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Are structural changes in the agri-food sector causing the instability of parochial ag-producers?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Parochial (Amish and Mennonites) agriculture producers have been known for their stability (historically large numbers) (Kollmorgen, 1943). Though, more recently, the percentage of parochial members who are ag-producers ...
"You want another drink, handsome?" : Objectification and alcohol use in sexual minority men
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Evidence suggests sexual minority men are at greater odds than heterosexual counterparts of reporting problematic alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Though originally developed to provide context for body image and ...
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, (3) examine the relationship...
Pottery production at Fort Hill (27CH85) a seventeenth-century refugee community in northern New England
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis formulates a model for explaining stylistic, functional, and compositional diversity in ceramic artifacts produced during the contact period (A.D. 1590...
Dispositional antecedents of career success : a social network perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study is to investigate the interrelationships between personality traits (i.e., the five-factor model of personality, core self-evaluations, and proactive...
Improving cardiac care delivery using predictive and prescriptive analytics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, such as patient no-shows and service-time variability, which adversely impact AS efficiency by developing a predict-then-schedule framework. In the predict step, patient-specific no-show risk and service duration are estimated using machine learning (ML) models...
Motivated processing of online news comments : how do incivility and belief congruence affect comment readers' cognitive and emotional responses?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study examined how the presence of incivility in online comments (i.e. uncivil comments) influences individual online news user's cognitive and emotional responses...
From saving face to saving lies : prioritizing the public in public relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Traditional crisis communication literature emphasizes how organizations can use communication to preserve their image after a negative event. From image restoration theory to the situational crisis communication theory, ...
Meta-analysis of single-subject research using hierarchical linear modeling : empirical examination of the procedure and functional behavior assessment-based interventions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The role of evidence-based practices in both research and practice continue to provoke issues of disagreement and definition across multiple fields. One area of contention...
Assessing biotic communities and the capacity of restored bottomland hardwood forested wetlands to provide multiple ecosystem functions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
addressed three research questions 1) Do WRE provide avian habitat across the full annual cycle? 2) How do hydrology and restoration age effect aquatic invertebrate and avian communities in restored BLH wetlands?, and 3) To what extent do WRE sites...
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 ...
Social capital and membership in dairy cooperatives in Kenya
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. Gender is also an important demographic in the findings. Cooperative members satisfied with the level of participation of women in cooperative management are 3.6 times more likely to be a member of Cooperative B, cooperative members who are satisfied...
Understanding students' technology appropriation and learning perceptions in online learning environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
, (3) to examine how the elements in the theoretical model influence students' learning perceptions and satisfaction in the distance education program, and (4) to compare the proposed model with prior work to model and explain online behavior...
Time-dependent response of flat plate structures under high sustained load
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, with experimental results, demonstrated the significance of taking time-dependent bond-slip into account. For example, The FE model's 25-day creep deflection in beam B7-SL was about 2 percent lower (when including time-dependent bond behavior) and 15 percent lower...
Green synthesis approach and applications of engineered nanomaterials in food safety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Nowadays, food safety has received more awareness because of increasing foodborne illness outbreaks around the world that involved biological and chemical substances. Therefore...
GPS measurements of present day crustal deformation within the Lebanese Restraining Bend along the Dead Sea Transform
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The Lebanese restraining bend is a 200 km long bend with a left lateral sense of slip located along the Dead Sea fault system (DSFS) between 33.2 and 34.6 degrees north latitude. The DSFS is a transform plate boundary fault ...
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...
Orogeny-modified lithosphere
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
One of the major mantle reservoirs on Earth is the continental lithospheric mantle. Our understanding of the early continental lithosphere sometimes is limited by its subsequent complex history. Continental tracts can be ...
A smokin' good ad : how efficacy and emotional tone interact in anti-smoking messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study explores how efficacy-related copy points and emotional tone interact during anti-smoking messages. A psychophysiological experiment was conducted to determine the level of attention, arousal, positive affect, ...
Primary care provider prep prescribing practices : southern United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The Southern United States (U.S.) accounts for more than half of new HIV cases annually and African Americans make up the majority of new HIV diagnoses in this region. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective ...