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A content analysis of word choice in social media news coverage of mass shootings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined how news organizations utilized Twitter to report on the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. ...
The golden years: new technology, positive health, and the experience of aging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study examines how media and technology is perceived to play a role in the experience of aging for older adults. Focusing on the health status and health outcomes (i.e., mental health, social well-being, and physical ...
An Annotated bibliography on economics and social development in Missouri, 1960-1967.
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1968)
Missouri Shamrock, 1972-1973, volume 39, number 1-4
(University of Missouri. College of Engineering, 1972)
An analysis of the financial structure of local farm supply cooperatives in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"Cooperative farm supply organizations are very important in Missouri’s agribusiness economy. During the period 1969-1970, farm supply cooperatives accounted for 26% of the feed, 28% of the seed, 31% of the fertilizer and ...
Muse, number 47 (2013)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
Who Has the Employee Choirs in the Fortune 500?
(1990-04)
with the fewest having 1,940. Twenty-seven percent of the companies which provide financial support for their choirs typically assist with $5,000+ annually....
Homeless not hopeless: understanding how graduate students who experience homelessness and housing insecurity successfully navigate their education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
students either currently or recently enrolled at a large Midwest land-grant public research-intensive university. Findings indicated that for these graduate students (1) hope; (2) family; (3) friends; (4) determination; (5) institutional agents; (6) a...
Grieving the transgender (assumed-cisgender) child: gendered mourning, the harms of cisnormativity, and the possibilities of creating livable trans futures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation unpacks how feelings of loss and grief commonly experienced by parents of transgender and non-binary youth, which I call gendered mourning, give insight into the inner-workings of family gender systems. ...
A qualitative case study of graduate assistantship experiences at the University of Central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This qualitative case study was designed to investigate graduate assistantships at the University of Central Missouri (UCM). Specifically, the researcher sought to understand how assistantships prepare graduate students for real world practices...
The relationship between African American high school students' desire to attend college, their perceived likelihood to attend college and actual college entrollment
(2013)
African American students continue to be an underrepresented population in institutions of higher education. This study uses Mickelson’s Attitude-Achievement Paradox to explain the effect of individual and contextual SES, ...
Uncertainty and the microfoundations of supply response : some theoretical considerations and an empirical application in the U.S. corn market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
This study has examined how a micro-level decision model which incorporates uncertainty can be reconciled with observed market behavior. Conditions under which a firm-market correspondence exists in a deterministic environment ...
Effect of TIMBD on Neurotoxicity Associated with HIV-1 Gp120 and Tat
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND)
is one of the undermining disorders that affects majority of HIV infected patients. Patients
with HAND suffer from both cognitive and motor ...
Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
The purpose of this study is to discover what factors affect health care access for Hispanics in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The Hispanic population is the largest and fastest growing immigrant groups in the US and ...
Men and maternal care: how men make sense of their experiences with a partner's pregnancy, labor, and delivery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
their partner's pregnancy, labor, and delivery, most told incomplete or incoherent stories. This could be due to their lack of practice telling the story or an expectation that men are not supposed to talk about maternal health. Additionally, participants...
Fomulation and Delivery of Drugs for Macular Edema and Retinoblastoma; Synthesis and In Vitro Characterization of Doxorubicin Loaded Surface Modified Nanoparticles Using PLGA-PEG-PLGA Polymer
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
Macular edema (ME) is caused by central extravascular swelling of the macula resulting in a significant loss of visual activity. Corticosteroids are widely used in the treatment of ME. In this project, nanoparticles of ...
Mosaics Magazine, 2006 Winter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, College of Arts and Science, 2006)
Magazine of the College of Arts and Science. Subjects include When the Professor is a Pop Star, Virtuosity is its Own Reward, Poetic Justice, Gift of Gab, Dog Psychology, For All We Call Mizzou: A Million Thanks, That Was ...
A transcriptomic approach to uncovering the molecular mechanisms of maize nodal root growth maintenance during drought stress in the field
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Drought is the most important factor limiting crop production across the globe. Therefore, understanding how plants adapt and survive drought conditions is critical for improving food production with lower water input. One ...
The role of tumor-associated macrophages in pancreatic cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Due to the lack of early diagnosis and efficient therapy, it is projected that pancreatic cancer (PaC) will become the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. by 2030. Conventional ...