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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...
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 ...
Which oral nonopioid agents are most effective for OA pain?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2019)
Q Which oral nonopioid agents are most effective for OA pain? Evidence-based answer: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids), when used at the maximum clinically effective dose, reduce osteoarthritis (OA) pain in large joints more effectively...
"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...
Heteronormativity as a Rhetorical Tool to Reclaim Public Spaces and Engage in Community Building: A Study of The Ladder and Mattachine Review
(Graduate Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2023)
This project is the result of extensive research at the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-
America (GLAMA) at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I engaged in a rhetorical analysis
of The Ladder and Mattachine Review. ...
Picture the Music: Performing Arts Library Planning with Photo Elicitation
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-03)
works, study spaces and sound levels, forces of habit and the implications for student library use, and library-related findings regarding practice rooms and classrooms....
Steroids during late preterm labor: better later than never
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2017)
Steroids during late preterm labor: Better later than never. Steroids--even when administered in the last leg of the late preterm period--still reduce the likelihood of respiratory complications in newborns. Practice changer: Use steroids in women...
Self-care interventions for adults with heart failure : a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
(2018)
Aim: To synthesize and compare outcomes from controlled trials of interventions to improve heart failure self‐care among adults. Background: Heart failure self-care interventions are recommended for preventing and detecting ...
Impact factors in open access : the value, frustrations, and new paths forward
(2023)
The age-old metric associated with traditional print academic journals— the journal impact factor (JIF)—has carried over into some electronic open access journals (OA). JIF receives a fair share of criticism (e.g., easy ...
Exploring the association between green innovation, leadership and environmental performance : mediation of green self-efficacy
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2023)
not only contributes empirically but also provides theoretical and practical implications, offering valuable insights to enhance environmental performance within the manufacturing sector under consideration....
Parallelism in verbal art and performance : an introduction
(2017-10)
Parallelism has been considered a fundamental feature of artistic expression. Robert Lowth (1753:180) coined the term parallelismus membrorum (“parallelism of members”) to describe a variety of different types of equivalence ...
The Dirty South: LatinX Art in the United States
(Graduate Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2023)
The Dirty South adds to the discourse of LatinX arts and culture by creating space for South American and other-identifying artists in the United States mainstream. Through historical context and data, this essay discusses ...
The Biography of a Dokimeion Columnar Sarcophagus Fragment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
"It has become popular over the past few decades to view objects as not merely the passive repositories of human actions but rather as integral actors in them. One such theory that attempts to articulate the relationship ...
"The Language of Gods": The Pragmatics of Bilingual Parallelism in Ritual Ch'orti' Maya Discourse
(2017-10)
In this study I investigate the discursive function of parallelism in the ritual speech of Ch’orti’ Maya. Specifically, I examine the exploitation of the dual lexicons of Ch’orti’ Mayan and Spanish in the production of ...