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Mizzou weekly, volume 21, number 07 (October 7, 1999)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 1999)
Citrus World, Inc. 1980 - 2015 : an examination of adaptation in a long-enduring U.S. agricultural marketing cooperative
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
. ("CWI") between 1980 and 2015. Formed in 1933, CWI is a federated, single commodity agricultural marketing cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida USA. Applying eight selected organizational theories as a lens through which to view the CWI's evolution...
Evaluation and development of first order fire effects mortality model predictions for eastern hardwood forests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a useful tool for predicting fire-induced mortality in western coniferous forests. However, it lacks robust models for eastern hardwood species. Managers in the eastern United ...
Into the forests (and fields and yards) : re-thinking rural development and local food systems with wild harvesters in the Ozark highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
harvesters in the Ozark Highlands I sought to answer the question: What can be learned from the wild harvesting experience that might help strengthen local food systems as a rural development strategy? This study applied the comprehensive rural wealth...
An analysis of the decision to formally register a new venture in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2021)
This dissertation considers the factors that influence the decision to formally register a new venture, by nascent entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding these factors is important because registration is the ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 067, number 01 (1978 November-December)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1978)
Missouri alumnus, volume 001, number 01 (1912 October)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1912)
Decision making process of African farmers : a theoretical approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
experience and intuition have made it possible to draw some empirical implications."--Page 7....
The Political Economy of the Pacific Northwest: A Surplus Approach
(2015)
The dissertation is comprised of three independent essays. Each essay examines the process of qualitative change in the provisioning process from a different
vantage, while remaining fixed in relation to the Columbia ...
The new citizenship : origins of progressivism in Wisconsin, 1885-1900
(University of Missouri Press, 1972)
to the political process made it impossible for consumers to receive redress in any other way. For these early progressives oppression resulted from "special privilege," not from relationship to the means of production. A socialist state could be as dominated...
Missouri Shamrock, 1943-1944, volume 11, number 1-8
(University of Missouri. College of Engineering, 1943)
"This issue completes the 1943-1944 publication schedule of the Shamrock. The present depleted staff regrets to announce its decision not to accept national contracts for next year. This means, of course, that with the ...
Managerial perceptions and responses to climate change in Missouri state parks and historic sites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Climate change has been described as one of the greatest, long-term challenges facing modern society. Its impacts range from alteration of ecosystem structure and function...
The black inside the blue : black law enforcement officers' perceptions of racial profiling in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Nationally, law enforcement agencies are under tremendous scrutiny in reference to racial profiling. A gap exists in knowledge of Black law enforcement officers? in Missouri perceptions of racial profiling. Missouri has experienced a...
A methodology for evaluation of research animal diagnostic and investigative laboratories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
"The objective of this study was to design, develop, and test a method for evaluation of the effectiveness of Research Animal Diagnostic and Investigative Laboratories (RADILs). This includes identifying and measuring the ...
An economic analysis of the Brazilian value-added tax
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The basic objectives of this study are to evaluate, in the light of the value-added tax theory and nature, the Brazilian experience with this form of taxation. Conceptually, under the value-added tax (VAT), only the net output of the business...
The killing of plant tissue by low temperature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
-soaked appearance, and evaporation from that tissue is much more rapid than from living tissue. In the experiments described in this paper, the killing temperature of plant tissue that kills at relatively high temperature has been reduced whenever the sap density...
Uncovering limitations and opportunities in nitrogen fixation in soybean using genetic mapping and transgenic approaches
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
is limited and is important in modern agriculture as it benefits farmers and the environment by eliminating the requirement of synthetic N fertilizers to achieve high yields. Development of legume nodules and active SNF are complex processes which involve...
Intersubjective understanding of violence: the lifeworld of Tajik immigrant workers in post-Soviet Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation analyzes the phenomenon of violence in the context of labor migration from Tajikistan to Russia. It examines the legal framework for migration policy and asks how sociology can understand the experience of violence and how social...
Atrazine transport through a glacial till aquifer in north-central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Although the claypan of North Central Missouri is traditionally believed to protect the groundwater from contamination, low concentrations of the herbicide atrazine have been detected in a shallow glacial till aquifer. The fate of the atrazine...