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Associations between psychosis risk and emotional distress disorders with cortical surface morphometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Neuroimaging studies have consistently found structural cortical abnormalities in schizophrenia, especially in structural hubs. However, it is unclear what...
Unelected oversight : the politics of government investigations and problem monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
How do elected officials and top decisionmakers receive information about the problems encountered in government agencies? Policymaking and agenda setting research primarily examines how elected officials directly gather ...
Top-soil root architecture characteristics of obsolete and modern soybean cultivars and shoot and seed nutrient contents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Soybean (Glycine max Merr.) is one of the most important cash crops worldwide. It is widely used to produce oil and protein for food and animal feed. Soybean grain...
Characterization of diverse soybean genotypes for phosphorus uptake and use efficiency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) is one of the most important legume crops grown worldwide. However, without phosphorus (P) fertilization, soybean yields often are limited by phosphorus availability. Phosphorus is an ...
Reverse knowledge absorptive capacity of MNE-HQ (RKAC): conceptualization, theoretical framework, and empirical testing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Despite the increasing importance of reverse knowledge for innovation and competitive advantage of multinational enterprises (MNEs), the issue of how to make reverse knowledge transfer (RKT) more effective is under-explored. ...
Hydrodynamic characteristics and capillary-assisted heat transfer enhancement of non-condensing/condensing two-phase flows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Interfacial characteristics of two-phase flows were studied through visualization experiments and numerical simulation using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on the volume-of-fluid (VOF)-continuum surface force (CSF) method...
A numerical simulation of a single shock-accelerated particle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Particle drag models, which capture macro viscous and pressure effects, have been developed over the years for various flow regimes to enable cost effective simulations...
The ecology of organizational forms in local and regional food systems: exploring the scaling-up challenge via a species concept
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Over the past 30 years, Western nations have developed alternative systems for exchanging agrofood products which incorporate social values into the transactional environment. These systems are comprised of many different ...
Essays on early childhood education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Early childhood educations plays a fundamental role in human capital development. This dissertation studies skills development during early childhood. Chapter 1 focuses on early childhood intervention from birth to age 3. ...
Disentangling alcohol-specific alcohol use disorder criteria from externalizing psychopathology using an empirically driven approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Within current mental disorder classification systems, alcohol use disorder (AUD) and psychopathology, more broadly, are conceptualized as distinct categorical disorders. Recent classification research has focused on ...
Role of agricultural cooperatives in poverty reduction in Nepal : an empirical analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
for developing economies; therefore, the government of Nepal has been investing economic resources in this sector, prioritizing it as part of a strategy for poverty reduction. The number of coopertives have been increased substantially since 2007 and almost half...
The relationship between medication adherence, health literacy and social support network in the hypertensive emergency department patient
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for the development of heart disease, which is the number one cause of death in the United States (U.S.). The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) led to a significant increase in emergency department (ED...
Investigations of Mississippi valley-type mineralizing fluids via analytical geochemistry, numerical modeling, and experimental geochemistry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits represent enrichments of base metals and other elements up to 1000's of times greater than their average concentrations in the Earth's crust. These enrichments most commonly consist ...
Voice in marketing interactions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Voice is an intrinsic feature of marketing interactions that varies among individual agents, across encounters, and throughout interactions. Despite the prevalence of voice...
The impact of gender and traditional norm adherence on event-level alcohol outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
whether these differences are attributable to a number of factors that differ between men and women, including biological differences, personality traits, mood, and drinking motives. Multiple studies (McCreary et al., 1999; Neve et al., 1997) have...
Northern bobwhite brood ecology and population dynamics in southwest Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) have experienced widespread, long-term population declines. Bobwhite populations in Missouri have declined 2.7% annually between 1966 and 2015, and 3.5% annually between 2005 and 2015, for a cumulative loss...
Understanding how violence impacts rural mexico: a cross sectional analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Violence has negative impacts on the wellbeing of civilians, but it specifically has a stronger impact on the rural poor. In Mexico, the rural poor are often ignored in academic research and in policies that address violence, ...
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation addresses labor market issues. The first two chapters deal with employment issues during the great recession using nationally representative data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The ...
Emplacement styles of obsidian lavas: an integrated field and laboratory study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Previously accepted models of emplacement dynamics of obsidian lavas have recently been called into question by observations made during the effusive eruptions of Chaiten in 2008-2009 and Cordon Caulle in 2011-2012 in ...
Using communicative patterns to predict Twitter users' social capital, likability, and popularity gains with natural language processing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Social media constructs a computer-mediated public space where individuals' visibility and influence can be quantitatively measured by the number of likes, retweets, and followers they receive. These metrics serve as a reward system that not only...