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The black inside the blue : black law enforcement officers' perceptions of racial profiling in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Nationally, law enforcement agencies are under tremendous scrutiny in reference to racial profiling. A gap exists in knowledge of Black law enforcement officers? in Missouri perceptions of racial profiling. Missouri has experienced a...
The killing of plant tissue by low temperature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
-soaked appearance, and evaporation from that tissue is much more rapid than from living tissue. In the experiments described in this paper, the killing temperature of plant tissue that kills at relatively high temperature has been reduced whenever the sap density...
The ethology of the Arizona Chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus tumidus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
knowledge of these animals and their behavior. With the development of agriculture man's dependence on wild animals decreased . A secondary interest in the behavior of animals developed much later and may be related to man's basic curiosity. Today, animal...
FAPRI 2007 U.S and World Agricultural Outlook
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Iowa State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia., 2007-01)
The FAPRI U.S. and World Agricultural
Outlook presents projections of world agricultural production, consumption, and trade under average weather patterns, existing farm policy, and policy
commitments under current trade ...
Information about, not from : investigating business with accountability in mind
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Businesses and corporations exert massive influence over Americans’ daily lives so it is imperative that reporters serve as a check on their power. Being close...
Solidarity infrastructure : gender and race solidarity and cross-class coalitions in the Kansas City general strike of 1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation investigates alliances across gender, race, and class in the dynamics of working class solidarity. The analysis examines the geographically bounded organizational networks, community spatial organization, ...
Mobile truck entrepreneurship: motivations and strategies of non-food mobile retail truck entrepreneurs in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation set out to explore the emerging phenomenon of modern mobile retail trucks opening for business across the United States starting in the early 2010s. Thirty-one participants were interviewed, and the data ...
Grasshopper and bee communities on Missouri prairies : comparing reconstructions and remnants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Tallgrass prairies once occupied a large swath of central North America, but now face the combined challenges of habitat loss and fragmentation. In Missouri, where less than 1% the historical prairie remains, prairies are being reconstructed from...
Uncovering limitations and opportunities in nitrogen fixation in soybean using genetic mapping and transgenic approaches
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
is limited and is important in modern agriculture as it benefits farmers and the environment by eliminating the requirement of synthetic N fertilizers to achieve high yields. Development of legume nodules and active SNF are complex processes which involve...
A study of the elementary math program utilized by a mid-Missouri school district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This qualitative study focused on one Mid-Missouri school district and was designed to collect and analyze teachers' and administrators' perceptions regarding the elementary math program for the purpose of program improvement. The district utilized...
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 Brucella infection...
Missouri alumnus, volume 080, number 01 (1991 Fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1991)
The impact analysis of structural change in Korean agriculture with respect to the Korean-United States free trade agreement : dynamic simultaneous equation model approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The main objective of this study is the analysis of the impacts of the Korean-United States Free Trade Agreement. On April 2, 2007, Korea and the United States concluded a...
Decision-making and demography of greater white-fronted geese
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons) are Arctic-nesting waterfowl with breeding ranges distributed throughout the Arctic. Due to this broad distribution...
MU Department of Music, 1982-1983
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1982)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1982 and 1983 from the Columbian Missourian, the Columbia Tribune, and the Maneater. The clippings highlight events, people, and programs at the University of Missouri Department of Music....
Praising Girls: The Epideictic Rhetoric of Young Women, 1895-1930
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-17)
At the turn of the twentieth century, young women began to see themselves and to been seen as a distinct social group for the first time in the history of the United States. This recognition was fostered by historical ...
Citrus World, Inc. 1980 - 2015 : an examination of adaptation in a long-enduring U.S. agricultural marketing cooperative
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
. ("CWI") between 1980 and 2015. Formed in 1933, CWI is a federated, single commodity agricultural marketing cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida USA. Applying eight selected organizational theories as a lens through which to view the CWI's evolution...
Under the big top : big tent revivalism and American culture, 1880-1925
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] What was the relationship between itinerate evangelism and the rapidly changing American society and culture at the turn of the twentieth-century? The incredible popularity...
Active learning engagement classrooms at the University of Central Missouri : practical strategies to implement and sustain utilization of active learning in higher education using technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
traditional lecturing to active learning using technology. Focus group meetings and interviews were conducted with 44 faculty, staff, and student participants at the University of Central Missouri. While mostly positive, faculty and students had mixed reviews...
Plague, politics, and printers: nativism and reactionary politics in St. Louis after the disasters of 1849
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
In 1849, St. Louis experienced two devastating events: a deadly cholera epidemic and a destructive fire. These two events had significant social, economic, and political consequences that would prefigure national trends ...