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Between cultural diversity and fantasy : hybridity, pop cosmopolitanism and transnational media fandom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
media flows from the East to the West. To explore the growing phenomenon of Korean popular culture in the West through case studies of online fandom surrounding two genres--Korean pop music (K-pop) and Korean television drama (K-drama), I conducted a...
The spaces in between at Orbit High : an analysis of teenage behavior during breaks at school /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
teenagers' break behavior in a contemporary school building that is unlike the institutional school buildings most current educators are used to and experience as "normal". The ethnographic case examines the relationships between high school student break...
Local journalism beyond the command post : journalists as strategic communicators and citizen stakeholders in natural disaster recovery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
and businesses. Journalists flocked to Wimberley to report the destruction, but as the hype from national news organizations died down, only a few local journalists remained to tell the story of the town's struggle for recovery. Using case study methods...
Hybrid Fuzzy-Bayesian Dynamic Decision Support Tool for Resource-Based Scheduling of Construction Projects
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This dissertation proposes a flexible and intelligent decision support tool for scheduling
and resource allocation of construction projects. A hybrid Fuzzy-Bayesian scheduling network
and a new optimization model and ...
Scale and stability analysis of selected atmospheric blocking events
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Global six year climatology of mid latitude atmospheric blocking events, during the period 1999-2004, is presented based on the scale and stability analysis, using the NCEP/NCAR re-analysis data. A total of 278 blocking ...
The effects of conceptual description and search practice on users' mental models and information seeking in a case libray with a best match search mechanism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of conceptual description and search practice on users' mental models and information seeking in a case library with a...
Essays on closed-end funds : internal versus external management and insider trading
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This dissertation examines two aspects of closed-end funds (CEF). First, a limited number of these funds maintain the historical management structure of internally allocating resources to investments as opposed to hiring ...
Association between cardiac rehabilitation participation and health status outcomes after acute myocardial infarction
(2014)
(attendance of 1 or more sessions within 6 months post-AMI) were available. Health status was assessed by four Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) domain scores (quality of life [QoL], angina frequency [AF], treatment satisfaction [TS], and physical limitation...
In the high country : crafting long-form stories on recreation and the environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
. The articles were produced in close collaboration with High Country News editors and published as a three-part online series. Those stories were a small percentage of the content produced for the magazine during a six-month internship from July through December...
Use of the veterinary medical database to update the veterinary oncology literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this dissertation we discuss the Veterinary Medical Database and how it can be used to perform epidemiological studies in the veterinary oncology ...
A study of lightning flashes attending periods of banded heavy snowfall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
reflectivity of ~ 22 dBZ. Although neither slantwise nor upright precipitation were the dominant type of precipitation systems found in thundersnow cases, the radar reflectivity within convective snow systems was found to be higher than typical winter-time snow...
Empirical analysis of household consumption behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
on whether household consumption responds to anticipated changes in income. The second essay explores heterogeneity in a dynamic panel setting. The first essay is "The Excess Sensitivity in Consumption without Liquidity Constraint: Evidence from Monthly...
Examining the efficacy of positive psychology interventions for reducing symptoms of burnout among NCAA Division I athletic trainers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
objective was to determine which intervention participants perceived as most effective. This study employed multiple case study methods, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods. This study consisted of five athletic trainers (2 graduate assistant...
Advancements in the understanding of staphylococcal mastitis through the use of molecular tools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
if the recently described S. aureus Genotype B was present among previously characterized isolates from cases of bovine intramammary infection in the USA and to compare PFGE to the combination of ribosomal spacer PCR (RS-PCR) and virulence gene identification...
"Name one genius that ain't crazy" : misconceptions of musicians and mental health in the online stories of Pitchfork magazine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
in reviews, news and stories about ten musicians, eight male and two female. The text and headlines of 264 online articles, which focused on these 10 artists and two broader topics of depression and references to suicide, were analyzed over a three month...
Causes of the noun bias in early vocabulary development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
be the result of input frequency. To evaluate the role of frequency, 26 English-speaking toddlers from 12- to 30-months of age were presented novel nouns and verbs with equal frequencies. Six unfamiliar objects were paired with novel words used in noun syntax...
State actions and response following instances of politicide
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
and protection of critical interests have prevented international intervention in such cases from occurring on the broad scale, the development of the regime means that international awareness and action in various forms should have increased over time...
Exploring college students' relationship with God as a potential mediator between religious behaviors and sexual and alcohol risk behavior among college students
(2013)
the relationship between religious behaviors and alcohol and sexual risk behaviors (lifetime and last 3 months). The sample consisted of 406 University of Missouri-Kansas City students. Data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics Version 19 and AMOS Version 18...
Japanese and U. S. mothers' concerns and experts' advice : content analyses of mothers' questions on online message boards and experts' advice in parenting magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
A total of 241 messages posted in 2007 by mothers of 0- to 2-year-olds on two U.S. and two Japanese parenting magazine websites were content analyzed. All messages pertained to one or more of six domains of childrearing: ...
The massive tornado outbreak of May 2003
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
In May of 2003, 516 tornadoes touched down in the central portion of the United States, which is a record for the most tornadoes for any single month. There were fourteen deaths associated with those tornadoes that touched down for that month...