Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2017 Spring"
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Abjection and order : the grotesque aesthetic in Octavia Butler's Wild Seed and Dawn, and Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Octavia Butler's Wild Seed and Dawn, and Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills are three novels that expose the abjection of their black, maternal protagonists ... -
The Anthropocene as kairos : the rhetorical invention of ecological consensus /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The Anthropocene is a geological and temporal designation that represents the end of an 11,000 yearlong geological time period and marks the beginning ... -
Assembling comics : the house style and legacy of RAW books and graphics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study is to construct a narrative history of the founding and development of RAW Books and Graphics while providing a critical ... -
At the edge of a dream : the mismanagement of Pruitt-Igoe, 1950-1980
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Scholars often study the Pruitt-Igoe housing project for its failure and concentrate almost solely on the project's demise. This work expands the scope ... -
Babbler : a novel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A satirical novel of post-WWII America depicted through the fictitious memoirs of an ex-Nazi on an absurdist quest to win the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Bayesian partition model for identifying hypo- and hyper- methylation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation introduces MethyBayes, a full Bayesian partition model for identifying hypo- and hypermethylated loci. The main interest of study on ... -
Beyond dialogue : different literary and artistic strategies to represent the unspeakable in three francophone plays : Wajdi Mouawad's Incendies, Groupov's Rwanda 94, and Milo Rau's Hate Radio /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The concept of representation is an ancient one, and as such it has acquired multiple meanings throughout time. However, when the representation in question is that of an "unspeakable" event, such as war and genocide, it ... -
Birds and backs : a scholarly exploration of writing, performance, and body image
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Diet culture is an intricate part of the current society in the United States, affecting countless women and girls, and men and boys. The health problems associated with dieting are major concerns, especially given the ... -
Boron quantitative analysis and imaging analysis in plants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Boron is a very important nutrient element in plants, and thus it plays a key role in the world's food supply. Both boron deficiency and boron toxicity will cause plants to decrease their crop yield or even cause plants ... -
C4 photosynthetic evolution : sub-types, diversity, and function within the grass tribe Paniceae
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Most plants convert sunlight into chemical energy using a process known as C[subscript 3] photosynthesis. However, some of the world's most successful plants instead use the C[subscript 4] photosynthetic pathway which ... -
Can mindfulness meditation reduce the tendency to justify the status quo?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)System justification theory suggests that advantaged groups in society frequently express ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias, whereas disadvantaged groups express outgroup favoritism. These tendencies are likely to occur ... -
Centered on the periphery : the changing dynamic between Ionia and imperial powers 454-c.294 BCE
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Consisting of twelve cities on the coast of Asia Minor and proximate islands, Ionia is commonly thought to have flourished in the Archaic period, only to go into decline after the Persian conquest in 540 BCE before suffering ... -
Chemical and biochemical properties of abasic site adducts and 6-thioguanine DNA cross-links in DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] DNA is a macromolecular complex, composed of the nucleotides adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine interconnected by a phosphate backbone, that contains ... -
Conformal mappings and the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Let [omega] be an open and connected set in the complex plane. A mapping f : [omega] [right arrow] C is said to be conformal at a point z0 if it ... -
Coordination chemistry of actinides and fission products (lanthanides and molybdenum) with neutral or acidic phosphine oxide ligands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Reprocessing in the nuclear fuel cycle is becoming essential considering the increasing demands for energy world-wide and the role nuclear energy will have in the future. Reprocessing not only aids in prolonging the supply ... -
Craft Christianity : Christianity and craft beer America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The recent advent of American Christian communities incorporating craft beer into their lives stands in curious defiance to the ways in which religion and drinking have often interacted in American culture. In this thesis, ... -
Deep ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy as a tool for biomolecule analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Cholesterol is a major component of membranes, reducing their fluidity at higher concentrations. The UV Raman vibrational mode of the carbon-carbon double bond in cholesterol occurs at 1675 cm-1 is strongly resonance ... -
Design and gas sorption study of c-alkylresorcin[n]arene-based cocrystals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Supramolecular chemistry is the study of how to form complexes through molecular self-assembly and intermolecular bonding. Our research group has been ... -
Determinants and consequences of private environmental regimes /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While the role of firms has been acknowledged in existent research in political economy, it has played a rather peripheral role in the study of ... -
The development and synthesis of foundational ideas in four Debussy Préludes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)This study examines specific themes, called foundational ideas, in four of Claude Debussy's Prludes. These foundational ideas are presented as discrete pieces, then developed, and finally form a previously unforeseen ...