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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)
This qualitative study examined leadership challenges of public secondary school principals in era of education reform and cultural unrest. It also explored the nature of principals' leadership emerged under the two ...
Assessing fall velocity-maximum dimension relationships and particle size distributions for snowfall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Snowfall is an atmospheric phenomenon that can cause significant impacts to many aspects of daily life in Missouri. Further, no two snowfall events are exactly the same, as even small differences in environmental characteristics ...
The impact of economically important Grapevine viruses on yield and berry juice quality in the hybrid grape cultivars Norton and Chardonel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
in Missouri. In this study we identified 30 grapevines in each hybrid variety of Norton and Chardonel to examine their response to virus infection. We identified 10 Norton vines infected with either GLRaV-3, GRBV, or neither virus in a Norton vineyard...
Calling the shots in negotiations : the effects of self-efficacy, cognitive style, goal orientation, information about past performance, and opponents' behavior on negotiators' risk taking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Risk taking is a central element in negotiations. Currently, a significant amount of information exists as to different negotiators' techniques, behaviors, and styles. However, very little is known about their risk taking ...
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 ...
Exploring educational values of deliberative pedagogy as a means of climate change communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Climate change is a major obstacle facing the world today, impacting the environment and communities across the globe. With rising greenhouse gas emissions and subsequent rising surface temperatures, evidence shows that ...
NGOMSL simulation model in an emergency department
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The aim of this thesis is to develop and calculate workload using a natural goal operator method and selection rules language (NGOMSL) model to evaluate ...
Butterfly gardening: using volunteers to provide data on flower use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Butterflies are considered to be good indicators of a healthy environment and reflect the environmental impact of urban development. The popularity of butterflies with the general public and declining butterfly populations, ...
Factors affecting neonatal beef calf metabolism and vigor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Two studies were conducted to investigate factors affecting neonatal beef calf metabolism and vigor. In the first study, effects of late gestational nutrient restriction on colostrum yield, neonatal vigor, and blood chemistry ...
History at risk : a survey to determine the size and status of local television news archives in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
It is a generally accepted fact that local television news archives are slowly deteriorating. In 1999 the AMIA created the "Preserving Local Television Case Studies and Symposium Project Proposal". One of its goals was a ...
A textual analysis of public Facebook posts from disability advocates : examining how those with disabilities choose to represent themselves via social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
diverse disability advocates represented themselves on Facebook from Sept. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2017, and their followers' responses via comments. An in-depth analysis revealed that the advocates have varied interests and were concerned with issues...
Identifying bioactive compounds from switchgrass (panicum virgatum L.) by global metabolomic analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Untargeted metabolite profiling of switchgrass using cloud metabolomics platform. Integrated biorefining incorporates biomass conversion processes and ...
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 ...
Wild leaves and narrow stems : case study of a school garden in transition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Elementary school gardens have grown popular and abundant in recent years, and are established with goals ranging from addressing childhood obesity to improving test scores. With this garden-based learning movement come ...
Mainstreamed English language instruction in a low-incidence rural school district : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Classrooms in the United States are changing as the population of the United States becomes more diverse with growing numbers of English language learners (Banks, 2005; Capps, Fix, Murray, Ost, Passel & Herwantoro, 2005; ...
The social nature of an online community of practice for learning to teach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Taking advantage of Internet technology, an online community of practice, NETwork, was established to support a group of elementary science pre-service ...
Tradeoff analysis for an integrated transportation and inventory distribution network using mixed integer linear programming
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] One of the distribution network problems faced by industrial organizations today is coordinating the movement of goods on a global scale. The flow of ...
Selling you on flexibility : toward a flexible framework for reflexive administration of writing centers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Training tutors has historically been and continues to be one of the most important, as well as the most labor- and time-intensive needs that directors of writing centers are called to address. As technological advancements ...
Blogging about books : writing, reading, and thinking in a twenty-first century classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study is to investigate how blogging as a reader response tool influences students' writing, response to literature, and thinking. From October 2006 through January 2007, thirty students in a ninth grade, English I Honors class...
"It's about just staying focused" : how African American gay and bisexual men persist at a predominately white institution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
African American males graduate from college at lower rates than their African American female and White male classmates. This qualitative study explored the strategies that a subset of that population, African American ...