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Covalent adduct formation between the antihypertensive drug hydralazine and abasic sites in double and single-stranded DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Hydralazine is an antihypertensive agent that displays both mutagenic and epigenetic properties. Here, we provide evidence that medicinally-relevant ...
Dwell
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] David Simon, an American author and journalist, describes the power of defining things as the antithesis of true understanding. He claims, "When ...
Affirming whiteness : a critical discourse analysis of the affirmative action debate in the Fisher case
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
For the past decade, the Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) decision has served as the constitutional basis for the consideration of race in university admissions (Lawrence, 2001; Ledesma, 2013). The recent Fisher v. University ...
Eunuchs and sex : beyond sexual dichotomy in the Roman world
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This dissertation explores Roman perceptions of eunuchs, particularly their perceived sex and gender. It covers both slave eunuchs castrated as infants or young children and the galli who are self-castrated after puberty. ...
Las culturas indígenas Mexicanas en el pensamiento de Octavio Paz
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Esta investigación analizará la visión homogeneizante con la que Octavio Paz estudió a las culturas indígenas mexicanas actuales a través del paradigma ...
Upper mantle shear wave velocity structure of the east Anatolian-Caucasus region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
In the present dissertation, I describe two studies of the regional upper mantle shear wave velocity structure. In order to derive the absolute velocity structure of the upper mantle, I have applied surface wave tomography ...
Letting off steam : neo-imperial anxieties in postcolonial steampunk literature, aesthetics, and performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Economic sanctions, resource wealth, and increased state utility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Economic sanctions have become an important tool in the hands of world leaders. As globalization has made the world a smaller place and increased the economic ties between nations; economic sanctions have become a preferred ...
VORFREUDE, substitutes for personal fulfillment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Aging well : the effect of community and social resources on subjective wellbeing among older South Africans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My dissertation research uses a mixture of secondary data and aims to add to a small but growing literature on the factors that influence subjective ...
Neurofilaments and pathologies of the Peripheral Nervous System
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The efficiency of signal propagation in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is maximized by myelination and axon diameter. Myelination induces axonal ...
The Heart Can Thirst Because Obsession is a More Country: Poems and Lacemakers: Poems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In the critical introduction, I consider Claudia Rankine's innovative Don't Let Me Be Lonely from a New Media studies framework. While subtitled an ...
The May 2010 eruption of Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala : an experimental study of subliquidus magma rheology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Pacaya volcano, Guatemala, erupted in May 2010 with two lava flows from lateral vents preceding a violent Strombolian eruption from the central vent. Compositions and textures of lava flow and tephra samples suggest a ...
Oy Vey! : the Jewish Golem and The X-Files
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2014)
Riley Simpson was curious about golems, so he asked his friend Peter, an X-Files superfan, to recommend a golem-themed episode of his favorite show. Peter recommended one, but as Riley looked at the episodes on Netflix, ...
Gendered and classed stereotyping : the effects of viewing Teen Mom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Media effects research demonstrates that television is impactful on audiences beyond simply serving an entertainment function. Television messages serve ...
Generation of DNA-damaging reactive oxygen species via the autoxidation of hydrogen sulfide under physiologically relevant conditions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The effects of volatiles on the viscosity and heat capacity of calc-alkaline basaltic and basaltic andesite liquids
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Calc-alkaline basaltic magmas are volumetrically important at continental and island volcanic arcs, yet their thermal and physical properties are poorly described. These basaltic magmas are characteristically hydrous, and ...
Generating sequences of valuations and applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Irrational behavior of algebraic discrete valuationsIrrational behavior of algebraic discrete valuations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] We construct a family of algebraic discrete rank 1 valuations whose associated Hilbert function cannot be written as the sum of a quasi-polynomial and ...