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The effects of gender, academic concerns, and social support on stress for international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Thousands of international students come to the United States every year and from the moment they arrive they experience stress from multiple directions. This study focuses on gender differences in stress levels for international students...
Solely unrooted
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Isolation and removal from one's culture, or even detachment from the culture, can bring about a sense of displacement. The feeling of displacement ...
Three essays on trade gravity model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
to measure the effect of language on international trade. More specifically, we present new data and suggest a corresponding estimation technique that gauges by how much language matching facilitates trade between two countries after their distance...
Monte Carlo neutronic simulations for a new approach to parametric INAA and Mo-99 production feasibility at MURR
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[kappa][subscript 0]. The model was also combined with MONTEBURNS and ORIGEN to test the feasibility of Mo[superscript 99] production at MURR from fissioning LEU. Results from a 5-gram low-enriched uranium target show predictions of Mo[superscript 99] end...
Development of advanced chemometric methods for the analysis of deep-UV resonance Raman spectra of proteins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
to increasing spectral resolution as excitation wavelength increases, multi-excitation datasets are notoriously difficult to align spectral features. In addition, the subtraction of the water band can be difficult when relying on an internal intensity standard...
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of radiolabeled bombesin conjugates for the diagnosis of breast cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
to develop a series of [superscript 99m]Tc-(CO)[subscrip 3]-X-Y-BBN(7-14)NH2 derivatives, where X = PZ1 or DPR and Y = [Beta]Ala, GGG, GSG, Peg5, Peg8, SGS, or SSS, whose ability to detect and diagnose breast cancer was analyzed. Among these conjugates...
Two brief treatments based on dialectical behavior therapy for binge eating across diagnoses and thresholds : results from a preliminary randomized dismantling study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
How can disordered eating be effectively treated? The answer is not yet clear. Although cognitive behavioral therap (CBT) is generally considered the treatment of choice, disordered eating has been show to persist and ...
Comparison of hyperbranched and dendritic polymers with fluorescent reporter molecules
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Hyperbranched polymers containing a core region are a relatively new class of polymers with many similarities to dendrimers, including their proposed ...
Diversification in plant feeding insects : patterns of host-plant specialization and mating signal evolution inferred from species-level phylogeny and population genetics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Speciation yields two reproductively isolated groups capable of living in sympatry without cross-fertilization. Thi inability to hybridize is caused ...
Atrazine transport through a glacial till aquifer in north-central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Although the claypan of North Central Missouri is traditionally believed to protect the groundwater from contamination, low concentrations of the herbicide atrazine have been detected in a shallow glacial till aquifer. The ...
Determination of trace elements levels in plasma from larvae in the course of baculoviral and bacterial infections by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
elements of Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mo levels in the plasma from the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, following infection of the insect with a baculovirus (Helicoverpazea single nucleopolyhedrovirus (HzSNPV)) and bacteria (Micrococcus lysodeikticus...
Novel PCR-based rapid detection strategies for Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in meat products
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
as low as 10 CFU/ml Salmonella from poultry products, as well as 10 CFU/g E. coli O157:H7 from ground beef. Quantum dots (QDs) are a family of nanosized particles with a 1 to 10 nm in radius. It has long-term stable photostability, high quantum yield...
Framing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict : a study of frames used by three American newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This paper explored look how three U.S. newspapers' covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following two peak incidents - Israeli leader Ariel Sharon's 2000 visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount and 2002's Passover Massacre ...
What economic sanctions signal : cheap talk, or putting your money where your mouth is?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
and empirically. My study bridges these gaps, developing a formal model of international dispute escalation beginning with the threat of a sanction, escalating through sanction imposition, and culminating with armed force. Presenting a simple argument of issue...
Fgf2-stimulated proliferation is lower in muscle precursor cells from old rats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
, to environmental cues such as growth factors. We determined that in the presence of FGF2, BrdU incorporation and cell number increase less in MPCs from 32-mo old, compared to 3-mo-old animals. In the presence of FGF2, we demonstrated that there were age...
Mitochondrial ancient DNA analysis of Lawson cave black bears (Ursus americanus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
) Are the contemporary black bears native to the region, or the result of an in-migration of black bears translocated into Arkansas? To answer these questions I extracted DNA from 10 black bears, collected from Lawson Cave, an Historical Era (0-550 year old) site...
Viability, vigor, and field performance of a low phytic acid, high phytase activity soybean line, CAPPA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Plants store inorganic phosphate (Pi) in seeds as phytic acid (PA). Phytic acid chelates essential macro and micronutrients in developing seeds forming phytate, which is nutritionally unavailable to monogastric livestock. ...
The culture wars & political polarization in perspective : why polarization and its perturbations are a persistant [i.e., persistent] puzzle in political science
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Political polarization in the American electorate has received a great deal of attention in recent years with most of the research focusing on social issues and their impact on electoral outcomes. However, scant attention ...
Structure-activity relationship of octreotide analogues labeled with rhenium and technetium-99m
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The goal of this research is to cyclize octreotide analogues with ⁹⁹[supersript-m]Tc and ¹⁸⁶/¹⁸⁸Re radiometals to be used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for neuroendocrine tumors, respectively. Several series of octreotide analogues...
Investigation of static interfacial fracture in orthotropic-orthotropic composite bimaterials using photoelasticity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The effects of static Mode I (opening mode) and mixed-mode (both Mode I - opening mode and Mode II - shear mode present) loading on orthotropic-orthotropic bimaterial interface cracks and isotropic-orthotropic bimaterial ...