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Applications of the boundary element method for structural shape optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
In this study, applications of the boundary element method for two- and three-dimensional structural shape optimization are presented. The displacements and stresses of the structure are computed using the boundary element ...
Some characteristics and environmental sensitivities of taxpayers taking the United States political contribution tax credit during 1979-1982
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1988)
This study was designed to determine characteristics of taxpayers taking the political contribution tax credit from 1979 to 1982. This work is similar to studies on the effectiveness of tax incentives in promoting positive ...
A market study of sealed bid competition for Utah public school lunch milk, 1970-1975
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1981)
, and performance provide a set of characteristics constituting the main reference frame. In adapting selected aspects of these concepts and including general market performance principles, a basis for analyzing the Utah public school lunch milk market...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
The United States beef sector has been modeled in many studies, perhaps, because beef represents a large proportion of the consumer food dollar and agriculture’s income. The predictive performance of these models has been, ...
Uncertainty and the microfoundations of supply response : some theoretical considerations and an empirical application in the U.S. corn market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
This study has examined how a micro-level decision model which incorporates uncertainty can be reconciled with observed market behavior. Conditions under which a firm-market correspondence exists in a deterministic environment ...
A numerical study on the rotational motion of an axisymmetric particle in a viscous fluid
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 1983)
"The motion of a single particle in an inertialess unbounded Newtonian fluid has been studied for more than 100 years. The applications of such problems in industry are: the transport of slurries in pulp processing, the ...
The effect of heat processing conditions upon cholesterol content of a restructured pork/soy hull product
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1988)
The effect of convective heat processing upon cholesterol and cholesterol oxides in a restructured pork/soy hull model system was studied. Thirty different time-temperatures relationships were studied. Quadratic equations ...
Edwin Sutherland and the origins of differential association theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine thoroughly the origin of Edwin H. Sutherland’s theory of differential association and to show hew it evolved with Sutherland’s development as a criminologist. Comparing ...
A theoretical examination of the growth and attenuation of acoustic and entropy waves in ideal MHD generators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1988)
The results of a theoretical investigation of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and acoustic and entropy waves in a partially ionized gas are presented. The effects of this interaction for combustion-driven ...
John Horne Burns : Toward a Critical Biography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1985)
The dissertation traces John Horne Burns's life and career as a novelist and English teacher, from his origins in Andover through his literary success with The Gallery (1947), Lucifer with a Book (1949), and A Cry of ...
A model for the analysis of cohesion and information management in published writing in three disciplines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
This study proposes a model to compare cohesion and information management in samples of professional writing in three disciplines (counseling psychology, biology, and history). When tested with the chi-square procedure, ...
Economic analysis of winter vegetable markets in Tunisia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1985)
the quantity, quality, and kind of production as well as the distribution of the product in form, space and time. The overall objective of this study is to develop market information essential for guiding public and individual production and marketing decision...
Critique of the political self : criticism of the conceptual adequacy of political culture from the perspective of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, and Kant
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
The last four decades’ national bifurcation in Korea reflects not only the international power struggle between powerful foreign nations but also their ideological conflict. Under the assumption that the internalization ...