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Mugwumps and never trumps : the rhetoric of party bolting and party repair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Political partisanship has long occupied a central position in the study of American political rhetoric, but scholarly understanding of intraparty political communication has lagged behind that of interparty conflict. While ...
Multivariate analyses of polygenic risk for impulsivity and alcohol use: a study of longitudinal trajectories of binge drinking in emerging adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation aimed to extend previous genetic and neurobiological studies of the shared etiology of impulsive personality traits (IPTs), alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder (AUD). The overarching goals were ...
The Role of Financial Markets in the Pricing of Crude Oil: An Examination of Oil Pricing through the Structural Changes of the early Twenty-first Century
(2016)
The debate over the causes of the path of the price of oil over the twenty-first century has
failed to address the method of oil pricing. The thesis guiding this dissertation is that the
crude oil pricing method ...
Alternative learning strategies for spatio-temporal processes of complex animal behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The estimation of spatio-temporal dynamics of animal behavior processes is complicated by nonlinear interactions. Alternative learning methods such as machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning have proven ...
A GIS protocol for enhancing the selection of agricultural runoff sampling locations and predicting the locations of potential pollutant transport in the upland environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study presents an ArcGIS geoprocessing protocol for quickly processing large amounts of data from publicly available government sources to consider both water quality standards (WQS) and nonpoint pollution source (NPS) ...
Statistical and simulation methods for evaluating stationary and mobile work zone impacts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
the simulation based on real driving behavior behind a MWZ. The three recommended calibration parameters are safety reduction factor of 0.7, minimum look ahead distance of 500 feet and the use of smooth closeup option. These calibration values can be used...
Brassicales to Brassica : integrating phylogenomics and population genomics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
to this diverse order. The focus of my dissertation has been to use phylogenomics and population genomics to understand the evolution of the Brassicales, as well as the important crop species Brassica oleracea. Within the Brassicales, the family Brassicaceae...
A modeling framework for spatial transmission of Covid-19 in local communities
(2022)
COVID-19 is the recent infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Because the transmissibility of the virus is relatively high and the outbreaks remained undetected ...
The impact analysis of structural change in Korean agriculture with respect to the Korean-United States free trade agreement : dynamic simultaneous equation model approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The main objective of this study is the analysis of the impacts of the Korean-United States Free Trade Agreement. On April 2, 2007, Korea and the ...
Modeling the financial impact of management decisions on loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
bottom line is a key to adoption and incorporation into an agroforestry practice. The Loblolly Pine Decision Support Tool (LPDST) incorporates growth and yield predictions with financial analysis in a simple format targeted to landowners with little...
The relationship between high school sport participation and subsequent health behaviors of college young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
and an individuals' involvement in sport. For the purposes of this study, health behaviors included dietary intake practices (vegetable, fruit, and dairy consumption) and physical activity habits (aerobic activity, strength activity, and flexibility activity...
Reliability-based analysis of settlements of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Although settlements of foundations on cohesionless soils usually are small, it is important to be able to predict them because the primary ...
Restoration treatments and regeneration dynamics in East Texas mixed wood forests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Extensive harvesting, fire exclusion, and plantation forestry altered composition and structure, and thus function and habitat values of east Texas Pineywoods uplands. Upland restoration efforts are made difficult by the ...
Novel targeted lipid prodrugs to improve cellular absorption of acyclovir and topical delivery to the eye via nanomicellar approach
(2013)
Biotinylated lipid prodrugs of acyclovir (ACV) were designed to target the
sodium dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT) on the intestine and cornea to
facilitate ACV cellular transport. All the prodrugs were screened ...
Fording the Severn : the influence of intermarriage and judicial participation on Welsh identity and self-identification in Shropshire and the Central March of Wales in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
A study of how intermarriage and the creation of multicultural communities helped to determine the way in which people used their identity along the often-fractious border zone of the Welsh March in the twelfth and thirteenth ...
A case study of cross-cultural and cross-age online literature discussion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this qualitative case study is to investigate the nature of students' reading and writing experiences and the social contexts when students are involved in a cross-cultural and cross-age online literature ...
Interactions between helicobacter-induced inflammation acute changes in the gut microbiota, and colorectal cancer in Smad3-/- mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
. Looking at static and dynamic differences between CRC- and CRC+ groups of each GM revealed OTUs, genera, and families which differed in disease development. Network construction analysis using overlapping timepoints from early to late, revealed...
Blackbody temperature calculations from visible and newa-IR spectra for gas-fired furnaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
empirical correction model for use at industrial settings. The results of the dynamic empirical correction model show that the accuracy and practicality of such a dynamic model is quite good....
Toward a common market in residency: international migration and regional integration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This paper further develops models of regional migration, particularly in continents integrating regionally as it magnifies the importance of immigrant behavior for economists and policy-makers. I outline the history of ...
A study of Monteverdi's three genera from the preface to Book VIII of Madrigals in relation to operatic characters in Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and L'incoronazione di Poppea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The construction of character on the early operatic stage by means of musical gestures is an indisputable achievement of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Such an accomplishment was the result of a continuing development of ...