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Community multidimensional fall risk screening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to compile a multidimensional fall risk screening tool that would be used to establish preliminary reference values for modifiable fall risk factors tested in independent community dwelling ...
Enhancing bluegill production through least-cost diet development and novel rearing strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Amidst growing demand for large, food-size bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, lack of an affordable, balanced diet and inadequate rearing technologies remain the major concerns of bluegill producers seeking to run profitable ...
Three essays on higher education outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation consists of three chapters examining issues relevant to higher education outcomes. The first essay examines the impact of state merit-aid program adoption on the stock of human capital across rural and ...
Development of implementation methods of water quality trading policy : using the Hydrological simulation program-Fortran (HSPF)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The recently promulgated water quality trading (WQT) policy is an innovative approach for achieving water quality standards with flexibility and economic efficiency. The policy allows for the trading of point and nonpoint ...
An empirical approach to exploring the role of selective incentives in mitigating the free rider problem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The concept of free riding has been recognized as a challenge facing collective action organizations for centuries. However, the term free riding has been used to describe a range of alternative problematic actions and ...
Taste biases : confounding sensory and label evaluations for yogurt
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] When you taste something bitter, something with a thicker consistency, or something with less sweetness does it make you think it is healthier? Does ...
Influence of various wetting agents on water status in USGA greens as determined by their physical properties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Soil hydrophobicity is an increasing issue in sandy soils, affecting agricultural land and golf courses. This phenomenon causes water repellency and bypassing of hydrophobic root zones, limiting water accessibility. Due ...
Crisis of democracy : protest and affective polarization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
My dissertation, Crisis of Democracy: Protest and Affective Polarization, systematically examines the political and social consequences of protests in democratic societies, asking: in what conditions, protests negatively ...
Material and volunteer convergence in developing a disaster resource portfolio
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Disaster relief operations have been conducted by humanitarian agencies for decades, yet the problem of material and volunteer convergence still exists today. The massive influx of unsolicited ...
Lake country regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1975)
Forage production and diversification for climate-smart tropical and temperate silvopastures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Climate change creates much uncertainty for the future of animal agriculture, particularly due to an increase in summer droughts that result in the loss of range productivity. Silvopasture, the intentional integration of ...
First-principle simulation of blast barrier effectiveness for the development of simplified design tools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Blast barrier walls have been shown to reduce the blast load on structures in most scenarios. Analysis of existing data for blast barrier response ...
Queering CoMo : an exploratory case study of queer geographies in Columbia, Missouri between 1991-2021
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
In an effort to continue bringing light to underrepresented queer histories and experiences, this exploratory project investigates and maps the queer geographies of Columbia, Missouri from 1991 through 2021. I argue that ...
An ecological systems approach to reduce children's encounters with obscenity on the internet
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation explores how to reduce children's encounters with obscenity on the Internet. Congress has been trying to shield children from encountering online obscenity and some of Congress' attempts failed because ...
Investigation of the effects of body type on accelerometer based fall detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Precision or personalized medicine follows the idea that analyzing a patient's genome can help stratify patients into treatment groups [1] ...
Investigation of the effects of body type on accelerometer based fall detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Precision or personalized medicine follows the idea that analyzing a patient's genome can help stratify patients into treatment groups. Patients with cancer, for example, are split into groups based on the genetic make-up, ...
Evaluation of the bonus fishery created by the low-density stocking of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in Bull Shoals Lake
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Bull Shoals Lake is a large impoundment of the White River system in Missouri- Arkansas. Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis; STB) have been experimentally stocked into Bull Shoals since 2013 to create a low-density trophy ...
Schedule of courses : winter (second) semester 1970
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
Mechanisms of clostridial toxin binding and translocation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The bacterial genus Clostridium consists of over 150 species of anaerobic, fermentative, spore-forming bacilli. Clostridial species produce up to 20% of all known bacterial exotoxins, which serve as important virulence factors in the 10...
An Annotated bibliography on economics and social development in Missouri, 1960-1967.
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1968)