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Upregulation of COX-2 protein expression in porcine macula densa with L-NAME treatment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] COX-2 inhibitors are newly developed drugs which are widely used for controlling pain and inflammation. Blocking this enzyme impedes the production of the prostaglandins...
We're not living together: informal cohabitation in emerging adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study used grounded theory methods to investigate the functions of informal cohabitation in the development of romantic relationships among emerging adults. In...
A ratiometric fluorometer for reduced sensitivity against solvent artifacts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] When measuring fluorescence emission intensity, both the dye concentration and the optical absorption properties of the solvent influence the measured intensity. As a consequence...
Statistical analysis of multivariate interval-censored failure time data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
A voluminous literature on right-censored failure time data has been developed in the past 30 years. Due to advances in biomedical research, interval censoring has become increasingly common in medical follow-up studies. ...
Feminist Applepieville: architecture as social reform in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman used her fiction to supplement, or "flesh-out," her theories on the necessity for women's economic independence and emancipation from household work. Women's place, she believed, was alongside men ...
Walking over 'em : associations between emotion dysregulation, masculine norms, intimate partner abuse and interpersonal functioning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study was to explore relations between emotion dysregulation, masculine norms, abuse perpetration and interpersonal functioning in men referred for domestic...
Using Friedman to understand the relationship between market competition and corporate social performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The Corporate Social Performance (CSP) literature focuses on the relationship between financial performance and social performance of firms. Although the literature recognizes a positive relationship between these two ...
Friends in high places : ecology of mycorrhizal associations in alpine plant communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Mutualisms are ubiquitous in nature, yet these interactions often vary in strength and persistence. This variation raises the questions of what determines whether mutualisms persist or vanish, and how does variation in the ...
Teaching English language learners scale (TELLS) : initial development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This paper describes the development of a scale to measure mainstream teachers' self-efficacy beliefs for teaching ELL (English Language Learner) students. Data were collected...
Synthesis and characterization of novel phosphinimine ligand systems for potential applications in radiopharmaceuticals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Multidentate phosphinimine ligands, C₂₅H₄₉N₂P₂Si₂,(2) C₃₄H₃₈N₂P₂Si₂(3), and C₅₀H₆₆N₃P₃Si₃(4), were synthesized in near quantitative yields by Staudinger reaction using appropriate phosphines. Coordination chemistry of 2 ...
A study of child development alumni perceptions of the quality of professional preparation for employment in low socio-economic child care settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The first purpose of this mixed method study was to contribute to the information base for future curriculum development regarding a low income practicum study for two-year and four-year child development majors in a Midwest ...
Managing identities during social change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Protests and social movements are a part of the history of Higher Education in the United States. In this study I use grounded theory to understand the process of identity management for administrators, faculty, and staff ...
Resource selection and space use of the critically endangered Tuamotu Kingfisher (Todiramphus gambieri)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
I investigated the ecological requirements of the critically endangered Tuamotu Kingfisher (Todiramphus gambieri), with the intent to provide management recommendations that could help prevent its extinction. The species ...
Nursing professional development in ambulatory care: what is it?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners play an important role in ensuring the quality and safety of nursing care and in guiding nurses through practice transitions. In recent years, an increasing number of ...
The mechanism for paraquat toxicity involves oxidative stress and inflammation : a model for Parkinson's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder known to affect the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Epidemiological studies have shown an increased risk of developing PD with exposure to paraquat. ...
Vegetation management along roadside and railroad right-of-ways
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
to restrict weed emergence. Field studies in central Illinois (three), Missouri (one), and Kansas (one) were established in 2015 and 2016 to compare fall single versus multiple application timings of residual herbicides from fall through the following summer...
An essential role in germline development for a P-granule associated novel protein in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and RNAi in the ubiquitous parasitic nematode Ascaris suum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The germline RNA helicases (GLHs) are constitutive components of P granules and important for fertility in C. elegans. Discovered as a GLH-1 partner, the P-granule associated novel protein (PAN-1) is important both in ...
Trace formulae in finite von Neumann algebras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The dissertation is devoted to some aspects of spectral perturbation theory in the context of finite Von Neumann algebras. The central results are analogs of the Birman-Schwinger principle and the Birman-Krein formula for ...
Politics of coalition at Standing Rock
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
My research examines the politics of coalition surrounding the 2016-17 Standing Rock movement, led by Oceti Sakowin Tribal members, on the borders of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to stop the construction ...
Passive representation and the client-bureaucrat relationship: communication and demand inducement in the patient-provider relationship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The ways that passive representation could produce substantive benefits for the clients of a bureaucracy irrespective of active representation are an understudied aspect of the theory of representative bureaucracy. Further, ...