practitioner (NP) practice regulations vary from state to state across the United States. Despite strong evidence supporting the quality of care and satisfaction with care provided by NPs, restrictive regulations continue to limit the practice...
Assessment of Seismic Hazards along the Northern Gulf of Aqaba
(2014-09-26)
the analyzing, manipulation, and updating of the input parameters. Liquefaction potential maps were created for the region based on analysis of borehole data. The liquefaction map shows high and moderate liquefaction susceptibility zones along the northern coast...
Role of failure in the construction of case libraries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] One means by which to better support problem-solving and indoctrinate individuals is to employ case-based reasoning (CBR) in education. Instructional designers can support...
Assessment of HEC-18 scour equations for bottomless culverts based on Kansas field data
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
One of the main causes of bridge failure is scour at the abutments or piers. Scour is
caused by increased velocities of water through bridge openings. Sediment is carried away
from the foundations by high flows causing ...
Monitoring water balance of a rain garden by installation of flow monitoring devices on a residential property
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-30)
Rain gardens are infiltration best management practices that are installed in existing and new construction for the purposes of water quality in receiving waters and stormwater volume reduction. Nationally, rain gardens are transitioning from...
Evaluating the quality and efficacy of care provided by extended care permit dental hygienists in a school based dental home
(2013)
the dental hygiene scope of practice and supervision regulations through the creation of the extended care permit (ECP) dental hygienist. In 2008, a school-based oral health intervention, that utilized ECP dental hygienists to provide preventive oral health...
How is reputation built in the U.S.? : the study of strategic communications best practices for adaptation in Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
? In-depth interviews with strategic communications professionals are the core element of the study and a method that provides personal accounts of work on reputation building in the U.S. The sampling method is criterion sampling: respondents had...
Opening the gates to foster scholarship for urban students: organizational policies and systemic practices in a high performing high poverty urban high school
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-27)
with an ex post facto approach, was to bring to light the organizational policies and systemic practices that allowed a high poverty, high performing urban school with a large concentration of students of color and low socio-economic students to succeed in a...
Night eating syndrome: survey of assessment and treatment practices
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-14)
survey that assessed demographic characteristics, assessment methods, and treatment practices of night eating behavior. It was hypothesized that less than fifty percent of eating disorder treatment providers do not assess for night eating behavior...
Performance-Based Pay: Perceptions of Elementary Teachers of the Pandora School District
(2014)
In the last decade, there has been a resurgence in the support of using teacher pay
to influence the outcome of student achievement on state tests. Current research about the
effectiveness of these performance-based pay ...
The effectiveness of redesigning college algebra with a heavy focus on instructional technology
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-09-28)
; Thompson & McCann, 2010; Twigg, 2011). This study examined the effectiveness of the pilot semester, spring 2012, of a technology-intensive course redesign of college algebra as compared to a traditional lecture approach at a mid-sized, diverse, urban...
A GIS compilation of field data from the Smith's Fork Archaeological Site (23CL223), Clay County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-18)
The Smith's Fork (23CL223) archaeological site, located in Clay County, Missouri was investigated using pedestrian survey, ground penetrating radar, shovel testing, archaeological excavations and a geologic study of river ...
Effect of an oral health education program for caregivers delivering oral hygiene care to residents in a long-term care facility
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-24)
A convenience sample of caregivers from a long term care facility (LTCF) located in
rural Missouri participated in an educational program. Various oral health indices were
gathered from LTCF residents before the program ...
Multiscale Study of the Interactions between Climate, Land Use, and Agricultural Productivity in Western Sahel: A Case Study of Chad
(2014-09-30)
This study employed an integrated approach to investigate drivers and impacts of environmental change from the 1980s to 2012 using geospatial and statistical analyses of atmospheric, climate, land use land cover, and socio-economic data...
The effect of phosphoric acid etch in conjunction with self-etching primer on enamel surfaces and resultant orthodontic bracket bond strength
(2013-11-27)
and resultant bond strength. Shear bond strength testing, Raman linear mapping, and scanning electron microscopy was used to evaluate shear bond strength, depth of resin interface, and surface and cross-sectional characteristics respectively. Based...
Neo-paganism: ritual forged by the Burning Times
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-10)
The Burning Times has been of interest to both scholars and practitioners alike
over the past few decades. The interest typically focuses on those that died and the
discrepancy of the number of those who perished. While ...
The Risk of Recidivism and the Positive Achievement Change Tool Pre-Screen (PACT-PS): An Initial Validation and Basic Program Implementation Evaluation
(2014-04-02)
, such as the Positive Achievement Change Tool Pre-Screen (PACT-PS) assessed in this research, aid in this determination by allowing practitioners in this process to make risk determinations based on scientific estimations of probability. Outcome validation and program...
Effects of self-explanation as causal mechanism elicitation methodology on causal reasoning task performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
nonintrusive intervention based on brief practice of self-explanation this study shows that learners reporting higher levels of prior knowledge benefit from the use of this strategy, while the learners reporting lower levels do not. This suggests the existence...