The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the theory of Boolean matrices and apply this theory to construct contact networks by using algebraic methods.
The first section of this paper (Chapter I to III) describes Boolean algebra and its properties, the theory of Boolean matrices, and the...
This paper describes an investigation of a matrix algebraic method to determine isomorphism in pairs of undirected graphs. The method is described in some detail. The theoretical as well as the practical difficulties are given. It is shown that the method works for some cases. When the adjacency matrix of...
The material in this paper is divided into the following four chapters for convenience. Chapter 1 explains, how the idea of fault testing changed from testing the machine instructions to testing the hardware in logic circuits. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 present the different approaches considered, namely:
1. Path sensitizing...
Contemporary database systems are used in a variety of business applications requiring rapid retrieval of online data. When records contain unique information indexed by a single key, the retrieval operation can be simplified. However, when added generality and flexibility is needed, inverted files and sophisticated data models result in a...
In analyses of multivariate data, a classification of the data into related groups is frequently desired. This is generally referred to as the clustering problem. It has been studied in detail and many clustering algorithms exist. Most of these algorithms, however, require experimenting with the actual data before satisfactory results...
This paper describes a Lesson Generating System for CAI, which, by relieving the course author from the burden of programming, provides an efficient means for developing courseware to augment classroom instruction.
The paper describes research on the representation of knowledge. The goal is to develop a formalism which can be used for the testing of hypotheses on the nature of human understanding and as a foundation or artificial intelligence programs. The ideas expressed herein are implemented in a program which converses...
The information processing industry is one of the fastest growing, and most dynamic industries on the scientific as well as business scene, today. Progress in designing and applying computing systems has out raced progress in evaluating their performance. In order to circumvent this trend, there should be a simultaneous development...
A digital computer is characterized by the instruction set it executes. Each machine instruction is a bit pattern which is to be interpreted by the central processing unit CPU. The traditional way to interpret a machine instruction is to use random hardware. A contemporary approach is to install a program...
The northern Oregon coast suffers extensive loss of land as a result of landslides which constitute the primary mechanism of coastline recession. Both real property and structures along the coast have been destroyed and this destruction will continue. In certain instances, it may be feasible to protect property by engineered...
Stem form development of trees in response to wind has been established in the literature to be a response to stem sway induced by the wind. The response is manifested in modifications to height and diameter growth which strengthen the stem against wind stresses. Experiments in the literature show that...
Buffer strips have been proposed as a method for controlling temperature changes in streams adjacent to clear-cuttings. Nine small mountain streams in Oregon's Coast Range and Cascade Mountains were studied to determine the influence of buffer strips on water temperature. Timber volume in the strip, strip width, and canopy density...
This paper describes the analysis of data from a three-year gross time study of skyline, balloon, and helicopter yarding systems operating in Western Oregon. Data collection activities were designed and supervised by the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service. The specific logging systems studied were running...
As the demands for forest products increase, additional timber harvesting operations can be expected on steep mountainous terrain, The resulting disruption of natural slope stability by man's disturbances (roadbuilding, logging and vegetative manipulation, etc.) may also accelerate mass movement processes in this terrain. Swanston (1969) defines mass movement as ".,...
The popularity of gravity-return skyline logging systems is now increasing in the Western United States. Simplicity seems to be the basis for their success. While two drum yarders are most commonly used, ·some systems, such as the Wyssen, use only a single drum for yarding. Carriages commonly used with these...
Commercial thinning young growth forests is an increasingly
important silvicultural technique for improving second growth
management of Douglas-fir stands. Research aimed at advancing the
efficiency of skyline logging operations in small wood timber stands
is essential in order to make thinning these young stands economical.
The purpose of this study...
This paper describes the results of a time study conducted on the
Sierra National Forest to determine production capacity of the Madill 044
Skyline Yarding Crane operating in a partial cut situation for old-growth
mixed conifer stands. The yarder was rigged in the running skyline configuration
and used a Danebo...
Environmental concerns have prompted the need for reviving an old art: controlled felling. The methods currently used, jacking and lining, present new and varied problems for the faller in today's environment. One of the major concerns of the faller is the purpose of this paper what kind of forces are...
The preparation of suitable sites for planting and growing of tree seedlings following logging is recognized by British Columbia Forest Service as a major silvicultural problem in the Central and Northern Interior regions of the province. Over the past few decades, scarification trials have been made with various types of...
Results of a recent production study indicate that a four man
crew thinning young growth Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga mensiezii (Mirb.)
Franco] with an Iglarid-Jones Trailer Alp can produce 1360 to 1460
cubic feet (38 to 41 cubic metres; 8160 to 8750 bd. ft.,) per eight
hour day on slopes of 10...
In recent years, inflation and a growing concern for soil compaction and environmental damage have affected both the forest manager and the logger. Balloons, helicopters, and skylines have been used to harvest timber and the results have been promising
(Dykstra, 1975, 1976). However, the high cost of using these aerial...
In order to appraise timber, it is necessary to estimate logging costs with reasonable accuracy. The purpose of this study is to provide a rethod for estimating log loading costs in the Intermountain Region. Nine different log loaders were studied loading from cold decks on six USDA. Forest Service timber...
In recent years considerable work has been done in the development of improved logging machinery. The word improvement may bring to mind entirely new or improved systems which offer the logger greater mobility and efficient use of manpower. Logging has generally been labor intensive, however, "The need to achieve greater...
The comercial thinning of second-growth stands in the Pacific Northwest is becoming increasingly important for satisfying the demand for timber. Cable logging will require the rigging of smaller intermediate support trees rather than those utilized on old-growth timber sales. This paper reports on the results of a study designed to...
In northeast China, logging has three stages; timber
harvest, transportation and the operations inside a timber
yard. The timber yard is an intermediate transhipment point between truck transport and rail transport to manufacturing centers. The transhipment capacity of the timber yard is often the limiting acitivity in the logging chain....
Gradeability of log trucks is limited by either
vehicle rimpull or ground-tire adhesion. The analysis presented shows that log trucks in current use in the Pacific Northwest are limited by tire-slip gradeability rather than by rimpull. Analytic techniques were used to determine that gradeability is greatest for piggyback and least...
Potentially large savings can be realized within the forest industry by improved machine scheduling, labour scheduling, machine investment, inventory management, and the maximization of wood value. Forecasting must change within the forest industry from Ttguesstimatesll to more efficient production forecasting models. Much work needs to be done with data collection...
Intensive forest management requires efficient logging techniques
to remain economical. Commercial thinnings and shorter
rotations increase piece count inversely to piece size. Continued
research aimed toward effective log handling processes is essential.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate one case of a self-loading
log truck (integral loader and...
This paper describes the analysis of data from a three-year gross time study of skyline, balloon, and helicopter yarding systems operating in Western Oregon. Data collection activities were designed and supervised by the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service. The specific logging systems studied were running...
This paper describes the results of a study conducted in the
Sierra Nevadas located in California to determine the production rates,
s.kidding costs and the extent of soil disturbance and compaction on two
partial cut units harvested with a Caterpillar D-7F. A harvest unit
with preplanned skid trails and winching...
California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) were studied on Hart Mountain, Oregon, during the summer and fall of 1976, and the spring of 1977. The population consisted of a minimum of 196 sheep in June, 1977. The high number of lambs observed and high lamb:ewe ratios throughout both years of...
Surface and subsurface data are combined to determine the structure of the western half of the Simi fault system in the Las Posas and Camarillo Hills area. Cretaceous to Eocene sedimentary rocks, present only in the subsurface, are overlain by late Eocene to early Miocene nonmarine stata (Sespe Formation) and...
Despite a relative decline in the size of Oregon's
sheep industry, the problem of sheep depredation remains
a serious economic and environmental dilemma in need of
objective examination and innovative solutions. An investigative
report on the problem as it occurs in Benton County
can contribute to the information required to...
The annual growth rate for the Corvallis-Benton County
area has traditionally been higher than the growth rate for the
State of Oregon. Corvallis is considered to be one of the most
densely settled communities in the state. Since 1972, Corvallis
has experienced a drastic decline in the number of housing...
The Pennsylvanian rocks in south-central Idaho and adjacent areas consist of three main facies: a platform facies, a shelf facies, and a marginal basin facies. The platform facies is represented by the Amsden, Quadrant, and Tensleep Formations, in southwestern Montana and western Wyoming, and contain Middle and probably Lower Pennsylvanian...
The purpose of this study was to determine the nature and amountof genetic variation and possible associations between winterhardinessand earliness in winter x spring wheat crosses.Four winter wheat cultivars selected for differences in earlinessand winterhardiness were crossed with a nonhardy, day length insensitivespring wheat cultivar. The following year, experiments containing...
The objective of this project was to determine the limitations of the distillation equipment available and to design suitable experiments for chemical engineering students with these limitations in mind. This paper, then, serves as an operating manual and reference guide to the use of the glass distillation equipment and the...
Copper deficiency and Mo-induced Cu deficiency are nutrition
problems of ruminant livestock in the Burns and Klamath Falls area
of Oregon. Chemical analysis of plant and soil samples was used to
survey Cu and Mo levels in forage in these areas. The objectives
were to assess the possibility of animal...
Field studies designed to study residual effects from fertilizer
molybdenum were initiated in September 1971 on established grass-clover
pastures at ten sites in Western Oregon. Treatments were 0.0
and 1.12 kg molybdenum /ha on plots receiving 0-35-0-20S fertilizer (elemental sulfur-S) and 0.0, 0.56, 1.12 and 2.24 kg molybdenum /ha on...
During the Spring of 1969, 47 surface soil samples (0 to 15 cm)
as well as foliage samples of subterranean clover were collected from
32 selected western Oregon pastures, in an effort to determine their
molybdenum status and to evaluate the use of anion exchange resin
method as a means...
This thesis presents an economic analysis for a proposed toll
road which is to separate different types of traffic such as pedestrians,
slow speed vehicles and high speed motor vehicles, and to
divert through traffic from the local roads. The use of a toll road
usually provides significant savings in...
The genus Coenonycha contains 30 described species of small to
medium sized scarabs. They are found in the arid and semi-arid
regions of western United States and northern Baja California. The
adults feed at night on several genera of xerophylous plants.
An examination of the male genitalia of the 19...
The purpose of this thesis was (1) to determine a dietary regimen which would produce the greatest incidence of cardiac calcification in the cotton rat and (2) to determine the fatty acid composition of heart tissue.
Maximum incidence of cardiac calcification occurred from feeding torula yeast ration supplemented with 0.5%...
The reproductive characteristics of the mountain cottontail
rabbit, Sylvilagus nuttalli (Bachman), were investigated from 269
specimens collected in central Oregon between 28 May 1968 and
28 August 1969.
Male rabbits were in breeding condition between mid-February
and 3 July 1969. Nearly 77% of the females bore four litters between
7...
A constant temperature anemometer, utilizing quartz coated hot
film probes, was used to measure velocities from .1 to 5 cm/sec.
The effects on anemometer performance due to time, reimmersion,
and metallic sensor coatings were examinated by repeated calibrations
of the probes. Contrary to previous published results, calibration
change due to...
The thesis area includes 54 square miles of the southeastern
Cuddy Mountains in west-central Idaho. The oldest rocks within the
area are plutonic phases of the Jurassic Cuddy Mountain complex.
These and Cretaceous (?) intrusive and associated (?) extrusive rocks
and nearby Triassic to Early Jurassic metasedimentary and metavolcanic
rocks...
There are six types of Cl. botulinum (Types A, B, C, D, E,
and F). The differentiation between these types is based upon the
antigenic structure of the toxin. Many strains of these various types
have been isolated. In addition, a number of nontoxigenic "type Elike"
strains have come to...
The thesis area includes 44 square miles of the Centennial
Range in Beaverhead County, Montana, and Clark County, Idaho.
The rocks exposed in the area range in age from Precambrian
to Recent and have been divided into 23 mapped units. Pre-Belt
metamorphic basement rocks are overlain unconformably by 3,433
feet...
This programmed text covers the basic elements of the theory
of modulation. It is by no means a comprehensive reference to
modulation topics. The text is designed to introduce the student to
modulation in general terms. After successful completion of this
text, the student should be able to advance to...
A study was conducted to determine the quantity and character
of substances leached from logs floating in water, and the rate of
leaching of these substances. The species of wood studied were Douglas
fir and ponderosa pine. The research was carried out in a controlled
laboratory environment with log sections...
A prototype deep ocean nuclear moisture meter was developed
based on the detection of epithermal neutrons backscattered from
marine sediment molecules. Development consisted of choosing a
source, a detector, containment materials, and associated counting
equipment, followed by the construction and calibration of the probe.
Thermal neutron response of the probe...
This study was designed to determine personal and professional
traits of effective and ineffective selected home economics teachers of
sophomore girls and to discover if characteristics of effective and
ineffective teachers varied between large schools of 1,000 or more
pupils and small schools with 500 or fewer students.
A survey...
The object of this research was to study the effect of readily
available carbohydrates (RAC) upon the utilization of urea in fattening
rations and to determine the effect upon carcass characteristics
that determine quality and yield grades. A 2 x 2 latin square designed
feedlot trial comparing urea at 0.5%...
Changes occurring in our society affect the food service industry
and cause a growing demand for trained food service workers.
This has stimulated the need for vocational training programs at
many levels. The federal government has recognized this need and
provided funds for establishing and carrying out certain vocational
training....
Concentrated culture supernatants from strains of Vibrio
parahaemolyticus of gastroenteric origin, "suspected" V. parahaemolyticus
isolated from cases of skin infection, nonpathogenic marine
Vibrio, V. anguillarum and V. alginolyticus, were submitted to flat
gel electrophoresis, followed by the examination of the polyacrylamide
gels for total protein and enzyme patterns.
Variations related...
There is an increasing body of evidence that the pineal gland acts
as a neuroendocrine transducer, translating neural information about
environmental lighting condition into hormonal information. In the
rat, light controls the production of melatonin which acts via the
hypothalamic-hypophyseal pathway to control the function of the gonads,
A similar...
The experiment was conducted at the Soap Creek farm ponds
near Corvallis, Oregon. Oregon Moist Pellet and Purina Trout
Chow at three different rates of feeding for each diet were used
to feed fingerling channel catfish stocked at the rate of 1,000 per
acre. A complete random design and Fisher's...
Predetermining the ultimate capacity of piles driven into purely
cohesive soils and purely cohesionless soils involves, respectively,
the consideration of soil shear strength in a completely undrained and
a completely drained condition. For the intermediate cases concerning
soils that possess both cohesion and internal friction (silts, clayey
silts, sandy clays,...
Changes in educational programs should be implemented only
after a careful evaluation of the product. Information about the product
in education is often not available to planners of vocational education
programs. A follow-up study of former students is a means by
which information about graduates may be collected and used...
The objectives of this study were to evaluate environmental
factors influencing use of several plant communities by cattle, elk
and deer; determine under story production by plant species and the
amount utilized by cattle, elk and deer in certain plant communities;
evaluate the interactions of range use between cattle, elk...
The selenium-responsive syndromes and the discovery of
Factor 3-selenium focused attention on selenium in metabolism. Two
hypotheses have been advanced to explain the metabolic effect of
selenium: 1) substitution or sparing of alpha tocopherol, and 2) a
primary role in metabolism. The first hypothesis is supported by
Scott and Desai,...
Sodium ligninsulfonate, a water soluble wide-range molecular
weight polymeric by-product of the paper pulping industry, is
added as waste effluent to water ways or burned, causing extreme
pollution. The polymer is highly resistant to biodegradation. Therefore,
modification of the structure to a more readily biodegradable
form would be desirable, to...
The primary objective of this thesis is to study, characterize
and compare four types of Scenedesmus obliquus pigment mutants with
the wild-type strain. The specific nature of the carotenoids synthesized
in both heterotrophically and myxotrophically-grown cells, Hill
reaction activity, photoreduction activity, and total photosynthetic
activity of these cells are examined....
A method is developed for calculating the reactivity
worth of the heavy water coolant of the Plutonium
Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR). The coolant reactivity
worth is determined by calculating the effective multiplication
constant of the reactor core with and without
the coolant in given process tubes. The calculational
method includes...
An integrating nephelometer was set up at the Eugene Airport
which is located five miles north of Eugene, Oregon, on Highway
99 West. Continuous atmospheric scattering coefficient readings
were obtained from July 1, 1969, to August 28, 1969. These data
are converted to meteorological range through the use of the...
To observe the effects of oviposition as related to time of insemination
on fertility, four trials were conducted in which individually
caged White Leghorn hens were artificially inseminated with 0.05 cc
of undiluted mixed semen obtained from 4 to 5 cockerels. These inseminations
were made at 9:45 a.m. , 10:00...
The pore size distribution of several battery separators were
determined experimentally by mercury penetration method using the
Aminco-Winslow porosimeter. The performances of the separators under
electrolyte penetration were also studied. The results of electrolyte
penetration revealed that the degree of penetration was affected
by the anions of the entrained salts...
The effects of roadbuilding, logging and burning upon stream
runoff responses to individual storms are evaluated for the Alsea
experimental watersheds, located in the Oregon Coast Range, The
parameters analyzed are peak discharge, induced peak discharge,
time-to-peak, and storm-runoff volume. The volume parameter is
further sub-divided into total, quick, delayed,...
Interactions between sediment bacteria and available phosphate
necessary for algal production in a eutrophic lake were studied.
Twenty percent of the organisms isolated solubilized phosphate forms
such as CaHPO₄, Ca₃(PO₄)₂, FePO₄, Mg₃(PO₄)₂ and Al₂(PO₄)₂.
Solubilization of phosphates occurred under conditions of aerobic
growth.
Upon quantitative analysis, some isolates were capable...
In January 1970, collections of Serpula vermicularis L. were
obtained from Bray Point, Oregon, for the purpose of determining the
effect of acclimation to salinity and temperature on its rate of
respiration. The worms were removed from their tubes and acclimated to one of three salinities (28.8%₀, 31.1%₀, or 35.9%₀)...
This study was designed to identify young homemakers' management
problems and to see if limitations of selected resources caused
problems. Sources used for current homemaking information were
also explored.
The sample was composed of 50 married homemakers, age 30
or under, who were living with their husbands. Homemakers were
randomly...
An experimental investigation was conducted for natural convection
heat transfer in an array of uniformly heated vertical cylinders
in mercury. The test section consisted of seven electrically heated
cylinders of 1.365 inch diameter and 3.825 inch heated length
arranged in an equilateral triangular pattern. In order to preclude
side flow...
A method for measuring the spark-shower radiance of metals
when abraded on an abrasive grinding wheel was developed for
evaluating their sparking tendency. One hundred metals were tested
and rated relative to commercially pure iron. The radiance was
measured in units of energy per solid angle per area of the...
This study was initiated in the Spring of 1966 for the purpose of
determining the present status and effectiveness of imported parasitic
wasps of the pea aphid in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
The pea aphid is a serious pest throughout the pea and alfalfa
growing regions of the...
A study of the McKenzie River floodplains, terraces and glacial
outwash plains was undertaken to classify and describe the vegetation
and soils of a previously little studied synecological unit.
During the summer of 1971, 54 analytic vegetation and soil
plots (stands) were studied. Cover and frequency of all trees, shrubs,...
The male genitalia of 69 species, representing eight genera of
sphecid wasps, were examined in order to ascertain their taxonomic
value. In all, the male genitalia of approximately 1000 specimens
were critically studied.
Emphasis was placed on the genitalia and associated sclerites
of the known males in the genus Eucerceris....
The feasibility of fluidized bed combustion of coal for commercial
and industrial steam power generation has been established
and reported in the literature. Satisfactory removal of sulfur
oxides from the combustion product gases has also been reported.
In this experiment various heat exchanger tube patterns,
of commercial size tubes, were...
Twenty-five gabion-type structures across the main stem and
tributaries of the Siuslaw River in the Oregon Coastal Range, installed
to expand the available spawning area for fish, were investigated for
their ability to perform gravel control functions such as trapping bedload
carried by the stream or holding gravel placed behind...
In this thesis we introduce alpha and beta tree acceptors,
generalizations of tree automata. The alpha tree acceptors recognize
a tree by final symbol and the beta tree acceptors by final state. We
show that alpha and beta tree acceptors recognize the same sets of
Gorn trees and demonstrate that...
Withdrawal from a two-layer flow field is examined in terms of
the degree of selectivity of the withdrawal flow and its dependence
on an ambient current. Selectivity is defined as the bias of withdrawing
one layer more strongly than the other; the extreme' case is
complete selective withdrawal, where one...
Currently, the Port of Portland is developing a 9, 410 acre area
at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers in Multnomah
County, Oregon. This area will be developed for industrial, commercial,
and recreational use. The recreational development in the
North Portland Peninsula area, including the Rivergate Industrial
District,...
The insect fauna of a small second order intermittent stream
near Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon was studied. The species
composition was determined, attempts were made to monitor migration
to the stream, qualitative and quantitative benthos samples were
taken, emergence was sampled, the dry stream bed was examined
for forms of...
An evaluation was made of factors contributing to the service
failure of a 12 inch diameter cast iron water pipe in Pendleton, Oregon.
The quality of the pipe was found to be acceptable when compared to the
acceptance limits established by the American National Standards
Institute, Inc. However it exhibited...
The project of which this research was a part is designed to
provide an improved system of ecological resource analysis. Specific
objectives of this study were: (1) classification of plant communities
on the fringes of the sagebrush steppes and the salt desert of
southeastern Oregon, (2) development of symbolic and...
The purpose of this investigation was to locate, organize and
analyze information pertaining to clothing and household textiles of
Aurora Colony, Oregon, which existed from 185 7 to 1877. Aurora
Colony was a communal group, headed by Dr. William Kiel, which
emigrated from Bethel, Missouri to Oregon in 1857. This...
The existence of eigenvalues is shown for certain types of
integral equations with continuous kernels, the proofs utilizing some
basic results of collectively compact operator approximation theory.