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The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)
This dissertation attempts to explain the role of the Bucareli Conference in the contest between the United States and Mexico from 1914 to approximately 1930. It arose from an interest in the land and oil questions and ...
The clinical gaze and the perception of disability in photography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The history of photography coincides with the rise of medicine as a respectable profession and the Freakshow as popular entertainment, and their intersection laid...
Economic analysis of woody biomass harvesting in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
. Losses from fuel chips were less than the profits from the solid hardwood products resulting in a net profit of $3,131.76 dollars. Keywords: woody-biomass, forest thinning, integrated harvest, single tree selection, shelterwood strips, economic...
Information developer-user system linking roles of education assistants in the Missouri small farm family program
(University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1982)
Cross-cutting knowledge organizations as leverages of entrepreneurial activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Motivated by the possibility of obtaining relational rents (Dyer & Singh, 1998; Lavie, 2006), firms have used inter-firm networks as knowledge leverages. ...
Intelligent orchestration of computation and networking for drone swarm applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Drone swarms that are equipped with high-resolution sensors and video cameras can benefit many applications (e.g., disaster response management, smart farming, traffic control). This requires ...
Texas fever, or, Acclimation fever
(University of the State of Missouri, College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1897)
Managing for white-tailed deer in Missouri : establishing a wildlife management cooperative (2012)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2012)
Wildlife species such as bobwhite quail, mourning doves, cottontail rabbits, wild turkey and white-tailed deer provide recreational and hunting opportunities for Missouri citizens. Missouri's wildlife resources are dependent ...
An examination of the leadership competencies within a community college leadership development program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
An extensive review of the literature suggested the nation's community colleges are quickly approaching a leadership crisis as current leaders are fast approaching retirement. In response, community colleges are investing ...
An evaluation of Missouri Master Naturalist Program: changes in volunteer knowledge and the relationship between motivations and changes in volunteer knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The Missouri Master Naturalist (MN) program educates adults who then volunteer to help manage their community's natural resources. My research evaluated Missouri's MN training program. My first objective determined any ...
Signals, cues, and information use in foraging decisions of herbivorous insects and a leaf-folding plant
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
species, searchers initiate back- and-forth exchanges with individuals already at a feeding site, while in the other, settled individuals produce series of collective signals that act as a beacon. In sensitive plants, I found that leaf-folding produces...
Growth regulation and mitogen binding in established rat ovarian cell lines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1981)
Factors capable of supplanting serum in the growth stimulation of established rat ovarian cells in serum-free medium were determined. Among the potential mitogens tested, the most potent combinations consisted of low ...
Populations of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.) in field corn, Zea mays (L.)
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1961)
Migrations of love and circumstance: a history of intimacy and policy in the migration of Italian war brides, 1943-1954
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
In the spring of 1946, the foreign brides and children of American soldiers from the Second World War migrated to the United States through mass migrations coordinated by the War Department. This project contextualizes the ...
Fetoscopic in utero tracheal occlusion as a method to reduce fetal lung hypoplasia in a sheep model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
section. Median gestational age at birth for those lambs completing the study was 146 (137- 157) d. Among the 14 fetuses where a DH was created, 3 had healed. Among the 11 fetuses with a patent DH, incursion of abdominal contents into the chest...
Airing equity : the impact of activism and federal policy on women in broadcast journalism, 1964-1985
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The early 1960s saw a marked change in the motivation among legislators, judges, and government officials to address discriminatory employment practices. The momentum, propelled by the Cold War, ...
Relations between videogame play and 8th-graders' mathematics achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Research on videogames has examined relationships between the amount of time children spend playing videogames and academic outcomes. This study ...
A market study of sealed bid competition for Utah public school lunch milk, 1970-1975
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1981)
This study was designed to determine the influence of various economic factors on sealed bid prices and, accordingly, to serve as a guide for setting these factors to obtain a more competitive price. Traditional concepts ...
An ecological study of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) in the Missouri Ozark Highlands: effects of herbivory and harvest, ecological characterization and wild simulated cultivation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
.), and root harvest. Most ginseng seedlings took longer than 7 years to mature, and projections indicate it may take 15 years for a seedling to produce enough seeds to replace itself. Annual harvest was found to be sustainable only if no more than 8% of the 3...
Missouri Shamrock, 1956-1957, volume 23, number 1-8
(University of Missouri. College of Engineering, 1956)