2012 MU dissertations - Freely available online
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Experimental and simulation analysis of the jitter response of a single-shot oil switch with a high-K particle suspension
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This dissertation investigates an oil switching system to address and reduce the jitter observed in the breakdown electric field strength of a pressurized, oil dielectric. The experimental work is conducted in two phases, ... -
Emerging adults views about couple and personal satisfaction in various gGender role relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Human development and Family studies -
Bioreductive metabolism of small molecule nitroaromatics and N-oxides in hypoxia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Hypoxia in tumors causes adverse effects to therapy and negatively impacts on patient prognosis. Identification and quantification of hypoxia is considered to have a strong impact on treatments in tumor therapy. Fluorescent-based ... -
Improving the usability and utilization of cancer registry data : the need to identify a core data set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Cancer registries in the US and Canada have a long history of data standards and data collection that have developed from a minimal dataset to the standard dataset that is used now. Central Cancer Registries (CCRs) are ... -
Structural diversity of proline catabolic enzymes revealed by small angle x-ray scattering, x-ray crystallography and light scattering
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The proline catabolic enzymes catalyze the 4-electron oxidation of proline to glutamate. The reaction involves two enzymes, proline dehydrogenase (PRODH) and Δ1-pyrroline -5-carboxylate dehydrogenase (P5CDH). Some bacterial ... -
Experimental and simulation analysis of the jitter response of a single-shot oil switch with a high-K particle suspension
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This dissertation investigates oil switching systems to address and reduce the jitter observed in the breakdown electric field strength of a pressurized, oil dielectric. The experimental work is conducted in two phases, ... -
Bioreductive metabolism of small molecule nitroaromatics and N-oxides in hypoxia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Hypoxia in tumors causes adverse effects to therapy and negatively impacts on patient prognosis. Identification and quantification of hypoxia is considered to have a strong impact on treatments in tumor therapy. Fluorescent-based ... -
Development of instrumentation and techniques for preclinical image guided microirradiation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Radiation therapy accounts for more than half of cancer treatments in the US, and in order to provide the most effective treatment to patients, new developments are implemented each year. Before a novel radiation therapy ... -
Large-scale forest landscape model, design, validation, and application in management of oak decline
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Forest landscape models (FLMs) have increasingly become important tools for exploring forest landscape changes by predicting forest vegetation dynamics over large spatial scales. However, two challenges confronting FLMs ... -
The relationship of emic model derived resiliency attributes to ninth grade student total core subject courses passed in an urban high school as viewed through the RDYM
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The variables positively supporting urban student matriculation through high school remain unclear as one moves from one context to another. Furthermore, attributes that positively influence urban ninth grade student ... -
The role of reduced working memory resources in the associative deficit of older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Previous research indicates that older adults show problems with remembering associations compared to young adults, yet they remember single pieces of information about as well as young adults do (see Naveh-Benjamin, 2000). ... -
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) : advanced delivery techniques for static and moving targets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) is a rotational radiation therapy which has been used to treat various cancer sites. The continuous delivery of a specific treatment plan for arc therapy can be achieved with multiple ... -
Novel methods for preparation of modified 1-dimensional nanomaterials of titanium dioxide for environmental engineering applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Photocatalytic processes of titanium dioxide have been discovered in the early 1980 and till now titanium dioxide nanomaterials are the most popular photocatalysts for scientific researches and industrial applications. In ... -
Quantification of absorbed doses from radioactive gold nanoparticles and chromium 51 seed implants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)In the ever ending search to seek better options of treatments in radiation therapy, few novel approaches are presented in this thesis. The work presented is in 2 folds. Potentially both can be applied in radiation dose ... -
Identity through style : the transatlantic dissemination of Anglican and Episcopalian neo-Gothic church architecture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)In the nineteenth century the Episcopalians used Gothic Revival architecture for dogmatic purposes to define their status among Protestant denominations and secure their place in the United States of America. The discussion ... -
Conjoint analysis for effective use of online video advertising on video sharing websites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This study employs conjoint analysis to ask which online video advertising formats consumers prefer. Research has shown that online consumers prefer to watch entertainment programming without the information of ads, yet ... -
True depth resolved polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) can image sample polarization properties including retardance, diattenuance, and optical axis and has potential applications in many biomedical fields. However, ... -
Localization of the Rf3 restorer-of-fertility gene for maize S-type cytoplasmic male sterility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Maize S-type cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS-S) is a maternally inherited trait that prevents pollen grains from developing to maturity. CMS-S is associated with the high levels of a novel mitochondrial transcript, ... -
Computational methods for bacterial characterization and bacteria-host/environment interaction analyses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)With the rapid development of next-generation sequencing technologies, bacterial identification becomes a very important and essential step in processing genomic data, especially for metagenomic data. Many computational ... -
Somatic subjects : the pathological path to Victorian womanhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This project explores the role of disease in narratives of female development throughout the nineteenth century, primarily British women's novels. Specifically, I analyze the ways in which female subjectivities are formed ...