"Pursuing a United Memory: Harry Truman’s Construction of a Collective Memory of the Western Hemisphere” is an interpretive plan for a museum exhibition exploring President Harry Truman’s Latin American foreign policy. ...

, interviews, observations, and other school artifacts. Using six democratic principles and the LMX theory, this study to added to the literature by addressing the experiences of those individuals attending independent schools. Achieving democracy in school...

Analysis of data from the 2008 Survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education indicated that 30.0 % of the sample households held at least one credit card. Significant factors associated with the probability ...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Technology and computing have permeated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, resulting in a need for a computationally ...

Classification of Nebo Hill and Sedalia points as separate types has been the subject of debate among archaeologists. Some argue that identification of two point types is erroneous and there is only one type with a wide ...

While there are studies that that have been done to show how content attributes of vaccinecritical websites have changed over time, there is very little discussion about the social and historical context of that criticism ...

misinformation about a socio-scientific issue such as a disease outbreak, genetically modified foods, or vaccine safety. Other times, as in the case of climate change denial, science ideas may be deliberately distorted in order to manipulate public opinion toward...

The purpose of this study was to explore how and in what context osteopathic medical students learn about interprofessional practice. A mixed method design was used to gather data on attitudes of first- and second-year ...

Numerous optical-imaging and machine-vision based inspection methods are found that aim to replace visual and human-based inspection with an automated or a highly efficient procedure. However, these machine-vision systems ...

: An ethnographic design utilized in-depth life history interviews with four key informants across one year, focus groups with cross-generational cohorts (n=20), participant observation, and review of cultural artifacts. Interviews were transcribed verbatim...

Using a classification guided feature selection (wrapper method) in conjunction with a new performance metric, I present a solution to multi-class subject invariant Brain Computer Interface (BCIs) using electroencephalography ...

The first decade of the twenty-first century was a time of transition for the journalism profession, and a time of economic struggle for news media organizations. A selection of editorial cartoons that constructed arguments ...

Mizzou is turning up the volume, loud and proud. We track our latest hits and superstars - A-list researchers, human-rights heroes, entertainers and athletes who spin us right round.

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation extends environmental communication theorizing by drawing upon socio-political cultural and critical theory. The exigency of this ...

The demand for better and robust security is an undisputed part of our interconnected world. Biometrics based solutions offer an alternative to passwords and other form of authentications. Especially, Ocular biometrics has ...

Ag[subscript 3]PO[subscript 4] for mass spectrometry analysis. To minimize potential artifacts from inter-species variability, species-specific separates were run for all conodont samples when possible. In addition, mixed separates, inarticulate...

This case study used a revision of Tinto's theory of student departure and self-efficacy as frameworks, to explore the experiences of seven students of color who transferred to a small, private, and predominately White ...

study. Data were derived from semi-structured interviews, direct and participant observation, archival records and documents, and physical artifacts. The researcher considers the findings against the backdrop of the three process streams that flow...

In 2009-10 a series of Workshops was organized to focus on STEM learning design for young students and adolescents. The objective was to provide visionary leadership to the education community by: (a) identifying and ...