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Understanding the disadvantaged : a source book
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension DivisionUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. School of Home Economics, 1966)
Profiles of Poverty -- Panel : "How They Feel About Themselves -- Values and Aspirations?" -- Communicating with the Disadvantaged -- Writing for the Disadvantaged Adult Reader -- Current Programs in Working with the Disadvantaged--Team Approach -- What We Are Not Doing -- The People Speak : A Youth Panel -- Where Do We Go From Here?...
and resource materials presented at an interagency, interdisciplinary short course "Understanding the Disadvantaged," held on the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri in July 1965. This conference was designed not only to increase awareness...
Miscellaneous publication #8....
"Short course July 13-14-15, 1965 "Understanding the disadvantaged."...
187 pages ; illustrations--...
and resource materials presented at an interagency, interdisciplinary short course "Understanding the Disadvantaged," held on the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri in July 1965. This conference was designed not only to increase awareness...
Miscellaneous publication #8....
"Short course July 13-14-15, 1965 "Understanding the disadvantaged."...
187 pages ; illustrations--...
Constructively managing conflict about open government : use of ombuds and other dispute resolution systems in state and federal sunshine laws
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
People seeking access to public records and meetings under state and federal open government laws have the right to sue in court to enforce them. But several jurisdictions also have alternative systems to handle disputes ...
The boys on the blogs : intermedia agenda setting in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study analyzes intermedia agenda setting during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign to determine the agenda-setting role of prominent political bloggers in relation to the mainstream news media and the candidates. An ...
Flow and heat transfer properties of Mono Craters rhyolites : effects of temperature, water content, and crystallinity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The nature of volcanic processes, including rate of magma ascent, exsolution of volatiles, eruption style, and flow distance, is highly dependent on the viscosity of the associated magma and its ability to transfer heat. ...
An Inquiry into the Relationship between Community and Text: Narratives and Iconography Depicting Christian Women with Authority in Late Antiquity
(2017)
Some early Christian writers around the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity (second- to eighth-century) depicted Mary, the mother of Jesus, and other women, both imperial and non-imperial, in both East and West, as church ...
Growth of Semiconductor Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Pulsed ultraviolet light from a XeF excimer laser was used to grow thin films of
zinc oxide and tin dioxide on (111) p-type silicon wafers within a versatile high
vacuum laser deposition system. This pulsed laser deposition ...
From research to relationship : towards affinity-based scholarship and indigenous community empowerment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. To examine this possibility, I have looked at the world of universities and the researchers who work for them. My focus has also been narrowed to Indigenous communities and professors who are associated with these marginalized groups. Specifically, I discuss...
A study of carbon and iron charged point defects in gallium nitride: electronic structure implications for high-power photoconductive solid state switch applications
(2021)
There is growing demand for high-performance electronics in high volt- age, high current, and high frequency efficiency requirements that current materials (e.g., Si) are not fulfilling.
Within the last few years, the ...
An Original Institutionalist Approach to the Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Importance of Intangible Assets
(2016)
This dissertation presents an examination of the pharmaceutical industry with a
primary focus on the importance of intangible assets from the original institutional
economics perspective. This is done in three main ...
Musical multiplicities: The lives and reception of four post-Romantic women
(2021)
Many musical women were active during the Romantic and Post-Romantic eras. They hailed from a variety of backgrounds, and worked in a variety of musical vocations. This thesis focuses on four of these multi-talented ...
A neverending stream : human trafficking in Medieval Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study focuses on human trafficking patterns from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Era. I argue that while slavery, as a means of compelling agricultural labor...
Pertechnetate immobilization with sulfide in aqueous media under anaerobic and aerobic environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Technetium-99 (Tc-99) is a high yield radionuclide produced from thermal neutron fission. As a consequence of the development of nuclear weapons over the past 50 years...
Thomas Stothard : the mechanisms of art patronage in England circa 1800
(University of Missouri Press, 1988)
art attests to the extent to which his decorative style and sentimental subject matter appealed to a wide range of his contemporaries. The general spread of his fame and
the rise of his prices must be measured against this background. His sentimental...
OPEC as a non-state actor : formation and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
in the hands of the MNOCs, it did not press to the point that the international economic system was threatened. Moreover, OPEC proved to be a responsible international actor in a number of specific respects. It attempted to provide financial aid to those Third...
Dance as a Community of Practice: Exploring Dance Groups in the Kansas City Area through the Lifespan
(2015-08-04)
This dissertation examines the embodied cultural practice of dance among several
groups in the Kansas City area. The dance groups were studied as Communities of Practice
(CoP), as outlined in the Lave-Wenger model of ...
The spider in the web: the weaving of a new, Lancastrian England in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries
(2013)
In late-fourteenth century England, the third surviving son of King Edward III,
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, became obsessed with gaining control of the nation
and establishing a Lancastrian legacy that would one ...