The Macrocheles glaber species group contains many
of the common mites which are associated with the dung
of domestic animals. Species in the glaber group have
been investigated for their use as biological control
agents of synanthropic flies.
Over 10,000 slide-mounted specimens of Macrocheles
in the OSU Acarology Collection and...
In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media attempted to make sense of the seemingly radical altered political landscape. Comic books, though traditionally framed as low brow pulp, were no exception. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Walter Fisher's Narrative Paradigm to a...
Recent experiments have advanced the current understanding of multi-nucleon transfer(MNT) reactions. Within nuclear science, most nuclear reaction experiments consist of a stationary target material, that is then bombarded by a moving projectile. Overall nuclear reactions can be used to produce a desired isotope. In the case of this particular study...
The purpose of the present study was to determine the association
of initial weight, average daily gain, days on feed, percent total
digestible nutrients (TDN) and percent digestible protein in the ration
with USDA carcass grade, marbling score, conformation score, back
fat thickness and area of longissimus dorsi of beef...
A remote job control system for the DRAFT machine is developed. It provides the user a convenient remote computing environment with facilities for job submission, a means of servicing the job queue on a first-come-first-serve basis, and usage reporting. It provides a logging facility to keep track of the user's...
Podosphaera macularis causes one of the most important diseases, powdery mildew, of Humulus lupulus (hop). If left unmanaged, hop powdery mildew can cause total crop loss due to disease or browning of hop cones rendering the cones unmarketable to buyers. The Hop Powdery Mildew Infection Risk Index (HOPS) is heavily...