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A Multimodal Biometric Authentication for Smartphones
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)
Biometrics is seen as a viable solution to ageing password based authentication on smartphones. Fingerprint biometric is leading the biometric technology for smartphones, however, owing to its high cost, major players in ...
The Relationship Between Economic Growth and Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption Growth in Net Energy-Importing Emerging Economies
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This dissertation investigates the relationship between economic growth and fossil
fuel energy consumption through three interrelated chapters—each of which addresses a
facet of the relationship. The first chapter ...
Utilization and limitations of soil health metrics in Missouri corn production decisions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
derive from a dataset collected over three seasons (2018-2020) including 446 sample locations collected from 101 Mid-Missouri commercial row crop systems. Current P and K fertilizer recommendations accurately identified where fertilizer improved yield...
Analyzing the effects of Cis-elements and trans-factors on the stability of the Gal1 mRNP
(2014)
The highly dynamic and nonrandom spatial organization of the eukaryotic nucleus plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression. For example, in S. cerevisiae, several conditionally expressed genes relocate ...
Assessing strategies for achieving environmentally sustainable food systems using robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] With growing populations and affluence, many organizations predict that food demand will increase, which presents considerable challenges to achieving economic, environmental, and social ...
Design and construction of multicomponent spheroidal assemblies on the nano-scale via the self-assembly approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Supramolecular chemists can be thought of as the architects of the nano-scale world. We are primary concerned with the design and construction of various nanostructures based...
Dwarfism in beef cattle and the influence of dwarfism genes on physiological response to hormone-induced stress
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1961)
Effects of Selected Contaminants on the Physical, Chemical, and Geotechnical Properties of Aquifer Solid
(2014)
contaminants on the hydraulic conductivity of sand. Bulk sand samples from the Missouri River Valley aquifer— a major source of groundwater supply in the U.S. Midwest— were collected for this study. Sand samples, representing the aquifer and vadose zone...
Teacher collaboration and school reform: distributing leadership through the use of professional learning teams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This dissertation reports a study of two professional learning teams of teachers at one Midwestern secondary school implementing a hybrid school improvement process incorporating elements of several reform models. A ...
Fomulation and Delivery of Drugs for Macular Edema and Retinoblastoma; Synthesis and In Vitro Characterization of Doxorubicin Loaded Surface Modified Nanoparticles Using PLGA-PEG-PLGA Polymer
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
Macular edema (ME) is caused by central extravascular swelling of the macula resulting in a significant loss of visual activity. Corticosteroids are widely used in the treatment of ME. In this project, nanoparticles of ...
Refinement of an established large-animal model to understand the tick-pathogen-host interface
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Ticks are globally distributed vectors of important pathogens of human and animal health. Since the discovery of tick resistance in 1918, the field has sought continuously for the development of effective biologic control ...
Anion and solvent influences on the self-assembly of copper(I) coordination solids
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The investigation of solvent and anion influences on the self-assembly of copper(I) coordination solids are presented. As these extended solids vary in structural design as reactions conditions are varied, both those ...
Mechanisms of Alphavirus Midgut dissemination in the Mosquito, Aedes aegypti
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The research work of this thesis has focused on the midgut escape barrier and the dissemination mechanism of alphaviruses in Ae. aegypti. Primarily, we identified and characterized Ae. aegypti MMPs that are seemingly ...
Paleoseismology and Archaeoseismology along the Southern Dead Sea Transform in Wadi 'Arabah Near the municipality of Aqaba, Jordan
(2013)
The southern Wadi ‘Arabah Valley in Jordan provides an ideal location to
investigate both the paleoseismology and archaeoseismology of the region because it is
situated directly along the active Dead Sea transform, and ...
Multi-hazard resilience assessment of river-crossing bridges
(2021)
Bridge structures are required to possess high reliability and robustness against the concurrent effect of extreme loads and environmental attacks. To achieve such interrelated goals, it is necessary to assess the system ...
Assessing costs and environmental impacts of municipal food waste treatment options in Columbia, Missouri : a decision support tool integrating life cycle analysis and robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
and targets, decisionmakers need data-driven analysis to understand both the costs and environmental impacts of their plans. This study develops a decision support tool applied in Columbia, Missouri, USA, with aims to model the economic and environmental...
Ecological genomics of divergence, admixture, and fitness in the smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
their extensive native distribution. Much less is known about levels and distribution of diversity within the species. In 1940, Carl Hubbs and Reeve Bailey published descriptions of two distinct subspecies: the Northern Smallmouth Bass (M. d. dolomieu), inhabiting...
A GIS protocol for enhancing the selection of agricultural runoff sampling locations and predicting the locations of potential pollutant transport in the upland environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
employed by the protocol allow for its use in various geographic regions. The methodology has been performed on sites in Linn County and Boone County, Missouri, and produces results consistent with those expected from other widely accepted methods...
Introducing a personal-originality approach for scoring children's divergent thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
& Acar, 2012). There is considerable evidence that DT is predictive of later creative behavior and achievement (Benedek et al., 2014; Cramond et al., 2005; Kim, 2008). However, current methods for studying DT rely extensively on cross...