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Watershed management above drinking water reservoirs (1995)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Extension Division, 1995)
Schedule of courses : fall semester 1970-71
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
Effects of temperature, photoperiod, and substrate on the maturation and reproductive behavior of the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) is a federally-listed endangered cyprinid species native to small headwater prairie streams in the mid-west of the United States. It generally spawns over and around sunfish (Lepomis ...
A series of in vitro studies investigating the role of lactoferrin in calf innate immunity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Neonatal calf mortality rates continue to impact the economic sustainability of the United States cattle industry. Based on data generated from the National Animal Health Monitoring System survey in 2001, 8.9 % of dairy ...
Overcoming infertility together : expanding the theory of resilience and relational load
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Between 10-15 percent of the U.S. population will experience infertility (Mayo Clinic, 2021). Despite its prevalence, individuals and relationships faced with infertility tend to have worse mental, physical, and relational ...
Explaining consumers' channel-switching behavior using the theory of planned behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The study was exploratory and examined channel-switching behavior using Theory of Planned Behavior in three retail channels (i.e. brick-and-mortar stores, catalogs, and the Internet). The theory assumes that individual ...
Hydrological Modeling of Urban Watershed with Snowfall for the Indian Creek Basin
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The present study explores the transport rate of urban pollutants by using snow
melting processes by road salts and electrical conductance in the Indian Creek and
Tomahawk Creek in Kansas. We adopted a cross-correlation ...
A behavior genetic study of self-harm, suicidality, and personality in white and African-American women
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This study is an examination of genetic and environmental risk leading to suicidal and self-harm behaviors in a representative sample of female young adult twins, and racial differences in the strength of those risk factors. ...
Understanding rural poverty clusters : the intersection of agriculture, economic structure and locality under postindustrialism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Analysis seeks to understand rural poverty within the context of agricultural and postindustrial economic structure. Detailed socioeconomic data are analyzed for 4,610 non-metropolitan census tracts in the north central ...
Examining the effects of a peer-mediated academic intervention on the language and literacy performance on emergent bilingual students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
for those students needing support. A fundamental aspect of MTSS is Tier 1, which consists of high-quality core instruction and universal screening of all children in general education classrooms. Despite the school policies and practices to close or reduce...
Improving cardiac care delivery using predictive and prescriptive analytics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, such as patient no-shows and service-time variability, which adversely impact AS efficiency by developing a predict-then-schedule framework. In the predict step, patient-specific no-show risk and service duration are estimated using machine learning (ML) models...
Is accuracy in fertility detection mediated by differences in the mate value of the rater and target?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
I propose the existence of a perceptual bias in men toward detecting fertility status in women of similar mate value. To test this hypothesis, 153 male undergraduates (raters) chose which of two photographs of the same ...
On autonomy support : low-income mothers' parenting of young children in contemporary China and the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
According to self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2002), autonomy is conceptualized as a sense of volition or agency. Much research indicates that parental autonomy support contributes to children's well-being and ...
Flow and heat transfer properties of Mono Craters rhyolites : effects of temperature, water content, and crystallinity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The nature of volcanic processes, including rate of magma ascent, exsolution of volatiles, eruption style, and flow distance, is highly dependent on the viscosity of the associated magma and its ability to transfer heat. ...
An exploratory study of cohesion among co-located and virtual members of virtual, partially distributed groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study provides insight into the factors of cohesion and its development in virtual, partially distributed groups. This qualitative exploratory research design examined how co-located and virtual group participants ...
Human Development As the Expansion of Work Capability: An Examination of Vietnam
(2020)
This dissertation aims to enhance the application of Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach by including work capability in the current assessment of human development. Development theorists have long overlooked the role of ...
Mediated temporal consciousness: memory and concepts of time through engagement with online news archives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Tube-based archival news video -- one regarding the 2014 Ferguson, Missouri, protests after local police shot and killed African-American teenager Michael Brown, and the other regarding the 2010 British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and underwater...
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 ...
Assessment of teachers' ability to integrate science concepts into secondary agriculture programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
agriculture instructors in teaching concepts related to science; 2) To assess how such a change in the curriculum would impact current agricultural education programs. The sample was derived from the population of agriculture instructors teaching in Missouri...
Adolescent suicide attempts and alcohol use : a developmental psychopathology perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study characterizes the extent to which the adolescent alcohol-suicide attempt relation varies across severity of suicide attempt (i.e., any suicide attempt vs...