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Development and preliminary validation of multidimensional life satisfaction of internal migrant workers' children in China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Background Internal labor exporting in China has been a common phenomenon, more and more people from rural area of China migrant to cities for jobs, which leads to the unavoidable social situation of left-behind and migrant ...
(Socio-)ecological tools and insights for a changing climate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
In one way or another, climate change is impacting all social, economic, and ecological systems on the planet. Scientists worldwide warn of catastrophic and irreversible damage to social and ecological systems in absence ...
Understanding the insect immune responses to Yersinia pestis using Drosophila melanogaster
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, continues to be transmitted in many different continents, most often by fleas. Despite knowing for a century that Y. pestis can form a biofilm on the flea's proventriculus ...
Emerging and infectious diseases: defending against a dynamic opponent
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Emerging infectious diseases (EID) pose a growing threat to public health each year. Viruses and bacteria alike are major causes of EIDs and as these pathogens mutate, reemergence occurs, leading to the need for advanced ...
Novel methods of evaluating materials in extreme environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Three novel experiments were completed to investigate the difference in radiation response between production methods of Inconel 625. Production methods explored were the laser-powder bed fusion additive manufacturing ...
The non-sequential path between indigenous social movements and collective rights in Latin America : the role of organizations and institutional conditions to tell the story
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Why do some countries in Latin America have a strong inclusion of collective rights for indigenous people while others do not? What are the ...
Structural studies of flavoprotein inhibitors and inactivators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Flavoenzymes have a versatile capacity to catalyze a wide range of reactions, using their flavin cofactor. In this thesis, work on two ...
Manipulating forest structure and ground flora composition for the restoration of oak woodlands and the reconstruction of oak savannas in Central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Managers across the central US are interested in restoring once abundant ecosystems such as savannas and woodlands. These restorations are inundated with challenges like creating the appropriate native plant structure and ...
Competency-based professional development : a case study of how recruiters perceive undergraduate business students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
D. McClelland claimed that employment recruiters should hire professionals based upon characteristics and skills and that these competencies could predict how employees would perform on the job. This approach to assessing ...
Motivated processing of online news comments : how do incivility and belief congruence affect comment readers' cognitive and emotional responses?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study examined how the presence of incivility in online comments (i.e. uncivil comments) influences individual online news user's cognitive ...
Place names of five central southern counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1939)
Counties: Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Shannon, Texas.
Initial evaluation of a mental health literacy intervention : mental health care in schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Teacher mental health literacy (MHL) includes their attitudes, knowledge, and help-seeking abilities to support youth mental health. Students' access ...
Interactions between helicobacter-induced inflammation acute changes in the gut microbiota, and colorectal cancer in Smad3-/- mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, accounting for 551,269 deaths in 2018 alone. One ...
A study of bacterial cellulose confined ionic liquid and deep eutectic solvent gel materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Pollutants have become more prevalent in the air, water, and ground, necessitating the development of technologies that would help, limit, ...
Investigating the deleterious role of B lymphocytes during brucella infection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Brucellosis is a disease known for inducing chronic, often life-long, infections. While it is clear the host immune response fails to clear ...
Technology ethics in the public schools system : developing a technology ethics assessment tool through policy analysis at the secondary level
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Technology ethics seeks to identify the ways in which individuals and organizations might develop and sustain optimal relationships with the various ...
Persistence of treatment effects in token economies informed by dimensions of reinforcement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Problem behavior, including noncompliance with academic tasks, are a common occurrence in classroom settings, which is often addressed with ...
Credit availability and voluntary disclosures : evidence from interstate branching deregulation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examines whether the increased availability of bank loans affects borrowers' voluntary disclosures. Exploiting the staggered ...
Theoretical and computational modeling of RNA-ligand interactions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric nucleic acid that plays a variety of critical roles in gene expression and regulation at the level of transcription and translation. Recently, there has been an enormous interest in ...
Using metabolic and biochemical characteristics of postmortem muscle to investigate the interconnectedness of beef color, flavor, and tenderness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Understanding relationships between beef palatability and quality components are crucial for continued production of high quality and consistent beef products. Myoglobin concentrations at 48 and 336 h resulted in moderate, ...