Browsing 2015 Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2015 Spring"
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Computational algorithms for predictive health assessments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Rapid aging of the population in the US requires increased attention from health care providers and from the entire society as a whole. While the elderly population (aged over 65) will increase by 8% until 2050 in the ... -
Conjunciones y disyunciones entre raza y gnero: Representaciones flmicas y literarias de inmigrantes Latinoamericanos y Africanos Subsaharianos en la espana contempornea.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation is a study of literary and cinematographic works of the contemporary period that depict the complex experiences that the recent immigration phenomenon in Spain has brought along not only for the new ... -
Conservation payments to reduce tropical deforestation and degradation : evidence from the Ecuadorian Andes to the Amazon basin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Payment for Environmental Services (PES) are market-based policy instruments. Which compensate private resource managers financially for the environmental ... -
Consultation as a vehicle for increasing novice teachers' use of evidence-based classroom management strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Teachers' classroom management skills have a significant impact on students' short and long-term outcomes. Unfortunately, research has demonstrated that teachers, particularly novice teachers, often struggle to effectively ... -
The cooperative provision of ecosystem services in agriculture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Managing agricultural lands to provide ecosystem services (ES), such as natural pollination, may be essential for the long-term sustainability of agriculture. Most agricultural lands, however, are managed for the short-term ... -
Coping, multicultural personality, acculturative stress and psychological adjustment among Chinese international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study examined coping appraisal as a mediator, collectivistic coping styles, and multicultural personality as moderators, between perceived ... -
Cover (a play about trafficking) the power of creating performative auto/ethnographies in a theatre community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. This idea that the devil (or depravity) is sly enough to make us believe it doesn't exist comes rushing forward up to this moment. I connect ... -
Cue the disgust: the effect of smoking cues and disgusting images in anti-tobacco advertisements on smokers' and nicotine-withdrawn smokers' psychophysiological responses, smoking urges, and intent to quit smoking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined how non-withdrawn tobacco smokers and nicotine-withdrawn tobacco smokers cognitively and emotionally process anti-tobacco ... -
Culturally speaking : media, intimacy, and the vocal dimension of race and gender
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project examines the racial and gendered meanings of vocal sound, focusing specifically on the ways voices and their cultural associations are ... -
Culture factor differences between Missouri's high poverty gold star and high poverty non-gold star schools as determined by the Missouri advanced questionaire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This study sought to identify if differences existed in the responses collected from Missouri's Advanced Questionnaire survey between high achieving and low-achieving schools across Missouri. Both groups of schools were ... -
The debt of heroism : an initial test of the legacy attained by social transaction (last) model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Rhetoric surrounding heroes suggests their contributions create a sense of indebtedness and that they deserve to be awarded a legacy for such contributions. Utilizing a novel theoretical framework, coined the legacy ... -
Delineating the functional roles of dynamin related proteins in plant innate immunity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Vesicular trafficking mediates the movement of cargo molecules from donor to target organelles and is emerging as a critical means by which plants ... -
Design, analysis and dynamic phenomena of MEMS capacitive power harvester
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Unwanted vibrations are all around us in our daily life. These vibrations can effectively be converted into electrical power through capacitive device. Even though the amount of power generated is small ([mu]W), it is still ... -
Determinants of international cooperation : reciprocity, opportunity, and cooperative norms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation examines few of the determinants and effects of international cooperation. There are three broad themes that run throughout this ... -
Developing agents of change : a case study on preservice teacher leaders' conceptualizations of social justice teacher leadership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The purpose of this study was to investigate how a set of preservice teachers who have been identified as leaders in their teacher education programs conceptualize social justice teacher leadership. A collective, qualitative ... -
Development and validation of a work mattering scale (WMS)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Many people desire work that matters to others and society. However, there is no existing, psychometrically sound scale that measures work mattering with two dimensions, societal mattering and interpersonal mattering. This ... -
Development of advanced chemometric methods for analysis of deep-ultraviolet resonance Raman and circular dichroism spectroscopic data for protein secondary structure determination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Determination of protein secondary structure has become an area of great importance in biochemistry and biophysics as protein secondary structure is directly related to protein function and protein related diseases. While ... -
Development of genome-wide genetic assays in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Illumina sequencing and other massively-parallel, short read sequencing technologies have become prevalent methods for querying the genetic systems of organisms. This trend was initially driven by the demand for general ... -
Development of preservice elementary teachers science self-efficacy beliefs and its relation to science conceptual understanding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Teacher beliefs that relate to teachers' motivation and performance have been an important area of concern for science education at all levels. This study focused on investigating science self-efficacy beliefs and the ... -
Differences in processing of interactive infographics on different screen sizes and interface types
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study investigated how the use of interactive media, specifically infographics, on touch screen devices of varying size affects the user's cognition. ...