Apart from the traditional role of preventing progression from HIV to AIDS, antiretroviral drug therapy (ART) has an additional benefit of substantially reducing infectiousness, making them potentially an important strategy in the fight against HIV. Recent advances in drug therapy have also seen the use of antiretroviral drugs as a...
Janet Lamberson noted the presence of birds around her home during 1985-1990. She noted 10-33 species each month, 48-57 species each year, and a total of 72 species overall. 63 species were terrestrial birds, most of which were observed in all six years of her observations.
The semimonthly occurrence for...
Because of declines in salmon populations in recent years, the health of salmon habitat, in particular, is the focus of many resource agencies. The objective of this study is to use GIS to predict the location of suitable habitat. With data from an extensive set of stream surveys, GIS was...
This report is an update of shellfish investigations from January to August in 1951. It includes (among other things) criticism of human pollution such as lumber mill dust and human sewage, particularly in the Yaquina Bay area, discussion of a proposed experimental closure of the Nehalem Bay area to crab...
This investigation focuses on growth and survival of Pacific razor clams, measuring clams from multiple sites. It tracks the length frequencies of clams recorded, as well as length-live weight relationships. This report also includes data on number of crab pots being fished between the Columbia and Siuslaw Rivers in April,...
Ian Angell, in the New Barbarian Manifesto, said “A ‘brave new world’ is being forced upon unsuspecting societies by advances in information technology.” It would seem then, that technological advances happen automatically and have a life of their own. There is a logic to technological advancements that is outside human...
Water is one of the most biologically and economically important substances on Earth. A significant portion of Earth's water subsists in the subsurface. Our ability to monitor the flow and transport of water and other fluids through this unseen environment is crucial for a myriad of reasons.
One difficulty we...
A construct is developed which is useful in the
investigation of the global convergence properties of
Newton's method.
This construct is used to study the application of
Newton's method to polynomials. A proof that Newton's
method converges almost globally for polynomials with
only real zeroes is extended to a larger...
Evaluation of meta-sedimentary bedrock as a source of stored water available
to plants in a mediterranean climate is presented based on: root length distribution
(RLD), root morphology, rock water holding capacity and seasonal pattern of water
depletion. Studies were performed in southwestern Oregon under young stands of
whiteleaf manzanita, ponderosa...