Browsing University of Missouri-Columbia by Thesis Semester "2008 Summer"
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Academic motivation, mathematics achievement, and the school context : building achievement models using TIMSS 2003
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Using the TIMSS 2003 data, this study built mathematics achievement models of eighth-graders in four selected countries: the United States, the Russian Federation, Singapore and South Africa. Students' motivational beliefs, ... -
Advanced guidance algorithms for the Ares V cargo launch vehicle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Launch ascent guidance is an area that routinely involves applications of optimization tools and optimal control theory. The vacuum ascent trajectory problem has been formulated as a two-point boundary-value problem with ... -
Alcohol induced histone acetylation mediated by histone acetyl transferase GCN5 in liver
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Although several mechanisms have identified for alcoholic liver disease, at present there are no precise mechanisms for liver injury. We have observed that surrogate alcohols increases histone H3 acetylation selectively ... -
American exceptionalism, missionary politics, and the religious impulse in contemporary foreign policy attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation offers an examination of the effects of religion and its attendant moral politics on attitudes towards foreign policy issues. America's ... -
Amino-terminal sequences of the bacillus anthracis exosporium proteins BCLA and BCLB important for localization and attachment to the spore surface
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The exosporium is the outermost layer of the Bacillus anthracis spore. The predominant protein on the exosporium surface is BclA, a collagen-like glycoprotein. BclA is incorporated on the spore surface late in the B. ... -
Analysis of alternative care placement changes as provided by case managers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This exploratory study systematically identified and analyzed a comprehensive list of 53 primary reasons children experienced alternative care placement changes in Missouri's child welfare system. Case managers employed ... -
An analysis of aspartic peptidases expressed by trophoblasts and placenta of even-toed ungulates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The Pregnancy Associated Glycoproteins (PAGs) represent a multigene family of trophoblast expressed proteins, found exclusively in the placenta of even-toed mammals such as ruminants (cattle, sheep), pig, etc. In ruminants, ... -
An analysis of the State
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)What the state is remains far from clear in political philosophy. However, the state is also a key concept at work in many discussions in political philosophy. For example, there is a debate about anarchism, the question ... -
Analysis of twenty-five years of heavy rainfall events in the Texas Hill Country
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Forecasting heavy rain events and the area of greatest threat has been a long standing challenge in operational meteorology. This is especially true in certain regions where the physical geography lends itself to the ... -
Analyzing how grade four teachers plan to teach inquiry-based curriculum materials and the influences on their preparation of mathematics lessons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This study documented how Grade 4 teachers plan to teach from an inquiry-based mathematics curriculum, and identified specific influences on planning. Previous studies of instructional decision-making yielded a framework ... -
Anti-fog coatings using the super-hydrophobic approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Surfaces with water contact angles in excess of 150[degrees] have been attracting a great deal of attention. The work done here was in the design and development of an anti-fog coating. The hydrophilic as well as the ... -
The art of recoverying : benchmarking and identity salvaging among injured athletes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores sense-making and identity strategies of athletes managing pain and injury both personally and socially. In- depth interviews were ... -
Bayesian hierarchical models for the recognition-memory experiments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Bayesian hierarchical probit models are developed for analyzing the data from the recognition-memory experiment in Psychology. Both informative priors ... -
Bayesian spatial analysis with application to the Missouri Ozark Forest ecosystem project
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Bayesian hierarchical framework brings more flexibility by accounting for variation from different levels and improves the estimation of parameters ... -
The biology and ecology of tuber aestivum mycorrhizae establishment in the greenhouse and the field
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Truffles, of the ectomycorrhizal genus tuber, are cultivated in plantations to offset declining wild production. Although methods for truffle plantation management have been published, methods for the production of ... -
Biracial children's psychosocial development from kindergarten to fifth grade : links to individual and contextual characteristics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] With a median age of 9.7 years Black-White biracial children represented the youngest race combination in the 2000 U.S. Census. Hence, how parents ... -
Bounded rationality for BitTorrent networks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As peer-to-peer networking has becoming a focus in the global networking realm, peer-to-peer distributed systems have been through rapid developments ... -
Breathing in the other : enthusiasm and the sublime in eighteenth-century Britain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This project assesses enthusiasm and the sublime as important eighteenth-century phenomena for establishing the limits and bases of reason and polite discourse. My research focuses eighteenth-century and current sources ... -
Call timing interactions, aggressive behavior, and the role of acoustic cues in chorus formation in treefrogs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)I studied calling patterns and aggressive behavior of the Bird voiced treefrog, , to assess how dynamic call characters influences males and the factors influencing the onset of choruses and settling patterns of males in ... -
Chapman-Enskog solutions to arbitrary order in Sonine polynomials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The Chapman-Enskog solutions of the Boltzmann equations provide a basis for the computation of important transport coefficients for simple gases and gas mixtures. These coefficients include the viscosity, the thermal ...