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A victory long in the making : divestment from South Africa at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
at the flagship campus in Columbia. Concurrently, I look at the reasons why the University of Missouri's administrators actually decided to divest in 1987. My first chapter covers the first two phases of divestment at Mizzou; here Students began calling...
Utilization of forages in beef cow-calf nutrition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
second 2-year study compared performance differences between spring-calving crossbred beef cows wintered on one of three treatments: grass hay only, grass hay with grain supplementation, or non-endophyte infected stockpiled tall fescue (STF) pasture. Cows...
Evaluation and development of black-footed ferret resource selection models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the South Exclosure, a 452-ha black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony in the Conata Basin, South Dakota, USA, during 2007-2008. Our objectives included (1) evaluation of the predictive capabilities of a...
Pennies for parks: the effect of social norm theory on donation behavior in Arkansas state parks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Although donation boxes are common in parks, museums, and historic sites, not much is known about how they influence visitor behavior. Perhaps some donation boxes are more efficient at generating revenue than others. The ...
Digital literacies and WAC/WID
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This thesis defines digital literacies for an audience of educators who want to integrate digital literacies into their existing curriculum. In this discussion, I examine how discipline-based faculty encourage and support ...
Historical rainfall analysis and climate implications for agriculture in midwest United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
A historical analysis of precipitation using 72 years of data from Midwest stations focuses on the implications of climate change for agricultural interests. The number of precipitation events, consecutive days of ...
Monitoring motivation and academic growth in writing for young English language learners
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
-AB)) with CBM-W for identifying risk in writing for young ELs. ELs in the 1st through 3rd grades (n = 71) were administered two forms of WD and PW in the fall, winter, and spring of the same academic year. Teachers (n = 9) also completed the SAEBRS-AB at each...
The effects of hydrocolloids and squash on the texture and color of scones with reduced fat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Obesity has become a major issue in the United States due to poor food choices of individuals and limited low fat items on the market that consumers are willing to eat. By making products that are lower in fat, consumers ...
The sonic boom: effect of logo presentation style in television commercials on memory for the advertised brand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study examines the effect of a structural feature of commercials called sonic branding on recognition and cued recall. A sonic brand or sonic logo can be defined as a unique auditory identity for a brand, also called ...
Examining visual cognitive complexity in the context of online women's magazine home pages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
An experiment (N=48) on 18 to 30 year-old women was run to see how the visual cognitive complexity of digital women's magazines' home pages affects the cognitive processing of individuals and their evaluations of the sites. A content analysis of 13...
Black alumni of the University of Missouri-Columbia : financial support as the mirror of attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2001)
This study examined the attitudes toward the University of Missouri-Columbia of a sample of its Black alumni and whether their attitudes were reflected in their donor status. The Black Alumni Survey was used to assess the ...
An evaluation of Missouri Master Naturalist Program: changes in volunteer knowledge and the relationship between motivations and changes in volunteer knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The Missouri Master Naturalist (MN) program educates adults who then volunteer to help manage their community's natural resources. My research evaluated Missouri's MN training program. My first objective determined any ...
A historical study of the development of the Total Person Program : the evolution of academic support services for student-athletes at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Athletics has been a heavily scrutinized aspect of university life. It is often criticized for its nature of exploiting students for their athletic talents and overlooking the importance of the educational mission of the ...
Effects of dormant season soil flooding and soil temperature on pin oak (Quercus palustris) seedlings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
. To maintain migratory waterfowl habitat, some forests are managed as greentree reservoirs and artificially flooded during the fall and winter. Red oaks are a desirable component of these forests for their acorn production, but oak decline and inadequate...
OPT and the geography of employment : understanding the post-graduation work mobilities of Missouri's international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis looks at the geographic distribution of employment for Missouri's international students following graduation, as well as their employment ...
Factors influencing homeowners' decisions to seek residential energy efficiency knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
throughout the central Missouri's counties, or asked for further information on home energy at an Earth Day event. Factor analysis showed that Seligman's four factors are still important to homeowners in 2007. Pattern analysis was then applied and five...
An evaluation of pre- and post-timber harvest water quality in low-order streams in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) best management practices (BMPs) for Regenerative Oak Clear Cutting (ROCC) practice was evaluated on effectiveness to preserve downstream water quality. Fifteen sites, located ...
Emancipation of education through place
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of education is to prepare students to address imperative concerns that face our communities and planet. Many ways exist to address these pressing issues we are confronted with. Regardless of what subjects ...
Ecology of mid-continent migratory shorebirds, performance of tracking devices, and modelling animal social structure and demography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
) developing and evaluating a modelling approach to combine social structure and survival information. In chapter 1, we found that winter and spring weather conditions influenced migration duration and number of stopovers in black-bellied plovers...
Climate and land use effects on hydrologic processes and water allocation in a primarily rain-fed, agricultural watershed
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. The Ag Census data from 1997, 2002, and 2007 were analyzed to obtain the historical reported numbers of livestock in each county within the watershed. The historical livestock numbers combined with USDA agricultural projections to 2027 were used...