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Power-sharing and democratic development : nested analysis of political institutions in third-wave democracies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The third wave of democratization drastically changed the world map of politics and raises a puzzle for institutionalists in comparative politics: how do political institutions play a role during the process of democratization? Previous...
An examination of the professional identity, work engagement, and job satisfaction of higher education staff members
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Staff members are a large and growing set of employees within higher education (U.S. Department of Education, 2008). This growth coincides with increased public concern about higher education, which has affected salaries and working conditions...
University catalog, 2018-19
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Welcome to the University of Missouri 2018-2019 catalog! We are pleased to provide an interactive and searchable catalog online. The catalog is a comprehensive reference for your academic studies. It includes a list of all degree programs offered...
Investigation of the initial steps of jasmonic acid biosynthesis and a study of differential regulation of the ribosomal association of mRNA transcripts in jasmonate-dependent wound response
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
expression alone, implied a post-translational regulatory mechanism. Experiments with a truncated version of NbGLA1 showed that the C-terminal end may contain sequence elements that can function in a regulatory role. Finally, JA accumulation time course...
University catalog, 2016-2017
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
information for supporting offices, and a complete listing of faculty members. -- Page 3....
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 combines tuition and required...
Human vs. machine as message source in advertising: examining the persuasiveness of brand influencer type and the mediating role of source credibility for advertising effectiveness in social media advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
influencers. Human influencers, here, specifically refer to social media influencers (SMIs) "who have built a sizable social network of people following them and are seen as self-made microcelebrities" (Shan et al., 2020, p. 2). Indeed, this very notion...
Discourse as a normative instrument : analysis of mental illness on a disability services discussion list
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
positions on "reasonable" accommodations on the part of their institutions. It was found that some of these professionals are talking in a way that can bring harm to the subjects of their discussions ; it is important that this practice is revealed...
Three essays regarding U.S. crop policy and risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
of season average farm prices. Specifically, simple alternatives of a time-series model and a futures-based forecast failed to perform better or contain all of the information for corn and soybean prices in the baselines. The result is that the baselines...
Ecology of mid-continent migratory shorebirds, performance of tracking devices, and modelling animal social structure and demography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
decision-making and reproductive success in black-bellied plovers (Pluvialis squatarola); (2) examining spatial and temporal habitat characteristics that influence energy expenditure and behavior in American avocets (Recurvirostra americana); (3...
University catalog, 2014-2015
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The catalog is a comprehensive reference for your academic studies. It includes a list of all degree programs offered at MU, including bachelors, masters, specialists, doctorates, minors, certificates, and emphasis areas. It details the university...
Hormonal regulation of bone health: novel understandings of xenoestrogens and estrogen receptor-[alpha]
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
to explore a, the importance of estrogen receptor-[alpha] (ER[alpha]) in male mice at different points in the life cycle and b, the long-term impact of gestational exposure to xenoestrogens, specifically bisphenol-A (BPA) and bisphenol-S (BPS), on male...
Informing the theory of collective entrepreneurship: investment choice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
, and the concept of entrepreneurial spawning to analyze the conditions that lead to the emergence of collective ventures. A deviant research case approach is utilized to direct the intensive collection of primary data while engaging in theory building...
University catalog, 2013-14
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Mugwumps and never trumps : the rhetoric of party bolting and party repair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Political partisanship has long occupied a central position in the study of American political rhetoric, but scholarly understanding of intraparty political communication has lagged behind that of interparty conflict. While disputes between...
Graduate catalog, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009-2010
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 2009)
Value, Money, and Accounting for Pax Ecologica: Contouring a Price-Coordination System for Ecological-Economic Provisioning
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The objective of this dissertation is to conceptualize and contour an alternative
provisioning system (“Pax Ecologica,” “ecocentric provisioning”) to address, account for, and
coordinate humankind’s scientific-technological ...
Campaign Missouri 1992
(University of Missouri Press, 1994)
points higher than in previous elections. The 1992 campaigns were also the longest, the most negative, and the most professional in many years. Even the results were dramatic: a party turnover in four state executive offices and two congressional seats...
Does politics stop at the water's edge? The state as a unitary actor in international relations and the effect of presidential transitions on selected foreign policy behaviors
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-25)
Structural realists argue the nation-state is a unitary actor that conducts foreign
policy without regard to domestic politics. Anarchy, the lack of any controlling authority, is
the dominant fact of life for states ...