RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:
1. Determine differences in microbial community structure and microbial biomass among Oregon vineyard soils using phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis.
2. Assess the relative importance of several environmental factors affecting microbial community structure in Oregon vineyard soils.
3. Test the ability of PLFA analysis to distinguish differences in...
The study of the subsurface flow and distribution of water is critical to the
evaluation of the unsaturated zone for a potential geologic high-level radioactive
waste repository. This site is located at Yucca Mountain, Nevada in the northern
Mojave Desert. and was chosen on the basis of its low precipitation,...
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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF
Lorraine E. Flint for the
The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether
there were significant differences between Oregon community
college collegiate freshmen and Oregon State University freshmen in
terms of interest, values, and manifest needs.
The study was limited to a representative sample of the freshman
population in the lower-division collegiate program...
We examined the nutrient intake of women with rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) before and after initiation of treatment with arthritis medication.
Results of past (before taking arthritis medication) and present diets of RA
subjects were compared to the past and present diets of the non-RA group.
Subjects with RA were 19...
We compared a kinetic method (KM) and a colorimetric method (CM) for
measuring erythrocyte aspartate aminotransferase (EAST) activity. Twenty-three
healthy college students including 7 men and 16 women, aged from 22 to 40 years,
participated in this study. Vitamin B-6 status was assessed by EAST activity
coefficient (EAST-AC), the ratio...
Natural hydraulic barriers exist at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, a potential high-level nuclear waste repository, that have been identified as possible lateral diversions for reducing deep percolation through the waste storage area. Historical development of the conceptual model of lateral diversion has been limited by available field data, but numerical investigations...
The objectives were to investigate the ability of a two-factor
central composite rotatable design (CCRD), using cooking temperature
(CT) and endpoint temperature (ET) as independent variables, to
predict selected chemical, physical and sensory meat quality
characteristics considered important by the industry, researcher and
consumer alike. Response surface analysis (RSA) was...