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The Payoffs to Transgenic Field Crops : An Assessment of the Evidence
(AgBioForum, 2002)
The purpose of this study is to compile and characterize the farm-level evidence of the impacts of transgenic field crops available in the public domain and to determine if any general implications can be drawn from it. ...
Stem Cell Research: What the Cell is the Controversy?
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2007)
Will Agbiotech Applications Reach Marginalized Farmers? Evidence from Developing Countries
(AgBioForum, 2006)
Findings from two studies on agricultural research indicate that although developing countries invest in agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified crop research, their policy and investment environments inhibit the contribution...
Personnel Policy in Traditional Public, Private, and Charter Schools
(NCSC Review, 2003)
A major policy discussion in K-12 education today concerns the issue of teacher quality. Research suggests that one of the most important contributions of schools to student
achievement gains is the quality of classroom ...
The Value of a New Biotechnology Considering R&D Investment and Regulatory Issues
(University of Missouri, 2015)
available and the index of yields for those varieties have increased sharply since the 1980s (Brewin & Malla, 2012; Phillips, 2001). Agricultural biotechnology could facilitate further productivity growth in crops such as canola. However, the policies...
US Food Manufacturer Assessment of and Responses to Bioengineered Foods
(AgBioForum, 2002)
Food manufacturers routinely face decisions regarding the choice of ingredients and processes for producing foods. In the case of bioengineered foods, they must choose whether to produce foods not containing bioengineered ...
Is self-administered DMPA an answer to contraception access in the post-Roe era?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2023-03)
Consider prescribing self-administered subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) for contraception instead of provider-administered DMPA. Self-administration improves contraception continuation rates without ...
Biotechnology for a second green revolution in India : socioeconomic, political, and public policy issues
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
issue, and then analyzes the challenges of mainstreaming biotechnology in policy making....
Advancing family science through public scholarship: fostering community relationships and engaging in broader impacts
(2021)
Objective: To increase the awareness and support for family scientists' engagement in public scholarship. Background: Without appropriate dissemination efforts, important research findings may remain solely in academic ...
Is screening urinalysis in children worthwhile?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2003)
Screening urinalysis in asymptomatic children has not been shown to be beneficial (strength of recommendation: B; based on extrapolation from 1 meta-analysis). It is unlikely to be cost-effective and should be discontinued. While random urinalyses...
Crop Case Study : GMO Golden Rice in Asia with Enhanced Vitamin A Benefits for Consumers
(AgBioForum, 2007)
to draw lessons for biofortification efforts that employ modern biotechnology. Within Asian countries, successful development and delivery will require policy dialogue among agriculturalists, health specialists, and advocates for the poor....
Copy and paste by any other name : Cloning, carry-forward -- is not a rose!
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2013-01)
The copy and paste function in the electronic medical record (EMR) can turn into a thorn-in-the-side when ineffectively used by health care providers for documentation. Dimick identifies three wordsthat start with "C" to mean the same thing - copy...
Public libraries and COVID : perceptions and politics in the United States
(2023)
total of 106 responses were received, with 66 respondents having answered every question. Analysis of closed- and open-ended survey responses points to public librarians’ concerns about 1) local government officials and their decisions, 2) resistance...
Sedentary death syndrome is what researchers now call America's second largest threat to public health
(2001)
Obesity has doubled, Type 2 diabetes has increased nine-fold, and heart disease remains the number one cause of death for Americans. Sedentary Death Syndrome, or "SeDS," is a growing list of health disorders that are exacerbated by lack of physical...
But what do rural consumers in Africa think about GM food?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2016)
concerted, public-policy effort is therefore needed in which the wider use of radio to reach the rural population should be explored. Provided with balanced information, rural consumers show a high degree of acceptance of GM maize....
TIFues : an examination of the history and current issues in tax increment financing
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2012)
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is currently used in 48 states as an economic
development tool, method of urban blight reduction, and infrastructure conservation
tool. Yet, its history, in terms of legitimization, goes ...
Implementing the national bioengineered food disclosure standard : will consumers use QR codes to check for genetically modified (GM) ingredients in food products?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
will be unable/unwilling to use QR codes to access information. Using a telephone survey of US adults (N=1,011), this study finds that consumers likely to use QR codes to check for GM ingredients are: those who already use UPC or QR codes, consider GM Organisms...
Health-risk concerns vs. medical benefits of the GM technology
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
Genetically modified crops have been controversial from a health -- as well as an environmental -- standpoint, and the science community puts substantial effort into communicating with consumers. Relevant to the communication effort, GM technology...
Managing Trade in Products of Biotechnology -- Which Alternative to Choose : Science or Politics?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2013)
Biotechnology has triggered a spirited debate about how to assess risks, what rules to use, and where to vest the authority to decide. Post World War II, there has been a strong move to normalize and institutionalize a ...
Estimating the potential economic benefits of adopting Bt cotton in selected COMESA countries
(AgBioForum, 2013)
Cotton farmers in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) face pest challenges, the most destructive of which is the African bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera). Reduction in these pest infestations can ...