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A Homeless Billy Goat in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1989)
Peppering the Bostonian Palate : Two Silver Casters by Paul Revere II
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1976)
"Composed in 1860 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published in his Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863), these oft-quoted lines resurrected from obscurity the name of Paul Revere, whose patriotic ride in Revolutionary America is remembered by many rather...
Falsetto: Learning to Sing the Full Upper Register Through Development of the Falsetto
(1977-10)
This project has been undertaken to show that it is possible to build the full upper register through development of the falsetto. The process is quite slow, in that it takes time and concerted effort to start with a small pure falsetto...
The Presentation of Temperature Information in Television Broadcasts: What is Normal?
(National Weather Association, 2003-12)
In a typical weather broadcast, observed daily temperature information such as maximum
and minimum temperatures are shown and compared to the daily average or “normal”. Such information, however, does not accurately ...
Francesco Vanni's The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt : Meaning and Technique in Counter-Reformation Siena
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
"One of the great treasures in the Museum of Art and Archaeology's collection of Old Master drawings is a beautifully finished sheet related to an altarpiece by the Sienese artist Francesco Vanni. Some scholars have attributed it to Vanni himself...
A Laconian Lady in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"Mention of Greece and the site of ancient Sparta, surrounded by mountains in the region of Laconia, brings to mind a male-dominated, militaristic society devoid of artistic culture. But this describes the later Archaic and Classical Sparta...
Patterns of Public-Sector and Private-Sector Patenting in Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2005)
. Universities have increased patenting in agricultural biotechnology particularly rapidly, and they now hold a greater proportion of agricultural biotechnology patents than they do of patents in general. Private firms tend to dominate patenting in plant...
The Judgement of Paris : An Excerpt on a Roman Relief Mirror
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
"Gilded bronze reliefs are characteristic of a group of Roman mirrors of otherwise simple design. Most of the mirrors are small, 9-12 cm in diameter; all have an unadorned, round, reflecting surface of polished high-tin alloy of bronze...
The Departure of the Commedia dell'Arte from Paris in 1697 : A Copy of a Lost Watteau
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2018)
The Identity Crisis of a Roman Empress
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2002)
Millennials' retirement saving behavior : account ownership and balance
(2017)
retirement account ownership and balance. Results show that only 37.2% of Millennials had any kind of account earmarked for retirement; and among those with a retirement account, the average accumulated amount was $21,333. Factors that affected retirement...
Using the monthly classification of global SSTs and 500 HPA height to predict temperature and precipitation regimes one to two season in advance for the Mid-Mississippi Region
(National Weather Association, 2008-07)
to the local and regional media as well as the agricultural communities in the mid- Mississippi River Valley. A simple forecast verification scheme was borrowed and used to score the long range forecasts, and skill scores were used to compare and evaluate...
The producer benefits of herbicide-resistant canola
(AgBioForum, 1999)
that the pricing and adoption of HR canola in Canada can not be understood if producers are seen as being homogeneous. We develop a conceptual model of producer heterogeneity that represents the distribution of benefits among producers. In this context, some...
The Association between sensation seeking and well-being among college-attending emerging adults
(2013)
Sensation seeking is a known risk factor for unsafe and reckless behavior among college students, but its association with well-being is unknown. Given that exploration plays an important psychosocial role during the transition to adulthood, we...
Albrecht D�rer's Curls : Melchior Lorck's 1550 Engraved Portrait and Its Relationship to D�rer's Self-Fashioned Public Image
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
"The image of the Nuremberg artist Albrecht D�rer with a mane of long curly hair is internationally recognizable. Its place in the collective consciousness of the Western world has been years in the making, beginning with self-portraits produced...
An Annotated Bibliography of Choral Techniques and Related Subjects
(1984)
This paper
is
a
collation
of
materials
which,
in
the
opinion
of
the
author,
are
pertinent
to
contemporary
choral
practices
and
techniques.
Section
I
is
a
list
of
books
and
their
contents. ...
Physiological and Motor Responses to Music
(1984)
This paper surveys the literature on research relating
to motor responses and/or physical effects of listening to
music. The various response parameters discussed include
heart rate, respiration, galvanic skin resistance ...
The Interannual variability of hurricane activity in the Atlantic and east pacific regions
(National Weather Association, 2008-07)
to be weaker than during a neutral year or a La Niña year, but these conclusions were opposite in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Basin. There were also significant differences found in hurricane intensity between El Niño and La Niña years when the PDO was in phase 1...
Shape-note Notation: A Complement to the Singing School
(1985)
began appearing in the middle and southern colonies. The growth of the schools and the improved capabilities of the singers created a demand for an enormous volume of music, and in the second half of the eighteenth century, a number of Americans began...
The water quality assessment and biodiversity of phytoplankton in Phayao Lake, Phayao Province, Thailand
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
gathered samples for six months, from September 2020 to February 2021. Twice a month, samples were collected from each location. The results identified eight divisions, fifty-nine genera, and eighty-nine species. The most prevalent division of phytoplankton...