The Caliciviridae contains many viruses which are pathogenic to humans, marine
mammals, domestic animals, and numerous species of wildlife. Currently there is no single assay
to detect antigenic response to the multiple serotypes of calicivirus. The development of
calicivirus specific synthetic peptides having highly conserved epitopes common to many
serotypes...
The nervous system has an integral role in rapid torque production of the lower extremity, which is often necessary for proper motor response to a dynamic environment. The nervous system is complex with numerous pathways, including spinal motor control networks, which influence the ability to move. However, few studies have...
One method of estimating the longwave radiative heating of the atmosphere is to combine satellite observations of emitted radiances with those computed from synoptic temperature and humidity profiles. Modeled and observed radiances are brought into agreement by altering cloud properties or even by adjusting the temperature and water vapor profiles....
Throughout society, many believe women are not succeeding professionally because of the institutional barriers created by men in the American workforce. However, women may be more competitive with other women than with men, especially when limited job positions are the goal. Competitiveness among women can be explained by a phenomenon...
The collective chemosensing of nonexcitable mammalian cells involves a biochemical network that features gap junction communications and heterogeneous single cell activities. To understand the integrated multicellular chemosensing, we study the calcium dynamics of micropatterned fibroblast cell colonies in response to adenosine triphosphate (ATP) stimulation. We find that the cross-correlation function...
1. Rotbusters Field Survey.
Kokanee and Basin were the only varieties sampled in 2005. There was a significant relationship between radicle rot severity and gross yield for Kokanee but not for Basin.
In previous years, we have shown that for Jubilee, approximately 3 tons of gross yield are...
Tree-ring analysis was applied to assess the impacts of the fungal disease Swiss needle
cast on the radial growth of mature Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests in the
western Oregon Coast Range. Although considered endemic to the Pacific Northwest,
Swiss needle cast has significantly lowered productivity in Douglas-fir forests only in...
Oregon has a rich history of orchard cultivation
across the state. Today, orchards continue to
be an important part of Oregon’s economy
and contribute to a healthy and balanced diet for the
public. But, with the growth of residential development,
lands that once contained orchards are being
converted into homes...
Low-level nuclear power plant outages in the United States can lead to unanticipated costs, potentially compromising the expected operation lifetime of the plant. Nuclear power plants are complex systems of interfacing components and highly regulated processes. This inherent complexity makes predicting outages from system dependencies very challenging. When outages do...