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Polystyrene coated iron-platinum drug delivery platforms for theranostics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease, and it is estimated that one in every four deaths is ...
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 ...
The birth and adoption of kinship: Folklore and fakelore in the context of nation-states and world religions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation centers upon the premise that human kinship, cooperation, and sociopolitical organization are not fully comprehensible without reference ...
Magic for unlucky girls : stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Magic for Unlucky Girls: Stories is a collection of short stories that weave Western oral and literary folklore influences around women-centered ...
Remaking lives and community in the gooseless goose capital of the world /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Climate change is disrupting and will continue to disrupt peoples' lives and communities all over the world. Nevertheless, a vast majority of research ...
Can Second Life make health a first priority? : examining exercise efficacy and body image through Priming Theory and the Proteus effect /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study examined prosocial and antisocial effects of avatar embodiment in a virtual world on health and body image in emerging adult women. ...
Weak hardy spaces and paraproducts /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a new square function characterization of weak Hardy spaces in the full range of exponents possible and ...
Zooarchaeological analysis of material excavated in 2009 from the 76 draw site (la 156980), Luna County, New Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The 76 Draw site is located in southwestern New Mexico, several kilometers south of Deming. Evidence such as thick abode walls oriented on a North-South axis, Ramos polychrome ceramic sherds and El Paso sherds, suggests ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mapping Seneca : cognitive cartography and moral imagination in the Natural Questions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This dissertation focuses on how Seneca creates a map of the world that defies human limitations and control, thereby instilling within the reader an understanding of self-knowledge. I argue that Seneca "maps" the world ...
Large-amplitude solitary water waves with discontinuous vorticity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Consider a two-dimensional body of water with constant density which lies below a vacuum. The ocean bed is assumed to be impenetrable, while the boundary which separates the uid and the vacuum is assumed to be a free ...
Stability of risk attitude across choice contexts and frames
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
We report the results of the large-scale study of risk attitude demonstrating substantial heterogeneity both between and within decision makers across three risky choice contexts: financial, mortality and climate change. ...
Three essays on the relationship between reputation and leverage : a Bayesian perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In markets involving repeated interactions between a principal and an agent, (labor markets, credit market, goods market) agency problems are further ...
In defense of biblical literacy in English and American literary studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This study seeks to address a nationwide lack of concern for biblical education in English literary studies. More specifically, it evaluates and offers potential remedies for the current state of biblical illiteracy within ...
Seismic attenuation of regional phases in the northern Middle East and eastern Tibetan plateau
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Temperature and composition are two major causes for subsurface seismic anomalies. Positive temperature anomalies will lead to a reduction in both attenuation and velocity; however, compositional anomalies should not ...
Quantifying the effect of local shelter on tree growth patterns within upper treeline ecotones in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
On Bruce Mountain in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, the upper treeline ecotone has advanced upslope since 1970 and to the highest extent in at least the past 210 years. However, the mechanisms facilitating tree establishment ...
Foreign policy during intrastate and extrastate conflict : patterns of support, retaliation, and opportunism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project examines how states and international organizations (IOs) interact with rebel groups involved in civil conflict to achieve their own goals. ...
The eclipsing binary TV cassiopeiae
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
"The present discussion is based on 51 plates taken by Dr.Baker and the writer with the 5-inch camera during the period from July 1914 to October 1915. These plates where exposed about 1.5 mm. outside of focus, and were ...
Black and blue : exploring protests, African American attitudes, and law enforcement behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Despite an ongoing conflict between criminal justice reform and law enforcement partisans, the literature is limited on public opinion, protests, and police response within political science. Generally, studies have broadly ...