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Third-grade teachers' noticing of students' mathematical thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This multiple-case study investigated third-grade teachers' noticing of students' mathematical thinking and their instructional actions in response to it. This study also...
Landscapes of belonging : Cuban ethnicity, class, and community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation compares the life stories of Cubans in Miami, Florida and Baracoa, Cuba to explore how Cubans in different cultural spaces define their communities and sense...
The Cold War, the New World Order, and the War on Terror : U.S. presidents' use of Orwell's big brother myth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation argues a dystopian myth exists in the United States' political consciousness that warns citizens about the fear totalitarianism. Born out of George Orwell...
The firm, uncertainty, and entrepreneurship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Uncertainty provides entrepreneurs with profit opportunity and, also, dissipates the opportunity. Therefore, entrepreneurs have intention to utilize and cope with uncertainty...
Restoring tradition: verbal lyricism and therapeutic song in Theocritus' pastoral Idylls
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My research examines the cultural significance of Theocritus' pastoral Idylls as imitations of folk songs, a genre traditionally passed down orally. I explore how elements...
Overwhelming responsibility : divorced mothers of children managing type 1 diabetes with their children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Divorced mothers may have challenges managing of type 1 diabetes (T1D) for their children. The purpose of this study was to examine the processes by which divorced mothers...
A comprehensive study of marine sediments of NanTroSEIZE Project, offshore Japan : clay mineralogy, consolidation, and microfabric
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation investigates the clay mineral assemblages, consolidation state, and microfabric of sedimentary strata along the Kumano transect of Nankai Trough, offshore...
Gene replacement restores the contractile and passive properties of skeletal muscle in murine models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal disease caused by the loss of the dystrophin protein. Loss of mobility is a key clinical presentation in DMD. It is believed...
Posttranscriptional gene regulation of IL-17 by the RNA-binding protein HuR required for initiation of autoimmune neuroinflammation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Posttranscriptional gene regulation is a critical mechanism of controlling the gene expression. The RNA binding-proteins (RBPs) mediate RNA splicing, localization, stabilization...
Student academic success and persistence to graduation : a study of an alternative high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] There has been growing concern regarding students identified as at-risk of non-persistence to graduation. Students may be considered to be at-risk because they fail to meet...
The nonparametric analysis of interval-censored failure time data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
functions is one of the main tasks in failure time studies such as clinical trials. For interval-censored failure time data, a few nonparametric test procedures have been developed. However, due to the strict restrictions of existing nonparametric tests...
Phylogenomics of ancient whole genome duplications in the Brassicales
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Ancient whole genome duplications (WGDs), which multiply copies of the entire genome within an organism, are ubiquitous throughout the evolutionary history of higher eukaryotic...
Mother, father, husband, wife, soldier : identity-negotiation of veterans during re-entry into family life post-deployment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purposes of this study were to (a) understand how recent military veterans negotiate their identities post-deployment, and more specifically, (b) understand how military...
A content analysis of reproductive health articles in Jezebel.com and Glamour.com
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
the ACLU defines as actions and statements that aim to oppress women and threaten to restrict access to basic health care services. Content analysis was the method of investigation used in this study, including quantification of more than 30 health...
Democratization and exchange rates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Vast literature in political economy largely overlooks the linkage between democratization and exchange rate policies. The dissertation fills this lacuna by squarely theorizing...
Canine pharmacodynamic assays: applications in immune-mediated disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Immune-mediated diseases are commonly diagnosed in veterinary medicine and a high rate of mortality, expense and complications of immunosuppressive therapy in dogs underscores...
Of mice and men: can MMP-9 be a biomarker and a potential target for treatment after traumatic brain injury?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a highly prevalent cause of death and disability in the US and has become a significant burden to our present healthcare system. Currently...
"Acting white" on social media : a study of African Americans' racial identity performance on Twitter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] "Acting White" exists within minority communities across North America and the globe as a scarlet letter of shame to those perceived as performing an identity above or separate...
Individual differences in intuitive processing and moral judgment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cognitive-experiential self-theory (CEST) is a broad theory of personality proposing a dual-process approach to information processing, involving an analytical...
Psychometric dynamic factor models for the analysis of longitudinally intensive data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Dynamic factor model (DFM), a factor analytic approach developed for the analysis of intra-individual time series data, can be estimated using common structural equation modeling...