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Does a low-fat diet help prevent breast cancer?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
No. Studies show no evidence that reducing dietary fat decreases a woman's risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer within the subsequent 14 years (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on large heterogeneous ...
All-weather concrete stock tank (1996)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1996)
A constant supply of clean fresh water is essential to an efficient livestock operation. A system providing water that is neither too cold in winter nor too warm in summer will promote increased consumption and result in ...
Does the age you introduce food to an infant affect allergies later?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Yes. In children at high risk for atopy (those with a family history of allergy, asthma, or eczema in at least 1 first-degree relative), breastfeeding or giving hydrolyzed protein formula during the first 4 to 6 months ...
Do COX-2 inhibitors worsen renal function?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
No, COX-2 inhibitors, as a class, do not worsen renal function for those without renal disease. Celecoxib is the only COX-2 inhibitor available, and it is associated with a lower risk of renal dysfunction and hypertension ...
Does bed rest for preeclampsia improve neonatal outcomes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
No. Strict bed rest in the hospital for pregnant women with preeclampsia does not appear to lower rates of perinatal mortality, neonatal mortality, or neonatal morbidity, including preterm birth, endotracheal intubations, ...
On the Distinctiveness of Farmers of the Middle: A Preliminary Report on the Missouri Farm Poll, 2006
(University of Missouri Extension, 2007)
Most U.S. farms are family farms, which the USDA defines as "proprietorships, partnerships, or family corporations that do not have hired managers." There is a perception and even expectation that "farmers of the middle" ...
Lesson Planning and Video Analysis as Data Tools for Assessing PCK
(University of Missouri, 2007)
This presentation addressed research on science and mathematics teacher learning in the context of an alternative certification program.
Audit of Principal Effectiveness: A User's Technical Manual. Designed and Tested for Principal Assessment in Elementary, Middle and Secondary Schools (Revised)
(1986)
This technical manual is presented to assist those using the Audit of Principal Effectiveness, an 80-statement evaluation instrument designed to determine teachers' perceptions of principals' effectiveness, allow principals ...
Audit of Principal Effectiveness: Instrumentation for Principalship Research-A Research Project Report
(1988-01)
Using the literature and research on principal effectiveness as a foundation, the Audit of Principal Effectiveness was developed. Initially, 162 items forming 12 theoretical factors describing effective principal behavior ...
Performance-Based Principal Evaluation in Missouri: A Three-Year Report
(1988)
The performance-based principal evaluation (PBPE), passed as a section of the 1985 Missouri Educational Reform Act, is a process for professional development of principals through the identification and documentation of ...
Principal Effectiveness in "National Recognition" Schools -- A Research Project Summary Report
(1989-07)
Between 1982 and 1987, 1,500 outstanding schools were recognized by the School Recognition Program, based on an analysis of their leadership, order and discipline, community support, and high standards and expectations for ...
Audit of Principal Effectiveness: A Process for Self-Improvement
(1989)
Feedback data provide an avenue to improved perceptions; in the educational setting, improved perceptions translate into personal growth and more positive organizational culture. To provide a valid, reliable, and practical ...
Performance/Outcome Based Principal Evaluation: A Summary of Procedural Considerations
(1986-10)
Performance evaluation is designed to assist principals in better accomplishing their leadership role. Performance/Outcome Based Principal Evaluation (PBPE) is defined as "a process for the professional development of ...
Bollinger County Census Tract & Voting District Maps
(Missouri Spatial Data Information Service, 2000)
County maps from the 2000 census, including block outline maps, tract outline maps, and voting precinct outline maps.
Moral Violence in Organizations: Hierarchic Dominance and the Absence of Potential Space
(Karnac Books Ltd., 2004)
The authors introduce the concept of moral violence in organizations, by which they refer to emotionally and psychologically abusive and harmful workplace cultures. These narcissistic, organizational cultures, are, ...
Organizational Immersion and Diagnosis: The Work of Harry Levinson
(Karnac Books Ltd., 2003)
In the following, I present readers with an overview of Harry Levinson's contributions to psychoanalytic organization psychology. Then, I share excerpts from an interview conducted with him in August 2002 during the American ...
Middle Level Principal Preparation and Licensure -- Policy Brief
(2004-04)
While much attention has been focused on the need for specialized preparation and
licensure of middle-level teachers, relatively little consideration has been given to the preparation and licensure of middle-level principals. ...
Performance-Based Teacher Evaluation in Missouri: A Three-Year Report
(1988)
The teacher performance evaluation, mandated in Missouri by a bill that legislators enacted during 1983, is a process for professional development through the identification and documentation of job related expectations ...
Transformational Leadership: Principals, Leadership Teams, and School Culture
(2002-04)
The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the relationships among principal transformational leadership, school leadership-team transformational leadership, and school culture. Twelve middle schools ...
Cole County Census Tract & Voting District Maps
(Missouri Spatial Data Information Service, 2000)
Cole County maps from the 2000 census, including block outline maps, tract outline maps, and voting precinct outline maps.