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Nebline, December 1989

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

New Nebline Format
This issue of Nebline is the new newsletter from your Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County. This newsletter replaces individual newsletters mailed to our agricultural, home extension, horticulture, and 4-H mailing lists. This issue of Nebline contains all of the news items we would have printed in the four individual newsletters. You are now receiving the benefits of all four newsletters in one publication. I'm sure you have noticed how fast things around us are changing. The extension service is not exempt from these changes. By stabilizing and/or reducing costs through labor, materials, and postage savings we …

The Probe, Issue 98 - December 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association
DECEMBER 1989
Vote
NADCA Elections
NADCA Annual Meeting
Letters to Ye Ed
APHIS Activity Report
Animal Rights

Spindrift Gazes, Ronald Charles Kurtenbach

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Spindrift Gazes is a collection of short stories that thematically relate to how human dignity is engendered and how that sense of dignity is challenged, undercut, and regained. These fictional constructions are particularly concerned with issues of transformation, how and why change takes place. Of particular emphasis is how differing kinds of human relationships are instrumental in the nature of those changes. Of fundamental concern is to give fictional form to human rights issues.

Advisor: Judith Slater

Assessing And Treating Social Skills Deficits: A Case Study For The Scientist-Practitioner, Stephen N. Elliot, Susan M. Sheridan, Frank M. Gresham

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

The goals of this article were to examine various empirically proven assessment and intervention methods that can be used to remediate social skills problems and to illustrate the utilization of these methods in a case study. The case study concerned a withdrawn elementary child, her teacher, and her parents in a joint consultative intervention designed to increase her interactions with peers illustrated in the course of assessment and treatment. Combining the manipulation of antecedent/consequent events with modeling or coaching procedures constituted an effective multimethod approach to providing psychological services.

Acuta Enews November 1989, Vol. 18, No. 11

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

A Conversation with Kid Malott, ACUTA Post President

Message From The President

Toronto Seminar a Smash!

Update: More on McGill..

Changing your prefix? Read this first...

Administrative Director's Column

The Probe, Issue 97 - November 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association
NOVEMBER 1989
APHIS Activity Report
Letters to Ye Ed
Animal Rights
The Humane Society
Personnel
Freeze Dirt
Coyotes are Dangerous

Perception Of Climate For Change In The Work Place, Rose Marie Tondl

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This study assessed the perceptions of Extension agents, administrators and board members toward the climate for change identified as the need for change, openness to change, potential for change and participation in change. Age, their sex, years on Extension staff, FTE group, Research and Extension Centers, years served on the Extension board, size of community and site where one resides were variables selected to test research hypotheses formulated for this study. Theoretical concepts used to support this study were the Congruence Model of Organizational Behavior with a model identifying three problems of change based on the components of the organizational …

Acuta Enews October 1989, Vol. 18, No. 10

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

One of the hottest topics among ACUTA members... Student Services

DO KNOW YOUR ACUTA REGION?

Message From The President

Focus on ACUTA News:

Then and Now

User Groups

Party Line

Agricultural Experiment Station News October 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
UNL RESEARCH COUNCIL
CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOVES TO ARDC
EPA/USDA TOURS ARDC SEPTEMBER 22
LISA UPDATE
NEW FACULTY JOIN ARD
SAM CORDES BECOMES HEAD OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
ROBERT C. SHEARMAN HEADS AGRONOMY
JUDY ANNE DRISKELL LEADS HUMAN NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT
USDA COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM
ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWS
PESTICIDE DOCUMENT NEARS COMPLETION
COMMODITY BOARD FUNDING ANNOUNCED
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED JUNE & JUNE 1989
STATE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (1987) COMPARED BY EXPENDITURES PER $1000 GROSS FARM INCOME AND PER CAPITA

Animal Science Newsletter, Fall 1989

Department of Animal Science: Departmental News

ART EXHIBITS IN THE ANIMAL SCIENCES BUILDING
IANR OPEN HOUSE TO HIGHLIGHT "NEW DIRECTIONS"
ANIMAL SCIENCE ALUMNI NOTE
DEPARTMENT NEWS -- DEATH IN THE FAMILY: Dwight F. Stephens
RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS
TERRY KLOPFENSTEIN APPOINTED KERMIT WAGNER DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
FACULTY RETIREMENTS: Donald C. Clanton, John Ward
NEW PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT
ENROLLMENT TRENDS
BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB NEWS: John C. Klosterman 1989 BLOCK AND BRIDLE HONOREE; JUDGING TEAMS HAVE SUCCESSFUL YEAR
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 1989-90

Preliminary Evaluation Of A Granular Trimethacarb Formulation For Deterring Grazing By American Coots, Michael L. Avery, Curtis Nelms, J. Russell Mason

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

In a 0.2 ha flight pen, groups of 4 American coots were tested to determine if their grazing activity could be affected by application of a registered granular-trimethacarb insecticide. In the 3 days following treatment (3 kg/ha, a.i.), grazing activity in the treated portions of the 200 m2 experimental plots was reduced an average of 47X. Overall use of the treated areas followed a similar pattern but was less consistent among groups. The addition of methylpyrazine, a strong odorant, produced a strong initial suppression of grazing activity in the treated halves of the plots. However, subsequent rain and a change …

Gis: A Tool For Analyzing And Managing Deer Damage To Crops, Glenn R. Dudderar, Jonathan B. Haufler, Scott R. Winterstein, Petrus Gunarso

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

A common problem of biologists and agriculturists trying to control white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) damage to crops is understanding the causes and alternative solutions to the damage over multi-county or state-wide areas. Deer damage a variety of crops in different ways at different times of the year. Crops damaged, types of damage, and damage severity are influenced by deer densities, distributions, movements and harvest, as well as field size and interspersion with surrounding land cover types and uses. The complexity of the interaction of these factors requires improved analysis if the most appropriate control methods are to be …

A Fencing Technique To Reduce Raccoon Feeding Damage To Sugarcane Research Plots, Hugh P. Fanguy, Dwight Leblanc

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

Damage caused by the feeding of raccoons (Procvon lotor) on stalks of sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) has occurred for several years on the 200-acre U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) research farm located near Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Damage begins when sugarcane mature internodes begin to from in late June and early July, and continues until the completion of harvest in late December. Raccoons appear to prefer varieties having low fiber and/or high sugar content and can severely damage these varieties (personal observation). Depredation by these animals frequently result in loss of data as preferred varieties …

Frontmatter And Contents

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

Frontmatter, Contents, Schedules, and Exhibitors

Population Dynamics And Harvest Response Of Beaver, Neil F. Payne

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

"For when we speak of the fur trade, we mean the beaver trade. Other furs were handled; others — notably the rich sea otter — were more valuable by far. But the beaver was the root and core of the trade ... Many men died, a continent was explored, an indigenous [human] race degraded and its culture crushed; all because beaver fur, with its tiny barbs, felted up better than any other" (Berry 1961:18).

The habits of beaver (Castor canadensis) allow them to be located and trapped readily, resulting in their extirpation from many areas. Beaver populations have …

Use Of Donkeys To Guard Sheep And Goats In Texas, Murray T. Walton, C. Andy Feild

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

Though livestock guarding dogs have received considerable attention in recent years, other animals including donkeys (Equus asinus) are being used to protect sheep and goats from predation by coyotes (Canis latrans). In Texas many ranchers prefer donkeys due to low cost, relatively small maintenance requirements, and compatibility with other predator control methods. This paper describes husbandry practices for use of guard donkeys and relates rancher accounts of their effectiveness in protecting sheep and goats.

Controlling Roosting Starlings In Industrial Facilities By Baiting, Bernice U. Constantin, James F. Glahn

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

During the winters of 1987-88 and 1988-89 a study was conducted to evaluate the potential of DRC-1339 baiting for controlling roosting European Starlings (Sturnus vulgarus) at Tennessee Eastman Company's chemical manufacturing plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. In 1987-88 Starlicide Complete® (1 %, DRC-1339 treated poultry pellets diluted 1:9 with untreated poultry pellets) was used in pre-roosting congregating areas adjacent to the roost. In 1988-89 Starlicide Complete® and DRC-1339 treated bread were used in bait containers placed in the roosting structure. Although 90 lbs of Starlicide Complete® was consumed during 1987-88, bait consumption was sporadic and no appreciable change in …

The Beacon: A Guide To Faculty Development At St. Norbert College, Vol. Iv, No. 4

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Lampreys, Eels, and Skinks, with Small Potatoes by Phil Cochran

Faculty to Discuss Jacoby's The Last Intellectuals

''FOOD FOR THOUGHT'' Series Offers Attractive Fall Program

Notes from the Director A New Semester's Resolution

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ISAC and Killeen Chair to Co-sponsor Teach-in on South Africa

Verbal and Nonverbal Immediacy in the Classroom -or- "Stop Hiding Behind the Podium and Talk with Your Students" James W. Neuliep

New Books in the Faculty Development Resource Center

Opportunity Calendar -· Fall Semester

The Probe, Issue 95 - September 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER 1989
Letters to Ye Ed
Animal Rights
“Jack the Ripper” Cat Killings
APHIS Activity Report

A Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Mycoplasmas: Basis For Their Classification, W. G. Weisburg, J. G. Tully, D. L. Rose, J. P. Petzel, H. Oyaizu, D. Yang, L. Mandelco, J. Sechrest, T. G. Lawrence, James L. Van Etten, J. Maniloff, C. R. Woese

United States Public Health Resources

Small-subunit rRNA sequences were determined for almost 50 species of mycoplasmas and their walled relatives, providing the basis for a phylogenetic systematic analysis of these organisms. Five groups of mycoplasmas per se were recognized (provisional names are given): the hominis group (which included species such as Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma lipophilum, Mycoplasma puimonis, and Mycoplasma neurolyncum), the pneumoniae group (which included species such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma muris), the spiroplasma group (which included species such as Mycoplasma mycoides, Spiroplasma citri, and Spiroplasma apis), the anaeroplasma group (which encompassed the anaeroplasmas and acholeplasmas), and a group …

Survey Of Methodologies For Valuing Externalities And Public Goods, F. Gregory Hayden

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this report is to explain and evaluate six different methodologies for the valuation of externalities and public goods with respect to natural resources and the ecosystem. The six methodologies are: 1) general systems analysis, 2) the social fabric matrix, 3) direct cost, 4) contingent valuation, 5) travel cost, and 6) the property approach. The explanation and analysis contained in this report intends to determine their applicability to a broad definition of an ecosystem or socioecosystem.

The concept of externalities in the field of economics is essentially a concept formulated to take account of interdependence in a model …

Endangered And Threatened Wildlife And Plants; Proposed Rule To Determine The Pallid Sturgeon To Be An Endangered Species

Endangered Species Bulletin

The Service proposes to determine the pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) to be an endangered species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended. The pallid sturgeon is a large fish known only to occur in the Missouri River, the Mississippi River downstream of the Missouri River, and the lower Yellowstone River. The species is threatened through habitat modification and apparent lack of reproduction. Numbers of fish reported have declined dramatically in the last two decades. Past commercial utilization likely exceeded biological recruitment. Pollution may be a problem over much of its range, and …

Calculation Of Dielectric Susceptibility For Complex Ionic Systems: Application To A Predicted Superlattice, J. L. Feldman, L. L. Boyer, P. J. Edwardson

John R. Hardy Papers

The Gordon-Kim theory of interionic interactions between closed-shell ions, which has had considerable success for existing alkali halide systems, has been applied to the determination of the structure, phonon dispersion, and room-temperature dielectric properties of a proposed superlattice, RbF(NaC1)₂, of alkali halides. The dielectric properties of such a hypothetical material can have an unusually strong low-frequency dependence because of the presence of Brillouin-zonefolded "infrared”-active modes. In evaluating the standard expressions for the dielectric properties, in the rigid-ion approximation, we make use of standard cubic and quartic anharmonic terms in addition to the instantaneous-phonon cubic anharmonic term, which is …

The Chromosphere Of Beta Cassiopeiae, Terry J. Teays, Edward G. Schmidt, Massimo Fracassini, Laura E. Pasinetti Fracassini

Edward Schmidt Publications

We have carried out high-resolution, long-wavelength IUE observations and ground-based photometry of the δ Scuti star β Cas. The ground-based observations were used together with previous results of Antonello et al. to ensure that the IUE observations were correctly phased relative to the photometric variation. Fluxes for the emission core of the Mg _II k λ2796 line were obtained from the ultraviolet spectra over several cycles in 1986 and 1987. We found that there is an increase in the emission during part of the cycle but it occurs near minimum light in contrast to another δ Scuti star, ρ Pup, …

The Response Of The Alanine Detector After Charged-Particle And Neutron Irradiations, M. P. R. Waligorski, G. Danialy, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

Radiosensitivity parameters of track structure theory, representing alanine as a one-hit detector, have been fitted for this free-radical amino-acid system on the basis of the available experimental data on the relative effectiveness of alanine after charged particle and neutron irradiations. The experimental data set can be reproduced by theoretical calculations, roughly to within experimental accuracy. A charged-particle “equivalent radiation” is introduced which can mimic the response of alanine to neutron irradiations. Implications of the results of model calculations for alanine on the shape of the radial distribution of δ-ray dose postulated by track theory, are discussed.

Pod Network News, August 1989, Emily Wadsworth

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

1989 CONFERENCE

TEACHING EXCELLENCE

SURVEY RESULTS

NEW PUBLICATION

1990 TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMY

1989 CONFERENCE SESSIONS: PARTIAL LISTING

The Phylogeny Of The Cercomeria (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) And General Evolutionary Principles, Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The unified theory of evolution is an expansion of Darwinian theory that asserts that evolution is driven by entropic accumulation of genetic information that is constrained and organized primarily by the genealogical effects of phylogenetic history and developmental integration, and secondarily by ecological effects, or natural selection in its classical mode. Phylogenetic systematic analysis of the 8 major groups of parasitic rhabdocoelous platyhelminths permits empirical macroevolutionary evaluation of these postulates. Of the 131 characters considered, 127 are phylogenetically constrained, and 4 show evidence of 1 case of convergence each. Data from different developmental stages are phylogenetically congruent, despite differences in …

Fm 8-10-8, Medical Intelligence In A Theater Of Operations, July 1989, Us Army, Academy Of Health Sciences, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual explains the importance of medical intelligence in planning and execution of military operations. It describes the responsibilities of medical and intelligence staffs and personnel at each echelon especially within a US military command in the field. It explains the role and functions of the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center which provides “medical scientific and technical intelligence and general medical intelligence” for the US Armed Forces.

The manual explains procedures used to report intelligence information and to request intelligence reports as well as the forms used for those purposes.

The references anticipated the publication of an overdue updated to …

Acuta Enews July 1989, Vol. 18, No. 7

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

President's Message

ACUTA Welcomes Two New Staff Members to Serve you!

Nanci Unger, Publications Editor

Don't Miss ACUTA's 18th Annual Conference and Exhibit Show July 23-27 in Philadekphia

Kellie Preston Promoted to Staff and Events Coordinator

Another First for ACUTA: Live Satellite Transmission Planned for Annual Conference

A Theory Of The Sociology Of Women, Helen A. Moore, Jane C. Ollenburger

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Feminist theories present a number of options for organizing a model of inequality for women. At times, these present mutually exclusive concepts or definitions, or even causal factors. Patriarchal theories will not be used because they do not perceive women's oppression. Without an assumption of sex stratification and oppression, women's reality cannot be accurately described. Along with these patriarchal models, sex role socialization theories have been criticized for having (1) an emphasis on finding a singular universal truth and verification method, (2) a commitment to objectivity and observer neutrality, (3) dichotomous classification and primarily causal models, (4) ahistorical views, and …