Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2019 Fall"
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Cultural cognition : the epistemic function of worldviews
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Cultural worldviews -- shared, symbolic systems of meaning that render life interpretable -- provide a great deal of knowledge about the world. Thus, the validity of one's worldview may affect the need to think. The present ... -
Dangerous weapons : arms transfer, interstate conflict, and dependence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This study is an attempt to contribute to the international security literature by illuminating why countries bolster their own security by acquiring weapons from other countries, how these acquisitions affect their ... -
Decision theory and sampling algorithms for spatial and spatio-temporal point processes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In this work, we first present a flexible hierarchical Bayesian model and develop a comprehensive Bayesian decision theoretic framework for point process theory. Then, we provide a comparative study of the approximate ... -
Defending an indirect normativity of belief
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In this dissertation, I seek to answer the following questions: is there such a thing as deontic epistemic normativity -- obligations, permissions, and prohibitions to act in a certain way based on epistemic grounds -- and ... -
Development of an amenable system for site-specific addition to a maize chromosome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Currently, transgenic maize is produced by random integration of a transgenes into the plant. This works for single genes, but not as well for multiple traits. Identifying plants that contain several transgenes becomes a ... -
Donor-acceptor copolymers and sol-gel processable zinc oxide for thin film transistors and hybrid photodetectors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Organic semiconductors have been gaining attention both in research and commercial development for electronic devices due to their low manufacturing ... -
Effects of local sequence on the formation of interstrand DNA cross-links derived from the reaction of an abasic site with a cytosine residue on the opposing strand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)DNA Interstrand Cross-Links are of special concern due to the difficulty of repair and cytotoxicity of cells associated with these lesions. Interstrand Cross-Links between abasic sites and native nucleobases has shown ... -
Exploring defects and induced magnetism in epitaxial graphene films
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Graphene has been demonstrated to have unique properties not only in its virgin state but also by altering its environment through rotations in bilayer graphene, doping, and creating heterostructures with other 2D materials, ... -
Fluid inclusion evidence for the temperature and composition of ore fluids in the Lemhi Pass and diamond Creek Ree-Th districts, Idaho-Montana
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The Lemhi Pass district is the largest thorium (Th) and 5th largest rare earth element (REE) occurrence in the U.S., straddling the continental divide along the central Idaho-Montana border. The Diamond Creek district, ... -
The high cost of living : death and social identity of Missouri's historic Columbia cemetery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The gravestones of Missouri's historic Columbia Cemetery demonstrate the changing social identity of the population of Columbia, Missouri. These stone ... -
Hybrid logistic and confined exponential growth models : estimation using SEM software
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The logistic and confined exponential curves represent growth over time in various contexts such as learning and technology transfer. Logistic growth operates as a contagion process in a population of interest, while the ... -
Identification, characterization and use of novel thermogenetic tools in drosophilia melanogaster
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Extrinsic control of neural activity is necessary to decipher the neural mechanisms underlying behavior. Molecular tools that employ light (optogenetics) or temperature (thermogenetics) are primarily used for extrinsic ... -
Insights into atomic orbital polarization in polyatomic dissociation from DC slide velocity map imaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] "The field of chemical reaction dynamics is based upon understanding the details of elementary chemical reactions. It seeks to answer fundamental ... -
A lacanian reply to Marx : the necessity of topology in the formation of the social
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study addresses Lacan's comments on Marx. While much has been done towards reading Marx with psychoanalysis generally, little had has been done ... -
Late cretaceous ocean circulation in the south Atlantic and Pacific oceans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Cooling during the last 15 million years of the Cretaceous is widely believed to have resulted in a reorganization of ocean circulation, with cooler ... -
"Learning the ropes : coaching and performing race, style, and identity in professional boxing"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation is an urban ethnography that utilizes a critical race theory (CRT) approach into analyzing the culture and identity, race and/or ... -
Magical safe spaces : the role of literature in Medieval and early modern magic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My dissertation argues that medieval and early modern English romances provided magic a safe space where authors and audiences engaged with the ideas ... -
Maternal care and environmental enrichment influences on serotonin knockout mice with implications for a gene x stress model of autism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research has shown a genetic variant in the serotonin transporter gene (Slc6a4) can increase the severity of a person's reaction to stress. ... -
Mechanisms of polar growth in the alphaproteobacterial order rhizobiales
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)All bacteria elongate and divide to faithfully reproduce their cell shape. Understanding the mechanisms that drive bacterial morphology requires an intimate knowledge of how the cell wall is synthesized. During cell ... -
Mysteries, philosophy, and self-representation in imperial Rome : Plutarch, Apuleius, and Vettius Agorius Praetextatus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In my dissertation, I explore the use of mystery cults in three separate authors -- Plutarch of Chaeronea, Apuleius of Madauros, and Vettius Agorius Praetextatus -- and analyze how these writers use mystery cults to ...