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Caveolin-1 A scaffold for microcompartmental organization of membrane-associated glycolysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The role of membrane caveolae in the compartmentation of membrane glycolytic metabolism indicates a pivotal role of caveolin in the localization of ...
Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
During the Second World War, the American journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht had been one of the lone voices to break the silence about the Nazi Holocaust. Then, in 1947, Hecht shocked and outraged people across the ...
A justified system of intellectual property rights
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
I argue that weak type-protection is the form our legal intellectual property rights should take. Other intellectual property regimes - specifically, strong type-protection (like that of our current American patent system) ...
Illustrated editions : depicting the eighteenth-century British novel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation on illustrated British fiction from the 1740s to 1830s argues that a vital part of novelistic interpretation is omitted when illustrations are overlooked. Rather than viewing the novels of the eighteenth ...
In Sullivan's shadow : the use and abuse of libel law during the Civil Rights Movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This is a study of libel cases filed by southern public officials during the Civil Rights Movement relating to African Americans' increasing fight for equality in the United States. Emphasis is on little-known lawsuits ...
African American female students' voices : their social experiences and adjustment strategies at a predominately white university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This phenomenological study explored 14 African American female students' social experiences and adjustment strategies at a predominantly White university. Each woman was interviewed twice, and the data were organized into ...
Applications of elemental analysis for archaeometric studies : analytical and statistical methods for understanding geochemical trends in ceramics, ochre and obsidian
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Three areas are covered in this dissertation: elemental analysis of Caborn-Welborn ceramics, elemental analysis and geochemical characterization of ochres, and construction and implementation of a portable XRF instrument ...
Structural and functional studies of proline catabolic enzymes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Catabolism is the oxidation of organic nutrients into simple end molecules to extract energy. For proline, the catabolic pathway involves two enzymes, Lproline dehydrogenase (PRODH, EC 1.5.99.8) and L-[delta]¹-pyrroline- ...
Symphony No. 2 (“Brasiliana”) by Walter Burle Marx: an edition and commentary
(2013)
This research on the Brazilian composer Walter Burle Marx (b São Paulo, 1902; d
Akron, Ohio, 1990) is part of an ambitious project, which aims at publishing a
performing edition of all four of Burle Marx's symphonies. ...
Seriously funny : a look at humor in televised presidential debates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study is to understand how humor was used in U.S. Presidential Debates and what kind of coverage it garnered in the press. A content analysis was done on the general election presidential debates from ...