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Ua66/7/2 Newsletter, Wku Chemistry

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Barbara Ward, Barbara Ward

Stevenson Lecture Series

Barbara Ward is the six speaker in the Adlai Stevenson series; she is a British political Scientis and autho, and is also known as Lady Jackson, wife of Sir Robert Jackson. This speech is titled "Survival in the Seventies."

Water Resources News, Volume 2, No. 11, December 1970

Water Current Newsletter

March Seminar Planned
Groundwater Seminar
Summer Short Course Planned
Boy Scout Guides
Beneficial Effects of Air Pollution Abatement
Engineering Criteria For Animal Waste Treatment Lagoons in North Carolina
Department of the Interior Organizational Alignments Affecting OWRR
Phosphate Detergents Banned in Chicago
Water Resources Legislation in the Congress
NSF Funds Curriculum Project to Aid Fight Against Water Pollution
Ruckelshaus Named EPA Head
Recycled Wastewater Used at Latex Plant
Research Review
New Publications Received by the Institute
Program for the 1971 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Water Resources

Part A: Some Reactions Of Norbornene Oxide: Part B: Arylnorbornene Oxides, Thomas J. Gerteisen

Doctoral Dissertations

Part A: In this thesis research on the action of Grignard reagents with with norbornene oxide has been initiated and found to be of possible synthetic utility.

Part B: The structure of the product of the acid catalyzed dehydration of 2-p-anisylnorbornane-2, 3-cis-exo-diol in hydrochloric acid-tetrahy-drofuran has been reassigned. It was discovered, on the basis of further data, that the structure of the high melting solid was that of the dimer of the epoxide, a p-dioxane, rather than the epoxide itself. This change was proposed for many reasons. A near total nmr analysis of the compound …

Nuclear Orientation Of 253Es In Neodymium Ethylsulfate, A. J. Soinski, Richard B. Frankel, Q. O. Navarro, D. A. Shirley

Physics

Einsteinium-253 nuclei were oriented at low temperatures in a neodymium ethylsulfate lattice. From the temperature-dependent α-particle angular distribution a nuclear magnetic moment |μ|=(2.7±1.3)μ_N was deduced. From the values for the angular distribution function at the lowest temperatures it was possible to test the predictions of the Mang shell-model theory for the relative phases and amplitudes of the α-partial waves. As predicted, the waves of angular momentum L=0 and 2 are in phase, and the L=0 and 4 waves are out of phase. The predicted wave amplitudes are in error, especially that of the L …

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation Of The Metal-To-Semiconductor Transition In Crystalline Cdo, R. P. Benedict, David C. Look

Physics Faculty Publications

Measurements of the Cd¹¹³ nuclear-spin-lattice relaxation time (T₁) and resonance frequency shift (K) were carried out in several samples of polycrystalline n-type CdO over the temperature (T) range 1.4-300°K, frequency (ν) range 2-10 MHz, and carrier concentration (N_e) range 3.3-44×10¹⁸ cm^-3. For N_e>10¹⁹ cm^-3, we find that T₁∝N_e^-2/3T^-1 and K∝N_e^1/3, showing that the nuclei are interacting with degenerate conduction electrons. Furthermore, the Korringa relationship holds and the calculated electron density at a nucleus is almost the same as …

Synthesis And Structure Proof Of Cis-6,6-Dichloro-2-Diphenylmethylene- Bicyclo [3.2.0] Hept-3-Ene-7-One And Cis-2,2- Dichloro- 1,2,2a,7a-Tetrahydro- 7-Diphenylmethylene-Cyclobut (A) Inden-1-0ne, William Douglas Barta

Masters Theses

Introduction

The purpose of this research endeavor was to determine the structures of the adducts of dichloroketene with diphenylfulvene and benzodiphenylfulvene. Structure elucidation was attempted by chemical degradation and nmr analysis.

The structures of the adducts of dichloroketene with cyclopentadiene^1,2 and indene^3,4 have been determined by previous workers. The influence of the exocyclic double bond on the mode of cycloaddition is unknown.

A Summary Of Lake Mcconaughy Rainbow Trout Spawntaking Activities, Rod Van Velson

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

The objective of this activity is to raise and stock progeny from adult Lake McConaughy rainbow trout for the purpose of: (1) establishing spawning runs of McConaughy strain rainbow trout in streams which have the potential to support reproduction, (2) develop a stocking program for streams which have a coldwater habitat but lack suitable spawning areas (these rainbow, upon reaching a size of seven to nine inches will migrate downstream to Lake McConaughy. They will return to the streams in their third and fourth years weighing 2.0 to 6.0 pounds), and (3) providing additional life history and management information about …

Computer Implemented Synthesis Of Multiple Level Combinational Networks, Alfredo Caldwell

Masters Theses

The purpose of this investigation has been to implement, in the form of computer programs, two algorithms which are used in the synthesis of multiple level combinational networks. The algorithms implemented were devised by Professor Paul E. Wood, Jr., of M.I.T., and by Professor Eugene L. Lawler, of The University of Michigan. In the course of the investigation a more efficient way of implementing the two algorithms was discovered. The combined version of the algorithms takes advantage of the best features of the original algorithms.

In the synthesis of multiple level combinational networks minimal complexity is high desirable. The whole …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 2, Nos. 3 And 4 September–December, 1970

The Prairie Naturalist

EDITORIAL: Ecology and Environmental Education ▪ Keith R. Stamm

PEOPLE IN PERIL ▪ Thomas L. Kimball

MEN IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Robert L. Burgess

ENERGY AND MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Dale Henegar

MINERALS AND SOILS IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Wilson M. Laird

WATER IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Norman Peterson

THE ATMOSPHERE IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Gene A. Christianson

WHY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE LIFE SCIENCES? ▪ James R. Reilly

ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES ▪ William P. Eastwood

MASS MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ▪ Richard Palmer

THE JUDGMENT OF THE JACKAL ▪ C. Benson Thomerson

THE ROLE OF COLLEGES AND …

On The Measurement Of Fund Performance, Harlan D. Mills

The Harlan D. Mills Collection

No abstract provided.

Cell-Free Amino Acid-Incorporating Systems From Mesofhilic And Thermophilic Species Of The Genus Bacillus, Nisson Schechter

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Reaction Of Ethylenediamine With Tetradentate Cobalt(Iii) Complexes, Laura H. C. Huang

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Cobalt(Iii) Complexes With 1,2-Propanediaminediacetic Acid, Paul John Magnell

Masters Theses

Introduction

Aminocarboxylic acid cobalt(III) complexes have been of interest to inorganic chemists since 1909 when Ley and Winkler isolated violet and rose colored geometric isomers of tris amino acid complexes of glycine and alanine.¹ More recently, considerable interest has been shown in the study of the stereochemistry and optical activity arising from configurational and vicinal interactions of these complexes. Nuclear magnetic resonance of the methylene protons on the carboxylate portion of the coordinated ligand has also been studied.

Of immediate interest to this study is the stereo-chemistry of complexes containing flexible tetradentate ligands. A tetradentate ligand may be constructed …

The Fishes Of The Nemaha Basin, Nebraska, Larry Witt

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

The possible effects of proposed watershed management practices on fish resources of the Nemaha Basin were poorly understood; thus, a study was undertaken to ascertain the species of fish present and their relative abundance and distribution within the basin. Thirty-five species were collected, 34 of them from the Big Nemaha River system and 28 from the Little Nemaha River system. These data may be used as a basis for future studies of fish population changes in the Nemaha Basin and possibly as a basis for studies in other watersheds.

"Remarks On The Motion Picture No Blade Of Grass", Cornel Wilde

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

Perturbation Theory Of The Hooke's Law Model For The Two‐Electron Atom, Ronald White, W. Byers Brown

Center for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing (CAMP)

The Hooke model for the two‐electron atom replaces the electron–nuclear interaction by a harmonic oscillator potential, but retains the Coulomb repulsion of the electrons. The first‐order perturbation equation for the electron repulsion is solved analytically, and the exact first‐, second‐, and third‐order perturbation energies are obtained. A similar Z^-1 perturbation treatment is carried out for the Hartree–Fock equation and other variational approximations. The Z^-1 of the correlation energy is compared with that for helium-like atoms and found to be similar.

The Effects Of Channelization In The Missouri River On Fish And Fish-Food Organisms, Earl R. Kendle

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Plans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to channel the Missouri River from Sioux City to Yankton are of great concern to the ecologists interested in this section of the river. The channelization of the last remaining relatively natural sketch of the Missouri River below the main stem reservoirs could prove to be ecologically disastrous. As the present time too little is known in the form of scientifically proven facts of the likely effects on fish and other organisms inhabitating the river. The populations of certain species of fish far downstream from and in the section to be channelized …

Geology, Geochemistry And Lava Tubes In Quaternary Basalts, Northeastern Part Of Zuni Lava Field, Valencia County, New Mexico, James Douglas Causey

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Basaltic volcanism in the northeastern part of the Zuni lava field is related to a north-northeast trending regional fracture system. This is shown by elongation of centers and their alignment. However, .the fractures do not control the direction of lava tubes.

There are three distinct stages of volcanic activity common to the Zuni lava field:

1) early pyroclastic eruptions,

2) quiescent flows or fissure eruptions􀀅

3) late pyroclastic eruptions.

Evidence for the first stage is sometimes lacking, but the second and third stages can always be seen.

The basalts range from weakly tholeiitic to alkali in nature. Potassium content varies …

Water Resources News, Volume 2, No. 10, November 1970

Water Current Newsletter

NWRRI Director Named Executive Secretary of Universities Council on Water Resources
1971 Summer Institutes Planned
Research and Development Sources Sought
NWRRI Proposals Submitted
FWQA Booklet on Fish Mortalities
Urban Wastewater Renovation Through Agriculture
Control of Oil Pollution
Environmental Education Bill to White House
Title II Awards for FY 1971
Case Studies in Water Resources Systems Analysis
National Environmental Pollution Conference
UCOWR Annual Meeting Held in Virginia
Reorganizational Plans for Environmental Programs
National Water Commission Studies
Research Review
New Publications Received by the Institute - November

Bioassay Procedures For Oil And Oil Dispersant Toxicity Evaluation, Gilles Laroche, Ronald Eisler, Clarence M. Tarzwell

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Staff Publications

Hazards to marine and estuarine fauna associated with offshore drilling of oil and with transport of large quantities of oils via tankers are numerous and understandable. At present, there is a growing body of evidence on adverse effects to these organisms of crude oil (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) and chemical oil counteracting agents or dispersants (5) (6) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17). These effects are well summarized by Smith (18) and by Carthy and Arthur (19).

Comparatively few workers have studied the influence of oil-dispersant mixtures of marine life. Studies by …

Digital Systems For On-Site Collection For Water Quality Analysis, M. K. Testerman

Technical Reports

A prototype system has been developed for recording and transmitting digital data at a remote water quality monitoring station in an unattended manner. As many as eight analog signals from transducers, which measure water quality characteristics such as dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, chlorides, conductivity, redox, and turbidity, are converted to digital signals and recorded in binary coded decimal format on magnetic tape. This unit may be contacted from a central station for playback of the day's recording. The transmitted data can be recorded at the central station by teletype. Each data record includes a time-of-day "word" so that all data …

Machairodont Cats From The Early Pleistocene Broadwater And Lisco Local Faunas, C. Bertrand Schultz, Larry D. Martin

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum

A new species of Ischyrosmilus (I. crusafonti) is reported from the Early Pleistocene Broadwater Local Fauna of Morrill County, Nebraska. Ischyrosmilus sp. is reported from the Early Pleistocene Lisco Local Fauna. Megantereon is reported from the Broadwater Local Fauna and this is the first record of the genus from North America.

The Ias Bulletin, V4n5, November 1970, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1970-71
--- Important Board Action Concerning Proceedings
--- Annual Meeting Plans
--- Governor's Conference on Environmental Systems
--- "Public Lands and the People" Conference
--- IAS to Seek NSF Support for State Government-Academy Cooperation
--- IAS Receives NSF Grant to Help Finance Junior Academy Research Symposium
--- New Standing Committees Asked to Meet
--- Iowa Academy-State of Iowa Connections
--- Survey of Interest in the Iowa Science Teachers Journal
--- Back Issues of the Proceedings Available
--- Changes in Farm Management
--- Legislative Advisory Committee to be Appointed
--- Invitations for …

Nebraska Trappers' Guide: A Handbook On The Taking Of Muskrat, Mink, Beaver, And Coyote And The Handling Of Pelts, Edson Fichter, George Hytrek

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Management of any game or fur animal is an effort to insure an annual harvestable surplus. Much of this effort must be placed upon the land. The development and maintenance of habitat--the place where the animals can live--constitutes a large portion of this effort. The objective of habitat development is the increase and improvement of homes for wildlife and thereby the increase in numbers and improvement of the quality of the animals produced. Another important and continuous job of game management. is the annual check on populations--their ups and downs. Information on the numbers of animals is necessary if only …

Excitation Of The (2P2)3P State Of Helium Near Threshold, Paul Burrow

Paul Burrow Publications

The trapped-electron method is applied to the excitation by electron impact of the (2p²)³P state, the lowest doubly excited state of helium which is stable against auto-ionization. The energy of this state, 59.64±0.08 eV, is in good agreement with theory. An estimate of the slope of the total cross section for excitation of the (2p²)³P state at threshold gives a value of 4 × 10^-20 cm²/eV.

Instrumentation And Development Of Techniques To Measure And Evaluate Meteorological Parameters Important To Hydrology, Duane G. Chadwick

Reports

Hydro-meteorological instrumentation concepts are discussed. The necessity for an economic and reliable telemetering system is recognized and ways are shown how to achieve this objective. Particular discussion is given on total-precipitation and water-content-of-snow sensing. A method is also presented showing how to make isohyetal plots of telemetered precipitation information on an x-y plotter by use of a resistance paper method in conjunction with an analog computer.

Small Ring Analogs Of Acetylcholine. Synthesis And Absolute Configurations Of Cyclopropane Derivatives., Douglas Armstrong, Joseph G. Cannon

Faculty Scholarship – Chemistry

Conformational rigidity has been conferred upon the OCCN portion of acetylcholine by incorporation of the C atoms into a cyclopropane ring. trans-2-Acetoxycyclopropyltrimethylammonium iodide has been prepared from an olefinic starting material, 2-vinyloxytetrahydropyran; assignment of the trans configuration to the 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropane systems was based upon literature precedent and upon nmr data, and was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Resolution of one of the racemic intermediates in the reaction sequence was achieved, which permitted preparation of both enantiomers of the final product. X-Ray crystallographic analysis has demonstrated that the muscarinically active (+)-trans-2-acetoxycyclopropyltrimethylammonium iodide possesses the same absolute configuration …

Oyster Spatfall On Shellstrings In Virginia Rivers: 1970 Annual Summary, Dexter S. Haven

Reports

The Applied Biology Department in the VIMS Division of Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering conducts. weekly surveys of oyster "setting" in Virginia rivers from the end of May through early October each year. Starting at the mouth of each river and proceeding upstream to the limits of oyster setting, the collecting areas a.re established on public and private beds. Spat counts are obtained from oyster shells strung on wire and suspended from stakes. The number of spat which set in one week on the smooth side of ea.ch shell on the string are tabulated.

I. Existence Of Eigenvalues For Integral Equations; Ii. A Collocation Method For Boundary Value Problems, Robert Dodd Russell

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

I. The existence of eigenvalues is shown for certain classes of integral equations with continuous kernels. A number of interesting and useful results are thereby treated in a unified and relatively elementary way. The simplicity of these new proofs make the results accessible to introductory courses on the theory of integral equations.

II. Collocation with piecewise polynomial functions is developed as a method for solving two-point bour:rlary value problems. Convergence is shown for a general class of linear problems and a rather broad class of nonlinear problems. Some computational examples are presented to illustrate the wide applicability and efficiency of …