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Iron homeostasis is hierarchically regulated by multiple inputs : evidence for the role of reactive oxygen species and iron-zinc cross talk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Iron (Fe) is a heavy metal micronutrient vital for all forms of life. In plants, Fe deficiency results in chlorosis and reduced growth, while Fe excess results in lipid peroxidation through the generation of reactive oxygen ...
Early Franciscan painted panels as a response to the Italian Cathars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The wood-panel paintings created by the Franciscan order in the thirteenth century present a dramatic transition from a static, stoic Byzantine style to increasing degrees of naturalistic, realistic, emotional, and corporeal ...
Design and development of geospatial analytical research knowledgebase (GeoARK)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, environmental, and infrastructural knowledge base to empower health researchers' use of geospatial context to timely answer population health issues. Needed is a novel analytical framework designed to leverage location to create new contextual knowledge...
Narrative Case Studies Exploring Homelessness and Education
(2014-07-17)
The purpose of these narrative case studies was to understand the experiences of families encountering homelessness and how children experience formal and informal education. Families experiencing homelessness were defined ...
Potential diagnostic methods and nutritional changes to combat bovine respiratory disease in receiving cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) accounts for up to 70 percent of health disruptions and $500 million in associated medical costs and production losses, thus receiving considerable attention from cattle health personnel ...
Learning analytics and psychophysiology : understanding the learning process in a STEM game
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This study focuses on the exploration of player experience in educational games and its potential impact on predicting learning outcomes. Specifically, the research aims to investigate the connection psychophysiology data, ...
Generational differences in the news media regarding an individual's right to privacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
, journalism is fraught with ethical issues and the topic of an individual's right to privacy is a challenging one. Since my research directly deals with ethical issues in the newsroom, it has to potential to be incorporated into the current field of journalism...
The effects of a culturally responsive professional development series on the attitudes and beliefs of teachers of diverse students in a Missouri suburban school district
(2013)
Contrary to what supporters of the “No Child Left Behind” Act (P.L. 107-110, 2001) would have us believe about the effects of this legislation, the academic achievement gap between students of color and White students, and ...
The eight leaves
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The creative dissertation The Eight Leaves is a deconstructed memoir, composed in a series of inter-connected lyric essays structured in a ring ...
Carbon stars and silicon carbide
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Stars between about 0.8 and 8 times the mass of the Sun will eventually evolve become asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, where they pulsate and throw off mass from their atmospheres, forming dust shells in the space ...
Prior learning assessment for credit at the University of Central Missouri : a program evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Institutions of higher learning have focused recruiting, retention, and persistence efforts on the "traditional" student. In doing so, the retention and persistence rates of the highest growing population in higher education ...
Improving Transaction Acceptance of Incoherent Updates Using Dynamic Merging In a Relational Database
(2015)
Despite its tenure, mobile computing continues to move to the forefront of technology and business.
This ever expansive field holds no shortages of opportunity for either party. Its benefits and
demand are abundant but it ...
Breathable skin-interfaced bioelectronics with unprecedented properties for healthcare monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
. Conventional constituent materials are generally associated with biocompatibility issues due to their limited breathability and large mechanical mismatch with soft and curvilinear biological tissues; costly and complex fabrication procedures; nonbiodegradable...
The graduate student novel: a new subgenre in university fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
of success in academia. The recognizable characteristics that illustrate the major differences, also provide helpful avenues toward examinations of the image of graduate scholarship produced by grad novels and different issues related to higher education...
Breast cancer imaging and detection using microwave technique
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Worldwide, breast cancer continues to be the top cause of death among women and the second-leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer. ...
Intersubjective understanding of violence: the lifeworld of Tajik immigrant workers in post-Soviet Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation analyzes the phenomenon of violence in the context of labor migration from Tajikistan to Russia. It examines the legal framework for migration policy and asks how sociology can understand the experience ...
Ferroelectric System Dynamics and the Properties of Ferroelectric / Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Heterostructures: a Ginzburg–Landau Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Understanding the electronic response of materials to applied electric fields is an
outstanding goal in solid-state theory. One aspect of this goal is to accurately predict the
electric polarization of certain materials ...
Segregation, Transformation, and Urban Education: A History of Attaining Racial Equity in the Hickman Mills C-1 School District
(2023)
This dissertation examines the history of racial segregation in Kansas City, Missouri, leading to the creation of the Hickman Mills C-1 Racial Equity Policy. The study’s six chapters present an analysis of the history of ...
A case study of rural north Missouri teacher perceptions of the Missouri model evaluation system and the network for educator effectiveness: impact on practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
In 1983 the National Commission for Excellence in Education investigated claimed that U.S. schools were failing to adequately educate children. The Commission identified many inconsistencies nationwide in areas of access, ...