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Achieving sustainability through re-municipalized energy services : exploring formation, efficacy, and impacts of community choice aggregations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
in promoting the interconnection of distributed energy systems. It provides little evidence that CCA has worked as expected to increase distributed generation capacity. Finally, the last manuscript assesses how CCA has impacted investor-owned utilities...
Racial differences in households' financial asset allocation, 1992-2004
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
in each category were regressed on year, race, other demographic variables (age, education, gender, marital status and number of kids), socio-economic variables (income, wealth, working status, having defined benefit plans vs. having defined contribution...
From communist to capitalist industrial policy : policy-making during late socialism, transition and EU capitalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
In the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, the countries from the former communist bloc embarked on a journey to market capitalism and democracy. Studying Bulgarian industrial policy over a period of 30 years, I ...
Protein source selection in nursery pigs during choice-feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
required. It's estimated that the potential savings of using animal by-products was approximately $10 for a ton of feed in 2006 (Meeker and Hamilton, 2006). Utilization of animal by-products has become more regulated due to concerns of spreading pathogens...
Topics in objective bayesian methodology and spatio-temporal models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Three distinct but related topics contribute my work in objective Bayesian methodology and spatio-temporal models. This dissertation starts with the study of a class...
Helical tool geometry in stability predictions and dynamic modeling of milling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The temporal finite element analysis (TFEA) method has been used in several publications to analyze interrupted machining dynamics. In this work, a higher order hp-version TFEA method will be presented which offers the possibility of lowering...
Experiences of racialized classism among first-generation and economically-marginalized U.S. college students of color : a critical thematic analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
"-class status. These forces contribute to their regular exposure to racialized forms of classism. This study investigates how classism is experienced as racialized among first-generation and economically-marginalized (FGEM) university students from these groups...
The relationship between psychological distress and wealth: an analysis of household wealth changes from 2007-2019 in the United States by race, gender, and retirement status
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
with the Kessler-6 index of psychological distress, and hypothesized that higher rates and levels of psychological distress The first paper of this dissertation, The Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Wealth: An Analysis of Household Wealth Changes...
Testing the efficacy of self-determination theory as a counter-propaganda interdiction tool
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
autonomy. Also, of considerable significance were that the positive effects of the autonomy support message were sustained over time through the administration of both propaganda posters. This paper yields an import theoretical development for SDT...
Harnessing policy windows : using lessons from the post 9 11 GI Bill passage to garner congressional support for US military requirements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The goal of this dissertation is to examine how stakeholders adjusted their narrative strategies to develop support for transferability of veterans' educational benefits to their spouses and dependent children, which was ...
Participation in tax deferred retirement programs in a defined benefit environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purpose of this study is to examine the major factors that influence employees' decisions regarding their levels of participation in employer sponsored tax-deferred retirement savings accounts (TDAs). At the broadest ...
Information deserts : how Colorado news desert communities consumed COVID-19 information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
) or the internet (e.g., school and county webpages, health department emails), especially social media, for information. The lack of a more central, local resource was felt among residents of Cheyenne County. While some of the residents felt disconnected from...
When Walmart leaves small towns : vulnerability, food insecurity and community resilience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
.8 percent) and low-vulnerable situation (34.6 percent) after Walmart left and were able to cope with this stressor. Households in the neighboring towns (Patterson, Williamsville, and Greenville) that were 10-15 miles from Piedmont also had a high percentage...
Perforated sovereignty : the geopolitical dilemma of Aegean hydrocarbons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The Aegean Sea, as an integral portion of the Mediterranean Sea, has always been a region endowed with special significance. Either as a familiar route of trade or culture, or as a fault-line between hostile civilizations ...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
forecasts for some major variables in the beef sector. A provisional supply response model divorced from economic considerations was first specified, estimated and simulated. Results obtained were encouraging. Using the provisional model and introducing...
Making the Connection: J.B. Murray and the Scripts and Forms of Africa
(2016)
This dissertation focuses on the artwork of J.B. Murray, an African American artist
from Mitchell, Georgia. The goal of this dissertation is to explore J.B. Murray’s production
of protective scripts and spirit figures. ...
Faculty burnout and its relationship to social and institutional support
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
section of Conklin and Desselle's Multidimensional Work Satisfaction Scale. Social support in the form of guidance and reassurance of worth, as well as institutional support, were found to mitigate burnout. The College of Education, Health and Human...
Three essays on Renewable Portfolio Standards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The first essay investigates the technical efficiencies of South Korean solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants by type: ground-mounted PV (GPV) and rooftop PV (BPV). The two-step stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) of the ...
Principal sensemaking of teacher supervision and evaluation systems : a multiple-case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Recent teacher supervision and evaluation system (TSES) reform efforts have resulted in wide adoption of policies targeting improvements in teaching quality and student outcomes; however, impact of these policies has been ...
The impact of wood pellet manufacturing on United States southern timberlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Global wood pellet production grew from an estimated 1.7 million metric tons in 2000, to 35.4 million metric tons in 2018. U.S. mills established over this period account for a large share of new supply triggered by renewable ...