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Youth gardening activity : taking plant cuttings
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2021)
Youth gardening activity : designing a butterfly garden
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2021)
Museum magazine, number 77 (2020 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2020)
The Opioid Crisis: Overview, Pharmacology, and Potential Solutions
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
The Importance of Bond “Girls”
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
When Walmart leaves small towns : residents' perception and attitude towards discount store closures in rural Missouri : 2020 community survey report
(2020)
Background: This study addressed the public opinion toward Walmart stores closure in rural America with a close look at the state of Missouri. The debate about pros and cons of Walmart's entry and exit effect still needs ...
Exploring college food insecurity : a qualitative case study of the perspectives of the University of Central Missouri food pantry clientele
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Insufficient resources undermine postsecondary educational experiences and delay credit attainment for many college students (Goldrick-Rab, Baker-Smith, Coca, Looker, and Williams, 2019). To examine the efficacy of existing ...
Unelected oversight : the politics of government investigations and problem monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
How do elected officials and top decisionmakers receive information about the problems encountered in government agencies? Policymaking and agenda setting research primarily examines how elected officials directly gather ...
Multi-scale self-assembly of nanoenergetic materials utilizing functionalized graphene
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The work described here-in focuses on the synthesis and characterization of novel nanoenergetic materials and is driven by overcoming the disadvantages of traditional nanoenergetic composites, improving the energetic ...
Cover crop and rotation intensity effects on soil health and yield in corn-soybean cropping systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In the Midwest, corn-soybean [Glycine max (L). Merrill] is the dominant biennial cropping system, which covers approximately 75% of the arable land surface (Hatfield et al., 2007; Plourde et al., 2013). The growing demand ...
GIS-based, python modeling of the spatial and temporal distribution of water on the landscape for wetlands decision making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Wetlands provide many benefits for humans and the natural environment, but land use changes have reduced their number and areal extent. Interest has grown in examining surface water distribution both spatially and temporally, ...
Lightweight cryptographic protocols for mobile devices
(2020)
In recent years, a wide range of resource-constrained devices have been built and integrated into many networked systems. These devices collect and transfer data over the Internet in order for users to access the data or ...
Mechanisms of Action in Motivational Interviewing
(2020)
Despite the demonstrated efficacy of disease modifying therapies (DMT), many MS patients (~ 40%) stop using DMT within 3 years of starting. A cross-over randomized controlled trial demonstrated that a theoretically based ...
Interprofessional Simulaton Among Healthcare Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Communication Self-Efficacy
(2020)
Medical errors that result in adverse and sentinel events are linked to ineffective communication between providers and members of the healthcare team. Healthcare organizations have enacted multiple strategies to lower the ...
An Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research and Intervention Strategy Applied to the Problem of Pediatric Asthma in Kansas City
(2020)
This dissertation presents a multilevel health disparities research strategy using pediatric asthma in Kansas City as a case study. The first chapter introduces the problem of pediatric asthma in Kansas City and the ...
Sprout
(2020)
From my perspective, the beauty of life lies in its tenacity and endlessness. This beauty is especially reflected in the flowers that grow in the cracks in the rocks. It takes a lot of ups and downs to breakthrough. ...
Is the grass really greener? A qualitative study of teacher reflections on their decision to migrate from small rural districts to larger school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Teacher retention in rural schools continues to be an area of concern. This qualitative study examines why teachers migrate from small, rural school districts to teach in larger districts by interviewing teachers who have ...
Explainable pattern modelling and summarization in sensor equipped smart homes of elderly
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In the next several decades, the proportion of the elderly population is expected to increase significantly. This has led to various efforts to help live them independently for longer periods of time. Smart homes equipped ...
The investigation of the self-efficacy of special education teachers who teach mathematics to English language learners with disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Of the English Language Learners (ELLs) in USA K-12 schools, 665,000 are identified as having a disability. In mathematics, ELLs with disabilities have significantly lower outcomes than English dominant, and non-disabled ...
A qualitative bounded case study on teacher and administrator perceptions of students' adverse childhood experiences in rural, northwest Missouri elementary school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The purpose of this bounded case study (Merriam and Tisdell, 2016) was to add to the existing research literature on early childhood trauma in addition to understanding teacher and administrator perceptions on students' ...