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Behind human faces : how exemplars experience the news process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Journalists often seek to put a "human face" on a systemic issue. The resulting source is an exemplar, or person whose story serves to illustrate a greater phenomenon. Journalism scholarship has examined why and how ... -
The use of writing strategies to increase organ donation intentions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Organ shortage has been a big problem for a relatively long time. A variety of interventions from the policy level to the individual level have been used to expand the organ donation pool. The goal of this project is to ... -
Detection of phythium spp. in gold course irrigation systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Many Pythium spp. are causal agents of disease on creeping bentgrass putting greens. Phytopathogenic Pythium spp. are known to disseminate through irrigation systems in agricultural settings, and this study provides evidence ... -
Consortium blockchain management with a peer reputation system for critical information sharing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Blockchain technology based applications are emerging to establish distributed trust amongst organizations who want to share critical information for mutual benefit amongst their peers. There is a growing need for consortium ... -
Effects of the bovine slick mutation on heat stress responses and hair growth in mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The bovine slick mutations result from more than one allele variant causing a slick hair phenotype and improved thermotolerance to elevated ambient temperatures in cattle. These mutations result in the truncation of the ... -
Adversarial robustness of deep learning enabled industry 4.0 prognostics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The advent of Industry 4.0 in automation and data exchange leads us toward a constant evolution in smart manufacturing environments, including extensive utilization of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Deep Learning (DL). ... -
Clinical interventions for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (hand) : a systematic review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Despite the widespread use of antiretroviral therapy, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) continues to be one of the most common central nervous system (CNS) complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), ... -
Ballistocardiography : physically-based modeling to bridge physiology and technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The ballistocardiogram (BCG) captures the motion of the center of mass (CoM) of the human body resulting from the blood motion within the circulatory system. The BCG signal reflects the status of the cardiovascular system ... -
Exploring factors associated with free and reduced-price lunch participation in missouri school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Participation in school meal programs is critical for meeting the most vulnerable children's daily food requirements while allowing School Food Authorities to get reimbursed for the meal provided and thus continue to run ... -
Rapid detection of pesticide residues in foods using surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy coupled with gold nanostars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Constant monitoring pesticide residues in foods is an essential part of food safety. In recent years, there is a growing concern about food issues in agricultural products. Tradition testing methods such as high-performance ... -
Lignin dissolution in deep eutectic solvents : a molecular dynamics study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have shown great potential on lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. Many DESs are capable of extracting lignin from biomass and dissolving hemicellulose while preserving most of cellulose in ... -
Experimental evaluation of laminated glass interlayer polymers at various strain rates and temperatures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The use of blast-resistant glazing, such as laminated glass in buildings can greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the hazard of flying glass shards. In a failure event, fractured glass shards adhere to the polymer interlayer, ... -
Anisotropy and mantle flow of the Indo-Burma subduction zone from shear wave splitting and shear wave splitting tomography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The Indo-Burma subduction zone lies on the eastern boundary of the 1500 km long Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. Despite highly oblique plate motion with limited arc development, convergence is still ongoing with the potential ... -
Body-worn accelerometer-based health assessment algorithms for independent living older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The mainstream smart wearable products used for activity trackers have experienced significant growth recently. Among the older population, collecting long periods of activity data in a real-life setting is challenging ... -
Evaluation of vmpfc-amygdala resting state functional connectivity as a transdiagnostic moderator of momentary sadness and rumination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Rumination has been identified as a transdiagnostic feature of emotional distress disorders that exacerbates symptoms of anxiety and depression. It is thought that rumination may be due in part to heightened resting state ... -
Polynomial system identification modeling and adaptive model predictive control of arterial oxygen saturation in premature infants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The automation of the regulation of the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) in neonatal mechanical ventilation to treat respiratory distress syndrome has proven challenging due to competing objectives: maintaining arterial ... -
An evaluation of waste plastic in asphalt pavement towards a circular economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Incorporating waste plastic into asphalt pavement is an evolving recycling strategy based on a circular economy approach. Dow has cooperated with MU to use optimal recycle plastic to target better pavement performance with ... -
The effects of heat stress and feed restriction on the microbiome of lactating dairy cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Elevated environmental temperatures and relative humidity can cause heat stress in dairy cattle which results in decreased feed intake, reduced milk production, and increased disease incidence. Our objectives were to ... -
"The pen among our people" : strategies of survivance and assimilation resistance in indigenous rhetoric from Indian newspapers, lawsuits, and society journals, 1870-1924
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)In "The Pen Among Our People," I explore three different strategies that Indigenous peoples utilized from 1870 to 1924 to both ensure their survival and resist systematic oppression. During this period, the malicious ... -
Resolving space-time strain paths of the Panamint and Cottonwood Mountains, eastern California, through bedrock thermochronology and detrital geochronology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The landscape in Death Valley region is the result of a complex history that includes Miocene Basin and Range extension and Miocene to recent transtension. Despite being one of the best studied regions in the world, ...