Soil testing for a perennial crop, especially a crop new to Oregon such as grapes, raises three common questions from growers: is a soil test desired, how many samples are needed and what do the results indicate? Soil samples are needed before planting a vineyard. These samples provide a record...
Hydrazine based fuels are used by the Air Force for the Titan II
and Minuteman III missiles and the F-16 aircraft and by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for propulsion systems and the
Space Shuttle Program. These uses represent significant production,
transportation and storage of these fuels, and, as...
The thermal contact conductance (TCC) between two machined pieces of stainless steel was studied. A guarded hot plate thermal conductivity test fixture was designed and built for the experiment. Factors investigated included the contact pressure, surface roughness, interface material and average test temperature. The contact pressure at the interface ranged...
A method was devised and tested for rapid and quantitative
identification of microbial flora in fresh seafoods. The rapid
identification of large numbers of isolates was made possible by
(1) a simplified identification scheme established by reference
culture studies and from the known reactions of microorganisms
reported in the literature,...
Background:
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major public health burden in western societies. The progressive form of NAFLD, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is characterized by hepatosteatosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, and hepatic damage that can progress to fibrosis and cirrhosis; risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma. Given the scope of NASH,...
Premise of research. We sought to determine the role of flowering in recovery of understory herbs from a major disturbance and to determine the effects of plant and environmental factors on flowering patterns.
Methodology. We counted flowering and nonflowering shoots in permanent plots eight to 10 times over a 30-year period for...
Japan is one of the largest importers of wheat, with imports originating from three countries, Australia,
Canada, and the United States. Australia, Canada and Japan all use a government single-desk agency to control wheat
trade. Many previous studies on competition in the world grain trade have argued the market is...
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