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An investigation of student perceptions of dual enrollment at a mid-sized western community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Dual enrollment programs have become prominent across the U.S. Several studies show positive outcomes including increased high school completion, improved postsecondary persistence, and higher college degree completion. ...
Essays on labor market policies in Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation examines the impact of employment protection regulations using job duration data in Korea. In 2007, the Korean government introduced a labor market reform that required employers to convert a worker's contract from a temporary...
Development and preliminary validation of multidimensional life satisfaction of internal migrant workers' children in China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
environment, self, material, and family. The items in family domain are different for children who live with both of parents and children who don't live with both of parents. Method I collected data for two rounds. In the first round, only my proposed life...
A quantitative and qualitative inquiry into classroom incivility in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this mixed method design study was to add to the body of knowledge about classroom incivility in higher education by examining perceptions of both undergraduate university students and faculty by comparing ...
Academic motivation, mathematics achievement, and the school context : building achievement models using TIMSS 2003
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
construct among other student variables, to affect eighth-graders' mathematics achievement in all four countries. The effects of other student characteristics, along with the family, teacher, and school variables, differed across the selected countries....
Three essays on biofuel policies and aggregate supply curve
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The first essay investigates the impacts of Brazil's new biofuel policy, namely RenovaBio. RenovaBio aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector through expansion of biofuels by requiring ...
Salesforce control systems : an integrated approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Salesforce management has strategic importance to a company's competitive advantage. However, to date, the direct effects of the salesforce control systems on sales personnel's key job outcomes are inconclusive and the ...
Certified staff and teacher perceptions of systematic regular classroom noncognitive factors interventions and their perceived impact on student noncognitive factors growth in one Midwestern elementary school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
of understanding of effective practices for growing individual student noncognitive factors in the classroom setting and lower levels of academic achievement. This qualitative case study sought to understand educators' perceptions of the impact of schoolwide...
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...
A behavioral feedback-based intervention to improve medication adherence in older adults with hypertension
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Medication adherence among older adults is far below the levels needed for clinical effectiveness from many medications. Control of hypertension prevents the development of further chronic disease and limits morbidity and ...
Are social media bad for your employees? : effects of at-work break activities on recovery experiences, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Despite the alleged importance of work breaks, little is known about antecedents and consequences of social media break activities besides non-social media break activities. Since individuals use social media to contact friends and families, find...
Greenhouse gas emissions and soil microbial activity for selected land use systems in floodplains
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
and droughts (IPCC, 2021). An estimated 23 percent of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (2007-2016) derive from agriculture, forestry, and other types of land use. Land management activities affect the soil microbiome and thus greenhouse gas (GHG...
Conservation genetics of conflict in the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is an endangered species whose distribution spans 13 countries in south, southeast, and insular Asia. The primary threats to the survival of this species include direct conflict, primarily ...
An analysis of undergraduate heavy-video-gaming students : developing technology-enhanced learning-support areas based on gaming and study practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
hours a week on games. When extracurricular activities take 14 or more hours of commitment, students' academic performance is at risk of falling. However, not much is known about the heavy-video-gaming students, their gaming and study practices...
Enhancing bluegill production through least-cost diet development and novel rearing strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Amidst growing demand for large, food-size bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, lack of an affordable, balanced diet and inadequate rearing technologies remain the major concerns of bluegill producers seeking to run profitable ...
The socially filtered media agenda : a study of agenda setting among news outlets on Twitter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examines whether and how Twitter users set the agenda for legacy media outlets by sharing news URLs. It also investigates which news story ...
Volatility estimation and price prediction using a hidden Markov model with empirical study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. Moreover, we compare the applicability of HMM with the well established GARCH(1,1) model, as far as the prediction performance is concerned, our results indicate HMM outperforms GARCH(1,1)....
Multiscale Study of the Interactions between Climate, Land Use, and Agricultural Productivity in Western Sahel: A Case Study of Chad
(2014-09-30)
This study employed an integrated approach to investigate drivers and impacts of environmental change from the 1980s to 2012 using geospatial and statistical analyses of atmospheric, climate, land use land cover, and ...
Rendering assistance to best advantage: the development of women's activism in Kansas City, 1870 to World War I
(2013)
This study examines the rise of women's activism in Kansas City between the
opening of the Hannibal railroad bridge in 1869 and World War I. Women's efforts over
the course of nearly 50 years to emerge from the domestic ...
Informing the theory of collective entrepreneurship: investment choice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Olson's seminal work on the logic of collective action predicts that individuals will not act collectively to further common economic goals except under certain conditions. This work utilizes transaction cost economics, ...