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Investigating the headwater : an examination of the PK-12 student experiences of Mexican-American PK-12 educators to promote authentic educator recruitment strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Solorzano, Villalpando, and Oseguera (2005) posited that "the underachievement and underrepresentation of Latinas and Latinos at each point in the educational pipeline might be better explained by investigating the educational ...
The shrinking case for saw palmetto
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Advise men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) not to take saw palmetto for urinary symptoms. Explain that it has not been found to alleviate symptoms, even at triple the standard dose. Stength of recommendation: A: ...
Treating pulmonary embolism at home?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Treat low-risk patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) in an outpatient setting. Stength of recommendation: B: Based on one good quality randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Do inhaled steroids reduce bone mineral density and increase fracture risk?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) at low to medium doses (<1500 mcg beclomethasone hydrofluoroalkane per day) for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) don't increase the risk of significant bone loss or ...
Treatment of motion sickness
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Scopolamine should be used to reduce nausea associated with motion sickness, but it does not reduce vomiting. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: A, based on multiple randomized controlled trials [RCTs].) Firstgeneration ...
Functional differences between pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells during vascular morphogenesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
During vascular morphogenic events, mural cells are recruited to developing endothelial tubes to aid in stabilization and maturation of the new vessels. There are two known types of mural cells, pericytes and vascular ...
Tan A : a fluorogenic probe for thiaminase I activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Vitamin B1 plays important role in cell metabolism. Deficiency of vitamin B1 can cause ailments in living organism, including EMS (Early Mortality Syndrom) in the predatory fish salmon in the Great Lakes. Deficiency of ...
DEXA screening: are we doing too much?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Reconsider the intervals at which you recommend rescreening for osteoporosis; for postmenopausal women with a baseline of normal bone mineral density (BMD) or mild osteopenia, a 15-year interval is probably sufficient. ...
Do antibiotics improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with COPD exacerbations?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Antibiotic use reduced mortality and treatment failure in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic reviews of randomized ...
Monitoring coral bleaching by satellite thermal products : a case study in the southern South China Sea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Thermal stress is marked as an essential cause of coral bleaching. Corals begin losing the symbiotic algae and their color when sea temperature exceeds ...
The acquisition of Stephens Lake Park : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
It was a daunting task that faced the CARE Committee, City officials, the grassroots Coalition to Save Stephens Lake, and Stephens College. They had to unite the citizens of Columbia to raise $10 million to purchase a ...
Soil property estimation using visible and near-infrared reflectance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Site-specific management of crop production systems holds promise for maintaining high yields while preserving soil quality. This management requires detailed spatial data on soil physical and chemical characteristics but ...
Professional role conceptions of public radio journalists: a closer connection to the audience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Using the theoretical framework of professional role conceptions and the methodology of semi-structured interviews, 10 journalists at two Midwest public radio stations were interviewed in a qualitative study designed to ...
The experiences of Black American living kidney donors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
End stage renal disease (ESRD) is a chronic illness of significant concern in the United States and throughout the world. In many cases, the optimal treatment for ESRD is living kidney donation. A qualitative investigation ...
Dark Elegies
(2012-05-08)
The "story" in Dark Elegies is really a series of scenes in which we see the varied reactions of a small community when their children die without reason. The songs (in German) are "Kindertotenlieder" or songs on the death ...
Partitioning detectability components in populations subject to within-season temporary emigration using binomial mixture models
(2014)
Detectability of individual animals is highly variable and nearly always < 1; imperfect detection must be accounted for to reliably estimate population sizes and trends. Hierarchical models can simultaneously estimate ...
Bethesda Faith Village In-Service July 2009
(2012-05-09)
The paradox of prosperity in China: the interplay among entrepreneurs, government, and venture capitalists at initial public offering
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-16)
This dissertation includes three essays and focuses on a key entrepreneurial event in a life
of a new venture, the initial public offering. Each essay investigates the mechanisms through
which three key players, namely ...
Usability study shows MU Extension Style Guide website is usable and highly learnable
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
A think-aloud usability study of the revised MU Extension editorial style and usage guide addressed usability and learnability of the navigation and search function of the MU Extension online style and usage guide. I ...
Cause specific mortality and anti-predator behavior in midwestern songbirds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Predation is a ubiquitous selective pressure that profoundly influences animals on evolutionary and ecological time-scales, but we lack estimates of predator-specific mortality rates for many taxa. We investigated ...