The present investigation consists of (1) a study of the different methods of preparing the halogen compounds of vanadium and (2) the measurement of the dielectric constant of the three compounds liquid at the ordinary ...

The experiments here described have resulted in at least four methods that have proven successful for removal of vanadium from the crude urinate, which is obtained on a large scale in the plant of the National Radium Institute.

Volume Two Issue One of a newsletter published by the Food-Supply Medicine department at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

The richness and vastness of Palma's narrative contribution have long demanded a more illustrative approach, such as that employed by Rosenblat and Hatzfeld in their studies of Cervantes' language. Accordingly, I have ...

"This is a collection of free-standing essays on Shakespeare. About half of them appear in scattered publications, some of them not readily accessible. The essays date from 1975 to 1985, and, in presenting them chronologically ...

These chapters present a general survey of the development of the Cuban novel in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with specific and detailed studies of the works of Alejo Carpentier, Jose Lezama Lima, and Guillermo ...

Covers the history of the University of Missouri. College of Veterinary Medicine from 1872, when the first instruction in veterinary medicine was offered, until 1968. Include photographs, biographies, and lists of faculty members.

The evaluation of patients with elevated transaminase levels should be individualized based on the presence of symptoms or physical examination findings that suggest serious disease or hepatic decompensation. (Strength of ...

Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D increase the risk of myocardial infarction (MI), with numbers needed to harm (NNH) over 5 years of 69 to 240 (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, meta-analyses of randomized ...

Communication policymakers must consider policy options for structure and regulation when confronted with new media technologies. In the 1920s and 1930s, with the advent of radio broadcasting, policymakers in the United ...

This study will examine the neglected comic element in American poetry, placing it in the rich and distinctive traditions of American humor.

"What if the United States Senate had approved the Versailles Treaty and permitted the country to join the League of Nations that was being formed after the First World War? Would the course of history have been so altered ...

Growth is at the base of organic production. In recent years an increasing importance has been attached to its study and to the conditions affecting it. Davenport says: "The importance of the study of growth cannot be over ...

In a sense the financial history of Boone County may be said to begin as early as 1816, at the time of the organization of Howard County. But in as much as it possessed no financial powers prior to 1821 separate from those ...

The gravity-tractor (GT) consists of a spacecraft hovering inertially over a small asteroid. This equilibrium state is achieved by the action of a pair of engines that balance the gravitational acceleration. Due to Newton's ...

The No Child Left Behind legislation of 2001 required 98% of students in the United States to be assessed annually. No Child Left Behind along with the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act of 2004 allowed for the ...

Wedding gowns have elicited unequaled excitement through costume history. Little girls dream of their wedding days while recreating the fairytale marriage of Cinderella and Prince Charming using Barbie and Ken dolls. Wedding ...

This projects analyzes the work of a variety of African authors—Donato Ndongo's short story “El sueño” (1973) and novel El metro (2007), Maximiliano Nkogo's short story “Emigración” (2000), Najat El Hachmi's novel El último ...

The primary purpose of this study was to identify motivational reasons related to participation of Missouri high-growth business owners and/or decision makers in continuing business education programs as measured by the ...