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Telling lessons
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2003)
Many great teachers have spun their tales into the book we call Mizzou. Alumni have indelible memories of their best professors, but it is easier to point to outstanding teaching than to define it. Here are five teachers ...
We still laugh about it
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2001)
At MIZZOU magazine's request, dozens of readers confess their funniest collegiate capers.
Situated Writing Workshops: Putting Writing Advice in Context
(The Writing Instructor, 2004)
Even the most brilliant of college teachers can absorb only so much writing theory in a two- or three-day writing-in-the-disciplines workshop. The faculty who register for our writing workshops are typically committed to ...
From Contention to Collaboration
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2007)
In the 1970s and 1980s, student protests sparked a dynamic partnership.
Agricultural Applications of Biotechnology and the Potential for Biodiversity Valorization in Latin America and the Caribbean
(AgBioForum, 2004)
This article provides a brief account of key developments in agricultural applications of biotechnology in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries; it also focuses on the potential of developing value-added products ...
Education for library service to youth in five countries
(Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 2006)
Youth services instructors from five countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) were surveyed as to the content of youth-oriented courses they had taught between 2000 and 2003. A ...
Cabin fever
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2001)
From humble abode to national icon, the many roles log cabins have played embody the best and worst of American hype and history.
The Presentation of Temperature Information in Television Broadcasts: What is Normal?
(National Weather Association, 2003-12)
In a typical weather broadcast, observed daily temperature information such as maximum
and minimum temperatures are shown and compared to the daily average or “normal”. Such information, however, does not accurately ...
An Extensive New Literature Concerning Low-Dose Effects of Bisphenol A Shows the Need for a New Risk Assessment
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2005)
to hydrolysis, leaching of BPA has led to widespread human exposure. As of December 2004, there were 115 published in vivo studies concerning low-dose effects of BPA, and 94 of these report significant effects. In 31 publications with vertebrate and invertebrate...
Do antipyretics prolong febrile illness?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2004)
Antipyretics appear to have minor and variable effects on the course of febrile illness. Aspirin and acetaminophen do not prolong the course of rhinovirus illness, although they may prolong the period of viral shedding and ...
What is the recommended workup for a man with a first UTI?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Obtain a urine culture in all men with suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), to reliably diagnose an infection (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C). For further evaluation, ultrasonography with abdominal radiography ...
Does group prenatal care improve pregnancy outcomes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
It may decrease preterm births, especially among higher-risk women--minority women, women of low socioeconomic status, and adolescents (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, 1 randomized, controlled trial [RCT] and 1 matched ...
Minimization and Management of Wastes from Biomedical Research
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2000-12)
Several committees were established by the National Association of Physicians for theEnvironment (NAPE) to investigate and reporton various topics at the National Leadership Conference on Biomedical Research and the ...
The Presentation of Precipitation Information in Television Broadcasts: What is Normal?
(2008)
In a typical weather broadcast, observed precipitation information such as the daily amount that fell and the accumulated monthly total are shown and compared to the mean monthly average or “normal” precipitation. Such ...
Development and assessment of scoring functions for protein identification using PMF data
(Wiley-VCH, 2007)
PMF is one of the major methods for protein identification using the MS technology. It is faster and cheaper than MS/MS. Although PMF does not differentiate trypsin-digested peptides of identical mass, which makes it less ...
Isolation and characterization of a baculovirus associated with the insect parasitoid wasp, Cotesia marginiventris, or its host, Trichoplusia ni
(University of Wisconsin, 2008)
A multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (MNPV) was isolated from Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae that had been stung by the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). The wild ...
Are inhalers with spacers better than nebulizers for children with asthma?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2004)
Metered-dose inhalers with a spacer (MDI/S) are as good as, or better than, nebulizers for children with asthma. This is based on numerous randomized controlled trials that compared outcomes such as hospital admission ...
Creating a Seto epic
(2004-03)
Accounting for Uncertainty in Ecological Analysis: The Strengths and Limitations of Hierarchical Statistical Modeling
(Ecological Society of America, 2009)
Analyses of ecological data should account for the uncertainty in the process(es) that generated the data. However, accounting for these uncertainties is a difficult task, since
ecology is known for its complexity. ...
Latino librarians on becoming LIS educators : An exploratory investigation of the barriers in recruiting Latino faculty
(Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2004)
LIS schools have produced a limited number of Latino MLS graduates, but they have not attracted them back to pursue doctoral studies and teaching positions. Using a semistructured interview technique, eight “expert” Latino ...