The Community Action Partnership of Oregon (CAPO) approached Oregon State University to assist in developing statewide indicators which help local agencies better utilize data for continuous improvement. The project was expanded to include Washington and Idaho. This report summarizes the project's findings.
Organization theory had seldom been applied to higher education
organizations but recent developments in organization theory appeared
to have potential for such application. No coherent theory of
educational change had been developed. However, one multidisciplinary
synthesis of literature on organizational change was congruent with
modern organization theory and contained both...
β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg), bovine serum albumin (BSA), α-lactalbumin
(α-Lac), and β-casein were adsorbed onto
silanized silica surfaces of low and high hydrophobicity
for 8 h, and β-Lg and BSA for 1 h. The surfaces were
incubated in buffer for 0, 5, 10, or 15 h and then contacted
with Listeria monocytogenes...
Previous attempts to understand the factors affecting the energetic cost of locomotion have found a direct link between the energetic cost and the mechanical work done during periods when the limb is in contact with the ground. However, when the limb is not in contact with the ground during the...
Pineal hydroxyindole-0-methyltransferase (HIOMT) activity
was monitored over a 24 h period under three different photoperiods,
16L:8D, 8L: 16D, and 12 L:12D. It was observed that in all three
groups of fish HIOMT activity was high' during the dark portion of the
photoperiod in comparison to activity during the light portion....
Pineal acetylserotonin methyltransferase (ASMT) activities
in rainbow trout were reported on by Hafeez and Quay (1971). The validity of certain
assay parameters used by these researchers
were investigated. With the exception of incubation temperature,
all parameters studied proved to be quite valid. Temperature
studies indicated a low stability for trout...
Non-vascularized hearts of buffalo sculpin (Enophrys bison)
were used to investigate the cardiac toxicity of compounds that
cause methemoglobinemia. The affinity of sculpin cardiac myoglobin
for oxygen (P50 = 1.10 torr at 20 C°, pH 7.8) was lower than that of
mammals studied (P50 = .44 and .76 torr for...