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Acceptability and Feasibility of Using Virtual Reality to Address Mental Health Stigma with African American Young Adults
(2024)
African Americans are disproportionately affected by mental illness compared to White Americans. Studies have reported that African Americans experience higher levels of mental health-related stigma (MHS) than White ...
Assessing the impact of the 1918/1919 influenza pandemic in Missouri counties heavily involved in lead-zinc mining
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Occupational concentrations within regions have the capability to influence infectious disease transmission as they shape the way humans interact within a community. The 1918 influenza pandemic is widely discussed as the ...
From Galton to Globalization: The Transatlantic Journey of Eugenics
(2021)
How did eugenics go from an idea in Britain to a movement in America? That was the question this dissertation originally set out to answer. Also, of interest was how the theory of eugenics went from the fringes to becoming ...
The brown adipose tissue phenoype : metabolic implications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The prevailing dogma is that thermogenic brown adipose tissue (BAT) contributes to improvements in glucose homeostasis in obesogenic animal models; ...
Mizzou, volume 111, number 2 (2023 Winter)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2023)
Rendering assistance to best advantage: the development of women's activism in Kansas City, 1870 to World War I
(2013)
This study examines the rise of women's activism in Kansas City between the
opening of the Hannibal railroad bridge in 1869 and World War I. Women's efforts over
the course of nearly 50 years to emerge from the domestic ...
An Online Education Intervention to Increase Nutritional Literacy in Low-Income Adults
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2024)
Kansas over three months. Participants completed a nine-item questionnaire on food literacy before and after watching a 4-minute video about fresh produce consumption on healthy food options. A Wilcoxon-signed rank test determined each questionnaire item...
Lines in the sand : navigating native advertising through magazine professionals' policies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Informed by the persuasion knowledge model and advertising ethics theory, this research uses a representative case study to qualitatively analyze both ...
A qualitative case study deconstructing teachers' decisions in the pre-active stage of teaching to illuminate considerations made for teaching 21st-century skills and knowledge
(2019)
in the pre-active stage of teaching for meeting the needs of diverse learners? Data collection included classroom observations, lesson reflection journals, individual teacher interviews, and a focus group interview. Through the process of within...
University catalog, 2013-14
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The business imperative of newsroom diversity: how identities influence Indonesian women media leaders' perceptions and implementation of newsroom changes and innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
News organizations tend to preserve male-dominated organizational culture and have been historically oriented to serve the male reader market. This, however, stifles innovation and fails to respond to rapid changes in the journalism industry...
The black letter, Volume 2 (1973-1974)
(Legion of Black Collegians, 1973)
Muse, number 50 (2016)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Reinventing a moral mode : a textual analysis of 21st century "living Lei Fengs" in China Daily
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
to Lei's original image; indirect reauthorization, which addresses topical problems by ascribing new traits to Lei Feng's successors based on their connections with specific social issues; and transference, which anoints foreigners as living Lei Fengs...
Optimization of bitterness in chocolate through roasting with analysis of related changes in important bitter compounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Chocolate is made from the fermented, dried, and roasted seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, an important agricultural food crop which contains bioactive flavonoid polyphenols with beneficial health effects. Such effects ...
Undergraduate catalog 2008-10, revised
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The Undergraduate Catalog for the University of Missouri Columbia has been organized to enhance readability. The initial sections are related to University-wide programs, policies and procedures. The second section provides the listing of academic...
Politics of coalition at Standing Rock
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
My research examines the politics of coalition surrounding the 2016-17 Standing Rock movement, led by Oceti Sakowin Tribal members, on the borders of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to stop the construction ...
To whom much is given: a study of Black female leadership within the context of spouses of historically Black college and university presidents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
in the academic canon and are worthy of exploration. The data for this project was collected using the Three Interview Series. The three study participants were interviewed three times on three separate occasions for between 45 to 90 minutes each. To ensure safety...
A qualitative study on Black students' vaccination decisions using the Health Belief Model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
such as the CDC and medical journals. This study attempts to fill the literature gap due to most prior research on the COVID-19 vaccination and Black populations mostly discussing hesitancy but do not include Black students within the narrative. The study focuses...