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The State of Early Childhood Programs: 2009
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2009)
Enriching experiences in the context of high quality early childhood programs give young children an enhanced chance at success in school. Poor children, who are particularly at risk for academic failure, can benefit greatly ...
Predicting Latino adolescents' dental exam occurrence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Dental health is considered an indicator of overall health and may impact specific health areas such as socioemotional well-being. Though considerable ...
Synthesis of mixed metal-organic pyrogallol[4]arene nanocapsules and their host-guest chemistry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The formation of nanometer scale capsule (or capsule-like) assemblies continues to attract interest due to the potential application of such architectures ...
Development of advanced chemometric methods for the analysis of deep-UV resonance Raman spectra of proteins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Ultra violet resonance Raman (UVRR) is a powerful spectroscopic technique for determining the secondary structural content of proteins in solution. ...
Dopamine and emotion processing in schizotypal anhedonia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Three studies examined emotion processing and dopamine regulation in anhedonia. In Study 1, in multiple assessments of emotional experience (e.g., naturalistic and lab contexts and social and nonsocial situations), people ...
Metabolic responses to a high fat diet in skeletal muscle of rats bred for high or low endurance running capacities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Whole body aerobic capacity and mitochondrial oxidative capacity are linked and may play an obligatory role in the maintenance of metabolic function and protection against insulin resistance when challenged with a high-fat ...
Student lobbyists' behavior and its perceived influence on state-level public higher education legislation : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
As state budgets have tightened and a college education has more frequently come to be viewed as a private good, public higher education has become increasingly politicized, particularly at the state level and over the ...
Genome scan in commercial angus cattle for quantitative trait loci influencing growth, carcass, and reproductive traits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Experimental designs historically used for quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping in cattle have captured a limited number of parental chromosomes and therefore have only detected the few heterozygous QTL within these ...
Change in high-risk behaviors during the first college year categorized by gender, first-generation status, and admission index demographics as measured by the CIRP and YFCY
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The purpose of this case study was to evaluate change in five high-risk behaviors among three demographic groups of first-year college students. The study utilized the CIRP and YFCY surveys to gain pre- and post-measurements ...
Nonparametric analysis of interval-censored failure time data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis considers the problem of treatment comparisons when only interval-censored failure time data are available. This type of data occurs frequently in clinical trials and other follow-up studies. We study several ...
"The great fairy science" : the marriage of natural history and fantasy in Victorian children's literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This dissertation explores the merging of two unlikely literary - natural history writing and fantasy - as a subgenre of mid - to late nineteenth century British children's literature. Tailoring natural history for children, ...
Molecular characterization of soybean squalene synthases (GmSQSs) and genetic engineering for enhanced phytosterols in Arabidopsis seeds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Squalene synthase (SQS), which converts fanesyl diphosphate (FPP) to squalene, represents a crucial branch point of the isoprenoid pathway and is ...
Implementation of high-density SNP data for genetic evaluation and QTL discovery in beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A genomic relationship matrix was built using 1,707 Angus AI sires with complete pedigree information and 698 Angus steers with only paternity ...
The influence of positive mood and extraversion on different aspects of cognitive control
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There is some evidence that positive mood might influence cognitive control and that extraverts might perform better than introverts when experiencing ...
Experimental investigation of a novel disc oscillating heat pipe and heat conduction effect on the startup of oscillating motion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A new disc oscillating heat pipe has been developed and tested for use in high heat flux applications with a localized heat source. The results show ...
Examining college science teachers' belief systems about inquiry-based teaching in the context of a professional development program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to examine how college science teachers' belief systems about inquiry-based teaching changed through their learning experience in a faculty development program. The program was designed to ...
The use of web analytics on an academic library website
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Academic libraries need to evaluate their electronic services in order to ensure their users' satisfaction. Libraries have been using evidence based evaluation traditionally. These practices have their imitations as they ...
Molecular characterization of soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, is a devastating pathogen to soybean worldwide. This obligate parasite establishes specialized feeding cells within host roots that are required for completion of the nematode ...
Investigating the development and use of phylogenetic representations by college undergraduates in a plant systematics course
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Representations are critical tools for visualizing complex scientific knowledge. However, there is limited research investigating how students gain representational competence in biology, specifically in evolution. In ...
Topics in geometric analysis with applications to partial differential equations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The main aim of the current thesis is to investigate the mathematical tools and methods used to study problems which bridge between analysis and geometry. Such an undertaking is particularly useful in situations in which ...