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Modes of reflexivity in community supported agriculture : the case of the people’s republic of delicious foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)As food has become unknowable, untrustworthy, and deleterious to all involved, people have responded with alternatives to the industrial agrifood system. One method in particular is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) ... -
What would James Bond do? Signaling and precarious manhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In five studies, we investigate the connection between precarious manhood, signaling, and the mate-choice behavior of men. Specifically, we propose that manhood (as a reputation or status) is a tenuous social construct. ... -
Selection for parasite resistance in Kiko x Boer goats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In the United States, goat production has increased over the last three decades because of their economic value as efficient converters of low-quality forages in quality meat, milk, and hides for specialty markets. However, ... -
The impact of founders' personality traits on the performance of Chinese apparel new ventures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The study investigated how founders' personality traits impact Chinese apparel new venture performance. An online survey was conducted using founders' personality traits, the quality of firm network relationships, perceived ... -
An itegrated model of c2c e-commerce usage focusing on personality, usability, risk, social influence, and institutional feature dimensions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In recent times, the transactional scale of the consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce has grown rapidly and C2C e-commerce has become more popular. In C2C e-commerce, customers are likely to face more risk buying fake and ... -
Ambulatory assessment of physiological arousal, emotion, and alcohol use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Research examining whether negative affect leads to drinking has produced mixed results (Greeley and Oei, 1999; Sher and Grekin, 2007). The current project enlisted participants (n=43) oversampled for affective instability, ... -
Application of systems factorial technology and hierarchical Bayesian modeling to chunking in working memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Although there is substantial evidence supporting the existence of chunking in Working Memory, much of it is dependent on a small range of experimental methods, many of which rely on accuracy measures. Consequently, I feel ... -
Synthesis, characterization and photophysical studies of cyclometalated Au(III) complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)We report here a series of room temperature emissive biphenyl cyclometalated gold (III) diethyl dithiocarbamate complexes (DEDT) having H, CF3, OMe and tBu substitutions on the biphenyl moiety. Synthesis of these complexes ... -
Quasilinear elliptic equations with sub-natural growth aand nonlinar potentials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of finite energy and weak solutions are given. Sharp global pointwise estimates of solutions are obtained as well. We also discuss the uniqueness and regularity properties ... -
Chlorine and singlet oxygen photoelimination from organoplatinum(IV) complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Solar energy is the most promising carbon neutral energy source for the future. Splitting of simple molecules like HX (X = Cl, Br) has become an attractive way to convert and store solar energy. Halogen photoelimination ... -
Evaluation of the pass system: a multi-component function-based tier 2 intervention for escape-maintained student behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Among typically developing children, escape is one of the most common functions of problem behavior. Research suggests students who engage in escape-maintained behaviors may be at a greater risk for academic failure (Chuang, ... -
Long-term soil and crop management effects on soil physical properties related to soil erodibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Long-term soil and cropping systems affect soil physical properties thereby effecting soil erosion and erodibility. Understanding the effects of crop rotation with annual manure applications is critical for assessing the ... -
Assessing the role of probiotics for the enhancement of soil quality under cover crops
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Use of agro-chemicals over the past few decades has increased land productivity, however, frequent use of agro-chemicals may result in some negative impacts on the environment and soil microbial biodiversity. Use of ... -
Electron beam lithography for nano-antenna fabrication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Lithography methods have been used for patterning of small features for decades; in this research project, I examined Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) for fabrication of nano-antennas and then parameterized EBL variables ... -
Double jeopardy in the long tail: measuring the internet in a fragmented, niche subcultural age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)With a multitude of options to choose from on the Internet, consumers are faced with turning their attention towards domains with mass appeal versus domains that would be considered niche. In this niche, subcultural age ... -
Impact of anion excahnge surface of permeable separator on performance of zinc alkaline primary battery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Improvement in zinc alkaline battery performance through highly conductive materials, the introduction of anion-exchange coated filter papers and their huge promise for industrial use are the general aims of this work. ... -
Genetic variation in the exome: associations with alcohol and tobacco co-use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Shared genetic factors represent one mechanism underlying alcohol and tobacco co-use and dependence, although common genetic variants identified by molecular genetics studies tend to confer only small disease risk. Rare ... -
A mems variable capacitor with barium titanate (BaTiO3) dielectric layer for energy harvesting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In the research, a MEMS variable capacitor for electrostatic energy harvester was developed. The device uses the undesirable environmental mechanical vibrations to power microelectronics and wireless sensors. Although the ... -
Three dimensional deformable image registration and registration verification
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Deformable image registration (DIR) is a fundamental problem in medical image processing. Due to the lack of ground truth, such problem known as registration verification without 'golden standard' standard is still an ... -
More than meets the eye: how subject reactivity influences visual journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)People are reactive to cameras and their reactivity seems to increase when they also see the camera operator. This reactivity, as a form of impression management, can cause tension with visual journalism, which aims to ...