Browsing Division of Food Systems and Bioengineering (MU) by Thesis Semester "2019 Spring"
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Accurate DNA microsatellite and microRNA detection with a biological nanopore
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Nanopore-based detection has been used in many genetic, epigenetic, proteomic, and bio-mechanism studies. In this report, we introduced two ... -
Applying a "hypocrisy" strategy to improve food safety practices in restaurants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of hypocrisy approach on improving restaurant employees' handwashing behavior and glove behaviors by using the completely randomized design (CRD) and also to provide ... -
Are social media bad for your employees? : effects of at-work break activities on recovery experiences, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Despite the alleged importance of work breaks, little is known about antecedents and consequences of social media break activities besides non-social media break activities. Since individuals use social media to contact ... -
Design and synthesis of targeted NIR fluorescent nanoparticles for bio-imaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Breast cancer is the second most common cancer, and the chance that a woman will die from breast cancer is 2.6%. One in 8 women develop ... -
Engineering target nanomaterials for stable and efficient delivery of siRNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Lung cancer has the highest cancer-related mortality rate in the United States. The most common form of lung cancer is non-small cell lung ... -
Methods of imaging articular cartilage under shear
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Characterizing both the structure of articular cartilage, and its biomechanical properties is key to gaining a full understanding of how the tissue functions. Articular cartilage is an inhomogeneous tissue with a depth ... -
Prediction of knee loading in native knee and total knee arthroplasty : a forward dynamics computational study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)"The goal of this dissertation is to develop a musculoskeletal model and corroborate model predictions to experimentally measured in vivo knee contact forces, in order to study the biomechanical consequences of two different ...