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Immigration Reform: Comprehensive Solutions for Complex Problems
(Cambio Center, 2009)
In January 2004, after more than two years of silence, President George Bush reignited the national immigration debate when he proposed a new guest worker program. Members of Congress of both political parties have entered ...
The Nature and Extent of Latino Immigrants' Communication with Their Children about Sexual Issues
(Cambio Center, 2008)
The second and third generation of Latino immigrants have historically not faired as well as their foreign-born parents on many health measures, such as life expectancy, unplanned pregnancy and drug use. To better prepare ...
Estimating carbon stock change in agroforestry and family forestry practices
(2009)
The Carbon Management Evaluation Tool for Voluntary Reporting (COMET-VR) is an online tool that estimates short-term carbon stock (CS) changes under different farm or forest land management systems, including temperate agroforestry practices...
Transitioning from wild collection to forest cultivation of indigenous medicinal forest plants in eastern North America
(2009)
rates; (2) propagation methods; (3) prices; (4) growing period; (5) production costs; and (6) yields. Results indicate that intensive husbandry of six of eight species would be unprofitable at recent (1990-2005) price levels. Exceptions are American...
Exploring individual, family, and community factors predicting business success in Hispanic and Latino experiences
(Cambio Center, 2012)
are circumscribed to motivational, attitudinal, behavioral, and subjective well-being factors that have been found to influence entrepreneurship (Ajzen, 2005; Diener & Suh, 1997; McClelland, 1961). Family factors are circumscribed to those associated to family...
Agroforestry and grass buffer effects on water quality on grazed pasture watersheds
(2009)
Conservation practices including agroforestry and grass buffers are believed to reduce non point source pollution (NPSP) from grazed pasture watersheds. Agroforestry, a land management practice that intersperses agricultural ...
Frequency of consumption and preferences for chestnuts in Missouri
(2009)
in 2008 are reported. The conjoint analysis used a choice-based model to investigate responses from pair-wise product profile comparisons. The attributes investigated include price per pound, production process, and origin. Our findings indicate...
Experiences from southern Quebec provide ecological insights for the implementation of tree-based intercropping systems
(2009)
. The TBI field was set in 2000 in southwestern Quebec using alternating rows of hybrid poplars (Populus spp.) and hardwood species spaced 8 m apart. Soybean (Glycine max L. (Merr.)) was grown between tree rows since 2004. During the 2005-2006 study period...
The Impact of Social Networks on Well-Being: Evidence from Latino
(Cambio Center, 2011)
to disperse widespread fears of opportunism by Latino immigrant and point out alternative avenues of integration into the community. Recent research has argued that immigrants are both important, as a workforce (Card, 2005; Jacobs, 1969), and detrimental...
Pine straw yields and economic benefits when added to traditional wood products in loblolly, longleaf and slash pine stands
(2011)
by the bale can generate more annual income but bale counts need to be accurate and bale size must be clearly defined. Recent (2005-09) per acre revenues range from $50 to $125/year. Rectangular (13x13x28 inches) bale prices range from $0.25 to $0...
Farming the forests of Appalachia : opportunities and challenges
(2009)
People have been informally farming their forests for generations, although only in recent years has attention been directed at formalizing this land-use practice through research and development. Forest farming is becoming ...
Emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters and crop fields
(2009)
Denitrification is recognized as the major mechanism for reducing nitrate in riparian buffers and thus diminishing non-point source pollution (NPS) of surface water bodies subject to high nitrogen loads. However, increasing ...
Recreational multifunctionality and its implications for agroforestry
(2009)
Multifunctionality occurs when farms provide different services along with food production including recreation and agroforestry. Multifunctional farms simultaneously offer several services suggesting synergies among them ...
Biotic interactions in organic farm systems
(2009)
Fire, drought, and grazing were primary ecological drivers of the historical Great Plains' prairie ecosystem. The suppression of fire, a shift in grazing and cropping systems, and the introduction of windbreaks and other ...
Protection for Undocumented Children Sexual Abuse Among Latino Children Living in The Heartland
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This paper is an exploration on the topic of childhood sexual abuse among the Latino population and specifically of the undocumented Latino population living in the communities that we serve. The basic child protection ...
Murdoch Lake agroforestry project
(2009)
Intercropping has the potential to provide Alberta's farmers with many benefits from moisture trapping to increased crop production. In the Peace River Region of Alberta many farmers raise cattle and grow forage crops. ...
Stimulant Holidays in Children and Adolescents with ADHD: A Retrospective Study to Explore Variables in Parent and Prescriber Initiated Holidays
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
A stimulant holiday is an underutilized and under-researched intervention that could improve
patient outcomes and patient and parent satisfaction to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
treatment. Given the pervasive ...
Exploring landowners' connections to carbon markets in rural Missouri : interest, feasibility, and transaction costs
(2011)
Global carbon trading may present a unique opportunity for landowners to make an environmental impact with financial incentives that may change the rural landscape. By allowing point source polluters to trade to an optimal ...
Infusing Geropsychiatric Nursing Content into Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Curricula: Challenges and Solutions
(2016-05)
By the year 2050, approximately 83 million Americans will be over age 65. Studies have found today’s healthcare providers unprepared to meet the complex healthcare needs of an aging society. Educational institutions must ...
Dropout Prevention with Latino Families The Juntos Program
(Cambio Center, 2012)
significant mean differences from pre- to post-tests. Parents and youth reported an increased understanding of NC graduation requirements, classes needed, higher education options, financial aid options, and necessary tests. Parents report a significant...