Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Semester "2010 Fall"
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Redundancy in a community corrections network : testing the role of service-provider redundancy in Missouri's community correction implementation network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Implementation networks are composed of policy service providers that are continually changing in the winds of differing implementation adjustments. Service provider redundancy has been observed by scholars as a possible ... -
Re-altered landscapes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The research in this work addresses the systematic construction of the American suburban landscape. The cost-effective model of neighborhood development ... -
A protocol for simultaneous real time playback and full quality storage of streaming media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This research introduces the new problem of simultaneous streaming of a single media bitstream to multiple devices with different Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. In particular, the research addresses simultaneous ... -
The politics of election coverage : a content analysis of Indiana's two largest newspapers during the 2008 presidential election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The goal of this study was to investigate the 2008 presidential election coverage of Indiana's two largest news publications - The Indianapolis Star and The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - and determine if any statistically ... -
Political economy, political entrepreneurship and biofuels regulation in the US
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This paper draws on theories of regulation from the political entrepreneurship and political economy fields to explore the dynamics of the US biofuels market. The conducted case study addresses questions regarding the life ... -
Phage display peptides for breast cancer targeting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Cancer cell surfaces differ from healthy cell surfaces allowing the detection of cancer targets on the cell. Use of these targets combined with radiolabeled targeting vehicles results in sensitive imaging agents, with ... -
Optimization of aeration schemes and motor and blower usage for wastewater treatment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This thesis discusses the control of aeration schemes on a lab sized sequencing batch reactor used for biological wastewater treatment. The focus was changing aeration schemes for two lab reactors and determining which ... -
Observation of food safety behavioral practices in foodservice employees after training and examination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Food establishments implement training to prevent the occurrence of food borne illness in their operation with the understanding that increased food safety knowledge will ignite appropriate situational response from ... -
New consensus-based algorithms for quality assessment in protein structure prediction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Two of the essential tasks in protein tertiary structure prediction are predicting quality and selecting the best quality model from given model structures. Finding solutions to these problems are fundamental to understanding ... -
Necessary imbalance: ceramic sculpture as human social analogue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The focus of this visual investigation is the relationship between the individual and the larger group. I often struggle to understand myself, my curiosities and motivations and how they relate to the greater society. I ... -
The myth of monetary surrogacy : the geographical logic of campaign contributions in state legislative campaigns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this thesis, I analyze the geographic origins of state legislative campaign contributions. Previous studies have addressed the origins of campaign ... -
Motivational use of Twitter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Internet social networking devices like Twitter have increased in popularity between 2005 and 2010. Often tweets have hyperlinks to other Web sites. This thesis employs an experiment to determine what motivates Twitter ... -
Methods and strategies for bridging the design practitioner-researcher gap
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The goal of this thesis is to confirm there is a continuing application gap by identifying current attitudes of design practitioners to the usefulness of EBR, preferred forms of communication of EBR, and reasons for lack ... -
Marketing modernism to the maitresse de maison : art nouveau and the female consumer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The design reform movement known as Art Nouveau developed in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Its popularity peaked in 1900 at the Paris Exposition Universelle and waned around 1910 with the advent of true ... -
Maori moko : a costly signal?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Costly signaling theory (CST) addresses cultural behaviors that are risky or apparently wasteful but which may serve to convey important fitness--related information. Recent studies have expanded the application of CST to ... -
Management practice effects on corn grain ethanol yield and ethanol byproduct quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) currently requires the production and use of 136.08 billion liters of renewable fuels by the year 2022. A significant portion ... -
Improvement of feed efficiency in beef cattle through selection upon residual feed intake (RFI)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Selecting beef cattle which metabolically are more efficient at converting feed into gain or body weight maintenance is one way to reduce feed cost in beef production. Residual feed intake (RFI) is one trait used to identify ... -
The impact of Wal-Mart on the rural retail wage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This study uses panel data to test the impact of Wal-Mart on the rural retail wage. There are observations from 2,986 counties in the contiguous United States from 1990-2005. Previous studies have reported mixed findings ... -
The impact of the Chinese air cargo hub project on the business climate of St. Louis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)In 2007, business and civic leaders in St. Louis approached the Chinese government with a proposal called the "Big Idea", which called for the creation of an air cargo hub at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Using ... -
Identification and management of glyphosate-resistant annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Annual bluegrass is the most problematic weed on golf courses in the Transition Zone and Southern United States. Applications of glyphosate are common on dormant zoysiagrass to remove winter annual weeds. In 2007, a suspect ...