Browsing Graduate School - MU Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2021 Summer"
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Acrylate synthesis from carbon dioxide - ethylene coupling catalyzed by first-row transition metal complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an abundant and renewable carbon source than can be used as feedstock for the synthesis of value-added materials. One such material is acrylic acid, and acrylate derivatives, which can be used in ... -
Advances in automated surgery skills evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Training a surgeon to be skilled and competent to perform a given surgical procedure, is an important step in providing a high quality of care and reducing the risk of complications. Traditional surgical training is carried ... -
Application of microturbines in improving the energy efficiency of municipal wastewater treatment plants in Missouri.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Hydropower is a source of renewable energy. It is possible to combine a hydropower installation with an existing wastewater plant while ensuring it still performs its basic purpose. The multipurpose scheme would be integrated ... -
Applying T.G. Page's scale for measuring base crisis response : a series of crises at the University of Missouri in fall 2015
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This study extends theory in crisis communication by analyzing a series of crises that occurred at the University of Missouri (MU) in fall 2015 as a test case for applying T.G. Page's scale for measuring base crisis response. ... -
Ars moriendi as social reality : articulation of the good death in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Death and dying are often theorized as micro-level processes, focusing on the experience of the death process from the perspective of the dying, or in the context of grief and psychological healing on the part of the ... -
Assessing costs and environmental impacts of municipal food waste treatment options in Columbia, Missouri : a decision support tool integrating life cycle analysis and robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Many municipal governments currently have goals in place to align with global efforts and policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and take advantage of waste as a resource for renewable energy and nutrients. To ... -
Assessing fall velocity-maximum dimension relationships and particle size distributions for snowfall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Snowfall is an atmospheric phenomenon that can cause significant impacts to many aspects of daily life in Missouri. Further, no two snowfall events are exactly the same, as even small differences in environmental characteristics ... -
Assessing Missouri soybean fields for azoxystrobin resistant cercospora sojina
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Successful management of Cercospora sojina, the causal agent of frogeye leaf spot, can be achieved through utilizing resistant varieties and fungicide applications. Fungicides in the quinone outside inhibitor (QoI) class ... -
Assessing the occurrence of cyanotoxins in two urban reservoirs through a community science monitoring program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Cyanobacterial blooms are an ongoing threat to aquatic systems worldwide. These potentially toxic blooms have typically been observed in summer to early fall, but there are increasing reports of blooms in colder seasons. ... -
An assessment of the light and nutrient regimes constraining phytoplankton dynamics in Missouri reservoirs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Worldwide, nutrient pollution, or eutrophication, is one of the most pervasive environmental issues threatening water quality. Anthropogenic influences, primarily urbanization and agriculture, have drastically increased ... -
Associations between genetic risk for trait aggression and alcohol use predicting alcohol-related aggression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)A propensity for aggression and/or alcohol use may be associated with alcoholrelated aggression. Previous research has shown genetic overlap between alcohol use and aggression, but has not looked at how alcohol-related ... -
Bacterial culture and susceptibility of samples taken from septic foot lesions of adult beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Lameness is an economically important and common disease of cattle. Foot disease is the most common cause of cattle lameness; however, there are few publications regarding lameness in cow-calf operations. The objectives ... -
Barriers and catalysts of aging for LGBTQ+ older adults : a photovoice study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)For LGBTQ+ older adults, the intersecting influence of sexuality, gender expression, and sociocultural factors result in a distinct aging experience. The concept of successful aging is often utilized by professionals to ... -
Bayesian unit-level modeling of non-Gaussian survey data under informative sampling with application to small area estimation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Unit-level models are an alternative to the traditional area-level models used in small area estimation, characterized by the direct modeling of survey responses rather than aggregated direct estimates. These unit-level ... -
Body size and shape in insular environments and applications of the island rule in biological anthropology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The discovery of small-bodied hominin fossils in 2004 on the island of Flores, Indonesia, unearthed a large debate within biological anthropology. This debate has exemplified that there are questions and research areas ... -
Comparison of simple moving average and arima timeseries forecasting models on independent historic data and extrapolating echo program attendance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Background: The Extension of Community Healthcare Outcome program (ECHO) is an educational and training telemedicine service that provides voluntary case-based learning opportunities for healthcare professionals. Prediction ... -
Conservation genetics of conflict in the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is an endangered species whose distribution spans 13 countries in south, southeast, and insular Asia. The primary threats to the survival of this species include direct conflict, primarily ... -
Deep heterogeneous superpixel neural networks for image analysis and feature extraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Lately, deep convolutional neural networks are rapidly transforming and enhancing computer vision accuracy and performance, and pursuing higher-level and interpretable object recognition. Superpixel-based methodologies ... -
Deep learning architectures for 2D and 3D scene perception
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Scene understanding is a fundamental problem in computer vision tasks, that is being more intensively explored in recent years with the development of deep learning. In this dissertation, we proposed deep learning structures ... -
Defeat data poisoning attacks on facial recognition applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)In the modern era, facial photos are used for a wide array of applications, from logging into a smartphone to bragging about a weekend getaway. With the vast amount of use cases for facial images, adversaries will attack ...