Vaccination with Vibrio anguillarum by oral administration
during copper exposure and intraperitoneal injection prior to copper
exposure was employed to investigate the effects of copper upon survival
and the immune response of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus
kisutch). Following copper exposure the survivors were challenged
under natural conditions to V. anguillarum,...
Steven Universe, a relatively new show from Cartoon Network, explores an unexpectedly complex understanding of gender through their main protagonists. Utilizing Judith Butler’s work on gender performativity and doing gender, as well as Daniel Dennett’s conception of the self as a theorist’s fiction, and Alexander Weheliye’s understanding of power and...
Operations research is concerned with the science of decision and uses mathematical models to aid in making these decisions. In this thesis operations research is used in connection with the lumber industry. The problem of concern has to do with a lumber company that is unable to supply the mill...
Seedlings from 25 provenances of Abies grandis and Abies
concolor were studied at two plantations, 12 at Philomath, Oregon,
and 13 at Camino, California. Native seedlings were studied at four
of the provenances' field sites. Stomatal infiltration pressure
measurements and plant moisture stress measurements were made
throughout one summer on...
The problem of estimating the parameters of a forced discrete
linear dynamic model is considered. The system model is conceptualized
to include the value of the initial state as a parameter. The forces
driving the system are partitioned into accessible and inaccessible
inputs. Accessible inputs are those that are measured;...
A silvopastoral system using a Douglas-fir
(Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree crop and subclover (Trifolium subterraneum) as a nitrogen-fixing forage crop was
investigated near Corvallis, Oregon, during 1983-1985.
Treatments included all possible combinations of three
planting patterns (no trees, trees planted 2.5 m apart in a
grid, and clusters of five trees...
The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of eight
anthropometric regression equations with hydrostatic weighing for
predicting the percent body fat of adult males with Down Syndrome
(DS). Body fat percentages were predicted for 18 adult males with DS.
Skinfold, circumference, and bioelectric impedance analysis data were...
The performance of pull factors for total retail sales in Oregon's
nonmetropolitan counties during the economic cycle of boom, bust, and recovery
of the early 1980s is examined for geographic patterns. One regional pattern and
several county patterns are identified and discussed. Counties having the highest
and lowest pull factors,...