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Rewriting the story : videogames within the Post-Gamergate Society
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
Staring through the scope in Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2007), as you navigate through the boggy swamps of some exotic jungle, there is never any doubt that you are in control. The operator's thumbs roll over the toggles ...
Reimagining history : writing poems about early exploration
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
Historical poetry is a valuable way to engage with the past. It not only allows readers to gain a better understanding of a prior time period, but it also gives them the opportunity to connect with historical figures, ...
Shared affinities : the effect of shared neoliberal orientation on foreign policy behaviors /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
In the literature, scholars have linked various aspects of the economic philosophy of neoliberalism to a variety of foreign policy behaviors. However, these studies typically only utilize one aspect of neoliberalism in ...
Values driven delivery : a qualitative case study exploration of the experience in an NCAA division 1 holistic integrated sport psychology program /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Self-affirmation theory states each person has a self-system. This system is motivated to maintain optimal self-integrity, which is restored when people re-affirm their core values (Steele, 1988). Values, therefore, play ...
Managing fescue toxicosis through forage canopy, limestone application, and novel endophytes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Tall fescue [Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.] infected with the endophytic fungus Epichlo coenophiala [(Morgan-Jones and W. Gams) C.W. Bacon and Schardl, comb. nov.] produces ergovaline and other alkaloids responsible ...
The effectiveness of online learning in a basic law enforcement training academy : a quantitative study /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
From a student learning perspective, a significant amount of empirical research over the past 20 years clearly suggests online learning is as effective as traditional instructor-led classroom learning. As a result, online ...
Perinormality in polynomial and module-finite ring extensions /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
In this dissertation we investigate some open questions posed by Epstein and Shapiro in [9] regarding perinormal domains. More specifically, we focus on the ascent/descent property of perinormality between "canonical" ...
Design, fabrication and testing of diamond radiation detectors for charged particle and neutron detection /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
In this work, the single crystal Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) diamond detectors were designed and fabricated to investigate and detect any possible charged particle and neutron emissions from gas-phase Low Energy Nuclear ...
A study of social comparisons and their effects on high school choir directors /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This study was designed to examine social comparison usage by high school choir directors, and possible attributes that may affect the types of comparisons that are utilized. Directors from four Midwestern states were ...
Hispanic parental involvement in school : perspectives of parents and educators /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of Hispanic parent perspectives about school involvement. The interview questions were semi structured and open-ended to allow for the participants to share ...
The Theological Edifice of Modern Experiential Protestantism: Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, and Palmer’s Reconstruction of nineteenth Century Pietism
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The aim of this work is to address the development of experiential Protestantism
in the nineteenth century, commonly called Pietism, through the theological contributions
of Friedrich Schleiermacher, Søren Kierkegaard, ...
Metabolic programming of a Warburg effect-like phenotype in donor fibroblasts prior to somatic cell nuclear transfer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Gene edited pigs serve as excellent models for biomedicine and agriculture. Currently, the most efficient way to make a reliably-edited transgenic animal is through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) also known as cloning. ...
Three essays on economics of water resources management in Nepal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
First essay consists of two steps. First, Technical Efficiency (TE) index is estimated for upriver and downriver ecoregions employing DEA technique. In the second stage, we censored the TE index and run the Tobit regression ...
Quantification of wine fault markers and their relation with risk factors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
While there have been numerous studies on individual wine faults and their risk factors little is known about their incidence and overall relationship to risk factors when purchased. To assess this relationship 100 wines ...
Multispectral canopy reflectance and digital imaging to determine maturity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Soybean breeders and producers may benefit from approaches that can quickly and quantitatively measure soybean developmental stages. To better predict developmental stages, seasonal dynamics of soybean canopies were ...
Biochemical characteristics of different subtypes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase and its interactions with the host factor : apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3G
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is divided into type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2). Whereas HIV-2 accounts for 5% of global infections, HIV-1 is ...
Stimulus specific adaptation in the hearing system of Neoconocephalus katydids (insecta: Orthoptera)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Stimulus Specific Adaptation (SSA) is a fundamental response that identifies novel signals within a repetitive background noise. It is well characterized ...
The Nemean Wells : sanctuary context and ritual activities in the northeast Peloponnese
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Nemea is known as the site of the panhellenic Sanctuary of Zeus and yet can also be considered a place of rural cult activity due to its location within the Nemea Valley, removed from large polis centers. The sanctuary is ...
A continuous-wave-based acoustic method to measure viscoelastic properties of materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Typical viscoelastic materials do not have a flat frequency response to mechanical vibrations. Viscoelastic property evaluations with a multi-frequency ...
Exploring differences in hospital treatment among psychiatric inpatients in short-term general hospitals : applications of multi-nominal logistic regression analyses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Since the creation of Medicaid in 1965 and the massive deinstitutionalization of psychiatric patients, a dramatic increase appeared in the number of ...