• Archival evidence on bias in auditors' assessment of client risk and the consequences for audit fees and auditor changes 

  Hallman, Nicholas (University of Missouri-Columbia, 2016-05)

  As part of planning and performing financial statement audits, auditors are required to make judgments regarding client risk. These judgments permeate the audit process, driving decisions regarding client acceptance, audit ...

• Mechanisms of clostridial neurotoxin binding and entry 

  Burns, Joshua R. (University of Missouri-Columbia, 2016-05)

  The botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) and tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) make up the clostridial neurotoxin (CNT) family. The CNTs are produced by Clostridium botulinum and Clostridum tetani respectively, and are the most potent ...

• Predation and competition among larval salamanders : the influence of density dependence, phenology, food web structure and habitat complexity 

  Anderson, Thomas Lee (University of Missouri-Columbia, 2016-05)

  The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on species interactions and overall community structure has long interested ecologists. Despite a legacy of interest, there is still ambiguity into the role of biotic and abiotic ...

• Evaluating the use of self-report as a feasible method to support and measure integrity levels 

  Owens, Sarah A. (University of Missouri-Columbia, 2016-05)

  The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a Self-Monitoring Instant Feedback (SMIF) tool on increasing implementation integrity levels of the Social Competence Intervention (SCI) ...

• Soil quality in organic cropping systems 

  Clark, Kerry Maureen (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  The objective of this research was to quantify soil quality indicator levels under contrasting organic practices and to provide scientific information that can lead to development of best management practices for organic ...

• Polystyrene coated iron-platinum drug delivery platforms for theranostics 

  Mason, Emilia Ohsone-Zargham (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease, and it is estimated that one in every four deaths is due to cancer.1 Many therapeutic techniques that are currently used are ...

• Sensitivity of plan re-optimizaton to errors in deformable image registration in online adaptive image-guided radiation therapy 

  McClain, Brian Douglas (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  Online adaptive image-guided radiation therapy has been a longstanding topic of interest in the field of radiation oncology due to its unique ability to tailor a dose distribution to account for inter-fractional variations ...

• Three essays on entrepreneurship theory and practice 

  Wang, Jingjing (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  This dissertation investigates entrepreneurship theory through the perspective of empirical study, case study, and the history of economic thought. The first essay explores the influence of a founder-owner's political ...

• Our family walks 

  Robinson, Nick R. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  Our Family Walks is a coming-of-age narrative that explores what it means to be an African American/multiracial boy growing into manhood during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in a city that is the seat of America's political ...

• The end of Tennessee : a collection of essays 

  Hanson, Rachel Michelle (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  This dissertation analyzes the complications of existing in a violent world as much as it explores formal and experimental narrative techniques. As such, the author leans into the voids and chaos of fragmented recollections, ...

• Brazen creature 

  Barngrover, Anne (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  Brazen Creature spans a young woman's awakening. The poems' concerns are twofold: violence against women and girls that has become rooted in the land, and verdant female desire in the face of entrenched oppression. In the ...

• An investigation into the effectiveness of energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) structure : how to fill the opportunity to implementation gap 

  Pinthuprapa, Chatchai (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  This dissertation introduce and empirically verify a structure of Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) perspective among clients, Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) and governments. The new approach ESPC structure ...

• The effectiveness of an interactive theatre intervention on improving patient adherence to self-management regimens for breast cancer-related lymphedema 

  Ostby, Pamela L. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  Breast cancer survivors are at lifetime risk for the development of breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL), a chronic, potentially-debilitating, and -disfiguring condition that requires life-long symptom management. ...

• Influencing investors : an examination of angel investor perceptions of entrepreneurial investment opportunities 

  Berns, John P. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)

  This dissertation examines the factors which influence angel investor perceptions and their eventual investment decision. I propose a model which has perceived risk and expected return at its core. Visually, this model can ...

• The communication and psychology of identity on mobile dating apps for men who have sex with men 

  Miller, Brandon (2016)

  The present study investigated the use of mobile dating apps for men who have sex with men (MSM), the privileging of masculinity in these online spaces, and related effects on attitudes about masculinity, the body, and the ...

• The relation of type and conformation to production in dairy cattle 

  Wylie, Robert (University of Missouri, 1916)

  Text from introduction: "The object of this investigation is to determine so far as possible how much importance should be attached to form and type in the selection of dairy cows and to what extent type may be expressed by ...

• A study of the origin and development of the English baronial boroughs 

  Kirk, George W. (University of Missouri, 1910)

  Text from page 1: "Much has been written concerning specific baronial boroughs, but with the exception of the work of Miss Mary Bateson, no general treatment of these boroughs as a class has been undertaken. The writer ...

• The relation of the fat and lipase content of the liver and kidney under variations in feeding 

  Harvey, George Givins (University of Missouri, 1917)

  In this present work, by varying the diet of animals (litters of puppies) and by examining the liver and kidney of these animals we will try to present data to show whether or not the lipase concentration of these organs ...

• The growth period in the spermatogenesis of anax junius 

  Guthrie, Mary Jane, 1895- (University of Missouri, 1918)

  Text from page 2: "There are two contrasted views as to how synapsis takes place, name1y (1) by end to end union or telosynapsis, and (2) by side to side union or parasynapsis. This problem was undertaken to determine ...

• A comparison of the phonology of Latin Umbrian and Oscan 

  Freudenberger, Norman (University of Missouri, 1901)

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