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Empiricism And Reason In Harriet Martineau’S Sociology, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

The architecture and evolution of Harriet Martineau's sociological epistemology epitomize an essential tension between abstract theory and concrete empiricism. The body of Martineau's intellectual work demonstrates a major conceptual shift, from early religious convictions to subsequent rejection of all metaphysical systems. How to Observe Morals and Manners lies midway in this journey. The epistemological and biographical route to Martineau's adamant repudiation of metaphysics was long, personally tumultuous, and grounded fundamentally in empirical studies of social conditions. I focus here on the give-and-take between metaphysics, empiricism, and rationality in Harriet Martineau's sociological work. Part one of this essay highlights the major …

Cognitive Processes In The Curry Learning Style Framework As Measured By The Learning Style Profile And The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Among Non-Majors In College Biology, Claudia Tarver Melear

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

Curry's (1983) model of learning style framework with Claxton & Murrell's (1987) adaptations was used to study the profile of the non-major in a college biology course. The purpose of the study was to provide empirically derived data in both a qualitative and quantitative format of the non major (both successful and unsuccessful students) to improve the course. Over 600 students were administered the Learning Style Profile [(LSP) (National Association of Secondary School Principals) Indicator (MBTI) (NASSP) and the Myers-Briggs Type (Consulting Psychologists Press)] to determine the students' learning styles as a predictor for Success in the course. The MBTI …

Toward A Resolution Of The Paradox Of Aggressive Displays: Ii. Behavioral Efference And The Communication Of Intentions, Alan B. Bond

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

An inference from game-theory models of animal conflict is that adversaries should not inform one another about their level of aggressive motivation. This poses a paradox for the traditional ethological account of graded aggressive displays because it is usually assumed that the adaptive significance of these behavior patterns lies in their making such information available. To resolve the paradox, I propose that communication is only an incidental effect of displays, and that their primary adaptive function is regulation of the intensity of aggressive encounters through positive feedback on aggressive motivation, a process termed "behavioral efference." Evidence in support of this …

Toward A Resolution Of The Paradox Of Aggressive Displays: Ii. Behavioral Efference And The Communication Of Intentions, Alan B. Bond

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

An inference from game-theory models of animal conflict is that adversaries should not inform one another about their level of aggressive motivation. This poses a paradox for the traditional ethological account of graded aggressive displays because it is usually assumed that the adaptive significance of these behavior patterns lies in their making such information available. To resolve the paradox, I propose that communication is only an incidental effect of displays, and that their primary adaptive function is regulation of the intensity of aggressive encounters through positive feedback on aggressive motivation, a process termed "behavioral efference." Evidence in support of this …

A Mimbres Burial With Associated Colon Remains From The Nan Ranch Ruin, New Mexico, Harry J. Shafer, Marrianne Marek, Karl J. Reinhard

Karl Reinhard Publications

The skeletal remains of an adult male associated with desiccated tissue and a coprolite were recovered from an apen-air midden deposit at the NAN Ranch Ruin (LA15049)) a large Mimbres site in Grant County) New Mexico. The find dates to about A.C. 1000-1100. Identifiable macroscopic elements in the caprolite consist offi nely fragmented corn and tiny seed fragments of an unknown plant. High amounts of willow (Salix) and mustard (Brassicaceae) pollen may indicate the ingestion of medicinal plants to combat a deteriorating health condition. The individual was approximately 35 -40 years old at the time of death and suffered from …

An Alternative Approach For Evaluating The Efficacy Of Potential Biocontrol Agents Of Weeds. 1. Inverse Linear Mode, Dan J. Pantone, William A. Williams, Armand R. Maggenti

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Methods for evaluating the efflicacy of potential classical biocontrol agents were outlined for a model biocontrol agent-weed-crop system. A proposed biocontrol agent (the fiddleneck flower gall nematode), its weed host (coast fiddleneck), and wheat were used as representative organisms. An additive experimental design (inverse linear model) was used. Regression of the reciprocal of the average plant biomass of each species onto the density of itself and the other plant species yielded competitive indices that measure the competitive ability of the plants. The results of 2 yr of field experiments revealed a dramatic change in the competitive interaction between fiddleneck and …

Agribusiness Skills Required By Agriculture Students As Perceived By Nebraska -Vocational Agriculture Instructors And Agribusiness Managers, David R. Spotanski, Richard M. Foster

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to identify agribusiness skills required by a student for entry level employment in Nebraska agribusinesses. The specific objectives were:

1. To determine agribusiness skills perceived to be required for employment, by Nebraska agribusiness managers and vocational agriculture instructors,
2. To determine differences between the perceived importance of selected skills required for employment in an agribusiness, by Nebraska vocational agriculture instructors and agribusiness managers.

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Newsletter, August 1989

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF TREASURER - Jack L. Schinstock, Secretary, Nebraska Chapter

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - Roger E. Gold, President, Nebraska Chapter

VICE CHANCELLOR'S MESSAGE - Irv Omtvedt, Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Natural Resources

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL - Lowell E. Moser, Immediate Past International President

IANR OPEN HOUSE TO HIGHLIGHT "NEW DIRECTIONS"

OUR SECOND NEWSLETTER! - Earl F. Ellington, Vice President, Nebraska Chapter

AWARD RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED AT THE MARCH 12,1989 SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITION DINNER

1989 GAMMA SIGMA DELTA OFFICERS

REMAINING 1989 ACTIVITIES GAMMA SIGMA DELTA

The Transition From Infancy To Early Childhood: A Difficult Transition, And A Difficult Theory, Carolyn P. Edwards

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The transition from infancy to early childhood was observed in households in rural Zinacanteco households in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, in 1968-1969, and found to be a fairly lengthy period of upset, disturbance, listlessness, and apathy for the children, leading eventually to their accepting a new position in the family. The transition involved three abrupt and harsh changes: (1) abrupt weaning from the mother’s breast; (2) simultaneous change in sleeping arrangements from lying next to the mother to sleeping with siblings; and (3) more gradual transfer of the child’s primary care from the mother to older siblings or courtyard …

Postsecondary Education For Students With Learning Disabilities, J. Ron Nelson, Benjamin Lignugaris-Kraft

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Increasingly, students with learning disabilities are attending community colleges and traditional 4-year colleges and universities. This article presents the results of a review of the literature on services available or recommended for students with learning disabilities. The results suggest that postsecondary institutions have begun to provide a wide array of services to these students. There is little empirical evidence, however, on the effectiveness of those services. An agenda for future research is also discussed.

Promoting Critical Thinking Among Faculty About Grades, James Eison, W. Lee Humphreys, William M. Welty

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Using Case Studies to Stimulate Critical Thinking About Grades

Using LOGO: F to Promote Critical Thinking About Grades

Using LOGO: F to Promote Group Discussion

Using LOGO: F to Stimulate Debate

Using LOGO: F to Guide Instructional Design

Using LOGO: F to Create Cognitive Dissonance

Critical Thinking About Institutional Uses of Grades

Conclusion

Notes

References

The Challenge To Critical Thinking Posed By Gender-Related And Learning Styles Research, M. Neil Browne, Nancy K. Kubasek, Julie A. Harris

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Gender-Related Research and Critical Thinking

Learning Styles Research and Critical Thinking

Evaluating the Challenge to Critical Thinking

Gender-Related Research

Learning Styles Research

References

Faculty Development: The Why And The How Of It, Joseph B. Cuseo

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The Need for an Effective Faculty Development Program

Redressing Low Faculty Morale

Preparing the Increasing Number of Newly Hired Faculty for Their Role as College Instructors

Addressing the Developmental Needs and Interests of Senior Faculty

Addressing Changing Student Needs

Improving the Overall Quality of Undergraduate Education

Increasing Empirical Evidence That Faculty Development Activities Produce Positive Results

Goals and Objectives of an Effective Faculty Development Program

Promoting the Professional Development of Faculty

Promoting the Personal Development of Faculty

Promoting the Development of the Institution

Effective Program Activities

Monthly Newsletter

Faculty Development Materials Center

Seminars and Workshops

Faculty Interviews

Teaching Consultation

Guest …

Breeding Grasses For The Future, Kenneth P. Vogel, H. J. Gorz, F. A. Haskins

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Plant breeding, including grass breeding, involves taking a raw product, plant germplasm, and improving or adding value to that germ plasm by manipulating its genetic composition. The value added to the germplasm has a cost. It usually costs in excess of $100,000/yr to maintain a viable, ongoing grass breeding program. The output of a grass breeding program, i.e., the released cultivars and germplasm, should have an economic value in excess of the cost of the breeding program. Grass breeding programs have produced products such as 'Coastal' bermudagrass [Cynodon doclylon (L.) Pers.] where the economic value has greatly exceeded the …

Social Behavior Of North American Owls, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

Social behaviors in animals include a very wide range of interindividual communications, both within and between species. They include such rather generalized social responses as social flocking or roosting behavior, as well as much more individualized and complex interactions such as courtship, aggression, and parental behaviors. Regardless of their complexity, social interactions involve some level of communication or the transmission and interpretation of social signals. These signals can be transmitted in any of several sensory channels, which in owls are most likely to include visual, acoustic, and tactile modes of communication.

Most and perhaps all owls show distinctive postures when …

Ultrasonic Velocity Anomalies In Superconducting Sinter-Forged Yba2Cu3O7-B, Z. Zhao, Shireen Adenwalla, A. Moreau, J. B. Ketterson, Q. Robinson, D. L. Johnson, S.-J. Hwu, K. R. Poeppelmeier, M-F. Xu, Y. Hong, R. F. Wiegert, M. Levy, Bimal K. Sarma

Shireen Adenwalla Papers

The velocity of ultrasound was measured on sinter-forged polycrystalline YBa₂Cu₃O_7-b samples with a superconducting transition temperature of 91 K. The forging process results in crystallites which are preferentially aligned with their c axis aligned parallel to the forging axis as confirmed from optical and x-ray measurements. Sound-velocity measurements show that the material is elastically anisotropic. The temperature dependence of the sound velocity shows distinct anomalies. For propagation parallel to the forging axis, both longitudinal and shear waves displayed a thermal hysteresis between 65 and 260 K; however the longitudinal sound velocity with q in the …

Acuta Enews December 1988, Vol. 17, No. 12

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

President's Message

Party Line

User Groups

"Project Eagle" And Favors

University of Kentucky Calls on Voice Automation

Of Mouse & Man

Ard News December 1988

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL NOTES
SEASONS GREETINGS
GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN IANR PROGRAMS - FALL 1988
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER, 1988
USDA TO SUPPORT NATIONAL NEEDS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
FOOD PROCESSING CENTER DAY
PRIORITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES 1988-89
COOPERATIVE STATES RESEARCH SERVICE FUNDING
RESEARCH COUNCIL BUDGETS FOR 1988-89
GRANTS AWARDED FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1987• JUNE 1988
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
NEW AND REVISED HATCH AND STATE PROJECTS

The Probe, Issue 88 - December 1988

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
DECEMBER 1988
NADCA Executive Board
UGO Logo
Endangered Species
Fourteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference
Livestock Protection Collar
NADCA Dues
Letters to Ye Ed
Progressive Animal Welfare Society
Danish Pest Infestation Lab Annual Report 1987

Wpa News 22 (1988), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 1988), number 22

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Acuta Enews October 1988, Vol. 17, No. 10

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Administrative Director

President's Message

Party Line

User Groups

Anatomy of a Telecommunications Installation Part 3

Regional Meeting Reports

The Muse: Ideas For Campus Newsletters, [No. 1,] October 1988

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Writing Newsletters with Style, by Maryellen Weimer

Newsletters Serve Many Purposes

So You Want to Be an Editor?

Editors' Musings

A Survey of 15 Editors - Successful Newsletter Editors Give Their Best Advice, by Linc. Fisch

Notes for the Beginner: Publish From Your Own Desk! By Laura Border

It's Basic, but Is It English?

Book Review of Editing Your Newsletter by Mark Beach

What's In a Name?

Excerpts: On Writing Well

Try a Few Tricks of the Layout Trade, by Linc. Fisch

Newsletter Seminars

Animal Science Newsletter, Fall 1988

Department of Animal Science: Departmental News

Contents:

Animal Science Building Dedication and Open House
Thanks for Support
New Faculty
Recipients of Awards
Graduate Student Recognition
Deaths in the Animal Science Family
Faculty Retirements
Enrollment Trends
New Programs in the Department
Alumni News
Block and Bridle Club
Judging Teams Have A Successful Year
Reception/Brunch for Dr. Ernie R. Peo, Jr. Recognition of His Retirement

Water Current, Volume 20, October 1988

Water Current Newsletter

Bonneville Power Administrator Compares Missouri Basin Reservoirs with Pacific Northwest's
Nebraska Ranks Third in Water Use in U.S.
Spalding Appointed Associate Director of UNL Water Center
Nebraska Water Conference Council Holds Fall Meeting
Water Research Proposals are Due December 1
Answers to Water Quality Questions Closer with Burlington Northern Foundation $ Million Grant
Former Nebraskans Address Northwest Water Tour Group
Drought Responses Discussed at Forum

Cancer Morbidity In Lamp Manufacturing Workers, Harry S. Shannon, Ted Haines, Charles D. Bernholz, Jim A. Julian, Dave K. Verma, Ellen Jamieson, Chris Walsh

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

A historical prospective study of cancer in lamp manufacturing workers in one plant was conducted. All men and women who worked for a total of at least 6 months and were employed at some time between 1960 and 1975 were included. Work histories were abstracted and subjects were divided according to whether they had worked in the coiling and wire drawing area (CWD). Cancer morbidity from 1964 to 1982 was ascertained via the provincial registry, and was compared with the site-specific incidence in Ontario, adjusting for age, sex and calendar period. Of particular interest were primary breast and gynecological cancers …

Hallucination And Point Of View In La Tentation De Saint Antoine, Marshall C. Olds

French Language and Literature Papers

Over the past twenty-five years, as readings of Flaubert's texts have become increasingly concerned with the definition of various narrative structures, the study of point of view has been inextricably tied to determining how his narratives generate (or, to some minds, subvert) meaning. Thus it is that almost all hermeneutical approaches have been concerned with point of view in one way or another, the procedure usually being to establish the principal or authoritative narrational axis (or perhaps a pseudo-authoritative one) and then to plot and analyze the departures from it. Point of view is not a new concern, of course, …

Department Of Entomology Newsletter - No. 5, Part 1, 1988, George R. Manglitz

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

When the last Newsletter was published in 1976 (No.4), it was assumed that it would be followed by another In 4 or 5 years. And indeed, considerable effort has been expended on the production of No.5. However, for various very good reasons No.5, although close to publication several times, aborted several times. Now largely because this is the centennial year of our Department, we feel that we can wait no longer. Because of that fact, the format of this Newsletter will be slightly different from those in the past. We have the "news" that you furnished about yourselves 5 or …

Acuta Enews August 1988, Vol. 17, No. 8

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

President's Message

Party Line

User Groups

Telecommunications Systems, 19 times

Anatomy OF A Telecommunications Installation

Wpa News 21 (1988), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (August 1988), number 21

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Identification Of Learning Styles Strategies Which Enable College Students With Differing Personality Temperaments To Cope With Learning Blocks, Gholam Hossein Zamani Zarghani

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

The purpose of this study was to identify the major coping strategies which college students with different personality temperament used to deal with their learning blocks. Students' temperament type was obtained from the pool of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator results available at the Agricultural College, UN-L. An instrument measuring learning blocks was designed and administered in the Fall, 1987. The Coping strategy Inventory (CSI) was developed and administered in the spring, 1988. One hundred and twenty seven agricultural college students responded to the first phase of the study, and 230 agricultural college students took the CSI. The Statistical package for …