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Magic, Mysticism, and the Supernatural in Modern Poetry
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Making a Case for Reform: Evaluation of the Current Eyewitness Identification Procedures in the State of Missouri
(2011-07-01)Eyewitness misidentification is a problematic issue in the Criminal Justice and the cause of many wrongful convictions. The early writings of psychologists like Hugo Münsterberg have warned about dangers of eyewitnesses. ... -
Marie's Honorable Adulterous Women and Worthy Illegitimate Children in "Yonec" and "Milun"
(2014-07-24)Marie de France defends noblewomen in the Middle Ages who commit adultery in two of her lais, “Yonec” and “Milun,” when members of society would have executed the women for their infidelity. Marie also places value on the ... -
Masculinity and Femininity in Relation to the Perception of Career Barriers
(2016-02-24)Gender-based discrimination hinders the economic advancement of women due to the perceived incompatibility between femininity and the idealized masculine standards of an employee. To understand the gender discrepancy ... -
Microclimate and Ecological Factors Influencing Habitat Selection in Chimney Swifts, Chaetura pelagica
(2017-02-01)Chimney swifts (Chaetura pelagica) are voracious aerial insectivores which roost in vertical shafts such as hollow trees or chimneys. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the chimney swift ... -
A Minimally Invasive Evaluation of an Urban Population of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in Western Missouri
(2018-03-29)Timber rattlesnakes in an urban, fragmented habitat located in Jackson county Missouri were captured and marked as part of a preliminary population assessment. Descriptive aspects of this population were measured for one ... -
A Model for Food Safety and Lean Practices
(2012-02-01)Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This research introduces the application of industrial hygiene (IH) aspects in food safety ... -
Moderate Intensity Exercise and Postprandial Glucose Excursions in Diabetic Individuals
(2013-12-12)Introduction: Physical activity improves insulin sensitivity but the extent to which postprandial glucose is improved is not fully understood. Purpose: To examine the effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise in ... -
Monitoring Diesel Emissions from Locomotives at the Rail Yard in Saint Joseph, Missouri Diesel Particulate Matter, Sulfur Dioxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide
(2012-10-19)Locomotive diesel exhaust emissions are a significant contributor to air pollution throughout the US. The objective of this study was to profile locomotive diesel emissions in the rail yard located in Saint Joseph, Missouri. ... -
Monitoring Potential Exposure Emissions of Biodigesters Using a Laboratory Scale Model
(2012-06-07)Due to the worlds growing energy concerns, biodigesters are becoming a popular alternative to oil. These digesters are turning a variety of organic wastes such as trees, plants, and food wastes into fuel by use of ... -
The Monotone Catenary Degree of Block Monoids
(2015-07-27)The block monoid B(G) of a finite abelian group G is the set of zero-sum sequences g1 · · · gn such that !n i=1 gi = 0 with operation given by concatenation. A factorization z = α1 · · · · · αn of length |z| = n of α ... -
A Movie Score for Concert Band: A Musical Analysis
(2011-09-30)The purpose of this paper is to examine the form, compositional techniques and devices, and instrumentation of an original composition, A Movie Score for Concert Band, composed by the author as part of the requirements for ... -
"Myself as the Ideal": Exploring the Status of Body Image
(2012-06-07)The purpose of this research is to explore the dynamics of female, college freshman concerns about their bodies and provide recommendations for programs such as The Body Project who work with college age women on body ... -
Mysteries and Mistakes: a Summary of Three Pieces Performed on a Graduate Bassoon Recital
(2015-07-27)This paper will revolve around the theme of mistakes and uncertainty, specifically relating to three pieces in the standard bassoon solo literature. These minute inconsistencies, endearing idiosyncrasies, and mysterious ... -
N. Clark Smith and Milestones of a Race
(2017-06-15)N. Clark Smith (1866-1935) was a prominent music educator, composer, bandleader, and musician. First influenced by the careful and pragmatic conservatism of Tuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington, Smith later came ... -
The New FAA ATP Requirement and Pilot Staffing Considerations for Commercial Airlines and Training Institutions
(2012-06-07)Regional and major US airlines have, in the past, hired their pilots from a variety of backgrounds, requiring varying degrees of experience, based mainly on their immediate staffing needs. Addressing a public demand for ... -
No Difference Between Athlete and Non-Athlete Performance on a Spatial Memory Test
(2017-06-23)Spatial memory is the part of memory devoted to the storage and retrieval of spatial information such as location, distance, and orientation. A quasi-experimental study assessed the spatial memory ability of 26 undergraduate ... -
No Significant Difference in Memory Performance Between Music with Lyrics and Music without Lyrics
(2017-06-16)Many people listen to music while completing important tasks. In the present research we investigated the effects that lyrics in music have on memory performance. A working memory model was the basis for the formation of ... -
Non-Unique Factorizations of Upper Triangular Matrices
(2013-11-15)While factorization in commutative semigroups has been well-studied, very little literature exists concerning factorization in the non-commutative setting. Given an atomic integral domain D, we will discuss factorization ... -
Nth Roots of Matrices
(2012-10-18)This paper investigates the feasibility of finding any nth root, and by extension any rational power, for an arbitrary m x m square matrix. Root finding methods are investigated for real m x m matrices and complex m x ...