In the U.S., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is responsible for setting annual dose limits. For cases of hot particle contamination these limits are set at depths in skin of 7 mg/cm², 300 mg/cm², and 1000 mg/cm². However, at such shallow depths, the lack of charged particle equilibrium (CPE) precludes...
Prescribed fire can release herbaceous forages from woody plant competition thus promoting increased forage plant production, vigor, and accessibility. Prescribe fire also consumes standing litter thereby improving forage quality and palatability. Consequently, prescribed fire is commonly considered an effective tool for manipulating livestock distribution on rangelands. Efficacy of this tool...
Prescribed fire is commonly applied world-wide as a tool for enhancing habitats and altering resource-selection patterns of grazing animals. A scientific basis for this practice has been established in some ecosystems but its efficacy has not been rigorously evaluated on mesic sagebrush steppe. Beginning in 2003, resource-selection patterns of beef...
The complete genome of snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) was cloned and
molecularly characterized. This was initially accomplished through the sequence
determination of its glycoprotein gene and the phylogenetic analysis of this gene with
orthologous genes from other rhabdoviruses. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that
SHRV groups with viruses of the genus Novirhabdovirus....
Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of various levels of vitamin E on egg yolk. A diet of corn-flax-soybean meal was fed to layers and α-tocopherol content in eggs, egg production, and egg quality were evaluated. In experiment 2, vitamin E toxicity was also determined. In experiment 1,...
The objective of this study was to identify usage of foodservice performance
measures, important activities in foodservice benchmarking, and benchmarking
attitudes, beliefs, and practices by foodservice directors. The design of this study
included two parts: (1) eleven expert panelists involved in a Delphi technique to
identify and rate importance of...
This paper is devoted to the study of families of tangent lines
to curves in Euclidean three dimensional space by the medium of a
particular representation for lines.
First, a ring of elements called dual numbers is described,
and a vector space over this ring, whose elements are called dual...
Isotope and stomach content data from piscivorous reservoir fishes collected from Hills Creek (isotopes; 43°40′16″N 122°25′33″W) and Lookout Point (isotopes and stomach contents; 43°53′48″N 122°43′34″W) reservoirs located on the Middle Fork Willamette River, Oregon. Additional details can be found in the related publication.
Isotope sampling was conducted under OSU Institutional...
It would be valuable economically to know what are the biological triggers for formation of mature wood (currently of high value) and (or) what maintains production of juvenile wood (currently of low value), to develop silvicultural regimes that control the relative production of the two types of wood. Foresters commonly...