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Isolation, characterization, and diagnosis of murine noroviruses, a newly recognized pathogen of mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Murine norovirus (MNV) is a newly recognized pathogen of mice. To assess the extent of MNV infection in laboratory mice, a high-throughput serologic diagnostic assay termed the multiplex fluorescent immunoassay (MFI) was developed and revealed...
A study of child development alumni perceptions of the quality of professional preparation for employment in low socio-economic child care settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The first purpose of this mixed method study was to contribute to the information base for future curriculum development regarding a low income practicum study for two-year and four-year child development majors in a Midwest University. This study...
Direct-from-sputum rapid phenotypic drug susceptibility test for mycobacteria
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The spread of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a leading global public-health challenge. Because not all biological-mechanisms of resistance are known, culture-based (phenotypic) drug-susceptibility testing (DST) provides important...
Of ads and apps: the influence of advertising on user attitudes toward tablet newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
, participants provided demographic information and experience with various media. The hypotheses predicted significant differences between print-style ads (main effect) and Internet-style ads (main effect), with print-style ads scoring more positive on attitude...
A course in elementary high school biology within the students environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
This thesis is an attempt at the solution of a problem which has grown out of some discouragements and difficulties experienced in connection with three years of teaching biological sciences to first year high school students in the public schools...
Professional development for primary science teaching in Thailand : knowledge, orientations, and practices of professional developers and professional development participants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to examine an entire PD project as a case to understand the dynamic nature of science PD in a holistic manner. I used a pedagogical content knowledge model by Magnusson, Krajcik, and Borko ...
That drug treats what?: the effect of emotional tone and narrative style on the memory link between brand name and medical condition treated in direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
) within-subjects repeated-measures experiment. Participants viewed 12 direct-to consumer pharmaceutical advertisements. A multiple choice recognition test and open ended cued-recall test were administered to measure memory. Memory, both recognition...
Control and characterization of a cyclotron proton beam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
experiments in the laboratory and measuring magnetic fields produced. Then. by testing the magnetic circuit in the cyclotron facility at MURR. The beam was successfully deflected and the distant of the deflection can be control by the user by changing...
Remote health monitoring for asset management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
the information available to decision-makers such that effective asset management strategies can be employed. This project investigated the development of an instrumented pile that could provide real-time data on bridge scour, allowing for the remote monitoring...
Employability skills and students' self-perceived competence for careers in hospitality industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This descriptive correlational study employs employability skills instrument to assess the self-perceived level of competence at performing some basic skills needed for careers in the hospitality industry. A total of Eighty ...
A mixed method phenomenological case study of how members of a democratic micro school experience leadership and democratic principles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
was to develop a better understanding of the lived experiences of the members of a democratic micro school community, especially regarding leadership and democratic principles. The primary researcher used a mixed-method design with an embedded phenomenological...
Experiences influencing physician rural practice and retention : a phenomenological study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
. Using theories of symbolic interactionism and experiential place integration as the lenses for analysis, I sought to study the phenomenon of becoming a rural physician and the experiences that influenced physicians to choose rural practice. This was a...
Assessing the role of pair familiarity in the associative deficit of older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
adults to capitalize on their intact familiarity in order to accurately remember pairings of information. Experiments 1 and 2 investigated this by unitizing two components of a pair such that the color information enables certain pairings to appear as one...
Specific neuronal phenotypes within the rostral ventrolateral medulla following cardiovascular deconditioning in rats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Humans exposed to prolonged periods of bed rest or spaceflight undergo multiple cardiovascular adaptations including a predisposition for orthostatic ...
Effects of temperature, photoperiod, and substrate on the maturation and reproductive behavior of the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
photoperiod. The results generally indicated that 31[degrees]C exceeded the optimum temperature. Ovarian histology indicated that spawning had likely occurred in all treatments by the end of the experiment. The frequency of occurrence of reproductive behaviors...
Assisted living facilities residents' and relatives' preferences for family access to their medical and personal information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study is to explore privacy preferences of elderly residents and their relatives at assisted living facilities. In the past year, there has been a large increase in the interest and concept of accessing medical information as a...
Social presence and source credibility in blog-mediated crisis communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study primarily attempted to achieve a better understanding of how a conversational human voice versus a corporate tone of voice affects key publics' responses...
Communicating reform: apologies and policy implementation for policing's history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
that imparts illegitimacy, especially among African Americans, and legitimacy is crucial for government's effective operations. After conducting a literature review and exploratory qualitative research, this dissertation designed two experiments to test apology...
Readers' perceived credibility and attitudes toward custom and consumer magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
on the interaction of message source and source attribution. The study employed an online experiment with a 2 (message source) x 3 (source attribution) within-subjects factorial design using magazine samples as experimental stimuli that were viewed by study...
Materials study supporting thermochemical hydrogen cycle sulfuric acid decomposer design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
A laboratory scale sulfuric acid decomposer simulator was constructed at the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute at the University of Missouri- Columbia. The simulator was capable of producing the temperatures and corrosive environments...