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What is the best beta-blocker for systolic heart failure?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: What is the best beta-blocker for systolic heart failure? Evidence-based answer: Three beta-blockers--carvedilol, metoprolol succinate, and bisoprolol--reduce mortality equally (by about 30% over one year) in patients with Class III or IV...
Sterile or non-sterile gloves for minor skin excisions?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Sterile or non-sterile gloves for minor skin excisions? Non-sterile gloves are just as effective as sterile gloves in preventing surgical site infection after minor skin surgeries. PRACTICE CHANGER: Consider using non-sterile gloves during minor...
Editorial analytics : how a U.S. newspaper applies data to match target audiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
of public service and them leaning toward "soft" news to drive higher page-view revenue. By applying the actor-network theory as its central theoretical framework, the study addresses an intricate interplay of day-to-day editorial decision-making, Big Data...
Outcome report for Vetusta Monumenta [Ancient Monuments] : a digital edition project
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Final report for the 2013/2014 IIF project, "Vetusta Monumenta: A Digital Edition Project." From the original description: "... we are creating a digital edition of a rare and valuable eighteenth-century print series held ...
The hitching post, volume 5, issue 1 (2015 Winter)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015)
This is not a moment. This is a movement : how national newspapers reported 2015 protests against racism at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
In 2015, protests against racism at the University of Missouri upended the university. Journalists from news outlets throughout the U.S. descended on the Columbia campus to document the historic protest movement, which toppled two university...
Framing protest in Missouri : framing protest on Missouri newspaper coverage of Concerned Student 1950 protest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Research over the past 30 years has shown that mainstream news media have been biased against social movements through journalists' use of framing. This trend, called the protest paradigm, delegitimizes, marginalizes, and ...
The Effects of a Clinical Decision Support Software Program Stability Requirement on Glycemic Outcomes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Although dysglycemia has been linked to poor clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients, 30
50% of inpatients continue to have out-of-range glucose values. The use of clinical decision
support software to manage intravenous ...
Evaluation of acute coronary syndrome risk by hospitalists to expedite discharge of low risk patients
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2015-01)
Chest pain is a leading cause of Emergency Department (ED) visits. Risk stratification of risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is applied with variability. Revaluation of ACS risk by hospitalists may provide the opportunity ...
Hayv Kahraman’s Bodyscreens: Skin, Depth, and Surface
(2015)
Hayv Kahraman is most widely known for her large-scale paintings of pale women
with skin like silk and soft clouds of dark black hair. She often draws on her experiences as
an émigré from Iraq to represent the challenges ...
The battle within : a mixed methods exploration into political journalism and role strain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
restriction as the biggest limitation to their job. Follow-up interviews with survey participants illustrate that as journalists make sense of challenges to their ideal roles, they interpret each situation by foregrounding their identity as a journalist. Based...
"Halfway between two shores�" : Rolando Este?vez's La Silla
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
An analysis of risk assessment questions based on loss-averse preference
(2015)
A variety of risk assessment questionnaires are used within the financial planning profession to assess client risk preferences. Evidence indicates that the average person overweighs losses relative to an arbitrary reference point. This paper...
Behind the screens: How magazines organize for digital success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
in this digital age. Some have thrived; others have folded. This research aims to determine factors that fuel digital success by examining the internal practices of three successful magazine digital operations. Data was gathered through interviews of editorial...
The evolution of agenda-setting theory : how local TV station's Facebook posts affect news decisions of evening broadcasts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
between the gatekeepers who make editorial decisions for the station and the community the television station serves. During the day, a TV station might post to Facebook several stories in progress, and this research explores whether the stories that get a...
A textual analysis of women's health magazines : how women's health magazines set the agenda for women's beliefs about cardiovascular disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
While heart disease kills an average of 399,028 women in the United States every year (Benjamin et al., 2017), women do not seem to be aware of the high risk of heart disease that they face (Mosca, Hammond, Mochari-Greenberger, ...
Library connections, 2017 Fall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, MU Libraries, 2017)
‘A Sudden Temptation’: Slave Agency, Enlightened Jurisprudence and Power Struggles in Antioquia. New Granada 1804-1808.
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2015)
Museum Magazine, Number 66 (2015 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
The issue's feature article, "Jun Kaneko's large-scale ceramics," focuses on The Museum of Art and Archaeology's acquisition of three works by Japanese-American ceramics artist Jun Kaneko. Egyptian King, Egyptian Queen, ...
Mosaics Magazine, 2015 Summer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, College of Arts and Science, 2015)
A&S and the AAU -- MU's Role as a Land-grant University -- Supplemental Fees Make Impact -- EPSCoR Grant -- Documenting Language -- Now Hiring -- Good Science Requires Good Statistics -- Research Data Center at MU -- ...