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Novel characteristics (Intra and Ex planta) of indigenous serogroups of rhizobium meliloti

Creator:: Busse, Matt D.
Abstract:: This thesis presents novel findings regarding symbiotic, physiological, and antigenic characteristics of representatives from an indigenous soil-borne population of Rhizobium meliloti. Nodules were sampled from 'Vernal', 'Anchor', and 'Saranac' alfalfa, and the isolates analyzed serologically. Rhizobium meliloti serogroup 31 was identified as a dominant nodule occupant, with a greater and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: serogroups of rhizobium meliloti AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matt D. Busse for the degree of Doctor of

The relationship of certain mathematics skills to success of students in introductory community college chemistry

Creator:: Perkins, Raymond David
Abstract:: This study was designed to identify those specific mathematics computational and application skills, and combinations of mathematics skills, which have a positive relationship to success in introductory chemistry for community college students. Additional areas of interest investigated, but secondary to the main study, were the relationships between mathematical growth shown...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: David Perkins for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education presented on March 7, 1978

A study of perceptual correlates to role-taking ability with fourth through sixth grade children

Creator:: Perkins, Charlotte Jeanne
Abstract:: This study was designed for the purpose of expanding knowledge of the correlates of role-taking as measured by Feffer's Role-Taking Task. The variables of perception, sex, age, reading achievement, and ordinal position were investigated. The perceptual variables measured were visual memory, field dependence/independence, auditory memory, and organizing and synthesizing ability....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLOTTE JEANNE PERKINS for

The effectiveness of controlled reading-rate practice techniques in the development of speed and accuracy in second-quarter college typewriting

Creator:: Perkins, Edward A., 1928-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Edward A Perkins for the Ed. D

A study of judicious discipline : a constitutional perspective for school rules and decisions and its effect on the school-related attitudes of students

Creator:: Bolden, Robert A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if students' school-related attitudes are significantly affected by teacher classroom discipline management based upon concepts contained in Judicious Discipline: A Constitutional Perspective for School Rules (Gathercoal, 1986). The data relative to student school-related attitudes of elementary, middle, and high school students toward...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Attitudes of selected undergraduate students at Oregon State University toward the professional status of student personnel workers

Creator:: Campbell, Roger Gray
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was twofold: First, to establish a means of assessing the degree of professional status accorded student personnel workers by constructing an attitude questionnaire, for student clientele, based upon statements derived from eight criteria for evaluating professional status; Second, to determine and analyze the attitudes measured...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study; to his committee Dr. Les Dunnington, Dr. Franz Haun and Dr. Matt Amano and to faculty members of

A study of the relationship between living environment press and retention of freshman pledges in fraternities at Oregon State University

Creator:: Smith, Clayton Nowlin
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were first to determine if there were significant differences in living environment press, i.e., the pressure on an individual to behave in a certain way, between those fraternity chapters that had the highest freshman pledge retention rates and those that had the lowest. If significant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee consisting of professors Roger Penn, Tom Grigsby, Matt Amano, and Maggie Niess My collegues both

Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Creator:: Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-
Abstract:: The education (particularly graduate education) of Americans who were active in astronomical research between 1876 and 1941 is assessed for its effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes: the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Redacted for Privacy Redacted for Privacy Redacted for Privacy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To R. J. Morris, my

Chlamydiae under stress : environmental conditions influence the production and localization of chlamydial antigens

Creator:: Brown, Wendy J.
Abstract:: Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular pathogens that cause several serious conditions within the human host. Many of the symptoms associated with infection are thought to stem from the development of aberrant, or persistent, chlamydiae. Factors leading to chlamydial persistence include deprivation of amino acids, the release of certain cellular factors, or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Wendy J. Brown for the degree of

Physiological consequences of trichloroethylene degradation by the toluene-oxidizing bacterium Burkholderia cepacia G4

Creator:: Yeager, Chris M.
Abstract:: A number of bacterial species are capable of degrading the widespread environmental pollutant trichloroethylene (TCE) via aerobic cometabolism, but cytotoxic effects that can debilitate the microorganism often accompany this transformation. In this dissertation the effects of TCE degradation on the well-studied, toluene-oxidizing bacterium Burkholderia cepacia G4 were investigated at the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Abstract approved: Daniel J. Arp Peter J. Bottomley A number of bacterial species

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Novel characteristics (Intra and Ex planta) of indigenous serogroups of rhizobium meliloti

The relationship of certain mathematics skills to success of students in introductory community college chemistry

A study of perceptual correlates to role-taking ability with fourth through sixth grade children

The effectiveness of controlled reading-rate practice techniques in the development of speed and accuracy in second-quarter college typewriting

A study of judicious discipline : a constitutional perspective for school rules and decisions and its effect on the school-related attitudes of students

Attitudes of selected undergraduate students at Oregon State University toward the professional status of student personnel workers

A study of the relationship between living environment press and retention of freshman pledges in fraternities at Oregon State University

Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Chlamydiae under stress : environmental conditions influence the production and localization of chlamydial antigens

Physiological consequences of trichloroethylene degradation by the toluene-oxidizing bacterium Burkholderia cepacia G4

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