Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Semester "2016 Spring"
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Access to electronic public records : a 50 state study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This research explores the accessibility of state public records in electronic format by examining certain specific factors that can define "accessibility." This study includes a 50-state (plus D.C.) survey to assess how ... -
Activity identification from animal GPS tracks with spatial temporal clustering method DDB-SMoT
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)With various GPS devices or services growing rapidly, large amount of GPS track- ing data has been collected, both for human beings and wild animals. However, the raw GPS data cannot directly provide us with any valuable ... -
An algorithm for the automatic construction of Bayesian networks with limited domain knowledge, as applied to the prediction of economic and development indicators of 248 countries and world regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Humans have a natural tendency to express knowledge in terms of generalities, instead of individually measurable variables. However, to make for computers to make sense of a domain, information must be expressed in terms ... -
Alumni social mobility and giving to their Alma Mater
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The study utilized a quantitative correlational research design to examine the association between alumni social mobility and giving at a large, public research university. The findings revealed that as alumni social ... -
Anaerobic co-digestion of edible and inedible food waste with sewage sludge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Co-digestion processes of three specific mixing ratios of food waste (FW) with sewage sludge were tested in one-stage anaerobic digestion (AD)system induplicate to evaluate methane (CH4) and hydrogen sulfide(H2S) production. ... -
Analysis of performance/accuracy tradeoffs for floating point applications on GPUS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Floating-point computations produce approximate results, which can lead to inaccuracy problems. Existing work addresses two issues: first, the design of high precision floatingpoint representations; second, the study of ... -
Assessing the vulnerability of stream communities and the consistency and use of biotic indices in least-disturbed streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The need in freshwater conservation is to understand the current status of aquatic biota so that we can recognize when degradation or changes occur. Because stream habitats and communities are dynamic, it is important to ... -
Assessment of biomarker production by osteoarthritic osteochondral tissues and correlation to the biomechanical, biochemical, and histological properties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent form of arthritis and is a significant cause of pain and disability worldwide. Treatment options available are only capable of controlling symptoms until progression to end-stage ... -
Assessment of environmental variables and anthropogenic impacts on shallow marine bivalves
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Shallow marine bivalves are abundant, diverse, and typically resilient to many changes in their immediate environment. Many bivalves function by ... -
The banality of racism : the spirit of capitalism and mass incarceration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] I question how does a country that claims to be post-racial, post-colonial, and modern incarcerate such a disproportional amount of African Americans? ... -
Beliefs about individuals with disability as related to media portrayal of disability in Glee
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This study explores how exposure to disability portrayal on television is related to beliefs about individuals with disability. This study uses show-specific cultivation theory and its discussion of how television viewing ... -
Bellini's Norma: a comparative study of significant leading ladies from Pasta to Callas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)In the rich tradition of bel canto opera the surviving details surrounding the performances of the leading role from Norma (1831) of Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) provide ample basis for a comparison of seven celebrated ... -
Betting on technology : the diffusion of mobile live-streaming apps within news startup actor-networks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This research combines the diffusion of innovations and actor-network theoretical models to present a detailed explanation of how the live-streaming mobile apps Meerkat and Periscope were adopted at two digital news startups, ... -
The borderlands : living between archetypes in young adult Chicana literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This thesis focuses on two models for Chicana womanhood, which are the La Virgen de Guadalupe archetype and the La Malinche archetype. They are both mythic figures in Mexican culture that are diametrically opposed to one ... -
Business models of digital longform publications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Despite a widespread conviction that longform reporting, one of the most established and respected genres of journalism, will become unsustainable because of the challenges posed by the internet and the digital environment, ... -
Canopy sensing algorithm performance and modification using soil and weather information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Corn production across the U.S. Corn Belt can be often limited by the loss of nitrogen (N) due to leaching, volatilization and denitrification. The use of canopy sensors for making in-season N fertilizer applications has ... -
Catalysis of manganese(II/III) on chromium(VI) reduction by oxalic acid
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) compounds are important raw materials in the modern industry but it is also known that chromate chemicals can have severe ... -
Characterization of 16B09 and 2D01 effector proteins in cyst nematodes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Cyst nematodes use stylet-secreted effector proteins to modify a selected host cell into an elaborate feeding cell. The function of the novel effector proteins 16B09 and 2D01 from the soybean cyst nematode (SCN) Heterodera ... -
Christian media framing of gay marriage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This mixed methods study explores Christian media's framing of gay marriage from 2010 to 2015, looking at a sample of articles on Christianity Today's website before and after gay marriage became legal. Using mixed methods, ... -
Climate change news and trust : the influence of news source, frame and political ideology on judgments of credibility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Comparatively few studies have examined the effects of frames employed in climate change news articles (Corbett, 2004; Hart, 2011; Leiserowitz, forthcoming; Nisbet et al., 2013). The current study aims to address that ...