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Use of main channel and shallow-water habitat by larval fishes in the lower Missouri River
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
I developed a series of research objectives organized in a spatial hierarchy to characterize larval fish nursery habitat within the lower Missouri River. Native carpsucker spp./buffalo spp. (Carpiodes spp./Ictiobus spp.) ...
A medicare benefit expansion: inpatient clinical and economic outcomes in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-07-08)
to March 30, 2004). Long-term, cross-sectional analysis examined the three years, three months prior to the the short term pre period (January 1, 1999 to March 31, 2002); and the three years, nine months after the short term post period (April 1 2004...
Mizzou Nursing, 2013 Fall
(University of Missouri -- Columbia. School of Nursing., 2013)
Cambio de Colores
(University of Missouri Extension, 2004)
, seeking to facilitate the integration of Latinos in the Midwest. The conference has five major areas: 1. Change and Well-being, which addresses topics of economic, social and political change, and its effect on well-being. 2. Youth, Family and Community...
Picturing race in local newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The American news media has been criticized for failing to accurately reflect the country's racial diversity. Previous research has found that large broadcast and print news outlets overrepresent the White population, while ...
Effects of an Online Meditation-Based Intervention Compared to an Attention-Controlled Group on Chronic Pain Outcome among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
(2022)
research into micro-practices as a possible effective strategy for managing chronic pain and stress among nurses....
Assessing costs and environmental impacts of municipal food waste treatment options in Columbia, Missouri : a decision support tool integrating life cycle analysis and robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Many municipal governments currently have goals in place to align with global efforts and policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and take advantage of waste as a resource for renewable energy and nutrients. To ...
Three essays on innovation, corporate control and household consumption-based asset pricing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
: This paper explores the long-run consequences of concentrating super-voting shares within family trusts. Dual-class shares are widely regarded as entrenching ownership structures that provide total control for top managers and engender excessive agency costs...
Practice-based evidence research design for lymphedema management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
-group construct validity of functional status (FS) scores on patients with LE at Maccabi; and (3) describe characteristics of the patients with lymphedema treated at Maccabi between the years of 2010-2017. We used a Practice-based Evidence (PBE) research design...
The role of time preference on wealth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979, this analysis affirmed the influence of time preference on wealth. Time preference was measured using the respondent's behaviors as proxies for time preference. ...
Nutrients, chlorophyll and bacterial fecal indicators in coves and open water areas of Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Urban development and use of septic tanks in porous soils of Lake of the Ozarks poses a threat to public health via leaching into drinking wells and coves used for swimming. During 2 summers, phosphorus (TP), nitrogen (TN), ...
Pod travel in the pandemic era: social media analytics on travel sentiment and spatial distribution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic brought an enormous downturn to the overall hospitality and tourism industry. Accordingly, a novel trend emerged, called 'pod travel,' reflecting travelers' needs and behavior shifts. ...
The potential of producing bioenergy crops on conservation reserve program land in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas (MINK Region) to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions : an integrated economics and biological modeling approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
management. Converting CRP land into bioenergy crop production and adopting conservation management practices significantly reduced sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus loading into water bodies relative to traditional food crop production under conventional...
American exceptionalism, missionary politics, and the religious impulse in contemporary foreign policy attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation offers an examination of the effects of religion and its attendant moral politics on attitudes towards foreign policy issues. America's ...
Identifying risk patterns for suicide attempts in individuals with diabetes : a data-driven approach using LASSO regression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
-World Data [trade mark]. LASSO regression was used for feature selection, and ARM was used for investigating the risk patterns. We discovered risk patterns that are understandable and practical for healthcare providers. The findings of this research can...
William Apess, Elias Boudinot, and Samuel Cornish : Native Americans and African-Americans looking for freedom of expression, representation, and rhetorical sovereignty during the age of Jackson
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
, despite pressures that put some limits upon that freedom of expression and form of sovereignty. Pequot writer William Apess, Cherokee editor Elias Boudinot, and African-American editor Samuel Cornish sought and practiced the right to represent themselves...
Effects of prescribed fire and timber harvest on terrestrial salamander abundance, behavior, and microhabitat use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The goal of my dissertation was to assess how terrestrial salamanders respond to two common forest management practices -- prescribed fire and timber harvest. Previous studies have reported that timber harvest adversely affects terrestrial...
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS LIVING WITH AUNTS AND UNCLES: A NARRATIVE MULTIPLE CASE STUDY
(2024)
Some international students live with their aunts and uncles while studying in the United States. Living with aunts and uncles shapes these students’ college going experience. However, research about college student family issues has...
Three essays on the influence of state policies on transfer enrollment at 4-year institutions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This dissertation contains three essays that examine the influence of state policies on transfer enrollment at 4-year institutions. The first essay is a systematic review of 16 studies that provide an understanding of the ...
Data as medium : quality control in data journalism practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Data is the medium of data journalism. As such, professional practitioners treat data as a communication process and storytelling form. This pragmatic, relational...