The central purpose of this comparison was to determine the
congruence or difference between two teaching techniques, the television
method and the conventional lecture method as used in teaching
General Hygiene on the freshman college level at Oregon State University.
Sub-problems associated with this study were, (a) the development
of...
During the course of ripening, Cheddar cheese frequently develops
a flavor defect described as fruity. Recent work has indicated
that the use of certain starter cultures ultimately results in the
development of the defect as the cheese ages. The flavor compounds
responsible for the defect, however, have not been elaborated....
Chalkbrood is a mycosis of larvae of the alfalfa leafcutting bee,
Megachile rotundata (Fabricius). It is a serious threat to alfalfa seed
growers in western North America who use populations of this bee for
pollination. Basic studies were conducted to determine the etiology of
this disease and the course of...
The simplified equations of motion proposed by Morton to determine
the extent of vertical travel of a forced plume in a linear
density stratified environment were re-written and solved in a way
which allowed them to be applied to any non linear profile of density.
For application to any specific...