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Economic impact of climate change on agriculture: a case of Vietnam
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
Food security, agricultural exports, and livelihoods have improved by rapid agricultural expansion in the previous 30 years. In the coming decades, warming trends and human pressures are expected to exacerbate the impact ...
Social Acceptance of Plant-Made Vaccines : Indications from a Public Survey
(AgBioForum, 2005)
The use of transgenic plants for production and oral delivery of vaccines has been shown effective in animal trials and Phase I human clinical testing. The use of edible plants for production of vaccines represents an ...
Mental disorders associated with COVID-19 related unemployment
(2021)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions on economic activities have resulted in a sharp rise of unemployment. The purpose of this research is to explore mental disorders associated with COVID-19 related unemployment ...
Annotated Bibliography to 1985
(1988-01)
Balancing Agricultural Development Resources : Are GM and Organic Agriculture in Opposition in Africa?
(AgBioForum, 2011)
Organic agriculture has been promoted vigorously by many civil and donor organizations engaged in agricultural development in Africa. Certified organic products are grown in more than half of African countries, targeted ...
GM Crops : The Global Economic and Environmental Impact -- The First Nine Years 1996-2004
(AgBioForum, 2005)
2005 represents the tenth planting season since genetically modified (GM) crops were first grown in 1996. This milestone provides the opportunity to critically assess the impact this technology is having on global agriculture. ...
Peter Ramus, Walter Ong, and the Tradition of Humanistic Learning
(1987-01)
In the 1950's Walter Ong focused his attention on the sixteenth century Parisian philosopher and educationalist Peter Ramus, and published the results of his research in two major works, Ramus, Method and the Decay of ...
Engraving Trends in Music Publication
(1973)
The purpose of this paper is to present current trends in music engraving as determined by the results of a survey conducted among music publishers in the United States. For the purpose of this study, the term "music ...
A review of Bayesian belief network models as decision-support tools for wetland conservation : are water birds potential umbrella taxa?
(2018)
Creative approaches to identifying umbrella species hold promise for devising effective surrogates of ecological communities or ecosystems. However, mechanistic niche models that predict range or habitat overlap among ...
Answers on Achievement: Interviews with Outstanding High School Conductors
(1991)
The intent of this study was to examine the characteristics of
successful high school choral programs and teachers. Those
chosen for this study were selected on the basis of their
outstanding accomplishments in music ...
Bi-modal preferences for Bt maize in the Philippines : a latent class model
(AgBioForum, 2012)
The only country in Asia to have approved a biotech food or feed crop is the Philippines, where Bt maize was initially commercialized in 2003. This study uses the choice experiment method and a latent class model to ...
Bt cotton adoption : a double-hurdle approach for north Indian farmers
(AgBioForum, 2013)
This article adds to the existing literature by identifying determinants of the Bt cotton adoption decision, as well as what influences the extent (or level) of adoption. Econometric results show that information is a vital ...
Exchange and correlation effects on plasmon dispersions and Coulomb drag in low-density electron bilayers
(American Physical Society, 2007)
We investigate the effect of exchange and correlation (XC) on the plasmon spectrum and the Coulomb drag between spatially separated low-density two-dimensional electron layers. We adopt a different approach, which employs ...
Jewish folk literature
(1999-03)
Constitutional Amendments, Statutory Revision and Referenda Submitted to the Voters by the General Assembly or by Initiative Petition, 1910-2004
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
This report summarizes how proposals to revise the Missouri Constitution and Missouri laws are submitted to the voters for approval and provides information about all measures
submitted to the voters since 1910.
Accelerated fill-up of the Arbuckle Group aquifer and links to U.S. midcontinent seismicity
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)
The Arbuckle Group aquifer is the principal disposal zone for oil and gas field brines and hazardous/nonhazardous wastewater across the U.S. midcontinent and is traditionally viewed as an infinite capacity aquifer. Thousands ...
Constitutional Amendments, Statutory Revision and Referenda Submitted to the Voters by the General Assembly or by Initiative Petition, 90-2008
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
This report summarizes how proposals to revise the Missouri Constitution and Missouri laws are submitted to the voters for
approval and provides information about all measures submittedto the voters since 1910.
Examination of the levels of Cogitive Demand Required by Probability Tasks in Middle Grades Mathematics Textbooks
(Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ), 2007-11)
We analyze probability content within middle grades (6, 7, and 8) mathematics
textbooks from a historical perspective. Two series, one popular and the other
alternative, from four recent eras of mathematics education ...