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Hot or Not: The Effects of Social Status on Attraction among Male and Female Students
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
Evolutionary theology states that attractive qualities change over time and are different between
males and females (Buss, 2012). Males and females have different preferences in both sort and
long-term relationships, ...
Potentials of rice husk ash for soil stabilization
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
Due to the large production of agricultural
wastes, the world is facing a serious
problem of its handling and disposal. The
disposal of agricultural wastes has a
potential negative impact on the
environment causing ...
Bayesian Model Averaging application on Energy consumption model In Saudi Arabia
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
The paper attempts to establish the determinants of energy use in Saudi Arabia over
the period (1971 - 2011) Using Bayesian model averaging approach (BMA). In the
literature, there are several explanatory variables that ...
Factors Associated with Social Justice Beliefs among Undergraduate College Students
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
The current study examined how college students’ social justice beliefs associate with levels of
trait anxiety symptoms and religiosity. Secondary education differences were also analyzed. The
sample consisted of 126 ...
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: An Analysis of the Post-Soviet Transition in Belarus
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
The republic of Belarus has experienced several stages of transition after the collapse of
the Soviet Union. The first stage was characterized by an attempt to shift away from the soviet
production techniques, experimenting ...
Intercultural Appropriation and the Synagogues of Medieval Spain
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
Toledo is a city located along the Iberian Peninsula of Spain. It was declared by
UNESCO in 1986 to be a World Heritage Site because of a phenomenon that occurred
there between the eighth and fifteenth centuries that is ...
The Glorious Revolution, Economic Institutions and the Developing World
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
This paper critically examines the relative merits of New Institutional Economics
(NIE, hereafter) versus the critical institutionalist method of institutional analysis. The paper
sketches how the Glorious Revolution, a ...
Quality of life for hospice caregivers
(2016)
The goal of hospice care is to enhance the quality of life (QOL) of patients and their families during the final stages of illness, the dying process, and the bereavement period. This goal involves using an interdisciplinary approach to attend...
Examining doctoral student education for collaborative authorship in LIS
(ALISE 2020, 2020)
collaborations relevant to doctoral students and their mentors, and makes three recommendations to supplement authorship education in the curriculum of LIS doctoral programs. Special attention is devoted to interdisciplinary collaborations....
Fifteen years after the Bellingham ISSRM : an empirical evaluation of Frederick Buttel's differentiating criteria for environmental and resource sociology. Appendix, Sample studies included in the analysis
(2018)
matters, levels of analysis, spatial focuses, theoretical orientations, policy relevance, and interdisciplinary commitments. These distinctive tendencies have been widely accepted in environmental and natural resource social science but have not been...
Something old and something new : future directions in vocational research with people of color in the United States
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2019)
interdisciplinary perspectives, merging psychological and educational science with vocational development, using intersectional approaches, examining collective mobility strategies and structural reforms, and assessing the impact of environmental disasters on long...
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 ...
Interprofessional Collaboration Across the Treatment Process in Music Therapy
(2016)
The purpose of this study was to identify common protocols for music therapists who
utilize interprofessional collaboration (IC) in the workplace. Participants were all Board
Certified Music Therapists (N = 595). The ...
Program Evaluation: Preferred Hospice
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
Preferred Hospice is a Missouri-based hospice agency or “comfort care” that is offered to
all terminally ill patients whom, according to a doctor, have a life expectancy of six months or
less. Preferred Hospice has six ...
Work in breast cancer survivors : a literature review
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2016)
.) of their return to work after primary treatment needs to be studied."--Introduction....
Roman Black-Gloss Pottery from the Capitoline Museums at the University of Missouri : A New 3D Scanning Project for Use Wear Analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Democracy beyond hard news: cultural journalism and the humanistic role
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
performs an important normative role. This blind spot can be partially traced to the complicated history between journalism studies and the humanities, resulting in the current landscape where cultural journalism is largely absent from scholarship within...
Exploring Successful Aging Among Foreign-born Latinos and Other Immigrant Groups in Saint Louis, Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2014)
is based on an interdisciplinary research study by Drs. Matsuo (Sociology), Willoughby (Psychology), and Hale-Gallardo (Anthropology) that examines physiological, psychological, social, and cultural factors associated with aging for several immigrant...
Effect of study abroad on intercultural sensitivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
One of the ways that students seek to prepare for the global job market is through studying abroad. Although little quantitative data has been collected to demonstrate the best way to develop intercultural sensitivity in students, the number...
Nursing Student Perceptions of the Effects of Interprofessional Communication and Teamwork on Time to Rescue
(2020)
outcomes has not been thoroughly studied. The simulation scenario for this research study was designed to replicate an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated anxiety in a simulated patient. This study will add...