Health care providers, including complementary and alternative medical (CAM) practitioners, exert a significant influence on parental pediatric vaccination decisions. Use of CAM therapies is increasing in Oregon. Concomitantly, there has been a decade-long increase in parental vaccine refusal in Oregon, rising from 1 to 5 percent from 2000-2009. For example,...
The effects of modifying air temperature, soil temperature,
and soil moisture levels on flowering, fruiting, and chemical composition
of Tendercrop snap beans were studied in experiments in
the field and in the greenhouse during 1961, 1962, and 1963.
High maximum temperatures of 95-105° F. during bloom reduced
the percent set...
The purpose of this study was to understand, through nontraditional student perspectives, how institutional practices of postsecondary proprietary schools may influence the success of moderately to highly nontraditional students. The study was undertaken for these reasons: (a) A large and growing number of higher education students are nontraditional, putting them...
Declines in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus, hereafter sage-grouse) populations could be attributed to low chick survival, which may be influenced by the availability of food and cover at sites used by females rearing broods. Habitat attributes important to broods may vary regionally; thus, it is necessary to understand factors affecting...
The effects of plant population densities on the growth and development
of six cultivars of bush snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
were studied in two field experiments. A systematic planting design
was used to achieve a range of densities from 21- to 110 plants per
m² and a rectangularity of...
In previous years, at Corvallis, yields of bush snap beans
varied among planting dates. In order to obtain additional information
on the effect of planting dates on the growth, development and
yield of snap beans, four field plantings and two greenhouse plantings
of the variety O.S.U. 2051 were made.
Results...