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Early career faculty development at selected midwestern land-grant colleges of agriculture and related sciences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to describe faculty members' perceptions and experiences with early career professional development, and to examine the relationship between personal and professional characteristics and ...
Attachment to therapist, the working alliance and emotional processing of traumatic material in session among veterans diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Combat related posttraumatic stress (PTSD) continues to be a pervasive phenomenon, and world-wide PTSD rates are rising. Although a number of treatment approaches are utilized to address traumatic stress, veterans diagnosed ...
The nonepistemic psychological requirements for knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A question tracing back to Plato's Meno asks, "What is knowledge?" Very plausibly, a person knows a proposition only if he believes it and it is true. However, true belief is not sufficient for knowledge. A person who ...
College adjustment of Black/African American student-athletes at predominately-white institutions and historically black colleges and universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A dearth of research studies has examined the psychosocial experiences of African American college student-athletes. By comparison, numerous studies have examined the adjustment process of African American students at ...
The perceived importance and gender differences in Missouri public high school assistant principalship duty delegation for promotion preparation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the duties commonly delegated to high school assistant principals which are perceived by building level principals to be the most important and least important ...
Party power in the U.S. house : discharge petitions, agenda control, and conditional party government
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
In the study of legislatures, the effect of parties on legislative organization and behavior is generally considered under the broad precepts of two party-based theories: conditional party government theory (CPG) and party ...
A validation study of university level food and beverage curriculum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to assess if new curriculum implemented by the University of Missouri's Hotel and Restaurant Management program is meeting industry and students' educational needs. The study sought to provide ...
A system for change detection and human recognition in voxel space using stereo vision
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Image space change detection algorithms do not adequately address the complexities in real-world dynamic environments. With few exceptions, these algorithms rely on pixel-level information to detect proper foreground change. ...
Measures on Hilbert spaces and applications to hydrodynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Homogeneous and isotropic statistical solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations are produced. These are shown to be approximated by Galyerkin statistical solutions on finite dimensional subspaces. Homogeneous and isotropic ...
Representations of the violently displaced black female self in contemporary African literature: African and African Diaspora Studies scholarly dissertation, & House on a jade sea : creative writing, fiction, dissertation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Representations of the violently displaced black female self in contemporary African literature is a study of my broad interests in the peculiar ...
Bringing up context : reconciling inmates' narratives and institutional rhetoric in prison policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research evaluates narrative-style interviews conducted with thirty male inmates at a medium-security prison, the content in the instructor's ...
Optimal designs for response functions with a downturn
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In many toxicological assays, interactions between primary and secondary effects may cause a downturn in mean responses at high doses. In this situation, ...
Fabrication and modification of thin-film composite membrane for enhanced membrane performances
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Membrane application and technology have been explored due to the increase in organic and inorganic material contamination in water system. These works ...
A proprietarian theory of custodial rights over children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] I defend a view that individuals have custodial rights over children in virtue of being the genetic parents of the child and that those rights are ...
Characterization of skeletal muscle in mouse models of osteogenesis imperfecta and myostatin deficiency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable connective tissue disorder hallmarked by bone fragility resulting primarily from mutations in the ...
Molecular mechanisms controlling endothelial cell-pericyte tube coassembly during vascular morphogenesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] From the onset the goal of this thesis work was to determine the role that a novel class of growth factors, i.e. hematopoietic cytokines, was playing ...
Molecular control of endothelial tube formation from single and aggregated cells by lumen signalling complexes that contain MT1-MMP and CDC42 in 3D collagen matrices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The first blood vessels to form in the embryo are generated by vasculogenesis. New insight into vasculogenesis in mammals is emerging from studies of ...
An examination of teacher perceptions of training methodology and matriculation as related to systemic technology reform : a case study of Missouri veteran eMINTS teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While several studies demonstrate the effectiveness of the eMINTS instructional methodology on student success, no research exists to determine veteran ...
Network goods, piracy, and firm strategies in the global economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation investigates network effects and the strategic reactions of firms in international markets. In particular, the reason of cross-country ...
Part-time schedules for children in campus child care centers : a MAUT analysis of challenges faced by administrators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation explored the concept of part-time schedules for children in campus child care centers as a challenge faced by administrators. A ...