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Newspaper management training and attitudes : a survey of managing editors and human resource directors on management training and attitudes toward management in newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Surveys of managing editors and human resource directors at U.S. newspapers were conducted to quantify management training, ascertain hiring practices, and probe attitudes about management training. The response rate of the surveys were too low (14...
A phenomenological study of gifted cross-cultural kids at an international school : exploration of intersecting identities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
There are several common characteristics between cross-cultural students and gifted students (Gallagher, 2019; Sheard, 2008). At the same time, there is limited research into practices of international schools when identifying and supporting...
The Future of STEM Curriculum and Instructional Design: A Research and Development Agenda for Learning Designers
(2010)
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 analyzing the needs...
The etiologic, theory-based, ontogenetic hierarchical framework of alcohol use disorder: a translational systematic review of reviews
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
as dimensional and heterogeneous. It has the potential to improve AUD assessment and aid in the development of evidence-based diagnostic measures that focus on key mechanisms in AUD, consequently facilitating treatment matching....
The influence of race on behavior and the neural correlates of expectancy during an economic decision game
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
races while EEG was recorded. I predicted that negative stereotype-based expectancies of Black players would cause participants to be more trusting of White than Black players, and also that these expectancies would be evident in the event...
Continuing education for certified athletic trainers working in the traditional setting: perceived utility based on adult learning theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The purpose of this mixed methods program impact evaluation is to determine the perceived utility of continuing education for athletic trainers working in the traditional setting. Data were collected via survey and interviews. Based on adult...
Community leadership in a rural trade-centered community and comparison of methods of identifying leaders
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1967)
Navigation and social learning among first semester retained university students : exploration of programs and experiences at a comprehensive, public, open-enrollment institution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Retention is an important measure of success (Tinto, 1999); therefore, student success is an area of interest among professionals in the field of higher education (Hunter, 2006; Rendon, 1995). This qualitative study sought ...
Making the Frontier’s Anatomical Engineers: Osteopathy, A. T. Still (1828–1917), his Acolytes and Patients
(2020)
training, but gender shaped their experience and career outcomes. Contrary to modern thought, this early support did not mean that women’s experiences were the same as men’s experiences. Women were able to practice osteopathy without living the cloistered...
Business and marketing teacher preparation in Missouri : a study of characteristics and influencing factors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
to certification. The study findings discovered that there is no shortage of business and marketing teachers in Missouri, though it is possible that alternative certification practices may help create a more diverse population of teachers and may serve more hard...
Osteoarthritis
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of osteoarthritis.
Three essays on decision-making in contexts of change and uncertainty
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
of resilience-building activities, and this study investigates the effectiveness of those efforts. The third essay focuses on issues relating to the adoption of smart farm networks. Due to the rise in threats that transcend farm boundaries, management practices...
Joyce's noises
(2009-10)
A quantitative content analysis of shifting dependency patterns in U.S. foreign news content
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As major U.S. newspapers undergo changes due to new revenue streams, delivery formats and business models, it is important to look at the effect that ...
Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the Juenile Justice System: A blueprint for community engagement and action
(Cambio Center, 2012)
as Caucasian youth. By working intensively in three counties, we have built community teams to analyze local policies, practices, and procedures that produce these disparities. We will discuss how and why we formed local teams, the data analysis process...
Optimization of aeration schemes and motor and blower usage for wastewater treatment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This thesis discusses the control of aeration schemes on a lab sized sequencing batch reactor used for biological wastewater treatment. The focus was changing aeration schemes for two lab reactors and determining which ...
Three essays on agricultural price volatility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
strategy; the second essay described a State Space Model approach estimation of the joint distribution of cash-futures prices and a simulation-based Conditional-VaR approach determination of optimal futures exposure determination in contrast with minimum...
Message strategies and creative strategies of award-wining digital ads : an analysis of Addy Awards gold-winning digital
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.]
Enhancing bluegill production through least-cost diet development and novel rearing strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
the formulated diets versus commercial trout and catfish diets for bluegill growth performance and identifying the best, most economically-feasible experimental diet. The least-cost diet lowered ingredient by ~35% relative to a fish meal based control diet...
The art of persuasion : critiquing China's new middle class by multi-perspective storytelling mode
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My work is a critique of China's New Middle Class's tasteless manners. The New Middle Class in China have attempted to use "good taste" as a means of ...