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Total salvation : the gospel of the abundant life and American culture, 1947-1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My dissertation places the gospel of the abundant life, most popularly known as the prosperity gospel, at the center of American religious and cultural ...
The attainment of social capital with adoelcsent girls living at the intersection of race and poverty in a community-based pedagogical space known as Auntie's Place
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This study examines how Black adolescent girls living at the intersection of race and poverty access social capital through involvement in a community-based pedagogical space known as "Auntie's Place." Employing a theoretical ...
Large-scale analysis, management, and retrieval of biological and medical images
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Biomedical image data have been growing quickly in volume, speed, and complexity, and there is an increasing reliance on the analysis of these data. Biomedical scientists are in need of efficient and accurate analyses of ...
Information, incentives, markets and policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Chapter One: How low might be the resource costliness of making signals credible? Using a job market as an example, I build a signaling model to determine ...
Investigating peptide-lipid interactions at single molecule level
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Despite the utmost importance of protein- lipid interactions in cellular activity, due to technical difficulties, this class of interactions has not been understood mechanistically. Obtaining a more complete understanding ...
Heat transfer enhancement of vapor condensation heat exchanger
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
A typical vapor condensation condenser consists of two major heat transfer processes, i.e., vapor condensation and forced convection. In order to enhance heat transfer, the condensation heat transfer utilizing the porous ...
Multi-camera high-throughput plant root phenotyping system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Plant root phenotyping is a key component in plant breeding and selection for desireable root properties. Preferable root traits can not only help a plant to grow faster but also allow for more dense and deep root system ...
A social identity analysis of racial minority professionals working in the advertising and public relations industries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The purpose of this research is to examine how racial minority professionals in the advertising and public relations industries construct their racial identities through the use of semi-structured interviews. Social identity ...
Exploring park visitor's perceptions of climate change a study in Columbia nature areas, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Climate change refers to any significant change in the measures of climate lasting for a period of time, such as significant changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among other effects, that occur over ...
A fast and accurate robotic grasp method using deep learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
I have developed a system that is capable of quick and accurate detection of target objects using the deep learning method. Adding orientation with depth sensing then allows a robot to grasp the objects. The existing ...
True beauty : a focus group analysis on interpreting messages of outward appearance in print teen magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This study explores how teenagers interpret, utilize and make sense of messages of beauty and outward appearance in print teen magazines in a focus group setting. This analysis is completed through the lens of social ...
Dynamic construction of trie-based automata for approximate K-mer matching on heterogeneous CPU-GPU systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In recent decades, mapping of a variety of species' genomes has taken place. With the proliferation of advanced and specialized hardware architectures such as GPUs, the process has been greatly accelerated. GPUs may ...
Student perceptions of the relationship between perceptions of internal strategic communication and satisfaction : a survey of one Midwestern university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The purpose of the research was to examine the relationship between perceptions with internal strategic communication and satisfaction with those communication efforts. Specifically, the purpose was twofold: 1) to determine ...
Animal stay region detection and behavior analysis based on GPS trajectories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Nowadays, GPS technology is becoming an important tool in tracking and understanding wild animal behaviors. For example, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has put GPS collars on more than 80 black bears and more ...
Preserving the lost cause through "Dixie's football pride" : the Birmingham News' coverage of the Alabama crimson tide during the core of the civil rights movement, 1961-1966
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This study examines college football's role in redefining the American South's regional identity in the century following the Civil War. During this time, southern college football began to resonate in many respects with ...
Comprehensive management of pelvic floor dysfunction in women
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Objective: Advanced Practice Nurses (APRNs) in a urogynecology clinic are uniquely positioned to provide comprehensive, nonsurgical care for women with symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) including urinary, defecatory, ...
Measurements of fission product sorption on graphite
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Nuclear source estimations for high and very high gas temperature reactors (VHTRs) require data for fission product (FP) adsorption on graphite at high temperatures. The adsorption and vapor pressures of silver on nuclear ...
Sequences of rank-1 projections and Gabor tight fusion frames
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This dissertation provides new results in two areas. The first part concerns the particular properties that are inherited by a sequence of rank-1 projections from the inducing sequence of unit-norm vectors. The second part ...
Stages of change, coparenting patterns, and post-divorce parent education programming : a pre-program assessment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Given concerns about the effect of divorce and interparental conflict on children, many judges now require divorcing/legally separating parents with ...
Reliability-based design (RBD) of shallow foundations on rock masses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The reliability-based design (RBD) approach that separately accounts for variability and uncertainty in load(s) and resistance(s) can be incorporated ...