2011 MU dissertations - Access restricted to MU: Recent submissions
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A systematic study of medication errors and their dynamics in hospital medication service processes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Medication errors are serious threats to patient safety in acute care settings. In past studies, medication errors have not been studied from a system ... -
Measurement of trace element levels in noctuid larvae in response to baculovirus infections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While a number of studies have examined the effects of viral infections on the trace element status of mammals, very little is known about the roles ... -
Minimal homogeneous resolutions, almost complete intersections and Gorenstein Artin algebras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This work is devoted to the study of the structures of the graded resolutions of codimension three almost complete intersections and the unimodality ... -
Ion dependent stability of RNA three-way junction and DNA triple helices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Nucleic acids are critical for regulation of gene expression. Because nucleic acid molecules are highly charged, the folding of nucleic acids involves ... -
MEMS Coulter counter for dynamic impedance measurement of time sensitive cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this research, a MEMS Coulter counter is designed, modeled, fabricated and characterized, which can detect and monitor the dynamic cell impedance ... -
On the outside looking in : examining the fairness of mentoring from protege and non-protege perspectives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this dissertation was to examine mentoring fairness and to include the perspectives of both proteges and non-proteges. This dissertation ... -
Effects of discussion forums on student academic success within academic disciplines in online undergraduate courses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Institutions of higher education continue to report rapid growth in online enrollments each year prompting quick response in designing and developing ... -
Molecular characterization of CLE peptide mimicry during cyst nematode pathogenesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Plant-parasitic cyst nematodes establish intimate parasitic relationships with their hosts by penetrating the root as motile juveniles and migrating ... -
How the relationship between public health information officers and journalists can affect media agenda-building : a coorientational approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study is three-fold. The first purpose is to investigate how public health information officers perceive health journalists in ... -
Effects of instrumentalization and personalization upon targets and agents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] To better understand the effects of instrumentalization (i.e., treating a person as a means[dash]as though their value resides in their utility) and ... -
Associative and item memory for brands among elderly consumers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A key imperative for marketers is to generate high levels of brand awareness and create favorable and distinctive brand associations in the minds of ... -
Lacan and the posthuman : prosthetic body in the works of Andy Warhol and David Cronenberg
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines the connection between the discourses of psychoanalysis and posthumanism. It focuses on the themes of humans' interaction ... -
University reputation management : experimental study of the influence of identity and image on reputation and behavioral intentions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study viewed parents of prospective college students as a primary target of university reputation management efforts and explored their perception ... -
Breaking down barriers : utilizing audiovisual and gain-message frames to attenuate psychological reactance and increase source credibility towards strategic health messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study was guided by the idea that persuasive health messages have a better chance at being successful if they mitigate the negative force toward ... -
Mechanisms of central and peripheral immune tolerance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The decision of a stem cell to develop into the myeloid or lymphoid lineage has been postulated to occur in the bone marrow. However, a marker of ... -
Targeted 177 Lu antisense radiotherapy of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The B-cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 (bcl-2) proto-oncogene in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a dominant inhibitor of apoptosis. The research goal was to ... -
Discovery of small molecules that regulate the activity of protein tyrosine phosphatases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) are cysteine-dependent enzymes responsible for dephosphorylating phosphotyrosine residues through a phosphocysteine ... -
Construction of a test chamber for ultra-low gas concentrations and its use for tesing novel aluminum nitride sensors by Q-DLTS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A novel sensor comprised of a metallized wide band-gap semiconductor substrate and a software-based Charge-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (Q-DLTS) ... -
"Behind closed doors" : a feminist analysis of senior citizen sexual communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Abundant research has been conducted on senior citizen sexuality but research on sexual communication has been limited. The current study was designed ... -
Coefficient theorems of Birancon-Skoda type
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The original Briancon-Skoda theorem, proved for the ring of convergent power series over the field $mathbb{C}$ of complex numbers, was later generalized ...