Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2014 Summer"
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Affirming whiteness : a critical discourse analysis of the affirmative action debate in the Fisher case
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)For the past decade, the Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) decision has served as the constitutional basis for the consideration of race in university admissions (Lawrence, 2001; Ledesma, 2013). The recent Fisher v. University ... -
Applying the communication theory of identity to members of Alcoholics Anonymous : a phenomenological analysis of the expression of the recovery experience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)The current study interviewed 24 members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to analyze the expression of the addiction recovery experience. The current study also explored the theoretical boundaries of the Communication Theory ... -
Bayesian non-linear methods for survival analysis and structural equation models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)High dimensional data are more common nowadays, because the collection of such data becomes larger and more complex due to the technology advance of the computer science, biology, etc. The analysis of high dimensional data ... -
Bridging the gap in French romantic representations of blackness 1750-1880 : the male mulatto in French literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)This dissertation traces the evolution of the male mulatto in literature from his appearance in the early nineteenth century to his sudden disappearance in the late 1880's. In this dissertation I argue that the literary ... -
Bromine photoelimination from organoplatinum(IV) complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)With burgeoning population growth and widespread economic development world energy consumption is constantly on the rise. Currently most of our energy requirements are met through fossil fuels which are non-renewable. The ... -
Un cajón vacío es inimaginable. efectos del poder y la censura en la cultura cubana del período de la revolución
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] En las páginas que siguen exploramos los efectos del poder en la cultura cubana del periodo de la Revolución y lo hacemos a través de las metáforas de ... -
Challenging national heterosexuality : a rhetorical analysis of campaign rhetoric for and against marriage equality in the November 2012 elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study analyzed the campaign appeals from the November 2012 campaigns for and against marriage equality. This study found that the campaigns against ... -
Combating nuclear power : discourses of justice, the anti-nuclear power struggle for energy justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)In the present study, I critically analyze the anti-nuclear power movement (or the movement for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future) in the U.S. using an environmental justice framework. I aim to explore how ... -
Covalent adduct formation between the antihypertensive drug hydralazine and abasic sites in double and single-stranded DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Hydralazine is an antihypertensive agent that displays both mutagenic and epigenetic properties. Here, we provide evidence that medicinally-relevant ... -
Determining the mechanism of NF C-terminal mediated radial growth of myelinated axons
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The development of the first generation of exo-affinity labeling agents, inactivators of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Type II Diabetes (T2DB) is one of the worldwide problems characterized by ineffective insulin signal transduction as a result of insulin resistance and impaired glucose homeostasis. Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), ... -
Drinking in real life as an example of how expectations color experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Drinkers report using alcohol when experiencing negative emotions, e.g., "to feel numb" or escape and also in times of celebration, e.g., "to get high" ... -
Eph/Ephrin signalling in skeletal muscle development and regeneration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Skeletal muscle can be isolated into 642 individual muscles and makes up to one third to one half of the mass of the human body. Each of these muscles ... -
Etiological teleosemantics and theories of nonconceptual content
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Within the philosophy of mind, discourse regarding the relation between human thought and its objects refers to ‘intentional content’, the information ... -
Expectation of p-norm of random matrices with heavy tails
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)The p-norm (p > 2) of a random matrix whose entries are gaussian, subgaussian and log concave have been studied previously. We conjecture the following generalization of the above results for heavy tailed random matrices: ... -
Genetic and neuronal systems that are critical for high temperature avoidance in reflexive and learned behaviors
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Global justice buzz : the visual rhetoric of the Beehive Design Collective
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Hypoxia selective DNA alkylating analogs of tirapazamine and Ap-derived DNA interstrand cross-links
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Tirapazamine (3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide, TPZ) is a heterocyclic di-N-oxide that can be selectively reduced enzymatically in oxygen-poor (hypoxic) cells commonly associated with solid tumors. This reduction ... -
The impact of sexual experience on the development of sexual self-concept and global self-esteem during adolescence and young adulthood : a prospective analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The development of an understanding of one's self as a sexual person is an important developmental task for adolescents and young adults. Yet little ... -
Improving studies of war outcomes and termination : introducing the battles of modern warfare data set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project asks the question of how the battle-level analysis of war improves our understanding of interstate conflict outcomes and war termination. ...