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An analytical model of heat transfer to a horizontal cylinder immersed in a gas fluidized bed

Creator:: Adams, Ronald Lynn
Abstract:: A steady gas convection model of heat transfer to a horizontal cylinder immersed in a gas fluidized bed is presented. Contributions due to flow within attached bubbles as well as the interstitial voids are included. The interstitial flow is approximated as flow within a series of double cusped channels and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cylinder immersed in a gas fluidized bed AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF RONALD LYNN ADAMS for the degree

First-line supervisor competencies in Oregon manufacturing industries as identified by three employment levels

Creator:: Hammer, Rita Lynn
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Industries as Identified by Three Employment Levels AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Rita Lynn Hammer for the

Cherry phytochemicals

Creator:: Chaovanalikit, Arusa, 1974-
Abstract:: The distribution of anthocyanin pigments and polyphenolics of sweet (Prunus avium) and sour cherries (Prunus cerasus) were determined by Ultraviolet- Visible (UV-Visible) spectrophotometry and High Performance Liquid Chromatography with photodiode array detector (HPLC-DAD). Their antioxidant properties were determined by Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) and Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP)....
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Full Text:: Phytochemicals Abstract approved: Ronald E. Wrolstad The distribution of anthocyanin pigments and

Pineapple juice : phenolic composition and enzymatic browning inhibition

Creator:: Wen, Ling
Abstract:: The phenolic profile of pineapple juice was analyzed by reverse-phase HPLC/Diode Array Detector, and 9 major peaks accounting for 70% of total peak area were characterized. None of these peaks are represented by the pineapple phenolics reported to be present by previous workers. Most of the major peaks are not...
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Full Text:: : Phenolic Composition and Enzymatic Browning Inhibition. Abstract approved: Ronald E. Wrolstad The

Characterization of anthocyanins in fruit juices and natural colorants

Creator:: Hong, Victor
Abstract:: A method for separation and characterization of individual anthocyanins was developed. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with a polymer based reversed-phase column was used to separate the pigments while on-line Photodiode Array Detection (PDA) was employed to record the UV and Visible spectrum of the individual peaks. Spectral information obtained...
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Full Text:: ' \ Dr. Ronald E. Wrolstad A method for separation and characterization of individual anthocyanins was

Developmental cranial osteology of three species of Rana (Anura)

Creator:: Altig, Ronald Gail
Abstract:: Developmental series of Rana pretiosa (110 specimens), R. cascadae (100 specimens) and R. aurora (115 specimens) were bone stained and cleared in glycerin. The growth and developmental patterns of the skull and selected bones were followed from the first appearance of bone through adult stages. The sequential appearance of the...
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Full Text:: RONALD GAIL ALTIG for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name) (Degree

An investigation of the causes of absenteeism in an inner-city school

Creator:: Dexter, Ronald L.
Abstract:: The study attempted to accomplish the following: 1. Identify the causes of absenteeism in an inner-city high school. 2. Investigate and compare the reasons for absenteeism of: (a) boys vs. girls, (b) students with divorced parents vs. students with parents who are not divorced, and (c) bused students vs. resident...
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Full Text:: thesis is presented: February 17, 1982. Typed by Lynn Hockaden for Ronald L. Dexter ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Promising practices in the transfer of professional/technical coursework from community colleges to related programs at universities

Creator:: Jagodnik, Joan Seely
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to identify promising practices for the transferability of professional/technical coursework taken at a community college to related programs at universities. The main research question sought to identify the salient elements in existing models of transfer. Supporting the main question, sub-questions sought to identify obstacles...
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Full Text:: Goulard; Dr. Janet Nishihara. Dr. Lynn Dierking for stepping in at the last minute to serve as

Technology to promote concept-based, active learning and enable education research

Creator:: Brooks, Bill J.
Abstract:: This dissertation centers on development of two web-based, in class learning tools, the AIChE Concept Warehouse (CW) and the Web-based Interactive Science and Engineering Learning Tool (WISE), and describes the investigation of student learning through their use. The intent of these tools is to promote deeper conceptual understanding in students...
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Longitudinal Analysis of Collaboration in Forked Open Source Software Development Projects

Creator:: Azarbakht, Amirhosein "Emerson"
Abstract:: Social interactions are a ubiquitous part of our lives, and the creation of online social communities has been a natural extension of this phenomena. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) development efforts are prime examples of how communities can be leveraged in software development, where groups are formed around communities...
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A cooperative work experience approach to in-service staff development for selected community colleges

Creator:: Visger, Dale Bennett
Abstract:: The major purpose of this research was to study the in-service programs for community college vocational instructors, and develop guidelines for a cooperative work experience approach to in-service staff development. The specific objectives of the study were: (1) To develop a research instrument capable of measuring the agreement relative to...
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Full Text:: of my graduate committee, Drs. Ronald Clarke, Joel Galloway, Forest Gathercoal, and Michael Inoue

Developing a 2D Cross-section Training Strategy for 3D Volume Segmentation by Analyzing Human Perception and Cognitive Tasks

Creator:: Sanandaji, Anahita
Abstract:: 3D volume segmentation is a fundamental process in many scientific and medical applications. Producing accurate segmentations, in an efficient way, is challenging, in part due to low imaging data quality (e.g., noise and low image resolution), and ambiguity in the data that can only be resolved with higher-level knowledge of...
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Full Text:: , Dr. Eugene Zhang, and Dr. Ronald Metoyer for their support, insightful comments, and encouragement

Optimizing map projection selection for world maps and web maps

Creator:: Šavrič, Bojan
Abstract:: The selection process for map projections is a mystery to many mapmakers and GIS users. Map projections ought to be selected based on the map’s geographic extent and the required distortion properties, with the goal of minimizing the distortion of the mapped area. Despite some available selection guidelines, the selection...
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Full Text:: my minor professor Dr. Ronald Metoyer, doctoral committee members

If you build it, will they come? Evolution towards the application of multi-dimensional GIS to fisheries-oceanography

Creator:: Vance, Tiffany C.
Abstract:: The development of new technologies in science is a balance between existence and use. There are three versions of this duality – something is built and users come, something is built and users don’t come, and, finally, potential users show up but the ballpark has not yet been built. In...
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Full Text:: much of this work. Permission to use materials was provided by Ronald Hussey and Houghton- Mifflin

Advocacy Coalitions, Shifting Priorities and Disability Services: An Integrative and Iterative Approach to Explaining Policy Change

Creator:: Giordono, Leanne S.
Abstract:: Under the label “Supported Employment,” services that promote competitive, integrated employment (CIE) for working-age adult with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been federally funded since the 1980s, alongside other more traditional day habilitation and segregated or sub-minimum wage employment services. However, since the early 2000s, over 30 states have adopted...
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Full Text:: ) ........................................................................................................................................ 93 Figure 4.2: Framework for Explaining Modes of Institutional Change, adapted from Mahoney and

Spatial and temporal scales of genetic change in two overfished rockfishes

Creator:: Gomez-Uchida, Daniel
Abstract:: Pacific rockfishes (genus Sebastes) have attracted wide scientific and public interest from an evolutionary, fishery and conservation standpoints. This dissertation addresses several hypotheses involving spatial and temporal scales of genetic change in two overfished rockfishes, darkblotched (S. crameri) and canary rockfish (S. pinniger), using statistical analyses of genetic variation within...
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Occupational information pertinent to the training of counselors

Creator:: Hatch, Raymond N. (Raymond Norris)
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Creator:: Ellis, Erik
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...
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Full Text:: selection of facts." Ronald Walters makes the point that it was not until the late decades of the twentieth

A comparison of two smoking cessation techniques conducted in an occupational setting

Creator:: Flow, Douglas L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of two smoking cessation programs -- one group and one self-help -- which were developed and are currently employed by the American Cancer Society. The research was conducted in a work setting, and all subjects were employees of the State...
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Full Text:: not (Lynn, 1948; Heath, 1957; Lilienfeld, 1959; McArthur et. al., 1959). Most of the individual

The relation between parental consistency in response to frustration and children's imitation of parental responses

Creator:: Sethi, Renuka Raghavan
Abstract:: The present investigation was designed to test two major hypotheses and five sub-hypotheses. The two major hypotheses were: (1) Parental models influence the shaping of children's responses to frustration, and (2) There is a positive relation between parental consistency in responses to frustration and children's imitation of parental responses. Three...
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Full Text:: ) Sex role identification (Lynn, 1959; Gray, 1959; Hartley, 1960) and (3) transmission of novel

Universal design standards for single-family housing

Creator:: Wolford, Nancy L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of awareness and use of selected universal design features and products in single-family housing by Oregon housing contractors. Also researched were barriers and incentives to use as well as the position and opinions of these housing contractors on the viability...
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Full Text:: of the population (Robinson, Yeatts, & Mahoney, 1994). It is projected that there will be an

Application of the generalized Melnikov method to weakly damped parametrically excited cross waves with surface tension

Creator:: Fadel, Suzan M.
Abstract:: The Wiggins-Holmes extension of the generalized Melnikov method (GMM) is applied to weakly damped parametrically excited cross waves with surface tension in a long rectangular wave channel in order to determine if these cross waves are chaotic. The Lagrangian density function for surface waves with surface tension is simplified by...
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Full Text:: dissertation. My mathematics advisor Professor Ronald B. Guenther spent much time with me in patient and

The predictive relationship of religiosity to readiness to change in addiction recovery

Creator:: Mandsager, Naomi A.
Abstract:: The prevalence of addiction in society has called researchers, educators, policy makers, and clinicians to examine and research causes and treatment approaches to address the manifold problems addictions present individuals and society alike. There are many theoretical approaches to understanding addiction and the behavior change processes that lead from addiction...
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Full Text:: from the influential relationship (working alliance) between Carl Jung and his client, Ronald H. The

Sex role discrimination and preference in preschool aged children

Creator:: Sugawara, Alan Iwao, 1939-
Abstract:: The two major purposes of this study were: (1) to test the assumption that the IT Scale for Children (standard-ITSC) can be used as a measure of both appropriate sex role discrimination and sex role preference with preschool aged children, and (2) to extend previous studies in these areas by...
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Full Text:: , Arakaki and Awagum.i, 1966; Lynn, 1964). Results obtained from the few studies undertaken using the

An analysis of trustee role perceptions in the state controlled Washington community college system and the locally controlled Oregon community college system and the relationship between trustee personal characteristics and these role perceptions

Creator:: Boyse, Peter Dent
Abstract:: This study examined the role perceptions of trustees in the locally controlled Oregon community college system and the state controlled Washington community college system. Authorities in the literature were consulted to define the "ideal trustee role" and the study determined which governance system was most effective in fostering this "ideal...
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Full Text:: . The colleges also provide strong ties to high schools in the area (Savage and Mahoney, 1987). 19

A comparison between current industrial arts philosophy expressions derived from professional publications and their acceptance by industrial arts teacher educators

Creator:: Parker, David Warren
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the current written philosophical expressions of industrial arts with the acceptance of these by select groups of industrial arts teacher educators. Procedure: The data for this study were obtained through the use of a questionnaire derived...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An assessment of electrophysiological and auditory processing instruments in relation to learning disabilities

Creator:: Evans, Evan L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Copyright by EVAN LYNN EVANS APRIL 1, 1982 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED AN ASSESSMENT OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL

The effects of a summer institute for cultural awareness on the measured level of self-actualization of experienced teachers

Creator:: Ayers, Lawrence W.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this investigation was two fold: (1) to determine the effects of a Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness upon the self-actualization of experienced teachers from four separate high schools, and (2) to determine the success of the Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness in terms...
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Chemical signaling and pheromone evolution in plethodontid salamanders

Creator:: Palmer, Catherine Anne
Abstract:: My dissertation focuses on the evolutionary forces that have shaped the chemical signaling system of plethodontid salamanders. Pheromones mediate two phases of plethodontid reproduction: mate attraction prior to courtship and female persuasion during courtship. Substrate-borne chemical signals are believed to play an important role in mate attraction for these animals....
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Full Text:: that inspired much of this work. Drs Richard Watts, Ronald Gregg and Maureen McCall constructed the P

A comparison of groups of students and faculty at Oregon Technical Institute with reference to their perception of the college environment

Creator:: Theriault, Donald Paul
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not significant differences exist between three student groups and one faculty group at Oregon Technical Institute with reference to their perception of the college environment. The gauge used to assess perception of the college environment was the College and University...
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Full Text:: on the Awareness scale and low on the Propriety scale. At a community college, Ronald S. Wilson and

The effects of two selected elementary science study units on divergent-productive thinking and nonverbal cognitive abilities

Creator:: Fick, Donald Leonard
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Ecological Effects of Reservoir Water Level Management and Implications for Juvenile Chinook Salmon

Creator:: Murphy, Christina A.
Abstract:: Large dams and their respective reservoirs can provide renewable energy and water security, but also profoundly alter riverine ecosystems. In the Pacific Northwest, dams and reservoirs cause discontinuities in river networks that have been particularly problematic for anadromous fishes. As barriers to the upstream and downstream migration of anadromous fishes,...
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Full Text:: . Thank you Lynn, for teaching me how to fish. I really wish you were here. A special thank you to Greg

Chaos in a long rectangular wave channel

Creator:: Bowline, Cynthia M.
Abstract:: The Melnikov method is applied to a model of parametrically generated cross-waves in a long rectangular channel in order to determine if these cross-waves are chaotic. A great deal of preparation is involved in order to obtain a suitable form for the application of the Melnikov method. The Lagrangian for...
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Full Text:: possibilities and problems, and to provide insight and intuition into solving them. Dr. Ronald Guenther has

Effectiveness of applying the transtheoretical model to improve physical activity behavior of university students

Creator:: Boonchuaykuakul, Jinda
Abstract:: This study was divided into three stages. The first phase of the study aimed to examine factors influencing the students' participation in physical activity. Eight female and male university students participated in the focus group. It was found that the participants' perceived benefits of physical activity were physical, psychological and...
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Full Text:: instruments. I also would like to thank Dr. Ronald Plotnikoff, Dr. Bess Marcus, Dr. Claudio, Nigg and Dr. G

Factors related to the economic sustainability of two year chemistry-based technology training programs

Creator:: Backus, Bridgid A.
Abstract:: Two-year chemistry-based technology training (CBTT) programs in the U.S. are important in the preparation of the professional technical workforce. The purpose of this study was to identify, examine, and analyze factors related to the economic sustainability of CBTT programs. A review of literature identified four clustered categories of 31 sub-factors...
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Full Text:: addition, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the love and support of my husband, Ronald

The influence of vocationally-oriented applications on the achievement and attitude of community college algebra students

Creator:: Morgan, Micheal E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the use of vocationally - oriented applications on the achievement and attitude of community college beginning algebra students. The applications were chosen to be representative of problems encountered in a variety of occupations. They were in contrast to the...
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Full Text:: criticism. Patrick Clock, Ralph Harris, Lynn Smith and Dell Swearingen for their time, effort and teaching

Carl L. Anderson : life and contributions to public health and health education

Creator:: Asan, Virginia Marie
Abstract:: The purpose of this study of the life and career of Dr. Carl Leonard Anderson was to recount his professional contributions to the field of health and relate these to public health and health education. The major emphasis of this study concerned Dr. Anderson's professional life. The accomplishment of the...
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The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Creator:: Feldman, Steven, 1954-
Abstract:: In recent years, the role of the City Manager in municipal policy making has been the focus of considerable attention and debate in both the academic and local government arenas. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in views of elected mayors and appointed managers with regard...
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Forms of Life: Goethe’s Impact on Twentieth-Century Anglophone Botany and Morphology

Creator:: Hahn, Andre M.
Abstract:: This dissertation examines the impact of the German naturalist and literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ideas on twentieth century Anglophone plant morphology and biology. Goethe interpreted the organ forms of flowering plants as metamorphoses of each other. His literary, historical, and philosophical writings suggest themes of alienation from and...
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Full Text:: turn of the century found experimental morphology ascendant. Lynn K. Nyhart set her study of German

Large Ensembles of Regional Climate Simulations over the western United States

Creator:: Li, Sihan
Abstract:: Large ensembles of regional climate simulations were generated from the weather@home distributed volunteer computing project over the western US domain. Weather@home uses the U.K. Met Office Hadley Centre’s regional climate model HadRM3P (~0.22°) nested within the atmospheric global model HadAM3P (1.875 longitude° by 1.25 latitude°). Simulations from HadRM3P were evaluated...
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An electrophoretic analysis of the coelomic and blood sera of the developing and metamorphosing bullfrog tadpole (Rana catesbeiana)

Creator:: Thornburg, Kent L.
Abstract:: Albumin, as a percent of total proteins in both the coelomic serum and the blood serum, was determined for four groups of developing Rana catesbeiana tadpoles by cellulose acetate electrophoresis. Also, using Folin phenol reagent, the total protein of each the blood serum of metamorphosing tadpoles and the coelomic serum...
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An historical review of Kolb's formulation of experiential learning theory

Creator:: Hickcox, Leslie K. (Leslie Kay), 1951-
Abstract:: The central purposes of this study were to review the historical sources of David Kolb's formulation of experiential learning theory, and to determine the effect and application of Kolb's theory and Learning Style Inventory as reflected in the literature between 1971 and 1990. It was found that Kolb based his...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Studies on the biology of Triturus granulosus Skilton

Creator:: Pimentel, Richard A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A lysozyme-like protein in the salivary glands of adult Aedes aegypti : functional and biochemical characteristics

Creator:: Pimentel, Gliceria Estandian, 1958-
Abstract:: This study investigated some functional and biochemical characteristics of a bacteriolytic protein in the salivary glands of adult Aedes aecupti. A method for the isolation of this protein from other mosquito salivary gland components is also described. Based on some of its biochemical properties, this bacteriolytic protein can be classified...
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Full Text:: followed by the ingestion of sugar (Nayar and Sauerman, 1975c; Edman and Lynn, 1975). Sugar was also

NMR study of heavily doped Si:B

Creator:: Fuller, Scott E.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Si:B samples. Brad Dodrill of Lakeshore Cryotonics and Lynn Schneemeyer of AT&T performed difficult

Health Service Utilization among Medicaid Enrollees in Oregon : Assessing Variation by Level of Rurality

Creator:: Larson, Annie E.
Abstract:: Research Objective: Nearly 60 million people in the United States reside in a rural area. Residents in rural areas have higher rates of chronic disease, risky health behaviors, disability, infant mortality, and age-adjusted mortality than their urban counterparts. Health insurance and access to care mitigate those risks, in part because...
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A curricular model in ornamental horticulture for vocational agriculture in Oregon

Creator:: Loewen, Curtis Eugene
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to formulate and test a model for securing information from the ornamental horticultural industry that would provide a basis for curriculum development in vocational agriculture. In order to develop the model, it was necessary to accomplish the following: 1. Determine typical occupations in...
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Econometric Analysis of Private Decisions on Renewable Natural Resources

Creator:: Zhao, Zichu
Abstract:: Natural resources play a crucial role in human society by providing both market value and non-market value. Effective management of these resources is necessary to achieve a balance between economic value and other non-market benefits. Econometric studies focusing on natural resource management help us understand the costs and benefits of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The accuracy of parents' perceptions of their preschool children's gross motor abilities

Creator:: Groner, Michael
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine the extent to which parents and professionals were in agreement prior to and following intervention regarding their Judgement of the gross motor abilities of the parents' preschool children. Each child was tested by a professional on the Ulrich Test of Gross Motor...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Regulation of antibiotic production and stress response by the biological control organism Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5

Creator:: Whistler, Cheryl A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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