Browsing 2011 MU theses - Access restricted to MU by Thesis Semester "2011 Fall"
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Consistecy [sic] in reporting of lifetime alcohol use disorder diagnoses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research suggests a decline in the rate of lifetime alcohol use disorders (AUD) over time, indicating possible psychometric problems with ... -
Determinants of child malnutrtrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis is an empirical study which aims to find the socio-economic factors that impact on nutritional status of Congolese children under five and ... -
Differences in seedling vigor among diverse cotton genotypes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Stand establishment and early vigor are critical to the successful production of cotton. However, there is a lack of information on the genetics and ... -
Hydrolytic stability of carbamate and carbonate closomers for the design of a multifaceted drug delivery system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Twelve-fold substituted polyhedral boranes (closomers) are of therapeutic and diagnostic interest in the applications of targeted drug delivery. These ... -
Method for secondary encapsultion [sic] of benzaldehyde for use in ice cream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Encapsulation of flavors can be applied to the ice cream industry to create novel products in which the flavor release is controlled orlimited to the ... -
Mining host-pathogen interaction from biomedical literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] With infectious diseases affecting humans, animals, and plants, the knowledge on mechanisms of infection is critical in designing drugs as well as ... -
Modeling network vulnerability over space and time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Transportation networks play an important role in moving freight, people, data and energy. Therefore, ensuring continuity in these services is an ... -
Multimedia effect and its impact on consumer responses toward online promotion : an empirical study of medical tourism promotion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores the multimedia effect, as well as seeks to detect its impact on consumers' responses. This thesis particularly investigates the ... -
Nonfouling polyampholyte polymer brushes with protein conjugation capacity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The elimination of nonspecific protein adsorption is a very important challenge in many biomaterial applications. This work reports on the multi-functional ... -
The RNA binding protein HuR : novel mouse models and T cell targets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Posttranscriptional gene regulation is an important mechanism of controlling mRNA expression and protein production. The RNA binding protein has been ...