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Modeling wetland connectivity and vulnerability to wetland-corridor loss
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Wetland systems involve a complex range of important biological, chemical, and hydrologic interactions among individual wetlands which contribute to ecological health. Modification of the landscape due to anthropogenic ...
Creating an effective educational environment for adult learners : a qualitative, multi-case study of off-campus center administrator's use of invitational leadership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This qualitative, multi-case study was designed to examine off-campus centers and their administrators in creating an effective learning environment for adult learners. Serving as the conceptual framework, invitational ...
A utilization-focused program evaluation of the graduate safety program at University of Central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Program assessment has historically and continues to be a critical element for academic programs to ensure continuous quality improvement of their programs. In the recent years, occupational safety, health and environmental ...
Targeting the myofibroblast : new strategies in managing equine corneal fibrosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Corneal disease is a common cause of blindness in horses as a result of various causes including traumatic, autoimmune, neoplastic, or infectious ...
Adobe materials for structural walls
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
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A deeper sense of truth : William T. Vollmann's Seven Dreams Series and experiencing history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
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Robust person tracking in indoor environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
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The hitching post, volume 5, issue 1 (2015 Winter)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015)
The inhibition of cysteine peptidases improves in vitro maturation of porcine cumulus-oocyte-complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The cell permeable cysteine peptidase inhibitor, E-64, has shown utility as a potent and irreversible inhibitor for many cysteine proteases. Consequently, ...
National identity representation in sport media: the case of China and the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Based on the interpretation of the newspaper's role in constructing national identity, this study explores the dynamic strategies employed in nationalism constructing in two major newspapers of China and USA during the ...
How to write like Tina and Mindy: constructing persona in female celebrity memoir
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The primary goal for this project was to demonstrate that celebrity memoir, specifically female comedian memoir, examines the self in a similar manner as memoirs traditionally studied in creative nonfiction. Tina Fey's ...
Reporting complex legal issues: an examination of the reportage on Citizens United and ACA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study looked at the reportage of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius from the New York Times, the USA Today and The Washington Post. Through the ...
The queen of pacific tides
(The Missouri Review, 2013-10)
Rose Whitmore is the 2013 winner of The Missouri Review's Peden Prize for "The Queen of pacific tides." This recording of Ms. Whitmore's reading was made at Orr Street Studios in Columbia, Missouri on September 30, 2013.
Assessing the independence of state parties : issue ownership and morality politics in US state party platforms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study uses party platforms to assess the degree of independence between state and national political parties in the United States in light of issue ownership theory and morality politics. Utilizing a coding scheme ...
Genome-wide exploration of direct GBX2 target genes and their contributions to mouse development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The cells that comprise the vertebrate nervous system require molecular cues to determine their cellular position, identity and their ability to make ...
Mature forest-breeding bird use of early-successional habitat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Some late-successional birds shift habitat-use from mature forestbreeding habitat to early-successional habitat. Management efforts have primarily focused on breeding habitat for migratory songbirds, but the post-breeding ...
The nation of Islam's struggle for civil rights and liberties, 1930-1971
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Beginning in the fall of 1939, Charles Hamilton Houston, professor of law at the Howard University School of Law and the legal pioneer generally credited ...
An investigative approach to explore optimum assembly process design for annular targets carrying leu foil
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Technetium-99m is the most widely used nuclear isotope in the medical field, with nearly 80 to 85% of all diagnostic imaging procedures. The daughter isotope of molybdenum-99 is currently produced using weapons-grade ...
Tan B :a long wavelength fluorogenic probe for thiaminase I activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Thiamine, known as Vitamin B1, is one of the 9 essential Vitamins of the B-complex. It is water-soluble and involved in many cellular processes, such as in the biosynthesis of neurotransmitter. Thiamine deficiency may cause ...
The filth and the fury : a rhetoric of punk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] On December 1st, 1976, punk exploded onto the British cultural scene when the Sex Pistols appeared on Thames Television's Today show. Sporting a ...