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The effects of conceptual description and search practice on users' mental models and information seeking in a case libray with a best match search mechanism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of conceptual description and search practice on users' mental models and information seeking ...
Gating of CFTR chloride channels : distinct closed states revealed by the action of AMP-PNP
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The CFTR chloride channel is gated by ATP through an irreversible gating cycle driven by an input of free energy of ATP hydrolysis. The open state of ...
Properties of low-dimensional systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this work we study the equilibrium properties of systems in two-dimensions, and the effects that discrete symmetry, space dimensionality, character ...
Pencil or pen : the permanence of the writing center on the accountability watermark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] University writing centers have been around since the 1970's with the intent of assisting students in conducting writing assignments for their ...
Spatial, temporal, and petrogenetic relationships of basaltic and lamprophyric dikes and sills of the Raton Basin, southern Colorado and northern New Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Alkali basalts and lamprophyres commonly occur as sheet intrusions along the flanks of continental rifts. The Raton Basin, on the eastern shoulder of ...
Placement of special obligation in morality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My thesis attempts to explain how special obligations are moral obligations. The morality of special obligations is put into question by the thesis of ...
Blast resistant forced entrty [sic] steel stud wall design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Due to the threat of terrorist attacks, a series of tests has been conducted, on different forced entry wall configurations, to determine the static ...
Classical and neural net control and identification of non-linear systems with application to the two-joint inverted pendulum control problem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A two joint inverted pendulum control system is an example of a highly nonlinear dynamic system which is investigated in this thesis in terms of control ...
Analytical and experimental evaluation of steel sheets for blast retrofit design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Blast resistant design has come to the forefront of engineering concerns in the wake of recent terrorist threats to the United States. The focus of ...
A ratiometric fluorometer for reduced sensitivity against solvent artifacts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] When measuring fluorescence emission intensity, both the dye concentration and the optical absorption properties of the solvent influence the measured ...
Application of pulsed electric fields and magnetic pulse compressor technology in water disinfection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Pulsed electric field (PEF) is a promising technology for the non-thermal disinfection of water. Although research has already been conducted on the ...
Turbo equalization in wireless communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Intersymbol interference (ISI) is a major impairment in wireless communication and hence equalization is applied to combat such interference. In addition ...
Transmission distortion modeling for wireless video communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A major challenge in video wireless communication is that the channel is time-varying and error-prone. The lost video packet and the packet received ...
The fragility of knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this exhibition of assemblage sculpture works, I incorporate fragmented elements and light projectors to simultaneously convey an objectification ...
Under the big top: Maria B. Woodworth, experiential religion and big tent revivalism in late nineteenth century Saint Louis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Maria Woodworth was instrumental in the shaping and renewing of enthusiastic religion, which emphasized dreams, visions and other supernatural phenomena, ...
National identity and nationalism in the speeches of Osama Bin Laden
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] National identity and nationalism have long been utilized by political leaders to control state territory. Stateless terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda ...
The role of culture in police behavior literature, 1953-2006
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Literature examining police behavior published between 1953 and 2006 was analyzed to determine the role culture played in police behavior during different ...
Design and fabrication of one and two axis nickel electroplated micromirror array
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] MEMS based micromirror devices are gaining importance at a steady pace in the applications related to optical communications and display technology. ...
Electrostatically actuated and bi-stable MEMS structures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Bistable compliant micro-structures offer a tremendous advantage in the industry today, as these structures have an ability to maintain their shape ...
A missense mutation in Atf2 in standard poodles with fatal neonatal encephalopathy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Neonatal encephalopathy with seizures (NEWS) is a previously undescribed autosomal recessive disease in Standard Poodles. Affected puppies are small ...