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Intro -- U.S. NUTRITION AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OVERVIEW, FUNDING ISSUES AND TRENDS -- U.S. NUTRITION AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OVERVIEW, FUNDING ISSUES AND TRENDS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 IMPROVING HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION RESEARCH: AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. NUTRITION RESEARCH SYSTEM -- ABSTRACT -- WHAT IS THE ISSUE? -- WHAT DID THE STUDY FIND? -- HOW WAS THE STUDY CONDUCTED? -- INTRODUCTION -- PATHS FROM NUTRITION RESEARCH TO BETTER HEALTH -- Public-Sector Communication of Best Practices -- Public-Sector Regulations and Policies -- Private-Sector Innovation -- THE U.S. NUTRITION RESEARCH SYSTEM: NATURE AND STRUCTURE -- Federal Support for Nutrition Research -- National Trends in Federal Support for Nutrition Research -- FEDERAL PORTFOLIO OF NUTRITION RESEARCH AREAS AND RESEARCH PERFORMERS -- Defining Portfolio Shares Using HNRIM -- Distribution of Federal Support Across Major Nutrition Research Areas Is Relatively Stable -- Share of Support for Disease, Injury, and Conditions Research Increased Due to the Obesity, Genetics, and Other Diseases Topic Areas -- Share of Support for Metabolism and Metabolic Mechanisms Research Decreased Due to the Vitamins, Minerals, and Proteins Topic Areas -- Share of Support for Food Sciences Decreased Due to the Food Composition and Effects of Technology on Foods and Diets Topic Areas -- The Portfolio of Federally Supported Organizations That Perform Nutrition Research -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX-THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROJECT COUNTS AND PROJECT AWARDS -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- USDA'S RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS (REE) MISSION AREA -- Federal Funding -- Formula Funds vs. Competitive Grants -- Intramural vs. Extramural Funding -- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING

Introducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Ramos places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. He focuses on Mexican-Texan, or Tejano, society in a period of political transition beginning with the year of Mexican independence. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnic identity of the Tejano population, including cross-cultural contacts between Bexareos, indigenous groups, and Anglo-Americans, as they negotiated the contingencies and pressures on the frontier of competing empires