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Legume bacteria with reference to light and longevity
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1929)
The College of Agriculture centennial lecture series.
(College of Agriculture, University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
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 ...
Politics and Productivity
(Western Economic Association International, 2003-07)
We use a stochastic frontier approach to study the effects of political and regulatory institutions on aggregate productivity in 39 countries from 1975 to 1990. We show that technical efficiency is positively related to ...
The pressure, volume, and temperature behavior of water at negative pressures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
The p-v-T behavior of a pure substance is among its most important properties. Accurate data of this type are necessary for the determination of the molecular parameters of the substance in any theoretical or semi- theoretical ...
Three essays on racial discrimination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
estimates and test statistics with more power; 2) conducting regression analyses with different model specifications to show the robustness of the empirical results; 3) showing how empirical results are affected when careful controls for age, period...
Differential gene and protein expression in pig nuclear transfer extraembryonic membranes and blastocyst stage embryos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Nuclear transfer (cloning) is the process of transferring a donor cell nucleus into an enucleated oocyte. The oocyte and donor cell are subsequently fused and activated to allow for nuclear reprogramming and continued ...
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 ...
An empirical study of advertised retail meat prices in a metropolitan area
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
The major portion of all food items is ultimately sold through retail outlets, most of which are large supermarkets. Since market conduct in food retailing notably affects social welfare, it warrants empirical examination. ...
Three Essays at the Intersection of Social Theory and Political Economy
(2022)
This study revisits classic questions of political economy through an interdisciplinary lens, wedding the insights of modern social theory with heterodox political economy. The first chapter synthesizes the economic and ...
Colonial inclusivity : historical education and state capacity in post-colonial states
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The contribution of this dissertation is to show that colonial state building efforts were more successful in the long term when the state invested in education for the colonized population. This argument builds upon recent ...
Three essays on the influence of state policies on transfer enrollment at 4-year institutions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This dissertation contains three essays that examine the influence of state policies on transfer enrollment at 4-year institutions. The first essay is a systematic review of 16 studies that provide an understanding of the ...
History of the Department of Poultry Science, 1967-1985
(College of Agriculture, University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
Knowledge-driven multidimensional indexing for content-based information retrieval
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Media data are being generated at rates unimaginable only years ago. We face challenges in providing efficient and accurate access to media content, ...
Essays on applied macroeconomics and monetary policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The dissertation presents three essays in applied macroeconomics and monetary theory. First essay explores the existence of global financial cycles and examines the relationship between financial and macroeconomic sectors ...
Optimization of Handover, Survivability, Multi-Connectivity and Secure Slicing in 5G Cellular Networks using Matrix Exponential Models and Machine Learning
(2022)
This works proposes optimization of cellular handovers, cellular network survivability modeling, multi-connectivity and secure network slicing using matrix exponentials and machine learning techniques. We propose matrix ...
The impact analysis of structural change in Korean agriculture with respect to the Korean-United States free trade agreement : dynamic simultaneous equation model approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The main objective of this study is the analysis of the impacts of the Korean-United States Free Trade Agreement. On April 2, 2007, Korea and the ...
Comparative machine learning approach for biomarker identification using multiomics data from patients with endometriosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Endometriosis is a complex and common gynecological disorder yet a poorly understood disease affecting about 176 million women worldwide, and causing ...
Anisotropic organic materials : ferroelectric crystals and spin-polarized radicals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Anisotropic organic materials are attracting increasing interesting for their highly electro-optic characteristics. We are especially interested in ...