Halyomorpha halys (brown marmorated stink bug, Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), an invasive insect pest, has established populations in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Halyomorpha halys is a potential pest of many specialty crops in the Willamette Valley, including hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.). The objectives of this study were to 1) characterize the...
Cataract is a leading cause of blindness throughout the world, yet the fundamental biochemical causes are unknown. A rodent model of the biochemical processes is selenite cataract. This cataract shows some of the features of human cataracts such as increased lens calcium, proteolysis of proteins, and insolubilization leading to lens...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a
labyrinthine dysfunction, with and without visual cues, on underwater
submergence. The subjects utilized were fifteen bilateral
neural deaf males, nine conductive deaf males and sixteen hearing
males. Following a series of pre-tests, administered to determine
balancing difficulties, each...
This thesis presents the idea for FORIN (Forest Roads Inventory), a computerized forest roads inventory system. FORIN is a tool to more efficiently inventory and manage information of forest roads. FORIN is intended for use by field personnel, who will use pen-based computers to improve productivity, accuracy of inventories, to...
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AN ABSTRACT OF TILE THESIS OF
Peter (Pece) V. Gorsevski for the