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Are inhaled steroids effective for a postviral cough?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: Are inhaled steroids effective for a postviral cough? Evidence-based answer: No. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) don't improve postviral cough in adults with subacute (3-8 weeks) or chronic (>8 weeks) cough, adolescents ...
Using regular yoga practice to reduce blood pressure in patients with unmedicated prehypertension
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
This is a video describing the blood pressure reducing benefits of yoga.
Birth of a workforce : The Blacksmiths rise in sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
The "Ritual Staff with Seated Nommo" made by the Dogon people from modern Mali available at the University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archeology represents the rise in specialized occupations in early Africa and ...
The Cultural power of iron in early Africa
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
Iron played a central role in many societies of early Africa. It held both spiritual and material power. Physically, Africans used iron to create tools for agriculture, utensils for everyday life, and weapons for protection ...
It's time to reconsider early-morning testosterone tests
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Guidelines recommend collecting an early-morning sample to compensate for the natural diurnal variation in testosterone levels. But for men 45 and older, this is unnecessary. Practice changer: Early-morning testosterone ...
Album review of The Velvet Underground & Nico
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
When The Velvet Underground & Nico was released in March of 1967, it was to a public that hardly cared and a critical establishment that could not make heads or tails of it. Its sales were dismal, due in part to legal ...
Consider these medications to help patients stay sober
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Naltrexone can help prevent relapse in recently detoxified patients with alcohol use disorder. The evidence for acamprosate is not quite as strong. Practice changer: Consider prescribing oral naltrexone (50 mg/d) for ...
Storing and sharing wisdom and traditional knowledge in the library
(2015)
Traditional library practice focuses on print collections and developing collections of materials that have been published, which means the documents have gone through some kind of review or vetting process. This practice ...
Issues in Biotechnology Regulation and Its Effects on Industrial Structure
(University of Missouri, 2015)
This article analyzes research and development in genetically modified crops, the changing attitudes of regulatory agencies, and the impacts of these factors on the agri-biotech industry. It provides details on the deregulated ...
Special Issue on Agri-biotech Studies from Policy and Regulatory Perspectives : Preface
(University of Missouri, 2015-04)
Genetically modified (GM) crops, often referred to as biotech crops, have made phenomenal progress in both industrial and developing countries during the last 18 years (1996 to 2013). The first biotech crops with two ...
I Love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
[Harry Burns and Sally Albright] begin as recent college graduates driving from Chicago to New York; they do not see eye-to-eye and after the drive, leave with mutual contempt for one another. Five years later, they meet ...
Consumer preferences, ecolabels, and effects of negative environmental information
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Consumers prefer ecolabeled products. However, little is known about the effects of ecolabels when consumers are simultaneously exposed to negative environmental information about the ecolabeled products. We conducted a ...
Is arthroscopic subacromial decompression effective for shoulder impingement?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: Is arthroscopic subacromial decompression effective for shoulder impingement? Evidence-based answer: It's impossible to say for certain in the absence of randomized controlled trials. However, in patients whose impingement ...
Crop circles explained
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
Crop circles and their mysterious origins have spawned years of debate and speculation about whether or not they are formed by aliens. Crop circles have been adapted into films and television series, and usually the use ...
A glimpse of everything
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
Very rarely is one able to extract from a work of literature, or any work for that matter, a truly profound insight into a person's most defining views on life, the universe, and existence. Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, ...
Does qHPV vaccine prevent anal intraepithelial neoplasia and condylomata in men?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: Does qHPV vaccine prevent anal intraepithelial neoplasia and condylomata in men? Evidence-based answer: Yes. Quadrivalent human papillomavirus (qHPV) vaccine reduces rates of anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) by 50% ...
Conflict analysis
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
This work is an examination of the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine its causes, effects and repercussions.
Shitshow
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
Shitshow is a first-person narrative that refers to the highs and lows of the author's first year of college life.
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)
Long-term stagnation in total factor productivity of major crops in Indian agriculture coupled with a price-incentive-based spurt in recent growth have been responsible for the reversal of secular decline in food prices ...
Politics of biotechnology : ideas, risk, and interest in cases from India
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Much of the literature on agricultural biotechnology is agro-economic. How material facts on the ground relate to a unique set of politics determining deployment of the technology is less discussed. This article begins ...