Developing sea urchin eggs (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus),
reared at 15° C, were subjected to single 15-minute treatments with
disodium versenate in calcium-free sea water, applied at 10-minute
intervals, from 4 minutes after insemination to the second cleavage.
These versene pulses produced specific degrees of retardation in
the mitotic process and delayed...
In previous research, bromacil gave good performance when
it was applied in early fall with fairly dry soil conditions and before
the fall germinating weeds had started growth. On the other hand,
if bromacil was applied in late November, December, or January
on nearly saturated soil with weeds that had...
The Timoshenko beam theory, as an engineering alternative to
the elementary and exact theories, introduces a factor, k', called
the shear coefficient which has been given various interpretations and
values. It is the objective of this study to experimentally evaluate
k' for a brass bar of rectangular cross-section.
Analytical results...
The effects of round, square, and reentrant entrances on flow
regimes and local heat transfer coefficients were determined using a symmetrical,
plane-wall two-dimensional, subsonic air diffuser with one
of the diverging walls heated and maintained isothermal.
Flow and heat transfer studies were made at total divergence
angles ranging from 0...
The effects of boundary geometry on internal density currents
in a density stratified reservoir were investigated in a laboratory
model. When water was simultaneously withdrawn and admitted to
the reservoir, a complex current regime was established. The general
flow pattern is described, and the influence of physical variables
on the...
The thesis presented here is a quantitative study of vacant
urban land in Corvallis, Oregon. In order to present this study the
writer first studied the available literature and found that little had
been published dealing with causal factors of vacant urban land.
Rather, it was found that several writers...
The present status of plastics is one of constant change, but
this thesis attempts to focus attention on the state of the industry as of
1967. Beginning with a brief title definition and history of plastics,
the writer proceeds to a discussion on the structural characteristics
of plastics. Under this...
Cultivated lilies include many garden varieties in addition to
the Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum Thunb. A popular member of
the garden group is Lilium speciosum Thunb., whose leaves can be
discolored by a virus symptom described as streak mottle. This
disorder is characterized by dashes of chlorotic tissue interspersed
with...
From the time when fluoroscopic screens were first used there
have been scattered references to reduction in their light output due
to age, use, etc. References are scarce and usually devoid of
quantitative data. A long-range program has been set up in an effort
to arrive at some meaningful information....
Some kinetics of the oxygen requirement of amine oxidases
have been investigated using bovine plasma monoamine oxidase (PAO)
and pea seedling diamine oxidase (DAO). A system is described for
studying enzyme reactions under controlled oxygen tension and in an
O₂-free N₂ atmosphere.
O₂ Km values were determined at two different...
Solubility studies on the heavy metal sulfides in liquid hydrogen
sulfide at room temperature were carried out using the isopiestic
method. The results were compared with earlier work and with a
theoretical result based on Raoult's Law. A relative order for the
solubilities of sulfur and the sulfides of tin,...
A gas chromatographic procedure was developed for the determination
of nanogram quantities of hydrocyanic acid using a
flame ionization detector. Excellent chromatograms were obtained
on a porous polyaromatic polymer column (Porapak Q) at 60°C. The
procedure was employed for the analysis of HCN in aqueous cyanide
solutions. Solutions as low...
The use of bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile)
to control broadleaf weeds in cereal crops has become widespread.
This herbicide has not always performed satisfactorily for reasons
which were not clearly evident.
The effects of temperature, light and humidity on the herbicidal
activity of bromoxynil on coast fiddleneck, Amsinckia intermedia,
were studied. Fiddleneck...
PART I. A chemical examination of the materials toxic to fish in
kraft pulp mill wastes has been made as part of a water pollution
study. Thirty gallons of "foul condensate" from a typical kraft mill
gave 14 g of organic material when extracted with methylene chloride,
and an additional...
This paper develops an equation, from an heuristic set of assumptions,
which describes the axial current, leakage current, resultant
electric field, and resultant earth potential occurring when
a pipeline buried within a resistive earth is subjected to a distributed,
primary, axial, electrostatic field produced from a high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) power...
This thesis deals with the output statistics of nonlinear devices.
It develops the classical output autocorrelation function in two dimensions
and extends the theory to three and four dimensions. Closed
form solutions for the output correlation function in two and three
dimensions are given for the full- and half-wave rectifier...
The concentrations of iodophor necessary to reduce the activity
of several metabolic enzyme systems 50 percent was used as the
basic approach in attempts to elucidate the mechanism of germicidal
action of iodine. For comparisons, a chlorine-releasing germicide
(Trichlorocide) and a quaternary ammonium compound were also
tested. It was found...