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Ludwig's angina
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of Ludwig's angina.
Apolipoproteins for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2014)
Clinical Question: Is measurement of apolipoproteins better than traditional lipid measurements for predicting cardiovascular risk? Evidence-Based Answer: Measurement of apolipoprotein B and apolipoprotein A-I is no better ...
Ludwig's angina
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of Ludwig's angina.
Rats selectively bred for high voluntary physical activity behavior are not protected from the deleterious metabolic effects of a Western diet when sedentary
(Oxford University Press, 2019)
Background: Physical activity and diet are well-established modifiable factors that influence chronic disease risk. We developed a selectively bred, polygenic model for high and low voluntary running (HVR and LVR, respectively) ...
Something old and something new : future directions in vocational research with people of color in the United States
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2019)
Vocational psychology scholarship has largely overlooked the work experiences of people of color. In this article, we present evidence that vocational research that addresses the work issues of people of color has been ...
Patent characteristics and patent ownership change in agricultural biotechnology
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2016)
We examine the effect of various patent characteristics on changes in patent ownership that occurred due to mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs in the agricultural biotechnology industry in the 1980s and 1990s. Our goal ...
Conformal symmetry, accelerated observers, and nonlocality
(MDPI AG, 2019)
The acceleration transformations form a 4-parameter Abelian subgroup of the conformal group of Minkowski spacetime. The passive interpretation of acceleration transformations leads to a congruence of uniformly accelerated ...
Assisted vaginal delivery
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of assisted vaginal delivery.
Willingness to pay for organic food products and organic purity : experimental evidence
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
The market for organic products has grown rapidly over the past decade, and such products are now available not only in specialty stores but also in large grocery stores, supermarkets, and big-box super stores. The objective ...
Chinese urban households' security market participation : does investment knowledge and having a long-term plan help?
(2015)
Investment in the securities markets is vital to households' wealth accumulation and financial security. Using data from the 2008 Survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education, we found that self-assessed ...
A structural equation model of cooperative member satisfaction and long-term commitment
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2019)
The organizational growth of farmer cooperatives is tied to increased heterogeneity in member attitudes and perceptions. To inform possible solutions, a better understanding of the complex interrelationships of member ...
Vietnam, the big market and cross bridges of illegal wildlife trade in Asia : causes and solutions
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2019)
The results of this study provide data on the logistics, scope, routes, channels, seasons, and the economy of illegal wildlife trade in the country and across Vietnam. It investigates the main reasons for the continued ...
Effects of age on saving motives of Chinese urban consumers
(2014)
The Chinese maintain one of the highest saving rates in the world. Although saving is generally regarded as a good practice, in a market economy, extremely high saving rates can constrain welfare enhancing consumption and ...
Poverty impacts of improved agricultural productivity : opportunities for genetically modified crops
(AgBioForum, 2010)
Constraints on land and water resources, growth in population, and an apparent slowdown in agricultural productivity raise concerns that food prices may rise substantially in the coming decades. A key question is whether ...
Understanding the asymmetrical thermoelectric performance for discovering promising thermoelectric materials
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019)
Thermoelectric modules, consisting of multiple pairs of n- and p-type legs, enable converting heat into electricity and vice versa. However, the thermoelectric performance is often asymmetrical, in that one type outperforms ...
A new protocol for RhD-negative pregnant women?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2018)
Can cell-free DNA testing reduce unnecessary use of anti-D immunoglobulin in RhD-negative women and still prevent harm to their RhD-positive infants? PRACTICE CHANGER: Employ cell-free DNA testing at 27 weeks' gestation ...
Use of financial planners and portfolio performance
(2016)
Using modern information economics as the conceptual framework and data from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, this study adopts a decomposition technique to explore the relationship between the primary information ...
Managing Trade in Products of Biotechnology -- Which Alternative to Choose : Science or Politics?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2013)
Biotechnology has triggered a spirited debate about how to assess risks, what rules to use, and where to vest the authority to decide. Post World War II, there has been a strong move to normalize and institutionalize a ...
Source of information and projected household investment portfolio performance
(2016)
Using modern information economics as the conceptual framework and data from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, this study adopts a decomposition technique to explore the relationship between the primary information ...
Fifteen years of experimental auctions of GM foods : what have we learned about policy, preferences, and auction design?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
It was a coincidence that GM foods became ubiquitous at the same time that researchers started using experimental auctions to study consumer preferences for food products. We explore the history of experimental auctions ...