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Perforated sovereignty : the geopolitical dilemma of Aegean hydrocarbons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The Aegean Sea, as an integral portion of the Mediterranean Sea, has always been a region endowed with special significance. Either as a familiar route of trade or culture, or as a fault-line between hostile civilizations and states, this vortex...
A case study of secondary school leaders' perceptions of attendance policies and procedures used to increase attendance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Nationwide, pressures from outside influences such as politicians and educational policy makers are placing schools in precarious situations to make drastic changes in attendance policies to meet state accountability ...
Examining the pedagogical content knowledge and practice of experienced secondary biology teachers for teaching diffusion and osmosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
, three semi-structured interviews, lesson plans, and student handouts. Data analysis indicated five of the six teachers held a constructivist orientation to science teaching and engaged students in explorations of diffusion and osmosis prior...
Commodity Based Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Alternative Path to Economic Development
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Natural
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Use of fluorescence excitation emission matrix spectroscopy for water and wastewater characterization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The Excitation Emission Matrix Spectroscopy (EEMS) has the potential to be used for the real time monitoring of environmental effects on water and aquatic systems...
Insight into the roles of prescribed fire and hardwood competition in the survival and growth of shortleaf pine throughout its early life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
in shortleaf pine management, with varying effects at different life stages. This dissertation incorporates results from four studies on the early life stages of shortleaf pine in the Missouri Ozarks. The first study examined the direct and indirect effects...
Agricultural genetic engineering technology and sustainable development in the African food security context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
in the African Context studies. In the second stage, I focus on SD benefits of GE crops and African farmers. In this stage, I present an elaborate list of SD benefits of GE crops as argued by the examined studies; I also critique these studies. In the third stage...
Assessing impacts and targeting of agricultural conservation practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated the Conservation Effects Assessment Project in 2003 to quantify water quality and wildlife benefits of conservation programs funded by the 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment ...
The effects of a looping classroom among third grade students in an urban school district
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-17)
than those parents of the third grade non-looping classrooms. The AIMSweb Reading Curriculum Based Measure (R-CBM) data and the Mathematics Concepts and Applications (M-CAP) Assessment data from the 2009-2010 school year were analyzed. AIMSweb...
Using a vertical integration of Doppler-derived divergence to assess thunderstorm updraft/downdraft characteristics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Analyses of thunderstorm updraft and downdraft characteristics, such as magnitude and size, can reveal essential information pertaining to the strength of the thunderstorm itself. Such information can aid in assessing the ...
A case study of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 : interorganizational policymaking and food security d/discourses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
For this dissertation case study, I examined how individuals, especially those who worked on interorganizational food security programming and policymaking, discussed organizational policy messaging and the discursively ...
Interventions to support retention and resiliency of homeless students in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Homelessness and housing insecurity is prevalent on college campuses and influences the ability for a student to persist in their degree program (Hallett 2010; Hallett & Crutchfield, 2017). Students struggling with basic needs have lower integration...
The role of professional learning communities in changing high school educator behaviors and high school student outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
received from the nine Regional Professional Development Centers and are considered to be highly effective professional learning communities. All three schools were on the western side of the state as the one school that was on the east side of the state...
Multi-scale analysis of urban wetland changes using satellite remote sensing techniques
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-10)
. Furthermore, for a short term analysis over a period between 2008 and 2010, the study analyzed seasonal land-cover variation among the autumn, spring, and summer. These multi-temporal land-cover data were analyzed at various spatial scales - the metropolitan...
Living and acting in Kansas City versus Southern California
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-31)
, but not limited to, undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Missouri -Kansas City and Chapman University, completed a survey that has been summarized in my findings. Conclusions are made based on the surveys, interviews and research conducted...
Development Theory and the Cold War: A Historical Analysis of Latin American Structuralism from 1930 to 1970
(2013)
Latin America has experimented with two different development strategies over the
last two centuries. First, and currently, an “outward-oriented” program based on
exports of primary commodities. Alternatively, for a few ...
Situation Aware Mobile Apps Framework
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-10-03)
Mobile devices, like smart phones or tablets, have become ubiquitous, with their adoption being driven by their immediacy and sensing capabilities. Applications, or apps, that run on portable computing devices have surged ...
Synthesis and characterization of cerium (III) and (IV) compounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Treatment of Cp*2CeCl2K with various aryl alcohols and amines produces Cp*2Ce(O- 2,6-iPr2C6H3) and Cp*2Ce(N(C6H5)2). The crystallographic structures are presented as well as their fluorescence. Absorbance measurements provide unique absorbance max...
The impacts of partner abundance on benefits from facultative pollination mutualism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
efficiency likely mediate preference of B. balteatus for T. parryi. Because of bees' preferences and a dearth of co-pollinators, T. parryi benefits more than T. dasyphyllum from increases in B. balteatus density at the individual plant level, at life stages...
Two essays on food manufacturer resilience: regional factors and workforce challenges
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
data and only in Missouri, the other national with high-level plant data -- but two themes do emerge: workforce factors matter for resilience, and plant-level factors matter for resilience. Results of the two essays have important implications...