Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Semester "2019 Fall"
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Advanced nanodielectric material development and scaling for use in compact ultra-high voltage capacitor prototypes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The dielectric material employed in this effort is a proprietary nanocomposite material, MU100. The material was initially developed to shrink high frequency, high voltage, dielectric loaded antennas; however, due to its ... -
Artificial intelligence enabled automatic traffic monitoring system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The rapid advancement in the field of machine learning and high-performance computing have highly augmented the scope of video-based traffic monitoring systems. In this study, an automatic traffic monitoring system is ... -
The audience as gatekeepers on Facebook : why consumers of local news share stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Journalists are losing control of the gates, the metaphorical mechanism by which they manage what the audience experiences. With the use of social ... -
Automated conflation framework for integrating transportation big datasets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The constant merging of the data, commonly known as Conflation, from various sources, has been a vital part for any phase of development, be it planning, governing the existing system or to study the effects of any ... -
Blackouts made visible : a visual-textual analysis of Sarah Glidden's comics journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This thesis studies Sarah Glidden's largely unexamined book Rolling Blackouts as a significant contribution to the genre known as comics journalism. It argues that Glidden's work engages in a material struggle over the ... -
Chinese government's public health crisis response strategies on social media platforms : a comparison between 2016 expired vaccines crisis in Shandong and 2018 Changchun Changsheng fake rabies vaccine crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A quantitative content analysis was conducted to study the crisis response strategies and stances adopted by the Chinese govrnment and its ... -
CONFOLD new version : contact-guided ab initio protein folding with new features
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)CONFOLD is an ab initio protein folding method that can build three-dimensional models using predicted contacts and secondary structures. Under this method, we can translate contact distance map and secondary structure ... -
Cultural cognition : the epistemic function of worldviews
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Cultural worldviews -- shared, symbolic systems of meaning that render life interpretable -- provide a great deal of knowledge about the world. Thus, the validity of one's worldview may affect the need to think. The present ... -
Development and comparison of customized voice-assistant systems for independent living older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Voice-controlled in-home personal assistants have great potential to assist older adults. This thesis explores the aspects of human-computer interface design, specifically a voice assistant, to help older adults manage ... -
Development and evaluation of the 7 and 7 synch protcol for enhanced control of the bovine estrous cycle among postpartum beef cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Experiment 1 was designed to evaluate the effect of treatments in advance of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH; 100 [mu]g gonadorelin) administered at the start of estrus synchronization. We hypothesized that administration ... -
Dynamic framing processes between an organization and its audience : an examination of the Equifax cybersecurity crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] During a crisis, public relations professionals not only need to decide how they will frame a crisis with specific messaging, but also need ... -
Effects of late gestational copper, zinc, and manganese source and inclusion in beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)A study was conducted to determine the effects of source and inclusion of Cu, Zn, and Mn during late gestation on cow and calf mineral status, fetal growth, and offspring immune function and pre-weaning performance. Cows ... -
Effects of local sequence on the formation of interstrand DNA cross-links derived from the reaction of an abasic site with a cytosine residue on the opposing strand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)DNA Interstrand Cross-Links are of special concern due to the difficulty of repair and cytotoxicity of cells associated with these lesions. Interstrand Cross-Links between abasic sites and native nucleobases has shown ... -
Effects of political media framing on news organizations' credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research examines whether news framings adopted by major news organizations influence audience responses. To do so, push alerts sent out to the ... -
ENSO and PDO related variability in seasonal range prediction for the Bolivian Altiplano region in South America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This study uses the methodology of some experiences in seasonal range prediction related to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in North America. Previous studies (e.g Garreaud and ... -
Epigenetics of canine lung cancer development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Background: Human lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer related mortality and has significant economic impact. Cigarette smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke are a common cause of lung cancer development. Lung ... -
Esquire magazine, presidential politics and hegemonic masculinity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Esquire magazine is one of the premiere men's magazines in the U.S. and has a long history of reporting on U.S. presidential politics. This study seeks to extend the sociological and psychological concept of hegemonic ... -
Estimation of dynamic detector confidence thresholds in SAS imagery using mixture models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)As machine learning has matured over the years, more and more safety critical tasks have been entrusted to computers. Automated target recognition (ATR), the problem of identifying explosive hazards on the sea?oor, is one ... -
Fluid inclusion evidence for the temperature and composition of ore fluids in the Lemhi Pass and diamond Creek Ree-Th districts, Idaho-Montana
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The Lemhi Pass district is the largest thorium (Th) and 5th largest rare earth element (REE) occurrence in the U.S., straddling the continental divide along the central Idaho-Montana border. The Diamond Creek district, ... -
Four-limb IMU sensors for canine gait analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Canine models of human musculoskeletal diseases, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), are important translational animal models for developing therapies. Musculoskeletal diseases alter gait performance, and gait ...