Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2012 Spring"
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Divine appointments : living life with maximum impact
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Despite the wide range of theorizing and philosophizing regarding genuine dialogue, few efforts have been made to analyze the phenomenon from an empirical ... -
East marries west
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Nowadays, people from all over the world inevitably encounter and experience cultural differences in the era of globalization. My painting project, East Marries West, is about cultural differences when Easterners and ... -
Ediciones Vigía books in art and cultural history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The Cuban press Ediciones Vigía was founded in April of 1985 by Rolando Estévez Jordán, chief designer and draftsman of the press, and Alfredo Zaldívar, ... -
Effects of a metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 positive allosteric modulator, CDPPB, on spatial learning in rodents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5) has been implicated in a variety of learning processes and is important for aversive learning tasks. The present studies used an mGlu5 receptor positive allosteric modulator, ... -
Effects on sibship size and composition on younger brothers' and sisters' alcohol use initiation : findings from an Australian twin sample
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The effects of sibship size and structure on delinquency are well established, but despite strong links between delinquency and alcohol use, the contribution of these factors to drinking behaviors remains largely unexplored. ... -
Emotional modulation by food rewards : blink and pinna-flexion reflex amplitude while anticipating and viewing images of food
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Understanding individual differences in approaching and avoiding food cues is necessary given the rise of disorders of eating (i.e. obesity, anorexia, ... -
Essays on advance selling of new to-be-released products
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This dissertation comprises three essays on the same topic: advance selling of new to-be-released products. The first essay studies the retailer's optimal strategy in a model where the demand uncertainty comes from both ... -
Evaluation of solitary waves as a mechanism for oil transport in elastic porous media : a case study of the south Eugene Island field, Gulf of Mexico basin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Hydrocarbons in shallow (< 1 km depth) Pleistocene sand reservoirs of the Eugene Island 330 field in the northern Gulf of Mexico basin are thought to have originated from Early Tertiary source sediments at depths of about ... -
Everybody in and nobody out : opportunities, narrative, and the radical flank in the movement for single-payer health care reform
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)In this dissertation, I analyze over twenty years of the United States Single Payer Movement. I began this analysis with the following questions in mind -- What is the Relationship between opportunity and grassroots ... -
Examining the comorbidity of boderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in a community sample
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), both relatively prevalent disorders in our society, overlap and/or co-occur in ways that are not yet well understood, especially outside of ... -
Family communication about genetic disease risk : investigating factors promoting disclosure and individual well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Throughout the last decade, genetic links have been found to some of the most common diseases in the United States (www.cdc.gov/genomics/gtesting/index.htm). While much research has investigated how families cope with these ... -
Farewell to shadowlands : for wind ensemble
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Original composition, "Farewell to Shadowlands." -
From Hattie to Halle : an autoethnographic exploration of a black actress performing weight loss
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation uses autoethnography to explore the performance of weight loss both on the stage and off, identifying three levels of metaphysical ... -
Garden music
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This piece was written as a thesis for the completion of an M.M. in composition. To write it I conjured several images to help characterize various elements of a garden. The first movement came about as a visualization of ... -
Geometric and nonlinear limit theorems in probability theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The concentration of measure phenomenon is a nonlinear equivalent of the law of large numbers that deals with real valued Lipschitz functions and includes linear functionals such as the sample mean. In the first part of ... -
The Harold : a revolutionary form that changed improvisational theatre & American comedy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The Harold is widely regarded as the foundation of long form scenic style improv. First developed in the late 1960's by the San Francisco group The Committee, work-shopped by Del Close in the 1970's, and transformed into ... -
Harrison Bergeron : a multimedia extravaganza
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The thesis and exhibition "HARRISON BERGERON: A Multimedia Extravaganza" presented by David Spear in fulfillment of his Masters of Fine Art academic ... -
Heroic painting and its contemporary interpretation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)My research has involved studying notions of heroism in painted masterworks of the Renaissance-Baroque era and channeling such formats, style, and overall structure of the painting of that time period into my own paintings. ... -
Household war : guerrilla-men, rebel women, and guerilla warfare in Civil War Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Whereas other scholars see the guerrilla and his flamboyant dress, unmistakable swagger, and unconventional tactics as a sure sign of chaos in war, ... -
Houses divided : evangelical schisms, society, and law and the crisis of the Union in Missouri, 1837-1876
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Houses Divided argues that congregational and local denominational schisms among Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterians in the Border State of Missouri before, during, and after the Civil War were central to the crisis of ...