The question of “what is to be done” about the prevalence of houselessness in large US cities has become a top policy priority, Often left out of these discussions are the opinions of the unhoused about the policies that are designed to serve their needs. Most of the literature that...
Learning to recognize objects is a fundamental and essential step in human perception and understanding of the world. Accordingly, research of object discovery across diverse modalities plays a pivotal role in the context of computer vision. This field not only contributes significantly to enhancing our understanding of visual information but...
This study investigates the evaluation of Return on Investment (ROI) in education from the perspective of high school students, introducing a theoretical model that encompasses both financial and non-financial aspects, with a primary focus on the unique insights provided by high school students. Drawing from a literature review and survey-based...
In a recent effort to strengthen active preservation strategies, Oregon State University Libraries committed to conducting a multi-part annual preservation assessment for our institutional repository, focusing on the sustainability of file formats. This spring we conducted the first assessment, gathered a lot of data, and uncovered a few holes in...
Current methods for visualizing forest rely on geospatial and remote sensed data. Such data can be used to create visualization and to perform simulations. Currently, however, these visualizations are often limited to 2D or abstract representations. These methods can be effective for large scale data visualization and low accuracy needs....
This study explores how a platform enables social media influencers to promulgate a consumption ideology. We show how gun influencers, or “gunfluencers,” use Instagram to link products, activities, and meanings to Second Amendment ideology—a gun-centric belief system in the United States colloquially known as “2A ideology.” Through a qualitative study...
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of California will address the audience about recognizing innovation transfer and entrepreneurship in the academic personnel process.
This report includes information concerning experimental use of unregistered pesticides or unregistered uses of pesticides. Experimental results should not be interpreted as recommendations for use. Use of unregistered materials or use of any registered pesticides inconsistent with its label is against both Federal Law and State Law.
This report includes information concerning experimental use of unregistered pesticides or unregistered uses of pesticides. Experimental results should not be interpreted as recommendations for use. Use of unregistered materials or use of any registered pesticides inconsistent with its label is against both Federal Law and State Law.
Since its establishment in 1950, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded discoveries and innovations that have transformed our lives, from the Internet to Google to MRI machines. In this session, I will provide an overview of NSF’s first new directorate in more than three decades, the Directorate for Technology,...
A variety of important machine learning applications require predictions on test data with different characteristics than the data on which a model was trained and validated. In particular, test data may have a different relative frequency of positives and negatives (i.e., class distribution) and/or different mislabeling costs of false positive...
Thermal oxidation of methyl oleate was studied over a range of temperatures from 50 C to 150 C for periods of time up to 30 min. Degradation was quantitatively followed by gas liquid chromatography (GLC) and liquid scintillation counting of the products of methyl oleate-U-14C heated under a stream of...
Dimethyl sulfide, acetaldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, furan, 2-furaldehyde, 2-acetyl furan, and ethyl furoate were produced when pureed strawberries were heated to 120° C. for 30 minutes. Shorter heating periods were sufficient to produce the first three compounds. With the exception of acetaldehyde, none of the heat-induced compounds were detected in unheated, pureed...
Studies involving freeze-dried methyl linolenate-gelatin foams indicate that the extent of lipid-protein interaction corresponds to the degree of autoxidation of the lipid fraction. It appears that approximately 11% of the malonaldehyde as defined by the 2-thiobarbituric acid test is firmly bound to the protein. The induction period of autoxidation is...
The total kinetic energy release and fission mass distributions for the fast neutron (En = 3–100 MeV) induced fission of 232Th, 233U, 235U, 237Np, 239Pu, 240Pu, and 242Pu have been measured using the LANSCE facility. The neutron energies were deduced from time-of- flight measurements. The fission fragments were detected using...
Pesticide chemists have recognized since the 1940's that ultraviolet light was deleterious to the insecticidal properties of certain compounds. However, it has been only within the last 15 years that a number of photodecomposition products of the chlorinated hydrocarbon
insecticides have been isolated and identified. The degradation of insecticides by...
A threshold pattern for the even-numbered free fatty acids (FFA) in butter depended on chain-length. Butyric acid had the lowest total average flavor threshold (AFT) of the more volatile FFA, and the total AFT values increased as chain-length increased through hexanoic and octanoic acids. A soapy after-taste predominated at and...
Eighty-one microbial species isolated from seafoods and other marine sources were examined to determine the extent of interactions among these species. Spot-plates, cross-plates, and concurrent growth experiments at 7, 15, 20, and 30 C indicated that Lactobacillus species were capable of inhibiting other microorganisms. Lactobacillus species isolated from oysters and...
This investigation was a trial to check the possibility of developing a frozen blackberry puree dessert. A blend of different varieties and selections of blackberries, as it may be expected in commercial production was preferred to provide the fruit-puree-mix.
Several stabilizers bearing different commercial names were added to the fruit...
This edition contains research updates and a comprehensive list of publications summarizing research conducted by faculty of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State University. Dr. Elizabeth Tomasino, OSU associate professor, and Quynh Phan, OSU doctoral candidate, open the newsletter with an article on Pinot noir wine lipid composition....
This edition contains research updates and a comprehensive list of publications summarizing research conducted by faculty of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State University. Dr. Patty Skinkis, OSU Viticulture Extension Specialist and Professor, opens the newsletter with an article on canopy yield management. Dr. James Osborne, OSU Enology...
Our latest edition of the OWRI Technical Newsletter contains research updates and a comprehensive list of publications summarizing research conducted by faculty of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State University. Dr. R. Paul Schreiner, USDA-ARS Research Plant Physiologist, opens the newsletter with a research update on Pinot noir...
This edition contains research updates and a comprehensive list of publications summarizing research conducted by faculty of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State University. Drs. Alexander Levin and Achala KC, both assistant professors at OSU-Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center (SOREC), along with Cody Copp, graduate research assistant,...
This edition contains research updates and a comprehensive list of publications summarizing research conducted by faculty of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State University. Dr. Elizabeth Tomasino, OSU Associate Professor, opens the newsletter with an article on the influence of two compounds on Pinot noir aroma. Drs. Laurent...
This edition contains research updates and a comprehensive list of publications summarizing research conducted by faculty of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State University. Dr. Bob Martin, Research Plant Pathologist (Virology), USDA, opens the newsletter with a research update on grapevine red blotch disease that provides growers with...
Tenure has often been situated as a non-negotiable tenet of modern academia, a status granted after a probationary period and extensive review, and critical for academic freedom. However, the processes by which promotion and tenure (P&T) are vetted depart in practice from the meritocratic ideal that is frequently used to...
Resident and migratory avifauna in the Willamette Valley, Oregon are heavily influenced by winter conditions and habitat characteristics, especially those of wetlands. As such, it is important to monitor avian communities and environmental factors at wetland sites within the Willamette Valley during winter. Using data from standardized avian point-count surveys,...
This key to the bee genera of the Pacific Northwest provides dichotomous couplets which aid the user in identifying 60 genera of bees which occur or may occur in the region. The key architecture is based strongly on the key to the genera of North and Central America published in...
This species key to female bumble bees of the Pacific Northwest provides dichotomous couplets which aid the user in identifying 27 species which occur or have occurred historically, and may still be present in the region. The key architecture is based strongly on the key to species for females found...
This species key to male bumble bees of the Pacific Northwest provides dichotomous couplets which aid the user in identifying 27 species which occur or have occurred historically, and may still be present in the region. The key architecture is based strongly on the key to species for males found...
Our latest edition of the OWRI Technical Newsletter contains helpful Extension information, updates and research discoveries. Dr. Jay Pscheidt, Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, OSU, opens the newsletter with an article about the potential effects of climate change on powdery mildew; a timely topic for the 2016 growing season. Dr....
Our latest edition of the OWRI Technical Newsletter contains research updates, the latest Extension resources, and a comprehensive list of publications outlining research conducted by members of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State University. Dr. Patty Skinkis, Viticulture Extension Specialist & Associate Professor, OSU opens the newsletter with...
This issue is packed with new information from various research trials conducted here in Oregon, whether it is from vineyard plots, the wine lab, or the growth chamber, results are likely to have impact on vineyard and winery production here in Oregon. James Osborne, Enology Extension Specialist, opens this month’s...
Welcome to the spring edition of the OWRI Technical Newsletter. This edition showcases several articles and resources that will help you to prepare for the 2013 season. Dr. James Osborne, OSU Enology Extension Specialist, opens this edition with a timely article about Brettanomyces and winemaking. You will also find an...
Our current issue of the OWRI Technical Newsletter is packed with Extension information, research results, and program updates. Paul Schreiner, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, opens the newsletter with an article on his latest research assessing vine nutrients requirements in Pinot noir. Laurent Deluc, Associate Professor, OSU, reports on his research...
This issue is packed with information. James Osborne, Enology Extension Specialist, OSU, opens the newsletter with an article about managing Brettanomyces and spoilage in the winery. Patty Skinkis, Viticulture Extension Specialist, OSU, provides an article on the challenge of yield estimation in vineyards. Jay Pscheidt, Extension Plant Pathologist, OSU, provides a timely article on scouting for crown...
This newsletter comes as many of you anxiously await this year’s harvest. We have taken this opportunity to focus on berry development in the viticulture section. Laurent Deluc, Grape Researcher, writes about his research on berry ripening synchronization, and Viticulture Extension Specialist, Patty Skinkis, provides information on berry development and...
This newsletter comes at the advent of bloom and fruit set in this 2011 season. To provide information on timely topics, Patty Skinkis provides an article on early season leaf removal and how it may help reduce disease infection. Inga Zasada provides information on plant parasitic nematodes to help you...
This issue of Vineyard Notes covers four timely topics to be considered in your véraison vineyard management plans:
+ Bird control
+ Powdery mildew management
+ Late season Botrytis prevention
+ Tissue nutrient sampling
Welcome to the March 2011 Viticulture & Enology Newsletter! We have a number of great articles from members of our team to keep you informed. Marcus Buchanan provides an update on the mealybug trapping efforts that have been in place in southern Oregon’s winegrape regions since 2009. Jay Pscheidt writes...
We are happy to present a viticulture-based newsletter this quarter, focusing on some of the challenges that were apparent in vineyard management during 2010. While the Botrytis challenges are fresh in the minds of vineyard managers, Walt Mahaffee provides a summary of a replicated field trial using Botrytis sprays. Vaughn...
Welcome to the September 2010 edition of OSU Vineyard Notes. We take this opportunity to make you aware of pest-related problems in the vineyard. This 2010 season has been a challenge for many, and the challenges do not stop here. Jay Pscheidt, OSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, reports on new...
As the season progresses and all anticipate bloom, we hope you take the opportunity to read this issue. It is full of useful information on some pests of concern—both old and new—in the vineyard and winery: powdery mildew, grape rust mites, Spotted Wing Drosophila and Brettanomyces.
We include other useful...