Dramatic declines in several groundfish populations have occurred along
the U.S. West Coast during the last decade (PFMC 1999, Sampson 1997,
Ralston 1998, Bloeser 1999). One problem exacerbating these declines is
insufficient stock assessments, especially for species of west coast rockfish
(Family Scorpaenidae, Genus Sebastes) which comprise the core of...
Clostridium perfringens type A isolates produce the spore-specific enterotoxin, CPE, upon sporulation in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. Spo0A is a response regulator representing the major transcription factor for sporulation initiation in C. perfringens. In Bacillus subtilis, a multicomponent phosphorelay involving five histidine kinases (KinA-KinE), the intermediate response...
Presentation on Oregon State University's efforts to build an Institutional Repository with a focus on establishing buy-in, customization, and future directions. Presented as part of a panel entitled "Managing Digital Assets: the Promise of IRs" at the Greater Western Library Association (GWLA) Board Meeting on October 3, 2005.
This presentation provides a brief introduction to the Library of Congress Classification, including terminology, structure and notation, cuttering, geographic cutters and tables.
Presented at the 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, held March 13-15, 2008 at Oregon State University.
Learning is a complex phenomenon, involving three major modes, i.e., affective or emotional, cognitive or intellectual, and evaluative or values-laden (Kellert 2002, 2005). The environments in which this learning takes...
Presented at the 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, held March 13-15, 2008 at Oregon State University.
In 2005, the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (FW) at Michigan State University engaged in intensive curriculum discussion. The result of this discussion was a radical revision of the FW...