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Regional variation in protopalatial Crete?: a comparison of Minoan domestic and funerary architecture in Eastern and Central Crete
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study investigates the existence and extent of regional variation in Crete in the Protopalatial period (Middle Minoan IB-II) as reflected in the material record besides...
Juniper expansion in a prairie-forest transition region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) is a highly adaptable native, north-American conifer that appears to have expanded from protected refugia to previously un-occupied land types likely in response to fire suppression and land use changes...
Location pattern of the meat packing industry, 1950-1965
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)
. 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...
Mitochondrial ancient DNA analysis of Lawson cave black bears (Ursus americanus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
in central Missouri. These bears are the most recent samples that can be unambiguously identified as native to Missouri. I successfully amplified the control region of the mitochondria of four of the 10 samples. Two of the four samples are exact matches to a...
Media performance and democratic rule in East Africa : agenda setting and agenda building influences on public attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
attitudes could be undermined by regional variations in political experiences with the central government; and that public opinion could be shaped by regional alignment, ethnicity, political identity, and level of education. A total of 1,395 respondents from...
Surface and deep water circulation in late Cretaceous North Atlantic greenhouse ocean
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
carbonate and foraminifera between two Ocean Drilling Program Sites in the subtropical North Atlantic indicate a sharp water mass boundary was a relatively stable and persistent feature of the Maastrichtian North Atlantic despite significant regional warming...
Structural geology, tectonic geomorphology, and neotectonics of the central Afar Rift, Ethiopia and Djibouti
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
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...
Spatiotemporal patterns of earthquakes and their implications for earthquake hazards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, I studied the background seismicity and long-lived aftershock activities in intraplate North China and the Central and Eastern United State (CEUS), and characterized the correlation between strain rate and seismicity and evaluated the prediction...
The veering path of progress : politics, race, and consensus in the north St. Louis Mark Twain Expressway fight, 1950-1956
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis examines how a complicated mix of factors converged to influence the planning, proposal, protest, and final route of the Mark Twain Expressway through St. Louis's North Side in the 1950s. To proponents, the expressway symbolized...
Land cover changes (1815 to 2007) in the central Missouri River Hills
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
predominantly forested central Missouri River Hills, this study assesses the magnitude of land cover change between four dates: the onset of European American settlement (circa 1815), near the period of maximum agricultural land use (1939), and through recent...
Permanent visitors: the impact of permanent migration to traditional tourist areas in the Lake Regions of rural Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
of permanent residents in long standing tourism regions. Development and growth driven by amenity based migration can often contribute to unbalanced economic development, which in turn can lead to the geographic stratification of residents. Utilizing data from...
Desegregation at Kansas City's Central High School: Illuminating the African American student experience through oral history
(2014-07-17)
Central High School, the oldest high school in Kansas City, serves as an example of how radically education in Kansas City, Missouri, has changed over the course of the last 150 years. Beginning as part of Kansas City, Missouri’s, segregated public...
Understanding citizen satisfaction with democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The collapse of communism throughout Central and Eastern Europe during the late twentieth century produced several new democracies, providing citizens with the chance...
Paleodemographic modeling in the lower Mississippi River Valley
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The three studies presented below address the relationships that exist between prehistoric population dynamics, settlement organization, climate, and subsistence in the central and lower Mississippi River valley and adjacent uplands, as well as how...
Determining the relationship between the Garlock fault and the Eastern California shear zone through detailed digital mapping and age characterization of faulted landforms, Southeastern California
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Southeastern California is known for complex fault networks that accommodate strain from Pacific-North American plate convergence. The 250-km-long, left-lateral Garlock fault is integral to this system, yet its overall...
The crustal structure of Southwestern Turkey using local seismic data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
-difference method. Southwestern Turkey is characterized by a complex tectonic regime and is the most seismically active region in Turkey. The Cyprean and Aegean subduction zones, particularly the Aegean slab retreat, play a major role in the tectonic activity...
Soviet federalism, a solution to the nationality problem
(University of Missouri, 1962)
"This thesis is an analytical and descriptive study of federalism and the problem of nationality in the political organization of a state. The study is concerned generally with the nature of federalism and the national ...
An investigation of the mid-Missouri regional planning commissioners perception and acceptance of regional planning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
Data were collected concerning the commissioners' background, attitudes toward local governments, predisposition toward change, and attitudes toward the Regional Planning Commission. This information was analyzed with the aid of a regression model...
North Korea's emulation Chinese politics : an examination of Mao Tse-Tung's ideological influence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
North Korean leader, Kim Il-song has been known among western observers as a "faithful disciple of Stalin." Furthermore, Communist North Korea has been known to the western world as faithfully following the Soviet model. The central argument of my...
Fault evolution and earthquakes : a finite element study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) in central United States is a good example of intraplate seismicity, which cannot be readily explained by the plate tectonics theory and remains poorly understood. I have developed a 3D FE model to simulate stress...