The role of orange coloration in the breeding behavior of
Gambelia wislizenii was examined in the Alvord Basin of southeast
Oregon. Behavioral observations of free ranging lizards supplemented
field experiments where I manipulated the sex and color of lizards
encountered by resident female G. wislizenii before and after they
acquired...
The objective of this research is to examine capital market determinants and implications associated with voluntary sustainability disclosures and the extent to which the informativeness of disclosure innovations differs based on given attributes of the financial disclosure and overall information environment.
In determining the quantity of financial information to disclose,...
In a recent survey, it was observed that many woody plant species grown in Pacific Northwest nurseries exhibited disease symptoms typical of a bacterial infection and Pseudomonas syringae was commonly isolated from these tissues. The distribution of the ice nucleation phenotype among P. syringae strains recovered from these infected woody...
The purpose of this study is to illuminate the role,
the function, and the ironic outcome of the Victory in
Vietnam Committee's campaign pamphlet to recall Senator
Frank Church of Idaho in 1967. The VVC's political
strategy was to build credibility with the media through
the recall pamphlet. The analysis...
Since the Altman Z-score was published in 1968, the Z-score has been a common way that investors predict bankruptcy and value risk. However, corporate structure has evolved since 1968 due to changes in economic factors and financial reporting standards. In 1976, the FASB created the first bright-line rules to distinguish...
The in planta growth of three wild type strains of phytopathogenic bacteria and three nonpathogenic mutant strains was studied to determine if mutations eliminating the ability of the mutant strains to cause disease had affected their growth in leaf tissue. The mutant strains were obtained by Tn5 mutagenesis of Pseudomonas...
Senator Al Gore Jr. was elected Vice-President of the United States
on November 3, 1992. During many of his public speeches, Gore utilized
a speaking style that differed radically from the style he used in other
political campaigns of his life. This style, which will be called the "rhetoric
of...