Browsing 2013 MU dissertations - Access restricted to UM by Thesis Semester "2013 Spring"
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Adaptive optimal designs for dose-finding studies and an adaptive multivariate CUSUM control chart
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] There are many areas where optimal designs are applied to, for example, the development of a new drug, where a conventional dose- finding study involves ... -
Characterization of the 14-3-3 client protein interactome from developing arabidopsis seed and regulation by protein phosphorylation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Understanding the regulatory mechanisms controlling reserve deposition during seed development is an academic endeavor with the potential for socioeconomic ... -
Curriculum-based measurement's role in guiding instruction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Educators have searched for an early reading assessment that is aligned and could be given prior to their respective state's high-stakes test. Information ... -
Developing the project TWIST[trademark] test for project leaders and team members
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] What is a project? According to the Project Management Institute (2013), a project is "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, ... -
Essays on children's cognitive and non-cognitive development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation consists of three essays on the same topic: Children cognitive and non-cognitive development. The first essay compares the performance ... -
Failure to rescue: is the phenomenon present in long term care? : a qualitative descriptive study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This qualitative descriptive study explored whether failure to rescue (FTR) was present in long term care (LTC) and resulted in a description of the ... -
Instructional decisions guided by student performance: the case of an exemplary elementary science teacher
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this research was to understand how an exemplary elementary teacher used classroom assessments to inform instructional decisions during ... -
The leader in me : a case study using normalization process theory to analyze school reform implementation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Implementation of The Leader in Me school reform is analyzed through the lens of Normalization Process Theory (NPT) to underlie this study. After three ... -
Predicting protein residue-residue contacts and disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Predicting a protein's three dimensional structure from its corresponding sequence has long been an extremely important and challenging problem in the ... -
Restoring tradition: verbal lyricism and therapeutic song in Theocritus' pastoral Idylls
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My research examines the cultural significance of Theocritus' pastoral Idylls as imitations of folk songs, a genre traditionally passed down orally. I ... -
Statistical analysis of length-biased and right-censored data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Biased sampling arises when the observations are not randomly selected from the target population. When the sampling probability is proportional to the ... -
A study of explicit and implicit cognitions towards image attributes of destination country: application of the single-target implicit association test (the ST-IAT)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The study attempts to assess people's explicit and implicit cognitions toward the image attributes of a destination country by using a psychological ... -
Testlet Effects on Standardized Log-likelihood Person Fit Index to Detect Aberrant Responses for the IRT Testlet Model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The accuracy of test scores is a major concern in standardized testing for establishing test reliability and validity. Research evidence has suggested ... -
Understanding in what ways career, elementary public school teachers perceive tiered academic intervention : a multiple case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this multiple case study was to gain an understanding of career (15 years and more experience), elementary public school teachers' ... -
Use of simvastatin to inhibit advanced prostate cancer formation in the TRAMP mouse model of prostate cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A provocative question currently proposed by the NIH is: do statin medications, which lower serum cholesterol, prevent cancer? We hypothesize that ...