BACKGROUND: Circadian clocks provide an adaptive advantage through anticipation of daily and seasonal environmental
changes. In plants, the central clock oscillator is regulated by several interlocking feedback loops. It was shown that a
substantial proportion of the Arabidopsis genome cycles with phases of peak expression covering the entire day.
Synchronized...
This thesis is an effort to formalize and document some of the changes occuring in the Warwar Valley of Gongola State, Nigeria, West Africa. The documentation will comprise a photographic study over time accompanied by an ethnographic narrative. Information gathered from photographic images, field notes and the anthropological record will...
Cultural background influences information-seeking behaviors and verbal and non-verbal communication styles both in reference encounters and in our interactions with colleagues on the library staff. Recognizing these differences will help us create an inclusive work environment as well as build on the high-quality reference service we provide to our changing...
With the increased interest in Data Management, OSU Libraries is trying to increase the role the library plays in data management. OSU is a research intensive campus and with granting agencies requiring data management plans, there is an opportunity for the libraries to provide a new service.
The Tobin Range of central Nevada lies in the Basin and Range extensional
province near the transition between more extended terrane (>50%) to the south and
east, and generally less extended terrane to the north and west. Geologic mapping,
40Ar/39Ar dating and whole-rock geochemical analysis were employed to establish the...
Upper Cambrian through Middle Devonian carbonate andclastic sequences of the northern part of the Fish Creek Rangerepresent shallow-shelf sedimentation in the Cordilleranmiogeosyncline. The lower and middle Paleozoic section exposedin the northern Fish Creek Range fits well within regional facies patterns and paleogeographic reconstructions.The Upper Cambrian Dunderberg Shale was deposited in...
A collaborative project between Oregon Multicultural Archives and the Fall Term 2013 U-Engage class ALS 199 “Untold Stories: Histories of People of Color in Oregon” to create a campus tour guidebook regarding the histories of Oregon State University's students of color.
This research examines the community composition of biotic soil crusts at nine
sites in central and eastern Oregon, U.S.A. At each site, data were collected in one pair
of livestock-grazed and excluded transects. Variables recorded included: cover of biotic
soil crusts and vascular plant species, soil surface pH, electrical conductivity,...
The volcanic rocks of the Harney Basin comprise a bimodal
assemblage of rhyolites (SiO₂ greater than 72%) and basalts (SiO₂
less than 52%). Tholeiitic basalts account for 15 rocks analyzed and
alkalic basalts for three. Most basalts contain phenocrysts of olivine
and plagioclase. Pyroxene phenocrysts were not found. Rhyolite
flows...
The Bethlehem Copper Mine, a porphyry copper deposit, is
situated near the geographical center of the Guichon Creek batholith.
The Guichon Creek batholith is located on the east flank of the
Canadian Coast Range in south central British Columbia approximately
250 miles northeast of Vancouver, B. C. The batholith
trends...
Precipitation is one of the most important components contributing to hydrological
dynamics. Spatially distributed precipitation data can be obtained by satellite, radar,
rain gages, etc, to serve various purposes. Currently, the most commonly used
precipitation data still rely on gage-based measurement techniques that provide
timely precipitation information with high quality...
The purpose of this book is to
provide you with a bit more information about the organisms maintained at the ASLC so that you
may deepen your understanding and appreciation of them.
However, as a prelude to the more species-specific information contained in this document, there
are three short chapters...
In 1970 a phytosociological reconnaissance consisting of 135 plots in the Subalpine Meadow Zone was made. These samples were sorted using an association table and several Alpine Zone and very early seral communities were set aside, An additional hundred plots taken by M. J. Hamann were
incorporated with these and...
Early Paleozoic limestones and dolomites of the shallow shelf
transitional facies belt were mapped in the southern Sulphur Spring
Range, Eureka County, Nevada. The four youngest units in the map area
are in fault contact with the Lower Devonian rocks and were probably
transported westward, along a low-angle normal fault....
This thesis is an effort to formalize and document some of the changes occuring in the Warwar Valley of Gongola State, Nigeria, West Africa. The documentation will comprise a photographic study over time accompanied by an ethnographic narrative. Information gathered from photographic images, field notes and the anthropological record will...
Four decades after the passage of the US Clean Air Act, air-quality standards are set to protect ecosystems from damage caused by gas-phase nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) compounds, but not from the deposition of these air pollutants to land and water. Here, we synthesize recent scientific literature on the...
Small crack fatigue is a widely recognized problem in the fatigue of materials; however, there has been limited progress in developing methods for predicting small crack fatigue behavior. In this paper, small crack effects due to crack bridging are addressed. A fatigue threshold R-curve was measured for a 99.5% pure...
The Oregon Mountain area contains an ophiolitic assemblage of rocks which can he divided into two major zones on the basis of lithology: (1) spilite and diabase, with minor chert, and (2) plagiogranite, hornblende gabbro, cumulate gabbro and cumulate ultramafic rocks. The two zones have a total estimated thickness of...
La presente tesis provee una crítica al Programa de Educación para la Sexualidad y Construcción de Ciudadanía en Colombia y examina contribuciones teóricas de pedagogías feministas, Queer y pedagogías críticas con el fin de crear alternativas para la práctica de una educación sexual fundamentada en la justicia social. El desarrollo...
The early to middle Eocene submarine basalts of the Crescent Formation form the
core and basement of the structurally uplifted Willapa Hills region of southwest
Washington. The formation consists of a thick sequence of predominantly subalkaline,
tholeiitic pillow basalts and breccias formed as oceanic crust and seamounts at a sea...
Animals must manage interactions with beneficial as well as detrimental microbes. Immunity therefore includes strategies for both resistance to and tolerance of microbial invaders. Transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) cytokines have many functions in animals including a tolerance-promoting (tolerogenic) role in immunity in vertebrates. TGFβ pathways are present in basal...
Subsurface mapping was used to determine the structure andgeologic history of the South Cuyama dome and part of the Russellfault in the South Cuyama oil field area. Deformed Late Cretaceousand or early Tertiary marine strata are unconformably overlain bythe late Oligocene to early Miocene Vaqueros Formation (QuailCanyon Sandstone Member, Soda...
This thesis is an effort to formalize and document some of the changes occuring in the Warwar Valley of Gongola State, Nigeria, West Africa. The documentation will comprise a photographic study over time accompanied by an ethnographic narrative. Information gathered from photographic images, field notes and the anthropological record will...
The Upper Ojai Valley is a tectonic depression between
opposing reverse faults, Its northern border is formed
by the active, north-dipping San Cayetano fault with 6.0
km of dip-slip displacement in the Silverthread oil field
and 2.6 km displacement west of Sisar Creek; the fault
dies out farther west in...
Four cross sections are balanced and retrodeformed to 250±50 ka and
975±75 ka to yield crustal shortening amounts and rates for the western
Transverse Ranges of California. The cross sections compare the shortening
that occurs along a transfer zone in which displacement is transferred eastward
from a surface reverse fault...
The Ventura basin is an elongate sedimentary trough extending from the San Gabriel fault west into the Santa
Barbara Channel. West of Ventura it contains over 4 km of severely deformed Pliocene and Pleistocene clastic
strata. The north-dipping Red Mountain reverse fault system, which forms the northern boundary of the...
The upper Eocene to lower Oligocene Oswald West mudstone is
the oldest formation (informal) in the Green Mountain-Young's
River area. This 1,663 meter thick hemipelagic sequence was deposited
in a low-energy lower to upper slope environment in the Coast
Range forearc basin. The formation ranges from the late Narizian
to...
I evaluated fire occurrence, growth and recruitment and determined the fire history of 21 old and 20 young 8ha stands in Cascade, Siskiyou and mid-Coast mixed conifer and evergreen forests in southwestern Oregon. The rates and patterns of growth were measured and analyzed on 1,079 old-growth and 2,111
young stand...
In many regions of the world, forest management has shifted from practices emphasizing timber production to more sustainable harvesting that integrates ecological values, including maintenance of biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and ecological goods and services. To this end, management strategies emphasize retention of stand structures that meet the needs of forest-obligate...
This paper reports the feasibility of using surface mount adhesives to produce low temperature microchannel arrays in a wide variety of metals. Sheet metal embossing and chemical etching processes have been used to produce sealing bosses that eliminate channel laminae, resulting in approximately 50% material savings over traditional methods. An...
Cultural background influences information-seeking behaviors and verbal and non-verbal communication styles both in reference encounters and in our interactions with colleagues on the library staff. Recognizing these differences will help us create an inclusive work environment as well as build on the high-quality reference service we provide to our changing...
This poster describes the development and implementation of a new course in data information literacy for graduate students. Curricular materials were drawn from the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum (NECDMC), the DataONE Education Modules, and the MANTRA online course materials. The pedagogical approach for the course combined outcomes-centered course...
Twelve earthquakes off the Oregon and Northern California
coasts were used in this research to study whether faulting associated
with these quakes was of the San Andreas type as observed in
California. The first motions of the incident P and S waves recorded
at various seismic stations in the Pacific...
Four years of daily weather observations from Central Tunisia were available for testing the application of the Penman Equation to estimate reference evapotranspiration in the arid climate of Central Tunisia. The data included minimum and maximum temperature, minimum and maximum relative humidity, 24-hour wind run, and lysimeter measurements of reference...
The upper Eocene to lower Oligocene Oswald West mudstone is
the oldest formation (informal) in the Green Mountain-Young's
River area. This 1,663 meter thick hemipelagic sequence was deposited
in a low-energy lower to upper slope environment in the Coast
Range forearc basin. The formation ranges from the late Narizian
to...
These slides were presented at a 1.5 day workshop on research data management and curation for the Northwest Five Consortium (NW5C). The NW5C is composed of Willamette University, Whitman College, University of Puget Sound, Reed College, and Lewis and Clark College. The mission of the NW5C is to enhance the...
The 2003-2005 Biennial Report Volume 2 is an executive summary of Oregon's assessment of the Oregon Coastal Coho Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). The assessment provides a detailed analysis that will inform the pending federal decision on whether to list coho as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.
Sections of Volume...
Elliptical borehole enlargements or "breakouts" caused by systematic spalling of a
borehole wall due to regional maximum horizontal stresses were identified in 18 wells
drilled in the Coast Range and Willamette Valley of western Oregon. The breakouts
generally indicate a NNW to NNE orientation of maximum horizontal compression
(oH[subscript max])...
This thesis is an effort to formalize and document some of the changes occuring in the Warwar Valley of Gongola State, Nigeria, West Africa. The documentation will comprise a photographic study over time accompanied by an ethnographic narrative. Information gathered from photographic images, field notes and the anthropological record will...
A 5-year-old, male, domestic rabbit had severe swelling of the left rear leg. Radiographs demonstrated a proliferative, infiltrative lesion involving the stifle joint, femur, and soft tissues of the thigh. Osteomyelitis or neoplasia was suspected, and the leg was surgically amputated. Grossly, a multilobular mass comprised cyst-like structures containing yellow...
Many different models and mechanisms of water imbibition into soil have been described in the literature. Theoretical equations based on those models exist to predict how water will flow in porous media. These models can be useful, but have their weaknesses. Research on imbibition and infiltration into soils has mostly...
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...
Wood is a major pool of organic carbon that is highly resistant to decay, owing largely to the presence of lignin. The only organisms capable of substantial lignin decay are white rot fungi in the Agaricomycetes, which also contains non–lignin-degrading brown rot and ectomycorrhizal species. Comparative analyses of 31 fungal...
The identification and mapping of surface cover types
within Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, has been effectively
completed through the utilization of LANDSAT digital
data and NASA U-2 color infrared aerial photography. Classification
of LANDSAT data for surface cover type identification
and mapping was accomplished through use of the
Interactive...
Eight Tertiary geologic units crop out in the Seaside-Young's River Falls area, including late Oligocene to early Miocene Oswald West mudstones; Angora Peak sandstone and Silver Point members of the middle Miocene Astoria Formation, and middle Miocene Depoe Bay and Cape Foulweather Basalts. Three new lithologically distinct
units, the 'J'...
The Summer Coon intrusive center is located seven miles
north of Del Norte, Colorado, on the eastern edge of the San Juan
Mountains. The intrusive center is the core of a dissected calcalkaline
composite volcano of middle Oligocene age. The Summer
Coon rocks belong to the Conejos Formation which is...
Social communicative deficits are the hallmark characteristic of autism, also referred to as autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Given the depth of these social communicative deficits, the role of movement skills in development has gone relatively underexplored, by comparison. However, children with ASD demonstrate impaired performance of fundamental movement skills early...
Clastic sedimentary rocks of the Nanaimo Group on Saltspring Island, British Columbia are Late Cretaceous in age, overlie a deformed and intruded Paleozoic basement complex, and consist of
eight formations. These eight formations, from oldest to youngest, are the Comox, Haslam, Extension-Protection, Cedar District, De Courcy, Northumberland, Geoffrey, and Spray...
A thick sequence of intercalated andesite and basalt flows, tuffs, and volcanic sediments crop out in the Fly Creek Quadrangle and the north half of the Round Butte Dam Quadrangle. This sequence was deposited in the ancestral Deschutes River Valley along the east flank of the Cascade Range during the...
Plans for farm buildings should efficiently explaininformation about their construction. User understandingand actual use made of plans has received little study.The format used for plans should enhance their wider useand greater satisfaction by individuals concerned withconstructed buildings.This study addressed two research questions: (1) Isthere a relationship among typical formats used...
The annual growth rate for the Corvallis-Benton County
area has traditionally been higher than the growth rate for the
State of Oregon. Corvallis is considered to be one of the most
densely settled communities in the state. Since 1972, Corvallis
has experienced a drastic decline in the number of housing...
Although terrestrial lichens and bryophytes are common in upland plant communities of the Blue
Mountains in northeast Oregon, research on cryptogam communities in this region is wanting. Studies have
shown that lichens and bryophytes can reduce soil erosion and increase soil fertility in other semiarid
habitats of North America. Understanding...
"Using PressBooks to Engage Students with Campus History" shares the use of PressBooks, an online book publishing software, for a Fall 2014 class assignment.
The Garnet Range-Bearmouth area of western Montana was the
depositional site for basinal, platform slope, shelf, and
peritidal Mississippian carbonate rocks. The following
stratigraphic units, listed in ascending order, are recognized:
the Paine Limestone, Middle Canyon Formation, Mission Canyon
Limestone, and McKenzie Canyon Limestone of the Tendoy Group; the
Kibbey...
Nine small Mesozoic plutons in TJmatilla County, northeast Oregon, crop out within an area of 58 sq km in the Blue Mountains. The plutons are divided into an earlier series of probable Permian-Triassic age and a later intrusive series of probable Late Jurassic to Middle Cretaceous age. The earlier rocks...
The Middle and West Forks of Little Sheep Creek in the southern Tendoy Range have incised valleys across Cenozoic structural features exposing strata that range in age from the Mississippian to the Neoene. Paleozoic strata are 1,349 m thick and belong to the Mission Canyon Limestone, the Big Snowy, Amsden,...
Natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and fires often involve substantial physical and mental impacts on affected populations and thus are public health priorities. Limited research shows that vulnerable populations such as the low-income, socially isolated migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) are particularly susceptible to the effects of natural...
n-Tree distance sampling (NTDS), also known as k-tree sampling and point-to-tree sampling, has been promoted as a practical method for forest inventory. This simulation study evaluated the performance of three NTDS estimators, as compared with fixed plot sampling and horizontal point sampling, for estimating density and basal area in headwater...
I evaluated fire occurrence, growth and recruitment and determined the fire history of 21 old and 20 young 8ha stands in Cascade, Siskiyou and mid-Coast mixed conifer and evergreen forests in southwestern Oregon. The rates and patterns of growth were measured and analyzed on 1,079 old-growth and 2,111
young stand...
The thesis area is located in north-central Oregon approximately 20 km west of the town of Mitchell. The rocks exposed in the area belong to the Clarno Formation. This study supports the informal reclassification of the Clarno to Group status, composed of an Upper and Lower Clarno Formation. An angular...
The North Unit irrigation District of Central Oregon,
a water project developed under the guidelines of the
Bureau of Reclamation, is characterized by limited water
and the need for efficient utilization and control of the
irrigation system. To manage the limited water resource,
irrigators need a timely and economical method...
Volcan Aucanquilcha, a Pleistocene to Recent composite volcano in northern Chile, is the
youngest and center-most member of the 11 m.y.-old Aucanquilcha Volcanic Cluster (AVC). The
AVC has produced [approximately]350 km³ of lava over its history. Magmatism started slowly and was punctuated
by high rates of eruption between 4.5 and...
How does transboundary water cooperation begin at the initial stages? Countries in many transboundary basins either do not cooperate at all or have ceased cooperation altogether. Yet cooperation does often prevail, resulting in 688 water-related treaties signed between 1820 and 2007. The question we address here is, by which practices...
Paleozoic limestones, dolomites, quartz arenites, and other
clastic rocks were mapped in the vicinity of Dobbin Summit and
Clear Creek in the central Monitor Range. Sedimentary rock units
present in this area represent the shallow-shelf eastern assemblage
and basin and also the basin-slope facies of the traditional limestoneclastic
assemblage.
The...
The Summer Coon intrusive center is located seven miles
north of Del Norte, Colorado, on the eastern edge of the San Juan
Mountains. The intrusive center is the core of a dissected calcalkaline
composite volcano of middle Oligocene age. The Summer
Coon rocks belong to the Conejos Formation which is...