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Entangled collaborations : a study of cross-disciplinary research collaboration in the field of user experience and data-intensive technologies in campus cyberinfrastructure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
collaboration and Grudin's theory of groupware applications, I apply a three-phase formative research: Phase 1, a systematic literature review to uncover, analyze, and present trends and issues in user experience studies of cyberinfrastructure research projects...
Policing the boundaries of whiteness : monsters made in the USA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation explores institutionalized racism in American culture that signifies through the Reconstruction era Klansman, the folklore of the Night Doctor, and what I...
RF sensing and processing methods for noninvasive health monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Vulnerable populations include groups of people with a higher risk of poor health as a result of the limitations due to illness or disability. The health issues of vulnerable populations include three categories: physical, psychological, and social...
Transforming the ethical behavior of clinicians through pedagogical innovation: sensemaking as a means to promote ethical practice in the face of moral ambiguity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
those who participated in a traditional Ethics ECHO that did not include sensemaking strategies (p=0.035, mean difference = 0.888, 95% CI= (0.05, 1.172)). The study produced preliminary evidence to support the claim that incorporating sensemaking...
The brown adipose tissue phenoype : metabolic implications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
protein 1, cold tolerance, and BAT respiration) via mild cold stress (i.e., 20 [degrees] C) does not improve glucose tolerance in diet-induced obese mice; (ii) genetic silencing of the Pnpla2 in interscapular BAT causes a brown-to-white like phenotypic...
Lovesick: the effects of political partisanship and COVID-19 vaccine perceptions on online romantic partner selection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
-19) vaccine status and their combined influence on romantic consideration. In this study, we conduct a posttest-only design with a 2 (vaccinated) x 2 (political affiliation) x 2 (gender) online experiment, including variables such as vaccine...
COVID-19 perspectives, prevention behavior, and vaccine intention among health workers in Sierra Leone : a low-resource context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted health workers, who were already affected by the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. However, there is limited research on health workers' COVID-19 experiences in low- and middle...
Fragile balance : a phenomenological study exploring work-life balance of Millennial professionals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
methodology (Moustakas, 1994) guided the data collection and analysis. Purposeful sampling was used to identify regional specialists with county engagement responsibilities who met the selection criteria: 1) Millennials who were 2) employed by MU Extension...
Evolution, transmission, and clinical impacts of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Influenza and coronaviruses are leading causes of human respiratory diseases, causing substantial global impact. The ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses continues to trigger waves of outbreaks worldwide...
A study of non-profit social media engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
As more nonprofit organizations increase their usage of social media to reach new audiences, audience research is needed to help practitioners formulate strategic communications plans that reach the goals of the organization. ...
Homeless not hopeless: understanding how graduate students who experience homelessness and housing insecurity successfully navigate their education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
students either currently or recently enrolled at a large Midwest land-grant public research-intensive university. Findings indicated that for these graduate students (1) hope; (2) family; (3) friends; (4) determination; (5) institutional agents; (6) a...
Using cognitive work analysis to design a continuous quality improvement monitoring system for medical school accreditation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study is to apply phases of Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) to identify human and information constraints in how a medical school ...
Structural foundations, triggering events, and facilitative contingency : the social origins of California’s Compassionate Use Act of 1996
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
departure from the war on drugs approach which characterized 20th century American marijuana policy, the development of state-level medical cannabis laws has largely been ignored by criminologists and critical legal scholars. This dissertation aims...
An arc of death : suicide, alcoholism, murder, accidents, and other early deaths in St. Louis, Missouri, 1875 to 1885
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
In this study of 120 coroner's inquests conducted in St. Louis between 1875 and 1885, the author examines how six different kinds of deaths were investigated and interpreted. Each chapter focuses on a different cause of ...
Improving information use through public health informatics systems & human resource capacity building
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
of governance on Zanzibar: 1) regional administration (five regions); 2) district administration (10 districts per region); and 3) wards (236 shehias--smallest division of administrative regions--in all districts). The Health Management Information Systems unit...
The employment value of an undergraduate degree in theatre arts in the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
During lean times, administrators must make hard decisions about which programs stay and which must go. Arts departments are particularly vulnerable when traditionally derived enrollment and employability factors are used ...
Plague, politics, and printers: nativism and reactionary politics in St. Louis after the disasters of 1849
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
brought together diverse populations of native-born Americans and immigrants, Yankees and Southerners, slave-owners and those they enslaved. These groups vied for power in the city, sometimes resulting in political violence. The 1849 epidemic and fire...
Design and development of geospatial analytical research knowledgebase (GeoARK)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, environmental, and infrastructural knowledge base to empower health researchers' use of geospatial context to timely answer population health issues. Needed is a novel analytical framework designed to leverage location to create new contextual knowledge...
Valorization of purple corn pericarp using two-pot emerging thermal and non-thermal extraction technologies and evaluation of product quality, structure, and bioactivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
] 4.47 mg/g), naringin (7.68 [plus or minus] 0.58 mg/g), and cyanidin-chloride (49.81 [plus or minus] 1.78 mg/g). This showed that BBD can effectively be used to optimize the extraction of polyphenols from PCP using optimal extraction conditions...
Quantifying soybean phenotypes using UAV imagery and machine learning, deep learning methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
was used to collect the imagery data of 1,266 four-row plots in a soybean breeding field at the reproductive stage. Soybean lodging scores and pubescence scores were visually assessed by experienced breeders. Lodging scores were grouped into four classes, i...