Dissertations from 2012
A Multilevel Analysis of County and State Variation in the Severity of Sentences Imposed in Large Urban Courts, Kimberly Helen Martin
Family Science: An Ethnographic Case Study of the Ordinary Science and Literacy Experiences of one Family, Glenda Margaret McCarty
Anxiety Symptoms, Parent Anxiety and Functional Impairment in Pediatric Cardiology Patients with Noncardiac Chest Pain and Benign Cardiac Complaints, Cassandra Jo McDonnell
Analysis of the Condition-Specific Regulation of Puf3p Activity and Puf3p-Mediated Translational Repression of mRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Melanie A. Miller
Shopping for Identity: An Economic Explanation for the Post-2003 Violence in Iraq, Alan M. Noory
Urban development in Costa Rica: the direct and indirect impacts on local and regional avian assemblages, Jeff L. Norris
Nanoporous Gold as a Solid Support for Protein Immobilization for the Development of Immunoassays, and for Biomolecular Interaction Studies, Binod Prasad Pandey
Nickel Catalyzed Homoallylation Reactions and Synthesis of Potent Inhibitors of YopH, Mahesh Prasad Paudyal
Finding Voice From a Distance: Learning Voice in Writing Through Online Learning, Amy Marie Ade Peach
Enzyme Therapy in Oncology Care: A Clinical Scholarship Project, Julie Penick
Contribution of the Mnr2 Protein to Magnesium Homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Nilambari Prafulla Pisat
The Effect of Legal Financial Obligations on Reentry Experiences, Breanne Rae Pleggenkuhle
SUPERARMED GLYCOSYL DONORS IN CHEMICAL GLYCOSYLATION, Hemali Deepthika Premathilake
Paradigm Adherence and Personality Correlates Across Mental Health Professions, Laura Anne Rauscher
STUDIES TOWARD TETRAHYDROFURAN-CONTAINING NATURAL PRODUCTS: TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF AMPHIDINOLIDE C AND OXYLIPIDS, Sudeshna Roy
Political Judgement, Freedom of Thought, and Standardized Testing: A Critical Enquiry, Matthew Edward Schuler
The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in the Patient-Centered Medical Home, Patricia M. Sohn
Bias Crime and Minority Threat, Michele Stacey
The Feasibility of an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Managed ADHD Resource Center in Missouri, Kara Janelle Stackley
Making Politics Personal: Leadership Programs as a Tool for Developing Political Interest and Efficacy in Young Women, Dayna Marie Stock
A CRITICAL ENQUIRY INTO THE RELATIONSHIP OF LITERATURE IN AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MICHEL FOUCAULT'S GOVERNMENTALITY, Lucille Ann Van Alstine
A Behavioral Analysis of Counselor Supervision: A Multiple Baseline Design, Deirdre J. Walker
Decision-making following sexual assault: Reporting decisions and exposure to the criminal justice system, Ryan Michael Walsh
Function estimation of irregularly spaced data with long memory dependence, Rosalie Michelle Wheeler
A Study of the Relationship between Nonverbal Kindergarten Ability and Third-grade Reading Achievement, Aaron John Wills
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF VOLATILES ASSOCIATED WITH YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS, Kari Anne Wojtkowski
Assessing the Feasibility and Perceptions of Health Services for Refugees of Resettlement Organizations, Heidi Jean Worabo
Dissertations from 2011
Campus Influence on International Students' Perceptions of the United States
Role of Pseudomonas Produced Hydrogen Cyanide in Biological Control of Plant-parasitic Nematodes, Haytham Aly
The Impact of a Reflective Thinking Intervention on Nursing Students in a Child and Family Nursing Course, Vicky Holle Becherer
DOES A SECOND CENTURY RABBI’S TEACHING METHODS AND PROCESS ELEMENTS ALIGN WITH MALCOLM KNOWLES’ ANDRAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK?, Luke Brad Bobo
Understanding the origin and rapid diversification of the genus Anthurium Schott (Araceae), integrating molecular phylogenetics, morphology and fossils, Monica Maria Carlsen
Examining the Effect of Changes in the Peer Group on Attitudes: A Longitudinal Study, Dena C. Carson
Interoceptive Fear and Pain Anxiety in Non-cardiac Chest Pain: Is Fear Associated with Reduced Physical Activity?, Jennifer Marie Craft
The role of amyloid-beta assembly state in monocyte maturation and smooth muscle cell degeneration, Nikkilina Renee Crouse
Understanding Forgiveness through the Application and Extension of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory to Female Caregivers and a Community Sample of Female Spouses, Lauren Nicole DeCaporale
Whither Criminology?: On The State of Criminology's Paradigm, Brendan David Dooley
Effects of the exotic shrub Lonicera maackii on the plant animal interactions in the invaded habitat, Humberto de Paula Dutra
Crisis in Education: A Call to ACT, Debra Walker Emery
The Effect of Problem-Solving Video Games on the Science Reasoning Skills of College Students, Tina Marie Fanetti
Person-Organization Fit as a Barrier to Employee Creativity, Angela M. Farabee
An Action Research Inquiry into the Relationship Among Aerobic Activities, Memory, and Stress with Students Identified as Gifted, Denise Marie Ford
Understanding the Environmental Elements in Religious Student Organizations through Sharon Park’s Mentoring Community Theory, David Christopher Gill
The Impact of a Saturday Enrichment Program With a University Partnership in an Urban Elementary School, Jenny Ellen Gray
Quality of Life in Patients with Non-Cardiac Chest Pain: The Impact of Psychiatric Disorder Severity, Fear of Pain, and Pain Catastrophizing, Katherine Elizabeth Hadlandsmyth
Exploring the Relationship Between Planning and Training, and Response to Campus Safety Incidents, Kimberly Michele Harvey
The Effects of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) on Middle Level Students, Michael Raymond Havener
Maslach's Burnout in Part-Time Faculty at a Four-Year Postsecondary Institution, Christiane Rene` Hubbard-Valentine
Principals as Facilitators of Professional Development with Teachers as Adult Learners, Tonya Jamelle Jones-Clinton
Chest Tube Dressings: A Comparison of Different Methods, Susan Kathleen Blackburn Jones
Development of New Strategies for Expeditious Oligosaccharide Synthesis, Sophon Kaeothip
Explaining Investment Policies in Microstates: The Case of the Fiji Islands, Sudarsan Kant
Elucidating matrix protein import and beta-oxidation pathways in plant peroxisomes, Bibi Rafeiza Khan
Study of the Vaporization Enthalpies by Correlation-Gas Chromatography, Dmitry Lipkind
Synthesis of (±)-Cyclophostin, (±)-Cyclipostin P, Their Phosphonate Analogs and New Chemistry of Vinyl Phosphonates, Raj Kumar Malla
Lived Experiences of Medical Laboratory Science Clinical Instructors as Adult Learners, Linda Jean McCown
Elementary Teachers’ Mental Models of Engineering Design Processes: A Comparison of Two Communities of Practice, Ann Piening McMahon
The Effects of Coping on the Psychological Well-being of Inidividuals who are Late-Deafened, Jill Marie Meyer
Exploring the Relationship Between Myers-Briggs Type and Instructional Perspectives among College Faculty across Academic Units, Pamela Jean Moehl
Partial Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks, Robert Andre Murphy
Feminist Advocacy in Community Based Responses to Domestic Violence: Gendered Identity, Ideology and Practices, Andrea J. Nichols
Recidivism: A Multi-Level Explanation, Brian Eric Oliver
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HOPE VI PROGRAM IN REVITALIZING CONVENTIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING SITES: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY IN ST. LOUIS, Uchechukwu Anthony Oluku
LEADERSHIP STYLES OF FEMALE SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICERS, Montague Theresa Orinthia
Economic Returns of the Occupational Education Experience Based on Two Missouri Community Colleges, Dianna Parker
Functional Characterization of Putative Non-Specific Phospholipase C (NPC) in Arabidopsis thaliana, Carlotta Antonetta Peters
Rational Ligand Design for Potential Applications in Transition Metal Catalysis, Sergey L. Sedinkin
THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND PARTISANSHIP, Andre L. Smith
Geometric Structures on Matrix-valued Subdivision Schemes, James J. Smith
The Life That Chose Us: Educators with Tourette Syndrome, Jennifer Kristen Stenger
Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Parenting, Family Functioning, and Child Outcome, Desiree Alana Sutherland
Impact of multiple children on parental supervision practices, parental developmental competence, and unintentional injury risk, Jennifer L. Taylor
Five Year Follow-Up Evaluation of a Faculty Development Program: A Qualitative Study, Marcia Tennill
CONSTRUCT VALIDATION OF POLITICAL SKILL, Katie Thenhaus
Transcriptional Regulation of Nitrogenase and Identification of a Fructose Transport System in Anabaena variabilis, Justin Lynn Ungerer
Organizational Learning and Employee Retention: A focused study examining the role of relationships between supervisors and subordinates, Veeranuch Vatcharasirisook
Evolution, Terror Management Theory, and Humans’ Relationship with Nature, Joshua Warren Vinocour
DOES SCHEDULING MATTER? AN ANALYSIS OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC SCHEDULE POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON ATTENDANCE, DISCIPLINE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, Carletta Denise Washington
Cross-racial/Cross-gender Mentoring of School Administrators, Zella M. Williams
Political Institutions and Regional Inequality in China: 1949 to 2005, Qiang Yan
Phylogenetics and diversification of Escallonia (Escalloniaceae), Felipe Zapata
EXPERIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS USING INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, Olena Zhadko
Dissertations from 2010
Development of a methodology to attain high levels of storage proteins in cassava tuberized roots and its implications, Mohammad Abhary
Coping and Assumptive World Views: Comparing Parents of Murdered Children and Parents of Missing/Returned Children in the Management of their Grief, Miriam Joy Anderson
DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES AMONG NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN BLENDED AND FACE-TO-FACE CLASSROOM DELIVERY, Julieta A. Arano-Ocuaman
Defining the Balance-Supportive Supervisor: The Antecedents, Actions, and Outcomes of Supervisor Support for Employee Work-Nonwork Balance, Jessalyn L. Arnold
An "Uneasy Look at Performance Appraisal": Beliefs about Performance Appraisal Outcomes, Cognitive Appraisals, and Emotions as Antecedents of Upward Rating Distortion, Shirley ann Ashauer
Project-based learning about nutrition with technology in an African-American middle school: An Action Research Study, Sibyl A. Banks
Perceptions of Effective Instruction in Community Colleges: A Student View, Stephen Kent Biermann
Policy Determinants and Medicaid Managed Care, Diane Elizabeth Brandt
A Qualitative Study of a Native American Mascot at "Public University", Michelle Lyn Brune
The Mother's Perspective: Understanding More About The Health Care Needs of the Preschool Child with Autism, Margaret W. Bultas
Have Metropolitan Planning Organizations improved regional policy making? The cases of Kansas City and St. Louis., Joseph Edward Campbell
Strategic Information Systems Alignment: A Longitudinal Investigation, Chowa Kachaka Charles
Weak Shear Study of Galaxy Clusters by Simulated Gravitational Lensing, David Raymond Coss