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A cytological study of stimulation of the liver
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1921)
In correlation with the ... [Introduction] the work for this paper was undertaken to demonstrate that the changes taking place in the secretory cells of the liver are identical with those in the nerve cells under both ...
Proportional mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Alaska
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
status and sex. All available death certificates recorded in Alaska between 1915-1921 (n=7,147) were analyzed. Mortality rates were calculated using population estimates from the 1910 and 1920 United States census reports. A multilinear regression...
A critical study of the chemical and physical factors involved in cake making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
There is no specific history as to how and when the first cake was made. However, it is reasonable to suppose that it developed logically from bread making at an early date, when some clever cook found that the addition ...
Adjusting organizational structure for cooperative longevity : Missouri farmers association, 1920 - 1950
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The objective of this qualitative exploratory study is to analyze the process which led Missouri Farmer Association (MFA) to dramatically change its organizational structure...
Rivers running through : an urban environmental history of the Kansas Cities and the Missouri River
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] An environmental history of Kansas City and an urban history of the Missouri River, this dissertation shows how interconnected the city and the river were through the twentieth...
The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)
This dissertation attempts to explain the role of the Bucareli Conference in the contest between the United States and Mexico from 1914 to approximately 1930. It arose from an interest in the land and oil questions and ...
Early roads in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1936)
"The objectives of this study are to present a brief survey of some of the outstanding Indian trails of the State, an abbreviated account of the development of the important traces of the French and Spanish regimes, and a ...
Federal crop insurance -- a case study in Audrain County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
in Missouri. The importance of Missouri commodities for the entire United States is summarized in Table 2. As the table indicates, corn, wheat, and soybeans account for a large portion of the number of crops insured by the FCIC in the United States."--Introduction....
Diego Rivera: constructing a myth
(2011)
Diego Rivera was a master of creating visual languages to express his ideas and beliefs. Throughout his life, he actively sought to define Mexican culture and his life through his art and his writing. Much of how he is ...
The middlewestern wool manufacture 1860-1914
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
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...
Solidarity infrastructure : gender and race solidarity and cross-class coalitions in the Kansas City general strike of 1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
in Kansas City that resulted in a general strike in 1918. The general strike is historically unexpected because it occurred in sympathy with low-wage white and Black women with the support of white union men and middle-class clubwomen. The research...
Unelected oversight : the politics of government investigations and problem monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
bureaucrats themselves, Offices of Inspectors General, and the Government Accountability Office. In doing so, I extend and clarify existing theories of oversight, agenda setting, and problem identification to highlight three important but underappreciated...
Beyond the border war : student civil rights activism at the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, 1946-1954
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines post-World War II student civil rights activism at two Midwestern college campuses, the University of Missouri (MU) and the University...
Emotional responsivity in people high and low in trait positive affect
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-18)
Previous research has shown that individuals who report high levels of Trait Positive
Affect (TPA) experience better mental and physical health outcomes than individuals low in
TPA. The current study examined emotional ...
Non-Monogamous Individuals compared to Monogamous Individuals: The Differences in Their Relationships, Specifically Sexual Risk Behaviors and Level of Trust
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual-risk behaviors and relationship style (i.e., non-monogamous versus monogamous individuals). Data were collected from an adult sample (ages 18 ...
Associated Press teletypesetter wire service usage by Missouri afternoon dailies
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of the study which will be described in the following pages is to analyze the content of the Missouri state teletypesetter wire, and to see what use is made of it by the sixteen afternoon dailies it serves."--Page2...
The most favorable temperatures for the cooking of some typical foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
A search through available published material on the subject of the cooking of foods reveals for the most part only recommendations of fairly wide ranges rather than definite limits of temperature for the cooking of specified ...
Seasonal inventory control and the price of storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1977)
a dynamic representation of the changing flows of information and physical products which occur in present-day commodity marketing systems. The aim of this research is to examine some of the general requirements of a more appropriate model...
The Office of Governor of the State of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1963)
. Throughout the discussion, contrasts will be drawn between the office of Governor in Missouri and the office of state governor generally, as well as that of the President of the United States."--Page 6....