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Looking broadly and deeply into perspectives of local climate change impacts among visitors to Missouri state parks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Missouri's outdoor recreation resources provide numerous mental, physical, and social values to millions of people each year and serve as a major contributor to the statewide...
Development of a novel antimicrobial food packaging film containing silver nanoparticles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
In this study, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were incorporated into bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) by a reduction (R) and UV-assisted (UV) methods with the addition of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to prepare an environmentally ...
Effect of climate change, drought, and insects on oak-pine forests in the Ozark highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Oak-dominated forests in the Ozarks Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri have been suffering severe oak decline and this became a chronic problem since the late 1970s...
Brassicales to Brassica : integrating phylogenomics and population genomics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The Brassicales are an economically important order of flowering plants. Many crop species such as kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, canola oil, capers, and papaya, as well as the model plant organism, Arabidopsis ...
MU Department of Music, 1981-82
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1981)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1981 and 1982 from the Columbian Missourian, the Columbia Tribune, and the Maneater. The clippings highlight events, people, and programs at the University of Missouri Department of Music....
Missouri Shamrock, 1956-1957, volume 23, number 1-8
(University of Missouri. College of Engineering, 1956)
Missouri alumnus, volume 039, number 10 (1951 June)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1951)
Directing Molière: Presenting the French Master to American Audiences
(2016)
This thesis examines the presentation of the plays of Molière by American directors
for American audiences. How have his works been produced and reimagined by directors
from his own country? What are the qualities ...
Solidarity infrastructure : gender and race solidarity and cross-class coalitions in the Kansas City general strike of 1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation investigates alliances across gender, race, and class in the dynamics of working class solidarity. The analysis examines the geographically bounded organizational networks, community spatial organization, ...
An Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research and Intervention Strategy Applied to the Problem of Pediatric Asthma in Kansas City
(2020)
This dissertation presents a multilevel health disparities research strategy using pediatric asthma in Kansas City as a case study. The first chapter introduces the problem of pediatric asthma in Kansas City and the ...
Use of geographic information systems and remote sensing as automated tool for variable rate irrigation prescriptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Economic as well as water shortage pressure on agricultural use of water has placed added emphasis on efficient irrigation management. Center pivot technology has made great...
Library Screening and Focused Multiomics of Antibacterial Action on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci faecium
(2023)
Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health threat, and there is an urgent need for new strategies to address this issue. In a gram-positive bacteria, the peptidoglycan layer is thick as compared to gram negatives ...
Exploring college food insecurity : a qualitative case study of the perspectives of the University of Central Missouri food pantry clientele
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Insufficient resources undermine postsecondary educational experiences and delay credit attainment for many college students (Goldrick-Rab, Baker-Smith, Coca, Looker, and Williams, 2019). To examine the efficacy of existing ...
The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
to further the understanding of the dynamics driving this phenomenon or to discover what types of public policies are likely to be successful at breaking up these areas of persistent poverty. The existence of a five county group in the south central Missouri...
Social inequalities and mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic on the island of Newfoundland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
statistics, death registers, census data, and historical archives from The Rooms Provincial Archives in Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as supplemental historical qualitative archives from the Memorial University of Newfoundland Special Collections...
The relationship between principal leadership skills and school-wide positive behavior support : an exploratory study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purposes of this study were to (1) identify key principal leadership skills associated proactive school environments, (2) examine the relationship between SW-PBS implementation and increased evidence of those skills, ...
Numerical investigation of load transfer mechanisms in slopes reinforced with piles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The objective of the work is to use numerical analyses to evaluate the limit soil pressure on piles, to evaluate the load transfer mechanism, and to evaluate alternative means for estimating mobilized and limit loads on ...
Low sensitivity to, and craving for, alcohol in naturalistic and laboratory settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Low sensitivity to alcohol is a well-established risk factor for the development of an alcohol use disorder. This risk is transmitted along several routes included...