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Livelihoods, Vulnerabilities, and Opportunities in Rural Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2007)
such as immigrant's social and cultural capital and racial profiling have helped stereotype--in many instances and many places---Latinos as people highly susceptible to law breaking, thus disturbing the normal balance of a given society where they are present...
The impact of social identities on partisanship during a realignment period
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
generations. By using and comparing survey data from these two generations, I isolate and identify social identities which become salient for a younger generation, while the elder cohort is less affected. This goes beyond the traditional approach...
User experience and robustness in social virtual reality applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Cloud-based applications that rely on emerging technologies such as social virtual reality are increasingly being deployed at high-scale in e.g., remote-learning, public safety, and healthcare. These applications increasingly need mechanisms...
Networks and Context of Reception in Accumulation Strategies of Latinos in Rural Communities of the Midwest - A Quantitative Analysis
(Cambio Center, 2010)
by the sustainable livelihoods framework. The sustainable livelihood strategies model incorporates social and cultural capital into an examination of strategies newcomers employ to accumulate assets, minimize their vulnerability to risk exposure and become part...
Team communication and collaboration in hospice pain management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation explores communication and collaboration of two hospice teams regarding pain management with a framework of The Model of Interdisciplinary Collaboration (Bronstein, 2003). Professionals (n=15) doctors, nurses, social workers...
Computational linguistics using social media to understand immigrant sentiment in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
of people that are not rooted in actual experience. Prejudice often results in hostility. One way in which anti-migrant hostility has manifested is in the form of angry rhetoric on social media platforms, such as Twitter. Chapter 2 examines the demographic...
Early-stage social ventures : resource acquisition, CEO selection, and impact investors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
In this dissertation, I explore early-stage social ventures' resource acquisition, the first CEO selection, as well as how funding foundations supporting early-stage social ventures overcome challenges emerge from the economic crisis. Social...
High school principal communication and organizational knwoledge [sic] creation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
creation principals used most in communication with their staff members. An aggregate analysis of the mean showed that each group perceived principals using the socialization factor of knowledge creation most frequently in communication....
What Are Our Community's Housing Needs?
(University of Missouri Extension, 1993)
One basic need in every community, regardless of its size or location, is adequate shelter for present residents and potential new families. The generic term of housing involves far more than simply the erecting of buildings. It involves assessment...
Political polarization on Twitter : how companies can still effectively target audiences in all American parties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
As social media platforms allow users to become even more guarded from dissenting opinions, companies targeting individuals aligning with opposite political parties are left deciding how to best connect with both audiences. Now, more organizations...
Using impact asthma echo to influence physician self-efficacy and guideline adherence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
online video-conferencing. The researcher utilized a data-triangulation method, collecting data via self-efficacy surveys, Continuing Medical Education surveys, a Community of Inquiry coding template, and Medicaid Claims Data. While findings of the study...
ETL automation and mixed reality live data visualization in an IoT system for smart buildings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
. The automation of data extraction and processing as well as the automation-driven visualization for continuous data analysis and analytics are the research focus of this thesis. The purpose of this work is to provide real-time IoT sensor data visualization for a...
Examining social class privilege and perceived career options in adolescent white women : a qualitative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Social Class Worldview on adolescent women's perceived career options. This qualitative investigation resulted in 10 interviews focused on the lived experience of high-school-age white women...
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 36, number 04
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2014)
Selection and socialization effects of Greek affiliation on heavy drinking across the transition to college and into the college years: the effects of personality traits and drinking norms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
longitudinal data throughout the transition to college (N = 2,376). Latent growth models supported both selection and socialization effects; individuals who involved in heavier drinking at precollege were more likely to join Greek organizations and in turn...
Boxing and mixed martial arts: sociocultural cues, ego enhancement, and aggression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This work explores two sports in the world of fight media, boxing and mixed martial arts. Employing the use of social cognitive theory, cultivation theory, and critical race theory as the frameworks from which the following analysis is based...
Determinants of persistence poverty : case of agricultural households in Thailand
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2021)
The poverty incidence of households in Thailand is an enduring problem with efforts to resolve this issue culminating in the first edition of the national economic and social development plan. At present, the poverty rate at the household level...
A context-aware notification framework for developers of computer supported collaborative environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
notifications as actions occur and do not provide mechanisms for analyzing and providing notifications based on user preference or social context. A challenge facing developers of CSCE is to create a notification system for delivering awareness information based...
Impact of social networks on well-being : evidence from Latino immigrants in non-urban Missouri communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
of social capital on well-being. A three step approach is used to test this general hypothesis using Latino immigrant household survey conducted in three areas of rural Missouri as primary source of data. The first step uses a binomial logit regression...
Advocacy and accountability in school counseling : assessing the use of data as related to professional self-efficacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
School counselors are uniquely trained and positioned within schools to use data for the purpose of addressing opportunity and achievement gaps present in many schools. Even with this position, the literature for school counseling remains focused...