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Paleoseismology and Archaeoseismology along the Southern Dead Sea Transform in Wadi 'Arabah Near the municipality of Aqaba, Jordan
(2013)
The southern Wadi ‘Arabah Valley in Jordan provides an ideal location to
investigate both the paleoseismology and archaeoseismology of the region because it is
situated directly along the active Dead Sea transform, and ...
Monitoring water balance of a rain garden by installation of flow monitoring devices on a residential property
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-30)
Rain gardens are infiltration best management practices that are installed in existing and new construction for the purposes of water quality in receiving waters and stormwater volume reduction. Nationally, rain gardens ...
The role of place in assisted living
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The qualitative inquiry explored what physical attributes and tangible items that assisted living residents at one facility determined to be personally meaningful and emblematic of their concept of 'home.' Using grounded ...
Development of nanocellulose-based SERS substrate for detection of food contaminants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The increasing occurrence of food safety incidents in recent years has triggered public health concerns. Thus, food scientists are endeavoring to ...
The distribution and reactions of the land snails in the vicinity of Columbia Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from page 3: "Introduction: The following study was undertaken at the suggestion of Dr.G .S .Dodds, ,with the intent of discovering the factors which determine the distribution of a group of our local fauna, the land ...
Neotectonic and geophysical investigation into the active growth of the Avawatz Mountain Front, California
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Avawatz Mountains are an actively growing range near the intersection of the Garlock and southern Death Valley Fault Zones in eastern California. ...
ClaimChain: secure Blockchain platform for handling insurance claims processing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Insurance claims processing involves multi-domain entities and multi-source data, along with a number of human-agent interactions. Consequently, this processing is traditionally manually-intensive and time-consuming. ...
An all-consuming conundrum : drivers of seed predation in tallgrass prairies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Post-dispersal seed predation is a determinant of seed availability for species establishment, and ultimately, community structure. For example, species with high intrinsic fitness and competitive ability may not remain ...
Pile capacity estimation of existing deep foundations by CPT methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The reuse of existing deep foundation elements such as piles is possible if a reliable estimation of the pile capacity can be determined. Without an estimate of capacity, either the risk of failure is unknown or an overly ...
Behavioral responses of drosophila suzukii (diptera: drosophilidae) to olfactory and visual cues
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Selected fruit and leaf volatiles were assessed to determine their attractiveness to Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Two- and ...
Life history of the swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus Aquaticus) in Missouri
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"This study was designed to provide information about various phases of the life history of the swamp rabbit, with special emphasis on home ranges and the reproductive cycle. Field work was begun in June, 1956, and ended ...
La France au bord de l’Amérique (France on the edge of America): Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Twentieth Century
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Historians of Empire have overwhelmingly turned their attention to the study of
peoples who, once oppressed by their imperial ruler, have achieved emancipation. Rarely
do they examine the peoples who did not demand ...
A textual analysis of bottled water print ads
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Bottled water ads provide an opportunity to study a product that is essentially identical across brands. This research looks at the magazine print ...
Dissecting the genetic basis of carbohydrate partitioning in maize and sugarcane
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Carbohydrate partitioning, the process by which carbohydrates synthesized in the photosynthetic source tissues (mature leaves) are mobilized to non-photosynthetic (sink) tissues, such as roots, seeds, and developing organs ...
Paleoliquefaction and possible surface deformation along the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Yarbro, Arkansas
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
From interpretation of historical aerial photography and LiDAR imagery of northeast
Arkansas, we identified a northeast-striking topographic lineament coincident with the trend
of modern seismicity along the Axial Fault ...
Local funding percentages as a predictor of seventh grade student success on the Missouri assessment program in mathematics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
School finance formulas vary from state to state, impacting school district educational outcomes. Rural school districts are especially affected due to inherent challenges in producing high student achievement scores. This ...
The effects of supplemental fat and methionine hydroxy analogue on cellulose digestion in wether lambs
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different levels of two types of fat on cellulose diges tion in lambs on a poor quality roughage. Methionine hydroxy analogue, the alpha keto acid of methionine, ...
Synthesis of novel gold nanostars as surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy substrate for measurement of pesticide residues in fresh produce
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Rapid detection of food contaminants using novel analytical methods in combination with nanomaterials has received much attention in recent years. ...
Quantifying evaporation of precipitation below the cloud base using a vertically pointing radar
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Evaporation is the transformative process by which liquid water becomes water vapor. This is a very complex process that many times gets parameterized or even omitted in model forecasting. Previous work has been undertaken ...
Digital hydraulic systems : a theoretical comparative efficiency analysis of hydraulic systems with real pump models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Digital hydraulic systems are a highly disputed technology in the field of fluid power. A digital hydraulic system controls load flow using a ...