Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2008 Fall"
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Multisystemic therapy across the lifespan : a 21.9-year follow-up to a randomized clinical trial with serious and violent juvenile offenders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)In this study, we examined the long-term criminal and civil court outcomes of 176 serious and violent juvenile offenders who had participated in either multisystemic therapy (MST) or individual therapy (IT) in a randomized ... -
Patterns of local mobility in an Iban community of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This study examines the concept of mobility in relation to small-scale, subsistence-oriented societies, in which groups and individuals create complex resource networks in order to satisfy physical and social needs. Mobility ... -
The phenomenal brain : making room for a phenomenal-neural type identity theory of phenomenal consciousness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)It is currently popular among physicalist philosophers of mind to suppose that phenomenal consciousness is essentially a representational phenomenon and that a representational theory of phenomenal consciousness will prove ... -
Portrayals of women in violent situations in texts of the High Middle Ages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This thesis examines the traditional feminine roles as inciters of violence, actors in violence, and as peacemakers. Scandinavian sagas, Anglo-Norman chronicles, and Crusader chronicles of the twelfth century are analyzed ... -
Pricing the residential housing of Shanghai and Shenzhen
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The price of a real estate depends on its location. In China, an urban high-rise typically includes multiple dwellings, which share the same characteristics ... -
Radionuclide production for radioisotope micro-power source technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Radioisotope micro-power sources (RIMS) hold great promise for the development of small power sources for use in numerous applications, including micro electromechanical (MEMS) systems, due to the five orders of magnitude ... -
Re/presenting traditions: identity, power, and politics in folklife programming
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Deliberately playing on the word "tradition," in Re/Presenting Traditions: Identity, Power, and Politics in Folklife Programming, my research interrogates both current practices of re/presenting traditional cultures to the ... -
Regulation of ceramide synthase 1 in cellular stress response
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Ceramides are intimately involved in a wide range of cellular processes. In mammals, de novo ceramide synthesis is catalyzed by the 6 ceramide synthase ... -
Role of non-hypophototropic hypocotyl[3] (NPH[3]) in regulation of phototropism in Arabidopsis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Light is arguably one of the most important environmental factor that not only provides the plant with its energy needs but also cues to modulate its ... -
Role of transmembrane protein strabismus in motor neuron migration in the zebrafish hindbrain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Nervous system development involves extensive cell migration, causing immature neurons to move from proliferative zones to specific locations to generate functional circuits. Defective in neuronal migration can cause severe ... -
Ruin nation : antiquarian objects and political narratives in the long eighteenth century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] "Ruin Nation: Antiquarian Objects and Political Narratives in the Long Eighteenth Century" examines representations of architectural ruins and ... -
Spatially resolved and bulk zinc analysis in biological samples of patients at different stages of Alzheimer's disease by high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)One hypothesis that has gained considerable attention in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is trace element toxicity, and various elements, including zinc, have become the foci of renewed interest. The first ... -
Still life with rooms people live in
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The following is a collection of poems about the transience of the human world, poems which combine an elegiac embracing of our own insignificance and ... -
Synthesis and evaluation of [105]Rhodium (III) complexes of phosphine chelate systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] [Superscript 105]RH has attractive nuclear and chemical properties to be investigated as a nuclide for development of potential radiopharmaceuticals. ... -
Synthesis of silyloxyacrolein for [4+3] cycloaddition and preparation of carbonate closomer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Followed by Funk's method, I synthesized silyloxyacroleins and used them as dienophiles to react with different dienes in [4+3] cycloaddition reaction. ... -
Systemic preservation and political legitimation : a critical examination of the Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While researchers in economics, history of law, and business administration have conducted extensive research into the origins of the Sherman Antitrust ... -
Testosterone and cortisol in coalitional competition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Fourteen teams of three young men competed in within-group and between-group videogame tournaments. Salivary cortisol and testosterone levels were assessed twice before and twice after each tournament, along with intelligence, ... -
Variable-temperature [superscript 1]H-NMR and AB initio study of 5-amino-imidazole-4-carboxamide (AICA) : competing paths for amide-H scrambling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)5(4)-aminoimidazole-4(5)-carboxamide (AICA and TAICA) is an important precursor for the synthesis of purines in general and of the nucleobases adenine and guanine in particular. Biotic nucleobase synthesis has been studied ...