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Identification of secondary science teachers' preconceptions related to avian influenza
(National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 2009)
How secondary science teachers understand infectious disease and disease transmission has an important impact on the public. This study analyzed the conceptions of ten secondary science teacher participants in the Maps in Medicine Institute...
Food Insufficiency, Food Stamp Participation, and Mental Health
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
Th is study examines the ways in which enrollment in the food stamp program affects the mental health status of enrollees. The results find that the negative mental health effects associated with food insufficiency
are higher among food stamp...
Roll-out of the "Mizzou Advantage"
(University of Missouri, 2009)
Approximately three years ago, MU began an exercise to define "strategic advantages" that could place the University within higher education in an extremely strong, competitive position. The idea was to identify MU's competitive advantages...
Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
The federal government offers an incentive to rehabilitate designated buildings that are older than 50 years. Missouri authorized a tax credit with the same purpose, the Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit, in Senate ...
Missouri Tax Credits
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
(Joint Committee on Tax Policy 2009, “Tax Credits in Missouri”). A tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction, satisfaction, or payment of tax liability. Recently, the amount of tax credits that have been authorized, issued, and redeemed has grown...
What regimens eradicate Heliobacter pylori?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2003)
Fourteen-day triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) plus clarithromycin and either amoxicillin or metronidazole is superior to 7-day therapy in eradicating Heliobacter pylori (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, highquality meta...
Bisphenol A Data in NHANES Suggest Longer than Expected Half-Life, Substantial Nonfood Exposure, or Both
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2009)
It is commonly stated in the literature on human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) that food is the predominant BPA exposure source, and that BPA is rapidly and completely cleared from the body. If this is correct, BPA levels ...
What are the best prophylactic drugs for migraine?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
Beta-blockers without intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, amitriptyline, divalproex sodium/sodium valproate, and topiramate are the most effective drugs for preventing episodic migraine (strength of recommendation: A, ...
Reading sources and reading spaces in Honduras
(IFLA Journal, 2009)
Though literacy is often presented as a universal and monolithic achievement, it is in fact context-dependent, and largely dependent upon the kinds of texts available in a particular community. This paper presents an ...
What is the best way to evaluate acute diarrhea?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2002)
Limited evidence delineates the relative probabilities of causes of acute diarrhea, typically defined as a diarrheal disease lasting 14 days or fewer, in the developed world. Viruses (rotavirus, Norwalk, and other enteric viruses) are responsible...
Oxidative stress-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to angiotensin II-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in transgenic ren2 rats
(American Society for Investigative Pathology, 2009)
Emerging evidence indicates that impaired mitochondrial fatty acid [beta]-oxidation plays a key role in liver steatosis. We have recently demonstrated that increased angiotensin (ANG) II causes progressive hepatic steatosis ...
Why Public Health Agencies Cannot Depend on Good Laboratory Practices as a Criterion for Selecting Data: The Case of Bisphenol A
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2009)
mediating adverse effects. We examined the methods and results in the GLP studies that were pivotal in the draft decision of the U.S. FDA declaring BPA safe in relation to findings from studies that were competitive for U.S. National Institutes of Health...
Green nanotechnology from tea : phytochemicals in tea as building blocks for production of biocompatible gold nanoparticles
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009)
Phytochemicals occluded in tea have been extensively used as dietary supplements and as natural pharmaceuticals in the treatment of various diseases including human cancer. Results on the reduction capabilities of ...
Policy Options for Addressing Childhood Obesity in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
The prevalence of overweight children has increased threefold nationwide, from 5.7% to 18% between 1980 and 2004.1 The current percentage of overweight children in Missouri is greater than the national average. These trends ...
Fiscal Federalism and Tax Effort in the American States
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
In the 25 years following the Second World
War, state governments doubled the amount
of inflation adjusted revenue that they
collected in taxes. That represented a growth
rate more than double that of the federal
government ...
Describing vernacular literacy practices to enhance understanding of community information needs: A case study with practical implications.
(2009)
By viewing literacy practices as an increasingly crucial realm of the social structure, librarians, policy makers, social researchers, and other interested groups can better understand information barriers that result in social inequality. A clear...
Universal Breakfast Programs in Public Schools
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
with several academic and health benefits....
Which tool is most useful in diagnosing bipolar disorder in children?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
evaluation by a childhood mental health specialist, is used most frequently in major research studies (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C)....
How effective are hypertension self-care interventions?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Simplification of the dosing regimen (eg, once-daily instead of multiple dosing) improves patients' adherence to anti- hypertensive medications (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on a high- quality systematic ...
What is the best treatment for gastroesophageal reflux and vomiting in infants?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
The literature on pediatric reflux can be divided into studies addressing clinically apparent reflux (vomiting or regurgitation) and reflux as measured by pH probe or other methods. Sodium alginate reduces vomiting and ...