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Rat modeling of ovarian tissue cryopreservation and auto-grafting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] New advancements in cancer treatment methods are increasing the survival rate of cancer patients. Unfortunately, these life-saving treatments, such as chemotherapy...
Strategic enrollment management, tuition discounting, and student enrollment by income : a test of demand theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This study applies demand theory to investigate how college discounting practices impact student enrollment across income categories for members and affiliates of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. The dependent variable...
Adversarial robustness of deep learning enabled industry 4.0 prognostics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The advent of Industry 4.0 in automation and data exchange leads us toward a constant evolution in smart manufacturing environments, including extensive utilization of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Deep Learning (DL). Specifically, the state...
A qualitative case study deconstructing teachers' decisions in the pre-active stage of teaching to illuminate considerations made for teaching 21st-century skills and knowledge
(2019)
The purpose of this heuristic case study was to develop a deeper understanding of how middle-level teachers in one Midwestern middle school account for teaching 21st-century skills and knowledge, within the context of a ...
Genetics in practice : applications of quantitative genetics to environment and educational pursuits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"The ability to elucidate quantitative trait architecture and introduce potentially beneficial traits makes introgression a useful tool. Unfortunately, due to the nature of inheritance there are certainly limitations to ...
RNA aptamers and HIV reverse transcriptase : molecular basis of their interactions and the evaluation of aptamer resistance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a pandemic Lentivirus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in infected individuals. One of the critical steps in HIV...
Consequences of plant water limitation for aphids, their natural enemies, and insect communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Climate change is causing an increase in drought events around the world. Water limitation affects the quality and quantity of plant resources for herbivorous insects, resulting...
Communicating reform: apologies and policy implementation for policing's history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Governments sometimes apologize for their mistakes but apologizing for mistakes does not always impart legitimacy on governments. Policing's history in the United States creates the context through which policing is ...
The use of magnetic resonance imaging and proton spectroscopy to identify critical tissues in dogs with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy for future assessment of therapeutic intervention : a pilot study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy is a debilitating disease that affects skeletal and cardiac muscle of 1 in 5000 male births. In the last thirty years, the gene responsible for the encoding of Dystrophin has been identified, ...
Multifunctional Banking and Financial Fragility: What Should Banks Do?
(2015-05-22)
This dissertation traces the evolution of the U.S. banking system since the 1980s
with a specific focus on the role of the relaxation and eventual repeal of Glass-Steagall Act
(GSA) on the stability of the financial ...
Association between urinary iodine concentrations and insulin resistance in US adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Background: Iodine intake within the US population has declined in recent years. Mild iodine deficiency increases the risk of inadequate thyroid hormone production and there is growing evidence that sub-clinical hypothyroidism ...
Application of electronic structure calculations to vibrational spectroscopy and gas encapsulation in zeolites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
materials continues to be strong for two reasons: (i) to discover new zeolites with unique framework structures and (ii) to modify existing zeolites to discover new functionalities for applications that utilize zeolites. These goals require extensive use...
Conceptus interferon gamma is essential for pregnancy maintenance in the pig
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in the pig is a complex process that relies on adequate communication between the conceptus and maternal uterine endometrium. During the peri-implantation period, the conceptuses ...
Strategies for colloidal metal nanocrystal synthesis in deep eutectic solvents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Noble-metal nanocrystals have a wide range of applications in a variety of areas, including catalysis, electronics, optical sensing, and biomedicine. Despite the fast-growing number of reports on synthetic techniques for ...
An Educational History of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Kansas City
(2023)
This is an educational historiography of immigrant and refugee children who resettled
with their families in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of
1965. The dissertation concludes with a ...
Investigation of nanoenergetic combustion study of aluminum nanoparticles systems on plasmonic grating platform
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
With renewed interest in energetic materials like aluminum, many fundamental issues concerning the ignition and combustion characteristics at nanoscales remain to be clarified. Aluminum nanoparticles (Al NP) are widely ...
The politics of CO2 emissions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Climate change poses a severe threat to humanity for the last few decades. Various forms of natural disasters, extreme weather events, the outbreak of deadly diseases, life, and food insecurity are among common threats of ...
Planting depth within-field soil variability effects on corn stand establishment and yield
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Seedbed conditions during corn (Zea Mays L.) planting can have substantial impact on corn stand establishment and final yield. Optimal stand establishment is associated...
2011 proceedings
(2011)
New perspective on the role of conceptus estrogens in conceptus development, maternal recognition, and the establishment of pregnancy in pigs.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The proposed signal for maternal recognition of pregnancy in pigs is estrogen, produced by the elongating conceptus. To understand the role of estrogen in porcine conceptus elongation and pregnancy establishment, a loss ...