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Comparison of controlled internal drug release (CIDR)-based protocols to synchronize estrus and facilitate artificial insemination (AI) in postpartum beef cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Artificial insemination (AI) and estrous synchronization are reproductive technologies that enable beef producers to efficiently improve herd genetics. The recent development of protocols designed to synchronize estrus and ...
Elastic property prediction of long fiber composites using a uniform mesh finite element method
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This research numerically evaluates elastic non-isotropic material properties of fiber reinforced composite materials. Calculations are performed with a finite element mesh composed of a uniform array of three dimensional ...
Green with emotion : the effect of negative emotional appeal intensity on cognitive processing of environmental PSAs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Emotion and cognition are two interrelated concepts in mass media research. This study examines the effect of negative emotional intensity in environmental public service announcements on cognitive processing and behavioral ...
A smokin' good ad : how efficacy and emotional tone interact in anti-smoking messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study explores how efficacy-related copy points and emotional tone interact during anti-smoking messages. A psychophysiological experiment was conducted to determine the level of attention, arousal, positive affect, ...
Analysis of landscape characteristics surrounding deer vehicle accidents in St. Louis County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Increased suburbanization of rural landscapes is leading to a greater number of human animal interactions. One of the most dangerous and costly of these interactions is collisions between vehicles and white-tailed deer ...
Motivations and impression management : predictors of social networking site use and user behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This paper applied the uses and gratifications theory to the social networking site, Facebook, in an effort to examine the predictive power of consumers' motivations with regards to site use and behaviors towards advertisements ...
Probiotic-supplemented soy bar effects on resistance to infection by listeria monocytogenes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Probiotics are living microorganisms that help regulate the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this project was to investigate the benefits of probiotics and their inhibitory effect on Listeria monocytogenes EGD. Three ...
The effects of toll-like receptor ligand-activated dendritic cells on human CD4⁺T cell responses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role as a link between innate and adaptive immunity through their abilities to detect infection and to prime naïve T cells (signal 1 and 2). They not only activate naïve T cells, ...
Scale and stability analysis of selected atmospheric blocking events
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Global six year climatology of mid latitude atmospheric blocking events, during the period 1999-2004, is presented based on the scale and stability analysis, using the NCEP/NCAR re-analysis data. A total of 278 blocking ...
Multilevel models for intensive longitudinal data with heterogeneous error structure : covariance transformation and variance function models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Recent developments in data collection methods in the behavioral and social sciences, such as Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) enables researchers to gather intensive longitudinal data (ILD) and to examine more detailed ...
The semiaquatic heteroptera (Gerromorpha) of Thailand : faunistics, biogeography and phylogeography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Semiaquatic heteropterans (Gerromorpha) were collected from mountain streams and waterfalls and lowland ponds adjacent to the mountains were collected from 2002 to 2006. One hundred fifty-eight species representing 31 ...
Cruciate ligament pathogenesis and its role in the initiation and progression of osteoarthritis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The pathogenesis of cruciate ligament disease and how it may be linked to the initiation and progression of osteoarthritis were investigated using in vitro and in vivo models. Normal and diseased tissues were initially ...
A case study of cross-cultural and cross-age online literature discussion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this qualitative case study is to investigate the nature of students' reading and writing experiences and the social contexts when students are involved in a cross-cultural and cross-age online literature ...
Pattern recognition based microsimulation calibration and innovative traffic representations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Even though calibration techniques for traffic simulation abound, this dissertation presents the first mathematical formalization using representations and invariants. The calibration is defined succinctly over three levels ...