The genome of the nuclear polyhedrosis virus which infects the
larvae of the tussock moth, the lepidopteran, Hemerocampa
pseudotsugata, was isolated, identified as deoxyribonucleic acid, and
characterized in terms of its physical and biological properties. An
isolation procedure for the viral DNA was established which consisted
of the following steps:...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship
between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of
language development in "disadvantaged" children.
The subjects were 19 preschool children in a summer Head
Start program in Denver, Colorado. Their ages ranged from four
years-nine months to five years-seven months. Eighteen...
The purposes of this study were: to collect information relative
to the content of the sex education information adolescents have received
from selected sources, to ascertain their appraisal of the
value of this information and to test hypotheses concerning communication
and dissemination of information on sexual topics between
adults and...
Internship and field experience programs have been used to
prepare educators for roles in public school teaching and administration;
junior college and university teaching, and adult education.
Based on a survey of the literature it is apparent that little attention
has been given to the role that these internship and...
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...
This study is a comparison of the extent of acceptance by peers
in first-born children and last-born children.
The following hypothesis was tested: There is no difference in
peer acceptance of the first-born child as compared to the last-born
child.
The subjects were students between the ages of 11 years...
Salinity, temperature, oxygen, phosphate, nitrate and silicate
observations were taken by Oregon State University on 17 hydrographic
cruises in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean during 1966. Alkalinity, pH
and total CO2 were taken on special occasions. Nine cruises were
taken along the Newport line. The rest were special cruises made
off...
This issue of the PMFC bulletin focuses primarily on the English sole, including results of tagging off of various coasts and studies of various populations of English sole. It also gives a review of sablefish tagging in California and details the Oregon trawl fishery for mink food up to 1965.