A multitude of biotic and physical factors, many of them unique to riparian environments, interacted to form an extremely complex ecosystem along Catherine Creek in the Wallowa Mountains. A total of 258 stands of vegetation representing 60 communities was identified. At least 20 species of mammals and 81 species of...
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Published September 1998. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The purpose of this study was to apply the Combined Index (Con, a hazard screening tool, developed by Dr. Debra Forman of EPA Region III Office of Air Radiation and Toxics Division, to the 1994 and 1995 Oregon Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) for pollution prevention and facility targeting analysis....
The purpose of this study was to determine the in-service training needs in selected subject matter areas as perceived by community nutrition educators in Kiambu District in Kenya. The study also sought to determine if there were significant relationships between selected demographic characteristics and the respondents' perceptions regarding in-service training...
This paper presents a brief history of social dance at Oregon State University (OSU) and discusses its key elements and context. Social dance has been part of campus life at OSU since the university was founded. Initially, dance was a social activity and means to interact with others, but as...
In 1990, the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments authorized the regulation of 188 hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Exposure to HAPs at sufficient concentrations and durations can increase both cancer and serious adverse non-carcinogenic effects. The purpose of this study was to conduct a human health risk assessment using data of...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of commodity promotion activities on the United States' hazelnut farmer's economic welfare. Commodity promotion activities, such as generic advertising and research, are the responsibilities of government mandated commodity commissions, such as the Hazelnut Marketing Board (HMB). The HMB is a...
Biohazardous waste refers to wastes that are potentially infectious to humans, as well as wastes from animal or plant research that could be potentially infectious to these organisms, or could alter their genetic selection process. Research resulting in generation of biohazardous waste is typically conducted at large, research-based universities. The...
An almost torus manifold $M$ is a closed $(2n+1)$-dimensional orientable Riemannian manifold with an effective, isometric $n$-torus action such that the fixed point set $M^T$ is non-empty. Almost torus manifolds are analogues of torus manifolds in odd dimension and share many of the characteristics of torus manifolds. For example, both...