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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...
Birth order and gender : differential parental investment in Medieval England and France in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This dissertation addresses the question: will parents invest differently in their children based on gender and birth order? Using parental investment theory and four major sets of outcome variables--child survival, parental ...
Hydraulic Design of Interlocking Concrete Permeable Pavement
(2015)
Stormwater management and design was developed to reduce the impacts of
runoff due to the increase in urbanization and impervious area in the hydrologic system.
Stormwater management takes many different forms, including ...
Rivalry, revelry, and retention : an exploration into the relationship between the academic progress rate and institution, athletic department, and team characteristics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. The dependent variables of Academic Progress Rate, team eligibility rate, and team retention rate were correlated against a set of 20 independent variables at the athletic team, athletic department, and institutional levels. The analytic sample consisted of 12...
Two essays on food manufacturer resilience: regional factors and workforce challenges
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, suggesting practices that may help both business managers as well as policymakers strengthen food manufacturer resilience....
Predicting Personal and Relational Recovery from Infidelity in Committed Relationship: A Moderated Mediation Model
(2019)
Infidelity can be damaging to committed relationships and is the most frequently cited cause of divorce (Austin Institute, 2014). Evidence suggests that couples can survive the trauma of infidelity, and that recovery is possible (Heintzelman...
Exchange Rate Policy In Development Theories: To Fix Or To Float In The Case Of Nepal
(2014)
Nepalese currency is pegged with Indian currency since 1960s. Three basic
characteristics of Nepal-India relations have gone into the process of adjustment of exchange
rates (a) high trade openness with India, (b) high ...
Multi-objective network optimization: models, methods, and applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
in the decision-making process. However, identification of efficient solutions can be challenging in practical applications. To address this issue, this dissertation details mathematical formulations and solution algorithms for a range of real-world planning...
Characterizing territoriality and the mechanisms that mediate it in female Anolis gundlachi lizards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Territoriality is a suite of behaviors through which animals secure access to particular areas or resources. It is prevalent across animal groups and has the potential to exert substantial influence on fitness by mediating ...
Effects of late gestational copper, zinc, and manganese source and inclusion in beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
A study was conducted to determine the effects of source and inclusion of Cu, Zn, and Mn during late gestation on cow and calf mineral status, fetal growth, and offspring immune function and pre-weaning performance. Cows ...
Applying deep learning technologies to discovery and characterization of genetic variants in animal genomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] The scale of publicly available genomic data has rapidly expanded by an order of magnitude within the last decade. However, research with these aggregated public data requires minimizing the accumulated systematic bias...
Lake country regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1975)
Historical review of financial equity in Missouri : 1993 foundation formula and amendments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Outstanding Schools Act (OSA) Foundation Funding Formula and subsequent revisions on the equity of statewide educational funding. This research considered the revenue per student per penny of property tax levy, the revenue ...
The respiratory microbiota of dogs and cats in health and disease: expanding our breadth of knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The long-held belief that the lungs were devoid of bacteria was largely perpetuated by the fact that most bacteria on earth are not cultivable using standard culture methods. Using culture-independent methods the lungs of ...
Southeast Missouri regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1975)
'High places' in the Aegean: the case for non-Cretan peak sanctuaries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
social distinction were constructed through certain groups' participation in Minoan-influenced socio-religious practices. This project serves as the first detailed analysis of all possible non-Cretan peak sanctuaries and seeks to determine if the non...
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 ...
A role played by sex in innate immune memory and disease severity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
While immunological memory has traditionally been understood to be solely within the purview of adaptive immunity, recent evidence has shown that a type of "memory" exists in innate immune cells, as a prior insult can lead ...
The socioeconomic and cultural significance of food gardening in the Vladimir Region of Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
of a 2006 survey of 1,500 families in the Vladimir region, show that gardens not only perform a wide range of economic, social and cultural functions, but also represent a highly sustainable practice embedded in the region's and the country...
Sir Philip Sidney: an annotated bibliography of modern criticism, 1941-1970
(University of Missouri Press, 1972)
This bibliography is a guide to Sidney criticism from 1941 to 1970. It consists of sections of general criticism, for biographical materials, for each of Sidney's major works, for the minor works, and final sections for ...