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Emetics Illustrated: A Review Of C. R. Beye, Ancient Greek Literature And Society, Thomas Nelson Winter
Emetics Illustrated: A Review Of C. R. Beye, Ancient Greek Literature And Society, Thomas Nelson Winter
Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications
C. R. Beye, Ancient Greek Literature and Society, Anchor, 1975.
The book attempts a synthesis of several areas: the Homeric (a recap of Beyeʹs earlier Iliad, Odyssey and Epic Tradition, with some other material), forty pages of good background material on fifth‐century Athens, Herodotus and Thucydides, Tragedy (including Euripides), Comedy (also including Euripides. Justly, I think), and, for the sake of the contrast, Professor Beye includes the Alexandrian literature, a good choice. Plato, though aptly fitted into the warp of the warp and woof of fifth‐century Athens, is otherwise deliberately omitted, another good choice. The Attic Orators are also consciously …
Results Of The Sixth International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery Grown In 1974, K. D. Wilhelmi, S. L. Kuhr, V. A. Johnson, P. J. Mattern, J. W. Schmidt
Results Of The Sixth International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery Grown In 1974, K. D. Wilhelmi, S. L. Kuhr, V. A. Johnson, P. J. Mattern, J. W. Schmidt
Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
This is the sixth report of results from an International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery (IWWPN) organized in 1968 by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, under a contract with the Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State. The Nursery was designed to (1) test the adaptation of winter wheat cultivars in a range of latitudes, daylengths, fertility conditions, water management, and disease complexes; (2) identify superior winter cultivars to serve as recipient genotypes for high protein and high lysine genes, and (3) test the degree of expression and stability of …
Ecology Of Suspected Damaging Coyotes And Their Interactions With Domestic Poultry And Livestock, William F. Andelt
Ecology Of Suspected Damaging Coyotes And Their Interactions With Domestic Poultry And Livestock, William F. Andelt
School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
No abstract provided.
Telorchis Gutturosi Sp. N. (Trematoda: Telorchiidae) From Graptemys Pseudogeographica Gray In Nebraska, With Reports Of Additional Species Of Trematodes From Nebraska Turtles, Daniel R. Brooks, Monte A. Mayes
Telorchis Gutturosi Sp. N. (Trematoda: Telorchiidae) From Graptemys Pseudogeographica Gray In Nebraska, With Reports Of Additional Species Of Trematodes From Nebraska Turtles, Daniel R. Brooks, Monte A. Mayes
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
One species of digenean is described and 8 others reported from turtles in Nebraska. Telorchis gutturosi, described from Graptemys pseudogeographica, resembles T. stossichi, T. pseudoaculeatus, and T. pleroticus in having an acetabulum significantly smaller than the oral sucker, but differs by possessing a pharynx which is as large as the acetabulum and having the ovary only 1/10 the body length from the acetabulum. Telorchis necturi is considered the senior synonym of T. cryptobranchi; Graptemys pseudogeographica is a new host. Hapalorhynchus stunkardi is reported for the first time since its description. Based on new morphological evidence, …
Two Tetraphyllidean Cestodes From The Freshwater Stingray Potamotrygon Magdalenae Dumeril 1852 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) From Colombia, Daniel R. Brooks, Thomas B. Thorson
Two Tetraphyllidean Cestodes From The Freshwater Stingray Potamotrygon Magdalenae Dumeril 1852 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) From Colombia, Daniel R. Brooks, Thomas B. Thorson
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
Two new tetraphyllidean cestodes are described from the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon magdalenae from Colombia. The new genus Potamotrygonocestus is proposed for P. magdalenensis, which differs from Pedibothrium by having a bilobed rather than X-shaped ovary, and simple rather than bifid hooks. It further differs from Pachybothrium hutsoni by having bothridial hooks inserted immediately posterior to an accessory sucker rather than inserted in the middle of a thick muscular pad. Potamotrygonocestus magdalenensis is unique among known tetraphyllideans by possessing vitellaria which are compact, cylindrical bands in the lateral portions of the middle of the proglottid. The second new species, Rhinebothrium …
Agricultural Experiment Station News December 1976
Agricultural Experiment Station News December 1976
Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports
CONTENTS:
PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
OVERTIME PAY
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS – NOVEMBER 1976
Reproductive Performance Of Swine Bred To Produce Purebred And Two-Breed Cross Litters, L. D. Young, R. K. Johnson, I. T. Omtvedt
Reproductive Performance Of Swine Bred To Produce Purebred And Two-Breed Cross Litters, L. D. Young, R. K. Johnson, I. T. Omtvedt
Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications
These data included the records of 818 purebred gilts and sows of Duroc, Hampshire and Yorkshire breeding mated to produce all purebreds and all possible two-way crosses. A total of 212 gilts were slaughtered 30-day postbreeding (72 purebred matings and 140 crossbred matings) to evaluate ovulation rate, number of live embryos, average embryo length and embryo survival rate. A total of 450 litters (161 purebred and 289 crossbred) were farrowed to evaluate litter size, litter weight and average pig weight at O, 21 and 42 days postfarrowing. Litters were farrowed in the spring and fall of 1971 and 1973 and …
A Bibliography Of Taxonomic Literature Of The Great Plains Flora, With Supplements I, Ii, And Iii, Ralph E. Brooks
A Bibliography Of Taxonomic Literature Of The Great Plains Flora, With Supplements I, Ii, And Iii, Ralph E. Brooks
School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications
There is at present no recent comprehensive manual of the Great Plains flora. Consequently, students of the flora must utilize monographs, revisions, and other sources in their work. This bibliography was compiled in order to facilitate location of available literature, and will be useful to anyone interested in the systematics of the plants of the Great Plains. This compilation was produced for the Great Plains Flora Association as an initial step in the preparation of a major flora for the region.
References to the plants of the Great Plains region as recognized in the Atlas of the Great Plains Flora …
Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1976) 44(4)
Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1976) 44(4)
Nebraska Bird Review
Table of Contents
Food Remains from a Barn Owl Nest in Nebraska ........................54
1976 Fall Field Day ........................57
Parasitic (?) Jaeger at Lake Manawa, Iowa ........................58
Book Reviews ........................59
Notes ........................60
Index of Volume XXX XIV ........................62
Origins Of Tolerance: Findings From A Replication Of Stouffer's Communism, Conformity, And Civil Liberties, J. Allen Williams Jr., Clyde Z. Nunn, Louis St. Peter
Origins Of Tolerance: Findings From A Replication Of Stouffer's Communism, Conformity, And Civil Liberties, J. Allen Williams Jr., Clyde Z. Nunn, Louis St. Peter
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
This report presents findings from a nationwide replication of Stouffer's classic study of attitudes toward civil liberties. Central to Stouffer's interpretation of the origins of tolerance is his idea that exposure to social and cultural diversity encourages an appreciation of the importance of civil liberties for democracy. Trends in the 1950s suggested that Americans would increasingly be exposed to diversity with the result that the population would become more tolerant in the future. These propositions were examined using education, city size, region, exposure to mass media news, gender, and occupation as indices of exposure to diversity. With the exceptions of …
Review Of Quantum States Of Atoms, Molecules And Solids, M. Eugene Rudd
Review Of Quantum States Of Atoms, Molecules And Solids, M. Eugene Rudd
M. Eugene Rudd Publications
The subjects of atomic, molecular and solid-state physics have only rarely been treated at an advanced level in a single volume. The notable exception, of course, is John C. Slater’s Quantum Theory of Matter. In the present book the three authors, Michael Morrison, Thomas Estle and Neal Lane, stress the unity among these fields by ernphasizing the concept of electronic quantum states in atoms, diatomic molecules and crystalline solids. Such a combination should be of basic interest to students in a variety of scientific fields and also form the basis for more advanced work in those three subjects themselves. …
On Political Tolerance: Comments On "Origins Of Tolerance", Harry J. Crockett
On Political Tolerance: Comments On "Origins Of Tolerance", Harry J. Crockett
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
The continued scalability of a set of attitude items used in national sample surveys separated by 19 years is a remarkable and useful result. In a discipline lacking valid measures of socially important attitudes, such an outcome merits close study and wide dissemination. But exhibiting the stability of Stouffer's tolerance scale is not the prime end of the Williams et al. paper; they pursue an accounting of the "origins of tolerance." Nor is it the prime interest of the larger research from which their paper arises. Our concern in the larger study is with the political tolerance of the American …
The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 8, Nos. 3 And 4 September-December 1976
The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 8, Nos. 3 And 4 September-December 1976
The Prairie Naturalist
SPRING MORTALITY OF INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA ▪ J. R. Serie and R. E. Jones
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA—1976 ▪ R. N. Randall
MOSSES OF THE GREAT PLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND CATALOGUE ▪ S. P. Churchill
NOTES
Fulvous Tree Duck in North Dakota ▪ L. A. Jones
Unusual Mortality of a Saw-whet Owl ▪ H. A. Kantrud
Cardinal and Mockingbird in Jamestown, North Dakota ▪ D. H. and J. E. Johnson
BOOK REVIEWS
Essence of Wilderness ▪ K. T. Killingbeck
The Changing America ▪ L. M. Kirsch
A Government Bird Book ▪ J. F. Cassel
Wildflowers ofthe Rockies …
Index Nepotianus, Valdis Leinieks
Index Nepotianus, Valdis Leinieks
Papers from the University Studies series (University of Nebraska)
This Index is a computer-generated alpha-betical list of all the words in E.O. Winstedt's edition of cornelius nepos (Oxford, 1904) with their places of occurrence. No attempt has been made to make it a critical index. Since indexes are normally used in conjunction with a text. Variant readings are automatically provided by the apparatus of the text. The few advantages of a critical index are outweighed by the increased expense and likelihood of additional errors. For the same reason no attempt has been made to assemble all the words containing the same stem morpheme under a single heading. Anyone familiar …
"Origins Of Tolerance": Reply To Crockett, J. Allen Williams Jr., Clyde Z. Nunn, Louis St. Peter
"Origins Of Tolerance": Reply To Crockett, J. Allen Williams Jr., Clyde Z. Nunn, Louis St. Peter
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
Professor Crockett has described portions of our article as "conceptually barren" and the findings are said to represent "serious distortions" which, if accepted, will lead to "serious misunderstandings." Coming from a respected colleague, these strong words cannot be taken lightly. Nevertheless, after carefully examining his criticisms, we feel they are misplaced.
Ultrastructure Of The Sporocyst Wall During Excystation Of Isospora Endocallimici, Clarence A. Speer, Alan A. Marchiondo, Donald W. Duszynski, Sharon K. File
Ultrastructure Of The Sporocyst Wall During Excystation Of Isospora Endocallimici, Clarence A. Speer, Alan A. Marchiondo, Donald W. Duszynski, Sharon K. File
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
Sporocysts of Isospora endocallimici, a parasite of marmosets, were exposed to minimal essentials medium (MEM) or a trypsin-bile salt solution (TBS) and then fixed and prepared for trans- mission electron microscopy. Excystation occurred in TBS but not MEM. The sporocyst wall has 2 layers, a thin outer layer (15 to 110 nm thick) and a thick inner layer (65 to 180 nm thick), which is composed of 4 separate curved plates. The outer layer consists of 1 to 3 membranes interspersed with lipid droplets. In the inner layer, a thin layer of material connects the peripheral margins of 2 …
Some Platyhelminth Parasites Of Sirens (Amphibia: Sirenidae) From North America, Daniel R. Brooks, Richard L. Buckner
Some Platyhelminth Parasites Of Sirens (Amphibia: Sirenidae) From North America, Daniel R. Brooks, Richard L. Buckner
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
A new genus and species of digenean and a new species of cestode are described and a previously described species of digenean reported for the first time from Siren intermedia from Illinois. A new genus is proposed for a previously described digenean, and another known species of digenean reported from Siren lacertina in Florida. Progorgodera foliata from S. intermedia has a foliate hind- body characteristic of members of Phyllodistomum and multiple testes arranged in 2 longitudinal rows characteristic of members of Gorgodera. Ophiotaenia sireni from the same host resembles O. filaroides in number of testes, O. amphiumae and O. …
A Study To Test The Teacher Perceivers Interview As An Instrument That Would Select Vocational Agriculture Instructors That Develop Positive Rapport With Their Students, James E. Simmons
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Scholarship
The purpose of this study was to test the Teacher Perceiver Interview as an instrument that would select vocational agriculture instructors that develop positive rapport with their students. A review of literature that led to this study stemmed from three areas. These were the use of the interview in hiring prospective teachers, the teacher-pupil rapport concept, and combining these two processes into an interview instrument intended to measure the teacher-pupil rapport an applicant could be expected to develop. A random sample of forty-five vocational agriculture instructors was selected out of a total of 138 teachers in the state of Nebraska. …
Groundwater Levels In Nebraska, 1975, Michael J. Ellis, Darryll T. Pederson
Groundwater Levels In Nebraska, 1975, Michael J. Ellis, Darryll T. Pederson
Conservation and Survey Division
No abstract provided.
Ultrastructure Of Interlamellar Henneguya Exilis In The Channel Catfish, William L. Current, John J. Janovy Jr.
Ultrastructure Of Interlamellar Henneguya Exilis In The Channel Catfish, William L. Current, John J. Janovy Jr.
John Janovy Publications
Ultrastructural aspects of interlamellar Henneguya exilis infections in channel catfish are reported. The plasmodium wall of this form differs from that of other species in that it is composed of two outer unit membranes which give rise to a zone of numerous pinocytic canals. Single-membraned canals appeared to be a stable feature of the wall while double-membraned canals are interpreted as those actively carrying out pinocytosis. Evidence suggests that host cellular cytoplasm as well as interstitial material is taken in by plasmodia. Plasmodium wall integrity, aggregation of parasite ectoplasmic components, numbers of pinocytic canals, and number of mitochondria proximal to …
Growth Analysis Of Tall Fescue Genotypes Differing In Yield And Leaf Photosynthesis, Wallace Wilhelm, C. J. Nelson
Growth Analysis Of Tall Fescue Genotypes Differing In Yield And Leaf Photosynthesis, Wallace Wilhelm, C. J. Nelson
United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications
Leaf growth, dry matter distribution , and carbohydrate content of four tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) genotypes selected for high and low net C02 exchange (NCE) and forage yield were studied in controlled environments t o evaluate the leaf NCE-yield relationship. High yield genotypes produced greater amounts of all plant parts and carbohydrate than the low yield genotypes. Within each yield level the high NCE genotypes produced more dry matter and carbohxdrate. Leaf growth of all genotypes was linear throughout light and dark periods, but rates were 50% greater for high yield genotypes, RGR was similar for all genotypes. NAR …
Nitrate Reductase Activity In Tall Fescue, D. D. Randall, Wallace Wilhelm, R. F. Feuers, C. J. Nelson
Nitrate Reductase Activity In Tall Fescue, D. D. Randall, Wallace Wilhelm, R. F. Feuers, C. J. Nelson
United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications
An in vitro assay for tall fescue leaf nitrate reductase activity (NRA) was established that required either O.5 % casein or polyvinylpyrrolidone in the extraction medium for maximal activity. Leaf NRA was proportional to light intensity and fertility levels. Mature tissue and high temperature decreased NRA. NRA showed significant genetic variability in broadly based genotypes and genotypes selected for photosynthetic rates and forage yields. However, progeny of the latter did not show significant genetic variability. High coefficients of variation (30-50%) among the heterogeneous progeny may have masked true genetic differences. No significant correlations were found between NRA and photosynthesis or …
Reply To “Comment On 'Resonance Raman Scattering And Collision-Induced Redistribution Scattering In I2’ ”, D. L. Rousseau, G. D. Patterson, P. F. Williams
Reply To “Comment On 'Resonance Raman Scattering And Collision-Induced Redistribution Scattering In I2’ ”, D. L. Rousseau, G. D. Patterson, P. F. Williams
P. F. (Paul Frazer) Williams Publications
We demonstrate that neither laser broadening nor inelastic collisional broadening plays a dominant role in the data of our recent experiments as has been suggested, and again we conclude that our results can only be explained by redistribution emission resulting from phase-changing processes.
Piezomodulated And Specular Reflection Spectra Of A Polydiacetylene Crystal, Craig J. Eckhardt, H. Muller, J. Tylicki, R.R. Chance
Piezomodulated And Specular Reflection Spectra Of A Polydiacetylene Crystal, Craig J. Eckhardt, H. Muller, J. Tylicki, R.R. Chance
Craig J. Eckhardt Publications
A class of potential quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors is the monocrystalline polydiacetylenes. These polymers can be obtained as single crystals that have high structural perfection and a chain configuration that permits extensive π-electron delocalization. The poly-2, 4-hexadiyne-1, 6-diol-bis-(p-toluene sulfonate) (PTS) has been the most extensively studied system and interest centers upon the extent of delocalization along the two chains compromising the P21/c unit cell.
Proceedings Seventh Bird Control Seminar -- Frontmatter & Contents
Proceedings Seventh Bird Control Seminar -- Frontmatter & Contents
Bird Control Seminars Proceedings
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
November 5 - 11, 1976
DR. WILLIAM B. JACKSON CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN AND EDITOR
SPONSORED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CENTER, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND NATIONAL PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION, VIENNA, VIRGINIA
Registered Participants -- Seventh Bird Control Seminar, November 1976
Registered Participants -- Seventh Bird Control Seminar, November 1976
Bird Control Seminars Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Protecting Ripening Sorghum With Methiocarb From Bird Damage In Senegal, Richard L. Bruggers
Protecting Ripening Sorghum With Methiocarb From Bird Damage In Senegal, Richard L. Bruggers
Bird Control Seminars Proceedings
The simultaneous completion of the rainy season and nesting of granivorous birds between October and November in the Sudano-sahelian region of Senegal often results in very extensive bird damage to cereal crops. This occurs from both increased bird populations, due to the presence of juveniles as well as from their accompanying change in diet from insects to seeds. The damage is caused by several species of birds, most notable the Red-billed Dioch (Quelea quelea) and the Village and Black-headed Weavers (Ploceus cuculiatus and Ploceus capitalis) . The Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) and the Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus) also are at …
Experimental Use Of Av-Alarm For Repelling Quelea From Rice In Somalia, Larry C. Holcomb
Experimental Use Of Av-Alarm For Repelling Quelea From Rice In Somalia, Larry C. Holcomb
Bird Control Seminars Proceedings
The Av-Alarm is a device for producing loud intermittent sounds which are sometimes effective in repelling pest birds or mammals. (Av-Alarm is manufactured by Av-Alarm Corp, P.O. Box 2488, Santa Maria, California 93454.) The sound is intended to irritate or cause anxiety in animals, perhaps by interfering with normal sound communication sufficiently to repel them from the area. Boudreau(1972) and Stewart (1974) report factors relating to alarm stimuli in bird control. Stewart (1974), HcCracken (1972) and Palmer (1976) reported the use of Av-Alarm in repelling pests under several different situations. However, Jeffrey Jackson (pers. comm.) has reported the use of …
Tests Of Bird Damage Control Measures In Sudan, 1975, Lee R. Martin
Tests Of Bird Damage Control Measures In Sudan, 1975, Lee R. Martin
Bird Control Seminars Proceedings
The Red-billed Quelea (Quelga quelaa), because of its widespread destruction of grain crops throughout its range in Africa, is one of the most studied and written about granivorous bird species. Less publicized are more local bird pests in Africa which may be equally Important. The Village Weaver, (Ploceus cucullatus), for example, is a pest in many countries, while some other Ploecids with limited destructive habits create local problems. Significant crop losses also occur where there are large populations of Golden Sparrows (Passer luteus), House Sparrows (Passer domesticus), Red Bishops (Euplectes oryx), Doves (Streptopelia spp.), Glossy Starlings (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Parakeets (Psittacula …
Species Composition, Food Habits, And The Economic And Ecologic Impact Of Winter Blackbird Flocks, Raleigh J. Robertson, Patrick J. Weatherhead, Frank J. S. Phelan, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, Nigel Lester
Species Composition, Food Habits, And The Economic And Ecologic Impact Of Winter Blackbird Flocks, Raleigh J. Robertson, Patrick J. Weatherhead, Frank J. S. Phelan, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, Nigel Lester
Bird Control Seminars Proceedings
Crop depredation by blackbirds (Icteridae) and Starlings (sturnus vulgaris) in North America has long prompted experimentation with control techniques. These efforts have been centered in the northeast and northcentral United States where concentrated cultivation of vulnerable crops coincides with the location where flocks of blackbirds congregate in the fall prior to their migration south (Stone, et al., 1972; Wiens and Dyer, 1975). In these areas the high cost and logistic impracticality of implementing widespread controls has suggested the need for modifying agricultural practices instead (Wiens and Dyer, 1975). More recently, attention has been focused farther south, particularly in Kentucky and …