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Bringing up context : reconciling inmates' narratives and institutional rhetoric in prison policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research evaluates narrative-style interviews conducted with thirty male inmates at a medium-security prison, the content in the instructor's ...
Fabrication and modification of thin-film composite membrane for enhanced membrane performances
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Membrane application and technology have been explored due to the increase in organic and inorganic material contamination in water system. These works ...
Optimal designs for response functions with a downturn
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In many toxicological assays, interactions between primary and secondary effects may cause a downturn in mean responses at high doses. In this situation, ...
A proprietarian theory of custodial rights over children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] I defend a view that individuals have custodial rights over children in virtue of being the genetic parents of the child and that those rights are ...
Characterization of skeletal muscle in mouse models of osteogenesis imperfecta and myostatin deficiency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable connective tissue disorder hallmarked by bone fragility resulting primarily from mutations in the ...
Part-time schedules for children in campus child care centers : a MAUT analysis of challenges faced by administrators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation explored the concept of part-time schedules for children in campus child care centers as a challenge faced by administrators. A ...
Molecular mechanisms controlling endothelial cell-pericyte tube coassembly during vascular morphogenesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] From the onset the goal of this thesis work was to determine the role that a novel class of growth factors, i.e. hematopoietic cytokines, was playing ...
Molecular control of endothelial tube formation from single and aggregated cells by lumen signalling complexes that contain MT1-MMP and CDC42 in 3D collagen matrices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The first blood vessels to form in the embryo are generated by vasculogenesis. New insight into vasculogenesis in mammals is emerging from studies of ...
An examination of teacher perceptions of training methodology and matriculation as related to systemic technology reform : a case study of Missouri veteran eMINTS teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While several studies demonstrate the effectiveness of the eMINTS instructional methodology on student success, no research exists to determine veteran ...
Network goods, piracy, and firm strategies in the global economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation investigates network effects and the strategic reactions of firms in international markets. In particular, the reason of cross-country ...
Essays on idea sharing and investor performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation is the study of a novel database from an exclusive and confidential website where a select group of fundamentals-based hedge fund ...
Exploring the dynamics of competing risk models for multiple discrete outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The objective of this research is to explore the predictive power of the correlated competing risks model in two different economic contexts. In both ...
The perceptions of at-risk high school students regarding their early childhood educational experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Research shows students who are at-risk of academic failure become a long-term liability on society. There is a large body of quantitative research which points at increased educational success for students who attend ...
Reciprocity in marketing relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Marketing researchers have often cited reciprocity as an important aspect of relational exchange; however the extant research has not conceptualized or measured reciprocity in marketing relationships. This research is a ...
Contingent faculty at extended campuses : framework for leaders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This research was done to explore the worklife of contingent (part-time; adjunct) faculty at extended campuses. These faculty have been overlooked in the research literature. Their numbers continue to grow and the extended ...
Regulation of Pcl6 and Pcl7 in a Glc7 pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
GLC7 is an essential gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that encodes the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase-1. Glc7 is conditionally activated by phospho-Glc8, which is phosphorylated by the cyclin dependent kinase, ...
Hormonal and genetic regulation of Helicobacter hepaticus-induced intestinal inflammation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBDs) affect millions of people worldwide and are characterized by a chronic intestinal inflammation resulting from a dysregulated immune response to environmental stimuli in genetically ...
District-level differences between school systems recognized for distinction in performance and those not thus recognized
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to compare school districts that consistently have high student performance to other school districts with similar enrollment, socioeconomic status, and community types that do not have ...
Leadership influence on teacher support teams in high poverty elementary schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The increased accountability to schools and districts to meet federal standings has lead to commencing systematic approaches to the needs of all students. In order for teachers to be able to facilitate instructional ...
A life of process and progress: the influence of writer Donald M. Murray
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
With his pronouncement to "teach writing as a process, not a product" in 1972, Donald (Don) Murray (1924-2006) enacted an approach to writing shared by like-minded scholars that would become termed the "writing process ...