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Neka vas tanjir bude zdrav tanjir! (2011)
(University of Missouri, Office of Extension, 2011)
Make your plate a healthy plate!
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2011)
This 20- by 30-inch, four-color poster includes the MyPlate graphic released by the United States Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services in June of 2011 to promote healthy food choices. At the bottom of the poster, actionable...
Evaluating pig performance, carcass merit and processed pork quality when chestnuts and acorns are fed to Duroc-influenced pig genetics during late finishing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The objective of this study was to determine effects of feeding chestnuts and acorns on growth performance, carcass quality and further processed products of Duroc/Duroc crossbred finishing barrows. Barrows (n = 30) were individually housed in pens...
Studies in animal nutrition. II, Changes in proportion of carcass and offal on different planes of nutrition
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1922)
Six months of resistance training or plyometrics exercise positively affects bone mineral density and bone turnover marker ratios in men with osteopenia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
randomized into a 6-mo RT (N = 9) or PLYO (N = 8) exercise program. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to measure bone area, BMC, and BMD of the lumbar spine (L1-L4), total left hip, and whole body (WB). Serum concentrations of osteocalcin (OC), bone...
Forage production and diversification for climate-smart tropical and temperate silvopastures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
. We examined three distinct silvopastures, two in the country of Panama and one in the state of Missouri, to better understand how the integration of woody perennial trees and shrubs affects forage productivity, availability, and nutritional value...
Taxonomic and metagenomic approaches to diet, health, and breeds of ruminants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Ruminant mammals maintain a symbiotic relationship with their gut microbiome, the organisms of which break complex plant matter into metabolites that are absorbed by the host animal for its nutrition. Building on prior work describing the taxonomic...
Dynamic analysis of complex panel count data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
approach, an extensive simulation study is conducted and suggests that it works well in practical situations. An application to the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) study is provided. In practice, there could exist more than one type of event...
Mizzou, volume 102, number 1 (2013 Fall)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2013)
Multilevel structural equation modeling for 2-1-1 mediation using Bayesian method
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The multilevel mediation effect from the 2-1-1 designed model was analyzed using the Bayesian method. For Bayesian analysis, eight default priors and one informative prior were used. The priors for the location and the ...
Investigating denitrification from two Missouri claypan soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
. The research sites consisted of two claypan soil fields in Central Missouri. Several sets of soil cores were collected in triplicate in two landscape transects across both fields and N2 and N2O production were measured using a gas flow soil core incubation...
Lifestyle treatment in the regression of NASH: insulin resistance, lipid synthesis, and methodological innovation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
(liquid chromatography mass spectrometry) were used to track the synthesis of CERs within hepatic tissues of mice consuming 13C3 15N L-serine dissolved in their water and a high fat (60 percent energy, HFD) or a control (low fat, 20 percentE, CD) diet...
Ecological Regionalism: A Synthesis of Ecological Economics and Organicist Regionalism
(2015-08-04)
To realize visions of regional ecological and economic sustainability—extant the
ecological economics literature—a unified understanding and philosophy of the region is
needed. Additionally, this philosophy needs to be ...
Interspecific interactions between olive trees and grapevines in vineyard agroforestry systems in an arid climate region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
. This thesis summarizes the existing body of knowledge surrounding vineyard agroforestry systems in an extensive literature review, and also contributes new research about olive tree and wine grape vineyard agroforestry systems in an arid and irrigated grape...
Study of the chemical composition of a full-term bovine foetus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
Attention has been frequently directed to the prenatal development of various animals, as well as of man. This embryonic development of the bovine foetus is to be the subject of special investigation by the Agricultural College of the University...
Top-soil root architecture characteristics of obsolete and modern soybean cultivars and shoot and seed nutrient contents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Soybean (Glycine max Merr.) is one of the most important cash crops worldwide. It is widely used to produce oil and protein for food and animal feed. Soybean grain...
Effect of bioprotectants on turkey sausage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.]Food pathogens are of great public health significance, but the spoilage bacteria cause tremendous loss to the food industry. The objective of this study was to determine...
Designing a robust supply chain network against disruptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Supply chains are vulnerable to disruptions at any stage of the distribution system. These disruptions can be caused by natural disasters, production problems, or labor defects. The consequences of these disruptions may ...
The antioxidative effects of exercise training-and diet-induced weight loss
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Obesity and insulin resistance (IR) increase the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD); however, much of this risk is not attributable to traditional risk factors. Elevated...
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation addresses labor market issues. The first two chapters deal with employment issues during the great recession using nationally representative data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The ...