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Male Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence: Syndemic Theory, Minority Stress Theory, & the Community of Protective Measures
(2015-05-28)
Intimate partner violence is an underreported, stigmatized, and deleterious reality affecting a
higher proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM) than their heterosexual
counterparts. The constructs of two theories ...
How interactive infographics foster audience engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Interactive infographics serve as a container that helps store and present information for journalists and newsrooms to the audience. The increasing ...
Turkic Educators and Students Breaking Their Silence: An Oral History of a Tangled Web of Political Power
(2023)
The social genocide of the Hizmet people by the Erdoğan regime has left an indelible mark on Turkic educators and students worldwide. The practice of genocide as a form of political control is steeped in the history of the Ottoman Empire...
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....
Evidence of servant leadership in professional learning communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study was to analyze servant leadership and professional learning communities in Missouri schools. A central issue in the study was to examine the relationship of servant leadership characteristics to ...
Toward effective and efficient treatment adherence monitoring : development of the cognitive behavioral therapy adherence measure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Despite the large body of research demonstrating the efficacy of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for the most common youth mental health problems, EBPs are rarely used in usual care (UC). When EBPs are implemented in UC settings, there is a drop...
An alternate approach to educational reform in the United Arab Emirates : exploring students' motivation through Pisa 2012
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] For over a decade, the public education system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has engaged in educational reform with varying degrees of success. The ...
Latinos in the Heartland : Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities : Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference Columbia, Missouri, May 24-26, 2010
(Cambio Center, 2011)
that bring many Latino individuals and families to work in jobs made available by the aging of the Midwestern population, outmigration, and the declining numbers of native young people. At the same time, a cloud of uncertainty covered -and still covers now...
Relationship of Early Childhood Teacher Guidance Beliefs and Reported Actual Practices on Child Behavioral Outcomes
(2016)
Teacher beliefs on child guidance and discipline practices are critical components in
understanding how teachers’ beliefs and approaches to guidance influence teachers’
interactions and classroom management practices ...
Examining the mediating role of teacher-related variables on the relationship between classroom management and student social--emotional and behavioral risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
in their classroom management abilities they give up when teaching disruptive students and are less likely to work to create order in the classroom (Brouwers & Tornic, 2000). In addition to classroom management practices, it is also important to consider teacher...
Intraguild interactions between native and domestic carnivores in central India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
I determined various factors affecting the resource selection and spatial ecology of the Indian fox Vulpes bengalensis, a small canid endemic to the Indian subcontinent. I collected radiotelemetry data from 32 Indian foxes ...
Role of agricultural cooperatives in poverty reduction in Nepal : an empirical analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
families and Key Informant Interviews of 37 managers of agricultural cooperatives. In order to make the inferences on access and income gain, probit regression, matching, ordinary least square and two-stage least squares techniqpropriate identification...
Evaluating the quality and efficacy of care provided by extended care permit dental hygienists in a school based dental home
(2013)
the dental hygiene scope of practice and supervision regulations through the creation of the extended care permit (ECP) dental hygienist. In 2008, a school-based oral health intervention, that utilized ECP dental hygienists to provide preventive oral health...
Effects of consultation on professional learning communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
School consultation has been used to increase fidelity of implementation for team processes (Burns, Peters, & Noell, 2008) and resulting interventions (Noell, Witt, Gilbertson, Ranier, & Freeland, 1997). Professional learning communities are teacher...
Mindfulness and Nutrition and Exercise Behaviors in College Students: The Moderating Role of Sleep Quality
(2014)
Inadequate nutrition, physical inactivity, and poor sleep quality have become increasingly
common in college student populations, placing students at greater risk of being
overweight or obese in adulthood. Researchers ...
Assessing impacts and targeting of agricultural conservation practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
the effects of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) implemented in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed (GCEW) and investigated strategies to target future BMPs. Evaluation of storm events between 1993 and 2006 showed no significant BMP effects...
Experimentally assessing the influence of resource availability and social aggregation on the parasites of raccoons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
I investigated how experimental increases in social aggregation and resource availability affected ectoparasite prevalence and intensity (number of parasites on infested hosts only) and endoparasite species richness of ...
Resource selection and space use of the critically endangered Tuamotu Kingfisher (Todiramphus gambieri)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
forests on Niau Atoll in French Polynesia, with less than 250 individuals. I conducted a multi-scale resource selection study based on island-wide surveys and radiotelemetry relocation data from 2006-2008. The birds avoided undisturbed vegetation...
Stress levels in veterans with PTSD and equines during therapeutic horseback riding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
mental health services, distrust of the mental health profession, or perception that treatment is inadequate. Left untreated, PTSD can cause significant social, emotional, and financial hardships for the Veteran, family, and community. Animal assisted...
Does industry specialization and diversification affect audit office growth?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examines the determinants of audit office growth, and focuses on strategic client portfolio decisions made by offices. While auditors are ...