The nutrient intake of forty-five participants in
the Title IIIc Elderly Nutrition Program in rural
Oregon was assessed through 7-day dietary records. The
1980 Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) were used to
assess adequacy of intake. There were no
statistically significant differences between the 7-
day nutrient intakes of those who...
Coastal hazards are the result of numerous physical processes cumulatively causing water levels to flood and erode the land. The waves, storm surges, tides, and run-off contributing to elevated water levels are each the product of chaotic and random weather patterns. These stochastic weather patterns dissipate energy in Earth's climate...
This collection of creative nonfiction essays seeks to examine my expanding consciousness and the people and experiences that have contributed to it. The first essay juxtaposes competitive running and dancing, the second considers how food choices challenge relationships, the third unpacks an implausible friendship while paralleling an Audre Lorde essay,...
There are only three fundamental sources for increasing seafood supply: 1) better management and utilization of wild fish stocks, 2) aquaculture and 3) aquaculture-enhanced ‘wild’ fisheries. However, nearly all of the significant growth in global seafood harvest and international trade over the past three decades has, and in the future...
Beginning with the basic equations from the theory of elasticity
and employing a model of crack propagation based on the concept of
a constant plastic energy absorption per unti of crack extension, the
commonly accepted power law of fatigue crack propagation was derived.
This derivation uses an extension of the...
The present day vegetation pattern of the Willamette Valley is a result of a long past of human alteration of the landscape. Beginning with aboriginal burning of the grasslands to present day land uses, the vegetation of the valley has been affected by anthropogenic activity. Wet prairie is a vanishing...