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Robust and efficient process for acceptance testing of radiation therapy machines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The current (legacy) paradigm for acceptance testing (AT), commissioning, and ongoing quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) of linac and treatment planning systems (TPS) is extremely inefficient requiring substantial ...
No people like #showpeople : Broadway performers' ethnographic social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The occupational folk group of Broadway musical theater performers uses folklore in public spaces as a kind of representational strategy for the group as a whole. This strategy is significant in representing the group’s ...
The influence of Bands of America on one high school marching band : a single case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The purpose of this research study was to examine the influence of participation in Bands of America competitions (hereafter referred to as BOA) on one central Missouri high school marching band program. I chose to study ...
Spatial modeling of aboveground carbon dynamics of the U. S. central hardwood forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Central Hardwood Forest (CHF) is one of the largest forested biomes in the United States and its aboveground carbon dynamics have both regional and global significances. Thus, the aboveground carbon dynamics of CHF are of ...
Family support and prosocial behaviors in U. S. Mexican and European American young adults : the intervening roles of respect and sociocognitive/emotive traits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The primary aim of this study is to consider mothers, fathers, and siblings as socialization agents of young adult's prosocial behaviors and to consider ...
Utilizing multi-commodity flow formulations to solve network protection problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The identification of critical network components is of interest to both interdictors wishing to degrade the network's performance, and to defenders ...
Computational study of infrared spectra of silica polymorphs via classical mechanics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
A potential energy model that correctly reflects zeolite framework interactions is the premise for computational studies of the physical and chemical processes occurring inside zeolites, such as catalytic chemical reactions ...
Internet regulations and independent news organizations in Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Out of the dark and into the light : a look into metal music and violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Out of the dark and into the light is a project that looks at the relationship, real or perceived, between metal music listenership and violence. The project utilizes semi-structured interviews with four working metal ...
Investigating the early processes of person construal using ERPs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
According to the dynamic interactive theory of person construal (Freeman & Ambady, 2011), upon perception of a person, multiple social categories become simultaneously active and are refined through the integration of ...
Tnf[alpha] alters occludin and endothelial cell barrier function : role of p38MAPK
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Occludin is one of the key tight junction (TJ) proteins in endothelial cells and it plays an important role in modulating blood brain barrier (BBB) function. This protein (65kDa) has been shown to engage in many signaling ...
The role of gender in entrepreneurship education /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The purpose of this case study was to understand the gendered experiences women students have while participating in a university entrepreneurship program through the lens of the theory of gendered organizations. I completed ...
Distributed frequent hierarchical pattern mining for robust and efficient large-scale association discovery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Frequent pattern mining is a classic data mining technique, generally applicable to a wide range of application domains, and a mature area of research. The fundamental challenge arises from the combinatorial nature of ...
Envelopment of a fibroblast growth factor 21 assay
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Obesity and diabetes play a major role in many diseases prevalent in our current society. Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) is a recently discovered hormone that has potential for therapeutic treatment of obesity and ...
A general method for sizing battery energy storage systems for use in mitigating photovoltaic flicker
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
A method for sizing battery energy storage (BES) systems for use in mitigating voltage flicker caused by solar intermittency in photovoltaic generation was developed. The method creates a "design day" from existing solar ...
Instability in a palladium hydride system due to a fast electrical perturbation caused by a pulsed power system /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Nanoporous palladium with a specific surface area of 29.12 m2g-1 was created using highly loaded palladium hydride wires subjected to a fast electrical pulse of energy. The delivered energy of approximately 0.5 J was ...
Uniform bounds in F-finite rings and their applications /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This dissertation establishes uniform bounds in characteristic p rings which are either F-finite or essentially of finite type over an excellent local ring. These uniform bounds are then used to show that the Hilbert-Kunz ...
Comprehensive wealth measurement and spatial hedonic analysis : social capital and social amenities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The last decade has seen a growing interest in the concept of comprehensive wealth, which is defined as including intangible and non-market as well as tangible and market assets. This dissertation responds to this rising ...
The role of the first-person narrator when dealing with mental illness
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
This thesis examines how the first-person narrator alters reader perception in a story about mental illness. The role genre plays with the first-person narrator when talking about mental illness is also important when ...
Influence of tillage methods and waterfowl migration on weed seed distribution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Identical field experiments were conducted in 2014 and 2015 in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin and at two sites in Missouri to determine the effects of four tillage treatments combined with one of ...