Agonistic behavior among three species of Microtus live-trapped
near Corvallis, Oregon was recorded in order to interpret habitat
segregation by the species in areas of syrnpatry. The method used to
measure agonistic interaction was similar to that of Colvin (1970).
Agonistic behavior was recorded under red light in a neutral...
Addition of the methylcarbamate compounds p-chlorophenyl
N-methylcarbamate (PPG-124) and 1-naphthyl N-methylcarbamate
(carbaryl) to various herbicides has resulted in reduced rates of
degradation. Carbaryl affects the degradation of certain herbicides
in both plants and soils while PPG-124 has only been demonstrated
to affect degradation in soils. Both these materials are effective...
The extension and convergence of positive operators is investigated by means of a monotone approximation technique. Some generalizations and extensions of Korovkin's monotone operator theorem on C[0, 1] are given. The concept of a regular set is introduced and it is shown that pointwise convergence is uniform on regular sets....
The kernel subtraction method of Kantorovich and Krylov is
studied in the setting of "Collectively Compact Operator Approximation
Theory." Fredholm integral equations of the second kind have
weakly singular kernels smoothened by a simple manipulation. This
allows for accurate numerical estimates of low order. The method
is first explained in...
In this thesis we examine the approximation theory of the
eigenvalue problem of bounded linear operators defined on a Banach
space, and its applications to integral and differential equations.
Special cases include the degenerate kernel method, projection method,
collocation method, the Galerkin method, the method of moments, and
the generalized...
A biographical study of Denison Olmsted, focusing upon his
own Christian world view and its connection with his various
activities in science, supports the view that religion served as a
significant factor in the promotion of science in America during this
time period. Olmsted taught physics, meteorology and astronomy
at...
This report is a preliminary presentation of temperature microstructure
data resulting from the Mixed Layer Experiment (MILE) at Ocean
Station P (55°N, 145°W) during August-September 1977. During the MILE
experiment, the Caldwell research group conducted 381 casts over a period
of 21 days from the R/V OCEANOGRAPHER, using a Microstructure...
