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Performance analysis of parallel flow intersection and displaced left turn intersection designs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The displaced left turn (DLT) (also known as the continuous flow intersection (CFI)) design has proven to be a superior alternative to the conventional intersection in terms...
Gender, race, nostalgia, and fanship: factors affecting parental mediation of Disney animated films
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation explored several gaps in the literature related to parental perceptions of Disney animated films and parental mediation of those films including how willing parents are to use Disney animated films to talk with their children about...
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 ...
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...
Estimating India's soy protein consumption and exporting soy products to India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
India holds a large percentage of the world's population at over 16%. India is a relatively poor country with an estimated per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of only $650 compared to the U.S. at $39,000 in estimated ...
Life cycle energy consumption cost model for manufacturing equipment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Energy consumption is in the closest relationship with human life, manufacturing production and any other life activities any time. Current literatures concerning on energy...
Measures on Hilbert spaces and applications to hydrodynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Homogeneous and isotropic statistical solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations are produced. These are shown to be approximated by Galyerkin statistical solutions on finite dimensional subspaces. Homogeneous and isotropic ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 33, number 19 (February 9, 2012)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2012)
Relative subrepresentation theorem for a finite central extension of a reductive group
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
and Takano extended this theorem to the H-relatively cuspidal case in [KT08]. In this dissertation, we work on the level of finite central extensions, and extend Kato and Takano's results to the finite central extension case....
Molecular characterization of CLE peptide mimicry during cyst nematode pathogenesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Plant-parasitic cyst nematodes establish intimate parasitic relationships with their hosts by penetrating the root as motile juveniles and migrating intracellularly until...
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...
2010-2011 Graduate school catalog
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Thick filament regulation of myocardial contraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The ability of the heart to function as a pump is governed by mechanisms intrinsic to individual cardiac myocytes. The experiments in this dissertation were designed to examine the effects of sarcomere length and thick filament protein isoform...
Processing of photosensitive PDMS for biosensing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The processing of photosensitive PDMS for applications in biosensing has been discussed in this thesis. Identification and quantitative analysis of biomolecules are very critical...
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 ...
A qualitative case study of how an English language program at a U.S. university prepares Chinese students for U.S. undergraduate programs and communicative competence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Chinese students account for about one-third of the international students at U.S. universities from 2013 to the present year 2020; however, many of them, after their arrival...
Job satisfaction among broadcast news producers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The purpose of this study was to analyze news producers' job satisfaction, specifically following the coronavirus pandemic. It looked into the work-flow routines, day to day challenges, perspective changes and managerial ...
Degendering and regendering : recomposing masculinities through anti-sexist masculinity projects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This is an interview study of anti-sexist men who are engaged in dissident masculinity politics in their everyday lives. I discuss the importance of adopting a cultural analysis that looks at practices and discourse and ...
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 ...
Numerical solutions to the Poisson equation in media surrounding multiple arbitrarily shaped bodies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The dissertation describes a general, efficient, and parallelized approach to solving the Poisson equation in the volume surrounding multiple, arbitrarily shaped bodies. Green...