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Initial evaluation of a mental health literacy intervention : mental health care in schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Teacher mental health literacy (MHL) includes their attitudes, knowledge, and help-seeking abilities to support youth mental health. Students' access to support in schools...
The relationship between leadership style and student achievement in high poverty, low funded schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] School administrators face several challenges ranging from opposing stakeholders, to frequent deadlines, to the pressures of No Child Left Behind. The principals of high poverty...
Interference with biologic transmission of Anaplasma marginale by targeting the tick-pathogen interface
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Ticks are globally renowned vectors for numerous zoonoses. Ixodid ticks transmit a variety of viral, bacterial, and protozoan pathogens to their vertebrate hosts. Because of the expansion of the geographic ranges of both ...
Discrimination and health: how being Hispanic can make you sick
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-25)
The perception of discrimination is a stressor that can lead to a reduction in an individual's reserve capacity and an increase in negative emotions, among other deleterious effects. I tested the Reserve Capacity Model as ...
Food insecurity and foraging food from gardening, hunting, and fishing among supplemental nutrition assistance program and eligible supplemental nutrition assistance program families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Households participating in, or eligible for, USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) deploy many food acquisition strategies to enhance their food security because the SNAP program is intended to supplement ...
Metabolomics and chemical library screening for antibacterial drug discovery
(2020)
There are twenty standard amino acids which are proteinogenic and can exist in two stereoisomeric forms, D- and L-enantiomers, except for glycine, which is achiral. The D-amino acids are not incorporated in proteins; ...
Detecting subtle variation in two cryptic primate families (tarsiidae & lorisidae) through morphology and genetics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Cryptic species look morphologically similar but in fact are several different species lumped together. This is problematic as it hinders conservation efforts and makes it challenging to infer the evolutionary history of ...
The boys on the blogs : intermedia agenda setting in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study analyzes intermedia agenda setting during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign to determine the agenda-setting role of prominent political bloggers in relation to the mainstream news media and the candidates. An ...
Canopy recruitment dynamics in naturally regenerated longleaf pine (pinus palustris) woodlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The ecological and cultural values of the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem, in combination with an approximately 97 percent loss in historic range, has led to increasing interest in ecosystem restoration and ...
Overcoming infertility together : expanding the theory of resilience and relational load
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Between 10-15 percent of the U.S. population will experience infertility (Mayo Clinic, 2021). Despite its prevalence, individuals and relationships faced with infertility tend to have worse mental, physical, and relational ...
Applications of model systems to explore exchange-correlation effects in density-functional theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Density-functional theory (DFT), in its various forms, has become a near ubiquitous form of theoretical research used to benchmark and prototype solutions to many finite and extended state system. This is largely because ...
Regulation of fetal brain development in short versus long lived mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
How fetal brain development is regulated in mice with reduced life span is a primary objective of this research. Three studies were performed to investigate the fetal brain development in short and lived mice strains. The ...
On the advancement of core/shell titanium dioxide nanomaterials for microwave absorption
(2020)
Controlling the interactions between incident electromagnetic energy and matter is of critical importance for many civil and military applications, such as photocatalysis, solar cells, optics, radar detection, communications, ...
Method development for the analysis of nuclear forensic signatures with ICP-MS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Nuclear forensic analysis is a field of analytical chemistry that focuses specifically on analyzing signatures of nuclear material for criminal investigation. Promising nuclear forensic signatures include rare earths element ...
Consequences of plant water limitation for aphids, their natural enemies, and insect communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Climate change is causing an increase in drought events around the world. Water limitation affects the quality and quantity of plant resources for herbivorous insects, resulting...
Missouri alumnus, volume 050, number 4 (1961 December)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1961)
Anisotropy and mantle flow of the Indo-Burma subduction zone from shear wave splitting and shear wave splitting tomography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The Indo-Burma subduction zone lies on the eastern boundary of the 1500 km long Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. Despite highly oblique plate motion with limited arc development, convergence is still ongoing with the potential ...
The impact analysis of structural change in Korean agriculture with respect to the Korean-United States free trade agreement : dynamic simultaneous equation model approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The main objective of this study is the analysis of the impacts of the Korean-United States Free Trade Agreement. On April 2, 2007, Korea and the United States concluded a...
Influence of herbicide applications and common pasture weeds on total forage yield and nutritive values in tall fescue pastures and hayfields in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
these species are not consumed by cattle and continue to be a problem in Missouri tall fescue pastures and hayfields....
The Effect of Emotion Stimulus Intensity on the selection and Implementation of Distraction and Reappraisal as Emotion Regulation Strategies
(2015)
Emotion regulation is an important coping mechanism for handling emotional
situations and stimuli in day-to-day life. More effective emotion regulation is linked to
better mental and physical health. The present study ...