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Hate By Numbers: Exploring Hate Crime Reporting Across Crime Type And Among Special Interest Groups Using The NCVS
(2023)
Hate crimes are of particular harm to both individual victims and the communities
they represent but are difficult to measure due to challenges facing data collection and
reporting to police. The National Crime ...
Elephant in the room : a study of the impact of emotional experiences on burnout among Chinese reporters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This dissertation is conceived to examine the emotional labor of Chinese frontline reporters and its effects on their job burnout. For both detailed descriptive and generalizable findings, the mixed-method approach combining qualitative in...
Newsroom decisions and autonomy in Missouri newspaper's abortion reporting in spring 2019
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The purpose of this research is to explore how newspaper journalists in Missouri covered the abortion issue around May 2019. Although research on abortion reporting and journalistic theories have been developed, not all previous research has...
Promotion of academic hospitalists : room for improvement
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2021-10)
excluded; 78 responded (58%) reporting on 3294 faculty. Faculty: Most identified hospital medicine as a career. Promotion: 21% of institutions reported a single promotion track. Among institutions with multiple tracks (79%) faculty were reported...
A meta-analysis exploring the effect of age on weight loss following a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
and is performed in both adolescents and adults. Outcomes in the adolescent and adult are typically reported separately. A meta-analysis was conducted combining adolescent and adult literature to determine the overall effect of the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy...
Does the mainstream media need to bring back the ombudsman to restore credibility and trust?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
in their low confidence. A general lack of credibility and the perception that reporting is based on opinions was also cited for the loss of trust. But the Gallup poll did offer a glimmer of hope. Nearly 70 percent of all respondents said they felt trust could...
Geochronologic and thermochronologic constraints on the Mesozoic to Cenozoic deformation history of southeastern California
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Southeastern California hosts a complex zone of deformation defined by structures related to the San Andreas fault, such as the sinistral Garlock fault and the largely dextral eastern California shear zone, as well as ...
We can work it out : understanding local and national collaborative reporting projects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
It is no secret how drastically the field of journalism has changed within the last several decades. And as resources dwindle in newsrooms across the country, collaboration has emerged as one way to counteract economic ...
MORVT final yields, 2021
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2021)
Final yield research presenting the grain type, cultivar, moisture, yield, and lodging of seven different areas and seven different dates. Areas included in research are Portageville, Neelyville, Rives, Fisk, Rice Farm ...
Burnout among investigative journalists : causes and solutions
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Investigative journalism is a hard profession. The job usually requires months of intense digging, seeking out wrongdoing committed by powerful people and organizations. By its nature, it requires reporters to closely examine some of the worst...
Examining bidirectional associations between momentary impulsivity, alcohol consumption, and daily life contexts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
and 26 community drinkers). Multilevel models were used to examine the temporal relationships between self-reported momentary impulsivity and alcohol use, as well as social context and diagnostic group as potential moderators of these relationships...
Using soil moisture as a predictor for spring convection within the state of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
maps, in conjunction with the ENSO phenomena, will be utilized to understand what other mechanisms may be attributing to the increase/decrease in storm reports within the state. Finally, a spectral analysis by using Fourier transforms will be conducted...
Long violent history : the news values of the Blackjewel coal miner protest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
by content analysis. I compared the analysis of what the journalists thought they portrayed in their writing, and what actually appeared. Ultimately, I found that while the reporters I interviewed had fine-tuned control over depicting the conflict and impact...
Are you a werewolf? : Teaching symbolic interaction theory through game play
(2021)
In this paper, we report on the implementation of using the game Werewolf as a student-centered applied-learning activity to teach symbolic interaction theory and concepts. Engaging with symbolic interaction theory can be a powerful experience...
Unelected oversight : the politics of government investigations and problem monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
are more likely to identify problems in their agency. Second, I consider the monitoring agendas of federal Offices of Inspectors General using an original dataset of reports. My findings suggest that OIGs monitor a greater variety of issues with larger...
A systematic literature review on image information needs and behaviors
(2020)
. The reviewed studies also report that common strategies for image searches include keyword searches with short queries, browsing, specialization, and reformulation. Observed trends suggest common deployment of query analysis, survey questionnaires...
Effects of an Online Meditation-Based Intervention Compared to an Attention-Controlled Group on Chronic Pain Outcome among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
(2022)
Background
Nurses, central to healthcare, are experiencing chronic pain and stress, which affects their personal and professional lives. Due to multiple roles, they lack time to practice self-care.
Purpose
To evaluate ...
Racial discrimination and mental health : temporal dynamics and neurocognitive moderators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
at the University of Missouri using Ecological Momentary Assessment. A complex temporal relationship between reported discrimination and affect, depression, and anxiety emerged, such that reports of discrimination had an immediate negative effect, resulting...
Adolescent sibling caregiving and responsibilty and competence in adulthood : retrospective reports among Latina/o young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Using attachment theory, cultural ecological framework, and an adapted cultural transmission model, I examined associations between familism ...
Stepfamily relationships and attachment in young adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
parent-child relationship quality influences emerging adult reports of attachment anxiety and avoidance. However, the relationships between a child and their caregiver do not exist in isolation. Due to the interconnected nature of family relationships...