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Finding pseudo families in women's prisons: fact and fantasy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This paper examines prison literature concerning women's facilities, focusing on the years 1960-1979. Sixteen specific pieces of literature are examined focusing on three claims in respect to sexuality among the incarcerated ...
Citizen journalism and community building: predictive measures of social capital generation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
A survey (N=102) of citizen journalism readers explored the relations between motivations for reading (content and process gratifications), personal attitudes (interpersonal trust and life contentment), and three measures ...
The sonic boom: effect of logo presentation style in television commercials on memory for the advertised brand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study examines the effect of a structural feature of commercials called sonic branding on recognition and cued recall. A sonic brand or sonic logo can be defined as a unique auditory identity for a brand, also called ...
Estimating India's soy protein consumption and exporting soy products to India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
India holds a large percentage of the world's population at over 16%. India is a relatively poor country with an estimated per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of only $650 compared to the U.S. at $39,000 in estimated ...
Decreases in working memory capacity for sentence stimuli with adult aging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Previous studies have found that older adults have poorer immediate recall for language. Older adults may recall fewer chunks from working memory, or may have difficulty binding words or sentences together to form multi-unit ...
Changes in stable carbon isotopes of methane along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline microbial mat system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to examine how the stable carbon isotopes of methane and possible methanogenic substrates change in microbial mat communities as a function of salinity. Microbial mats were sampled from four ...
Effects of plastic mulch, row cover, and cultivar selection on growth of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculerntum Mill.) in high tunnels
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) were grown to: 1) evaluate their early season yield characteristics when grown using different mulch types with and without row cover; and 2) evaluate yield potential among ...
Influential product characteristics of apparel product performance as measured in profit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study investigated what previous studies have suggested as influential product characteristics of apparel product performance in an effort to prove the statistical significance of those characteristics. One hundred ...
Design optimization and efficiency modeling of a hot gas vane motor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this research is to model and analyze the dynamics of a hot gas vane motor for design optimization work. The pneumatic motor is a portable direct drive actuator that is intended as an alternative to ...
Tall fescue seed production alley cropped in a hardwood tree plantation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Alley cropping is an agroforestry practice that utilizes the space between rows of trees to produce an alternate crop. Tall fescue demonstrates shade tolerance and may be well suited for the production of certified seed ...
Analysis of affective instability on ecological momentary assessments data: successive difference, variance decomposition, and mean comparison via multilevel modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Temporal instability of affect is a defining characteristic of some psychological disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder and mood cycling disorders. Use of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) enables researchers ...
Roll-out of the "Mizzou Advantage"
(University of Missouri, 2009)
Approximately three years ago, MU began an exercise to define "strategic advantages" that could place the University within higher education in an extremely strong, competitive position. The idea was to identify MU's ...
Suspect an eating disorder? Suggest CBT
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
Refer patients with eating disorder not otherwise specified (NOS) for cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT, which has proven to be the most useful behavioral treatment for bulimia, has now been shown to be effective for ...
Help patients prevent repeat ankle injury
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
Advise patients being treated for ankle sprain that reinjury -- which is especially common during the first year -- can result in chronic pain or disability, and that a home-based proprioceptive training program has been ...
Use physical therapy to head off this deformity in infants
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
Identify infants with positional preference early and consider referral to pediatric physical therapy at 7 or 8 weeks to prevent severe deformational plagiocephaly (DP). Stength of recommendation: B: Based on a single ...
Corral systems for handling and sorting hogs (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Construction of semi-confinement feeding floors for swine has increased in recent years. Available plans concentrate on design of the confinement area and feed handling. As producers expand, they need more efficient ways ...
Cloning & Transgenic Swine for Medical and Agricultural Uses at MU
(2010-03)
The pig is an important component of the world's food supply. As of December 1, 2009 the hog inventory in the United States of America was 65 million head. The United States is the world's third largest producer and second ...
Flexible Carbon Nanotube-Based Strain Gage Sensors
(2010-03)
Aging brings about dramatic changes in the skeleton and other organ systems. Major skeletal diseases associated with aging include osteoporosis and attendant fractures (hip, spine and wrist or Collies) and osteoarthritis ...
Neutersol® from Laboratory to Market--Lessons Learned
(2010-02)
Even though there is worldwide human and pet overpopulation, it is difficult to secure enough research funding to support development of male contraceptive medicines and devices. The reality is that research funding in ...
Webster County Census Tract & Voting District Maps
(Missouri Spatial Data Information Service, 2000)
Webster County maps from the 2000 census, including block outline maps, tract outline maps, and voting precinct outline maps.