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Management of Subclinical Hypothyroidism
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
Treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism with levothyroxine may be of most benefit to patients with symptoms suggestive of hypothyroidism and those patients with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels higher than 10 μIU ...
Statin Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
Based on current evidence, statin therapy should be offered to all patients with type 2 diabetes who are known to have coronary artery disease. [Strength of recommendation: A] For patients older than 40 years with type 2 ...
Drinking-Driving and Other Risk Behaviors Among Missouri High School Students, 1997-2005.
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
Underage drinking remains a critical public health issue nationwide; it also brings about tremendous burden on the Missouri taxpayers. Survey data from the Missouri Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) from 1997 to 2005 revealed...
Which treatments for persistent otitis media with effusion are beneficial?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
Treatments such as antibiotics, steroids, antihistamines/decongestants, and mucolytics afford no long-term benefit in the treatment of patients with otitis media with effusion (OME). [Strength of recommendation: A] Surgical ...
Global Impact of Biotech Crops : Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects in the First Ten Years of Commercial Use
(AgBioForum, 2006)
that there have been substantial net economic benefits at the farm level amounting to $5 billion in 2005 and $27 billion for the ten year period. The technology has reduced pesticide spraying by 224 million kg (equivalent to about 40% of the annual volume...
Will Developing Countries be the Early Adopters of Genetically Engineered Forests?
(AgBioForum, 2005)
Although anticipation of a biotechnology revolution has led to expectations of high rates of adoption and substantial financial returns, one area that has been slow to develop is that of tree biotechnology, particularly ...
Expression of Target Optical Properties in Subsurface Polarization-gated Imaging
(The Optical Society of America, 2005-05)
We examined the expression of target optical properties in subsurface polarization imaging under linearly and circularly polarized illumination. Reflecting, scattering, and absorption targets were imaged in tissue mimic ...
Participatory reporting as method acting: the journalism-theatre connection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This research presents a little-discussed reporting technique, termed for the purpose of this research "participatory reporting," and uses research from the field of theatre to examine the technique for its potential contribution to journalism...
Role of Physical Mechanisms in Biological Self-Organization
(American Physical Society, 2005)
process. Here we report the results of experimental and modeling biophysical studies on in vitro biological structure formation. Experimentally, by controlling the interaction between cells and their embedding matrices, we were able to build living...
Baseline Outlook: Missouri Representative Farms
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 38 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2008 U.S. Baseline....
Influence of streambed substrate type and watershed properties on seston algal abundance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this age of growing water quality issues, it is crucial to identify factors which impact stream water chemistry. In the Gulf of Mexico a growing ...
Population Influences on Tornado Reports in the United States
(Weather and Forecasting, 2005)
The number of tornadoes reported in the United States is believed to be less than the actual incidence of tornadoes, especially prior to the 1990s, because tornadoes may be undetectable by human witnesses in sparsely populated areas. We use a...
Trust, Bias, and Fairness of Information Sources for Biotechnology Issues
(AgBioForum, 2005)
What do journalists think about information source trustworthiness, bias, and fairness in communicating agricultural biotechnology issues? Fifty Texas journalists and 40 national agriculture journalists representing ...
Baseline Outlook Missouri Representative Farms
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 38 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2007 U.S. Baseline....
Global Journalist: Potter Phenomenon
(2005)
In this July 21, 2005 program, host Stuart Loory talks to three Harry Potter fans, Lizzie Atkinson in Hall, England, Trisha Mittal in New Delhi and Tara Weinberg in Cape Town, as well as four journalists, Lisa Stieger in Moscow, Indrajit Hazra...
Bt Corn Farmer Compliance with Insect Resistance Management Requirements in Minnesota and Wisconsin
(AgBioForum, 2005)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-registered Bt corn in 2001 with mandatory insect resistance management (IRM) requirements in order to promote sustainable use by farmers. Since then studies have reported IRM compliance...
Fertilizer and Fuel Outlook for Spring 2006
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-04)
This report compares fertilizer and fuel prices for this spring to comparative prices for the past four years for major field crops. In addition, it provides insight into the outlook for this summer and into the prices paid index from FAPRI's 2006...
The effect of environment on seed composition of tofu and natto soybean cultivars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Composition of soybean seeds is important to manufacturers of tofu and natto food products. The effect of environment on seed composition of tofu and natto soybean cultivars was measured in Missouri in 2004 and 2005. The environment was altered...
Baseline Outlook for Missouri Representative Farms 2006-2010
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 36 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2006 U.S. Baseline....
A Meta-analysis of Missouri Drug Court Performance Measures
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
to assess how Missouri's success compares to the experiences of other states. This report is based upon a larger assessment of Missouri drug courts conducted in 2005 for the Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator
(Richardson et al., 2005). The data...