Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2004 Fall"

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  • Agent-based modeling of seasonal population movement and the spread of the 1918-1919 flu: the effect on a small community 

    Carpenter, Connie V. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    Agent-based modeling provides a new approach to the study of virgin soil epidemics like the 1918-1919 flu. By using this bottom-up simulation approach, a landscape can be created and populated with a heterogeneous group ...

  • An analysis of the 1875-1877 scarlet fever epidemic of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 

    Parish, Joseph MacLean, 1974- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    An epidemic of scarlet fever on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada between 1875 and 1877 is analyzed in the context of a larger, world-wide pandemic of scarlet fever that occurred between 1825 and 1885. Data derived ...

  • Annealing-dependent phenomena in Ga₁[-x]Mn[x]As 

    Kirby, Brian J., 1977- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    There has been a great deal of recent research interest in the development of "spintronics" technology. Many potential spintronic devices will require a "spin injector" capable of producing a spin-polarized current. In ...

  • But in the night we are all the same 

    Hartin-Young, Sally, 1973- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    But In the Night We Are All the Same, a critical dystopian novel, explores the creation and perpetuation of power structures, gender identity, and desire. The protagonist, Lemon, is a member of the oppressed class. She ...

  • Optimal designs for dose-finding in contingent response models 

    Rabie, Huwaida, 1958- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    We study D- and c-optimal designs for dose-finding with opposing failure functions. In particular, we study the contingent response models of Li, Durham and Flournoy (1995). In the contingent response model, there are two ...

  • Psychophysiological assessment of motivational processing during habit learning in Parkinson's disease 

    Mattox, Samuel T. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    Mesencephalic dopamine pathways have been shown to play an important role in procedural learning and motivation. Individuals with disrupted dopamine transmission due to Parkinson's disease show selective deficits in non-motor ...

  • Toward polar 1,4-diphenylbutadiene materials 

    Sui, Yongqiang, 1972- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    The fast response time of [pi]-electrons makes organic materials increasing interesting as highly anisotropic materials. We are especially interested in dipole parallel-aligned crystals because of the much higher chromophore ...

  • Understanding gay cultures 

    Mueller, Mark A., 1965- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    Perceptions of gay culture have changed dramatically over the last century. Before the Stonewall Riots of 1969, mainstream society chose not to acknowledge the existence of a gay sub-culture. The photographic works of ...