A brief history of X-ray control methods is presented, and
the instrumentation requirements and physiological considerations
pertaining to an automatic X-ray control system are discussed.
The latter half of the thesis describes the design and operation
of a device which will permit medical radiographs to be taken
automatically and at...
This study was developed (1) to compare the durability and
comfort of stretch and nonstretch in certain selected denim and
gingham fabrics, (2) to test specific designs as to their self-help
features and (3) to test special features in the designs which might
be adapted easily to ready-made clothing for...
New teaching techniques are the products of a wide
spectrum of research. The final test of all teaching
techniques, however derived, is their application to
a given classroom situation. The purpose of this study
is to determine whether the "principle approach", a
relatively new teaching method in agriculture, has been...
This thesis investigated the methods of failure in the webs of
built up girders. The beams had rectangular holes five and one-half
inches wide and seven and one-half inches high with rounded corners
in a web fourteen inches deep between flanges. The longitudinal
position of the hole edge varied from...
B and C horizon samples from twenty four selected profiles along
a north-south transect in the Willamette Valley were examined for
possible correlation between shrinkage properties and kind of clay
minerals present.
Observations of linear shrinkage, weight loss from a condition
of maximum plasticity, and changing character of X-ray diffraction...
Water and methanol adsorption isotherms at 25° and 37° C.
were determined on a series of organo-bentonite clays. The clays
differed in the length of the carbon chain attached to the amine adsorbed
in the cation exchange position. The amines used had carbon
chains of 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,...
Ten experiments were conducted to determine the vitamin requirements
of coturnix quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) to 2 weeks
of age using a glucose monohydrate-isolated soybean protein diet.
A preliminary study consisting of 2 separate experiments was
conducted to determine those vitamins essential to the growing
coturnix. This study revealed that...
During construction of the embankment at Blue River Dam
placement difficulties were occasionally experienced with the filter
zone sands. In the extreme condition construction equipment became
mired and part of the fill had to be removed and wasted. A
laboratory investigation was conducted on materials from the above
project to...
The Pacific Coast variety of Douglas-fir was investigated.
The samples were tested using both forced and free vibrations. Transverse
vibrations were introduced by excitations on the side of the
samples. Forced vibrations were applied from 5000 to 0 hertz by a
vibration generator, and free vibrations were initiated by a...
In situ salinity, turbidity and temperature were measured at discrete depths and water samples for radioanalysis were simultaneously collected in the Columbia River Estuary using a specially designed instrument package. Particulate radioactivity was concentrated by filtration and the dissolved radioactivity by evaporation or ferric oxide bulk precipitation. Radioanalysis was by...
The author shows that a necessary and sufficient condition
for a convex polyhedron to be representable as a finite vector sum
of line segments is that each of its faces possesses central symmetry.
The partitioning of body fluids in the Pacific hagfish was investigated
using several experimental techniques. Direct measurement
of the blood volume was obtained through the simultaneous use
of tagged red blood cells and plasma proteins labeled with Evan's
blue dye. Blood cells obtained from donor animals were incubated
with L-methionin-methyl-C¹⁴...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relative resistance
of genetic lines of hops, Humulus lupulus (Linn.) to the
two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Koch) in western
Oregon.
Approximately three-hundred genetic lines of hops were
screened under insectory conditions during the 1965 growing season
at Corvallis, Oregon. Reduction...
This study examines in detail a continuous drop-size distribution
recorder and selected data gathered with this recorder at
various locations on 6, 15, and 31 May 1966. The drop-size distribution
recorder consists of a self-contained, mobile unit able to
operate without electric power. This recorder utilizes "Ozalid 105
SZ" filter...
The extremely fast ionization process in semiconductors offers a means of generating pulses that have sub -nanosecond rise times and high peak powers. There are several important applications of these pulses which require the duration of the generated pulse to be variable. This thesis investigates three methods of producing variable...
The vapor pressures of propylene carbonate and iso-propyl
benzoate were measured by the comparative ebulliometric method.
The range of vapor pressures were from 24.8 mm Hg to 620 mm Hg
for propylene carbonate and from 56.2 mm Hg to 760 mm Hg for
iso-propyl benzoate. To correlate the experimental data...
The
experimental
procedure
for
evaporating
silicon
monoxide
together
with
the
methods
for
measuring
the film
thickness
have
been
investigated.
The
effects
of
various
process
parameters
on
the
rate
of
deposition,
such
as
source
temperature
and
source-substrate
distance,
have
been
studied.
The
uniformity
of
silicon
monoxide
films
deposited
by
this
particular...
The enactment of the Vocational Education Act of 1963,
plus the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 and the
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 have stimulated renewed vigor
into the nation's vocational education programs. As a direct
result of these acts, new and revised programs are being developed
to...
The use of petroleum oil prevented, to varying degrees: the
transmission of three stylet-borne viruses in three different crops.
The use of oils resulted in a marked improvement in the number of
lily bulbs harvested from treated plots as compared to the number of
lily bulbs harvested from untreated plots....
The biological preparation of aflatoxins was accomplished by
culturing the mold Aspergillus flavus on various media. Aflatoxin
was isolated by chloroform extraction of the culture, and purified
by column fractionation and crystallization. Rice, wheat, soya bean,
peanut and YES media were found to give high yields of aflatoxin. It
was...
In this paper, we are concerned with the very general notion of
a universal algebra. A universal algebra essentially consists of a set
A together with a possibly infinite set of finitary operations on. A.
Generally, these operations are related by means of equations, yielding
different algebraic structures such as...
In the study of uniform convergence, one is led naturally to
the question of how uniform convergence on subsets relates to uniform convergence on the whole space. This paper develops theorems on how pointwise convergence relates to uniform convergence
on finite sets, how uniform convergence on finite subsets relates to...
Unifications among agricultural cooperatives are becoming increasingly commonplace. This process is prompted by the desire to achieve economies of size, to reduce operating costs, to achieve product diversification, to improve the quality of offered services, to eliminate overlapping memberships, and to achieve marketing and/or bargaining power. Historical data indicate that...
The seeds of Douglas fir, a representative of the gymnosperm
flora, were studied at six stages of germination to discern the structures
of food reserves and to study ultrastructural changes occurring
during germination in the embryo and resulting seedlings.
The materials were fixed in three fixatives, dehydrated with
ethanol series,...
Two-stage sulfite pulping conditions were determined which
produced a high-yield high-hemicellulose pulp from red alder (Alnus
rubra Bong.). Those cooks with a bisulfite first-stage and an alkaline
second-stage produced pulps with the highest hemicellulose
content and the highest strength properties.
The major hemicellulose in red alder is 0-acetyl-(4-0-
methylglucurono)xylan. Removal...
This thesis discusses the design and evaluation of an instrument
that can detect known signals in noise. This detector uses
two integrators to sense a difference in the received signal between
half-cycles of the known signal.
The detector is useful for sensing signals in the approximate
frequency range of 100...
The purpose of this study has been to develop
insight into the aims and goals of public library service by
considering one particular type of library activity--work
with adult groups.
To determine the influence of historical events on
such service, consideration has been given to group work of
the past...
Heat transfer from the inner wall of an annulus to subcooled
water in turbulent parallel flow was studied. The inner core of the
annulus consisted of wires varying from 0.0019 to 0.0197 inch in
diameter. The outer tube consisted of a 1.01 inch diameter glass
tube 24 inches long. Diameter...
The purpose of this study was to discover what the present trends,
practices and beliefs of home economics educators were concerning
the teaching of the undergraduate special home economics methods
courses. In order to accomplish this purpose it was believed desirable
to discover what was being done and what home...
An evaluation of the service time of an activated carbon adsorption
column and the organic carbon removal efficiency treating activated
sludge process effluent was completed at aerator detention
times of three, five, and ten hours. Parameters used for evaluation
of treatment were biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen
demand, total organic...
The recent development of the laser has made possible
communications with a beam of coherent light.
Since coherent light offers great advantages over radio
in the areas of beam directivity and information capacity,
optical communication systems have been proposed
for many uses.
The first section of this thesis gives a...
A method of locating electric transmission line towers using
ground survey data in a digital computer program is presented in this
thesis. The towers are located for maximum spacing subject to the
constraints of available tower heights, forbidden ground areas, minimum
ground clearance, and specified conductor tensions. The digital
method...