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Red light running at traffic circles: estimation and evaluation of countermeasures effectiveness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The complicated legacy design of traffic circles results in operational and safety deficiencies. This type of intersection design is commonly used at major roadways in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Traffic circles are intended to ...
Public schools in crisis: a content analysis of news framing since No Child Left Behind
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Public confidence in the U.S. education system has steadily eroded as a prevailing narrative has formed in the news media claiming that public schools are failing and in crisis. Yet, student academic performance has increased ...
Tweeting the headlines: the impact of social media endorsement on young adult news readers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Since the Internet became a mainstream form of communications in 1999, journalism has become a multi-platform discipline. Twitter is a social media site that is emerging as an avenue for getting news online. Previous ...
Uses & gratifications theory in online commenter culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
While other research has focused on the effect that online commenting can have on news sites, little has addressed the reasons that online commenters participate, the needs that online commenting behavior meets and the ...
Making meaning of body-size diversity in magazines: a grounded theory analysis of reader comments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Using grounded theory method, this research qualitatively analyzes more than 1000 reader comments left in reaction to an image of a plus-size model in Glamour magazine in 2009. The core categories that emerged through ...
A model for assessing the risk of human trafficking on a local level
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Human trafficking is a human rights violation that is difficult to quantify. Models for estimating the number of victims of trafficking presented by previous researchers depend on inconsistent, poor quality data. As an ...
Fluorescence studies and sensing application of carbon nanodots
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Shipment consolidation and distribution models in the international supply chain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
With the increasing competition in global trade, buying and transporting items effectively in the international network are critical and challenging problems for many companies. The objective of this study is to design a ...
Comparison of mosquito communities collected from differing livestock locations and an examination of phenotypic traits exhibited by four latitudinally separated populations of Aedes albopictus (Skuse)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Mosquito presence and fitness play key roles in the spread of zoonotic pathogens affecting human as well as livestock and wild populations of vertebrates. This study examined the (1) differences between mosquito communities ...
Disease ecology of free-ranging dogs in Central India : implications for wildlife conservation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
I obtained baseline demographic and epidemiologic data for village dog populations around a protected area in central India, with the objective of evaluating the risks dog populations present to sympatric wild carnivores. ...
Deep packet inspection on large datasets : algorithmic and parallelization techniques for accelerating regular expression matching on many-core processors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Regular expression matching is a central task in several networking (and search) applications and has been accelerated on a variety of parallel architectures, including general purpose multi-core processors, network ...
State of play : the gatekeeping of micro-documentaries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The micro-documentary is a digital subgenre emerging from the overlap of longform documentary film, broadcast news, home video, advertising, and photojournalism. Despite technological advancements that have made video ...
Photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium in aqueous solutions by TiO₂ PAN nanofibers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study was focused on the fabrication and application of titanium dioxide (TiO2)/polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers. TiO2/PAN nanofibers were prepared by the electrospinning process from the mixture of titanium ...
Evaluation of using ferrofluid as an interface material for a field-reversible thermal connector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The electrical functionality of an avionics chassis is limited due to heat dissipation limits. The limits arise due to the fact that components in an avionic computer boxes are packed very compactly, with the components ...
Development of a rhodium tetrathioether bombesin analogue and investigation of cyclic and acyclic ligand systems for 105Rh(III)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Rhodium-105 is an attractive nuclide for radiotherapeutic applications due to its nuclear properties (566 keV β-, 319 keV [19%], 306 keV [5%]) and the kinetic stability of Rhodium (III) complexes with soft sulfur donor ...
Effectiveness of participatory approaches in sustainable rural development: analyzing case studies in Uzbekistan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Access to quality water is a constraint and a source of waterborne diseases among the rural population of Uzbekistan. To address the need for quality water the government cooperates with many international financial and ...
Border crossings : contemporary transnational literature across media and genre and Remind me again what happened : a novel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Remind Me Again What Happened is a novel told through three characters' perspectives, one of whom suffers from memory loss. By exploring the individual ...
How do Brazil's mandated blending requirement and world crude oil price affect international markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
In recent years, more and more countries and areas have become increasingly concerned with environmental problems, and energy independence goals as a result of the high crude oil price. In this context, biofuels are widely ...
Diversionary diplomacy: domestic political effects on US-directed foreign policy in Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This paper applies the concepts found within diversionary theory to a lower level of international conflict outside the United States. Specifically, it tests whether changes in Russian domestic political contention cause ...
Computer simulation of the methane plasma enhanced deposition of carbon film
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Graphene is a hybridized carbon sheet with a honeycomb structure and has drawn much attention for its extraordinary characteristics such as a high mechanical strength and electrical conductivity. However for the purpose ...