A greenhouse experiment was conducted in 1991 and in
1992 to determine the effect of soil water pressure on
potato (cv Russet Burbank) plant growth and infection by
Verticillium dahliae. Soil water pressures of -0.01,
-0.03, -0.08, or -0.15 MPa were combined factorially with
two inoculum concentrations, 0 or 10...
Soil organic carbon (SOC, kg C m-2) is an important component in evaluating global C stores. The nitrogen (TN, kg N m"2) cycle is closely linked to C and understanding its role is also important. Contents and distributions of SOC and TN in soil profiles, to 1-meter depth, were estimated...
Mentor teachers are currently seen as a solution to
education's dilemma of how to orient beginners into the
profession and provide educational advancement for its most
capable, experienced teachers. One goal of Oregon's mentor
program is to have mentors provide their proteges with
instructional assistance through an observation process.
The...
Sediment spectral reflectance measurements were generated aboard the JOIDES Resolution during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 162 shipboard operations. The large size of the raw data set (over 1.3 gigabytes) and limited computer hard disk storage space precluded detailed analysis of the data at sea, although broad band averages were used...
Seedlings of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Betula papyrifera Marsh. were grown in the greenhouse in monoculture and dual culture in soils collected from a young mixed species plantation in the southern interior of British Columbia. The objectives of the study were (i) to evaluate the ability of P. menziesii...
Pre-flood (1995), and post-flood (1996) channel stability surveys were conducted on 22 reaches along Oak Creek, Benton County, Oregon in an effort to note if the flood of February 1996 altered the channel and if the channel stability survey that was being used accurately predicted the channels resistance to change...
The current study was a content analysis of court opinions on grandparent
visitation rights using the method of grounded theory. The research questions
addressed in this study were: (a) On what bases were grandparents granted legal
standing to petition for visitation with their grandchildren? (b) What was the legal
reasoning...
In June 1988 the Japanese agreed to liberalize their
beef market which had been protected by an import quota
system for twenty-four years. The purpose of this thesis is
to draw conclusions/implications concerning the effect of
the trade agreement (1988 Import Quota Removal Agreement)
upon Japanese beef imports and the...
I offer a personal and prehistoric exploration of the concept of immanence, the principle of a divine force living, remaining, and operating within living creatures, inherent in the human, including the female; a unifying force that connects humans to each other, to nature, and to the earth. I examine the...