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Progestin regulation of follicular dynamics in beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Progestins, such as melengestrol acetate (MGA) and Controlled Internal Drug Release (CIDR), can inhibit ovulation and synchronize estrus in cattle. However, long-term MGA treatment, in the absence of a corpus luteum, results ...
Bayesian smoothing spline analysis of variance models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Based on the pioneering work by Wahba (1990) in smoothing splines for nonparametric regression, Gu (2002) decomposed the regression function based on a tensor sum decomposition of inner product spaces into orthogonal ...
Inhibition of progestin-induced VEGF in mammary cancer by curcumin and 2-methoxy estradiol and their potential role as anti-angiogenic & chemopreventive compounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Estrogen/Progestin combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is commonly prescribed to alleviate the symptoms of menopause in women. Combination HRT however is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, an effect ...
Words and rumors of words : comparative war rhetorics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis surveys how democratic governments convince their people to go to war and to continue fighting unpopular wars by exploring the relationship between contemporary and classical war rhetoric. Focusing on the ...
Polarimetric radar processing of AIRSAR imagery from Los Angeles basin region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Extracting useful information and intelligence from polarimetric interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PolInSAR) data involves a variety of highly sophisticated processing methods. To aid in the advancement of efficient ...
High throughput profiling of transcription factors involved in soybean root growth under water deficit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Drought is the major abiotic stress factor limiting crop productivity worldwide. Plant root and shoot systems respond to environmental changes by altering the expression of complex gene networks through sensing environmental ...
Synthesis of rhenium complexes as models for new sigma receptor imaging agents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The sigma receptor has been biologically found to play roles in the central nervous system (CNS) disorders and cancer cell proliferation. With the identification of lead sigma receptor binding ligands by previous structure ...
Influence of herbicide applications and common pasture weeds on total forage yield and nutritive values in tall fescue pastures and hayfields in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The addition of several new herbicides labeled for pastures or hayfields has led many growers to question their options for weed management in these environments. In addition, little is known about the influence of common ...
Cooling system for micro scale food transport process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
For the purpose of food safety during food transport in micro scale businesses with non-refrigerated trucks, coolers are one of the main containers that can be used to meet food safety regulations. In this research, a ...
Mood and urgency effects on activation of alcohol cognitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Mood states influence many aspects of human behavior, including decisions to drink alcohol. Alcohol-related cognitions have been shown to be activated by positive and negative mood states (Birch, Stewart, & Zack, 2006), ...
The birth and death of a tar baby : Henry Kissinger and southern Africa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis is an examination of Henry Kissinger and his foreign policy toward southern Africa, using the civil war in Angola in 1975 as a case study. It interrogates the influence of race, ideology, and culture on the ...
Radionuclide production for radioisotope micro-power source technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Radioisotope micro-power sources (RIMS) hold great promise for the development of small power sources for use in numerous applications, including micro electromechanical (MEMS) systems, due to the five orders of magnitude ...
SIRT1 deacetylation regulates NFAT transcriptional activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The class III histone deacetylase SIRT1 plays important roles in aging, metabolism and biological clock control. We have recently demonstrated that ...
Vascular smooth muscle metabolism and pyruvate dehydrogenase
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In dyslipidemic states, most muscle types preferentially utilize fatty acids rather then glucose largely due to modulation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase ...
A priori estimates for solutions of elliptic partial differential equations on surfaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Let S be an ([lowercase nu ? 1)-dimensional bounded surface of class C[superscript 2] in [double-struck R][superscript n] and let [uppercase delta]S ...
Evaluation of hybrid anchor system for blast resistant steel stud wall design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Steel stud wall systems are a common building material known for their low cost and ease of construction. However, standard building practices cause ...
Evaluation of innovative materials subjected to near-contact detonations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Some structures composed of brittle cast iron may be particularly vulnerable to terrorist attacks using near-contact detonations because of the lack ...
A study of the role of the Atg8 protein in autophagic vesicle formation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Autophagy is the term used to refers to an catabolic cellular cleanup process through the lysosomal machinery. During autophagy portions of cytoplasm ...
The art of persuasion : critiquing China's new middle class by multi-perspective storytelling mode
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My work is a critique of China's New Middle Class's tasteless manners. The New Middle Class in China have attempted to use "good taste" as a means of ...
In vitro characterization of Nudt16 orthologs by sequence and function provide evidence supporting a nuclear RNA degradation pathway
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Nudt16, previously called X29, is known to be a metal-dependent decapping enzyme expressed in mammals and Xenopus . Nudt16 has been proposed to be the catalytic component of a previously unknown nuclear RNA degradation ...