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New antimicrobials
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-01)
Since 2010 the new antimicrobials introduced have activity against resistant Gram negative bacteria, long half-lives against Gram positive bacteria, better activity against Clostridium difficile, and safer antifungal properties. Limiting factors...
What It Takes to Age in Place: Services and Social Connections
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
Recent studies have suggested that a greater number of older
adults prefer to age in place rather than move to a retirement home
(e.g., Cohen-Mansfield, Ali, Frank, 2010). One outcome of this
trend is that a larger ...
Gender differences in financial risk tolerance
(2017)
The purpose of this research is to explore gender differences in financial risk tolerance using a large, nationally representative dataset, the Survey of Consumer Finances. The impact of the explanatory variables in the ...
Case Reports : Topiramate, a concealed cause of severe metabolic acidosis
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-07)
Severe metabolic acidosis is common among critically ill patients, and topiramate is a rare cause that may fail recognition. We report a lady with acute encephalopathy who had severe non-anion gap metabolic acidosis that ...
Compliance costs for regulatory approval of c4 rice
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
So far, most new biotech crops have been developed by transforming one or two genes with preferred traits. Compliance costs for regulatory approval of this type of crop vary among countries and according to whether the new ...
Government and NGO Efforts to Suppress Sexual Exploitations
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
The topic being addressed, continued existence of sexual
exploitation and trafficking, is of crucial importance to the
researcher due to a significant lack of research about what works
and what does not work to reduce the ...
The costs of coexistence on farms in Germany
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
In the European Union, freedom of choice between genetically modified (GM) and conventional or organic crops, for both producers and consumers, should be provided through coexistence measures. Coexistence measures at the ...
Clostridium difficile infection : considerations for hospitalists
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-04)
As hospitalists, we often care for patients who either present with diarrhea or develop diarrhea during their hospital visit. We have learned to think of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) early. In the United States, ...
Geographic Voter Turnout Disparaties and Public Health
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
A black teenager named Michael Brown is shot by a white police
officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The inferno of media surrounding
the city begins to explain the shooting. At first, they are concerned
with specifics of the ...
A Dissection of Video Games as a medium of Art: The Utilization of Aesthetics and the Effectiveness of Video Games as a Tool in Curriculum
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
Over the years, video games have seen increasing acceptance as
a classification of art by individuals other than those traditionally
defined as gamers, such as politicians and educators. Art as defined
by the Oxford English ...
Biosafety regulatory systems overseeing the use of genetically modified organisms in the Latin America and Caribbean region
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
The development of a legal framework and the establishment of an administrative system are two fundamental elements when building a biosafety regulatory system. Further, the ability to process applications and make decisions ...
Economic and environmental benefits of biotech potatoes with traits for bruise resistance, late blight resistance, and cold storage
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
In 2015 biotech potatoes re-entered the US market after a hiatus since 2001. The JR Simplot Company received regulatory approval for its Innate(TM) 1.0 potatoes that have traits for low acrylamide and resistance to bruising ...
AIDS and the Artist's Call to Action
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
Artists have lent their voices to many activist initiatives, and
the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s was no exception. Largely,
the art created during this era was propaganda, though some
works were a reflection on ...
Which variables influence farmer adoption of genetically modified orphan crops? Measuring attitudes and intentions to adopt gm matooke banana in Uganda
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
Which farmers are most likely to adopt genetically modified (GM) versions of African carbohydrate staples (also known as orphan crops)? This study investigates the variables that determine attitudes and intentions to adopt ...
Addendum to "Andrea Vaccaro's David and an Outline of Vaccaro's Early Career"
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
Is it time for physician assistant (PA)/nurse practitioner (NP) hospital medicine residency training?
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-04)
The roles of non-physician providers, such as physician assistants (PA) and nurse practitioners (NP), are constantly evolving in the United States healthcare system. They are a vital part of many inpatient multi-disciplinary ...
Andrea Vaccaro's David and an Outline of Vaccaro's Early Career
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
"In 2014, at the suggestion of Ian Kennedy, Jeffrey Wilcox -- then registrar of the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri, Columbia -- sent me images of a powerful David with the Head of Goliath. I ...
Segregation between GM and non-GM inputs in EU feed and food supply chains : future scenarios
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
This study used a participatory scenario development approach -- more precisely, a two-day exploratory experts-based workshop -- to identify the key driving forces influencing future scenarios for the segregation between ...
Modern biotechnology for innovation of agricultural development in the developing world : what role can Japan play?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
Genetically modified organism (GMO) technology is among a wide range of modern agricultural biotechnologies that is undergoing research and development (R and D) for developing countries in Japan, although GM crops have ...