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Effect of antemortem stress on postmortem beef and lamb carcass characteristics.
(University of Missouri., 1959)
"The objectives of this investigation were to deter mine (1) the effect of antemortem stress on the color of lamb carcasses; (2) the recovery period required to replenish the glycogen stores of cattle following antemortem ...
Bayesian analysis of hierarchical IRT models: comparing and combining the unidimensional & multi-unidimensional IRT models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
As item response theory models gain increased popularity in large scale educational and measurement testing situations, many studies have been conducted on the development and applications of unidimensional and multidimensional ...
Black Freemasonry and middle-class realities
(University of Missouri Press, 1980)
This book documents some of the realities of success as being racially delimited. For more than two hundred years this segment of the black middle class has at the same time dealt with the system of exclusion and yet ...
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
In this dissertation, I develop a theory of political community through an analysis of human needs for fellowship on the one hand, and a synthesis of numerous critiques of the liberal state on the other. My thesis is that ...
Missouri Representative Farms Financial Projections
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-06)
This document presents an estimate of financial risk on individual Missouri representative farms in future years.
Finding the cost of freedom : academic freedom discourse as it pertains to the part-time instructor in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Academic freedom has been an important facet of college teaching. However, the meaning of academic freedom is often nebulous and varied for many members of the college faculty. An estimated 48 percent of teaching faculty ...
The distribution of the genus Phytophthora
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1933)
Mark Twain's escape from time : a study of patterns and images
(University of Missouri Press, 1982)
This study traces, through paterns of images, the development of Mark Twain's first-person narrative personae and examines the alienation from the zeitgeist both in the work and in his life. It looks at the ways this ...
Is That Racist? One White Family Interrogating Whiteness and Constructing Antiracist Curriculum
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Despite attempts by white teachers and families to avoid talk about race
(Apfelbaum, Paulker, Ambady, Sommers, & Norton, 2008; Bartoli, Michael, Bentley
Edwards, Stevenson, Shor, & McClain, 2016; Boutte, López-Robertson, ...
A study of the Japanese translation of Huckleberry Finn
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of this investigation is to make an exploratory study of certain phases of a Japanese translation of Huckleberry Finn, in order (1) to find the method used in the translation; (2) to determine the qualities ...
The recovery project : three dramatic works concerning alcoholism and recovery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This dissertation explores the transformative nature of storytelling in alcoholism recovery. I created a trilogy of dramatic works titled The Recovery Project, which address the underrepresented narrative of recovery through ...
The power of teacher-student relationships in determining student success
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-11)
The purpose of this ethnomethodological exploratory descriptive case study was to
investigate and understand teacher perceptions of the relationships between teachers and
students and how those teachers perceive relationships ...
The Choral Festival: A Research Study and Procedural Model for Preparation, Performance and Objective Achievements
(1987)
This research study is intended to focus on the importance and
validity of choral festivals and to provide an organized, procedural
model for preparation, performance and objective achievements of said
choral idiom to ...
The 4-H health and sanitation project
([University of Missouri, College of Agriculture], 1932)
The use of pluripotent stem cells as a model for early human placentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Throughout gestation, the placenta plays a critical role in ensuring proper development of the fetus. The placenta functions to exchange nutrients, ...
Beautiful phantoms British literature, political economy, and biopolitics from 1780-1855
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation explores the literary engagement with economics from 1780-1855. These years are critical to the development of both the novel and the discipline of political economy. This dissertation builds on previous ...
How heritage storytelling at distilleries creates a competitive advantage on the Bourbon market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The whiskey distillery industry has been going through a massive growth the past few years. The $8.6 billion industry has a following of novel, loyal and avid consumers that are willing to pay a pretty penny for a bottle. ...
Into the forests (and fields and yards) : re-thinking rural development and local food systems with wild harvesters in the Ozark highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Local food systems are regularly advocated as a strategy for community economic development focused on market-based practices. Two particular critiques of this strategy have emerged that underlie this study. The first is ...
Kangaroo, 1959
(University of Kansas City School of Dentistry Kansas City-Western Dental College, 1959)