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Frequency of consumption and preferences for chestnuts in Missouri
(2009)
in 2008 are reported. The conjoint analysis used a choice-based model to investigate responses from pair-wise product profile comparisons. The attributes investigated include price per pound, production process, and origin. Our findings indicate...
Improving Nursing Student Resilience Using Online Simulation and Resilience-Based Content in a Pediatric Course
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
and understanding course content. Differences in simulation implementation technique were also found and students reported benefitting more from faculty guided simulations over self-guided simulations. Nurse educators implementing nursing student resilience...
Pine straw yields and economic benefits when added to traditional wood products in loblolly, longleaf and slash pine stands
(2011)
by the bale can generate more annual income but bale counts need to be accurate and bale size must be clearly defined. Recent (2005-09) per acre revenues range from $50 to $125/year. Rectangular (13x13x28 inches) bale prices range from $0.25 to $0...
Online Breastfeeding Training for Increasing Staff Knowledge and Breastfeeding Initiation Rates on a Mother/Infant Unit
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
Breastmilk is recognized as the ideal source of nutrition for infants from birth throughout the first year of life. Healthcare providers, who are positioned in women/infant settings, are benefactors in breastfeeding support ...
Incorporating a Rapid Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
As patients age, the complexity of their care increases and the likelihood of developing geriatric
syndromes becomes greater. Identification and documentation of geriatric syndromes can be a
helpful first step to ...
Biotic interactions in organic farm systems
(2009)
Fire, drought, and grazing were primary ecological drivers of the historical Great Plains' prairie ecosystem. The suppression of fire, a shift in grazing and cropping systems, and the introduction of windbreaks and other ...
Faculty Mentoring Effects on Retention Rates and Job Satisfaction
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
As the predicted nursing shortage emerges, an immediate intervention to expand the nursing
faculty workforce within the undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs is
essential. This evidence-based quality ...
Transitioning from wild collection to forest cultivation of indigenous medicinal forest plants in eastern North America
(2009)
rates; (2) propagation methods; (3) prices; (4) growing period; (5) production costs; and (6) yields. Results indicate that intensive husbandry of six of eight species would be unprofitable at recent (1990-2005) price levels. Exceptions are American...
Exploring landowners' connections to carbon markets in rural Missouri : interest, feasibility, and transaction costs
(2011)
Global carbon trading may present a unique opportunity for landowners to make an environmental impact with financial incentives that may change the rural landscape. By allowing point source polluters to trade to an optimal ...
Agroforestry and grass buffer effects on water quality on grazed pasture watersheds
(2009)
Conservation practices including agroforestry and grass buffers are believed to reduce non point source pollution (NPSP) from grazed pasture watersheds. Agroforestry, a land management practice that intersperses agricultural ...
An Educational Module to Increase Competence for Nurse Mentors Who Mentor Nursing Students on a Dedicated Educational Unit
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
Nurses who mentor nursing students in a dedicated educational unit play an essential role in
developing nursing students' knowledge, competencies, clinical skill, critical thinking skills, and
professional development. ...
Recreational multifunctionality and its implications for agroforestry
(2009)
Multifunctionality occurs when farms provide different services along with food production including recreation and agroforestry. Multifunctional farms simultaneously offer several services suggesting synergies among them ...
The Effects of Risk Stratifying Patients with the Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain (SOAPP-R) on Aberrant Drug-Taking Behavior in the Primary Care Population
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
As the opioid epidemic continues to negatively affect morbidity and mortality in the United
States, providers must implement risk reduction strategies when prescribing opioids. Evidence
suggests that risk screening ...
Implementing an Evidence-Based Depression Treatment Program for Adults with Comorbid Depression and Chronic Illness
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
Depression is a prevalent problem globally and affects mental, emotional, and physical health.
Multiple studies have shown that unrecognized or untreated depression strongly correlates with
chronic illnesses. Understanding ...
Emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters and crop fields
(2009)
Denitrification is recognized as the major mechanism for reducing nitrate in riparian buffers and thus diminishing non-point source pollution (NPS) of surface water bodies subject to high nitrogen loads. However, increasing ...
Using the Porter Model to analyze the U.S. elderberry industry
(2011)
the competitive forces that coordinate and control the market. The PFFM has been used previously to shed light on the chestnut and shiitake mushroom specialty crop markets. Seventy-four mail survey responses and 20 follow up phone interviews provided information...
Murdoch Lake agroforestry project
(2009)
Intercropping has the potential to provide Alberta's farmers with many benefits from moisture trapping to increased crop production. In the Peace River Region of Alberta many farmers raise cattle and grow forage crops. ...
Incorporating agroforestry into traditional forestry classes
(2009)
Agroforestry is a new topic to many undergraduates in Forestry programs. With the increasing importance of wood harvested from private lands and farm forests, an understanding of integrating timber harvest and agriculture ...
Experiences from southern Quebec provide ecological insights for the implementation of tree-based intercropping systems
(2009)
. The TBI field was set in 2000 in southwestern Quebec using alternating rows of hybrid poplars (Populus spp.) and hardwood species spaced 8 m apart. Soybean (Glycine max L. (Merr.)) was grown between tree rows since 2004. During the 2005-2006 study period...
Forage production under thinned Douglas-fir forest
(2009)
In the Pacific Northwest, trees may take up to 60 years to mature for harvest. This ties up land for other commercial purposes. Depending on tree species, commercial thinning opens up the tree canopy to reduce competition ...