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Essays on the economics of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The first chapter in this dissertation follows a cohort of initially high performing Missouri students from grade-3 through grade-9 and examines which school factors influence...
The role of misattribution in the effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Researchers generally agree that acute exposure to violent video games (VVGs) increases aggressive behavior by priming aggressive schemas or scripts, whereas other models suggest...
Do industry specialist auditors enforce more conservative recognition of long-lived asset impairments?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Prior research suggests that managers exhibit strong incentives to hide losses and use unverifiable discretion opportunistically. In this study, I focus on impairments of long...
The integration of arts-based instruction : creative pathways to learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Due to increased budget cuts, teacher layoffs, and a reduction in the quality of effective instruction and educational programming; there continues to be a national concern...
A world the printers made : print culture in New York, 1783-1830
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My dissertation examines the New York publishing industry from the end of the American Revolution to the Age of Jackson. The dissertation analyzes the set of economic...
Indirect bonding : governance spillover effects from cross-listing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] I propose that firms have incentives to respond to their rivals' cross-listings, thereby generating a spillover effect from the cross-listing. The existence of a spillover...
The price of success : unified government and midterm elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A commonly observed fact about midterm elections is that the president's party almost always loses seats in the House of Representatives. Several frameworks have been proposed...
The political economy of functional federalism : exploring the effect of federal welfare policy on state economic performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While many studies have focused on the ability of state governments on state economic performance, this study investigates how exogenous factor in American federalism...
Managing in an era of accountability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In recent decades, governments have invested heavily in the development of performance management systems for all types of services as a means to improve performance...
Oral tradition, Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, and the fourteenth century : "reading" the oral in the alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project is the first book-length study of the oral traditional aspects of the fourteenth-century long-line alliterative poems the Morte Arthure and Sir Gawain and the Green...
Case study of interactive digital forms on orthopedic patient satisfaction and score
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In orthopedic clinical settings there are many well-designed and validated outcomes instruments that are commonly used. The "usability" of the current technique of data...
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...
Structure, dynamics, evolution and catalysis of phosphohexomutase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] [alpha]-D phosphohexomutases are ubiquitous in the environment and participate in carbohydrate metabolism by catalyzing an intramolecular phosphoryl transfer. Biophysical...
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 Republic of Korea's public libraries : a critical examination of censorship practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
and Institutions (IFLA) Core Values� proscribing censorship in public libraries, the ROK's public libraries still restrict the inclusion of certain materials in their collections, limit access to information online via filters and staff monitoring, and restrict...
Motivation change in college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study investigates the change of motivation of undergraduate students across an academic semester. Stepwise model comparison of individual change models was used to describe...
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) gene flow within rivers of the Missouri Ozark highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
, and that hellbenders exhibit extreme site fidelity, gene flow may be restricted among these discrete habitat patches. Using several polymorphic microsatellite loci, I assessed the fine-scale genetic relationships between hellbenders occupying various habitat patches...
A magnetic fluid based thermal connector for avionics chassis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The University of Missouri, Columbia, has participated in the DARPA/ONR sponsored RevCon Challenge to demonstrate an innovative field reversible thermal connector to replace...
Projectile vibration analysis of an electromagnetic launcher
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A novel method for the calibration of accelerometers using an electromagnetic launcher (EML) has been investigated by the University of Missouri. The calibration process utilized...
Experimental evaluation of characteristic temperature with varying duty cycles in 2μm vertical cavity surface emitting lasers due to external optical pumping
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) are of interest due to their small size, low cost, tunability, and excellent beam quality. Moreover, the near infrared is one...