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Three essays on the relationship between franchising and productivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
simulated approach to two-stage data envelopment analysis, which is the method I use in essay two. I find that two-stage DEA is a worthy tool for determining efficiency differences between two groups. In essay two, I apply two-stage DEA to US Census Bureau...
The illicit methamphetamine landscape of Franklin County, Missouri: application and analysis of a GIS-based risk assessment model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Illicit methamphetamine, a synthetic, highly addictive drug, has gained national attention because of its destructive properties. Between 2002 and 2004 close to 400 clandestine methamphetamine labs were seized in Franklin County, Missouri...
An alternative futures analysis of Flathead County, Montana : evaluating tradeoffs among economic growth, land use policy and land use change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Nine alternative futures were developed for Flathead County, MT for two study periods. The alternative futures involve different combinations of assumptions regarding future economic growth and land use polices. The ...
An analysis of the 1875-1877 scarlet fever epidemic of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
on national censuses, provincial vital death records and parish records suggest that the epidemic impacted the two main ethnic groups of the island, the Acadians and the Scots, in very different ways. Statistical analysis was done considering the temporal...
Improving information use through public health informatics systems & human resource capacity building
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, all upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), and diarrhea with added value data for surveillance, the long-term goal of this work is developing a Health Information System (HIS) that supports evidence-based management of Zanzibar's entire public...
Land cover classification from satellite imagery, and its applications in cellular network planning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
-classification smoothing of the sensor fusion result (Landsat and radar feature combination) further increases the accuracy. A decadal change analysis was also conducted for the St. Louis, Missouri area using Landsat imagery and census population data. This study proposes...
Statistical Analysis of Kansas City COVID-19 Data with Respect to Race, Ethnicity, Age & Gender
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection that has created a deadly pandemic dominating the
world. This statistical analysis identifies the prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas
City by various demographics ...
Effect of an oral health education program for caregivers delivering oral hygiene care to residents in a long-term care facility
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-24)
A convenience sample of caregivers from a long term care facility (LTCF) located in
rural Missouri participated in an educational program. Various oral health indices were
gathered from LTCF residents before the program ...
An investigation of urban bat ecology in Baltimore, Maryland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
. Environmental and socioeconomic data was obtained using on-site measures, GIS, and US Census data. There were no predictors for overall species richness. Canopy-associated measures at both the site and neighborhood scale, streetlights, site distance from water...
Chapel Hill, Missouri: Lost Visions of America's Vanguard on the Western Frontier 1820 to 1865
(2014-09-30)
Despite its present circumstance as an extinct Missouri town in the geographic
heart of the Midwest, Chapel Hill College was once the vanguard of the burgeoning
American empire. In 1852, Chapel Hill College stood as a ...
Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
(2015-06-19)
Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child
protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined
to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns ...
The Kansas City Foot Patrol project : An evaluation of the effectiveness of foot patrol in violent crime micro-places
(2014-07-15)
The Kansas City Foot Patrol Project is a replication of the Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment (Ratcliffe et al. (2011). The current study was conducted in Kansas City, Missouri and evaluated the effectiveness of foot patrol in violent crime micro...
Missouri's hidden Civil War : financial conspiracy and the decline of the planter elite, 1861-1865
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This dissertation explores a previously unknown Civil War financial conspiracy that backfired and caused a great deal of collateral damage among Missouri's pro-southern population. In 1861, a small group of pro-secession politicians, bankers...
Reluctant emancipator : James Sidney Rollins and the politics of slavery and freedom in the border south, 1838-1882
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines the career of James Sidney Rollins, a free-soil slave owning politician and lawyer in Missouri, to garner a better understanding of the politics...
Spatial analysis of poverty and prosperity in the U.S. counties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Prosperity is often associated with income. This study goes beyond the economic determinant of prosperity and develops a prosperity index by using indicators of education...
Modeling gibbs point processes through basic function decompositions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
of Chicago for 2015, where we include as covariate information the American Community Survey 5-year period estimate of median income at the Census tract level....
The relationship between police and citizen collaboration regarding crime in multifamily rental complexes
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 5/6/2011)
The goal of the police is to be effective and efficient in controlling crime. The community needs to be involved in this endeavor. Through community oriented policing with an emphasis in problem oriented policing, this ...
Rural agglomeration : how does the distribution of people across rural America affect entrepreneurship?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Where people live affects a region's economy. Urban economists have long analyzed the effects of large and densely settled regions -- urban agglomerations -- on the local economy, finding that people and businesses in these ...
The Association of Socioeconomic Status with Mortality and Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Parapneumonic Empyema
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Background: Parapneumonic empyema is an uncommon but serious complication of
pneumonia. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the prevalence of empyema may be on the rise.
The aim of this study is to estimate the current ...
More than beer : the complex career of Adolphus Busch
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Adolphus Busch was cofounder of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. During Busch's lifetime, Anheuser-Busch became the largest brewing company in the United States...