This dissertation addresses the problem of how best to share purchasing specifications among the community colleges of the State of Oregon. In order for Oregon's community college administrators who are responsible for the acquisition of goods and services for vocational and other programs to perform successfully, it requires the development...
The purpose of this study was to extract proteins from lentils for
use in bread making to improve nutritional quality of bread. Three
solvents, distilled water, 0.7 M NaCl and 0.05 M NaOH solutions, were
used for extraction. Extractions were done at an alkaline pH near 10
for 30 min....
A kinetics-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (KELA) for detection of serum IgG antibody against bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) was developed and optimized. Optimization factors tested included brand of microELISA plate, length of incubation periods at various temperatures, type of conjugate, purified versus precipitated antigen preparations, type of dilution buffer as...
An experiment was conducted to determine the
suitability of a new variety of yellow pea (Pisum sativum
L., var. Miranda) as a feed ingredient in broiler breeder
diets. Two-hundred twenty-five I S A Vedette dwarf broiler
breeder pullets were fed either a corn-soy (CS) or corn-pea
(CP) diet from day...
Experiments involving poults were conducted with the primary objective of studying the effects of sodium chloride on field rickets. A
second objective was to study the effects of mineral elements on reproduction of turkey breeder males and females. Three experiments were
conducted with poults. A comparison of added dietary sodium...
In the first experiment the minimum dietary toxic levels of vitamin A were determined in pregnant rabbits over three parities. The treatments consisted of basal diet plus 10,000, 30,000, 60,000, and 90,000 IU/Kg added vitamin A. The basal diet was formulated to be free of vitamin A and beta-carotene; rice...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the weight training responses of college males and females on the development of muscular strength, body weight, body composition, muscular hypertrophy, and cardiovascular fitness. A total of 60 males and 60 females volunteered to participate in this study. They...
This investigation was a two stage study performed in two urban/
rural communities in Washington State. Stage I was an effort to replicate a study performed in an eastern Virginia school district whereby
results were obtained demonstrating that 9th graders and black students
identified teacher warmth behaviors as being important...