Browsing 2017 MU theses - Access restricted to MU by Thesis Semester "2017 Spring"
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At the edge of a dream : the mismanagement of Pruitt-Igoe, 1950-1980
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Scholars often study the Pruitt-Igoe housing project for its failure and concentrate almost solely on the project's demise. This work expands the scope ... -
Biochemical characterization of clade B and non-B HIV-1 reverse transcriptase
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Two classes of drugs: nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTIs) target HIV-1 RT, an enzyme ... -
Conformal mappings and the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Let [omega] be an open and connected set in the complex plane. A mapping f : [omega] [right arrow] C is said to be conformal at a point z0 if it ... -
Electromechanical evolution of Carbon nanotube-coated microfibers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are best described as seamless cylindrical hollow fibers, comprised of a single sheet of pure graphite with extremely light ... -
Elevated
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Celebrated, mundane; appealing, discarded; real, fake; structured, messy; quick, slow; assumptions, well- observed; found object, representational ... -
Estimation of model states for a hydraulic valve system using an extended Kalman filter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Pilot valves are considered as one of most common types of valves in the industry today. They are widely-used because their design is simple, they are ... -
Fabrication and testing of a tool for thermodynamic characterization of micro-samples
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Cryopreservation utilizes very low temperatures to preserve living cells and tissues. Successfully cryopreservation protocols for a limited number of ... -
Forgotten bonds : the role of sibling relationships in foster families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Foster care is becoming a more prevalent diverse family form, and serves a critical role in our society. Little is known about the role siblings play ... -
From Gastarbeiter to Muslims : representations of Turkish migrants in West Germany from 1961-1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis explores how (West) Germans viewed both male and female Turkish Gastarbeiter (guest workers), as well as their second and third generations, ... -
Graphical user interface for interactive image measurement applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In today's research world, a lot of image measurement work are still being done in labor intensive and time consuming manual methods. Automate or ... -
Harmonic functions and the Dirichlet problem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Let [omega] be an open and connected subset of the complex plane. A real valued function u : [omega] [right arrow] R is said to be harmonic if it has ... -
In vitro characterization of metal-binding and glutathione-binding proteins and their potential use to study transition metal homeostasis in plants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Protein purification is vital for the characterization of the function, structure, and interactions of a protein.(Berg et al. 2002) Before a specific ... -
The island belonged to them : slave provisioning and empire in the British West Indies, 1679-1833
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Recent scholarship on New World slavery has emphasized both the violent and non-violent means by which the enslaved reacted to, and shaped, their ... -
Modeling and optimization of the Mannheimia haemolytica vaccine production process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Leukotoxin (Lkt) from Mannheimia haemolytica has been discovered as the primary pathogenic factor for bovine respiratory disease (BRD), causing huge ... -
On the 2016 campaign trail : how the media covered Hispanic and Latino candidates and candidates' use of Spanish
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study discovers if and how newspapers portray Spanish-speaking presidential candidates differently than they do presidential candidates who choose ... -
Shaping the conversation of women's health and reproductive rights : a textual analysis of Planned Parenthood's external communications and news coverage of women's health during the 2016 presidential election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Planned Parenthood provides more than 2.5 million men and women every year with access to affordable health care. However, Planned Parenthood has ... -
She is! Tracing the evolution of the female sexual narrative in creative nonfiction writing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This project explores the structures of four female-authored nonfiction sexual narratives: Anaïs Nin's Henry and June, Catherine Millet's The Sexual ... -
Social contract, civic organicism, and Antebellum southern political thought
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Though of a river of ink has been expended describing the long, multifaceted road to the Souths secession from the American Union, the political ... -
Theoretical and experimental study of an evaporative cooler embedded with parallel plates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the current investigation, a theoretical model predicting the temperature variation of ambient air flowing through an evaporative cooler embedded ...