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FAPRI 2004 U.S. Baseline Briefing Book
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-03)
This report presents a summary of ten-year baseline projections for U.S. agricultural markets providing information about the outlook for agricultural markets, farm program spending, farm income, and a variety of other indicators....
Global Impact of Biotech Crops : Income and Production Effects, 1996-2007
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This article updates the assessment of the impact of commercialized agricultural biotechnology on global agriculture from an economic perspective. It examines specific global economic impacts on farm income, indirect ...
Little SAC River Watershed: Bacterial Source Tracking Analysis
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005-05)
Data collected from November 2003 to October 2004 at two sites on the Little Sac River show that the whole body contact water quality criteria was not met during this period. The year was divided in four periods: winter, ...
Understanding the Use of Curriculum Materials: A Cross-Site Research Study Report
(Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum, 2006-06)
A cross-site study conducted under the auspices of CSMC was designed to explore curriculum enactment of a particular mathematical topic in the three districts. District representatives selected “composing and decomposing” ...
Excavations at Pecica ?an?ul Mare, Arad county, Romania : 2005-2010
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
Temperature Dependence of the Tunneling Amplitude between Quantum Hall Edges
(American Physical Society, 2005)
Recent experiments have studied the tunneling current between the edges of a fractional quantum Hall liquid as a function of temperature and voltage. The results of the experiment are puzzling because at “high” temperature ...
Exploring logic foundations of quantum mechanics : laboratory experiments in an electromagnetically isolated environment [abstract]
(2010-10)
In 1995 research began on fabricating an electromagnetically isolated laboratory environment. In 2005 a scientific device called the Spheric Alignment Mechanism was patented. [1] The nested superconducting hemispheric device was designed to block...
The State of Missouri's Children: 2009
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2009-01)
A variety of problems affect the children of Missouri. The report contains details in categories including poverty, nutrition, education, health and welfare, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence....
Muse, number 39-41 (2005-2007)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
The massive tornado outbreak of May 2003
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
In May of 2003, 516 tornadoes touched down in the central portion of the United States, which is a record for the most tornadoes for any single month. There were fourteen deaths associated with those tornadoes that touched ...
FAPRI's Analysis of the Dairy Provisions of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Substitute Amendment to S. 1731
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-12)
This report analyzes the Dairy Provisions of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Substitute Amendment to S. 1731....
U.S. Hog Marketing Contract Study
(2009-01)
The January 2009 data for hog marketing arrangements or marketing contracts in the USDA Mandatory Price Reporting (MPR) system was summarized for this report. However, participation in the reporting system was voluntary in January 2006, 2007...
Channeling the waves : the use of radio narrowcasting on niche voting groups in the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
little research to show how it is done in a campaign and who is targeted. This paper examines the ads created for Tim Kaine for the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election. Using a content analysis of the advertisements created for both television and radio...
Baseline Outlook for Missouri Representative Farms 2002-2006
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-11)
This report presents a five-year outlook for Missouri representative farms....
Perceptions of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Cotton Varieties : A Case Study of the Cotton Industry in Gujarat, India
(AgBioForum, 2005)
The paper reports the findings of a study designed to consider the impact of the adoption of Bt cotton on markets, businesses, and institutional arrangements in India. Given that evidence to date suggests that widespread adoption of Bt cotton...
Unintentional recruiting for diversity
(Public Libraries, 2005)
Based on interviews with Latino undergraduate students, Latino and Native American graduate students in library and information science, and Latino librarians, this paper documents some techniques librarians unintentionally ...
Resveratrol and procyanidin content in select Missouri red wines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
in the skins of grapes and are present in higher quantities in red wines than white wines. These polyphenols levels have been reported for wines around the world. However, the Norton grape is one of the predominant grapes grown in Missouri, and there is limited...
Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
(2015-06-19)
Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child
protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined
to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns ...
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 ...
Fast Frequency Estimation by Zero Crossings of Differential Spline Wavelet Transform
(2005-05-31)
Zero crossings or extrema of a wavelet transform constitute important signatures for signal analysis with the advantage of great simplicity. In this paper, we introduce a fast frequency-estimation method based on zero-crossing ...