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Eating otherness : the unifying qualities of chocolate in Lasse Hallström's Chocolat
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
Many films that directly involve food as a plot point or major theme choose to use it as either a means of utopia or dystopia, positive or negative. Because different foods are conducive to different moods within a film, ...
Breaking machismo
(University of Missouri, Campus Writing Program, 2017)
For a long time, and some would argue still today, women in Costa Rica were considered second-class citizens, mostly due to machismo, or masculine culture, where men believe they hold dominant roles over women. Even today, ...
Hannibal, MO: "America's Hometown" amidst fictional landscape
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2014)
In order to fully appreciate the scope of our surroundings, we must look to and describe different views of the same scene throughout history, detailing what composes this view and why these stages are necessary in foreseeing ...
The Hidden Treasures of Rome : Tracing the Context of Isolated Artifacts
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
Framing protest in Missouri : framing protest on Missouri newspaper coverage of Concerned Student 1950 protest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
sources, issue-action depiction, and syntax. Using quantitative framing analysis, this research examined six Missouri newspapers' coverage of the Concerned Student 1950 protest that occurred at the University of Missouri to find whether newspapers followed...
Integration Features in the Development of Software Product Line Architecture
(2015-08-12)
Software product line architecture (PLA) is one of the most promising applications of software architecture. This paper presents a pragmatic PLA development approach with tool support. It addresses two existing issues of PLA development...
Music of the Cherokee Nation
(University of Missouri, Campus Writing Program, 2017)
Music history in North America begins long before Europeans came ashore; however, because classically trained musicians view music history through the lens of European practices and experiences, it becomes difficult to ...
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 36, number 27
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2015)
Paleodemographic modeling in the lower Mississippi River Valley
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The three studies presented below address the relationships that exist between prehistoric population dynamics, settlement organization, climate, and subsistence in the central and lower Mississippi River valley and adjacent ...
Antenna designs and imaging algorithm for radar-based microwave breast cancer detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this work, the design of ultra-wideband antennas and an algorithm for artifact removal and image reconstruction beamforming for microwave breast cancer detection were...
The Museum of Art and Archaeology : A Brief History
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2019)
Muse, number 49 (2015)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
2015-2016 University of Missouri Libraries Annual Report
(University Libraries Communications, 2017)
The University Libraries have had another year of growth and change! This was also a year of transition as Jim Cogswell, director of libraries, retired in July after fourteen years of service, and I assumed the duties as ...
"Racism lives here" : racial ideologies in local news media coverage of student university protests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
During fall of 2015, a group of students at the University of Missouri called Concerned Student 1950 protested racial inequity on campus. Their collective action led to structural shakeups in the university's leadership. News about the protests were...
A mixed method phenomenological case study of how members of a democratic micro school experience leadership and democratic principles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
, interviews, observations, and other school artifacts. Using six democratic principles and the LMX theory, this study to added to the literature by addressing the experiences of those individuals attending independent schools. Achieving democracy in school...
Data-driven methods for analyzing ballistocardiograms in longitudinal cardiovascular monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
to the contamination of noise and motion artifacts caused by floor vibration, unconstrained subject movements, or even the respiratory activities. Aging, diseases, breathing, and sleep disorders can also affect the quality of estimation as they slightly modify...
Tale of two schools : a phenomenological case study of culture in a high school with an international baccalaureate program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
International Baccalaureate (IB), a highly rigorous academic and college preparatory program, has sometimes been implemented to turn around otherwise struggling school systems. Little is known about the impact on school ...
Museum Magazine, Number 66 (2015 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
The issue's feature article, "Jun Kaneko's large-scale ceramics," focuses on The Museum of Art and Archaeology's acquisition of three works by Japanese-American ceramics artist Jun Kaneko. Egyptian King, Egyptian Queen, and 6' Dango were a gift...
Museum Magazine, Number 67 (2015 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
The issue's feature article, "Classical convergence Greek and Roman myths in European prints : exhibition dates: September 29, 2015 through January 24, 2016," describes the exhibition which is inspired by tales of the Trojan War and also reflects...
Mizzou, volume 104, number 1 (2015 Fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)