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Publications (Missouri Cooperative Extension Service, 1982)
(Missouri Cooperative Extension Service, 1982)
This is a list of popular University of Missouri Publications....
Pathways of knowledge : science in the public service (1973)
(College of Agriculture, University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
Mizzou, volume 088, number 4 (2000 Summer)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2000)
The Victorian Preacher’s Malady: The Metaphorical Usage of Gout in the Life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This dissertation examines the use of the gout metaphor in the life and writings of
one of Victorian England’s most eminent preachers and gout sufferers, the Baptist Charles
Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892). Careful scrutiny ...
OPEC as a non-state actor : formation and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
in the hands of the MNOCs, it did not press to the point that the international economic system was threatened. Moreover, OPEC proved to be a responsible international actor in a number of specific respects. It attempted to provide financial aid to those Third...
Dance-based therapy to decrease fall risk in older persons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
in Columbia, Missouri. Inclusion criteria were: 1) Mini-Mental State Exam of 23 or above, 2) able to stand with or without assistance. Using a Randomization Complete Block Design, the subjects were placed in the treatment group, to participant in 18 dance...
A quantitative analysis of high school sports participation intensity and breadth : relationships with academic achievement in a rural Missouri high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
intensity of participation did share a statistically significant relationship to cumulative GPA (p < .05) and b) an ANOVA analysis demonstrated statistically significant differences in breadth and GPA (p < .01) between one sport athletes and three sport...
Three essays on price risk mitigation, market barriers and livelihood strategies of smallholder farmers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The three essays in this dissertation offer perspectives on different elements of agricultural markets and the obstacles encountered by small farmers in Nicaragua, Missouri, and Michigan. While each study concentrates on a...
Art experiences in Waldorf education : graduates' meaning making reflections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
attribute to past Waldorf school arts experiences. The central research question for the study was as follows: What meanings do Waldorf graduates attribute to their lived Waldorf school art experience? Three-interview Series (Dolbeare & Schuman, 1982) were...
The credible brand model : the effects of ideological congruency and customer-based brand equity on media and message credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study proposes and tests the credible brand model (CBM), a model that explicates the processes by which media audiences make credibility judgments about media outlets and their products. The primary postulate of the ...
Reporting serendipity in biomedical research literature : a mixed-methods analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in biomedical research articles indexed in the PubMed Central database, in a way that might inform the development of machine compilation systems for the support of serendipity. Within this study, serendipity is generally defined as a process or experience...
Data driven decisions in K-12 education : a comparative case study about data driven decisions in two rural K-12 school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study is to examine how the use of data drives academic planning in rural Missouri schools by exploring and comparing the processes in two Missouri school districts. Previous research has identified the importance of this process...
The effect of the flexible modular schedule on student academic achievement, student behavior, and student development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of this case study was to examine the effect the flexible modular schedule had on student achievement, student behavior, and student development. This study contained three questions that evaluated the effect ...
Mizzou, volume 100, number 1 (2011 Fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2011)
Kids aren't buying what we are selling: a quantitative analysis of student dropout and school supports for dropout prevention
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
significantly lower graduation rates than schools with higher percentages of White students? (b) Do Missouri public high schools with 500 or more students, that have higher percentages (>25%) of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch demonstrate...
The tale of "Two Voices" : an oral history of women communicators from Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 and a new black feminist concept
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study developed a new concept of Black Feminist thought and employs it to examine the intersection of press and communication practices among women involved in Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. The study draws on oral ...
United States farm policy in a world dimension : report of Seminar on Agricultural Marketing and Policy, College of Agriculture and Extension Division, University of Missouri--Columbia, held November 10-11, 1983, Columbia, Missouri.
(Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, 1983 or 19)
Subjectivities of risk and environmental uncertainty : residents, regulatory agencies, and corporate interests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Missouri made for a compelling place to explore how risk was framed and contested by social groups and expert institutions in the context of environmental uncertainty. The landfill has been...
Examining the effects of the Hosty v. Carter decision and prior restraint on the collegiate press : a qualitative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this study was to determine what effects, if any, the Hosty v. Carter decision had on the collegiate press in the Seventh Circuit. The researcher aimed to determine if student editors of newspapers at public universities in Wisconsin...