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Values concerning disadvantaged pupils in differing organizational climates
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1970)Educators who have had occasion to visit a variety of different schools and communicate with their respective staffs recognize that each school has its own distinctive characteristics aside from those relating to size, ... -
Emotion centered racial coping and child development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Victims of racist incidents can experience a host of negative emotions and how those emotions are processed is an integral part to one's well-being and mental health (Lewis et. al., 2015; Paradies et. al., 2015). Although ... -
Clyomon amd Clamydes a critical edition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1962)"Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes (Greg, Bibliography, no. 157) was printed by Thomas Creede in 1599--the same year he printed the second quarto of Romeo and Juliet and Greene’s Alphonsus, King of Aragon. Like Creede’s other ... -
Politics and ideology in the Kingdom of Callaway
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1963)"This is a study of politics in the town of Fulton, the county of Callaway, in the state of Missouri. It is a study which, from one standpoint, is limited in its scope and focus. No attempt is made to describe and to ... -
L-tryptophan photoproduct : effect on DNA replication and DNA repair in escherichia coli
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)"This study was stimulated by two important discoveries. The first of these came to a focus when it was observed that recombinationless (rec) mutants of bacteria were readily killed by near-UV irradiation. Recognition of ... -
Study of intermediate moisture pork and its storage stability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)"Preservation of food has been practiced through the ages to save the seasonal surplus for future use or the annual surplus for use in deficit years. During the development of civilizations, various food preservation methods ... -
Acetate mutants and obligate photoautotrophy in Chlamydomonas eugametos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)Incorporation of C-14 labelled sodium acetate by three species of Chlamydomonas: C. eugametos, C. reinhardii and C. moewusii indicates that all three species assimilate and metabolize exogenous acetate. All three species ... -
Cytogenetic analysis of a knobbed chromosome 9 in maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)The K* knob of Mexican origin had a suppressive effect on recombination in the short arm of chromosome 9. It had the capacity to reduce recombination in both the distal and proximal regions or to reduce it only in the ... -
The nature of nothingness in King Lear
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)"The approach toward life in the sixteenth century was paradoxical. Writers and thinkers struggled with the questions and problems of life; they tried to determine if life had any value, and if it consisted of something. ... -
Environmental regulation of the larval diapause of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella dyar (lepidoptera:pyralidae)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)Diapause is a state of arrested growth or reproduction which is commonly found in insects (Lees, 1955). It may occur at any stage in the life cycle of an insect and is usually an important adaptation in the development of ... -
A monograph of Lupinus for Argentina
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)The species of Lupinus for Argentina are reviewed in a morphological and taxonomic study. For the country of Argentina and vicinity there were 85 species cited. Over 45 holotypes, numerous isotypes and several non-type ... -
Plant succession on Missouri strip-mined land
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)There are many agencies which create successional areas— water, as flood or glacier; wind, as hurricane or tornado; volcanic activity, as ash or lava flow; or man, as seeker of energy sources, lumbering or mining. It is ... -
Force system synthesis to produce a desired time response of mechanisms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)A technique and computer programs are developed which will synthesize parameters of force systems which will drive a mechanism to have a desired motion-time response and desired input-output forces. The force devices can ... -
Local free convection to non-Newtonian fluids from a horizontal, isothermal cylinder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)The transfer of heat between a body surface and the motionless fluid surrounding it is perhaps one of the most naturally occurring physical phenomena. Undoubtedly interest and speculation regarding this natural or free ... -
The pleasure-pain motif in the poetry of John Keats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)This study is intended to show that one of the commonly noted motifs in the poetry of Keats is also a feature of considerable importance. The swift interchange of pleasure and pain or the ability of the poet to be happy ... -
Comic pattern in the novels of Smollett
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)This dissertation focuses upon the disparity between the bodies of Smollett's novels and their endings. The former is set in a society which historians identify as the "real world" of eighteenth-century London, a world ... -
The Old English Herbal in Cotton Ms. Vitellius C. iii : Studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)Even for experts in the field, early English medicine seems to present difficulties. For the uninitiated, it is a trackless jungle. . . the field of medical and other scientific vernacular manuscripts is still a Yukon ... -
The role of tumor-associated macrophages in pancreatic cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Due to the lack of early diagnosis and efficient therapy, it is projected that pancreatic cancer (PaC) will become the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. by 2030. Conventional ... -
Collaborative human-robot order picking system : algorithms for task allocation and routing in complex environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Order picking, which involves retrieving items from storage locations for an internal or external customer, is a core function in warehouses and accounts for up to 65 percent of the total operating ... -
Essays on the econometrics of ordinal data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] In economics, ordinal variables like general health, mental health, and happiness level play a crucial role. Ordinal data is commonly used in surveys and questionnaires due to its ordered structure. ...