2009 Theses (MU): Recent submissions
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Extrinsic and intrinsic values, forecasts, and experiences: an experimental approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)A study was conducted wherein participants with different values were provided with either a value-congruent or a value incongruent experience in the form of a chance to choose an Apple Itune song download, which they were ... -
Identification of novel breast carcinoma and melanoma avid peptides for imaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)During the last decade, peptides and their derivatives have been employed as effective cancer imaging agents. We aimed to identify new peptides probes specific for melanoma and breast carcinoma by phage display technology. ... -
Focusing on consumer-to-consumer trust in electronic commerce with age and gender factors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The importance of trust in building and maintaining consumer relationship in e-commerce environment is recognized in the Information Systems literature since prior researches show that general lack of trust in e-commerce ... -
Ever towards the setting sun they push us : American Indian identity in the writings of Mary Alicia Owen
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Mary Alicia Owen (1850-1935) is best known as a folklorist who studied and wrote about the culture, legends, and folkways of Missouri's African Americans and American Indians. While she is best remembered as the author of ... -
Fall detection using acoustic features and one class classifiers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)With the increasing of elderly population, there are more and more health problems occurring in everyday activities among this group of people. An investigation shows many elderly people get injures or trigger more serious ... -
A systematic framework to improve knowledge management through information technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Organizations rely on their IT infrastructure to perform on a daily basis, and a constant debate on whether the IT tools used are the appropriate ones to achieve their strategic planning objectives is always present. Many ... -
Manual process productivity measurement : for Pre-registration Department in University of Missouri Healthcare
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the healthcare industry, it is often hard to measure productivity, because the input and the output of the process may be difficult to distinguish ... -
The influence of positive mood and extraversion on different aspects of cognitive control
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There is some evidence that positive mood might influence cognitive control and that extraverts might perform better than introverts when experiencing ... -
Experimental investigation of a novel disc oscillating heat pipe and heat conduction effect on the startup of oscillating motion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A new disc oscillating heat pipe has been developed and tested for use in high heat flux applications with a localized heat source. The results show ... -
Molecular characterization of soybean squalene synthases (GmSQSs) and genetic engineering for enhanced phytosterols in Arabidopsis seeds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Squalene synthase (SQS), which converts fanesyl diphosphate (FPP) to squalene, represents a crucial branch point of the isoprenoid pathway and is ... -
Implementation of high-density SNP data for genetic evaluation and QTL discovery in beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A genomic relationship matrix was built using 1,707 Angus AI sires with complete pedigree information and 698 Angus steers with only paternity ... -
Pronghorn migration and resource selection in southwestern North Dakota
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Wildlife managers need pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) movement data in North Dakota because harvest quotas are based on a summer survey, which might not represent the distribution of pronghorn during the fall hunting ... -
Regulation of calcium signaling by p130PH in astrocytes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Ca2+ signaling is a characteristic form of astrocyte excitability, but its role in ischemia is not clearly understood. Our previous study (Ding et al., 2009) demonstrated that astrocytes exhibit enhanced Ca2+ signaling ... -
Propagation of polarized light in skeletal muscle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Skeletal muscle is a very important tissue in animals and humans. Optical polarization imaging is a non-invasive method to study biological tissues and provides unique polarization contrast. An imaging system was developed ... -
PRIMEGENSv2 : a service based platform using object oriented model view controller design pattern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)There are a number of tools and software packages dealing with the problem of efficient primer and probe design. In an era of fast paced research it is rather difficult for any researcher to change their favorite tool. So ... -
Thermal-mechanical analysis of targets for high volume production of molybdenum-99 using low-enriched uranium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Techenetium-99m is diagnostic radioactive medical isotope that is currently used 30,000 times a day in the United States. All supplies of techenetium-99m's parent isotope molybdenum-99 currently originate from nuclear ... -
Multi-source ontology-based maize phenotype search engine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)In the midst of this genomics era, major plant genome databases are collecting massive amounts of heterogeneous information, including sequence data, gene product information, as well as images and descriptions of mutant ... -
Evaluation and development of black-footed ferret resource selection models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Resource selection function (RSF) and utilization function (RUF) models aid in evaluating habitat suitability and investigating hypothesized mechanisms of space use of wildlife. We monitored postbreeding resource selection ... -
Is accuracy in fertility detection mediated by differences in the mate value of the rater and target?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)I propose the existence of a perceptual bias in men toward detecting fertility status in women of similar mate value. To test this hypothesis, 153 male undergraduates (raters) chose which of two photographs of the same ... -
Political action committee behavior in the era of soft money and bipartisan campaign reform
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA, McCain-Feingold) banned the use of soft money in campaigns. The precursor to BCRA was The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) which along with subsequent amendments ...