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A study of collective entrepreneurship using agent-based modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In this paper, three alternative accounts of collective intentionality and shared agency, namely Bratman (2014), Gilbert (2014), and Tuomela (2013) are examined. Each of the three accounts of group formation around shared ...
Selling wellness : the cultural politics of holistic health in the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Currently, holistic health and lifestyle medicine are growing sectors of the U.S. health care market (Fadlon 2005). The term "holistic" entered the U.S. medical discourse in the 1970s and refers to the treatment of the ...
Technetium and rhenium (I and V) complexes for radiopharmaceutical applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Technetium and rhenium have radioactive isotopes that are clinically useful for diagnostic (Tc-99m) or therapeutic (Re-186/188) purposes. This makes them attractive candidates for incorporation into pharmaceuticals. One ...
A comparison from 2008-2015 between Missouri public school student computer-based and paper-and-pencil based high stakes assessments by race and socio-economic status
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
There is a lack of knowledge in whether there is a difference in results for students on paper and pencil high stakes assessments and computer-based high stakes assessments when considering race and/or free and reduced ...
Editing and marketing a photography book
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Photojournalists often sacrifice their personal relationships, their health and sometimes even their lives to create compelling images that tell important stories. But if photography is not seen, then it cannot tell a ...
Framing same-sex marriage : a comparative textual analysis of Maryland newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The framing of social issues in media coverage is an important and salient topic. In the 2012 elections, same-sex marriage was not yet Constitutionally protected and was on four states' ballots as a ballot measure. Newspaper ...
Breaking the Silence: A Qualitative Critical Autoethnography of a Principal's Lived Experience with Having Courageous Conversations about Race
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
This qualitative critical autoethnography represents a highly personalized account of the intricacies and reflections of a Black female educational leader engaging in courageous conversations about race with a predominately ...
Teens in Transition: Evaluating a Youth Violence Intervention Program
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
In the summer of 2015, the Teens in Transition program was implemented. It was a summer jobs and life-skills program designed for 40 gang-affiliated youths identified as being high risk for violence through the local focused ...
Urea fertilizer placement effects on soil greenhouse gas emissions and corn growth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Agricultural soils are responsible for a majority of human caused greenhouse gas (GHG) production, such as N₂O and carbon dioxide (CO₂). Nitrous oxide ...
Efficacy of various wavelengths of light emitting diode illumination on efficiency and performance parameters of broilers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Lighting is essential for broiler growth, maturation, and reproduction. Globally, broilers are reared under various production systems including outdoor ...
Collective cookbook : best practices in visual archiving between news organizations and individual collections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Newsroom research has begun to place a focus on digital news archival practices, attempting to identify ways to best preserve what many consider the first draft of history. This study refines the concept of archiving by ...
Heat and mass transfer of ambient air flowing over cold fins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Moisture condensation takes place as ambient air is contacting a surface with a temperature lower than the dew point. In the current investigation, a ...
Conscious branding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study is to define conscious branding and examine the visual features used by conscious versus traditional brands on Instagram ...
Digital decisions in the newsroom : the conceptualizations of digital producers and how that affects engagement and brand of the media's digital platforms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This professional analysis examines the answers of eleven digital producers across the United States and how the producers' conceptualizations ...
The theology of Lancelot Andrewes's Wonderfull Combate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Since his death in 1626, Lancelot Andrewes has been constantly interpreted as a "Caroline divine." This misleading interpretation (Andrewes was alive ...
Covariance methods in nonlinear model identification
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In many practical engineering and machine learning applications, it is necessary to identify an unknown transformation that maps a known or measured ...
What's driving Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] China and Chinese investment firms have only recently become major players in Latin America, while ten to fifteen years ago Latin American countries ...
From Norwegian invasion to Anglo-Saxon Rebellion : forging memories of Conquest England, c. 1066-1235
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Norman Conquest of England (CE 1066-1085) has been a hotbed of historical debate since as early as the eleventh century. In modernity, the ...
Fabrication & testing of PCM impregnated drywalls for thermal energy storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research illustrates the fabrication and thermal behavior of gypsum drywall containing phase change materials (PCMs), which could be used in the ...
Genetic architecture of the seed stearic acid trait in Soybean : QTL mapping and correlations with ten other traits using next-generation sequencing methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Soybean seed oil is widely utilized as vegetable oil. However, it is primarily comprised of unsaturated fat and tends to go rancid at normal storing ...