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Development of an amenable system for site-specific addition to a maize chromosome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Currently, transgenic maize is produced by random integration of a transgenes into the plant. This works for single genes, but not as well for multiple traits. Identifying plants that contain several transgenes becomes a ...
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 ...
A descriptive analysis of fees at four-year public universities : differentiating between tuition and fees
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Despite the overabundance of data collected and analyzed about tuition as a primary cost of public higher education, little to no attention has been paid to fees as a portion of that cost. Most of the existing research ...
The study of privacy issues in the use of cloud storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
publicly available storage providers....
Course placement : its impact in a Midwestern region school district on achievement, curriculum, instructional strategies, expectations, and perceptions of the program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
A school district in the Midwestern region uses a tracking system for sorting students into a grade-level or college preparatory track at the junior high and high school levels. This system has been in place for over sixty ...
Economic sanctions and human security : overstated backfire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A large body of scholarship have shown that economic sanctions cause human suffering in target states. This unintended negative effect of sanctions ...
An exploration of the lived experience of collegiate student-athletes in an 8-week mindfulness intervention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
transition between the phases were identified; these included: sense of openness, elite athlete testimonies, relationship formed with others, confidence developed over time, and variety of practices available. Further interpretation of these themes revealed...
Approaches for unveiling the kinetic mechanisms of voltage gated ion channels in neurons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
to other cells. Voltage-gated ion channels are molecular machines that open and close depending on electrical potential. Neuronal firing rates are largely determined by the overall availability of voltage-gated Na+ and K+ currents.This work describes new...
Revealing the conformation and properties of human genome, protein molecules and protein domain co-occurrence network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, encodes genetic instructions for the functionalities of organisms. For human beings, 23 pairs of chromosomes, containing DNA strands, form a globule structure in the nucleus. This chromosomal ...
The effects of visual programming on elementary school students' computational thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Computational thinking (CT) has been identified as a key skill that people need in the rapidly developing information age. The research community ...
Potential diagnostic methods and nutritional changes to combat bovine respiratory disease in receiving cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) accounts for up to 70 percent of health disruptions and $500 million in associated medical costs and production losses, thus receiving considerable attention from cattle health personnel ...
Three essays on the potential economic impacts of biotech crops in the presence of asynchronous regulatory approval
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Since their commercial introduction in 1996, genetically modified (GM) crops have been quickly adopted world wide, but some GM crops/varieties have not received regulatory approval for use in some importing countries, ...
Characterization of the effects of 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) in the TRAMP mouse prostate cancer model and DIM's interaction with estrogen receptor signaling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
3,3'- diindolylmethane (DIM) is an acid -derived compound formed during the digestion of indole-3-carbinol (I3C), which is one of the main compounds in cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage and kale. Studies ...
Managing identities during social change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Protests and social movements are a part of the history of Higher Education in the United States. In this study I use grounded theory to understand the process of identity management for administrators, faculty, and staff ...
Using the physical classroom environment as a tool for learning : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Literacy has been identified as the main goal of K-12 education in the United States today, for its value to individuals and to society. Balanced literacy and related methods are pedagogically based on the constructivist ...
Multifunctional Banking and Financial Fragility: What Should Banks Do?
(2015-05-22)
This dissertation traces the evolution of the U.S. banking system since the 1980s
with a specific focus on the role of the relaxation and eventual repeal of Glass-Steagall Act
(GSA) on the stability of the financial ...
Structural, biochemical, and inhibition studies of proline biosynthetic enzymes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase (PYCR) is the final enzyme in proline biosynthesis, catalyzing the NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of [Delta]1-pyrroli ...
Exploration of magnetism in 3D and 2D systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Magnetism has intruded in every aspect of our life, from electric motors to hard disk data storage to space technologies. Developing strong understanding of underlying magnetic properties is of utmost importance to reach ...
Children's evaluation of everyday social encounters questionnaire -- short form validation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The main goal of the current study was to validate a short form of the Children's Evaluation of Everyday Social Encounters Questionnaire (ChEESE-Q). In order to do this, we administered a two-vignette version of the ChEESE-Q ...