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Data processing techniques of hydraulic bed sensor and doppler radar for elder care
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Population aging is a common phenomenon in a society. The developed country like the United States, eldercare is becoming an important issue nowadays. ...
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 ...
Escalations : stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The stories in "Escalations" cover a range of formal and dramatic content and operate on a sliding scale with regards to realism and surrealism: a woman ...
Boron quantitative analysis and imaging analysis in plants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Boron is a very important nutrient element in plants, and thus it plays a key role in the world's food supply. Both boron deficiency and boron toxicity will cause plants to decrease their crop yield or even cause plants ...
Impact of ImPACT : a program evaluation of a northwest Missouri school distric's impact concussion program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this qualitative case study program evaluation was to explore the current process being used to implement the ImPACT concussion program ...
How sports audience build parasocial relationships with fans : a social media case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
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Automated techniques in small newsrooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Message strategies and creative strategies of award-wining digital ads : an analysis of Addy Awards gold-winning digital
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
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A multimedia investigation of remittances sent to Guatemala and an exploration of ethics with comics journalism editors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
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A long hallway with many doors : access in documentary photography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
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Mapping Seneca : cognitive cartography and moral imagination in the Natural Questions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This dissertation focuses on how Seneca creates a map of the world that defies human limitations and control, thereby instilling within the reader an understanding of self-knowledge. I argue that Seneca "maps" the world ...
Improving Cuckoo Hashing with Perfect Hashing
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
In computer science, the data structure is a systematic way of organizing data such that
it can be used efficiently. There are many hashing techniques that aim at storing keys in
memory to increase key access efficiency ...
The effect of front desk employees' characteriestics on the first impression of customers and customers' satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Front desk employees are the face as well as one of the most important departments of a hotel, and their performance is central to customers' first impressions of the hotel. Moreover, customers' first impressions will ...
The use of sodium iodide for the management of bovine respiratory disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Objective: The purpose of these studies was to (1) determine the effect of a single dose of oral sodium iodide on weaned beef calves and (2) determine the outcome of clinical application of a single dose of oral sodium ...
Improved genetic algorithm for distribution system performance analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The incipient smart grid initiative and increasing use of distributed generation, along with classical problems of distribution system reconfiguration and restoration (DSR), have led to the need for efficient and reliable ...
Multi-scale target detection based on morphological shared-weight neural network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) are a popular neural network structure for image based applications. This thesis discusses an alternative network, the morphological shared-weight neural network (MSNN) for object ...
Elementary Teacher Perceptions of Math Professional Development on Mathematics Instruction
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The purpose of this heuristic case study was to describe the professional development
experiences of kindergarten to fifth grades teachers that participated on a mathematics action
research team and represented five ...
Commercial Sexual Exploitation: An Analysis of Prostitution in Kansas City
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Prostitution arrest records provided by 11 different law enforcement agencies in
the Kansas City area during the years of 2011 through 2015 are used as a means for
analysis of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) within ...
A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effect of Duration of Manual Expression and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy on Milk Volumes in Mothers of Premature Infants: The MERIT Study
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are extremely
vulnerable, and breast milk is best for the well-being of the infant. Most premature infants,
however, are not yet able to suck, so other methods ...
The Effects of Hypnosis on Acute Pain Among Adolescents Undergoing Surgical Pectus Excavatum Repair
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
In the United States, approximately four million surgical procedures are performed on
children every year. Unfortunately, severe post-surgical pain is common. Children are at risk for
the development of chronic ...