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How should you evaluate a toddler for speech delay?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
Use a brief screening tool to assess children for speech and language delay at every preventive visit. If a delay in speech is identified, evaluate the child for potentially treatable causes, starting with a history and ...
Macroinvertebrate assemblage composition along a longitudinal multiple-land-use gradient in a midwestern stream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
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 of 50% agriculture, 26...
Factors Affecting Italian Consumer Attitudes Toward Functional Foods
(AgBioForum, 2011)
Healthier food products have entered the global markets with force in the past few years and have rapidly gained market shares. The food industry has reacted to this trend by developing a growing variety of new products ...
Visit motivations and perceived benefits of farms, private forests and state/national parks in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
-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...
The relations between parenting and prosocial behaviors: mediating roles of moral reasoning and familism in Nicaragua
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined the relations between supportive and strict parenting behaviors and adolescents' six types of prosocial behaviors, along with the ...
The battle within : a mixed methods exploration into political journalism and role strain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
construction of roles by examining the journalists' sensemaking process surrounding role strain. This study begins to bridge the gap between ideal roles and practice by providing an exploratory examination into the role enactment process....
Unlearning the narrative: integrating relationship science and machine learning to identify the determinants of African American adults' romantic relationship satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
that these practices have had on the interpersonal outcomes of African Americans. These findings suggest that although there may determinants of relationship quality and adjustment that are germane to most relationships, there may be contextual and sociocultural...
A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational exploration of perceived stress, quality of life, and family functioning in parents of a child with congenital heart disease: The PinCHeD Study
(2020)
.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...
Schedule of courses : second semester, 1948-49
(University of Missouri, 1948)
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...
Navigating cultural crossroads : a family-centered approach of studying acculturative stress and career identity among Filipino and Korean American youth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
stressors. Using a large-scale survey dataset from the Midwest Longitudinal Study of Asian American Families (MLSAAF) project, I conducted latent profile analyses to determine whether there were distinct parent-youth acculturative profiles among Filipino...
Stressed out: stressed out! Implications of minority status stress among underrepresented minority BSN students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study explored and described the prevalence of perceived stress and minority status stress levels among undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students and their relationship to academic persistence. Two ...
Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
(2015-06-19)
Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child
protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined
to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns ...
The persistence scale for online education: development of a psychometric tool
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-25)
Despite the popularity of online education, lack of persistence and attrition are problems faced by many colleges. Although multiple studies have been published about the best teaching methods for the online education ...
The Relationship Between In-Service Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectancy Beliefs, Instructional Practices (CLASS), and Student Outcomes in the Urban School Setting
(2015-06-19)
Culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs have emerged as constructs to investigate pre-service teacher preparedness for teaching children who represent culturally, ethnically, economically, ...
Effects of an Online Meditation-Based Intervention Compared to an Attention-Controlled Group on Chronic Pain Outcome among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
(2022)
research into micro-practices as a possible effective strategy for managing chronic pain and stress among nurses....
Practice-based evidence research design for lymphedema management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
-group construct validity of functional status (FS) scores on patients with LE at Maccabi; and (3) describe characteristics of the patients with lymphedema treated at Maccabi between the years of 2010-2017. We used a Practice-based Evidence (PBE) research design...
Analysis of the economic value associated with the adoption of beef reproductive technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Beef cattle herd improvement to meet growing demand for higher quality beef has been an aspiration within the cattle industry since inception. Throughout the heartland, progressive cow-calf producers invest and adopt research-proven practices...
2011 proceedings
(2011)
Identifying risk patterns for suicide attempts in individuals with diabetes : a data-driven approach using LASSO regression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
-World Data [trade mark]. LASSO regression was used for feature selection, and ARM was used for investigating the risk patterns. We discovered risk patterns that are understandable and practical for healthcare providers. The findings of this research can...