The aim of this thesis is to argue for the Arabian Nights as a work of verbal art whose roots are in the oral tradition of the Arab world. After a short premise meant to throw light on the status of oral storytelling in ...

"Changes in demographic processes are occurring in the Ozarks Region. Some metropolitan areas are experiencing a decrease in growth and, in a few, population decline. In conjunction with this, the reversal of non-metropolitan population loss and out...

. This procedure was applied to Kansas Hard Red Winter and North Dakota Hard Red Spring wheat. Estimated flexibilities indicate an elastic demand for both Hard Red Winter and Hard Red Spring wheat protein. Also, cross-price flexibilities for wheat protein indicate...

This paper used a spatial and temporal price equilibrium model to assess the potential impacts of farmers in West and Central Africa adopting Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp). The results showed that regional cowpea...

. To determine the importance of different regions of the country in the production, slaughtering, and consumption of livestock and meat for the time period 1950 through 1965. D. To determine the applicability of the theoretical framework to the static analysis...

quality was monitored at the soil/bedrock interface under conventional pasture (CP), silvopasture (SP), and hardwood forest (HF) on a central Appalachian landscape. The pasture and silvopasture were rotationally grazed by sheep during the spring to fall...

Analysis seeks to understand rural poverty within the context of agricultural and postindustrial economic structure. Detailed socioeconomic data are analyzed for 4,610 non-metropolitan census tracts in the north central United States. Statistical...

has developed and is the basis for payments to dairymen for nearly all Grade A milk. This study is based on detailed monthly data from 14 of the largest markets In the North Central Region. It points out the various market opportunities available...

This study used a combination of methods to evaluate the value of Missouri's Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) conservation programs for the affected regional economies....

, as well as quasiexperimental and descriptive analyses to evaluate how two public polices improve outcomes for young adults. The first essay focuses on effects on young adults' health outcomes, while the second and third chapters focus on impacts...

The central Afar depression offers an opportunity for quantitative analysis of the final stages of continental breakup at a divergent triple junction. Here, Quaternary faulting dissects Plio-Pleistocene flood basalts, providing a regionally...

. Hierarchical Linear Modeling of agenda-setting effects showed that 18.21% of the total variance of salience of Economy's attributes on the public agenda was significantly derived from the regional level. This indicated that a multilevel analysis was appropriate...

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 fate of the atrazine...

"This is the fifteenth regional profile prepared by the Department of Regional and Community Affairs. It is hoped that the statistical data and brief analysis will assist communities and regions in evaluating trends occurring in their areas...

of highway-employment for economic growth in Missouri. Spatial econometric methods are used in order to investigate the relationship between highways and regional economy. The first chapter shows that the reduced transportation cost due to highway...

Forest management is rapidly shifting in focus to address the adaptive capacity of forests under uncertain future climates. Managers and researchers often utilize models to proactively develop strategies for forest adaptation ...