Dimension analysis, acetylene reduction and canopy structure measurements were used to evaluate the relationship between density and dry weight production, nitrogen (N₂) fixation and photosynthate partitioning (as indicated by dimension analysis) in 5-year-old red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) plantations established at three initial spacings. Density strongly affected most dry weight...
Analysis of import trade since 1976 shows that forests of the Pacific Northwest provide
Japan with the largest share of pine mushrooms (Tricholoma spp.) outside of East Asia.
To determine whether North American pine mushrooms (Tricholoma magnivelare (Peck)
Redhead) merit more intensive management in the southern Cascade Range, a major...
Maritime cyclonic windstorms cause widespread disturbance to forested ecosystems in southeast Alaska. The consequence of this disturbance process on the movement, storage, and quality of soil carbon, forest hydrology and streamwater chemistry was studied along a windthrow disturbance sequence. Soil profiles were described and the thickness of the major organic...
T cells are one of the key cells in the immune system. Although they are not the first line of defense against a pathogen, their functions can greatly enhance the phagocytosis and destruction of pathogens as well as the development of antibody responses. Furthermore, even when responding T cells have...
To utilize energy resources as efficiently as possible has
become a necessity today. The purpose of this study is to see
how this can be done by extending burnup in a light water reactor.
Specifically, an in-out refueling scheme might extract the maximum
energy from nuclear fuel during its redidence...
Independent fission product yields are primary input nuclear
data in the evaluation of nuclear reactor after-heat when using a
nuclide-decay summation method. The error in yield values is one
of the major causes of uncertainty of this calculation. Since only
a small fraction of the fission product yields has been...
This study is focused primarily on the development and evaluation
of the SUTOE (Self Understanding Through Occupational Exploration)
program in the State of Oregon. It cites the need for a relevant
curriculum for junior high school age youth, and reviews the philosophical
basis for development of the SUTOE course.
The...
