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Inner meaning almost expressed : a return to agency in T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This essay focuses on both a response to a crisis of agency in the modern world. T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and Virginia Woolf's Mrs.Dalloway explore the relationship between a fractured relationship to meaning-making and ...
Adaptive thermal comfort computation with Zigbee wireless sensor networks
(2013)
The rapid development of wireless communications, scalable technology enabling large scale mass production of System-On-Chip boards, and low cost and low power sensors have made wireless sensor networks easy accessible and ...
Citizenship goes to the dogs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The conclusion I defend is that "domestic animals" have a moral claim to what I refer to as "basic citizenship rights," and that they do so for the same reason that "non-autonomous humans" do. I define each of these key ...
Development of a combined dilatometer and mass spectrometer system for studying gas phase chemistry and kinetics during sintering
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Details on the components and materials comprising the combined dilatometry mass spectrometry (CDMS) apparatus are provided; including recent modifications, operating procedures and information on major system failures. ...
Obtaining Gold: A Heuristic Inquiry on Successful Non-Traditional Black Male Students at a Midwestern Predominantly White Institution
(2021)
The purpose of this qualitative, heuristic study was to explore the successful experiences of nontraditional Black male students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) in the Midwest. With an astounding rate of growth ...
Electric vehicle adoption : how utilities can charge up EV adoption in the US with marketing efforts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Power utilities are hoping to capture additional electricity sales from electric vehicle (EV) charging. While EVs have been on the mainstream car market for about a decade, adoption of these vehicles has been slow. While ...
Forgetting strength : Coffeyville, the black freedom struggle, and the vanishing of memory
(2013)
When a white lynch mob of 3,000 stormed the city jail in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1927, incited by rumors that three "negroes" had raped two white high school girls, the incident ended very differently from so many others ...
Killing "woman" : gender and violence in selected plays by Sheila Callaghan and Marisa Wegrzyn
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
One of the most popular manifestations of spectacle in the theatre is violence. Frequently, violence on the stage manifests in the form of violence towards women at the hands of men. As a woman violence and intimacy designer, ...
Evaluating the roles spinal plasticity and an accessory inspiratory muscle have in a rodent model of respiratory motor neuron death
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
function and quality of life in patients with neuromuscular diseases that are suffering from respiratory motor neuron loss....
Black families as embodied policy : politics of dignity transforming colonized policy procedures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Family involvement in U.S. public schools continues to value functional strategies (e.g., homework help, financial contribution, time spent in the classroom) as supports for the school, denying differentiated involvement ...
Annual catalogue of the Missouri University at Columbia, Missouri, 1883-1884
(Printer: State Journal Company, State Printers, 1884)
Bridging the gap : comparative analysis of a gap filling X-band radar QPE algorithms and their implications for nowcasting and hydrological modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Accurate Quantitative Precipitation Estimations (QPE) are foundational for hydrological modeling and proactive watershed management. This research examines how a single X-Band radar bridges the gap in QPE estimation and ...
Bt Cotton in India : Development of Benefits and the Role of Government Seed Price Interventions
(AgBioForum, 2009)
While previous research has analyzed the impacts of Bt cotton in India, most available studies are based only on one or two years of data. We analyze the technology's performance over the first five years of adoption, using ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 13, number 29 (April 8, 1992)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Development, University and Alumni Relations Division. Publications and Alumni Communication., 1992)
Salads : quantity recipe series
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1978)
"Recipies in this series of publications were assembled and tested within the Title VII Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging, Cape Girardeau, MO. They incorporate numerous USDA food ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 14, number 13 (November 25, 1992)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Development, University and Alumni Relations Division. Publications and Alumni Communication., 1992)
Latino Immigration and Meatpacking in the Rural Midwest : An Inventory of Community Impacts and Responses
(Cambio Center, 2002)
This paper discusses Latino immigration to the rural Midwest as one micro effect of the macro process of economic globalization. Impacts of Latino immigrants moving into rural communities, and what communities have done ...
Solving farm problems by research : one year's work, Agricultural Experiment Station : report of the Director, July 1, 1926 to June 30, 1927
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927)
Can women really have it all? : a textual analysis of the portrayal of mothers in Good housekeeping, Woman's day, and Family circle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Nearly half a century after the second wave of the feminist movement, women are still bombarded with stereotypical messages about the female's role in society. One of the most significant of these roles to examine is ...