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The impact of school district financial allocation on district effectiveness : a look at school districts in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to increase the knowledge base on the relationship between categorical educational spending and how resource allocation impacts district effectiveness. The independent variables ...
The emerging Negro in advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
This thesis studies the existence and use of African Americans in advertisements in the United States by examining the origin, growth, purpose, problems, and future of racial integration in advertising.
"The Consciousness of Visions" : the Use and Influence of Oskar Kokoschka's Philosophical Perspective on his Early Art
(University of Missouri (Kansas City), 2015-01-14)
Oskar Kokoschka was one of the leading artists in the Vienna Secession, or the Austrian Expressionist movement. Already in the early 1900s, when he was only in his twenties, Kokoschka's innovative and self·taught technique ...
Load and resistance factor design of drilled shafts in shale using SPT and TCP measurements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) designers currently follow American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) design methods for design of drilled shafts in shale and other weak rock. ...
Identification of dysphagia in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous work in our lab has established the SOD1-G93A transgenic mouse as a suitable model for dysphagia (swallowing impairment) in amyotrophic lateral ...
The progress of Celani's experiment replication project in China
(University of Missouri, 2013)
Francesco Celani demonstrated his LENR device using H2 gas and a specially treated constantan wire during the NIWeek 2012 and ICCF-17, showing a peak excess heat power of about 20W at an input power of 48W. Since then, a ...
1998 William T. Kemper award presentations for teaching excellence
(University of Missouri Office of the Chancellor, 1998)
This video shows the presentations of the Kemper Award for Teaching Excellence to the ten recipients for the year 1998.
The osteocyte
(Henry Stewart Talks (Firm), 2015-01)
The Art of primary research
(The Missouri Review, 2014-02)
This podcast is a joint interview with The Missouri Review's editor, Speer Morgan, and marketing director, Kris Somerville, on the topic of performing primary research. This is the first podcast in The Missouri Review's ...
Variation in the carbohydrate and diastase contents of the tissues after feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
The literature of carbohydrate hydrolysis dates from 1912 when Kirchoff (1) hydrolized starch to sugar with strong acids. Dubunfraut (2) in 1830 got the same result with an extract of malt. The active principle of malt was ...
An examination of the extracurricular activity participation, social skills, and school engagement of students with emotional and behavioral disorders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Students with EBD have difficulties both academically and socially and experience poor outcomes compared to their peers with and without disabilities. Extracurricular activities are positively associated with improved ...
Reblogging : The crocodile's bite - Russia's "meth problem" and drug reform - explicit
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri, 2013)
What drives people to inject literal hydrochloric acid into their veins? Only the junkie knows but by getting a glimpse at the state of despair that these people live, for me at least, gives a better sense of how desperate ...
Long-term biofuel projections under different oil price scenarios
(AgBioForum, 2013)
With rapid expansion of biofuel production, major concerns have arisen over higher food costs and competition between food, feed, and biofuel for energy-rich commodities. Most projections are based on short- and intermediate-term ...
Consumers' willingness to purchase genetically modified products with superior benefit when the conventional alternative is risky, and its relationship to GM food
(AgBioForum, 2013)
Scholars believe that in order to increase the acceptance rate of GM food products that offer higher value relative to non-GM alternatives, marketers need to sell them at an introductory price, and only after consumers get ...
Roots and radicals : community and the new Northwest
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2013)
During the last several centuries as the world has acclimatized to a new global
economy, economic growth and increasing productivity has traditionally been
regarded as a highly desirable sign of a flourishing economy. ...
Skip the compression stockings following DVT
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2014)
Although commonly used, compression stockings do not effectively prevent post-thrombotic syndrome. Practice changer: Do not recommend elastic compression stockings (ECS) to decrease the incidence of post-thrombotic syndrome ...
Psychometric dynamic factor models for the analysis of longitudinally intensive data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Dynamic factor model (DFM), a factor analytic approach developed for the analysis of intra-individual time series data, can be estimated using common ...
Rethinking access to address the digital divide in news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
U.S. citizens with disabilities are being denied their constitutional right to information because of barriers-to-access on news websites. Mainstream media organizations such as CNN, Fox News, NBC News, New York Times and ...
Think twice about nebulizers for asthma attacks
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2014)
MDIs with spacers are as effective as nebulizers for delivering beta-agonists and less likely to cause adverse effects. Practice changer: Stop ordering nebulizers to deliver beta-agonists to patients over age 2 with mild ...
Modeling historic, current, and available aboveground forest biomass along the Missouri River corridor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This research presents the culmination of statistical, landscape, and geospatial analyses that examine the geographic dynamics of aboveground forest biomass (AFB) within the Missouri River corridor, Missouri USA. The ...