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Mean grain size estimation for copper-alloy samples based on attenuation coefficient estimates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
A polycrystalline metal's grain size affects its mechanical properties; therefore, the ability to effectively and easily monitor grain size during a manufacturing process is critical. Conventional destructive tests utilized ...
Regional heterogeneity of adventitial elastin in the arteriolar wall reflects differences in the mechanical environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Adventitial elastin provides structural and mechanical support for arterioles. While elastin quantities are known in arterioles, the structure of elastin fibers and distribution of elastin throughout the vessel was unknown. ...
Framing public health disaster : Chinese newspaper coverage of the contaminated milk powder affair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores how the news environment might affect the news framing of public health disasters. Specifically, it examines the coverage of the ...
Data privacy in the newsroom : the ethical justifications of using user data in the reporting process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study analyzes website privacy policies used by major news corporations and attempts to understand the newsroom ethics policies as applied to protecting personal information collected about readers. The confluence of ...
Photoacoustic detection and spectral analysis of hemozoin in human leukocytes as an early indicator of malaria infection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Malaria is a blood borne infection affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Usually, malaria is diagnosed only after a patient presents symptoms, including high fever, nausea, and, in advanced cases, coma and ...
Motivation change in college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study investigates the change of motivation of undergraduate students across an academic semester. Stepwise model comparison of individual change ...
The evolution of the U.S. financial architecture, asset prices, and the role of fiscal and monetary policy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-15)
In the past years there has been increasing interest in shadow banking institutions.
Economists identified the shadow banking system at the core of the 2007-2008 Global
Financial Crisis and it was a key component of the ...
VELAS: a fully-distributed daily hydrologic feedback model with emphasis on vegetation, land cover, and soil water dynamics
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-15)
We present a daily hydrologic feedback model, VELAS (the VEgetation-
LAnd cover-Soil water dynamics), to simulate daily responses of hydrologic
processes including interception, runoff, evapotranspiration, infiltration, ...
The process of fertilization in Aspidium and Adiantum
(University of Missouri, 1899)
The investigations of Ikeno, Hirase, Webber, and Shaw have given increased interest and importance to all facts bearing on the process of fertilization in plants. This interest centers on those groups which mark the boundary ...
Euripides as a poet of nature
(University of Missouri, 1902)
On the shores of Salamis, Euripides used for his study a cave which overlooked the sea, and in this secluded place wrote most of his tragedies. Thus leading a life of seclusion, Euripides devoted much time to studying ...
On the consideration of some special points of the calculus
(University of Missouri, 1899)
The subject of this paper is the study of the four problems of: (1) integration of a series term by term; (2) differentiation of a series term by term; (3) reverse of the order of integration in a double integral; (4) ...
Reciprocal exchange: understanding the community partner perspective in higher education service-learning
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-27)
This study investigates service-learning from the community partners' perspective,
especially in terms of reciprocity. As a central construct in the theory of service-learning,
reciprocity for community partners is ...
Application of remote sensing techniques to determine the kinematics of the Bull Lake Creek landslide, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Landslides are one of many natural hazards that impact human settlements. On average, each year landslides account for billions of dollars of property damage and claim thousands of lives around the world. Landslides are ...
A descriptive study of local grow your own principal internship programs in three different size and types of schools in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the outcomes of grow your own principal internship programs among three exemplary school districts in the state of Missouri. The researcher focused on experiences and ...
Soil quality as affected by agroforestry and grass buffers in grazed pasture and row crop systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Establishment of agroforestry and grass buffers within agroecosystems is believed to improve soil quality. Soil enzyme activities and water stable aggregates have been identified as sensitive soil quality indicators to ...
The role of distributive leadership in the implementation of program administration scale assessment recommendations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this research was two-fold: first, to explore the role of a program's use of distributive leadership practices in implementing substantive qualitative changes in an early childhood setting based on the Program ...
An examination of music student teaching seminars at midwestern universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study was designed with two main purposes: (a) to provide researchers and educators with information about the structure and content of music student teaching seminars by gathering baseline data regarding current ...
From controversial to compatible : newspaper editors' views on the value of reporter beat blogs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
A survey of top editors of large-circulation newspapers in the United States and follow-up interviews were conducted to determine the degree to which editors believe reporter blogging is important to their online sites and ...
Extension of EOQ model with emergency orders and explicit energy cost considerations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Given the rising cost of energy, this research studies the effect of energy cost on logistics decisions by analyzing the effect on inventory ordering policies for production systems with constant production rates but small, ...
Buriscon regulated immune response in Drosophila melanogaster
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Bursicon is a heterodimeric neurohormone which binds to the receptor LGR2 and regulates various aspects in cuticle sclerotization and wing expansion ...