The problem that is attacked in this paper is that of analyzing
and predicting the response of a balanced detector when it is driven
by short, periodic bursts of RF energy. There is, however, sufficient information provided to extend the analysis to virtually any
circumstance of balanced detector operation.
The...
The composition and some qualitative aspects of ground beef
offered for sale in Corvallis, Oregon were studied. Samples were
purchased from six retail markets twice weekly throughout a six
week test period. Three stores were independently owned and operated
and three were chain stores.
Differences in moisture, fat and protein...
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...
The free fatty acids of milk fat are believed to be involved in
imparting flavor properties to milk and other dairy products. In the
past the free fatty acids have largely been related to quality deterioration
and hence the methods for measurement have been devised to
determine the changes in...
The purpose of this investigation was to modify the procedure
of Bills, Khatri and Day for use in the development of a suitable
method for determining the quantitative distribution of the free fatty
acids (FFA) in normal, heated, and rancid milk and milk fractions
The method consists of extracting the...
The unique flavor of high quality Swiss cheese is difficult to
reproduce in commercial market cheese. Swiss cheese flavor has
never been duplicated or thoroughly understood. New techniques and
advances in flavor research have enabled better definition and understanding
of food flavors. Therefore, it was desirable to make a detailed...
The electrophoretic behavior of sarcoplasmic proteins was
investigated by the use of vertical acrylamide gel electrophoresis.
The first part of the study was concerned with the separation of
sarcoplasmic proteins extracted at different times of post-mortem
aging. Electrophoresis of the sarcoplasmic extracts by the discontinuous
technique, using ten percent acrylamide...
When the dc conductivities of various pure KC1 crystals were
compared it was found that crystals grown under an HC1 atmosphere,
from salt purified by ion exchange, exhibited lower knee temperatures
than any of the crystals studied. These knee temperatures
were found to be approximately 350°C. From this the total...
Effects of high temperature aging upon certain characteristics
of bovine l. dorsi muscle were studied. Paired wholesale ribs of
carcasses were obtained subsequent to slaughter. The left rib of
each pair was held at 30°C for 24 hours, then stored at 3°C.
Analogous right ribs were immediately stored at 3°C....
The incorporation of europium and dysprosium in potassium
chloride crystals was investigated. The crystals were prepared by
the Kyropoulos method from melts containing the rare-earth chlorides.
The concentration of these rare-earth ions in the crystals was determined
by neutron-activation analysis. The distribution coefficient of
europium and dysprosium between the molten...
A survey of the methods of purification of KC1, for use in
preparing single crystals by growth from the melt, was made. Two
methods, fractional recrystallization and ion exchange, were used.
The purity of the salt and crystals grown from the same salt were
compared with the findings of other...
The dc conductivity of single crystals of vanadium pentoxide
was measured in the three crystallographic directions. The temperature
range examined was -165°C to +25°C. The activation energy
of the conduction process was isotropic and found to be .56 ev. The
conductivity was anisotropic.
Measurements of the Hall effect were attempted...
Eola rasp leaf of cherry was first described by Milbrath and
Reynolds in Oregon in 1961. Dr. Cadman of the Scottish Horticultural
Research Institute suggested that this disease was incited by a strain
of tomato ringspot virus (TomRSV), but since then controversial results
with some isolates of EoIa rasp leaf...
Recent studies have shown that when milk fat is heated, a
homologous series containing the n-alkyl members of methyl ketones
with odd numbers of carbon in their chains are produced (48; 44; 38;
and 3). The same series of compounds also is found in evaporated
and dried whole milk and...
The purposes for which the fractionation of proteins are
carried out are quite varied and manyfold. However, one of the
more important reasons is that of determining the nature and the
extent of autolysis or proteolysis on the bovine muscle proteins
during post mortem aging. Hence, the development of a...
Vanadium pentoxide electrodes were prepared by melting
the powdered oxide around a platinum foil in a pyrex tube. The
electrode was discharged, and the discharge product was studied,
but not identified, by means of chemical and x-ray diffraction analysis.
A study was made of the relationship between the electrode
potential...
Numerous investigations have been made on the contribution of
butter cultures to the flavor of cultured cream butter, but production
of uniform cultured cream butter has not been possible in industry.
Therefore, it was desirable to investigate in detail the qualitative
and quantitative chemistry of the flavor of high quality...
Previous work on the rose mosaic virus has produced uncertainty
concerning the identity and properties of this virus. This work was
undertaken to help establish the true identity of the virus and to determine
some of its properties.
A mechanically transmissible virus associated with rose mosaic
virus disease of Rosa...
The over-tenderization of irradiated-sterilized meat is one
of the more important adverse effects resulting from the use of
irradiation for the preservation of meat. Although research has
been reported on the activity and effect of the inherent proteolytic
enzymes of irradiated meat, very little work has been directed toward
the...
Vanadium pentoxide single crystals were grown from the melt.
These crystals were made the cathode in an electrolytic cell and the
polarization and recovery of the electrode were studied under a
variety of experimental conditions.
A study of the electrode potential versus that of the standard
hydrogen electrode as a...
Crown gall infected and healthy Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.)
Persoon plants were analyzed for soluble amino acids. Specifically
the amino acids in young leaf, mature leaf, stem, root, and gall
tissues were quantitatively measured. The plants were inoculated
with the bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend)
Conn., on one side of...
Ion exchange chromatography methods which have been
developed in recent years appear to offer a sensitive technique that
can be utilized very advantageously in studies on various proteins
and their properties. The application of such a procedure for the
successful fractionation of bovine sarcoplasmic proteins should stimulate
interest and research...
A method for measuring chemical reaction rates in order to
distinguish between different reaction mechanisms is presented.
This method was used to study zero -, first- and second -order reactions
by analyzing the output response to a sinusoidal input of
reactant concentrations in an isothermal continuous stirred tank
reactor.
The...
This study has been concerned with the patterns of vegetative changes which occur during the first five years following logging and burning on Douglas-fir clear cuts. Knowledge of the successional sequence in the coastal forests of western Oregon is of primary importance to those concerned with the management of this...
The processes responsible for transporting and depositing thick
sections of coarse-grained terrigenous clastics on the abyssal floor
and for forming associated sedimentary structures are still conjectural.
Many workers attribute coarse deep-sea sediments and their
probable lithified equivalent, the graywackes of flysch deposits to
some type of density movement.
Deductions concerning...
Samarium
(III)
and
promethium
(III)
were
studied
by
chronopotentiometry
in
a
molten
LiCl-KC1
eutectic.
Tungsten
electrodes
were
used
to
avoid
alloying
effects
encountered
with
platinum
electrodes.
Adsorption
phenomena
were
observed
which
prevented
the
study
of
any
kinetic
effects.
The
quarter
wave
potentials
were
measured
as:
Sm(III)
=
0.95
±
0.05...
The effects of estrogen treatment on uterine weight, uterine
nucleic acid content and adrenal weight were studied. Daily doses
of 0.05μg or 0.1 μg of Estradiol 17-β were administered subcutaneously
to seven day castrated female rats for periods varying
from 0 to 168 days. After two days of treatment uterine...
A cruise of the R/V Yaquina off Oregon during June and July of
1968 provided data for a study of the relationships of hydrographic
and chemical parameters to estimates of biological activity. The
emphasis was on carbon and nitrogen reservoirs. Phytoplankton pigments,
nitrogen and C/N ratio were used along with...
An
investigation was
made
into certain
aspects
of
protein
synthesis
at
different
developmental stages
of the
flesh fly
Sarcophaga
bullata.
This
included
measurements
of the
incorporation of
labeled
amino
acids into
protein
by intact cells
from
a
single
organ, the
larval
fat
body,
and
a
study
of
amino
acid
activating...
Members of the family Simuliidae were studied in a single,
confined drainage system. In addition to determining the occurrence
and distribution of the species present, biological and ecological
observations were made. Specific measurements and observations
were accomplished to determine as much as possible about the habitat
specificity and life cycle...
The impact of the electronic computer on the teaching
of mathematics, science, and engineering has created
the need for a relatively low cost instructional digital
computer. SPEDTAC (stored Program Educational Digital
Transistorized Automatic Computer) was designed specifically
to fulfill this need.
The prototype described is a serial, solid state,
single...
Reports of investigations on nucleases in arterial tissue are
few in number. The present study is concerned with the purification
and characterization of an aortic ribonuclease.
An endonuclease (ARNase I) isolated from the bovine aorta has
been purified 4611 fold by means of fractionation with ethanol, acid
extraction, isoionic precipitation,...
A report in the literature suggesting that the use of cottage
cheese dressing cultured with S. diacetilactis would afford enhanced
flavor and shelf life in the finished product prompted this study to
examine reasons for its effectiveness. The method used involved
addition of a culture of S. diacetilactis 18-16 to...
During the summer of 1967 a fertilizer survey was conducted
to determine the nutrient status of peppermint fields, the nutrient
concentration of plant tissue and the oil content of peppermint in
Oregon.
Plant and soil samples and the field's fertilizer history
were collected from cooperators in
Oregon's peppermint growing
areas...
The main objectives of this study were to determine the
effect of certain environmental conditions on the quantity of poly-galacturonase (PG) produced by V. albo-atrum, and to partially
purify and characterize the PGs produced by this fungus in culture
and in infected tomato plants.
V. albo-atrum produced twenty times as...
Sisson's formally exact series solution for momentum, heat and
mass transfer in steady two-dimensional or axi-symmetrical constant-property,
laminar boundary layer flow was examined. A new series
was proposed for the boundary condition accounting for the mass
transfer at the surface of the body on which the boundary layer is
formed....
The utilization of historical data is suggested as an approach to
solving some of the difficulties involved in the estimating of activity
durations in critical path scheduling.
The historical data presented show the effects of various
weather conditions upon the performance of human labor and mechanical
equipment. When combined with...
Studies were conducted to determine the competitive ability of
medusahead, Taeniatherum asperum (Sim.), for nitrogen when grown in
association with perennial range grass species. The method used to
determine this competitive ability was to compare the dry weight,
percent nitrogen, and total nitrogen of medusahead and perennial
wheatgrass species growing...
A sensitive ion chamber-electrometer system was used to determine
the Oregon State University TRIGA III reactor's ⁴¹Ar production
rate as a function of steady state reactor power and production of ⁴¹Ar
due to reactivity pulses up to $3.00. The relative contributions of the
argon duct effluent and the pneumatic transfer...
This study was designed (1) to identify and describe young
homemakers' problems through expressed difficulties in homemaking
activities, (2) to investigate the relationship between the expressed
problem areas and the homemakers' length of marriage,
family composition, employment status and family income, and
(3) to determine additional homemaking information young homemakers...
Studies were conducted to determine the influence of formulation and molecular configuration of some chlorinated-phenoxyalkylcarboxylic acid herbicides on their absorption, translocation and metabolism in bigleaf maple, Acer macrophyllum, Pursh. Five to eight year old bigleaf maple seedlings were treated with one percent solutions of carbon 14-labeled herbicids. After three days...
An intensive chemical investigation, that includes the
determinations of salinity, oxygen, nutrients, pH, alkalinity, and
total carbon dioxide of the Columbia River plume off the Oregon
coast in July 1967 shows the following unique features:
1. Along the axis of the river plume both the salinity minimum and
temperature maximum...
This investigation was undertaken to determine 1) the effects
of various carbon sources in defined media on pectolytic enzyme production,
2) the effect of the incubation period on pectolytic enzyme
activity, and 3) the development of improved methods for the purification
and characterization of the polygalacturonases (PG) produced
by Fusarium...
The primary objective of this study was to develop a prototype
instrument of procedures and criteria to be used by community college
s for self-analysis and evaluation purposes. The study grew out of
the recognized need to assess and improve the effectiveness and pertinence
of community college philosophies, roles and...
Purpose of Study:
The purpose of this study was to find the specific qualifications
of a programmer in order that counselors and educators can better
advise students who are interested in electronic data processing for
career purposes. The information received from the data processing
companies will offer some criteria on...
Reproductive characteristics of introduced eastern cottontail
rabbits, Sylvilagus floridanus (J. A. Allen), were determined from
486 rabbits collected between January 1, 1968 and June 30, 1969,
near Corvallis, Oregon.
Sex ratios were 1:1 for all rabbits collected and for all embryos
20 days or more gestation. On the basis of...
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Experiments are reported which demonstrate that a cobalt deficiency
in R. meliloti results in a decreased cytochrome content of
bacterial cells. It is concluded that the effect of cobalt deficiency
on cytochrome content of Rhizobium cells and on the leghemoglobin
content of nodules possibly may be explained by an effect...
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...
The objective of the thesis was to determine the effects of
isolated coumestrol on the growth, carcass characteristics and
certain organs of wether lambs. The first of two trials was conducted
over an eight week period with two groups of heavy wether
lambs. Trial two was conducted over an 11...
An investigation was undertaken to determine whether
potassium is indeed necessary for the in vivo synthesis of a
specific protein. The effects of univalent cations on the
inductive formation of nitrate reductase and on the level of
activity of representative non-adaptive enzyme are presented.
Cultures of Neurospora crassa were grown...
Waste water lagoons have been used as a satisfactory means of
treating domestic and certain industrial wastes in many parts of the
country. Many of the parameters that govern the applicability of this
type of treatment process are climatic in nature, and critical evaluation
of local climatic conditions, as well...
The infectivity of plant viruses was suppressed by
inhibitory substances (IS) in the sap of Chenopodium. Various
methods were attempted to find an efficient method which would allow direct transmission of viruses from Chenopodium to other plants. Viruses used in these experiments were alfalfa mosaic
virus (AMV), tobacco mosaic virus...
This project was initiated in an attempt to control furunculosis
(Aeromonas salmonicida) in a production hatchery rearing coho salmon.
An oral vaccine was prepared and administered to 520,000
juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at the Siletz River Salmon
Hatchery prior to the onset of a predictable naturally occurring
epizootic of...