Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2007 Fall"
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Generational shifts and the creation of political selves : a focus group investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)A preponderance of research in political communication has centered on the lack of voter mobilization and indicates that the youth of the nation do not participate in the democratic process. In 2000, national research teams ... -
Georges Perec: autobiographie et trauma
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Georges Perec (1936-1982) a largementété étudié pour ses prouesses linguistiques et son talent d'écrivain hors-pair. Cependant, un nouveau domaine sur lequel se penche aujourd'hui la critique littéraire, à savoir ... -
A good mate inspires loyalty : relationship quality moderates an ovulatory phase shift in romantic relationship feelings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Theory and evidence are presented that support the hypothesis that being in a high quality romantic relationship protects women from ovulatory phase increases in negative relationship emotions that may shift their interest ... -
The incultuartion of the Christian Gospel: theory and theology with special reference to the Igbo of southeastern Nigeria
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)One of the most urgent problems within many Christian denominations is how to relate the Christian Gospel to diverse cultures. The importance of culture in the missiological process cannot be overstated; for culture is the ... -
Inflation and seigniorage studies in Africa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This paper explores the link between inflation and seigniorage, which is the revenue governments get from printing money. My research uses data from twenty-nine African countries in the time period 1981 to 2005 to find the ... -
It's bigger that hip hop: popular rap music and the politics of the hip hop generation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)A number of authors and supporters of hip hop culture have suggested that rap music has the potential to serve as a vehicle for the next stage of the Civil Rights Movement. However, the extent to which rap music has addressed ... -
The logic of decisions in militarized disputes : the effect of regime, power, arms contorol [sic], and airpower on decision-making in militarized disputes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This study examines the causal relationship among pre and intradispute information and decision-makers' decisions determining evolution of militarize disputes. The identified causal factors are interconnected with one ... -
Maintaining cross-domain objects and features in working memory : implications for storage in models of working memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)A great deal of evidence, both from behavioral studies of cross-domain interference and from neuroimaging, suggests the need for a domain-general store in models of working memory. Baddeley included such a store in an ... -
The many faces of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe : examining the Crusoe myth in film and on television
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This dissertation focuses on the cinematic versions of the Robinson Crusoe story. Starting from the early 1900s, a significant number of films rewrite, reinvent, and rework the Crusoe myth. Instead of replicating Defoe's ... -
Mario Bauza: swing era novelty and Afro-Cuban authenticity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Introduced to jazz in his native Cuba, Mario Bauzá (1911-1993) immigrated to New York City in 1930 to take part in its active scene as an instrumentalist, and, by enhancing pre-existing musical practices with his arranging ... -
The moderating role of maternal supervision in the social ecology of children's unintentional injuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for young children in the United States. Gaining a better understanding of the ways in which maternal behaviors relate to children's injuries may help researchers develop ... -
Moses Harman: free thought, free love, and eugenics in the Midwest, 1880-1910
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This thesis investigates the free thought, free love, and eugenics movements by examining the figure of Moses Harman. It considers the way in which ... -
Multiscale modeling of biomolecular systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Studies of structure-function relationships in biomolecular systems require to follow nanometersize systems on time scales spanning from pico- to micro-seconds, while maintaining atomic scale spatial resolution in all-atom ... -
Natural law and the challenge of legal positivism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)In this dissertation I develop and defend a version of a general theory of the nature of law inspired by the classical natural law tradition, with special intellectual debt to the articulation of that tradition by John ... -
Neutron diffraction and quasielastic neutron scattering studies of films of N-alkanes and a branched alkane adsorbed on graphite
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Neutron diffraction and quasielastic neutron scattering have been used to study the structure and dynamics of films of n-alkanes and of a branched ... -
Nineteenth-century literary women and the temperance tradition : temperance rhetoric in the fiction of Lydia Sigourney, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Rebecca Harding Davis and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Although historically scholars have viewed nineteenth-century temperance as a lesser movement in a century characterized by other weighty reforms, this dissertation builds on recent scholarship that redirects attention to ... -
Noise and signal transmission properties as agents of selection in the vibrational communication environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Members of the Enchenopa binotata species complex (Hemiptera: Membracidae) are host-specific phytophagous insects that communicate by sending vibrations through their host plants. Successful communication depends on the ... -
On Foucault and the genealogy of governmentality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)In this dissertation I perform what I take to be a genealogy of governmentality by tracing the history of governmentality through various political philosophers and culminating in the work of Michel Foucault. I begin with ... -
Playing on the margins : local musicians and their resistance projects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examines the resistance projects used by local musicians in a mid-sized town in the Midwest. Drawing on a practice approach, I explore how ... -
The role of culture in police behavior literature, 1953-2006
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Literature examining police behavior published between 1953 and 2006 was analyzed to determine the role culture played in police behavior during different ...