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Impacts of municipal wastewater effluent on seed banks, chemistry, and microorganisms of soils excavated from wetland impoundments designated for wildlife
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
To evaluate the effects of municipal wastewater effluent (WWE) and Missouri River water (MOR) as irrigation sources on soil chemistry, seed banks, and microorganisms, a field study was conducted in conjunction with a set ...
Reactivity of lesions derived from abasic (AP) sites in DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
DNA is vital to cellular function. Therefore, maintaining the integrity of the structure of DNA is of the utmost importance. Damage to the DNA is unavoidable and can be detrimental to organisms. Abasic (Ap) sites are the ...
Energy transfer at gas-liquid interface : towards energetic materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Physicochemical surface processes have great importance in the different fields of everyday life and science. Computational characterization of collisional energy transfer at a gasliquid interface is a helpful tool to ...
Hybrid truck-drone systems for last-mile delivery logistics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
and waiting of the truck on its route to recover drones. A MILP model is formulated to optimize the management of this setting of facilities and delivery operations. Finally, extensive computational experiments are conducted in this dissertation for the four...
Culinology applications to a convenient and economic frozen dinner set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
With the rising demand for convenient foods, there usually comes a decrease in quality. Combining the work of food science with culinary arts may result in a food product that is both convenient and economic without having ...
Effects of prescribed fire and timber harvest on terrestrial salamander abundance, behavior, and microhabitat use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The goal of my dissertation was to assess how terrestrial salamanders respond to two common forest management practices -- prescribed fire and timber harvest. Previous studies have reported that timber harvest adversely ...
Structural and kinetic studies of human aldh7a1 and aldh9a1
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
of oxidoreductase enzymes that have critical roles in this regulation and detoxification. Misregulation of ALDH gene expression or mutations in the genes encoding for ALDHs lead to numerous disease pathologies. While extensive work has been conducted...
Computational studies of three chemical systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The subject of this dissertation is the use of electronic structure calculations to examine and supplement the experimental observations of three different chemical systems. Both ab initio and DFT methods have been employed. ...
Perforated sovereignty : the geopolitical dilemma of Aegean hydrocarbons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The Aegean Sea, as an integral portion of the Mediterranean Sea, has always been a region endowed with special significance. Either as a familiar route of trade or culture, or as a fault-line between hostile civilizations ...
Hierarchical spatio-temporal models for environmental processes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The processes governing environmental systems are often complex, involving different interacting scales of variability in space and time. The complexities and often high dimensionality of such spatio-temporal processes can ...
Vaccine-induced protective immunity against coxiella burnetii
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterial pathogen and the causative agent of human Q fever. This disease presents acutely as a flu-like illness, although it can escalate to a chronic and often ...
Theoretical and computational modeling of naturally and artificially modified RNA nucleotides
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) experiments. SHAPE experiments selectively modify flexible RNA nucleotides and can be processed to produce a characteristic reactivity profile for an RNA molecule that contains structural information. Incorporation...
Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of actinide complexes bearing An-E bonds (An = Th, U; E = P, As)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
-metal phosphinidiide complexes of the form {(C5Me5)2Th[[mu]2-P(Mes)][[mu]2-P(H)Mes]M(L)n}2 (L = THF, Et2O), where computational (DFT) analysis and 31P NMR spectroscopy suggests significant Th-P multiple bond character. Reaction of (C5Me5)2Th[P(H)Mes]2 with CuMes in a 2...
Ensemble methods in large vocabulary continuous speech recognition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Combining a group of classifiers and therefore improving the overall classification performance is a young and promising direction in Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition (LVCSR). Previous works on acoustic ...
Roles of sex and insulin on microvascular exchange function
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
A characteristic of endothelial dysfunction, which is observed in the beginning stages of type 2 diabetes, is the alteration of the microvascular barrier, affecting the microvascular permeability. We measured the venular ...
Meta-analysis of single-subject research using hierarchical linear modeling : empirical examination of the procedure and functional behavior assessment-based interventions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The role of evidence-based practices in both research and practice continue to provoke issues of disagreement and definition across multiple fields. ...
Testing the limit : term limits and their unintended consequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Term limits have been in place for over 20 years; we know that term limits matter, but not to what extent.Term limits vary widely across the states that have them, impacting the structure of legislative institutions and ...
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 ...
The development of a valid and reliable instrument to grade the difficulty of vocal solo repertoire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1996)
The purpose of this study is to design a valid and reliable instrument, the Ralston Repertoire Difficulty Index (RRDI), to measure the difficulty of solo vocal repertoire. Another important aspect of this instrument is its ...
Designing a robust supply chain network against disruptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Supply chains are vulnerable to disruptions at any stage of the distribution system. These disruptions can be caused by natural disasters, production problems, or labor defects. The consequences of these disruptions may ...