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The Gazelle Mosaic : An Inhabited Scroll in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1997)
"Floral scrolls occupied by human and animal elements performing a variety of activities were an extremely popular motif of Roman decorative art. The popularity of these "peopled" or "inhabited" scrolls was such that they ...
Women in Context : Eight Statuettes from the Roman Period
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"The collection of the Museum of Art and Archaeology includes eight statuettes of women that were acquired in 197 4 as part of a group of Roman bone objects. Except for brief mention at the time of their acquisition, they ...
Cardiovascular risks of combined oral contraceptive use
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Because of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the use of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) should be considered carefully in women who smoke and in those with hypertension or hyperlipidemia. (Strength of ...
A Matter of Life and Death : "Reading" a Funerary Relief
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
"Funerary monuments from the eastern Roman Empire are both numerous and varied. The Museum of Art and Archaeology at the university of Missouri has a particularly interesting one -- a relief that commemorates a woman named Levitha, who lived...
Accelerated fill-up of the Arbuckle Group aquifer and links to U.S. midcontinent seismicity
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)
newly compiled data set for 49 wells across Kansas that provides a unique perspective on the aquifer's performance over two decades. Statistical analysis of falloff test pressures, static fluid levels, and injection volumes shows that Arbuckle pressures...
Victorious Durga, The Buffalo Slayer
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1986)
"A sculpture of Durga has recently been acquired by the University of Missouri-Columbia, one that exemplifies an icon type of great antiquity and importance in Tamilnadu in South India. Standing with both feet firmly planted in the samapada pose...
A Homeless Billy Goat in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1989)
A Boar Hunt by the Curtius Painter
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1982)
Peppering the Bostonian Palate : Two Silver Casters by Paul Revere II
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1976)
"Composed in 1860 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published in his Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863), these oft-quoted lines resurrected from obscurity the name of Paul Revere, whose patriotic ride in Revolutionary America ...
Intrauterine growth restriction
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of intrauterine growth restriction.
Seven Ancient Egyptian Figured Ostraca and a Decorated Sherd : The Wilber Collection in the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
Fallen Angel : A Case Study in Architectural Ornamentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Dipstick urinalysis for the diagnosis of acute UTI
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2013)
Approximately two-thirds of women who present with classic symptoms of acute UTI have bacterial infection of the bladder. Dipstick urinalysis moderately improves the accuracy of clinical symptoms in establishing or excluding ...
Using the monthly classification of global SSTs and 500 HPA height to predict temperature and precipitation regimes one to two season in advance for the Mid-Mississippi Region
(National Weather Association, 2008-07)
Using the results from previous studies of the interannual variability of local mean monthly temperature and precipitation by this group, long range forecasts were generated for summer and winter season temperatures and ...
The Identity Crisis of a Roman Empress
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2002)
The Judgement of Paris : An Excerpt on a Roman Relief Mirror
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
"Gilded bronze reliefs are characteristic of a group of Roman mirrors of otherwise simple design. Most of the mirrors are small, 9-12 cm in diameter; all have an unadorned, round, reflecting surface of polished high-tin ...
Ectopic pregnancy
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of ectopic pregnancy.
The Biography of a Dokimeion Columnar Sarcophagus Fragment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
"It has become popular over the past few decades to view objects as not merely the passive repositories of human actions but rather as integral actors in them. One such theory that attempts to articulate the relationship ...
Advantages of the no-scalpel vasectomy technique
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
The no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) technique should be used instead of the standard incisional method. (Strength of Recommendation: A, based on systematic reviews, mixed-quality randomized controlled trials [RCTs], cohort ...
A Laconian Lady in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"Mention of Greece and the site of ancient Sparta, surrounded by mountains in the region of Laconia, brings to mind a male-dominated, militaristic society devoid of artistic culture. But this describes the later Archaic ...