2015 MU theses - Access restricted to MU: Recent submissions
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The outlaw
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This opera was written as a thesis for the completion of a Master of Music degree in Composition. The text is adapted from the one act play of the ... -
DNA insulator minimizing interactions between adjacent transgenes, transcriptomes contrasting callus induction of somatic embryogenesis in maize B73
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In plants, transgene expression and inheritance patterns are either in some cases unpredictable or in most cases vary between different transgenic ... -
Controlled loading of cryoprotectants (CPAS) with cell volume constraints
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Oocyte cryopreservation techniques are considered very important aspects in biomedical research for oocyte and embryo cryopreservation to be used in ... -
Mobile image analysis for seed phenotyping
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Shape and size are among the most important seed characteristics measurements. This work presents an Android-based smartphone and tablet application ... -
Insights into media messaging on Tobacco 21 health policy
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] To effectively diffuse Tobacco 21 policy to raise the minimum sale age of tobacco products to 21, health professionals need to gain the acceptance and ... -
Comparison of co-granulated fertilziers to equivalent blends of phosphorus, sulfur, and zinc in a corn-soybean rotation
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] High yielding corn and soybean production systems in Missouri have renewed an interest in micronutrient management such as sulfur (S) which is essential ... -
Mortgage-backed confusion : explaining the 2008 financial crisis through narrative in three books
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Some critics believe that the press inadequately warned the public about the 2008 financial crisis. They give many reasons, like the shrinking newsroom ... -
Genetic variation in the exome : associations with alcohol and tobacco co-use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Shared genetic factors represent one mechanism underlying alcohol and tobacco co-use and dependence, although common genetic variants identified by ... -
A mems variable capacitor with barium titanate (BaTiO3) dielectric layer for energy harvesting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the research, a MEMS variable capacitor for electrostatic energy harvester was developed. The device uses the undesirable environmental mechanical ... -
Water infiltration and soil water content in claypan soils influenced by agroforestry and grass buffers compared to row crop management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The effects of agroforestry and grass-legume buffers on in situ water infiltration relative to row crop management (RC) were assessed for a claypan ... -
Distributed association rule mining using an in-memory cluster computer framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Association rule mining is a mature area; however, there is much to be done to take full advantage of the massive distributed computing environments ... -
Automatic 3D face reconstruction and tracking using consumer RGB-D camera
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] 3D face reconstruction and tracking has become an important research topic during the past few decades in both computer graphics and computer vision. ... -
Sibling proteins and their influence on collagen-i fibrillogenesis and denaturation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Native bone tissue is comprised of a mixture of collagen, non-collagenous proteins, and hydroxyapatite (HA). The SIBLING (small integrin binding, ... -
Understanding the behavior of three component polyampholyte hydrogels for tissue engineering applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The development of materials with nonfouling characteristics and good mechanical properties has been a target in the tissue engineering field over the ... -
Sheet retrofit systems for concrete slabs for blast mitigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Various ductile sheet materials are currently used to retrofit existing concrete wall systems to mitigate the effects of external blast. Sheet retrofits ... -
Specters of otherness : essays on the intersection of religious studies, feminist theory, and alterity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The following essays are explorations of otherness as identity, as discursive force, and as feeling across three different North American socio-cultural ... -
Captive management, stress, and reproduction in the Guam kingfisher
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As a strategy for recovering imperiled species in the wild, captive breeding has achieved measured success. Specifically, captivity often involves ... -
Longitudinal relations among parenting daily hassles, child rearing, and prosocial behaviors in Turkish children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Parental child rearing behaviors predict children's levels of prosociality (Eisenberg and Valiente, 2002; Hastings, Utendale, and Sullivan, 2007). ... -
Hierarchical carbon nanotube forests and applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Carbon nanotube (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. Very different from other materials, CNTs show a great value for ... -
Analysis of transcript abundance of uterine genes after application of bovine pregnancy associated glycoproteins to endometrial explants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) belong to the aspartic protease family and are expressed exclusively by trophoblasts of even-toed ungulates. ...