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Reducution of rhenium(V)-oxo schiff base complexesith triphenyl phosphine ligands [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2006)
The purpose of this research is to produce radiopharmaceutical drugs for the possible use in therapy and diagnosis of cancer. A radiopharmaceutical drug is composed of a radioactive element contained within chelating agent ...
Inactivation of PTP1B by endogenous and dietary aldehydes [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2006)
Protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B (PTP1B) plays a significant role in the tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent signal transduction by dephosphorylating the tyrosine residue in the insulin signaling pathway. PTP1B has a catalytic ...
Detecting fluorescence in molecular rotors due to shear stress in a flow chamber [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2006)
Molecular rotors are molecules that have two methods of deexcitation: intramolecular rotation or fluorescence emission. It has recently been established that some rotors increase emission intensity in sheared fluids ...
Relationship between grammatical development and stuttering in young children [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)
Background: Over the past decade, there has been increased interest in the effects of developing language skills on stuttering in young children. There has been particular interest in the relationship between stuttering ...
Surface immobilization of peptides on SiO2 nanobeads for an enzymatic biosensor [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)
We have been investigating catalytic systems for the development of a biosensor that detects medically relevant enzymes. Two peptide sequences, CF6 and 051-4 were examined as a trypsin substrate. The peptides were synthesized ...
Beauty? - Fine art graphic design [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)
While included in the School of Fine Art at Mizzou, graphic design is mostly a client and consumer based discipline. Fine art skills are learned and often used in design, to produce a logo, brochure, poster, etc for a ...
The emotional disturbance identification and special education placement of African American students [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2006)
Currently in school districts across the United States, minority students are over-represented in Special Education programs. Additionally, a disproportionate number of these students have been placed in restrictive ...
Therapy of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis under circumstances relevant to human multiple sclerosis - Part II [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)
Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that resembles human multiple sclerosis (MS). EAE and MS develop when proteins of the myelin sheath that covers ...
The veering path of progress : politics, race, and consensus in the north St. Louis Mark Twain Expressway fight, 1950-1956
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis examines how a complicated mix of factors converged to influence the planning, proposal, protest, and final route of the Mark Twain Expressway through St. Louis's North Side in the 1950s. To proponents, the ...
Concealed authorship on the eve of the revolution : pseudonymity and the American periodical public sphere, 1766-1776
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Concealed authorship played a vital role in the critical ten years prior to American independence. Authors utilized printers as cover to publish political essays seditious and disruptive to British authority. Pseudonymity, ...
Phytase : anatomy of an invisible win-win technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Phytase is an enzyme that frees the phosphorous and other nutrients bound in phytate so they can be digested by non-ruminant animals. Phytase has the potential to decrease the cost of feed and decrease the phosphorous in ...
Evaluation of the service performance of an innovative precast prestressed concrete pavement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Precast prestressed concrete pavement (PPCP) is the product of an optimization of conventional materials coupled with economical fabrication and transportation means to create a product that exceeds the performance and ...
Postwar masculine identity in Ann Bannon's I am a woman
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Postwar men experienced an identity destabilization that was unique to the era. Lesbian pulp fiction provided the opportunity for heterosexual men to "try on" alternate identities while simultaneously asserting their ...
Effect of high peroxide value fats on performance of broilers in normal and immune challenged states
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
A series of trials were conducted in order to determine the effects of high peroxide value fats on performance of broilers in normal and immune challenged states from 0-49 days of age. In the first experiment, birds were ...
Cognitive load and time based forgetting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Recently, various researchers have claimed that time does not play a direct role in shortterm forgetting. Instead, they claim that time is only related to forgetting because it is correlated with other factors that cause ...
A study of internet use and its impact on individual level social capital indicators and motivation to volunteer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This paper explores the relationship between Internet use among college students and the production of individual level social capital. As such, this paper applied the uses and gratifications theory to motivations for using ...
Sex on the rebound: motivations for sex and sexual experiences following a relationship breakup
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Despite widespread belief in the rebound phenomenon, few studies have examined sexual experiences after relationship loss. The present study uses a longitudinal, online diary methodology to examine emotional and sexual ...
The Vision Research Center of Kansas City
(2010-03)
The Vision Research Center was founded as and is a well established collaboration of several of UMKC schools and Kansas City Medical Centers and thus offers an unprecedented interdisciplinary synergy with a unified goal: ...
Temperature-dependent vacancy formation during the growth of Cu on Cu(001)
(American Physical Society, 2002)
X-ray diffraction measurements show that a large number of vacancies are incorporated in thin Cu films grown on Cu(001) at low temperatures. At any given deposition temperature between 110 and 160 K, the vacancy concentration ...
Authorities : A MOBIUS Workshop
(2006-06-08)
This presentation provided an overview of national authority standards and practices. It was presented at the MOBIUS Annual Conference June 8, 2006 at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.