Background: This study addressed the public opinion toward Walmart stores closure in rural America with a close look at the state of Missouri. The debate about pros and cons of Walmart's entry and exit effect still needs ...

As part of the Southern Illinois Regional Assessment Project, a farming survey was conducted in April and May of 2007 in the twenty Southernmost Illinois counties: Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, ...

This report examines the agricultural land use, agricultural production, and farm employment in Southern Illinois. The Southern Illinois region includes the southernmost 20 counties in Illinois: Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, ...

This report examines the land use and changes in Southern Illinois. Land cover data provides general information on landscape and natural resources and can be used as an important indicator of local ecosystems. For purposes ...

Proposal for the 2009/2010 project "Sexual Health and Technology Project." Results from a study conducted in spring 2008 (n=956) showed that approximately 75% of MU respondents had engaged in oral and vaginal sex in their ...

"Climate variability is a concern in a number of sectors, particularly in the Agriculture industry. The National Climatic Data Center for the US announced on September 9, 2011 that last summer was the hottest in 75 years, ...

Final report of the 2011/2012 IIF project, "Adventures of a Hack." From the original description: "At the close of the grant period, the "Adventures of a Hack" team has produced a working prototype of a literary adventure ...

Final report for the 2012 project, "Accessible Biofeedback: Innovative Campus-Wide Strategies for Stress Management and Test Anxiety." From the first page: "What has been accomplished: 1. A research team was established ...

Final report for the 2010/2011 IIF project, "Collaborative Design and Education Environment (CoDE) at the iLab." From the original description: "We proposed to create a state of the art learning and collaboration environment ...

Status report for the 2010/2011 IIF project, "Our Living Campus." From the original description: "The purpose of this project was to develop an interactive web-based environmental content management and mapping tool for ...

Proposal for the 2009/2010 project "Sustain Mizzou Research Farm Equipment Purchase." From the original description: "Sustain Mizzou is requesting funds for specialized data collection devices, data loggers, gardening ...

Proposal Summary: We proposed to develop the iLab: a large-screen, stereoscopic display environment to support 3-dimensional visualization with the 2009-2010 MUITC Interdisciplinary Innovations fund. The iLab provides an ...

What we have achieved: Through this project, we have achieved a location-based information exchange and sharing platform on campus. This platform can let people in university search for and post information based on specific ...

"The Environmental Science Club designed an innovative research project to establish environmental sensing stations that monitor the climate around the University of Missouri--Columbia campus. Campus environmental data is ...

There were 6 objectives of the project. ... 1. Coding scheme. ... 2. Automated coding. ... 3. Automatically generated report. ... 4. Integration with MU's MyCourse and MoCAT. ... 5. Made available free to MU. ... 6. ...

Final report of the 2013/2014 IIF project, "Access Missouri." Original project goals: To create a partnership for the project between students and staff at KBIA, MDN, the University of Missouri Informatics Institute, the ...

Final report for the 2009/2010 IIF project, "Sexual Health Technology." From the original description: "The purpose of this project was to reconvene an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students to promote, design, and ...

Proposal for the 2009/2010 IIF project "Student-Parent Success." From the original description: "ParentLink is seeking $25,000 in seed money to create a student-centered project called Student-Parent Success. The goal of ...

In November 2012 the MU Libraries started an initial contract for E-Learning, in partnership with the Office for Undergraduate Studies and E-Learning. This initial contract investigated the MU Libraries support of E-Learning ...