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Feeding the dairy cow
(University of the State of Missouri, College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1902)
Organization of Journalists in Great Britain
(University of Missouri, 1929)
Scale insects of Missouri
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1923)
Relief of thermally-induced stress in dairy cattle by radiation cooling
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1958)
Three essays on demand for meat and dairy products evidence from household level data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Dairy and meat demand is not only influenced by prices and income but also by generational cohort (Millennial, Gen X, Baby Boomers, and Traditionalists), race, and other demographic factors. This study examines the demand ...
Geochronologic and thermochronologic constraints on the Mesozoic to Cenozoic deformation history of southeastern California
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
that distance and has accommodated at least an equivalent amount of displacement. To test this hypothesis, this study uses detrital zircon U-Pb dating of two formations proposed to have shared provenance to establish depositional ages and sediment sources...
Weed Management Costs, Weed Best Management Practices, and the Roundup Ready[trademark] Weed Management Program
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Roundup Ready[trademark] (RR) crops have been widely adopted because they provide significant benefits to growers, but glyphosate- resistant weeds threaten the sustainability of these benefits. Weed best-management practices ...
The shrinking city school: following trajectories of shrinkage across three decades of an urban school desert
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Late on the evening of January 12th, 2021, the Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) Board voted to close seven of its schools and transition one of its high schools to a middle school (Clancy, 2021). Sweeping closures are not ...
Three essays in regional economic modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
My dissertation is about regional economic modeling for understanding local economy, economic impact analysis and forecasting. In the first essay, I developed a nonspatial version of community policy analysis model for ...
Three essays on social policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
the fact that the work requirement exemption depends on the age of the youngest child and the county of residence. I find a modest reduction in SNAP participation due to the SNAP work requirement. The cumulative survival estimation indicates...
Three essays on the labor market in China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
chapter, we study the impact of aggregate college admissions on inter-provincial migration in China for different age groups. Examining migration propensity, we find that the college expansion has a direct "enrollment effect" and a "competition effect...
Volatility estimation and price prediction using a hidden Markov model with empirical study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This work provides a solid development of a hidden Markov model (HMM) from the economic insight to the mathematic formulation. In this model, we assume both drift and volatility of the security return process are driven ...
Time-dependent response of reinforced concrete elements near collapse
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
consisting of 4 and 6 beams were tested at concrete ages of 67 to 543 under sustained loads ranging from 82 percent to 98 percent of the short-term capacity for time periods from 24 to 52 days, with one beam failing under sustained load within 84 minutes. Ten...
Improving urban air and stormwater quality using photocatalytic highway pavement and photocatalytic pervious concrete shoulders
(2013)
Pervious concrete, photocatalytic concrete, and photocatalytic pervious concrete are emerging technologies in the pavement industry, and have been researched in order to determine the efficacy of these technologies in ...
A gestural human computer interface for Smart Health
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2013-03-19)
For centuries, man was forced to live a highly active lifestyle with food being a precious commodity.
Technological advances in the past few decades have resulted in increasingly sedentary lifestyles
and a surfeit of ...
Illiquidity spillover : the cross-market impact of firm level illiquidity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study is an examination of the cross-market relations of illiquidity at the firm level. In the first part of the study I explore the cross-market ...
Pediatric Lead Poisoning and The Built Environment in Kansas City, Missouri 2000-2013
(2021)
This study examines relationships between pediatric lead poisoning and the built environment. Focusing on Kansas City, Missouri between the years 2000 and 2013 this dissertation informs policy options and identifies ...
Fire risk assessment of the western portion of the central hardwoods forest region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined how fire risk, a combination of fuels conditions and fire probabilities, varied across a large portion of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Case studies were conducted to evaluate the fuel loading ...
Molecular structure determination: solid-state NMR applications
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-12-14)
Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (ssNMR) has become one of the best
techniques to determine molecular structure via inter/intra-molecular interactions.
Unlike the well-known solution state NMR, solid-state NMR ...
Spectroscopic studies of transmembrane helical peptides and LC-MS/MS method development and validation for PFAS quantitation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Water hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) to [alpha]-helical transmembrane (TM) peptides is fundamental to understanding the behavior and function of [alpha]-helical peptides, disease pathways, and the development of new drugs. ...