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Eph/Ephrin signalling in skeletal muscle development and regeneration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Skeletal muscle can be isolated into 642 individual muscles and makes up to one third to one half of the mass of the human body. Each of these muscles ...
Genetic and neuronal systems that are critical for high temperature avoidance in reflexive and learned behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Effects of prescribed fire and timber harvest on terrestrial salamander abundance, behavior, and microhabitat use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The goal of my dissertation was to assess how terrestrial salamanders respond to two common forest management practices -- prescribed fire and timber harvest. Previous studies have reported that timber harvest adversely ...
Stigmatization in the classroom : an experimental study evaluating the efficacy of instructor strategic communicative responses to student stigmatization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Previous research has demonstrated that instructor labels/attributes (e.g., sexual orientation, race, accent) may negatively affect student assessments ...
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Hydrogen Peroxyl Radical
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Occurrence and implicatons of biological network evolution following polyploidy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The mapping and comparison of biological networks allows for analysis to understand forces of evolution. Here, we synthesize information about polyploidy, or whole genome duplication, and its effects on network rewiring. ...
"A journey is an hallucination" : Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Flann O�Brien�s novel, The Third Policeman, consists of many unrealistic events, thus sharing similarities with the fantastic piece, Alice�s Adventures in Wonderland. The events and characters within the O�Brien�s storyline ...
Punishment and social structure: reactionary Bourbonism and the social origins of Progressive Era death penalty reinstatment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This thesis is an attempt to extend a former investigation that sought to identify those social factors which influenced many, at least, if not all, ...
Classlessness as Doxa: Late Modernity and Changing Perceptions of Class Division in Iceland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation advances class analysis with a historical study of how the cultural and structural changes of late modernity impact class awareness. ...
Dynamics of discourse : power and culture in Precolonial Rwanda
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Rwandan scholarship tends to look at the history of the country in terms of the well-known conflict between "Hutu" and "Tutsi" groups, sometimes re-categorizing the conflict to fit with different paradigms. This study looks ...
The particle-hole map: a visualization tool for electronic excitations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Impressions and Characters: Travel Writing and Narration in the Novel from Victorian to Modern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this dissertation, through examination of narrative form, particularly narration and characterization, in both travel writing and fiction by several ...
Photochemistry of platinum and iridium compexes relevant to solar energy conversion and storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Improving studies of war outcomes and termination : introducing the battles of modern warfare data set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project asks the question of how the battle-level analysis of war improves our understanding of interstate conflict outcomes and war termination. ...
Leather yoghurt : suspicion of exotic food and the Chinese government's crisis of faith
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2014)
Yoghurt is a popular exotic food in China, especially among young Chinese girls who want to lose weight because they think yoghurt is healthy and contains relatively low calories. Even though the price is high compared to ...
Essays on economics of microcredit and economics of fertility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation is a combination of three essays on development economics. In essay 1, I examine the impact of microcredit use on several aspects of ...
We have such a normal, non-accented voice : a sociophonetic study of English in Kansas City
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
A popular myth of American English is that, due to the influence of national media and increased inter-connectivity, regional dialects are disappearing. In fact, linguistic research has shown that, in many ways, Americans ...
The quarrel as a "living word" in Chekhov's early short stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This thesis focuses on Chekhov's early stories written in the period from 1879 to 1886. It argues that Chekhov's quarrel is a particular literary type through analysis of its functions, uses and role in the development of ...
Communication withdrawal in adolescent and young adult romantic relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Removal of organic dyes from water by ionic liquid derived functional magnetic carbons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.]