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Mobile truck entrepreneurship: motivations and strategies of non-food mobile retail truck entrepreneurs in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation set out to explore the emerging phenomenon of modern mobile retail trucks opening for business across the United States starting in the early 2010s. Thirty-one participants were interviewed, and the data collected was used to glean...
Bilhaṇa's Vikramāṅkadevacarita and its neo-expounders (1991)
(University of Missouri, International Library Center, 1991)
The Vikramāṅkadevacarita mahākāvya of the great Kashmirian poet Bilhaṇa is one of the best (if not the best) historical poem in Sanskrit literature. It follows a new path in poetic composition and blazes a new trail ...
A qualitative case study of teacher and administrator beliefs toward leave policies in small, rural, Missouri public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Teaching is a profession with an extremely high level of turnover, especially among new teachers (See et al., 2020). Research supports that there is a correlation between job satisfaction and teachers choosing to stay or ...
An intersectional, ecological inquiry of risk and protective factors for gender based violence among female Indian graduate students at a Midwestern university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This case study of a pseudonymous university in the Midwestern United States examines risk and protective factors for experiencing gender-based violence among a specific student population: female graduate students from ...
Strategies for metal colloidal nancrystal synthesis in sustainable media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
and functionalities of such nanomaterials. This dissertation reports strategies for metal colloidal nanocrystal synthesis in sustainable media and aims to build a foundation for understanding how to tailor eco-friendly IL and DES fluids to control the growth of metal...
Intercultural adapturgy : twenty-first century women adapting Spanish golden age plays
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
. In addition to traditional adaptation theories like intertextuality, the theatrical field of dramaturgy offers helpful insight into the adaptation process, especially as it relates to plays. This dissertation examines the ways that the combination...
Broadband rotational spectroscopy in Laval flows: applications in astrochemistry and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation presents the successful implementation of a Chirped pulse Uniform Flow (CPUF) apparatus capable of conducting experiments at low temperatures to examine photodissociation/reaction dynamics and kinetics studies relevant...
Pre- and protopalatial Minoan larnax : individuals vs collective identity in pre- and protopalatial Crete
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Prepalatial and Protopalatial larnakes offer a corpus of material with their own biography which has long been ignored, passed over, or forgotten. They represent the beginning of a mortuary tradition of burials in ceramic ...
Secondary music educators' curiosity dimensions and perceptions of curiosity in the classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This descriptive study used a survey to examine the curiosity dimensions of secondary music educators (SMEs) and their perceptions of curiosity and creativity in student learning. Participants responded to a curiosity ...
Investigation of genes involved in somatic embryogenesis and plant-Agrobacterium interactions through transcriptional profiling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Plant genetic engineering relies on the ability to transmit and express cloned DNA sequences in plant cells (transformation) as well as the capacity for the cells carrying this DNA to undergo division and differentiation ...
Elementary students' understanding of fractions with dynamic technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study examines students' mathematical strategies within a novel technological environment designed to support understanding of relationships between quantities and adjustable measuring units. In particular, 30 elementary ...
Preparing birds to fly : Lloyd Richards and the actor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Lloyd Richards (1919-2006) was one of the preeminent theatre practitioners in the United States from the mid-twentieth century through the beginning of the twenty-first. Through his work as Artistic Director of the Eugene ...
3D growth simulation and field emission properties of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Since their discovery, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become a widely researched and utilized nanomaterial due to their nanoscale size and unique electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. ...
Investigation and modeling of carbon dioxide adsorption within porous materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Mathematics has long been my special interest. With that in mind, if I make any operations which are unobvious to the reader, I deeply apologize. I often forget that, even within the STEM fields, not everyone enjoys spending ...
Characterization and applications of wide bandgap semiconductor materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Wide bandgap materials are potential candidates to revolutionize high-power electronics and optoelectronic devices due to their wide bandgap energy greater than 2 eV. Thus, there is a great necessity to research on these ...
Beyond learning (in)opportunities in mathematics education : advocating and curating in a rural school community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Despite egalitarian ideals, schools and school mathematics play an integral role in the stratification of individuals, determining which individuals will occupy which positions in society and justifying the distance between ...
The "existential challenge" : a new tool for enhancing goal attainment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] We developed a novel goal intervention -- the existential challenge -- in an effort to help individuals achieve better goal outcomes and we also asked ...
Structural inferences for reverse transcribing viruses and drug resistance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
dissertation work has developed deeply towards identifying and characterizing enzymatic inferences grounded firmly in conserved protein structure with the specific applications in anti-viral drug resistance and enzyme kinetics. Rather than focusing on a single...
Behind human faces : how exemplars experience the news process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Journalists often seek to put a "human face" on a systemic issue. The resulting source is an exemplar, or person whose story serves to illustrate a greater phenomenon. Journalism scholarship has examined why and how ...
Efficacy of organic herbicides in agronomic crops and improvement of soil biota with organic production practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] CHAPTER I. Literature Review. CHAPTER II. Impact of Organic Herbicides in Corn (Zea mays). Abstract: Tillage is a weed control method in ...