Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2015 Spring"
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Determinants of international cooperation : reciprocity, opportunity, and cooperative norms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation examines few of the determinants and effects of international cooperation. There are three broad themes that run throughout this ... -
Development of advanced chemometric methods for analysis of deep-ultraviolet resonance Raman and circular dichroism spectroscopic data for protein secondary structure determination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Determination of protein secondary structure has become an area of great importance in biochemistry and biophysics as protein secondary structure is directly related to protein function and protein related diseases. While ... -
Devising and collective organization in the San Francisco mime troupe's history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The evolution of the collective structure and use of devising in the San Francisco Mime Troupe's history are intertwined with one another. In order to understand this relationship, and discover what it might contribute to ... -
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(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My sculptural work is comprised of tool-like objects of unknown utility. Each object is made up of materials traditionally used both in Art and Craft ... -
Does difference make a difference? women foreign policy leaders and state conflict behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Often we hear that women are more peaceful than men; however, no one has done a study to see whether or not this observation holds for female chief executives, defense ministers, and foreign policy ministers. Thus, I ask ... -
Drink bleach : the anti state of mind
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This body of work presents a visual rejection of understood ideas of acceptance and a vindication of new ones. As a maker, I obtain an "anti state of ... -
Drivers of tree community composition and seed demography in Serengeti National Park - Tanzania
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Savannas are spatially diverse, variable and susceptible to high rates of disturbance from fire and herbivory. There is a significant amount of interest in woody species dynamics in relation to disturbance regimes but less ... -
The (dys)functionality of deceptive affection : using a goals-based approach to understand the process of deceptive affection and its connection to relational health in friends with benefits and other intimate relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The use of affection in relationships plays an important role in developing and maintaining relationships (Floyd, 2006). However, affectionate ... -
The effect of emotional facial expressions on item and associative memory in younger and older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Research suggests that emotional stimuli can modulate item and associative memory performance. While enhancing the memory for individual item components, ... -
The effect of tillage and crop roation on soybean and soil health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Decision management choices for soybean production play a critical role in the response of the soil environment in which crops are grown. Few experiments have studied the long term effects (23 years) of management practices ... -
Empirical analyses of dynamic categorical data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Essay 1 analyzes the married couples' retirement decision using the PSID data. I employ the proportional hazard model to examine the factors that ... -
Energy transfer and gas diffusion at gas-liquid interfaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The interactions of gasses and liquids play an important role in many systems in chemistry. Gas-liquid surface scattering techniques are a useful tool towards the investigation of energy transfer resulting from gas-liquid ... -
Epistemic virtue and knowledge attribution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] What factors influence whether we may rightly attribute knowledge to a subject? It is uncontroversial that factors like whether a subject has a given ... -
Examining the role of Gbx1 in spinal cord development and its contribution to mammalian locomotion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Animals explore their environment through locomotion. Motion is largely generated by the activity of neurons in the spinal cord. Genes expressed during embryonic development are essential for the formation of connections ... -
Fault evolution and strain partitioning within deforming continents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Diffuse deformation within continents and over broad plate boundary zones deviates from the prediction of plate tectonics theory. Some of the deforming ... -
Fluorine-18 capture by substituted BODIPY derivatives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)For the medical community to effectively decrease the number of deaths caused by cancer each year, we must develop tools that allow for the early detection of biological abnormalities. Earlier detection is key to increasing ... -
Fountains in a desert : place-making and collective action in Snake Valley, Great Basin against southern Nevada water authority's groundwater development project
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This thesis explores how a diverse coalition of rural residents, ranchers, Native American tribes, and environmental activists -- many of them united under the grassroots organization known as the Great Basin Water Network ... -
Frames and applications : distribution of frame coeficients, integer frames and phase retrieval
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The present dissertation is divided into two main areas: frame theoretic results and applications of frames. In particular, the beginning half develops the first detailed theory of the distribution of frame coefficients. ... -
From Stonewall to millennium : Lesbian representation in three representative Late 20th-century plays by American women.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)From Stonewall to Millennium: Lesbian Representation in Three Late 20th-Century Plays by American Women explores the relationship between the lived experiences of LGBT people (especially lesbians and bisexual women) and ... -
Game violence, game difficulty, and 2D:4D digit ratio as predictors of aggressive behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Previous research efforts have sought to determine whether violent video games cause increases in aggressive behavior. The resulting literature is controversial. Those finding the effect may not have the desired degree of ...