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Experiences of students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in online learning environments: a multi-case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
research question was how do students with ADHD experience the online learning environment? A multi-case study design was used. The bounded system for the study was students with ADHD enrolled in online courses. The four participants selected for the study...
A method of sociological investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
"It is the purpose of the author of this thesis to present, from his limited experience as a social surveyor and from a rather extended study of social surveys, the meaning and value of the survey method to the science of sociology." --Text taken...
Spatial and disease ecology of the plains spotted skunk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is a species of conservation concern across much of its range in the eastern U.S. due to a range-wide population decline that began in the 1940s. The reason for the decline ...
Homeless not hopeless: understanding how graduate students who experience homelessness and housing insecurity successfully navigate their education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
students either currently or recently enrolled at a large Midwest land-grant public research-intensive university. Findings indicated that for these graduate students (1) hope; (2) family; (3) friends; (4) determination; (5) institutional agents; (6) a...
Paleoethnobotany of Buena Vista: a case study of ritual feasting in late Preceramic Peru
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
. These results can be compared to other archaeological contexts in the Late Preceramic. Consequentially, this paleoethnobotanical study provides several corollary lines of investigation. The plant remains provide significant information on the agricultural...
Effect of climate change, drought, and insects on oak-pine forests in the Ozark highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Oak-dominated forests in the Ozarks Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri have been suffering severe oak decline and this became a chronic problem since the late 1970s...
Elucidation of the genetic control of carbohydrate partitioning in Zea mays
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
-dominant gain-of-function mutant Carbohydrate partitioning defective1 (Cpd1) (Chapters 3 and 4). All three mutant's hyper-accumulate carbohydrates in their mature leaves due to decreased sucrose export. The cpd28 and cpd47 mutations decrease the amount...
A Python-based GIS simulation of a water balance for wetland decision-making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
wetland site to determine the potential existence of the excess water component. The study area is a location within Pershing State Park within Linn County, Missouri. Three goals have been set in this research in order to achieve the ultimate goal...
Paleoseismology and Archaeoseismology along the Southern Dead Sea Transform in Wadi 'Arabah Near the municipality of Aqaba, Jordan
(2013)
The southern Wadi ‘Arabah Valley in Jordan provides an ideal location to
investigate both the paleoseismology and archaeoseismology of the region because it is
situated directly along the active Dead Sea transform, and ...
Place names of five west central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1937)
Counties: Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette...
"This is a record of the origins of the place-names of five counties of Missouri -- Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette -- as revealed by documentary and personal investigation; and a classification of these origins under what seems...
"This is a record of the origins of the place-names of five counties of Missouri -- Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette -- as revealed by documentary and personal investigation; and a classification of these origins under what seems...
Overcoming the negative effects of astroturfing attacks on crisis outcomes with strategic communication strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The primary purpose of this study was to explore and develop an effective strategic communication strategy to guide organizations on how to both proactively and reactively...
Making the Connection: J.B. Murray and the Scripts and Forms of Africa
(2016)
This dissertation focuses on the artwork of J.B. Murray, an African American artist
from Mitchell, Georgia. The goal of this dissertation is to explore J.B. Murray’s production
of protective scripts and spirit figures. ...
Multi-scale investigations of gray treefrong movements: patterns of migration, dispersal, and gene flow
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
determining microhabitat use. Further, I have demonstrated the effects of matrix composition on the frequency of inter-pond movements and elucidated historical patterns of gene flow across central Missouri. My data indicate that migration through terrestrial...
Designing a LANDIS PRO harvest module and examining the effects of temporal resolution on simulation outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The development and testing of forest landscape models is an ongoing process. This thesis documents a portion of this process working with the LANDIS PRO 7.0 forest landscape model in two parts. In the first chapter I ...
Creating a zero-waste soy processing system and developing vitamin B12 fortified non-GMO high oleic soy-based products using encapsulation technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
temperature stability factor to our diet due to their high temperature tolerance. In line with sustainability standards, a newly developed variety at the University of Missouri and the USDA (non-GMO-HO soybean). The soybean processing industry generates...
Evaluation of the Private Forestland Ownership Paracelization and its effects on the forest landscape in the southeastern Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This study investigates the impacts of the forestland ownership parcelization on species composition, age structure and spatial pattern of the forest landscape. First, a computer model was developed to create ownership ...
Sisterhood as strategy : the collaborations of American women artists in the gilded age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This dissertation employs four case studies--illustrator Alice Barber Stephens in Philadelphia; Louisville-born sculptor Enid Yandell; photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston in Washington, D.C.; and the Newcomb College ...
Fuel management considerations in Caribbean pine forests of the mountain pine ridge of Belize, Central America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
physiognomic plant groups, coarse woody debris, bare mineral soil, and percent cover of litter within designated units of varying times since fire. The fire return interval units were grouped into three separate fire intervals including recent (1-3 years since...
How syntactic structure and cue position affect working memory for connected discourse
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The current study explored working memory for connected discourse, as well as the potential roles of syntactic structure and cue position in such memory. Methods were...
Analysis of landscape characteristics surrounding deer vehicle accidents in St. Louis County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
). This study quantifies landscape factors that contribute to deer vehicle accidents in St. Louis County, Missouri, and provides a predictive model of areas in which DVA's would likely be found. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was used to plot deer...