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How often is coughing the presenting complaint in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2002)
Frequent coughing is a concern for approximately 35% of those with typical gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms of heartburn and acid regurgitation as compared with 11% in those who do not have these symptoms. ...
Can counseling prevent or treat postpartum depression?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
In most cases, counseling does not prevent postpartum depression (PPD), though it can treat the disorder. Overall, psychosocial interventions don't offer a significantly greater benefit than standard care in preventing ...
When are empiric antibiotics appropriate for urinary tract infection symptoms?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
Healthy, nonpregnant women presenting with the triad of frequency, dysuria, and no vaginal symptoms have about a 96% chance of having an urinary tract infection (UTI) (positive likelihood ratio [LR+]=24.6). Since no ...
The Case of Interagency Coordinating Councils: Examining Collaborations in Services for Children with Disabilities
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Children with disabilities often require a myriad of services to develop to their full potential. In the current era, centralized services and residential institutions have become less accepted as a matter of course.
Interagency ...
Employment status and financial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023)
the association between unemployment and household financial resilience as well as their overall financial wellbeing. Cross-sectional data cannot establish a causal relationship. Findings using U.S. data may not be generalized to other countries. Practical...
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 ...
Self-perceived age and attitudes toward marketing of older consumers in China
(2010)
Understanding consumer psychological characteristics and their impact on consumer behavior is an important foundation for business marketing strategies. Self-perceived age has a great impact on older consumers' behavior. ...
Awareness and Acceptance of Biotechnology Issues among Youth, Undergraduates, and Adults
(AgBioForum, 2003)
To be successful both domestically and internationally, biotechnology must establish an acceptable position in the sociopolitical framework. This United States (US) study assessed levels of awareness and acceptance of ...
Bales and Balance : A Review of the Methods Used to Assess the Economic Impact of Bt Cotton on Farmers in Developing Economies
(AgBioForum, 2006)
We assess 47 peer-reviewed articles that have applied stated economics methods to measure the farm-level impacts of Bt cotton in developing agriculture from 1996. We focus on methods, although findings are also contrasted ...
The generalized Jacobi equation
(American Institute of Physics, 2002)
The Jacobi equation in pseudo-Riemannian geometry determines the linearized geodesic flow. The linearization ignores the relative velocity of the geodesics. The generalized Jacobi equation takes the relative velocity into ...
The socio-economic impacts of GM cotton in Burkina Faso : does farm structure affect how benefits are distributed?
(University of Missouri, 2016)
This article documents the impact of GM cotton in Burkina Faso on input use and productivity. Six years of farm survey data found that GM cotton used two-thirds less insecticide and produced higher yields than conventional ...
Changes in farms' environmental sustainability in Poland -- progress, or regress?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
that there is still a need to support farms in order to stimulate their environmental organization and desirable agricultural practice implementation....
A new approach to the classification of Gaelic song
(2018-03)
"A good deal of water has flowed under the bridge since James Ross published “A
Classification of Gaelic Folk-Song” in 1957.1 Ross’s study was typical of a time when scholars
favored a clinical and taxonomical approach to ...