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Helical tool geometry in stability predictions and dynamic modeling of milling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The temporal finite element analysis (TFEA) method has been used in several publications to analyze interrupted machining dynamics. In this work, a higher order hp-version TFEA method will be presented which offers the possibility of lowering...
The role of faculty in the implementation of an unfunded statewide curricular mandate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Freire's (1970/2000) banking concept and Bolman and Deal's (2013) structural frame. The results were that faculty expertise was central to committee selection, but preparation for this work was not a priority. Additionally, selection processes...
A Spatial Theory of School Closure: An Examination of School Closure in America
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
are the most important socio-economic factors associated with an individual school being closed? Second, are school districts influenced by their neighbors in making school closure decisions? And finally, what is the role of the spatial organization of cities...
Factors influencing households' demand for life insurance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This thesis aims to examine both the type and amount of life insurance purchased by households. To this end, comprehensive models of households' demand for life insurance were developed, which included demographic variables, economic and assets...
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 ...
Over the hill and through the woods: geography, extracurricular participation, and student achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
in the state of Missouri. Surveys were sent to rural school superintendents to obtain data not available through state department of education statistics. Fifty-five superintendents completed the survey. Their survey data were paired with state achievement...
Of floods and gales: environmental value creation due to creative destruction
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
of topics such as environmental sustainability as a distinct field of study within management, especially given the ongoing mismatch between existing epistemological lines of enquiry and traditional reliance on different analyses levels in prior work...
Assessing the independence of state parties : issue ownership and morality politics in US state party platforms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study uses party platforms to assess the degree of independence between state and national political parties in the United States in light of issue ownership theory and morality politics. Utilizing a coding scheme ...
Material and volunteer convergence in developing a disaster resource portfolio
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Disaster relief operations have been conducted by humanitarian agencies for decades, yet the problem of material and volunteer convergence still exists today. The massive influx of unsolicited ...
The impact of wood pellet manufacturing on United States southern timberlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Global wood pellet production grew from an estimated 1.7 million metric tons in 2000, to 35.4 million metric tons in 2018. U.S. mills established over this period account for a large share of new supply triggered by renewable ...
Strategic enrollment management, tuition discounting, and student enrollment by income : a test of demand theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This study applies demand theory to investigate how college discounting practices impact student enrollment across income categories for members and affiliates of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. The ...
A quantitative analysis of teacher job satisfaction and instructional modality in Missouri PK - 12 education during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
and students in all areas of the state. The move to virtual or hybrid classrooms by the majority of the school districts in the state resulted in students learning from home and in teachers working in new learning modalities and districts having to be more...
The shrinking city school: following trajectories of shrinkage across three decades of an urban school desert
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Late on the evening of January 12th, 2021, the Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) Board voted to close seven of its schools and transition one of its high schools to a middle school (Clancy, 2021). Sweeping closures are not a new phenomenon...
Social capital and membership in dairy cooperatives in Kenya
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in social capital with an expected future return in the marketplace, an economically viable firm (Lin, 2001). The current study uses social capital theory to examine the cooperative business, specifically vertically integrated dairy cooperatives in Kenya...
Achieving sustainability through re-municipalized energy services : exploring formation, efficacy, and impacts of community choice aggregations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
in promoting the interconnection of distributed energy systems. It provides little evidence that CCA has worked as expected to increase distributed generation capacity. Finally, the last manuscript assesses how CCA has impacted investor-owned utilities...
Information deserts : how Colorado news desert communities consumed COVID-19 information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
) or the internet (e.g., school and county webpages, health department emails), especially social media, for information. The lack of a more central, local resource was felt among residents of Cheyenne County. While some of the residents felt disconnected from...
Participation in tax deferred retirement programs in a defined benefit environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purpose of this study is to examine the major factors that influence employees' decisions regarding their levels of participation in employer sponsored tax-deferred retirement savings accounts (TDAs). At the broadest ...
Effects of a Workplace Wellness Program in the Public Health Workforce: Small-Scale Study at a Local Health Department
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has a profound impact on the physical and mental well being of the public health workforce. Past research on worksite health promotion programs
(WHPPs) shows improved employee health ...
Impacts of Precipitation, Land use Land cover and Soil type on the Water Balance of Lake Chad Basin
(2013)
Lake Chad Basin (LCB) has experienced drastic changes in land cover and poor water management practices during the last 50 years. The successive droughts in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in a decrease in surface water and ...
An analysis of financial aid offers and parent plus loan borrowing from 2015-2019 at Missouri, public four-year universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
. In this work, I provide a literature review on student loan debt and higher education financing, results from evaluating financial aid offers at Missouri public, four-year higher education institutions between 2015-2019, and present findings from two focus...