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The entire human population is chronically exposed to various
contaminants, including lead and chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides.
Studies were undertaken to assess the effects of chronic exposure to
lead on the toxicities of two such pesticides, lindane and dieldrin.
Mice were given lead as the acetate in drinking water, at levels...
Chicken embryonic cells (CEC) cultured in vitro were able to
withstand the toxicity of DDT at concentrations below 10μg/ml culture
medium. When the DDT concentration exceeded the toxic level, CEC
appeared vacuolated and lost the spindle-like fibroblastic appearance,
Gas chromatographic analysis had shown that the uptake of DDT (3μg/
ml'culture...
Oregon Biography Index is intended to serve primarily as a starting point in locating biographies of Oregonians. We have indexed 47 historical volumes which are either entirely devoted to biographies or have large self-contained biographical sections. The profiles in the books vary widely in accuracy and detail. Birth dates of...
The focus of this research is to develop a prototype
expert system for softwood lumber grading. The grading
rules used in the knowledge base of the system are based on
Western Lumber Grading Rules 88 published by the Western
Wood Products Association. The system includes 27 grades
in Dimension, Select/Finish,...
The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management propose to adopt coordinated ecosystem management direction for the lands they administer within the range of the northern spotted owl. This Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SETS) presents as alternatives the options, with slight modifications, developed by the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment...
Over the past decade, changes in health, economic, and social policies have shifted the dying process out of hospitals and into the community. This exploratory,hypothesis-generating study investigated positive and negative caregiving as well as care management resources of community-based end-of-life caregivers and how they related to caregivers' personal growth following...
Individuals in and around a small college town were asked to take part in an interview to study their perception of wilderness activities depicted on television and other forms of media and the potential impact of these depictions on an individual's willingness to participate in wilderness activities. This study linked...