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Competency-based professional development : a case study of how recruiters perceive undergraduate business students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
D. McClelland claimed that employment recruiters should hire professionals based upon characteristics and skills and that these competencies could predict how employees would perform on the job. This approach to assessing ...
Occupancy modeling of forest carnivores in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
My research used infrared remote cameras, trackplate boxes, and scat transects to survey for carnivores at 53 sites throughout the southern forested region of Missouri. Cameras and track-plates both detected Eastern spotted ...
The role of social support on caregiving experiences among dementia caregivers: a latent class analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older adults and the care provided to people with dementia is wide-ranging and all-encompassing. Many dementia care recipients reply heavily upon their ...
Plastic and evolved morphological responses of the hind limb skeleton to mechanical loading in mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Skeletal morphology is determined by a combination of genetic background and phenotypic plasticity induced by mechanical loading. The changes in limb ...
Biophysical modeling to reverse engineer two mammalian neural circuits lower urinar Y tract and hippocampus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Computational neuroscience provides tools to abstract and generalize principles of neuronal function using mathematics and computers. This dissertation reports biophysical modeling approaches to facilitate reverse engineering ...
A neo-Gramscian communication analysis of structure and agency in the hegemonic struggle for meaning: organic retailer and organic activist group
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation extends environmental communication theorizing by drawing upon socio-political cultural and critical theory. The exigency of this ...
Science Museums and Specialized Content Courses for Prospective Elementary Teachers: Implications for Learning to Teach Science
(2010-10)
This study explores opportunities for preservice elementary teachers to experience science teaching and learning in informal settings and how this complements their learning in a specialized content course for teachers. ...
Testing the Twin Cities : a textual analysis of frames surrounding daily Minnesota-St. Paul newspaper coverage of the 2017 Minnesota Lynx
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Perception often is reality, and that is of particular importance to those in journalism. Previous research illustrates that the language journalists use to describe the subjects they cover has the ability to impact public ...
Muse, number 50 (2016)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Power-sharing and democratic development : nested analysis of political institutions in third-wave democracies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The third wave of democratization drastically changed the world map of politics and raises a puzzle for institutionalists in comparative politics: how do political institutions play a role during the process of democratization? ...
Factors influencing the college choice of African-American students admitted to the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
for this study consisted of 22 African-American students admitted to CAFNR at the University of Missouri - Columbia during the fall 2005. The response rate for matriculants was 58% and non-matriculants was 20%. The data revealed little difference in admission...
An assessment of the cognitive behavior exhibited by secondary agriculture teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
Federal initiatives, state legislation, and educational leaders have encouraged educators to teach higher-order thinking skills. Teacher behaviors have been identified as variables of influence for higher-order thinking. ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 006, number 05-06 (1917 December)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1917)
Metabolically activated heterocyclic N-oxide compounds for killing and visualizing hypoxic cancer cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Tirapazamine (TPZ) is currently undergoing a variety of phase I, II, and III clinical trials for the treatment of various human cancers. TPZ derives its medicinal activity by inducing DNA damage in poorly oxygenated tumor ...
Uncovering the genetic architecture and metabolic basis of amino acid composition in maize kernels using multi-omics integration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
EAA biofortification; however, many attempts at this task fall short and strongly indicates that even though we know most of the metabolic pathways of amino acids, we know very little about their regulation especially in seed. Therefore, the first step...
Muse, number 44-45 (2010-2011)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2011)
Understanding reservation hunger : food acquisition and food security among the northern Cheyenne
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The Northern Cheyenne represent a group that experiences poverty and hunger at an exceptionally high level. As an extreme case study, this project adds conceptually and methodologically to food provisioning literature by ...
The influence of ancestors: kinship and cooperation in Iban ancestor worship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This work explores, extends, and tests a novel evolutionary theory put forth and refined by Lyle Steadman, Craig Palmer, and Kathryn Coe. The approach is the descendant-leaving strategy theory, which outlines how ancestors ...
Effects of levels of statistics and the role of number anxiety on perceived story credibility and personal involvement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this research is to examine effects of levels of statistics on perceived story credibility and personal involvement and the role of ...
A revolution in the heartland : changes in rural culture, family and communities 1900-2000 (2004)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2004)