Browsing 2021 MU Theses - Freely available online by Thesis Semester "2021 Summer"
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Application of microturbines in improving the energy efficiency of municipal wastewater treatment plants in Missouri.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Hydropower is a source of renewable energy. It is possible to combine a hydropower installation with an existing wastewater plant while ensuring it still performs its basic purpose. The multipurpose scheme would be integrated ... -
Applying T.G. Page's scale for measuring base crisis response : a series of crises at the University of Missouri in fall 2015
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This study extends theory in crisis communication by analyzing a series of crises that occurred at the University of Missouri (MU) in fall 2015 as a test case for applying T.G. Page's scale for measuring base crisis response. ... -
Assessing costs and environmental impacts of municipal food waste treatment options in Columbia, Missouri : a decision support tool integrating life cycle analysis and robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Many municipal governments currently have goals in place to align with global efforts and policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and take advantage of waste as a resource for renewable energy and nutrients. To ... -
Assessing fall velocity-maximum dimension relationships and particle size distributions for snowfall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Snowfall is an atmospheric phenomenon that can cause significant impacts to many aspects of daily life in Missouri. Further, no two snowfall events are exactly the same, as even small differences in environmental characteristics ... -
Assessing Missouri soybean fields for azoxystrobin resistant cercospora sojina
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Successful management of Cercospora sojina, the causal agent of frogeye leaf spot, can be achieved through utilizing resistant varieties and fungicide applications. Fungicides in the quinone outside inhibitor (QoI) class ... -
Assessing the occurrence of cyanotoxins in two urban reservoirs through a community science monitoring program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Cyanobacterial blooms are an ongoing threat to aquatic systems worldwide. These potentially toxic blooms have typically been observed in summer to early fall, but there are increasing reports of blooms in colder seasons. ... -
An assessment of the light and nutrient regimes constraining phytoplankton dynamics in Missouri reservoirs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Worldwide, nutrient pollution, or eutrophication, is one of the most pervasive environmental issues threatening water quality. Anthropogenic influences, primarily urbanization and agriculture, have drastically increased ... -
Associations between genetic risk for trait aggression and alcohol use predicting alcohol-related aggression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)A propensity for aggression and/or alcohol use may be associated with alcoholrelated aggression. Previous research has shown genetic overlap between alcohol use and aggression, but has not looked at how alcohol-related ... -
Bacterial culture and susceptibility of samples taken from septic foot lesions of adult beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Lameness is an economically important and common disease of cattle. Foot disease is the most common cause of cattle lameness; however, there are few publications regarding lameness in cow-calf operations. The objectives ... -
Comparison of simple moving average and arima timeseries forecasting models on independent historic data and extrapolating echo program attendance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Background: The Extension of Community Healthcare Outcome program (ECHO) is an educational and training telemedicine service that provides voluntary case-based learning opportunities for healthcare professionals. Prediction ... -
Deterritorialization/reterritorialization of Raramuri knowledge: within the landscapes of Mulaka
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Independent video game developers are changing the game industry by creating new genres like Indigenous gaming using narratives that represent Indigenous groups. These representations form part of the video game production ... -
Development of multiscale porous elastomer substrates with passive-cooling capabilities and strain-insensitive conductive nanocomposites for skin-interfaced electronics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Emerging skin-interfaced electronics have been playing a significant role in many areas such as clinical healthcare and mobile fitness tracking because they can collect a variety of biological signals from human body. ... -
Effects of bovine pregnancy-associated glycoproteins on gene transcription in bovine endometrial explants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) are a complex gene family, whose members are expressed by trophoblasts of ruminants and related species. In cattle, the PAGs accumulate at the trophoblast-uterine interface and ... -
Effects of essential oils on the performance, health, and feeding behavior of growing cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Concerns and changes in policy related to use of antimicrobials in livestock has led to increased interest in using alternative feed additives such as essential oils (EO). Essential oils are plant secondary metabolites ... -
Evaluating the effects of choice across varying levels of preferred items
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The current study compared the differential effects of choice and no-choice conditions on skill acquisition, when provided as a consequence and when choice conditions involved the opportunity to choose from an array of ... -
Evaluation of the 7 and 7 synch protocol for control of the estrous cycle among beef cows prior to fixed-time artificial insemination with sex-sorted or conventional semen
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Experiment 1 was conducted to compare 7 and 7 Synch and the 7-day CO-Synch + controlled internal drug release (CIDR[copyright]) protocols prior to fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) of beef cows with conventional ... -
Exploring cancel culture and the distrust of YouTube influencers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)YouTube is the third most visited website in the world after Google and Facebook, and the second most visited social media platform after Facebook (Khan, 2017). As over 90 percent of 18- to 24-year-old U.S. American internet ... -
Factors affecting neonatal beef calf metabolism and vigor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Two studies were conducted to investigate factors affecting neonatal beef calf metabolism and vigor. In the first study, effects of late gestational nutrient restriction on colostrum yield, neonatal vigor, and blood chemistry ... -
Fashion brand CSR : fashion consumers' environmental belief, expectations on CSR communication, and purchase intention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plays an important role in fashion brands nowadays. Thus, the number of socially responsible fashion brands are increasing day by day. Statistics show that consumers' now demand more ... -
From biomass to wearable devices: laser-induced graphene derived from lignin for ultrasensitive sensing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Laser-indued graphene (LIG) is 3D porous structure with many promising properties. Lignin-based precursor has shown its unique properties in generating high quality LIG among various organic carbon-based substrates. In ...