No reliable way exists to diagnose asthma in infants and toddlers. Recurrent wheezing, especially apart from colds, combined with physician diagnosed eczema or atopic dermatitis, eosinophilia, and a parental history of ...

Land use changes often alter hydrogeomorphology and hydrologic flow regimes, which can adversely impact stream aquatic biota. Hinkson Creek Watershed (HCW, 231km2) located in Boone County, central Missouri, is comprised ...

This dissertation consists of three projects that were designed to investigate collegiate instrumentalists' practice habits and motivation orientations. The first investigation was a review of the literature about instrumental practice strategies...

orientation, private practice setting, younger client age, and longer time since degree completion predicted more frequent implementation of EBT strategies. We discuss how such features may be targeted in future training and implementation efforts in order...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Family-based treatments for children with mental health, physical health, and developmental disorders often convey secondary benefits to caregivers and siblings who...

Approximately 50% of antibiotics prescribed are not necessary, nevertheless in the United States among the many outpatient prescriptions, few are more widely prescribed than antibiotics. The inappropriate use of ...

Over 400,000 preterm infants are born each year and taken to the neonatal intensive care unit which presents a caustic and intimidating environment for parents who struggle to adapt to the parenting role in a roller ...

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...

-administered questionnaire from a random sample of 5,000 Missouri households. The survey produced 969 responses (19.6% adjusted response rate). Results show that "Do something with their family", "View the scenic beauty", and "Enjoy the smells and sounds of nature" were...

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...

The purpose of this sequential explanatory study was to determine if there was a relationship between faculty burnout, social support, institutional support, or salary, as well as establish if any college at a regional ...

teachers who gave two in-depth interviews each. The McPherson and Zimmerman (2011) music learning theory served as the theoretical framework for this study and the Zimmerman (1989) self-regulated learning strategies were used to interpret the participant...

Research shows that socioeconomic status (SES) can impact adolescent use of alcohol and smoking. These relationships may be mediated by stress, psychosocial reserves, and negative emotions. I explored these relationships ...

research into micro-practices as a possible effective strategy for managing chronic pain and stress among nurses....

In 2010, the United States was spending more per capita on healthcare than other similar countries but did not have better outcomes and spending was increasing at an unsustainable rate. That same year, the Patient ...

.02); social functioning (r(58) = -0.254, p = 0.05); worry (r(58) = -0.281, p = 0.03); daily activities (r(58) = -0.314, p = 0.01); parent HRQL summary score (r(58) = -0.260, p = 0.04); family functioning summary score (r(58) = -0.260, p = 0.05); and total...

to the cost of a typical market basket of food consumed by American households, GMO-free food consumption would increase the average family food budget from $9,462 to $12,181 per year....

the schooling process as an input-output model, where the inputs are students, teachers, and school resources and the outputs are student learning achievements" (Qiu & Wu, 2011, p. 65), it was revealed that the inputs of the three-teacher model were not worth...

forming educational and training programs to take into consideration social and control aspects of social work practice in PC. Further research in social work education and practice in Saudi Arabia is needed to widen the scope of the contribution of social...

This project includes a series of videos produced for the Columbia Missourian, as well as an analysis portion that sought to examine the changing role of journalism schools in the 21st century, paying particular attention to the continuing role...