Factors considered were phloem moisture, sour-phloem (which
may be furthered by the presence of ample phloem moisture), oleoresin of the host, and the presence of unmated female beetles in
suitable host material.
Levels of phloem moisture present in variously prepared logs
in the field ranged from about 100 to upwards...
The purpose of this study was to determine the actual retirement
income for a selected group of retired persons from Oregon
State University in order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding
of the factors affecting retirement benefits. Statistical
data on the records of 122 retired employes who were members and...
This investigation attempts to demonstrate that the development
of the early 20th century biological enterprise involved a striving for a
unifying theoretical perspective. A skeletal substantiation of this is
given by an overview of early 20th century biology in which some
biologists began recognizing a multiplicity of different orders of...
Financial management planning styles were investigated with original data
collected from 180 unmarried, elderly women with a home economics college
background and living alone. Deacon and Firebaugh's (1975, 1988)
household management systems theory, continuity theory from gerontology,
and the construct of anticipatory socialization from sociology framed the
study. Three planning...
This analysis concerns the life and scientific work of Henry
Augustus Rowland (1848-1901), organizer and the first chairman of
the physics department at The Johns Hopkins University in 1876.
Special materials used in this research included three pieces of
Rowland's experimental apparatus which are extant in the Smithsonian
Institution Division...
Aspects of bison ecology and behavior were studied in the Henry
Mountains, Utah during summer 1977 and summer 1978. Foraging
distributions of bison and of cattle were compared to elevation, slope,
horizontal distance from water, vertical distance from water, aspect,
and availability of preferred forage. The effect of bison-cattle
interactions...
In this memoir, by alumnus and Zoology Department instructor William J. Gilstrap, the author details various aspects of his life, including: childhood in Missouri, student experience at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the 1890s, and his medical practice in various Oregon locales. Gilstrap also describes in this narrative the origins...