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Golden Handcuffs
(Education Next, 2010)
Teacher pensions consume a substantial portion of school budgets. If relatively generous pensions help attract effective teachers, the expense might be justified. But new evidence suggests that current pension systems, by ...
HVAC optimization study
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
) in cooperation with the DRS Technology internship program--the Cornwell Student Initiative (CSI)--decided to initiate a study focusing on the optimization of the plant's HVAC systems. The systems were thought to have become misapplied and inefficient resulting...
Power and Rhetoric's Role in the Rwandan Genocide
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
Transgenic trees for biomass : the effects of regulatory restrictions and court decisions on the pace of commercialization
(AgBioForum, 2010)
Wood has great potential as a bioenergy source, both as a feedstock for liquid biofuels for the transport sector and also as biomass, a direct source of energy that can be used to produce electric power. Trees, however, ...
Case of the month
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2010-05)
A 72 year old female presented to the ER after she suffered a traumatic hip fracture following a dizzy spell. She was trying to stand up when she suddenly became light headed and fell to the ground. She denied any loss of ...
Assessing the welfare effects of US biofuel policies
(AgBioForum, 2010)
This article assesses the main welfare implications of US policies to support biofuels, with an emphasis on corn-based ethanol. The analysis relies on an open economy, multimarket equilibrium model that links world and ...
Turning Black Swans Green : The Vittorio Santaniello Memorial Lecture
(AgBioForum, 2010)
This article argues that the severe (or Black Swan) event of a financial crisis provides the opportunity to address other threatening issues -- energy insecurity and climate change with the associated extreme weather events. ...
Poverty impacts of improved agricultural productivity : opportunities for genetically modified crops
(AgBioForum, 2010)
Constraints on land and water resources, growth in population, and an apparent slowdown in agricultural productivity raise concerns that food prices may rise substantially in the coming decades. A key question is whether ...
Reliefs of Visions or Displays of Transmundane Realms in Gandha?ran Buddhist Art : Significance of a Panel relief with S?a?kyamuni
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
. In these symmetrically ordered Gandha?ra sculptures, the images are presented hierarchically, focused on an image of a Buddha seated on a large lotus dais. He is attended on his immediate right and left sides by a pair of Bodhisattvas, who are frequently shown standing...
Social and economic effects of urban renewal in Kansas City, MO : Census tracts 24 and 33
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
In an effort to revitalize urban cores, and to maintain
competition with rapidly rising suburbs, the federal government equipped
cities with new tools in the mid-20th century. But the federal government’s
redevelopment ...
Heartland Star
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2010)
Singer Neal E. Boyd, BA '01, won the 2008 America's Got Talent competition on national television. The purse was $1 million and the opportunity to make his living as a singer.
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....
Proximal humeral epiphysiolysis (Little League shoulder)
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of proximal humeral epiphysiolysis.
Congestive heart failure: therapeutics--chronic CHF
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the therapeutics of chronic congestive heart failure.
Fifteen Years of the Missouri Folk Arts Graduate Internships
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
In addition to a strong network of professional folklorists in the academy and public sector, Missouri is fortunate to have a
strong academic program of Folklore, Oral Tradition and Culture Studies Program in MU's Department ...
Low-Level Presence of New GM Crops : An Issue on the Rise for Countries Where They Lack Approval
(AgBioForum, 2010)
This study addresses a new issue in the commercialization of GM crops, namely the occurrence of traces -- or "low-level presence" (LLP) -- of nationally unapproved GM material in crop imports. The commercialization of GM ...
The Effect of the Bologna Process on Select Musical Institutions in Europe
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 9/28/2010)
Herniated disc disease
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of herniated disc disease.
Aortic stenosis (AS)
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of aortic stenosis.
Suspect an eating disorder? Suggest CBT
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
Refer patients with eating disorder not otherwise specified (NOS) for cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT, which has proven to be the most useful behavioral treatment for bulimia, has now been shown to be effective for ...