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Investigation of smart work zone technologies using mixed simulator and field studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Safety is the top concern in transportation, especially in work zones, as work zones deviate from regular driving environment and driver behavior is very different. In order to protect workers and create a safer work zone ...
The creation of The four million : O. Henry's influences and working methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Though O. Henry's The Four Million was intended as an attack on Ward McAllister's idea of the Four Hundred, each man is mentioned only in passing in studies of the other. One chapter therefore contrasts the two men by ...
Three Essays on China's Political Economy, Environmental Policy, and Green Job Guarantee
(2020)
This dissertation contributes to the study of the Chinese economy by elaborating China’s alternative economic system, examining the evolution of Chinese environmental policies, and proposing a Chinese Green Job Guarantee. ...
Scale insects of Missouri
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1923)
Teacher opportunities to learn: responses and recommendations of grades 6-12 mathematics teachers from one district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This is a case study of one district, examining secondary mathematics teachers' perceptions of professional learning and teacher professional development. Research questions include: a) Why did the teachers from this ...
Teacher perceptions of their evaluations : impact of the Network for Educator Effectiveness (NEE) data tool on teacher growth, teacher effectiveness, and learning-centered culture in a Missouri rural public high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
As public schools continue to face growing pressure to increase standardized test scores and improve nationwide student achievement levels, policy makers and school officials are looking for every opportunity for improvement. ...
Viability and Validation of Near-Passive Descent Control for Quadrotor Systems
(2020)
A quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle capable of lifting small payloads can be used to deliver small payloads from high altitudes rapidly and with high accuracy. This thesis explores the viability of three methods for ...
A semantic framework for event-driven service composition
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-09-14)
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become a popular paradigm for designing
distributed systems where loosely coupled services (i.e. computational entities) can be
integrated seamlessly to provide complex composite ...
Growing Missouri’s aquaculture industry : marketing study
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2023)
The U.S. Census of Aquaculture estimated $1.5 billion in total sales accrued nationally to producers in 2018. Of all aquaculture sales, 47% originated from food fish sales. Following food fish were mollusks at 29% of all ...
The role of faculty in the implementation of an unfunded statewide curricular mandate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This case study used qualitative research methods to examine the role faculty play in the application of a general education policy mandate in the state of Missouri. Senate bill 997 required that general education be ...
Fiscal sustainability in the light of aging trend : finding the patterns among aged OECD countries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study is an investigation into the fiscal sustainability of countries in the light of the aging trend and finds that it runs downhill in the countries that are classified as high-level age and have experienced the ...
"One foot on the other side" : suicideality in contemporary African diaspora fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
When this dissertation first began to take shape, it was in response to a period of wide reading of African diaspora fiction--my comprehensive exam preparations-- wherein I began noticing the sheer number of suicides I was ...
A utilization-focused evaluation of institutional persistence and withdrawal in an academic unit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this evaluative study was to provide input toward the development of a plan to improve student persistence within one academic unit at Southeast Missouri State University. Since the framework guiding this ...
Undergraduate catalog 2004-06, revised
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The Undergraduate Catalog for the University of Missouri Columbia has been organized to enhance readability. The initial sections are related to University-wide programs, policies and procedures. The second section provides ...
Comparison of thermoregulatory mechanisms in heat sensitive and tolerant breeds of Bos taurus cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Two Bos taurus breeds with known differences in heat tolerance were tested under controlled conditions to evaluate heat tolerance. Romosinuano (RO) is a tropically adapted breed. Nine Angus (304 [plus or minus] 7 Kg BW; ...
Novel drug interaction for improving intracellular accumulation and efficacy of chemotherapeutics in retinoblastoma and mitochondrial localization of transporters in corneal epithelial cells
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2013-03-15)
Chemoreduction is the key treatment for retinoblastoma management. However, anticancer agents suffer from poor cell permeability and chemoresistance due to major interaction with multidrug resistant (MDR) efflux proteins ...
After Watteau: Nicolas Lancret and the creation of the hunt luncheon
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Dining is inarguably one of the oldest, most prevalent and pervasive acts of social interaction. In the modern age the ability to display one's taste or refinement with regard to fashionable or trendy food items has become ...
Combating nuclear power : discourses of justice, the anti-nuclear power struggle for energy justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
In the present study, I critically analyze the anti-nuclear power movement (or the movement for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future) in the U.S. using an environmental justice framework. I aim to explore how ...
Novel deep cross-domain framework for fault diagnosis or rotary machinery in prognostics and health management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Improving the reliability of engineered systems is a crucial problem in many applications in various engineering fields, such as aerospace, nuclear energy, and water declination industries. This requires efficient and ...