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Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation: Predicting Enrollment in an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital
(UMKC Honors Program, 2014)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
suggest that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death
in the United States. It is estimated that approximately 600,000 people
die each year from ...
An Asante Sculpture
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1988)
"The subject of this article is a seated female figure from the Asante of Ghana, members of the Akan, a large family of closely related ethnic groups that occupy an area extending from central Ivory Coast to eastern Ghana ...
Serious Music for the Spinet Organ
(1975-05)
The purpose of this study is to collect and
classify serious music adaptable to the spinet organ. As the study has been designed primarily for the teacher of spinet organ, the paper will be limited to collections and ...
Money for Nothing? The Impact of Changes in the Pell Grant Program on Institutional Revenues and the Placement of Needy Students
(American Education Finance Association, 2007)
Using new institutional-level data, we assess the impact of changing federal aid levels on institutional-level Pell revenues. Using various policy instruments associated with Pell generosity, we quantify the sensitivity ...
The Protein Storage Vacuole: A Unique Compound Organelle
(The Journal of Cell Biology, 2001)
Storage proteins are deposited into protein storage vacuoles (PSVs) during plant seed development and maturation and stably accumulate to high levels; subsequently, during germination the storage proteins are rapidly ...
Bt Cotton in India : Development of Benefits and the Role of Government Seed Price Interventions
(AgBioForum, 2009)
While previous research has analyzed the impacts of Bt cotton in India, most available studies are based only on one or two years of data. We analyze the technology's performance over the first five years of adoption, using ...
Modeling of Gene Flow by a Bayesian Approach : A New Perspective for Decision Support
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
In the European debate about GMOs, the coexistence between GM and non-GM crops is a major stake. The regulatory coexistence measures currently considered by Member States mostly rely on fixed separation distances at a ...
General Relativistic Theory of Light Propagation in the Field of Radiative Gravitational Multipoles
(arXiv, 2005)
The extremely high precision of current radio/optical interferometric observations and the unparalleled sensitivity of existing (LIGO) and future (LISA, ASTROD) gravitational-wave detectors demand a much better theoretical ...
Gamma oscillations in the basolateral amygdala : biophysical mechanisms and computational consequences
(Society for Neuroscience, 2019)
The basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BL) is thought to support numerous emotional behaviors through specific microcircuits. These are often thought to be comprised of feedforward networks of principal cells (PNs) and ...
"People, places, and things:" Network factors matter in the experiences of mental health court participants
(2013)
This paper presents findings regarding the relationship between the social networks of MHC participants and one important outcome, treatment adherence. Poor treatment adherence is associated with poor recovery among people ...
Millennials' retirement saving behavior : account ownership and balance
(2017)
Millennials is the largest population in the United States. Compared with their parents and grandparents, they have to shoulder more responsibilities to prepare financially for retirement. It is critical for Millennials ...
Homer and the Oral Tradition: The Type-Scene
(1992-10)
This is a type-scene plan for Homer and the oral tradition of Ancient Greece. A type-scene "may be regarded as a recurrent block of narrative with an identifiable structure, such as a sacrifice, the reception of a guest, ...
Missouri Recycling Economic Information Study
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
The recycling of materials is not new, recycling was an element of the war effort during World War II, for example, and recycling has continued in some sectors without active government involvement. Recycling became more ...
Programmed Instruction as Applied to Music Theory Fundamentals in Seven Selected Texts
(1969)
The purpose of this paper is not to discuss the history of
programmed learning and teaching machines, nor is it to debate the advantages
and disadvantages of programming as an instructional technique. Teaching machines ...
Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence and the Information Ecosphere
(University of Missouri, 2005)
For so long as it has been important to know what the law is, the practice of law has been an information profession. Nonetheless, just how the information ecosphere affects legal discourse and thinking has never been ...
Risk Perceptions of Urban Italian and United States Consumers for Genetically Modified Foods
(AgBioForum, 2004)
The effects of Italian and US consumers' risk perceptions, knowledge and awareness of GM foods, and trust in government agencies on willingness to buy GM foods is examined. Results indicated that effects of risk perception ...
Stretching the education dollar
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1999)
Why does college cost so much? Do you have the information you need to make informed decisions? Have costs got you buffaloed into inaction? Take heart. Here's how savvy consumers are financing their children's college educations.
Nighttime resident supervision and education: results of a national survey of internal medicine residency program directors
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-04)
Over the past several years, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has issued new restrictions on resident duty hours while calling for increased supervision to ensure patient safety. To meet ...
Biofuel Policies and Carbon Leakage
(AgBioForum, 2011)
Carbon leakage in the fuel market due to alternative biofuel policies is shown to have two components: a market leakage (or 'indirect output use change') effect and an emissions savings effect. We also distinguish between ...