Browsing 2018 MU theses - Access restricted to UM by Thesis Semester "2018 Spring"
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Alumni motivations and social media for engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] As budgets shrink and competition increases, universities strive to engage alumni in support of the institution. The use of social media to engage ... -
Asymptotic properties of deep water solitary waves with compactly supported vorticity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this thesis, we consider two-and three-dimensional gravity and capillary-gravity solitary waves propagating along the surface of a body of water ... -
A bayesian investigation into inhibition mechanisms of contrast and assimilation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The ability to inhibit distractors within an environment while focusing on specific information is crucial to proper functioning. In most inhibition ... -
Classification of brainwaves using deep learning models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The classification of brainwaves has always been a topic of high interest in the neuroscience and medical community. Currently used classification ... -
Comparative study of brain waves classification using fast fourier transform and feed forward neural network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Brain is one of the complex network known. There are several techniques available to acquire signals originating inside brain. If we can classify those ... -
Detection and classification of brainwaves using digital signal processing techniques
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Different activities of our human brain can be detected as different brainwaves. The brainwaves are divided into different types based on their ... -
Disruptive soldiers : literary responses to the standing army controversy (1688-1846)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] "The aim of this thesis is to provide a sustained consideration of literary engagements with the Standing Army Controversy in Britain and America from ... -
Driving simulator use and calibration for work zone merge sign evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Work zones on highways have the potential to increase crash risk; therefore, efficient and noticeable signs play a critical role in enhancing highway ... -
The family of sequential possibilistic one-mean clustering algorithms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The possibilistic c-means (PCM) was developed as an extension of the fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm by abandoning the membership sum-to-one ... -
An in depth evaluation of internal criteria for determining the number of clusters in a data set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Clustering procedures partition data sets into groups, minimizing the distance within clusters while maximizing the distance between clusters. Clustering ... -
The relation between school-age children's language ability and expository discourse production in two scaffolded tasks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study explored school-age children's expository discourse production and their use of language to convey complex information. Because school-age ... -
A remote sensing analysis of the grand river grasslands using sentinel-2 satellite imagery : a comparison of land-use / land-cover classifications using per-pixel and object-oriented procedures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The important prerequisites for the proper use of land is to know how the land is covered and how it is being used currently. In this study, land-use ... -
The Spes salutis masses of 's-Hertogenbosch MS 75 and Clemens non Papa : a comparative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The life and work of famed sixteenth-century Franco-Flemish composer Jacobus Clemens non Papa (ca. 1510-ca. 1555) remain confounding to date or to ... -
Techno-economic assessment of utilizing solar thermal energy in manufacturing processes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In the past century, fossil fuels have been a primary source of mankind's energy production as they are cheaper and more readily available due to ... -
Vessels of humility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)My ceramic work is influenced by historical pottery and the vast barren Southwestern landscape. It consists of wheel thrown and hand formed pots such as jars, boxes and vases. These vessels become a vehicle for conversation ...