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Undergraduate student course engagement and the influence of student, contextual, and teacher variables
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between undergraduate student course engagement and independent variables including teacher ...
Evaluation of the Kansas City Public Schools' student-centered learning program Harry Truman Elementary
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Student-Centered Learning is a foundational curriculum and instructional framework developed in the Kansas City Public Schools District and implemented ...
Do annual pelvic exams benefit asymptomatic women who receive regular Pap smears?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: Do annual pelvic exams benefit asymptomatic women who receive regular Pap smears? Evidence-based answer: No evidence exists to support a clinical benefit from annual pelvic examinations for asymptomatic women who receive ...
Helmets for positional skull deformities: A good idea, or not?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Helmets for positional skull deformities: A good idea, or not? Probably not. Helmets appear to be no more effective than waiting for natural skull growth to correct the shape of an infant's head. Practice Changer: Do not ...
Women's self-perceptions: an exploratory study of optical illusion garments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Although previous research provides insight into how women construct and idealize their appearance through clothing, the connection to the design elements of a garment is lacking. Using an exploratory approach, the current ...
A History of Yemeni Mobility
(2015-01-22)
Identification and elucidation of culturally embedded school community expectations in a newly chartered urban school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This case study is designed to increase the understanding of an organization's cultural impact on students' improved learning. While much literature exists on best practice strategies for student learning, less is known ...
The political storytelling system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study theorized that a central element of Sandra Ball-Rokeach and colleagues' communication infrastructure theory-the concept of "storytelling community" and the "macro," "meso," and "micro" levels which engender a ...
Objective Bayesian inference for stress-strength models and Bayesian ANOVA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
First of all, for estimating the reliabilities in Weibull stress-strength models, some matching priors are derived based on a modi ed pro le likelihood. Simulation studies show that these matching priors perform well with ...
Obsidian source frequencies as a social attribute at San Felipe Aztatan, Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This research uses a combination of color sorting and XRF geochemical sourcing to identify patterns in volcanic sources of obsidian artifacts at post-classic San Felipe Aztatan in Nayarit, Mexico. Despite nearby sources ...
Deep ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy of membrane proteins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Despite the various protein structure determination methods in use, a need still exists for adequate resolution of membrane protein structure while remaining rapid and inexpensive. Deep-UV resonance Raman (DUVRR) spectroscopy ...
Design and analysis of a metamaterial with high refractive index at dual band frequencies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The concept of a single frequency band, single high-refractive-index metamaterial has been extended and applied in the design of dual frequency band, dual high-refractive-index metamaterials in the THz regime. The structure ...
Gastrointestinal tube continuation
(University of Missouri, School of Medicine, Dept. of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, 2013-03)
This third of three videos on the digestive system explores the last part of the gastrointestinal tube.
What, you care? : the effective use of aversive evoking content in viral videos for advocacy group advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The current research examined the use of aversive evoking content in advocacy viral videos and how the use of such content affected a person's intention to forward the message. In a 3 (Intensity) x 3 (Video) x 3 (Order) ...
Rendering assistance to best advantage: the development of women's activism in Kansas City, 1870 to World War I
(2013)
This study examines the rise of women's activism in Kansas City between the
opening of the Hannibal railroad bridge in 1869 and World War I. Women's efforts over
the course of nearly 50 years to emerge from the domestic ...
Decentralization in parliamentary systems : new perspectives on its causes and consequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation investigates one of the most conspicuous developments of recent decades in Western and Eastern European parliamentary systems: the ...
Constant proportion portfolio insurance and related topics with empirical study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The concept of Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI) in terms of jump-diffusion, as well as the associated mean-variance hedging problem, has been studied. Three types of risk related to: the probability of loss, ...
Performance in student affairs : insights into gender and sexuality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This embedded, descriptive case study (Creswell, 2007; Scholz & Tietje, 2002; Stake, 2006; Yin, 2009) addresses two main purposes: (a) to further ...
This hour is mine : a novel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This creative dissertation is in the form of a novel that explores the contemporary form of the Gothic novel. The classic Gothic novel used haunted ...
Views of the press and media strategies of Missouri state legislators: Statehouse reporter with the Jefferson City News Tribune
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
During eight interviews at the Missouri state Capitol, state lawmakers discussed their strategies of working through the press to advance their policy priorities. The lawmakers, who came from across the state, employ a ...