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Controlling agricultural supply by controlling inputs
(University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963)
Exploring special events' potential to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion: a study of salient factors in a local festival during COVID-19
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, and inclusion (DEI) outcomes have not been addressed. In an effort to address this gap, this study explores special events' potential to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion experience through a study of a local festival during COVID-19. Through a series...
Classification of rock glaciers in southern Colorado based on ice content using radar interferometry and thermal remote sensing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Remote sensing provides a means of assessing potential water resources stored in alpine ground ice; this study focuses on rock glaciers, in particular. A rock glacier is a landform composed of block of loose debris (talus) ...
Chemical modifications to produce soy-based polyols
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This project comprises several chemical routes to produce soy-based polyols for future use in polyurethane foam applications. Soybean oil was polymerized by heat and catalyst to increase molecular weight, and viscosity for ...
Multi-scale factors influencing detection, site occupancy and resource use by foraging bats in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Conservation of bat populations requires understanding the associations between bats and their use of resources. We used maximum likelihood to estimate probability of site occupancy using acoustic data for ten species of ...
The role of school migrant composition in migrant students' school-related well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
central government has implemented a series of policies to integrate migrant students into public schools. However, local governments were found to be implementing these policies in different ways, and the enrollment rates of migrant students in public...
Biomineralizers from the proterozoic to today : assessing taxonomy and paleoecology through the lens of taphonomy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The onset of metazoan predation is presumed to have triggered an evolutionary arms race of prey defenses, including the advent of biomineralization. Escalating biological...
Messaging universal vote by mail : an exploration of the factors that influence message processing for niche policy topics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
According to the federal government, the current model of voting in the United States has changed little since the country's founding even as voting has moved from wooden ballot boxes to electronic voting machines and ...
Muse, number 39-41 (2005-2007)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
Job search self-efficacy of east Asian international graduate students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study was the first to examine Bandura's Perceived Self-Efficacy Model (1986) in the domain of job search self-efficacy on East Asian international graduate students. It also investigated the moderating effects of two ...
How financial decision-making changes when a marriage ends : evidence from the 1992-2016 health and retirement study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Transitioning from being married to divorced or widowed is difficult, financially as well as emotionally. Individuals who had left money matters to their partners during marriage enter a period of decreased financial control ...
Climate and land use effects on hydrologic processes and water allocation in a primarily rain-fed, agricultural watershed
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] There is a need to raise our understanding of the impact of climate variability and change on hydrologic processes at the watershed scale. This is important, particularly...
Prairie stream ecology : temporal and spatial patterns of macroinvertebrates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
due to disturbance events. This research focused on expanding the current knowledge of temporal and spatial variation in the macroinvertebrate communities of Missouri prairie streams. Intra-seasonal variation in the macroinvertebrate community of one...
Heterogeneity in body condition, survival, and seasonal origins among lesser snow and Ross's geese
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
condition among hunter harvested individuals and the general population of midcontinent lesser snow and Ross's geese during the spring Light Goose Conservation Order in 2015 and 2016 across Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. I found a body...
Is accuracy in fertility detection mediated by differences in the mate value of the rater and target?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
I propose the existence of a perceptual bias in men toward detecting fertility status in women of similar mate value. To test this hypothesis, 153 male undergraduates (raters) chose which of two photographs of the same ...
Exploring the relationship between executive function, grit, academic engagement and self-concept on reading achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among executive function, grit, academic self-concept, academic engagement and reading achievement among Black fifth grade students utilizing an adaptation of a ...
Some characteristics and environmental sensitivities of taxpayers taking the United States political contribution tax credit during 1979-1982
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1988)
This study was designed to determine characteristics of taxpayers taking the political contribution tax credit from 1979 to 1982. This work is similar to studies on the effectiveness of tax incentives in promoting positive ...
Motivation for smoking and smoking cessation : a self-determination theory investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Nicotine dependence is conceptualized as a disorder of motivation. Initial drug use is goal-directed, but with the development of dependence it becomes increasingly routinized...
Three essays on biofuel policies and aggregate supply curve
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The first essay investigates the impacts of Brazil's new biofuel policy, namely RenovaBio. RenovaBio aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector through expansion of biofuels by requiring ...
Entrainment and transport of coarse stream bed material in a fluviokarst watershed, south-central Missouri : a tracer particle study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Plateau of south-central Missouri, and Bear Cave Hollow (BCH), one of TCC's surface drainage streams, bed load entrainment and transport dynamics of mainly siliciclastic material, was evaluated using hydrological measurements and 670 painted tracer...