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Talking turkey : visual media and the unraveling of Thanksgiving
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Standing at the core of American culture, Thanksgiving is an invented tradition celebrated by millions of Americans. This dissertation examines contemporary representations of Thanksgiving in "the media of everyday life" ...
The relationship between learning leadership tasks of principals and the ability of instructional coaches to serve as change agents for teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Motivation in the apparel classroom : a self-determination perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of this study was to uncover strategies that apparel educators may use to encourage higher level self-regulation in foundational apparel studies. Based on the Organismic Integration sub-Theory of Self-Determination ...
It was all black and white and there was nothing in between: Latin@ identity negotiation in the Midwest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The general purpose of this research is to shed light on the presence of Latino/a's who are middle-class, and are living in the Midwestern United States. ...
Wearable lip-based electrotactile display : feasibility study, modeling, and system design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] For assisting visually impaired to effectively perceive critical spatial information through the sense of touch, we proposed a wearable lip-based ...
Finding the cost of freedom : academic freedom discourse as it pertains to the part-time instructor in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
or she can express himself or herself freely in the classroom without fear of not being re-hired; being able to negotiate the basic conditions of employment, providing a freedom of choice; being free to develop course materials and to have intellectual...
Rare sequence variation and DNA methylation : effects on alcohol and tobacco use phenotypes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Alcohol and tobacco use and dependence are known to be influenced by the effects of common variants enriched in non-coding gene regulatory regions, ...
Thermal-mechanical analysis of targets for high volume production of molybdenum-99 using low-enriched uranium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Techenetium-99m is diagnostic radioactive medical isotope that is currently used 30,000 times a day in the United States. All supplies of techenetium-99m's parent isotope molybdenum-99 currently originate from nuclear ...
Outgroup threat and behavioral tendencies in young adulthood : exploring the roles of stress and group membership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Ethnic/racial outgroup threat perception has been linked with negative social behavior. However, less is known about its relations with prosocial behavior (i.e., helping behavior). Furthermore, there is a dearth of research ...
Regulation of early trophoblast differentiation and development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Placenta is a transient organ which functions in multiple ways to support the growth and survival of the developing fetus. Placenta plays a critical ...
Protein tertiary structure prediction and refinement using deep learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
with the deep residual convolutional network- DeepDist was developed. (d) A novel end-to-end protein structure refinement tool called ATOMRefine was proposed. All the methods above have stand-alone software tools that are freely released to the public....
High strain properties of advanced high strength spot welded steels
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This research was conducted to investigate and characterize the high strain rate compressive loading behavior of DP600 GI, an advanced high strength ...
Identity-motivated elaboration : the role of partisan social identities and elaboration in political persuasion and learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
a partisan lens through which all new political information is processed. The integration of the three psychological theories avails a new perspective on the political persuasion process, one that is more nuanced and extensive than that provided...
The Kissing party
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The Kissing Party is a book of lyric poems that interrogate the tradition of love poetry and attempt to refigure and revivify the work of writers like Marvell, Donne, Carew, and the continental and English sonneteers. Some ...
Pregnant in prison the narrative intersection of motherhood and incarceration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This research study explores the ways in which women who were pregnant and incarcerated discuss how their pregnancy experiences unfolded behind bars. ...
"Send only your serious cases" : delivering flu to Toronto: an anthropological analysis of the 1918-19 influenza epidemic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This project looks at the 1918-19 pandemic influenza experience in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Based on historical records (most notably death registries and archival material) this work strives to understand the social, ...
Effects of SI administration staffing and support on SI program outcomes in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Supplemental Instruction (SI) is an internationally recognized learning assistance program used in higher education to support traditionally challenging classes by offering regularly scheduled, peer-led, group study sessions ...
Culinology applications to a convenient and economic frozen dinner set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
With the rising demand for convenient foods, there usually comes a decrease in quality. Combining the work of food science with culinary arts may result in a food product that is both convenient and economic without having ...
The development of clinical reasoning in undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Clinical reasoning (CR) is a critical skill that nursing students must acquire in order to provide safe, effective patient care and to function optimally ...
Reshaping the "God beat" : how three community news websites frame religion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
With a downsizing of newspaper staff and an upswing in Internet use, the religion beat has had to adapt, much like the rest of journalism. In some cases, the religion beat has been cut. But some publications maintain the ...