Browsing Graduate School - MU Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2015 Spring"
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Bodily difference, interdependence, and toxic half-lives : representations of disability in D.W. Gregorys Dirty Pictures, The Good Daughter, and Radium Girls
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)People with disabilities have been a part of theatre for thousands of years. But typically they are represented as metaphors, where blindness or a limp symbolizes something about their character and has nothing to do with ... -
Border crossings, identities, and creative nonfiction : Haitian travel guides and writing about Haiti
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In my thesis, I explore the practice of travel writing by examining four separate travel guides. I ask how writing about travel, including my own creative writing about Haiti, interacts with issues of identity, the \"other,\" ... -
Broad-scale resource selection and food habits of a recently reintroduced elk population in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Since being extirpated from eastern North America, elk (Cervus elaphus) have been reintroduced in 10 eastern states and 1 Canadian province. However, little is known about the habitat needs of eastern elk populations. Our ... -
Calibration of VISSIM and QuickZone programs for work zone traffic impact analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Work zone traffic impact analysis software can help improve the efficiency of implementation of work zones. Due to the wide use, this study calibrated and validated VISSIM and QuickZone work zone models. The calibration ... -
A case study of the cognitive apprenticeship model in leadership education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The cognitive apprenticeship model (CAM) has been examined for more than a quarter century as an instructional model from the perspectives of instructors. However, CAM is also a learning model. Remarkably little has been ... -
A case study of transformational leadership characteristics of a principal in a high poverty high achieving school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The purpose of this qualitative case study was to identify and examine the characteristics of effective leaders in high-poverty, high-achieving schools in a single school district. Within the context of this inquiry, ... -
The cellular immune response to murine lyme borreliosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. There are approximately 300,000 new cases of Lyme Disease reported in the United States each year. Individuals with Lyme disease often suffer from ... -
Changing the landscape of professional learning : a practitioner inquiry study of technology integration within literacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Practitioner inquiry provided the framework for teachers (participants) and the teacher researcher to work collaboratively to discover how teachers learn about literacy technology integration, how they apply this in their ... -
Characterization of acyclic rhodium tetrathioether ligans systems for 105Rh(III)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Rhodium-105 is a 36 hr half-life beta emitter potentially useful for radiotherapy. Previously, the reaction of 105 Rh-cholride with a linear tetrathioether ligand resulted in several species. Evaluation of this reaction ... -
Characterization of dissolved organic matter in water using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy : implication for chemical composition and effects of water sources
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Dissolved organic matter (DOM) from several freshwater sources (Hinkson Creek upstream and downstream of the City of Columbia, Missouri River, landfill leachate, and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)) was characterized by ... -
Characterizing low-dimensional phenotypes by clustering
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)A person's height is influenced by many factors, such as her parents' heights and how well she was nourished as a child. The features of an organism that can be seen are called phenotypes. Phenotypes that are influenced ... -
Childhood sexual abuse outcomes among different ethnic/racial groups : a comparative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] CSA has been associated with a number of adverse outcomes (Tyler, 2002). However, there is a dearth of literature focusing on how racial/ethnic ... -
Classification of mixed data points for coupled circles estimation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Concentric circles fitting is a challenge task since the nonlinear fitting problem needs to find out the implicit relationship between the noisy measurement data points and the unknown parameters, circles center and radii, ... -
Climate and regeneration at upper treeline east and west of the continental divide in the northern and southern Rocky Mountains : do landscape- and localscale moisture gradients impact the biogeographic expression of climate change?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In the 21st century, global-scale controls of treeline are thought to be well understood. While this may be true, the treeline ecotone is modulated by fine-scale microclimates and feedbacks. This creates a need for ... -
A climatological and contextual analysis of Roman water technologies in Cyprus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This thesis explores the trends of water usage in Cyprus during the Roman period. It seeks to challenge traditional ideas of water usage as a constant off-take system and apply the methods of Andrew Wilson and Zena Kamash ... -
Clinical decision support system for the healthy marriage program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This paper discusses the replacement of the traditional laboratory premarital screening in Saudi Arabia and other countries that follow the Islamic laws "Healthy Marriage Program" with Clinical Decision Support Systems ... -
College and career readiness : exploring rigor through relevance and its relationship with adolescent identity development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The purpose for this study was to examine the relationship between adolescent identity development, relevance, and rigor among high school students. The premise under investigation is rooted in the concept of building rigor ... -
College students' choice of informal learning spaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The wide adoption of mobile technologies in education has made it possible to turn every common space in a higher education campus into a learning place. Libraries, student commons, lounges, or even corridors are all now ... -
Communication frames of hotel managers and their effects on job satisfaction, intent to leave, and job regret
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The hotel industry is plagued with turnover. This study uses Framing Theory to examine hotel turnover. This study consisted of two phases. Phase I used qualitative research methods to answer RQ1: What communication frames ... -
Compensation as the moral foundation of Jus Post Bellum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Given how much harm can be done after the fighting part of wars end, and given recent failures to secure lasting peace after conflicts (e.g. in Afghanistan and Iraq), developing an account of the conditions of a just peace, ...