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The Case of Interagency Coordinating Councils: Examining Collaborations in Services for Children with Disabilities
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Children with disabilities often require a myriad of services to develop to their full potential. In the current era, centralized services and residential institutions have become less accepted as a matter of course.
Interagency ...
Which postmenopausal women should be offered combined HRT?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2003)
Recent studies have demonstrated a small but significant risk of adverse effects from combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT), including cardiovascular disease, thromboembolic disease, and breast cancer. Time-limited ...
Who should have colposcopy?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2003)
Colposcopy is the preferred test in the work-up of patients with abnormal cervical cytology: Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL): mild dysplasia ; High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL): moderate ...
Representation in State Legislatures: A Focus on Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
In Summer 2003, the Institute of Public Policy conducted a mail survey of state legislators in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and South Dakota. We found that the number ...
Missouri's State and Local Revenues, Debt and Intergovernmental Revenues
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Graphic presentation on Missouri State and Local government revenues, debts, and Intergovernmental revenues.
Ethical Issues: The Difficult Family
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-01)
Some of the most difficult situations faced by physicians have been when loving and caring families, often out of guilt or misunderstanding, disagree or become demanding. This challenge intensifies when those demands do ...
Organizational Ethics Committees
(Center for Health Ethics, 2009-10)
The first official healthcare ethics committee convened in 1971. But the origin of such committees came years earlier in response to a rising tide of moral concern in health care. “Committees for the Discussion of Morals ...
Missouri's State and Local Expenditures
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Graphic presentation on Missouri state and local government expenditures. Data representations include graphs, maps, tables and charts.
Partial DNR Orders
(Center for Health Ethics, 2003-12)
Writing formal “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders is a relatively new practice that has come about over the last 30 years as a result of medical innovation coupled with a growing understanding that sometimes it's just not ...
Trust and Distrust in Biotechnology Risk Managers : Insights from the United Kingdom, 1996-2002
(AgBioForum, 2008)
During the late 1990s, negative events related to biotechnology were reported in the UK media. According to the trust asymmetry hypothesis, such events should cause public trust in biotechnology risk managers to decline ...
An Ex-ante Evaluation of the Economic Impact of Bt Cotton Adoption by Spanish Farmers Facing the EU Cotton Sector Reform
(AgBioForum, 2008)
Cotton production in the European Union (EU) is limited to areas of Greece and Southern Spain (Andalusia). The 2004 reform of the EU cotton policy severely affected the profitability of the crop. In this article we analyze ...
Public Attitudes Toward Molecular Farming in the UK
(AgBioForum, 2008)
Plant-made pharmaceuticals represent the third generation of genetically modified crops as well as a potentially significant development in pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing. Successful development is contingent on ...
Novel inhibition mechanism and potent antiviral activity of translocation-deficient reverse transcriptase inhibitors [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
Nucleoside RT inhibitors (NRTIs) are among the most potent anti-HIV agents and act as chain terminators because they lack a 3'OH. However, this feature can reduce affinity for RT compared to the analogous dNTP substrate, ...
Assessing the value of agricultural streams as amphibian refuges [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
Although many causes for worldwide amphibian population declines are under investigation, the destruction and alteration of aquatic habitats remains a primary threat. In agricultural landscapes, natural wetlands are often ...
IPTV: Streaming television over the Internet
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
IPTV is the process of streaming video over a network connection like the internet. This could be the next step in television evolution. There are currently several programs and boxes that you can buy that use the internet ...
IPTV: Streaming television over the Internet
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
IPTV is the process of streaming video over a network connection like the internet. This could be the next step in television evolution. There are currently several programs and boxes that you can buy that use the internet ...
Efficacy of a modified constraint induced movement therapy protocol in the clinical setting [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
Constraint induced movement therapy (CIT) is an intervention strategy used by rehabilitation therapists for people who have experienced stroke. Traditional CIT protocols require participants to wear a restraint on their ...
Generating Gbx2 antibodies: A useful tool in determining developmental mechanisms regulated by GBX2 [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
The GBX class of homeobox genes is comprised of Gbx1 and Gbx2. Both loss-of-function and gain-of-function studies in mice have shown that Gbx2 is vital for normal anterior hindbrain development of mammalian organisms. To ...
Micropost sensor array for cell traction forces studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
A rapid fusion of MEMS (Microelectromechanical-Systems) and biology provides many diverse spheres and methods in cell studies. Micropost can be an important role in many different biological analyses because forces from ...
An evaluation of long term changes in clear-cuts and plantations in Mid-Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
Identifying future stand composition is important for several reasons including: aesthetics, wildlife benefits, timber value, and predicting potential changes. I studied the species composition in the over story and the ...