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Influence of professor camp : a multiple case study on the Wakonse conference on college teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Higher education faculty often enter their academic roles with little to no knowledge of effective teaching practices. Furthermore, many faculty work in academic climates where the importance of quality teaching is ...
Instructional strategies used by developmental mathematics instructors in Missouri public community colleges to promote active learning : an analysis of the cognitive complexity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This study sought to identify the instructional strategies used by developmental mathematics instructors in Missouri's public 2-year colleges to engage students in the learning process, determine the cognitive complexity ...
Use of citrus fiber in ground beef meatballs as a functional ingredient
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
In recent years, consumer's food choices have shifted towards healthy foods due to an increased concern about coronary heart disease and diabetes. Food products with high fat and cholesterol content have been associated ...
Variables Predicting the Retention of Community College Students in Online Courses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Community colleges have seen large increases in students enrolling in online courses nationally. This trend does not appear to be slowing down, in-fact, the number of students enrolling in online courses is increasing. A ...
Perceptions of higher education : private good or public good?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This study examined the perceptions representatives of southeast Missouri have towards higher education; specifically whether or not participants view higher education attainment as a private good or a public good. The ...
Like a broken cinema film : rethinking Faulkner's filmic novels
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Almost since the movies first started, people have been arguing about how films change the way we think about novels. William Faulkner, while a famous novelist, also spent a lot of time working as a Hollywood screenwriter, ...
Border crossings, identities, and creative nonfiction : Haitian travel guides and writing about Haiti
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
In my thesis, I explore the practice of travel writing by examining four separate travel guides. I ask how writing about travel, including my own creative writing about Haiti, interacts with issues of identity, the \"other,\" ...
Characterization of acyclic rhodium tetrathioether ligans systems for 105Rh(III)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Rhodium-105 is a 36 hr half-life beta emitter potentially useful for radiotherapy. Previously, the reaction of 105 Rh-cholride with a linear tetrathioether ligand resulted in several species. Evaluation of this reaction ...
Development of genome-wide genetic assays in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Illumina sequencing and other massively-parallel, short read sequencing technologies have become prevalent methods for querying the genetic systems of organisms. This trend was initially driven by the demand for general ...
Accessibility and inclusion in health professions education : perceptions and experiences of disabled college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The number of disabled students enrolling in college is steadily increasing in the United States (U.S.). At the same time, there is a trend in this country of efforts to increase diversity and inclusion in postsecondary ...
Investigating Technetium-99m/Rhenium(V)-Cyclized Octreotide analogues using experimental and computational methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Radiolabeled peptides have been of long-standing interest as cancer imaging and radiotherapy agents. Two radioactive isotopes of rhenium are potentially useful for peptide-targeted radiotherapy. Re-186 has a half-life of ...
Shaping the game : federalism and voting behavior in advanced industrial democracies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
For countries that possess a federal structure, this institution is a crucial component of the constitutional arrangement of the nation. This institution arguably plays a role in nearly all aspects of a country's political ...
Compensation as the moral foundation of Jus Post Bellum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Given how much harm can be done after the fighting part of wars end, and given recent failures to secure lasting peace after conflicts (e.g. in Afghanistan and Iraq), developing an account of the conditions of a just peace, ...
The cellular immune response to murine lyme borreliosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. There are approximately 300,000 new cases of Lyme Disease reported in the United States each year. Individuals with Lyme disease often suffer from ...
Spectroscopic distinguishability, forced degradation kinetics and lc-ms/ms degradation product characterizations involving 5-fluorouracil and similar or affiliated compounds in relation to environmental concerns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a commonly used antiviral and anticancer drug. 5-FU is believed to exist in various tautomeric forms, which are believed to contribute to 5-FU's cytotoxicity. In order to understand the activity ...
School leaders' perspectives : intimate partner violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) affects one in four women nationwide. As more women join the workforce, IPV enters organizations everyday. Yet, as of this writing, there is no federal policy to address IPV in the workplace ...
Development of preservice elementary teachers science self-efficacy beliefs and its relation to science conceptual understanding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Teacher beliefs that relate to teachers' motivation and performance have been an important area of concern for science education at all levels. This study focused on investigating science self-efficacy beliefs and the ...
Conjunciones y disyunciones entre raza y gnero: Representaciones flmicas y literarias de inmigrantes Latinoamericanos y Africanos Subsaharianos en la espana contempornea.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This dissertation is a study of literary and cinematographic works of the contemporary period that depict the complex experiences that the recent immigration phenomenon in Spain has brought along not only for the new ...
Hierarchical scheduling and uniform access programming frameworks for hetergeneous CPU-GPU computing clusters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The advance of the GPU hardware architecture has made GPUs attractive devices for general- purpose computing. Modern GPUs are equipped with an increasing number of cores, a flexible memory hierarchy, and a large memory ...
Naya Jeevan, concerto for double bass and wind ensemble
(2014-07-17)
Naya Jeevan, meaning new life in Hindi, is a twenty-four minute, two-movement
concerto for double bass and wind ensemble. While the two movements vary drastically in
mood, texture, and tone, they both explore intensity ...