2012 MU dissertations - Access restricted to MU: Recent submissions
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Color outside the line : Liminality and Creole identity in Louisiana, colonial era to reconstruction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This work examines the construction of racial and caste identity in Louisiana, from the French and Spanish colonial period through Reconstruction. Using ... -
Eat for life : a quasi-experimental trial of a novel mindfulness-based intuitive eating intervention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Adult women in the community experience a range of problematic relationships with food and their bodies. This is demonstrated in the high prevalence ... -
Physics-based predictions of RNA loop stability and structures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules play a variety of crucial roles in cellular functions at the level of transcription, translation and gene regulation. ... -
Neuromodulation-dependent regulation of coordinated patterns of gene expression in motor neurons of the stomatogastric ganglion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The pyloric network of the crustacean stomatogastric ganglion (STG) is a central pattern generator that requires descending modulation for normal ongoing ... -
Sequence and secondary structural analysis of a novel class of RNA aptamers that inhibit reverse transcriptase
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] RNA aptamers are synthetic RNAs selected for their ability to bind a molecular target. Reverse Transcriptase (RT) is the major target of antiretroviral ... -
An evaluation of the Missouri public high school personal finance course graduation requirement : is there a transfer of knowledge?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This researcher performed an evaluation of the Missouri public high school personal finance graduation requirement. Sophomore, junior, and senior ... -
The characterization of the tetratricopeptide repeat protein 13 in mammals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Tetratricopeptide repeat domain protein 13 (TTC13) is a member of a large family of proteins known as tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) proteins that has ... -
The nation of Islam's struggle for civil rights and liberties, 1930-1971
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Beginning in the fall of 1939, Charles Hamilton Houston, professor of law at the Howard University School of Law and the legal pioneer generally credited ... -
An investigation into gravity independent oscillating heat pipes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A number of oscillating heat pipes (OHPs) with unbalanced structures were investigated in an effort to develop methods enabling OHPs to be gravity ... -
The filth and the fury : a rhetoric of punk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] On December 1st, 1976, punk exploded onto the British cultural scene when the Sex Pistols appeared on Thames Television's Today show. Sporting a ... -
On the role of cytokines and route of antigen delivery on the modulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a mouse model of the human autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis and is caused by myelin-reactive T ... -
Relationship between family, school, peer, and student characteristics and student scientific literacy in Azerbaijan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examined the effects of school, family, peer and student individual characteristics on scientific literacy scores. The study analyzed data ... -
Identification and characterization of Boone Cardiovirus, a novel virus of laboratory rats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cardioviruses are members of the Picornaviridae family capable of causing several forms of disease including myocarditis, encephalitis, diabetes, fetal ... -
Physics-based predictions of RNA loop stability and structures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules play a variety of crucial roles in cellular functions at the level of transcription, translation and gene regulation. ... -
Conformational studies on adenine formation and spin properties of bio-related radicals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation summarizes a few different projects I have contributed to in Dr. Glaser's group during the past five years. The first part is chapter ... -
Investigating experiences that inform university instructors' specialized knowledge for teaching protein synthesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences that informed three university instructors' specialized knowledge for teaching protein ... -
Taking grievance seriously : public goods provision and the incidence of civil violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Drawing on the literature on the incidence of civil conflict, I argue that the supply of political and socio-economic goods significantly determines ... -
Hierarchical modeling of nonlinear multivariate spatio-temporal dynamical systems in the presence of uncertainty
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Dynamic spatio-temporal models are statistical models that specify the joint distribution of a spatio-temporal process as the product of a series of ... -
Direct simulation Monte Carlo study of phonon heat conduction in solid nuclear fuels
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Heat transfer in solid nonmetallic thin films can be best described by the phonon Boltzmann transport equation (BTE). In this study, the direct simulation ... -
Women without place : a home for now: mothering within temporary shelter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project draws on nine months of ethnographic research in a domestic violence shelter, New Beginnings, to explore the experience of mothering within ...