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The Right to life, liberty, and poetry
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Examines the poem recited at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961 by Robert Frost titled "The Gift Outright" as well as the poem recited at Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993 written and recited by Maya Angelou titled ...
The Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology Policies
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This article develops a political-economy framework to analyze the formation of agricultural biotechnology policies. Going beyond accounts that largely attribute differences between US and European regulatory environments ...
The Role of Coordination and Cooperation in Early Adoption of GM Crops : The Case of Bt Maize in Brandenburg, Germany
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Since 2006, several varieties of transgenic Bt maize have been approved for commercial cultivation in Germany. The German regulatory framework for growing these crops comprises moderate ex-ante regulations as well as strict ...
Science and Technology in World Agriculture : Narratives and Discourses
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The narratives characterizing the current debate on world agricultural research tend to be part of a discourse that rationalizes past experience and future tendencies along the lines of extreme recounts of successes and ...
Obesity in America and its children : affecting the lives of millions
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
America is the land of plenty. Its citizens have more money, more jobs, more food, more technology, more land, more schools, and the list could keep going. They also have become a nation that is carrying around more ...
Ex-ante Impact Assessment of GM Papaya Adoption in Thailand
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Despite the evidence of benefits from GM papaya's adoption in other countries, concerns over the loss of export markets and health and environmental risks have led to great uncertainty and indecision about policies to ...
Aspirin Use in Children for Fever or Viral Syndromes
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
Aspirin should not be used to treat acute febrile viral illness in children. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: C, based on case- control studies). Although no causal link has been proven, data from case-control and historic ...
Oxidative stress-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to angiotensin II-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in transgenic ren2 rats
(American Society for Investigative Pathology, 2009)
Emerging evidence indicates that impaired mitochondrial fatty acid [beta]-oxidation plays a key role in liver steatosis. We have recently demonstrated that increased angiotensin (ANG) II causes progressive hepatic steatosis ...
"Health-enhancing" Products in the Italian Food Industry : Multinationals and SMEs Competing on Yogurt
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The purpose of this research is to present a detailed analytical(qualitative) study of the new "health-enhancing" products in the Italian marketplace, with a focus on both the multinational corporations and the small and ...
Can nonantidepressants help treat depression?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
lithium, triiodothyronine (T3), and atypical antipsychotics are all effective adjuncts. Lithium (serum levels >0.5 mEq/L) can produce clinical improvement when added to ineffective antidepressant treatment (strength of ...