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Examining the digital divide: the impact of school district technology resources on highschool student, online, 2010-2011 end-of-course exam performance in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The sacred life of the hetaira in ancient Greece
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Religion in the ancient Greek world was integral to societal function, and arguably to survival. Whether citizen, slave, or freedman, some form of ...
Genetic variation and population structure in the endangered Houston toad in contrast to its common sympatric relative, the coastal plain toad
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
I determined the number of populations, the levels of genetic diversity within and among populations, and migration/movement rates at the landscape and fine scales in the endangered Houston toad, Bufo houstonensis (Anura: ...
Novel macrocyclic compounds as building blocks in supramolecular chemistry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Resorcinarenes and pyrogallolarenes have been widely used as building blocks for novel synthetic receptors and supramolecular self-assemblies. To explore new chemistry of these compounds, new substituted macrocyclic arenes ...
Reinforcement signaling in Drosophila
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Memory performance levels can reliably match the intensity / amount/ probability of reinforcement. Interestingly, experience with a reinforcer unpaired from any predictors can enhance or impair later associative learning. ...
Establishment of silvopastoral system into a Missouri hardwood forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This research was conducted at the University of Missouri Hugo Wurdack Farm located near Cook Station, MO (Crawford County, Section 36, Township 36N, Range 5W). Plots were located on north- or north-east facing slopes. ...
Differences in pre-service teachers' epistemological beliefs : a cross-sectional study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study investigated the differences in epistemological beliefs of pre-service teachers in relation to their level of education and their certification area. While there has been little research done on pre-service ...
Disclosure and CEO turnover
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This paper examines the influence of firm disclosure on CEO turnover. Two competing theoretical views motivate my inquiry. One view is that an expanded disclosure policy improves firm information environment and hence ...
"It is a hell for one" : "psychotic depression" and suicide in David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This Master's thesis analyzes one particular character in David Foster Wallace's novel, Infinite Jest (1996): Kate Gompert, a suicidal marijuana addict ...
The directed gaze : enargeia and film in the Annales of Tacitus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My aim in this study is to examine the visual aspects of Tacitus' Annales in order to elucidate his creation of vivid narrative through control of the ...
From loom to laundry : cloth finishers in the Roman city
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Throughout antiquity, much of the population was employed in cloth-related industries from fiber production to laundering finished clothing. Fulling, ...
The torn page : fashioning identity through Venetian incunabular ornament
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis focuses on a trompe l'oeil motif that mimics torn, tattered and pierced parchment known as pagina strappata ("torn page"). This phrase can ...
Games of information : informational and normative influences of media structures on the likelihood of militarized interstate disputes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation examines the influence of media freedom on foreign policy, specifically, the decision of leaders to use militarized force in resolving international disputes. It begins by revisiting the libertarian ideals ...
Automated video processing and scene understanding for intelligent video surveillance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Recent advances in key technologies have enabled the deployment of surveillance video cameras on various platforms. There is an urgent need to develop advanced computational methods and tools for automated video processing ...
On the periodicity of the first Betti number of the semigroup ring under translations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Any curve C in any dimension can be described by a parameterization. In particular in the plane, that is dimension 2, the coordinates x and y are both ...
Kachinas are snowmakers : United States public land management and the Hopi quest for religious freedom, 1962-2008
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study constitutes an original in-depth look at the first federal judicial case to test the scope of religious protections offered to Native American sacred places on public lands by the Religious Freedom Restoration ...
Overlooked in America : a framing analysis of U.S. newspapers' coverage of rural poverty, 2000-2010
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
American poverty, a content analysis was conducted on 184 articles from the New York Times, the Washington Post and 17 Southeastern regional newspapers from 2000 to 2010. The objective was to identify frames selected by journalists in covering rural poverty...
Assessment of prestressed reinforced concrete box girder bridges under blast loads
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Significant research has been performed on the response and retrofit of buildings under blast loads. Limited research exists on the response prediction ...
Maori moko : a costly signal?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Costly signaling theory (CST) addresses cultural behaviors that are risky or apparently wasteful but which may serve to convey important fitness--related information. Recent studies have expanded the application of CST to ...
A study of gender stereotypes in the news coverage of the 1984 and 2008 vice-presidential campaigns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Although females have campaigned for offices in the executive branch of the U.S. government, none have been elected. According to some scholars and researchers, one of the reasons females have been unable to break through ...