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Does the presence of a trained support person during labor decrease C-section rates?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: Does the presence of a trained support person during labor decrease C-section rates? Evidence-based answer: sometimes. The continuous presence of a support person during labor slightly decreases (by about 2%) the ...
Are inhaled steroids effective for a postviral cough?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: Are inhaled steroids effective for a postviral cough? Evidence-based answer: No. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) don't improve postviral cough in adults with subacute (3-8 weeks) or chronic (>8 weeks) cough, adolescents ...
What's the best test for underlying osteomyelitis in patients with diabetic foot ulcers?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
A: What's the best test for underlying osteomyelitis in patients with diabetic foot ulcers? A: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a higher sensitivity and specificity (90% and 79%) than plain radiography (54% and 68%) ...
The impact of maternal occupation and pre-pregnancy weight status on childhood obesity
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Matched mother/child data from the 2008 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth are used to estimate how child, maternal, and household characteristics -- including the mother's occupation and pre-pregnancy weight status -- ...
Testing the Induced Innovation Hypothesis : accounting for innovation creation and innovation implementation incentives
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Despite extensive empirical literature on the induced innovation hypothesis in US agriculture, this article reports only the second set of tests for this industry that account for supply as well as demand for new input-saving ...
The loss from underutilizing GM technologies
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
This article introduces a framework based on a real-option approach to assess the economics of delaying the introduction of genetically modified (GM) technologies in agriculture due to concerns about their unintended effects ...
Fifteen years of experimental auctions of GM foods : what have we learned about policy, preferences, and auction design?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
It was a coincidence that GM foods became ubiquitous at the same time that researchers started using experimental auctions to study consumer preferences for food products. We explore the history of experimental auctions ...
Do annual pelvic exams benefit asymptomatic women who receive regular Pap smears?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: Do annual pelvic exams benefit asymptomatic women who receive regular Pap smears? Evidence-based answer: No evidence exists to support a clinical benefit from annual pelvic examinations for asymptomatic women who receive ...
Helmets for positional skull deformities: A good idea, or not?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Helmets for positional skull deformities: A good idea, or not? Probably not. Helmets appear to be no more effective than waiting for natural skull growth to correct the shape of an infant's head. Practice Changer: Do not ...
Biotechnology for a second green revolution in India : socioeconomic, political, and public policy issues
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Long-term stagnation in total factor productivity of major crops in Indian agriculture coupled with a price-incentive-based spurt in recent growth have been responsible for the reversal of secular decline in food prices ...
Politics of biotechnology : ideas, risk, and interest in cases from India
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Much of the literature on agricultural biotechnology is agro-economic. How material facts on the ground relate to a unique set of politics determining deployment of the technology is less discussed. This article begins ...
The competing policy paradigms of agricultural biotechnology : implications and opportunities for emerging and developing economies
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Agricultural science and technology policies -- including public funding of crop genetics research, intellectual property protections, and biosafety approvals of regulated crops -- can be understood to work together within ...
Empirical analysis on the impact of private-sector R&D on cotton productivity in India
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Private seed firms in India have made significant investments in cotton breeding and biotechnology since the 1980s. These investments have paid off with a series of proprietary hybrids that were developed using the inbred ...
Socio-economic Impacts of Bt Cotton Adoption in India : evidence from panel data
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Several empirical studies have evaluated the farm-level and aggregate impacts of transgenic crops in developed and developing countries, however there is extensive opposition in the wider public. In particular, concerns ...
Labeling GM food in India : anticipating the effects on GM brinjal and rice marketing chains
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Several genetically modified (GM) food crops have reached an advanced stage in the research and regulatory pipeline in India. The government of India is in the process of introducing a mandatory labeling policy for GM food. ...
Technology diffusion and adoption in cotton cultivation : emerging scenario in Gujarat
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Technology adoption in agriculture depends on the access to information by farmers. This article focuses on the diffusion of seed and pesticide technology among the Bt cotton growers in Gujarat, India.
Sterile or non-sterile gloves for minor skin excisions?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Sterile or non-sterile gloves for minor skin excisions? Non-sterile gloves are just as effective as sterile gloves in preventing surgical site infection after minor skin surgeries. PRACTICE CHANGER: Consider using non-sterile ...
This adjunct medication can speed CAP recovery
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
This adjunct medication can speed CAP recovery: Adding prednisone to the antibiotic regimen can help patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia to stabilize more quickly and leave the hospital sooner. PRACTICE ...
The failing test for success
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
Because high stakes testing is now a direct reflection of one's intelligence, there are immense pressures placed directly on students. These pressures can make students feel insecure and stupid, therefore increasing test ...
You've died : Now what?
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
Twenty-one people in the United States die each day while waiting on the organ transplant list. One organ donor can save eight lives. That being said, it only takes three people a day to donate their organs upon death to ...