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Gao Brothers' Execution of Christ: visual lexicon transcending culture, time, and place
(2011)
After the death of Chairman Mao Zedong in 1979, China began a national transformation from a once self-imposed isolated culture to one that hoped to be economically and culturally engaged with the rest of the world. Chinese ...
Sex radicals in America's heartland : redefining gender and sexuality, 1880-1910
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study examines the rise of sex radicalism in Kansas and the larger Midwest as men and women sought to redefine the ways in which they thought about gender and sexuality. Specifically, it follows the career of Moses ...
Unintended pregnancy among Christian women : the influence of religious factors and educational goals in resolution decisions and post-pregnancy adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examined the impact of Christian devoutness, church attendance, belief in scripture, moral opposition to abortion, and educational goals on ...
Women of the northern stage : gender, nationality and identity and the work of Canadian women stage directors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Studies in 1982 and 2006 conducted by the Canadian government and Canadian professional theatre organizations, respectively, revealed that Canadian women directors have been and continue to be underrepresented in relation ...
Regulation of L-type calcium channel sparklet activity by PKC and C-src
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Ca2+ sparklets are elementary fluorescence events associated with Ca2+ entry through L-type Ca2+ channels (Cav1.2) channels and are classified as persistent and low activity Ca2+ sparklets. Persistent Ca2+ sparklets are ...
The Gutzwiller variational method for strongly correlated systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this dissertation, we have presented our research on new developments in the Gutzwiller variational method as well as the applications of the method ...
Positive displacement fluid flutter using plate strain energy deflection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
In nature, there exist highly evolved mechanical systems which exploit passive mechanical compliance and material property transients to impart hydraulic actuation and fluid motion. The human heart generates blood flow ...
Semiparametric and nonparametric methods for the analysis of panel count data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Panel count data are one type of event-history data concerning recurrent events. Ideally for an event-history study, subjects should be monitored continuously, so for the events that may happen recurrently over time, the ...
The nonparametric analysis of interval-censored failure time data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
By interval-censored failure time data, we mean that the failure time of interest is observed to belong to some windows or intervals, instead of being known exactly. One would get an interval-censored observation for a ...
Theoretical evaluations of small-scale nuclear power systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Nuclear power is often frowned upon by the public because of a lack of an understanding of the technology. Nuclear power has been investigated thoroughly ...
Taking the good with the bad: adolescent sibling relationship processes and their associations with perceived sibling support, self-worth, and body evaluations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The present studies examined the relationships between varying positive and negative sibling relationship behaviors and dyadic and individual adjustment. Study 1 investigated the association between sibling disclosures ...
Taking Root: The Route of the Broadcast Journalism Curriculum at the Missouri School of Journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
When broadcasting emerged as a new field, it ushered in a period of exploration for industry professionals as well as journalism educators. Such was the backdrop for the Missouri School of Journalism in the 1930s when ...
Body satisfaction and couple's daily sexual functioning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Body satisfaction has been shown to have an important effect on the nature and quality of people's sexual experiences. However, past research has focused almost exclusively on women, and indeed no study has examined the ...
Emerging adults' views about couple and personal satisfaction in various gender role relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Using vignettes as a data collection tool, the main purpose of this randomized, mixed-method study was to examine emerging adults' views about satisfaction of couples in various types of gender role relationships and their ...
A comparative analysis of the relationships among language, oral vocabulary, reading vocabulary, and reading comprehension for adolescent students with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioral disorders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study is an examination of the language-literacy connection for adolescent students with disabilities. The author provides an overview of the related areas of research: 1) language-literacy connections in young children, ...
Nutrient, water, and soil type mangement of biofuel feedstock production by corn, sorghum, and switchgrass
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Efficient use of biomass to produce biofuel and the development of more drought tolerant crops can contribute to helping address current and future problems faced by mankind, and are the focus of this dissertation. Objectives ...
Contrasting smokers' and nonsmokers' subjective reactions to alcohol during ecologically assessed drinking episodes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Alcohol and tobacco use are frequently associated both within and between persons. Differences in subjective response have been suggested as a possible ...
The effects of high dose vitamin D supplementation on glucose metabolism and inflammation in obese adolescents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to determine the effects of improving vitamin D status through daily supplementation of 4000 IU would improve markers of glucose metabolism and inflammation in obese adolescents. ...
Identification of individual differences in the assessment practices of child clinicians using latent profile analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Assessment is an integral component of treatment that can be used to identify treatment focus, select an appropriate treatment, and measure client ...
Solutions of some transport problems in molecular and phonon transport
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Nuclear reactor fuel undergoes vast changes during its lifetime. The fuel generates heat energy while simultaneously suffering neutron bombardments and swelling/rupture due to fission product/gas migration, aggregation and ...