This publication has been prepared
in reply to frequent requests
by home gardeners for information
on construction of small glass and
plastic greenhouses. The subject is
developed briefly with the hope
that those interested may see the
possible variations in construction
and materials. Prefabricated greenhouses
are readily available and actually...
The major purpose of this study was to identify those social behaviors
of children which a particular group of parents perceived as important in
the process of socialization. This purpose was in direct support of
Western Regional Research Project W-144. The study also investigated
changes in parental evaluations of children's...
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if the level
of aspiration procedure consisting of knowledge of results plus goal-setting
possesses a motivational property as reflected in performance
on subject matter criterion instruments above that of knowledge of
results alone in an undergraduate biology course. In addition the
study...
This study focused on the worldminded attitudes of
Japanese college students in Japan and in the United States.
The effects of studying abroad and the change in attitudes
between Japanese college male students and female students
were examined in terms of worldmindedness, which is defined
as a frame of reference,...
The relative enrichment of skin sebaceous gland lipids with deuterium-labeled α-tocopherol was compared with plasma enrichment to evaluate the delivery of vitamin E to skin. For the first week of this study, each subject consumed a daily dose of deuterated vitamin E (150 mg of an equimolar mixture of RRR-α-[5-(C²H₃)]-(d₃)...
Four experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of
growth-promoting treatments on potato sprouts and plantlets grown in
vitro, and to determine the relationships between growth rate and
eradication of PVX and PVS through shoot-tip culture.
The approach consisted of exposing plant material to potential
growth-regulating treatments, selecting the more...
El Salvador's land resources are intensively cultivated.
Labor is relatively abundant and wages are low. This study
analyzed the effects of government policies and observed farm
price distortions on enterprise/weed control system choices
and associated income-employment effects.
A regional linear programming framework was employed to
analyze the effects of alternative...