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Advertising to Boomers, Gen Xers and Gen Ys
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
group sessions were conducted among members of these generations (2 for Boomers, 2 for Gen Xers and 3 for Gen Ys). These discussions were driven by a set of six print ads selected from magazines intended to target these respective generations...
Essays on economics of higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
toward community college students. In Chapter 2, I extend the analysis of Qian and Koedel (2020) using the Educational Longitudinal Survey of 2002 from the National Center of Education Statistics. Using these data, I examine the potential to expand...
Development of implementation methods of water quality trading policy : using the Hydrological simulation program-Fortran (HSPF)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
subbasin. The development scenarios considered include upstream and downstream development from agricultural, forest, and range land to urbanized development with 25, 50, and 75 percent impervious surface through manually modified land use maps. Restoration...
Incidental take and endangered species demography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Incidental take is the permitted killing, harming, harassing or destroying habitat of an endangered species under endangered species law. Legislation assumes that endangered or threatened populations can somehow compensate ...
Environmental education in mid-Missouri : needs and constraints influencing field trip participation of K-8 teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study examined barriers and constraints facing mid-Missouri school teachers involving field trips, such as the need for environmental education (EE) services and training opportunities. The primary objective was to ...
Smartphone-based molecular sensing for advanced characterization of asphalt concrete materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Pavement systems deteriorate with time due to the aging of materials, excessive use, overloading, climatic conditions, inadequate maintenance, and deficiencies in inspection methods. Proper evaluation of pavement conditions ...
Unpaved road detection using optimized log Gabor filter banks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The revised unpaved road detection system (RURD) is a novel method for detecting unpaved roads in an arid environment from color imagery collected by a forward-looking camera mounted on a moving platform. The objective is ...
Spatial and disease ecology of the plains spotted skunk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is a species of conservation concern across much of its range in the eastern U.S. due to a range-wide population decline that began in the 1940s. The reason for the decline ...
Pennies for parks: the effect of social norm theory on donation behavior in Arkansas state parks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. Next, the effects of a label placed on the donation box were tested to determine if visitor behavior could be influenced by using a persuasive message. Two conditions were tested: 1) Donation Box; and 2) WE APPRECIATE YOUR DONATION! All revenue...
Classification of rock glaciers in southern Colorado based on ice content using radar interferometry and thermal remote sensing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Remote sensing provides a means of assessing potential water resources stored in alpine ground ice; this study focuses on rock glaciers, in particular. A rock glacier is a landform composed of block of loose debris (talus) ...
Letting customers win: live chat agent effectiveness in B2C sales negotiations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Sales negotiations over Internet-enabled live chat portals are increasingly common in business-to-consumer (B2C) durable product sales, but little is known about sales agent effectiveness in this context. Drawing from theories of scarcity...
Role of adropin in arterial stiffening associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Adropin is a peptide largely secreted by the liver and known to regulate energy homeostasis; however, it also exerts cardiovascular effects. Herein, I tested the hypothesis that low circulating levels of adropin in obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D...
Playa wetland plant and soil response to predicted climate and land use change in the southern Great Plains
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
, and microbial community and structure; (2) compare ecosystem response to changing climatic conditions between Northern (Nebraska) and Southern (Texas) playa soils; and (3) assess effectsof increased agricultural nitrogen inputs on playa plant communities...
The development of online self-regulated learning model and initial validation of human interaction component of online self-regulated learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purposes of the study were to develop a theoretical framework of self-regulated learning in online learning environments and to the test validity ...
Examining visual cognitive complexity in the context of online women's magazine home pages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
An experiment (N=48) on 18 to 30 year-old women was run to see how the visual cognitive complexity of digital women's magazines' home pages affects the cognitive processing of individuals and their evaluations of the sites. A content analysis of 13...
Leadership challenges to public secondary school principals in the era of education reform and cultural unrest in border provinces of southern Thailand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
with the new National Education Act (NEA) of 1999, principals encountered three main leadership challenges. Those leadership challenges were: a) working on new administrative structure and management systems, b) dealing with financial management, and c) dealing...
Looking broadly and deeply into perspectives of local climate change impacts among visitors to Missouri state parks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Missouri's outdoor recreation resources provide numerous mental, physical, and social values to millions of people each year and serve as a major ...
Utilizing unoccupied aerial systems and artificial intelligence for monitoring nonbreeding waterfowl abundance in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
aerial survey techniques that are less disturbing to waterfowl, but there is limited information on how waterfowl in winter respond to UAS. Therefore, we compared the behavioral responses of waterfowl to helicopters and UAS on Missouri Department...
Dance-based therapy to decrease fall risk in older persons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
in Columbia, Missouri. Inclusion criteria were: 1) Mini-Mental State Exam of 23 or above, 2) able to stand with or without assistance. Using a Randomization Complete Block Design, the subjects were placed in the treatment group, to participant in 18 dance...
The use of pluripotent stem cells as a model for early human placentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
) and inhibiting the signaling pathways that maintain the pluripotent phenotype (FGF2 and ACTIVIN A). The central theme of my dissertation has been to use these stem cellderived TB to model the early placental structure known as the primitive syncytium. My research...