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"Something at Least Human": Transatlantic (Re)Presentations of Creole Women in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
(2015-06-19)
Throughout the nineteenth century, Creole women were consistently idealized,
exoticized, and demonized in literature and culture on both sides of the Atlantic. While
the term Creole is still hotly contested even today, ...
Potential Mechanisms for Inhibition of Breast Cancer by Novel Azaresveratrol Analogs: Implications of Estrogen Receptor, Estrogen Metabolism and Cell Death Pathways
(2015-06-19)
Prolonged exposure to estrogens has been implicated in the development of breast cancers. Steroidal estrogens have been implicated in the initiation and progression of cancer. Estrogens bind to their cognate estrogen ...
Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
(2015-06-19)
Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child
protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined
to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns ...
Indispensable Lives : Magical realism and postcolonial resistance in Ana Castillo's So far from God, and Junot Diaz's The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
"In this paper, I will discuss magical realism as a postcolonial genre of resistance in Ana Castillo's So Far from God, and Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and whether or not labeling these novels as ...
The Relationship Between In-Service Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectancy Beliefs, Instructional Practices (CLASS), and Student Outcomes in the Urban School Setting
(2015-06-19)
Culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs have emerged as constructs to investigate pre-service teacher preparedness for teaching children who represent culturally, ethnically, economically, ...
Role perceptions of environmental journalists working for online-only organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The newsroom environment is changing, impacting coverage of science and environmental stories. This report includes a collection of interviews ...
Topical Nanoparticulate Formulation of Drugs for Ocular Keratitis
(2015-08-11)
The primary objective of this project is to develop drug-loaded polymeric nanoparticles
suspended in a biocompatible gel for topical delivery of therapeutic agents commonly
employed in the treatment of ocular viral/bacterial ...
Achieving Optimal Schedule by Network Flow Techniques
(2015-08-11)
Scheduling plays an important role in protocol design and performance optimizations for
wireless or wired networks. This dissertation studies how to achieve optimal performance
for two fundamental scheduling problems ...
The Basset Family: Marriage Connections and Socio-Political Networks in Medieval Staffordshire and Beyond
(2015-06-19)
The political
turmoil
of
the
eleventh
to
fourteenth
centuries
in
England
had
far
reaching
consequences
for
nearly
everyone.
Noble
families
especially
had
the
added
pressure
of
ensuring
wise
pol ...
You People: A Collection of Stories and Essays
(2015-08-11)
Mathematical Analysis of Compressive/Tensile Molecular and Nuclear Structures
(2015-06-19)
Mathematical analysis in chemistry is a fascinating and critical tool to explain
experimental observations. In this dissertation, mathematical methods to present
chemical bonding and other structures for many-particle ...
Bloodlines
(2015-08-12)
A drama in two acts, Bloodlines centers upon a traditional farm family in Iowa,
several years in the future. The climate has changed, and though they struggle to
maintain the centuries-old family home and traditions ...
Women in science : are portrayals on primetime television negative, and what are effects of exposure to such content?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Twenty years ago, the U.S. Department of Education began investing millions to get more girls interested in science, technology, engineering and math -- or STEM -- fields. Yet the needle has barely moved, and the American ...
Evaluation of Resistivity Meters for Concrete Quality Assurance, Project TR201414
(2015-07-28)
This research evaluated a series of MoDOT concrete mixtures to verify existing
relationships between surface resistivity (SR), rapid chloride permeability (RCP), chloride ion
diffusion, and the AASHTO penetrability ...
Effects of a violence prevention program on the aggressive scripts and prosocial behavior of "high risk" students
(2015-07-28)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a school-based violence prevention program, Project SAFE, which was designed to decrease beliefs supporting the use of aggression in response to conflict, as measured ...
Resveratrol Analogs: Potential Chemopreventive Agents in Breast Cancer
(2015-05-22)
Epidemiological data and studies in rodent models strongly support the role of
estrogens in the development of breast cancers. Estrogens have been added to the list of
known human carcinogens. Exact mechanisms underlying ...
Learning potential in persons with serious mental illness: investigating intra-individual differences in the learning process
(2015-05-19)
Learning potential has been explored as a possible mechanism to predict positive
rehabilitation outcomes in people with SMI (e.g., Green et al. 2000). More recent
research has identified a strong relationship between ...
Hydraulic Characterization of Interlocking Concrete Permeable Pavement
(2015-08-12)
The environmental benefits of permeable pavements are vast and include stormwater
quantity reduction, stormwater quality improvement, urban heat island mitigation, and
groundwater recharge, among others. Permeable ...
The role of video on sports fan attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Given its importance in the brand management of sports teams, this study primarily investigates the influence of sports video on fandom and team loyalty. Building upon a history of research on fan motivation, the ...
Theatre for Young America: A History
(2015-05-19)
In the spring of 1974, a family of actors has recently landed in Kansas City,
Missouri. Father, Gene Mackey, is working for one of the areas four professional dinner
theatres and has been authorized by his employer to ...