Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Semester "2013 Summer"
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Aberrant DNA methylationof RUN domain containing 3B in lymphoid malignancies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Heritable changes to DNA conformation can have significant impacts on gene expression without altering the DNA sequence. The RUN domain containing 3B gene (RUNDC3B) has been shown to be differentially expressed in cancer ... -
Analysis of the interchange between en echelon basin-margin Laramide folds adjacent to the Wind River Mountains, Wyoming
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Uplift of the basement-cored Wind River Mountains during the Laramide orogeny (ca. 75- 45 Ma) produced a series of subsidiary en echelon NW-SE trending ... -
Autonomous orientation and self-differentiation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Objective: Self-determination theory hypothesizes that behaviors enacted with a sense of autonomy allows individuals to express their natural tendencies ... -
Bisphenol A (BPA) in human serum and urine : exposure via dermal absorption from thermal paper receipts and oral ingestion after transfer from hand to food
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure is thought to be mainly due to absorption from the gut by oral ingestion. However thermal receipt paper represents another potential source of BPA exposure via direct absorption through the skin ... -
Changes in fatty acids profiles after three weeks of high-fat diet feeding in obesity-prone rats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)High-fat diet (HFD) feeding is commonly used in animal models to induce obesity and metabolic diseases. However, the effect of HFD on serum fatty acid profiles remains unclear. Changes in serum fatty acid profiles due to ... -
Co-ordinated expression of CRTB, At-VTE3, and VTE4 to enhance pro-vitamin A and vitamin E in transgenic soybean
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Although soybean is an excellent general nutritional source, it is not very rich in particular vitamins. The main goal of this study is to enhance both pro-vitamin A (carotenoids) and vitamin E (tocopherols) content in ... -
Comparison of standard treatments of breast cancer with new experimental treatments targeting caveolin-1
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Breast cancer is a complex disease at both an anatomical and molecular levels. The complexity of the disease is a source of difficulty in identifying and treating the cancer, since varying subtypes of cancer respond ... -
Control of amaranthus species using dicamba as a pre- and post-herbicide in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The auxinic herbicide dicamba has been used traditionally as a selective post emergent (POST) herbicide for control of broadleaf weeds in monocot cropping systems. Dicamba resistance is an emerging technology that will ... -
Control of arterial hemoglobin saturation in premature infants using H-infinity synthesis and performance specifications from best clinical practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This work details the development of a novel control system for regulating the Arterial Hemoglobin saturation (SpO2) of premature infants. An H-infinity synthesis method was used to derive multiple controllers to cover a ... -
Deep packet inspection on large datasets : algorithmic and parallelization techniques for accelerating regular expression matching on many-core processors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Regular expression matching is a central task in several networking (and search) applications and has been accelerated on a variety of parallel architectures, including general purpose multi-core processors, network ... -
"The demise of in loco parentis in American higher education" : campus rules and student behavior at the University of Missouri, 1866 to 1975
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This study explores the history of in loco parentis as a legal regime in American higher education, and the demise of that legal regime in the 1960s and 1970s. It examines student behaviors and administrative discipline ... -
Determination of allelic expression of H19 in pre- and peri-implantation mouse embryos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)H19 is a maternally-expressed imprinted non-coding RNA with tumor suppressor activity. H19 is located in an imprinted cluster which contains the paternally-expressed fetal growth factor Igf2. Monoallelic expression of H19 ... -
Dual use switchgrass :
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Two studies were conducted on established switchgrass plots at Columbia and Mount Vernon, Missouri. The Columbia site was located on Mexico silt loam, and the Mount Vernon site on Viraton silt loam. The first study examined ... -
The economic feasibility of an integrated woody biomass harvest in the Missouri Ozark Highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Questions have risen in recent years regarding the impacts of biomass harvesting for renewable energy production and on the cost and efficiency of biomass harvesting using different harvest equipment configurations. Missouri ... -
Editing for taste in a 24-hour news cycle : balancing immediacy and sensationalism against the role of the journalist in the case of Nodar Kumaritashvili
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This single case study examined the ethical decision making process involved in the decision to publish or withhold disturbing images of Nodar Kumartashvili's fatal luge accident during the 2010 Olympics. Interviewing a ... -
Effect of lactic acid source on properties of silver carp restructured with alginate gel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, is an invasive species in the United States which can be used to make value-added products. The objective of this study is to compare different acidification methods' effect on ... -
The effect of mGluR2 3 agonist, LY379268, and a mGluR4 positive allosteric modulator, VU0155041, on conditioned taste aversion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors are known to mediate learning and memory. Although evidence indicates a role for mGlu receptors (e.g., mGlu5) ... -
The effect of modality and response strategy on evaluations of credibility and reputation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Crisis situations represent major threats to the perceptions of companies by their key publics. This study draws from existing research in an effort to understand how the crisis response message characteristics of modality ... -
The effect of product involvement on socially responsible consumer behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Consumers show dissimilar behaviors towards products at their purchase intention considering companies' socially responsible practices, but, this may not be the same for both low and high involvement products while purchasing. ... -
Emotional and cognitive processing of traffic safety messages
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This study examines the role of framing and empathy in persuasive messages. Twenty professionally produced traffic safety public service announcements (PSAs) were used as stimuli in a 2 (frame: gain v. loss) x 2 (empathy: ...