After nearly 20 years of commercial use in orchards without
apparent tree injury in Oregon and Washington, 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)
acetic acid] was reported in 1970 to cause injury to apple
and pear trees in Washington. In the early 1970's, there was widespread
concern among growers, researchers, and processors in the...
I. REPRODUCTION AND LAMB PRODUCTION Relationships among hemoglobin (Hb) genotypes and reproduction and production traits were examined in 294 four- and five-year-old North Country Cheviot, Dorset, Finnsheep or Romney x Suffolk or Columbia-type crossbred ewes. Hb BB ewe lambs were youngest at first estrus and Hb AA ewe lambs were...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of
three methods of changing vocational educators' sex-role perceptions
of themselves and their sex-role perceptions of males and females to
a more androgynous state. The hypotheses tested were: (1) there
is no difference in sex -role...
This research design was based upon the mutual relevance
between the fields of education and anthropology to cause cognitive
cultural awareness by the teachers of adults as well as visibility
within the Mexican American ethnic group.
Specifically the purpose of this study was twofold:. (1) to
determine whether the adult...
This analysis of Colombia's System of National Park Reservations
accomplishes four objectives: 1) The historical development of national
parks in Colombia was described; 2) The status, as of August,
1974, of the areas administered by the Colombian Renewable Natural
Resources Development Institute (INDERENA) was summarized; 3) An
analysis of major...
The relationships of serum T₄
(thyroxine) levels and liver
nicotinamide nucleotide coenzyme (NAD and NADP) levels with production
of traits of beef cattle were investigated at both weaning (182
kg) and following performance testing (363 kg). In addition, the value
of these parameters as selection criteria for improved performance
was...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent
to which phoneme and grapheme-phoneme contrasts between English and
Spanish influence the word-decoding skills of Spanish-speaking adults
who are early readers of English.
The major objectives of the research were to investigate:
1. The differences...