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A Case Study of the Literacy Experiences of 3rd Grade Struggling Readers with the Use of Interactive Digital Books
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Students who score one or more grade levels below the standard expectations in
reading tests are defined as struggling readers. Struggling readers have difficulty in
reading and/or comprehending a text, which affects ...
An analysis of undergraduate heavy-video-gaming students : developing technology-enhanced learning-support areas based on gaming and study practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Video-gaming has become a popular extracurricular option for students in higher education. More than 70 percent of undergraduate students reported they played video-games at some level, with heavy-video-gaming students ...
Comparison of sensory characteristics, and instrumental flavor compounds analysis of milk produced by three production methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The objectives of this research were to carry out an analytical and sensory comparative studies on the flavor constituents of milk from three production systems: organic (O), pasture-feed based system (P), and conventional ...
Space use and resource selection by Eastern spotted skunks in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Once a common and economically important furbearer, the eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is now listed as endangered, threatened, or a species of conservation concern throughout much of its historical range. ...
Energy transfer at gas-liquid interface : towards energetic materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Physicochemical surface processes have great importance in the different fields of everyday life and science. Computational characterization of collisional energy transfer at a gasliquid interface is a helpful tool to ...
The Calibration of Mid-Infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators
(American Astronomical Society, 2007)
With the goal of investigating the degree to which the MIR emission traces the SFR, we analyze Spitzer 8 and 24 m data of star- forming regions in a sample of 33 nearby galaxies with available HST NICMOS images in the Pa ...
Black and Afro-Latinx women in public relations: a collaborative autoethnography on the construction of intersectional identities in the workplace
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Public relations is considered a feminized industry with women making up nearly 70 percent of its workforce. However, women only fill 30 percent of the top leadership roles (Angela Chitkara, 2018) and sufficient representation ...
The effects of source and landmark type on viewers' emotions and message-related outcomes in social media-induced tourism : the moderating role of narcissism and fear of missing out
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] This study was designed to examine how two key factors for understanding social media-induced tourism--source type as the Instagram user aspect and landmark type as the tourist attraction ...
Dreaming of love's elysium : the prodigal beauty of John Keats's Endymion
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2018)
Molecular dynamics simulations of shock-induced pore collapse in single crystal [beta]-HMX
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This thesis presents all-atom classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of shock-wave passage across a pore-type defect in single-crystal [beta]-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetraocane ([beta]-HMX). The purpose of this ...
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of radiolabeled bombesin conjugates for the diagnosis of breast cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) receptors are overexpressed on approximately two thirds (62-71%) of primary breast carcinomas and all (100%) of the ...
DNA methylation in the early porcine embryo
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, parthenogenetic activation, and somatic cell nuclear transfer are powerful procedures in the production of animals for agriculture, ...
Multi-modal and multi-dimensional biomedical image data analysis using deep learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
There is a growing need for the development of computational methods and tools for automated, objective, and quantitative analysis of biomedical signal and image data to facilitate disease and treatment monitoring, early ...
Butterfly gardening: using volunteers to provide data on flower use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Butterflies are considered to be good indicators of a healthy environment and reflect the environmental impact of urban development. The popularity of butterflies with the general public and declining butterfly populations, ...
The Holistic Course Delivery: A Novel Pedagogy for Collegiate Introductory Computer Programming
(2020)
For many years there have not been enough computer science graduates to fill open
positions. One of the chief barriers to the formation of computer science graduates is that many
students are unsuccessful in the introductory ...
The violent Mr. Hyde versus feminism: horror cinema's response to female sexuality in film adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2011)
As one of the most adapted literary works of all time, filmmakers throughout the twentieth century have tried to answer one inexplicable question in Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Why ...
Mizzou engineer, volume 11, number 2
(University of Missouri--Columbia. College of Engineering., 2012)
Habitual subsistence practices among prehistoric Andean populations: fishers and farmers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This research tested the hypothesis that it is possible to differentiate fishers from farmers using muscle marker patterns. Muscle markers are imprints (tuberosities, grooves, and/or bony projections) left on the skeleton ...
Taking up space : children's opportunities to learn in one-on-one interactions involving fraction story problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Mathematics instruction can work to open or constrain children's opportunities to learn, and the busy, interactive nature of instruction makes it challenging for researchers to identify patterns in high-quality opportunities ...
The effects of conceptual description and search practice on users' mental models and information seeking in a case libray with a best match search mechanism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of conceptual description and search practice on users' mental models and information seeking ...