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OPT and the geography of employment : understanding the post-graduation work mobilities of Missouri's international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis looks at the geographic distribution of employment for Missouri's international students following graduation, as well as their employment ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 016, number 08 (1928 April)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1928)
Unpaved road detection using optimized log Gabor filter banks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The revised unpaved road detection system (RURD) is a novel method for detecting unpaved roads in an arid environment from color imagery collected by a forward-looking camera mounted on a moving platform. The objective is ...
Materials and structural innovations for bioelectronics and soft actuators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
and development of biomimetic muscle materials. Finally, I realized a new type of on-skin bioelectronic interface through a 2D stretchable structure and polylysine-modified PDMS attached to it, which has rich functions such as antibacterial, breathable, light...
Essays in applied microeconomics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
as in Chapter 1, I propose two new indi- cators for identifying racial profiling in statewide reports like Missouri's in Chapter 2. Current Missouri Vehicle Stops Reports make use of a disparity index to help in identifying whether a police agency needs further...
Novel biomaterials for controlled immunomodulatory drug delivery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
. To prevent and alleviate this problem, broad-spectrum immunosuppressants are required which unfortunately have two major disadvantages: (1) low on-target efficiency and/or severe adverse side effects and (2) require conventional oral and subcutaneous...
An experimental study of consumer's attitudes toward the Web: cross-cultural analysis of cultural values and online consumer behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The development of the Internet has generated an impact on the online marketing world widely. To be aware and sensitive about the cultural differences and consumer's web behavior are major premises for success in the global ...
The role of genetic and phenotypic diversity in maize and its effects on aflatoxin accumulation by the fungus Aspergillus flavus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Accumulation of the potent carcinogen, aflatoxin, in maize poses a significant health risk to humans and animals. Most commercially grown maize lines are susceptible to infection by the fungus that synthesizes aflatoxin, ...
Regression analysis of interval-censored failure time data with non proportional hazards models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
specifically most of them are developed for the widely used proportional hazards model. The research in this dissertation focuses on the statistical analysis on non-proportional hazards models. In Chapter 2 we will discuss the regression analysis of interval...
Investigation of the thermostability and activity of biomolecules in bio-friendly deep eutectic solvents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The solvent environment of a biomolecule is critical to its optimal performance in various scenarios, including biocatalysis, drug delivery, therapeutics, and biosensing. This dissertation mainly discusses the implementation ...
Hospital acquired pressure injury in adult orthopedic spine surgery patients: risk factors and risk assessment tools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
). preoperative BRAS cutoff value of 18 yielded Sensitivity 36 percent and Specificity 75 percent. Munro PACU Total cutoff value of 29 yielded Sensitivity 87 percent and Specificity 42 percent. Scott Triggers cutoff value of 1 yielded Sensitivity 76 percent...
The development and validation of the Whitlow Measure of Afrocentric Relationship Attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
the latter analysis. Scale factors include: (a) F1= African American Community Focus (AACF, alpha= .94), (b) Family Advancement and Relationship Unity (FARU, alpha= .89), and (c) Reliance on a Higher Power (RHP, alpha= .91). The Whitlow-MARA has excellent...
Interference with biologic transmission of Anaplasma marginale by targeting the tick-pathogen interface
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Ticks are globally renowned vectors for numerous zoonoses. Ixodid ticks transmit a variety of viral, bacterial, and protozoan pathogens to their vertebrate hosts. Because of the expansion of the geographic ranges of both ...
The role of apoptosis during inflammation resolution in Lyme arthritis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
to due decreased DISC formation. This is a result of increased cAMP in BLT1-/- neutrophils due to the inability for LTB4/BLT1 signaling to downregulate cAMP. Additionally, macrophages must be able to produce PGE2 to be affected by and efferocytose...
Temporal decision making using unsupervised learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
clustering to build an adaptive system for analyzing streaming multi-dimensional activity feature vectors. For this reason, the possibilistic C-Means (PCM) and Automatic Merging Possibilistic Clustering Method (AMPCM) are combined together to cluster...
Low-intensity blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury : linking blast physics to biological outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
of 350 g of high-energy explosive C4. The use of an open-field experimental blast generated a primary blast wave with a peak overpressure of 6.76 pounds per square inch (PSI) (46.6 kPa) at a 3-meter (m) distance from the center of the explosion...
Leveraging rhetorical style to reduce the existential threat of inclusive messaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
that exposure to inclusive messaging about what it means to be American led to lower meaning in life than exclusive messaging, or a control passage. Study 2 (N = 1,218) showed that conveying an inclusive message about American identity using non...
Estimates of correlation between estrus behavior and estradiol concentrations during estrus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
). The number of times touched and the sum of the touch duration were used to compare farms and estimate the intra-class correlation (repeatability). For Study 2, postpartum Holstein (n = 85) and Guernsey (n = 5) cows in a confinement-style dairy were used. Cows...
The effects of consumers' online shopping goals and their characteristics on perceived interactivity and shopping behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purpose of this study is to examine how consumers' characteristics and their shopping goals influence their perceptions on interactivity of the website; further, the relationship between consumers' perceived interactivity ...
Enterobactin export in escherichia coli via P43 (ents) and associated components
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
to contributions from several other identified E.coli components, such as the multi-drug export system comprised of the outer membrane protein TolC and the translocase AcrAB. These data all demonstrate P43 provides a critical activity for the E.coli enterobactin...