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The political economy of human well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Politics permeates various aspects of our lives, including the quality of life people lead. However, existing political science scholarship on human well-being is relatively...
Second person ethereal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation consists of a critical introduction and a full-length book of poetry. The critical introduction deals with the literary manifestations of exile in contemporary...
Rethinking the evolution of human intelligence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Humans have very large, complex brains for their size. Why are humans so intelligent and why did we become intelligent so quickly? My dissertation addresses the question of how...
A comprehensive study of marine sediments of NanTroSEIZE Project, offshore Japan : clay mineralogy, consolidation, and microfabric
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation investigates the clay mineral assemblages, consolidation state, and microfabric of sedimentary strata along the Kumano transect of Nankai Trough, offshore...
It gets better? : gay teen bullying and suicide
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation explores the social construction of gay bullying and suicide as a social problem. Specifically, I analyze the It Gets Better Project and its conceptions...
Topics in non-locally convex functional analysis and geometrical analysis with applications to boundary value problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation is comprised of two parts. The first part, consisting of chapters 2-13, deals with issues pertaining to non-locally functional analysis. Specifically, we...
Gene replacement restores the contractile and passive properties of skeletal muscle in murine models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal disease caused by the loss of the dystrophin protein. Loss of mobility is a key clinical presentation in DMD. It is believed...
Mother, father, husband, wife, soldier : identity-negotiation of veterans during re-entry into family life post-deployment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purposes of this study were to (a) understand how recent military veterans negotiate their identities post-deployment, and more specifically, (b) understand how military...
Defining professionalism in the health sciences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This qualitative single case study explores how faculty members within a Midwestern four-year university's school of health professions define the concept of professionalism...
Night and day
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Night and Day relays the coming-of-age narrative of a minority female character fluctuating between the melting pot American culture of her mother, which she is entrenched in...
Fiber-based absorbent configuration in evaporative cooling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] For the purpose of food quality and safety during short-term transportation and storage in developing or rural areas, low energy consumption and environmental friendly methods...
Phylogenomics of ancient whole genome duplications in the Brassicales
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Ancient whole genome duplications (WGDs), which multiply copies of the entire genome within an organism, are ubiquitous throughout the evolutionary history of higher eukaryotic...
Color outside the line : Liminality and Creole identity in Louisiana, colonial era to reconstruction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This work examines the construction of racial and caste identity in Louisiana, from the French and Spanish colonial period through Reconstruction. Using painted portraits...
Divine appointments : living life with maximum impact
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Despite the wide range of theorizing and philosophizing regarding genuine dialogue, few efforts have been made to analyze the phenomenon from an empirical standpoint within any...
Women without place : a home for now: mothering within temporary shelter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project draws on nine months of ethnographic research in a domestic violence shelter, New Beginnings, to explore the experience of mothering within non-permanent shelter...
I'd rather beg for forgiveness than ask for permission : sexuality education teachers' identities and agency in the classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study explored the process by which sexuality education teachers come to conceptualize their teaching identity. The findings suggest that teachers rely on what I am calling...
A Cypriot hodegetria : the creation, interpretation, and significance of a plaster relief from Kopetra
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Excavations at a church in the village of Kalavasos-Kopetra in southern Cyprus revealed a small plaster relief of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus while gesturing...
Exploring place attachment in rural Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research project utilizes Scannell and Gifford's (2010) person-process-place framework to develop a tool of measurement that will: 1) Determine an individual's level...