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A therapist survey of evidence-based practices in publicly funded youth mental health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
examined multiple therapist (e.g., theoretical orientation, treatment manual use, discipline), organizational setting, and client level (e.g., age) predictors of EBT use. Provider treatment manual use, perceived efficacy in treatment, learning theory...
A geochemical, taxonomic, and phylogenetic investigation of Paleozoic arthropods : case studies on the Cambrian spice event and the Silurian Waukesha Lagerstatte
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This thesis details two stand-alone projects: Chapters 1 and 2 comprise a quantitative investigation of controls on the [delta]13C record of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE); Chapter 3 describes a ...
Genetic diversity and distribution of the ringed salamander (ambystoma annulatum) across multiple spatial scales
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
that correspond to watershed boundaries. Within each cluster, I found evidence for decreased gene flow in recent generations, possibly due to the extensive timber harvest and land conversion of the CIH post European settlement. Over smaller spatial scales, I found...
Direct-from-sputum rapid phenotypic drug susceptibility test for mycobacteria
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The spread of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a leading global public-health challenge. Because not all biological-mechanisms of resistance are known, culture-based (phenotypic) drug-susceptibility testing ...
Toward effective and efficient treatment adherence monitoring : development of the cognitive behavioral therapy adherence measure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Despite the large body of research demonstrating the efficacy of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for the most common youth mental health problems, EBPs are rarely used in usual care (UC). When EBPs are implemented in UC ...
Prairie stream ecology : temporal and spatial patterns of macroinvertebrates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
patches to enable recolonization of streams after disturbance. Leptophlebia konza Burian was thought to be restricted to its type locality of Konza Prairie, Kansas; however, a population was discovered at Hi Lonesome Prairie in Missouri during an extensive...
Three essays on phosphorus runoff and water quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
efforts to limit both residential and agricultural nonpoint source pollution. The results could be helpful policy makers to target specific regions to initiate environmental policies and extension efforts for designing educational programs to increase...
Automated conflation framework for integrating transportation big datasets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The constant merging of the data, commonly known as Conflation, from various sources, has been a vital part for any phase of development, be it planning, governing the existing system or to study the effects of any ...
FDI and economic growth : the role of stock market liberalization and trade liberalization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
to growth, is the same as that of FDI in Closed Group. In addition, the interaction term between FDI and the stock market liberalization date dummy also does not have any significant relationship with economic growth. The effect of both M&A FDI...
Vignettes on preservation, preparation, and paleoecology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Preservation exercises strong control over what can be observed and interpreted from the fossil record. The research projects presented here seek to examine the ways in which certain preservational types clarify some aspects ...
The effects of temperature and admixture handling on lipid emulsion stability in centrally administered veterinary parenteral nutrition (PN) admixtures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This research centered on veterinary parenteral nutrition (PN) admixtures which are mixtures of amino acids, dextrose, and lipid emulsions designed for the intravenous provision of nutrition to small animal patients. ...
The effect of big four office size on audit quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Larger offices of Big Four accounting firms are argued to provide higher quality audits than smaller offices due to greater in-house experience and more expertise in ministering the audits of publicly listed clients. In ...
Three essays on the labor market in China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation consists of three chapters studying the impact of different policies in China on its labor market. In particular, we consider the impact of the Cultural Revolution on intergenerational mobility, the impact ...
Conservation genetics of conflict in the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is an endangered species whose distribution spans 13 countries in south, southeast, and insular Asia. The primary threats to the survival of this species include direct conflict, primarily ...
Inferring the environmental conditions present during early tetrapod terrestrialization from skeletal [delta]18O values
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
To test the extent of marine influence in the Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia, Canada and the possible habitat segregation and the net moisture balance at the Red Hill roadcut exposure of the Duncannon Member of the Catskill ...
Oxidative DNA damage by 1-hydroxyphenazine, virulence factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa : towards a molecular understanding of the bacterial virulence factor 1-hydroxyphenazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
1-Hydroxyphenazine is a secondary metabolite and virulence factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This organism colonizes the airways of the patients of cystic fibrosis and causes progressive destruction of the airways. It is ...
Low sensitivity to, and craving for, alcohol in naturalistic and laboratory settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Low sensitivity to alcohol is a well-established risk factor for the development of an alcohol use disorder. This risk is transmitted along several ...
The impact of international institutions on foreign aid delivery tactics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Do international institutions influence state behavior? Do the events that take place within international organizations affect foreign policy behavior ...
Long-term study of successional trends in an oak-dominated forest of central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Changes in species composition and forest structure were studied over a 36-year period in the Baskett Research and Education Area (BREA) in central ...
KOLAM : human computer interfaces fro visual analytics in big data imagery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
, and (geo-)spatial and temporal data processing into a single flexible and extensible system. KOLAM is an open, cross-platform, interoperable, scalable and extensible framework for visualization and analysis that we have developed to fulfil the above needs...