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Cupids at the Circus : Missouri's Chariot Sarcophagus
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"One of the more peculiar and intriguing phenomena in Roman archaeology is the abrupt and still generally unexplained switch from cremation to inhumation that seems to have occurred throughout the Empire during the second century after Christ...
Women in Context : Eight Statuettes from the Roman Period
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"The collection of the Museum of Art and Archaeology includes eight statuettes of women that were acquired in 197 4 as part of a group of Roman bone objects. Except for brief mention at the time of their acquisition, they ...
A Laconian Lady in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"Mention of Greece and the site of ancient Sparta, surrounded by mountains in the region of Laconia, brings to mind a male-dominated, militaristic society devoid of artistic culture. But this describes the later Archaic ...
The Funerary Stele of Heliodora, Astrologer
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2019)
, and a considerable number of further examples known but not yet published, the stele in the University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology belongs to a tiny group of such gravestones with unusual interest and, indeed, a unique description...
Biotechnology and Agriculture : A Skeptical Perspective
(AgBioForum, 1999)
A combination of population and income growth will more than double the demand for food and other agricultural commodities over the next half century. Advances in crop productivity during the twentieth century have largely ...
Interannual and interdecadal variability in the predominant Pacific region SST anomaly patterns and their impact on climate in the mid-Mississippi valley region
(Centro Ciencias Atmosfera UNAM, 2007-02)
Previous research has demonstrated that Pacific Region SSTs and SST anomalies can be separated into seven general synoptic classifications (“clusters”) (A-G). Clusters B and G (C, D, and F) [A and E] were shown to be generally representative of La...
Thoughts on the Provenance of Some Merovingian-Era Buckles at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
"Among the thousands of objects in the collection of the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri is a little-known group of early medieval artifacts from France. Given by the artist Evelyn Borchard Metzger in 1962, the European...
Horseman in Bronze : A Belt from Urartu
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2005)
Using the monthly classification of global SSTs and 500 HPA height to predict temperature and precipitation regimes one to two season in advance for the Mid-Mississippi Region
(National Weather Association, 2008-07)
the forecasts against climatology. The results show that these forecasts have been better than climatology, in general, especially in the summer season and for seasonal temperature forecasts. The research results used here have demonstrated that Pacific region...
Interannual Variability of Snowfall Events Southwest Missouri and Snowfall to- Liquid Water Equivalents at the Springfield WFO
(National Weather Association, 2005-12)
In order to address the difficult issue of forecasting snowfall amounts for the general
public, forecasters must be intimately familiar with the climatological behavior of snowfall events, and associated snowfall-to-liquid ...
A Matter of Life and Death : "Reading" a Funerary Relief
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
"Funerary monuments from the eastern Roman Empire are both numerous and varied. The Museum of Art and Archaeology at the university of Missouri has a particularly interesting one -- a relief that commemorates a woman named Levitha, who lived...
HOPE for the Pell? Institutional Effects in the Intersection of Merit-Based and Need-Based Aid
(Southern Economic Journal, 2006)
Prior empirical evidence finds that general enrollment effects of merit-aid programs such as the Georgia Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship are large and significant, while the effects of need-based aid programs...
A Nonlinear IV Likelihood-Based Rank Test for Multivariate Time Series and Long Panels
(Berkeley Electronic Press, 2010)
-sectional correlation of the disturbances. The nonlinear IV rank test also extends earlier research on nonlinear IV unit root tests. However, the optimal instrument in the univariate case is not admissible in the more general multivariate case. The chi-squared result...
Seven Ancient Egyptian Figured Ostraca and a Decorated Sherd : The Wilber Collection in the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
The Identity Crisis of a Roman Empress
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2002)
The Association between sensation seeking and well-being among college-attending emerging adults
(2013)
Sensation seeking is a known risk factor for unsafe and reckless behavior among college students, but its association with well-being is unknown. Given that exploration plays an important psychosocial role during the ...
Conservation tillage, herbicide use, and genetically engineered crops in the United States : the case of soybeans
(AgBioForum, 2013)
This study examines the extent to which adopting herbicide-tolerant (HT) soybeans affects conservation tillage practices and herbicide use. The model is estimated using a state-level panel dataset extending across 12 major ...
Gravitational bending of light by planetary multipoles and its measurement with microarcsecond astronomical interferometers
(arXiv, 2007)
General relativistic deflection of light by mass, dipole, and quadrupole moments of gravitational field of a moving massive planet in the Solar system is derived in the approximation of the linearized Einstein equations. All terms of order 1...
"People, places, and things:" Network factors matter in the experiences of mental health court participants
(2013)
This paper presents findings regarding the relationship between the social networks of MHC participants and one important outcome, treatment adherence. Poor treatment adherence is associated with poor recovery among people ...
The Effects of Institutional Merit-Based Aid On the Enrollment Decisions of Needy Students
(Enrollment Management Journal, 2008)
-based aid in needy-student financial aid packages. Using a unique empirical approach in which the decisions of University of Oregon applicants to apply for federal financial aid and/or enroll at the University of Oregon are modeled jointly, results indicate...