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What is the evaluation and treatment strategy for Raynaud's phenomenon?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
Raynaud's phenomenon is diagnosed by history,
which also plays a key role in distinguishing
primary from secondary Raynaud's phenomenon
(strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, based
on expert opinion). The initial treatment ...
Mechanisms of photoreceptor mediated responses in photomorphogenesis and phototropism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
A) in Arabidopsis thaliana. We discovered that transgenic lines expressing phyA with the ubiquitination sites K555 and K603 converted to non-ubiquitinatable arginine residues displayed reduced degradation in blue light and additionally reduced phototropic curvature...
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
at the added worker effect in the great recession, the wife's labor market response to a husband loss of job. The second chapter investigates the impact of a wife's labor market participation on family poverty. The third chapter examines employment...
Historical review of financial equity in Missouri : 1993 foundation formula and amendments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
, and the legislative decision to guarantee a minimum (hold harmless) payment per student to analyze whether funding for Missouri public schools was more equitable than the pre-1993 OSA formula. Specific fiscal years from 1998-99 through 2005-06 were selected...
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 ...
Exploring gender diversity in top level management teams with the hospitality industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The Hospitality Management industry is one of the largest industries in the United States, employing nearly 10 percent of the country's entire population. Of those employees, 55.5 percent of them are female (Leisure and Hospitality, 2022). Despite...
Using impact asthma echo to influence physician self-efficacy and guideline adherence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence on provider self-efficacy and guideline adherence as a result of participation in Impact Asthma ECHO. The researcher addressed the following research questions: How ...
The virtual social capital of online communities : media use and motivations as predictors of online and offline engagement via six measures of community strength
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This research introduces a new measure of social capital for users of online communities. Whereas "local community" forms of social capital consist of ties created in local community for the benefit of local community, and ...
Strategic enrollment management, tuition discounting, and student enrollment by income : a test of demand theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This study applies demand theory to investigate how college discounting practices impact student enrollment across income categories for members and affiliates of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. The dependent variable...
Disciplinary Differences Between Faculty in Library Use and Perceptions
(2014-06-19)
Current literature provides little in terms of general faculty use or perceptions in relation to the library. In many institutions, liaisons reject the results and recommendations of these studies as not generalizable to ...
Burmese Refugee Women in Resettlement: Narratives of Strength, Resilience, and Posttraumatic Growth
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Though there is research to suggest a robust association between exposure to traumatic
events and negative mental health outcomes (Fazel, Wheeler, & Danesh, 2005), refugees,
amongst other individuals, demonstrate ...
Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Providing Culturally Competent End-of-Life Care to LGBTQ+ Patients
(2022)
in meeting the diverse cultural needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) patients and their families, particularly regarding sensitivity to the unique challenges of this diverse population. Furthermore, culturally competent...
The impact of instrumental music programs on student achievement in an urban-suburban fringe school district
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-18)
The purpose of this study is to examine if students that participate in instrumental music
programs have higher academic achievement as measured by ACT composite test score
than students who do not participate in ...
Toward effective and efficient treatment adherence monitoring : development of the cognitive behavioral therapy adherence measure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Despite the large body of research demonstrating the efficacy of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for the most common youth mental health problems, EBPs are rarely used in usual care (UC). When EBPs are implemented in UC settings, there is a drop...
Short and long-term effects of birth weight and neonatal medical complications on children's emotional and behavioral outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Research consistently indicates that children born low birth weight are at increased risk for poor adjustment outcomes throughout development. Despite a relatively large literature, the mechanisms accounting for the ...
Faith behind bars : the social ecology of religion and deviance in the penitentiary
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The relationship between religiosity and institutional misconduct among prison inmates is examined using survey data collected from a large sample of state and federal prison inmates in the United States. It was determined ...
Hate By Numbers: Exploring Hate Crime Reporting Across Crime Type And Among Special Interest Groups Using The NCVS
(2023)
Hate crimes are of particular harm to both individual victims and the communities
they represent but are difficult to measure due to challenges facing data collection and
reporting to police. The National Crime ...
Global Impact of Biotech Crops : Environmental Effects, 1996-2008
(AgBioForum, 2010)
This article updates the assessment of the impact commercialized agricultural biotechnology is having on global agriculture from an environmental perspective. It focuses on the impact of changes in pesticide use and ...
Academic motivation, mathematics achievement, and the school context : building achievement models using TIMSS 2003
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
construct among other student variables, to affect eighth-graders' mathematics achievement in all four countries. The effects of other student characteristics, along with the family, teacher, and school variables, differed across the selected countries....
The changing paradigm of state sovereignty In the international system
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-15)
The system of state relations in the international system was established at the end of the Forty Years War, which culminated in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The treaty was based on sovereignty, which is rooted in the ...