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Creator:: Beverly, Robert L.
Abstract:: Premature birth interrupts the typical development of the human fetus, leaving the infant born with underdeveloped gastrointestinal and immune systems. Preterm infants have reduced stomach acidity, reduced digestive protease activity, more permeable intestinal membranes, impaired innate and adaptive immune response, and poor microbiome development. Due to these factors, preterm infants...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Robert L

Creator:: Zimdahl, Robert L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ROBERT LAWRENCE ZIMDAHL in for the PH. D. (Name) (Degree) FARM CROPS Major

Creator:: Gillen, Robert L.
Abstract:: Several aspects of cattle grazing behavior and distribution were studied on mountain rangeland dominated by ponderosa pine- Douglas fir, mixed conifer, and white fir forest communities in northeastern Oregon. The association between upland distribution, determined by forage utilization and by direct cattle observation, and several habitat factors was studied through...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Rangelands AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert L. Gillen for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Creator:: Holton, Robert L.
Abstract:: The brine shrimp, Artemia, was used as an experimental organism to study the effects of ⁶⁰Co gamma irradiation on the reproductive performance of an animal population. The total reproductive ability of the brine shrimp was fractionated into various components and the effects of irradiation on each of these components was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ROBERT LAWRENCE HOLTON for the

Creator:: Deal, Robert L.
Abstract:: This study evaluated the effects of partial cutting on stand structure and growth, patterns of conifer regeneration, stand mortality and disease, and understory plant diversity and abundance. Seventy-three 1/5 ha plots were established in 18 partially cut stands throughout southeast Alaska. These stands were partially cut 12 to 96 years...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Carr, Robert L.
Abstract:: A biosystematic study was made on the species of Hackelia of northwest America and adjacent Canada. During the course of the study 140 populations, representing all species and varieties, were transplanted to the greenhouse for study under controlled conditions. Chromosome counts were made for all 14 taxa studied, and intra-...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Brunick, Robert L.
Abstract:: Elite inbred sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) lines were found to have short-lived embryo and seed covering dormancies. Seed dormancy of wild sunflowers (H. annuus, H. argophyllus and H. exilis) was found to be controlled primarily by the seed covering (seed coat and pericarp) and embryo dormancy was short-lived (four to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERATION OF Robert L. Brunick for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Creator:: Emmett, Robert L.
Abstract:: Salmonid run sizes are strongly affected by their early marine stage. Fully understanding the life history of salmonids means understanding how they interact with their marine environment and with other fishes. Changes in the biological and physical environment off the Columbia River region affects the distribution and abundance of predatory...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Robert L. Emmett for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

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