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Eighty years of research on rural economic development, agglomeration, migration, commuting, income, innovation, and entrepreneurship : the Iowa state human capital tradition
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Wallace Huffman continued the tradition of research on Midwest rural labor markets at Iowa State University that was begun in the 1930s by his advisers T.W. Schultz and D. Gale Johnson. We review the lessons learned from this research about...
The role of rural infrastructure, labour and capital investment on the rice production in Malaysia
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
census of agriculture state series, yearly report ministry of Malaysia and department of statistics at state levels. In addition, data for rural infrastructure, labour and capital investment has been collected from the Department of Statistics Malaysia...
Queer expectations : an empirical critique of rural LGBT+ narratives. Sexualities
(2021)
, consisting of secondary analysis of the Pew 2013 Study of LGBT Persons (N=1,197) and in-depth interviews (35 gay men, 2 trans-identifying individuals, 1 heterosexual woman, and 2 lesbians), we found that rural LGBT+ residents engaged in both short...
Implementation of national health insurance policy through the social security implementing agency health during the pandemic the Covid-19
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted global health, notably in Indonesia. The Indonesian government reacted swiftly to the increase in cases by implementing strategic measures to sustain the health and economic recovery momentum...
“Maybe” Should Be a Choice in “Yes-No” Questionnaires
(2003)
By permitting respondents to answer “don't know” or “possibly” to queries otherwise intended to be “yes” or “no” questions, a new dimension of the interview becomes available for analysis. By coding “yes” and “no” as “yes, I have an opinion that I...
Time series analysis of the effects of agriculture credit and Extension services on crop productivity in Malaysia
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2021)
The primary purpose of the present study is to evaluate the impact of agricultural credit, technical efficiency, and extension services on the crop productivity. The context of the study was based in Malaysia and the paddy ...
EU Agricultural Policies and Implications for Agrobiotechology
(AgBioForum, 2000)
This paper provides a European perspective on how agricultural policies have developed in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). The goal is to dispel the myth that exists in some places in the US, particularly ...
Immigration and farm labor : challenges and opportunities
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
, conclusions highlighted by Wallace Huffman (2012) in a series of policy-relevant articles. Cash grain agriculture is already largely mechanized, and labor is a smaller share of production costs, so rising wages would have fewer impacts in cash grains....
Which lab tests are best when you suspect hypothyroidism?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
TSH levels can't be used to monitor central hypothyroidism, use free T4 and T3 concentrations (SOR: C, case series)....
Research on the value-added path and management mechanism of the whole agricultural industry chain based on the value network
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
The key to fostering the growth and prosperity of China's rural industry is to realize the added value of the entire industrial chain. This article focuses primarily on enhancing the value of the entire agricultural supply chain. Based on a...
Missouri's Senior Population: The Facts
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2001)
During the past century, the percentage
of Americans who are age 65 years and
older has more than tripled, from just over
4% of the total population in 1900 to nearly
13% of the total population in 1999. Older individuals ...
China's Agri-Biotech Policy, Regulation, and Governance
(University of Missouri, 2015)
China's agri-biotech crop cultivation ranks as 6th in the world after the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and India. Policy and regulatory issues become most important for agri-biotech crops' development in China ...
Biofortified Foods and Crops in West Africa : Mali and Burkina Faso
(AgBioForum, 2007)
Micronutrient deficiencies, especially deficiencies of Vitamin A, iron, and zinc, are widespread in Burkina Faso and Mali and contribute to high mortality rates. Biofortification of the major food staple crops consumed in ...
Climate change and Extension services' effects on farm level income in Malaysia : a time series analysis
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2021)
It is important to explore and understand the role of climate change adaptation and agricultural extension services at farm level to understand their effectiveness for outcomes like increase in farm-level income actions ...
Understanding the impact of lifestyle on the academic performance of middle- and high-school students
(2019)
academic performance is estimated using GPA, questionnaires are used to capture the lifestyle habits of students as well as to assess various forms of stressors such as academic, psychological and health-related. Our results suggest that, a healthier...
Is training patients in self-examination an effective way to screen for melanoma?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
No studies demonstrate that training patients to examine their skin decreases mortality from melanoma in the general population. Nor is there any evidence to suggest that teaching patients to monitor their skin for suspicious ...
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 with health-related claims...
Material Hardship Across Place
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
In this brief, we examine trends in material hardship for families, focusing
specifically on geographic variations. Using data from the Census Bureau Public Use
Microdata Samples (PUMS), we assess how the levels of material ...
Reading sources and reading spaces in Honduras
(IFLA Journal, 2009)
Though literacy is often presented as a universal and monolithic achievement, it is in fact context-dependent, and largely dependent upon the kinds of texts available in a particular community. This paper presents an ...
Regulation of rbST in the US
(AgBioForum, 2000)
In the United States (US) and European Union (EU) the regulatory and commercialization process for recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) had widely differing outcomes. Although the regulatory process in both locations was ...