The purpose of this cross-sectional population study was to provide an assessment of weight status of a county's preschool population utilizing the new growth charts and expressed as Body Mass Index, or BMI, -for- age percentile. This study was conducted in conjunction with an annual health screen for incoming kindergartners...
These studies examined the role of perinatal androgen
in the development of neuroendocrine and behavioral
characteristics of gray-tailed voles, Microtus
canicaudus. When mature, females exhibited alternating
vaginal smear patterns or persistent vaginal
cornification; estrogen and progesterone concentrations
were not correlated with vaginal smear patterns. Corpora
lutea were not observed in...
Molecular chirality plays a critical role in chemistry, biology, and medicine. To study and better understand conformational chirality, it is necessary to obtain structurally interesting molecules that exhibit this form of chirality. Our lab utilizes total synthesis and methodological development to obtain conformationally chiral natural products of interest. We believe...
This investigation identified perceptions of deterrents to participation in adult literacy programs from among a low- literate non-participating adult population residing in the greater Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. While previous investigators have identified deterrents to participation among other subgroups of the population, such investigations have focused on those currently, or...
Dearomatization reactions exist broadly in biosynthesis and chemical synthesis. The highly functionalized atoms of arenes can be masked by it aromaticity, and upon dearomatization, those reactive atoms can be readily applied to bond formation and further manipulation. The total synthesis of (–)-cephalotaxine and (–)- homoharringtonine is described via an oxidative...
The plasma concentrations and the dietary intakes of vitamin E
were determined in 20 elderly and ten young subjects. Five subjects
in the older group were known to take supplements of vitamin E. The
mean concentration of tocopherols (determined chemically) in the
plasma of all unsupplemented subjects was 1.12 ±...
This thesis is a study of the job satisfaction Home Economics
majors experience from their work in junior executive positions in
retailing, an investigation of their former expectations and approach
to retailing, and an evaluation of certain specific course areas usually
included in clothing, textiles, and related course areas in...
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,...
Pollination is an essential ecosystem service that sustains functioning ecosystems and aids in food production. In response to recent, widespread declines of managed and native bee populations, many land managers have shown interest in developing conservation and restoration plans for enhancing native bee habitat. However, there is a lack of...