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Development of a dual frequency, folded topology, dielectric waveguide lens antenna
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)There is an emerging need for antennas capable of operating in the field of high power microwaves (HPMs) especially those which exhibit high gain, wide bandwidth, and steering. Conventional high gain antennas are often ... -
The relationship between pupil diameter changes and vehicle accidents in a driving simulator environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between changes in pupil diameter at the moment of a vehicle accident and the severity of the ... -
Investigation of finger plate expansion devices behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Finger plate expansion devices are frequently used to account for medium and large expansive or contractive movements and reasonable rotations of two ... -
Exploring factors that affect customer satisfaction and dining intention in hotel restaurants compared to stand-alone restaurants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] With the change of time, more and more hotels have chosen to operate food and beverage departments as separate revenue sectors from room departments, ... -
The influence of fusarium species on sweet potato plant performance, root yield and quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a global important food crop, that has recorded an increase in the consumption, and demand for especially ... -
Examining perceptual load capacity in Autism Spectrum Disorders and trait anxiety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Perceptual load theory posits that there is a limited amount of information a person can perceive at any given time and information is processed ... -
Dialectical behavior therapy skills for borderline personality disorder features and related indices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an empirically supported treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD). The four components of standard ... -
Do infants selectively imitate a transitive and an intransitive agent?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Previous research showed that in imitative learning, infants seemed to care about the reliability of the model marked by group membership or conventionality ... -
Permutation compression with applications to genomic data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] High Sequencing Technology generates data at an increasing rate. The technology is used widely in molecular biology. Technologies similar to this are ... -
Sun will rise in black
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] SUN WILL RISE IN BLACK is a single-movement, 16-minute piano concerto written for Natalia Bolshakova and the Columbia Civic Orchestra. The instrumentation ... -
Altered microrna expression profiles in bovine fetuses with an assisted reproduction-induced congenital overgrowth syndrome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) refer to a series of fertility treatments used to conceive offspring. ART is used worldwide in humans for ... -
Automatic four-limb IMU gait analysis in the canine DMD model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Gait analysis is valuable for studying neuromuscular and skeletal diseases. Wearable motion sensors or inertial measurement units (IMUs) possess ... -
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors regulate vascular cell function
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Vascular disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Although numerous factors contribute to the development of ... -
Impedance based MEMS sensor for monitoring time sensitive oocyte cryopreservation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In recent centuries, women in their 30s and 40s have represented an increasing portion of fertility patients who have had difficulties in fertilization. ... -
Into the forest: reading trees in nineteenth-century American literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Nineteenth-century American nature writing considers nature from the multiple perspectives of the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction landscapes. ... -
The relationships between foreign buyers' mediated power and Bangladeshi suppliers' psychologically defensive workplace behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The study examined the relationships between the mediated social power of buyers from developed countries and the psychologically defensive workplace ... -
Reinventing a moral mode : a textual analysis of 21st century "living Lei Fengs" in China Daily
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study explores how China Daily has extended the collective memory of iconic Chinese role model Lei Feng in articles about so-called "living Lei ... -
Ultrastructural damages in the brain induced by low-intensity primary blast wave : a transmission electron microscopy study on mild traumatic brain injury
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Explosive blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), a "signature wound" of recent military conflicts, commonly affects Service Members. While ... -
Dynamically-scalable distributed cluster and cloud computing framework for IoT media data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand; as daily new smart-devices are connected to Internet and adding to a deluge of data created by our ... -
LIFE, liberty & the pursuit of visual happiness : the development of documentary journalism, from magazine picture stories to Netflix serials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This Master's thesis examined what makes photo-journalists fulfilled professionally in the digital video space. Internet video journalism is the latest ...