A pilot study of a dynamic means of separating suspended solids from a two-phase flow is described. The separation is achieved by passing the two-phase flow through an orifice. The difference in mass between the suspended ...

Thomas Hill Reservoir was built in 1966 by the Associated Electric Cooperative to provide cooling water for a team electric plant. The reservoir was formed by damming the middle fork of the Chariton River. It is located ...

FAPRI analysis indicates that increased ethanol production resulting from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 will have important effects on markets for corn and other crops, government farm program costs, and net farm income.

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this dissertation we discuss the Veterinary Medical Database and how it can be used to perform epidemiological studies in the veterinary oncology ...

[superscript -1] (103 ft lb ft[superscript -2] hr[superscript -1]) for 62 min. Differences in TRO, RO, and SL for soils, amendments, and slopes were all significant, as were their two-way interactions (p<0.01). Tested soil amendments had varied responses on TRO...

The objective of this study was to observe how the replacement of soy protein isolate in a meat analog with defatted soy flour would affect the physical and chemical characteristics of the product. A 4x3x3 (four mixes, ...

This study is a statistical analysis of two piano preludes, "Prelude in C# minor," Opus 45 by Chopin, written in 1845, and a later work, "Les Bruyeres," from Preludes, BK. II by Debussy, written in 1913. Each prelude ...

significantly overestimated %BF by 6.4 [plus or minus] 0.5 in the entire group (p [less than] 0.001) and in both the endurance group (6.1 [plus or minus] 0.6, p [less than] 0.001) and the power group (6.7 [plus or minus] 0.7, p [less than] 0.001). The endurance...

Classification of Nebo Hill and Sedalia points as separate types has been the subject of debate among archaeologists. Some argue that identification of two point types is erroneous and there is only one type with a wide ...

Rainfall on bare soil breaks soil aggregates, detaching particles, plugging pores and decreasing porosity in the top few mm of soil. This reduces hydraulic conductivity and increases runoff through a process known as surface ...

Impact analysis of extending a modified version of the 1990 Farm Bill measured against the FAPRI 1999 U.S. Agricultural Outlook, which incorporates provisions of the 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act.

Proposed as an addition to existing legislation, Flexible Fallow would give producers the option to voluntarily idle a portion of their acreage in exchange for higher loan rates on their remaining production.

Unplanned hospital readmissions greatly impair patients' quality of life and have imposed a significant economic burden on American society. The pressure to reduce costs and improve healthcare quality has triggered the ...

Traditional asphalt mixtures have generally involved relatively simple combinations of virgin asphalt binder and aggregates to meet load-bearing needs of the roads and surfaces. Accordingly, simple tests such as Marshall ...

Tallgrass prairies once occupied a large swath of central North America, but now face the combined challenges of habitat loss and fragmentation. In Missouri, where less than 1% the historical prairie remains, prairies are ...

The objective of this study was to optimize a slag tapping block for use with a molten slag bath containing slag from the gasification of biomass and municipal solid waste feedstocks. Theoretical testing was conducted ...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The role of evidence-based practices in both research and practice continue to provoke issues of disagreement and definition across multiple fields. ...

Despite the increasing importance of reverse knowledge for innovation and competitive advantage of multinational enterprises (MNEs), the issue of how to make reverse knowledge transfer (RKT) more effective is under-explored. ...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Longitudinal data contain repeated measurements of variables on the same experimental subject. It is often of interest to analyze the relationship ...

The western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) and the northern corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Diabrotica barberi Smith & Lawrence) are highly adaptive insect pests ...