Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2015 Summer"
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Essays on inflation dynamics, economic fluctuations and fiscal policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Understand the short-run inflation dynamics is essential for conducting the fiscal or monetary policies, and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve (hereafter, ... -
Examination of mu-Opioid Receptor Activation in the Nucleus Accumbens on Baseline Diet Preferences in Rats Selectively Bred to Run Long or Short Distances
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The obesity epidemic and associated diseases are a direct result of both diet choice and inactivity, as overconsumption of palatable foods and a sedentary lifestyle invariably precede the onset of weight gain. Our laboratory ... -
Genetic variation in the exome : associations with alcohol and tobacco co-use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Shared genetic factors represent one mechanism underlying alcohol and tobacco co-use and dependence, although common genetic variants identified by ... -
If matter matters : navigating the moral implications of panpsychism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)When you gaze at a sunset or taste a peach, there is a subjective feel to be had. This subjective "feel" is referred to as the qualitative character of experience. My goal is to argue that a certain ontological theory of ... -
It takes a village: Twentieth Century black women's fiction and the spiritual apprenticeship narrative
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation looks at nine works by contemporary black women writers and argues that the relationships between the major characters in the text reflect and emphasize the importance of mentoring bonds in black communities. ... -
Long-term effects of multisystemic therapy on caregivers of serious and violent juvenile offenders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This study examined caregiver criminal and civil court outcomes 26 years following treatment for serious and violent juvenile offenders who participated in either a family-based treatment (multisystemic therapy, MST) or ... -
The metaphysics of content : towards a minimalist account of propositions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Propositions appear to be needed as the objects of belief and other propositional attitudes, the primary bearers of truth and falsity, and the semantic ... -
Monitoring membrane protein structural changes and interactions via deep UV resonance Raman spectroscopy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Membrane proteins perform a variety of functions within our cells. They transport nutrients and waste across the lipid barrier, transmit signals from one part of the body to another, and run our immune system. However, ... -
Origins and changes of East Asian party systems and voter alignments : social conditions, issue effects, and party coalitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)My dissertation explains the formulation of party systems and voting behaviors in East Asia. The previous literature maintained that East Asian party politics was caused by the homogeneous culture and the philosophy. ... -
Partially informative normal and partial spline models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There is a well-known Bayesian interpretation of function estimation by spline smoothing using a limit of proper normal priors. This limiting prior ... -
Phylogenetic and morphometric analyses of Eastern fluted-point forms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation constitutes two mutually complementary approaches to the study of Paleoindian material culture in eastern North America, ca. 13,500-10,500 ... -
Quasilinear elliptic equations with sub-natural growth and nonlinar potentials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of finite energy and weak solutions are given. Sharp global pointwise estimates of solutions are obtained as well. We also discuss the uniqueness and regularity properties ... -
Revolutionizing the 'modern' environmental discourse: religion, revolution, and mountaintop removal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This thesis engages the academic study of religion as a discourse for exploring a revolutionary approach to dealing with adverse environmental issues. Employing Buddhism as a heuristic tool, I present a unique approach for ... -
The role of heme oxygenase in metastatic melanoma tumorigenicity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive, tumorigenic molecules. In response to ROS accumulation, or oxidative stress, the transcription factor Nrf2 promotes expression by binding antioxidant response elements ... -
A salience account of explanatory power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] When we ask questions like "why won't my car engine start?" or "why is John late?" we are searching for explanations. We search for explanations in a ... -
Social organization of authenticity in Mexican restaurants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation analyzes the social worlds of the Mexican restaurant industry. First, the topic of organizational constructions and presentations of authenticity is investigated. In examining the relation between discourses ... -
Spatial modeling for social inequality : a geographic perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The concept of need and servicing has been a cornerstone of public service research since its inception, although the methods for modeling and assessing ... -
Specters of otherness : essays on the intersection of religious studies, feminist theory, and alterity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The following essays are explorations of otherness as identity, as discursive force, and as feeling across three different North American socio-cultural ... -
Strategies for the attachment of organic functional groups to silicon surfaces and measurement of vapor pressure of ionic liquids
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Surface modifications of silicon surfaces have been studied for several decades. There are several approaches for attaching organic molecules with specific functionalities to these surfaces, utilizing both the selectivity ... -
Synthesis, characterization and photophysical studies of cyclometalated Au(III) complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)We report here a series of room temperature emissive biphenyl cyclometalated gold (III) diethyl dithiocarbamate complexes (DEDT) having H, CF3, OMe and tBu substitutions on the biphenyl moiety. Synthesis of these complexes ...