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The influence of developing a web-based course on university professor classroom instructional techniques as measured by the MTQ
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The purpose of this study was to update the teacher questionnaire used in a national survey of educators for use on the World Wide Web (Weiss, 1978) and investigate how the web-based course development process influenced full-time Computer Science...
Hydraulic design of pervious concrete highway shoulders
(2013)
management practices. The research presented and discussed in this thesis presents the option of using pervious concrete in highway shoulders as a best management practice for stormwater management. Research focused on the hydraulic response of pervious...
Toward effective and efficient treatment adherence monitoring : development of the cognitive behavioral therapy adherence measure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Despite the large body of research demonstrating the efficacy of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for the most common youth mental health problems, EBPs are rarely used in usual care (UC). When EBPs are implemented in UC settings, there is a drop...
Acute Fetal Behavioral Response to Prenatal Yoga: A Single Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial
(2016)
Yoga is becoming a popular exercise to perform in pregnancy. A recent literature
review on prenatal yoga noted a reduction in some pregnancy complications in those who
practiced yoga; to date there is no evidence on ...
Historical Trauma, Coping, and Positive Mental Health Among American Indians
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
American Indians (AI) have survived numerous historical tragedies resulting in
posttraumatic stress, unresolved historical grief, and historical trauma (Brave Heart &
DeBruyn, 1998). AIs also face a heightened risk ...
Evaluation of the impact of participation in the T.E.S.T. examination preparation program on elementary education teacher candidate C-BASE and PRAXIS-II performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
for independent variables were statistically significant with good power. Effect size was small for main effects with low practicality. Strong correlations were found among ACT, C-BASE, and PRAXIS-II. There were no significant interaction effects...
Integrated clinical decision support : assessing opportunities and outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Medical calculators play an important role as a component of specific clinical decision support (CDS) systems that synthesize measurable evidence and can introduce new medical guidelines and standards. Understanding the features of calculators...
Applications of elemental analysis for archaeometric studies : analytical and statistical methods for understanding geochemical trends in ceramics, ochre and obsidian
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Three areas are covered in this dissertation: elemental analysis of Caborn-Welborn ceramics, elemental analysis and geochemical characterization of ochres, and construction and implementation of a portable XRF instrument ...
Essays on economics of higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
of these students possess academic qualifications that suggest they would succeed in a STEM field at a four-year university. Therefore, policies targeting two-year college students can only increase STEM-degree production by a small amount. I also find no evidence...
Achieving a coherent curriculum in second grade : science as the organizer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
) the teachers viewed science as a tool to motivate students and used an inquiry based approach to teach science; 2) they described inquiry as a process of thinking organized around questions, and shifted their instruction between guided and open inquiry...
An evaluation of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) based system to characterize and correlate physician burnout and EMR use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Burnout disproportionately affects healthcare workers and continues to rise, contributing to cost, quality, and patient safety risk in an already overburdened United States healthcare system. While the causes of burnout are complex, evidence...
Multi-dimensional scaling and MODELLER based evolutionary algorithms for protein model refinement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
of software packages have been developed and they sometimes perform well on template-based modeling, further improvement is needed for practical use. Model refinement is a step in the prediction process, in which improved structures are constructed based on a...
Paleolimnological Analysis of Sediment Cores from Guana Island Pond, Guana Island, The British Virgin Islands
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Shallow sediment cores extracted from three locations in Guana Island Pond were
analyzed using multiple paleolimnological techniques, including sediment description, grain
size analyses, X-Ray Fluorescence, elemental ...
The comprehensive arrogance scale
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
difficulty of the activity, and this pattern was in part mediated by feelings of superiority. I did not find support for the hypotheses that individuals high in CAS would practice less, nor did I find evidence for any of the hypothesized moderations...
The Kansas City Foot Patrol project : An evaluation of the effectiveness of foot patrol in violent crime micro-places
(2014-07-15)
The Kansas City Foot Patrol Project is a replication of the Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment (Ratcliffe et al. (2011). The current study was conducted in Kansas City, Missouri and evaluated the effectiveness of foot ...
Practical Memristor Emulator Circuit Development Techniques for Analog Applications
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Emerging memristor technology is drawing widespread attention during recent
time due to its potential diverse applications in nanoelectronic memories, logic and neu
romorphic computer architectures, digital and analog ...
Evaluating the quality and efficacy of care provided by extended care permit dental hygienists in a school based dental home
(2013)
the dental hygiene scope of practice and supervision regulations through the creation of the extended care permit (ECP) dental hygienist. In 2008, a school-based oral health intervention, that utilized ECP dental hygienists to provide preventive oral health...
Traditional postpartum care : alloparenting from an evolutionary perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
postpartum care. In order to enhance our understanding of the current practice of traditional postpartum care in modern settings, this dissertation conducted a set of surveys based on a questionnaire and follow-up interview, and found how much...
Video Streaming Quality of Experience (QoE): In-network Cache Prefetching and Moving QoE Models
(2021)
Video streaming accounts for a significant amount of traffic on the Internet. Users expect a high quality of experience with online video streaming. Service and content providers desire to provide a satisfying experience ...
The Relationship Between In-Service Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectancy Beliefs, Instructional Practices (CLASS), and Student Outcomes in the Urban School Setting
(2015-06-19)
Culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs have emerged as constructs to investigate pre-service teacher preparedness for teaching children who represent culturally, ethnically, economically, ...