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Youtube as an early childhood music education resource parental attitudes, beliefs, usages, and experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This descriptive study was designed with two main purposes: (a) to provide researchers and educators with baseline information about current YouTube music usages and practices and (b) to examine parental attitudes and ...
Seeing through satire : how contemporary American fiction critiques the world
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this dissertation, I argue some contemporary authors intermingle modes of satire and transparency to encourage a twenty-first century reading ...
Neutron scattering and microscopy studies of the structure and dynamics of water near a nanostructured hydrophilic copper oxide surface
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Recently, it has been shown that superhydrophilic coatings of "grass-like" cupric oxide (CuO) nanostructures can significantly improve the thermal performance of heat transfer devices known as oscillating heat pipes (OHPs). ...
An examination of relationship quality from an attachment perspective: empathy and relationship perfectionism as mediating factors
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-15)
This study examined the relationships between attachment style, empathy, relationship perfectionism, and relationship quality among a sample of adults currently in a romantic relationship. Based on previous research and ...
A qualitative study of the perceptions of the use of the teacher work sample methodology in student teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the perceptions of Early Childhood student teachers. This happened through the use of think-aloud journals documenting the use of the methodology of the Teacher ...
Resource selection, movement patterns, and survival of post-fledging grassland birds in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
Current grassland management paradigms focus on addressing nesting requirements for grassland birds, but ignore post-fledging requirements. I described resource selection, movement patterns, and survival of dickcissels ...
Some Alternatives to Model Selection and New Approaches to Computing for the Economics. 12/6/2014
(2014)
This interdisciplinary dissertation in statistics, economics, and social science
methodology derives a methodological approach for economics from philosophical
principles, identi es barriers to its adoption, and presents ...
Studies of ruminant digestion, ecology, and evolution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This thesis examines ruminant digestion, ecology, and evolution, particularly where they can improve livestock production systems. We performed an experiment that estimated ruminal in situ degradation parameter values of ...
Undergraduate catalog 2008-10, revised
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The Undergraduate Catalog for the University of Missouri Columbia has been organized to enhance readability. The initial sections are related to University-wide programs, policies and procedures. The second section provides ...
The Role of Temporary Help Employment in Low-wage Worker Advancement
(Department of Economics, 2007)
We examine the effects of temporary help service employment on later earnings and employment for individuals participating in three federal programs providing supportive services to those facing employment difficulties. ...
Dedications in clay : terracotta figurines in early Iron Age Greece (c. 1100-700 BCE)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation explores early Greek religion and society through a contextual analysis of the ritual use of terracotta votive figurines in the Early Iron Age, c. 1100-700 BCE. I have compiled the major deposits of ...
Design of Instrumentation and Methodologies for Determination of Free Neutron Characteristics
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Measuring neutron source‐dependent free neutron properties over a large neutron energy range, with human‐portable instrumentation, continues to push the frontier of neutron detection instrumentation design and analysis ...
Structural supramolecular constructs of spheres and tubes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This thesis examines four different molecular systems that are in part or substrates for larger structural motifs that resemble spheres or tubes. The first project used donut shaped cucurbituril and through functionalization ...
Functional characterization of two putative mobile elements of the 'Mycoplasma mycoides cluster'
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Horizontal gene transfer has played a major role in bacterial evolution, including in the genus Mycoplasma, which is comprised of some of the simplest ...
Undergraduate catalog 2008-10, original
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The Undergraduate Catalog for the University of Missouri Columbia has been organized to enhance readability. The initial sections are related to University-wide programs, policies and procedures. The second section provides ...
Mizzou, volume 095, number 01 (2006 Fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2006)
From Revolution To Ruin: A Preliminary Look at Rwanda’s First Two Presidents, Grégoire Kayibanda and Juvénal Habyarimana, and Their Administrations
(2015)
This paper brings together primary and secondary materials from a vast number of sources
related to the first two presidents of Rwanda, Grégoire Kayibanda and Juvénal
Habyarimana, in a preliminary look at the men and ...
Framework for Automatic Identification of Paper Watermarks with Chain Codes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
In this dissertation, I present a new framework for automated description, archiving, and
identification of paper watermarks found in historical documents and manuscripts. The early
manufacturers of paper have introduced ...
Urban Mongolia : an integrative culturally-sensitive sustainability-focused design + planning framework for ger districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Informal settlements, often cast as slums, present remarkably difficult challenges for environmental designers, politicians, civil servants and, of ...