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Small group read aloud with nonfiction and fiction literature in preschool
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher�s roles and children�s responses during small group read aloud with fiction and nonfiction literature in one preschool classroom. This instrumental case study draws ...
Mugwumps and never trumps : the rhetoric of party bolting and party repair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Political partisanship has long occupied a central position in the study of American political rhetoric, but scholarly understanding of intraparty political communication has lagged behind that of interparty conflict. While ...
Full Employment and Development: The Case of Indian Economy
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2014)
The purpose of this study is to establish the feasibility and desirability of full
employment and price stability in India via an Employer of Last resort program. After
providing a brief historical background of the ...
Historia spintriae : the pleasures of collecting ancient erotica
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Ancient erotic art has an unusual place in the history of art, affected variously by changing archaeological practices and the tastes of collectors over many centuries. In the early modern period erotic artifacts were both sought after and avoided...
Texan City magazine health news : a content analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
City magazines have a powerful role in convincing readers to take proactive health measures, however they rarely take advantage of their capacity to set their communities' public agendas. This study considered the health ...
Metabolomics and chemical library screening for antibacterial drug discovery
(2020)
(DNA)/nucleosides to assess the activity of Ten-Eleven Translocation 2 (TET2) enzyme. Methylation of one of the DNA bases, cytosine at the C-5 position (5-methylcytosine, 5mC) plays a crucial role in epigenetic transcriptional regulation. TET-family...
Comparisons and extensions of reduced form and structural approaches to retirement decision of Missouri public school teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
that the commonly used frequency simulator for likelihood evaluation is computationally costly when the data set has a large number of teachers and long panels. In addition, the maximum obtained by a hill-climbing algorithm may not be global when the objective...
Subjectivities of risk and environmental uncertainty : residents, regulatory agencies, and corporate interests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Missouri made for a compelling place to explore how risk was framed and contested by social groups and expert institutions in the context of environmental uncertainty. ...
A Paradoxical Reality: The Blessings and Burdens of the African American Female Educational Leader
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The African-American female educational leadership experience is an interesting and
unique journey toward personal and professional achievement. This journey proves to be
quite precarious in that it is not unusual for ...
Patient adherence to orthopaedic treatment plans : toward patient-centered definitions, measurement, and management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
-adherence and associated patient outcomes. To diversify the applicability of this research, the fourth study characterized the range of biopsychosocial and demographic factors that impacted no-show rates in an orthopaedic trauma patient population. Finally, adherence...
A Case Study of the Internationalization of a Midwestern University English Composition Course Occurring in a 3-D Virtual Environment
(2014-07-18)
Internationalization, a gradual process that includes a number of strategies, has become a growing movement at American universities in an effort to create globally competent graduates who are prepared to be responsible ...
Topical Clear Aqueous Nanomicellar Formulations For Anterior And Posterior Ocular Drug Delivery
(2015-08-04)
The objective of this study was to develop a clear, aqueous drug loaded
nanomicellar formulation (NMF) for the back-of-the-eye delivery. Hydrophobic
drugs such as cyclosporine, resolvin analog (RX-10045), dexamethasone ...
Topical Clear Aqueous Nanomicellar Formulation for Anterior and Posterior Ocular Drug Delivery
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)
-of-the-eye tissues (retina-choroid) following conjunctival-scleral pathway. In the lipoidal posterior ocular tissues, these nano-constructs may release the cargo into Bruch’s membrane/retina-choroid generating high drug levels....
Molecular mechanisms of action for CFTR potentiators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
targeting CFTR may hold the key to the ultimate cure of CF. In this thesis, we present the studies in the mechanisms of action for CFTR potentiators, the small molecules that enhance the functions of CFTR. Using the patch-clamp technique, we demonstrated...
A neverending stream : human trafficking in Medieval Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study focuses on human trafficking patterns from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Era. I argue that while slavery, as a means of compelling ...
Recent Jewish immigration to the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The attempt was made to present the results of an investigation of the problem of Jewish immigration to this country. Since an original study of this problem was not possible, it devolved upon the writer to take all that ...
Characterizing territoriality and the mechanisms that mediate it in female Anolis gundlachi lizards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
hormone concentration and parasite load. Taken together, these results demonstrate that different mechanisms may influence similar behaviors exhibited by males and females of the same species. In combination with a growing body of work investigating...
Rendering assistance to best advantage: the development of women's activism in Kansas City, 1870 to World War I
(2013)
This study examines the rise of women's activism in Kansas City between the
opening of the Hannibal railroad bridge in 1869 and World War I. Women's efforts over
the course of nearly 50 years to emerge from the domestic ...
Assessment and diversity of fish communities in non-wadeable tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
As the geographical centers of riverscapes, rivers support fish populations at local and basin-wide scales. However, refinements to fish sampling protocols and theories underpinning basin-wide community ecology have been ...
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....