Projects 1 – 10 of 121
- A survey of attitudes and practices of adults with severe food allergies
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2006 – 2008 project
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The purpose of this study was to interview adults, 18 years or older, who have life threatening food allergies and to identify motivators and barriers to safe food selection, as well as barriers to implementation of emergency action plans in case of...
- A sustainable breast cancer education and support program in Malaysia
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2003 project
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The initial Malaysian Breast Cancer Education Project has grown and developed since its initial inception in 2003. This project, which is a collaborative project between Cornell University and Universiti Putra Malaysia, has changed its title to the...
- Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II
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2008 project
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The project is focused on the safe and effective development and commercialization of bio-engineered crops in developing countries.
- Agricultural practies to mitigage arsenic toxicity to rice
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2007 project
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Toxicity of arsenic to rice that caused yield to decline from seven-to-two tons-per-hectare was substantially reversed by using a raised bed and furrow system of production that provided a more oxygenated environment. Arsenic content of rice grain...
- Agriculture and Food Research: An economic development engine
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2007 – 2008 project
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An agriculture and food technology park can serve as an excellent mechanism to transfer technology derived at state agricultural experiment stations. At the same time, the park stimulates the creation and growth of new businesses and accompanying...
- An analysis of urban trees, particulates, and respiratory diseases, including asthma\n
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2007 project
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Airborne particles are implicated in respiratory diseases including asthma. As cities often have elevated particle counts and high asthma rates, designing tree plantings to increase interception is considered to be one way of cleaning air, thereby...
- Assessing and Improving Family Food Food Decision-making \n\nAs part of the Food Systems Leadership Development Program we are developing and testing tools for assessment and discussion guides for nutrition and food system education.
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2007 project
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Building family and community capacity for thoughtful food decisions through leadership development, research, and education.
- Assuring the safety of ready-to-use therapeutic foods in Haiti
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2007 – 2012 project
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We confirmed the presence of a mycotoxin and devised the means to eliminate that toxin in the supply chain for a special food (RUTF) critical to the rescue and recovery of severely malnourished children and HIV patients in Haiti. We also set up an...
- Behavioral experiments to improve the performance of markets, regulation, and charitable donations in providing resources and environmental quality
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2008 – 2009 project
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My early work in the environment revealed that traditional economic models failed to explain behavior around Superfund sites and the extreme reluctance to make trade-offs involving environmental assets. These problems pushed me into asking basic...
- Biofortifying staple crops to prevent micronutrient deficiencies in humans
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2004 project
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Our goal is to enrich highly digestible micronutrients including essential trace elements and vitamins in staple crops by plant breeding and fertilizing. With appropriate processing and cooking, these staples will provide sufficient bioavailable...