National farm legislation seeks to moderate the conditions of low farm incomes and commodity price instability. Homogeneity of producer response is generally assumed in national models of aggregate commodity supply. Differing conditions of soil, climate, production systems, costs of production, markets, etc., could cause disparate acreage responses to the commodity...
In two twelfth grade Homemaking classes a home furnishings
unit was taught to develop creativity in the students in the classes in
order to:
1. Attempt to give students creative experiences in the home
furnishings unit which would in turn motivate them to be creative.
2. Develop learning experiences in...
This study was designed to establish a baseline of data
regarding guidelines for curriculum development in the
preparation of health education specialists in health-care
delivery settings.
The survey method was utilized and an expert panel of
15 jurors was selected to respond to a 51 item questionnaire.
Professions represented on...
In competitive swimming a spread in time of only 0.10,
and 0.16 seconds constituted the difference between
finishing second and seventh, and first and eighth,
respectively, in the women's 50 yard freestyle at the 1993
NCAA Division III National Swimming & Diving Championships.
Based on data collected over a period...
Two ash-flow tuff units of the late Miocene-early Pliocene Deschute Formation in central Oregon were studied in detail because of the widespread distribution, diverse compositions, and stratigraphic importance.
The Lower Bridge tuff is a double-flow simple
cooling unit that is poorly welded. The upper flow grades from rhyolite in the...
Several bulk starter media, consisting of two experimental blends and four commercial preparations, were examined for each medium's ability to grow, preserve, and/or recover lactic streptococcal starter cultures. Nonfat milk was used as a control. Results showed that cultures which had the greatest survival rate in frozen storage had been...
The Oregon chub. Oregonichthys crameri. one of
Oregon's endemic freshwater fishes. is restricted to the
Willamette and Umpqua rivers and their tributaries.
Specimens from the two rivers have traditionally been
considered the same species. The goal of this study was to
re-examine that assumption and determine if the Willamette
Oregon...
The effect of HTST pressure blanching processing parameters, as
compared to conventional steam blanching, on enzyme activity,
moisture, drip loss, shear force, sensory attributes and consumer
acceptability of frozen sweet corn were determined. Complete
inactivation of catalase and peroxidase required HTST treatments of
60 psi and 75 psi, respectively. No...
