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Examining positive schizotypy's relationship with openness facets, maladaptive openness, and other maladaptive traits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Positive schizotypy is a trait reflecting increased risk for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and includes symptoms such as magical beliefs and unusual perceptual experiences. The normative ...
Uterine regulation of preimplantation embryo development in fertility-classified heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Infertility and subfertility represent pervasive problems in domestic animals and humans, and embryonic mortality is a major factor influencing reproductive efficiency. In cattle, the majority of embryonic loss occurs ...
A multiple case study of preservice music educators' experiences in rehearsal clinic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
may suggest that music teacher educators should consider including more frequent large ensemble teaching opportunities within collegiate curricula prior to field experience and student teaching....
Skeletal muscle weakness and mitochondrial dysfunction in the osteogenesis imperfecta murine (oim) model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also commonly referred to as brittle bone disease, is a heritable connective tissue disorder occurring in roughly 1:15,000 births. OI arises as a result of mutations in the type I collagen ...
Finding the path: a mixed method multisite case study of undecided student experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, 1984; Titley & Titley, 1980). Although the research is dated, studies suggest that the majority of college students struggle with deciding on a college major and may need time to explore majors and careers in order to make a selection. Students who...
Establishing the posh scaffold as a novel therapeutic target for treatment of B cell leukemia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family, regulates cell survival and death in response to cellular stimuli. Cell stressors predominantly induce sustained JNK activity and apoptosis, with chemotherapeutic drugs initiating JNK-mediated apoptosis in leukemic B cells...
Bootheel regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1972)
Enhancing Development in the Saudi Renewable Energy Sector: A Promising Strategy for Job Creation and Economic Diversification
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Unemployment, a critical modern problem, has economic as well as social costs.
While its economic cost can be illustrated through the loss of the value of labor, its social
costs include divorce, addiction to illegal ...
Deantiaromatization as a driving force in an electrocyclization of cyclopentadienone and the total synthesis of 1-epi-esco-pseudopteroxazole
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Deantiaromatization has been successfully demonstrated as a driving force in an electrocyclization of cyclopentadienones. The reaction was found to be general for a number of substrates and provides a unique way to access ...
Multicriteria pathfinding in uncertain simulated environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
-making agent must develop a plan of action that satisfies multiple criteria. In general, the partially observable multiobjective pathfinding problem requires an agent to navigate to certain goal locations in an environment with various attributes that may...
Roles of clathrin-coated vesicle networks in plant immunity and development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
and characterize putative orthologs of FLS2 and EPS1 in the agronomically important species Zea mays (maize) in the long-term. Maize plants can perceive and respond to flg22 but the cognate receptor responsible for this recognition remains undefined. In addition...
Trust and Inequality: Are Perceptions of Inequality Influencing Trust?
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Previous research has demonstrated a significant relationship between trust and
inequality at both the individual and national levels (Wilkinson and Pickett, 2010), but it is
unclear whether the absence of trust produces ...
Forage production and diversification for climate-smart tropical and temperate silvopastures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
and facilitative influences on forage production, and that facilitative factors may be more prevalent during extreme drought....
Role of S100A9 in diabetic retinopathy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a microvasculature disease causing irreversible blindness in 50 [percent] of working adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus ...
Undergraduate catalog 2012-14
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Some Alternatives to Model Selection and New Approaches to Computing for the Economics. 12/6/2014
(2014)
This interdisciplinary dissertation in statistics, economics, and social science
methodology derives a methodological approach for economics from philosophical
principles, identi es barriers to its adoption, and presents ...
Evaluating the roles spinal plasticity and an accessory inspiratory muscle have in a rodent model of respiratory motor neuron death
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
requires different G-protein-coupled receptors and downstream signaling and that the exhibited plasticity is differentially affected by COX1/2-induced inflammation over the course of CTB-SAP induced neuropathology, which may collectively represent one way...
Three essays regarding U.S. crop policy and risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Agricultural policy is an important component of risk management in U.S. agriculture. This dissertation focuses on various aspects of this topic. In the first essay, we find that baselines generated for policy analysis can ...
Development of food adulteration detection methods utilizing NMR spectroscopy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Food adulteration is the act of diluting foodstuffs with undeclared fillers or outright substitution with other materials. While this practice has occurred since the dawn of recorded history it has remained difficult to combat. The reason...
It is what you know : changes in the structure and role of entrepreneur networks in an industry over time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Previous research investigating the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship has generally focused on the entrepreneur's own capacity to work their way into existing networks. There still remains a gap in ...