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Pod Network News: Newsletter August 1988, Marilla Svinicki

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Perceptions Of Iowa And Nebraska Legislators Regarding Secondary And Adult Agricultural Education Programs, Bruce Burger

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

As the capacity for rural communities -to provide education services decreases, educators are looking towards notate legislators for support. Jailed (1984) reported that legislators must become more familiar with vocational education as they address the economic and social needs of the future. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions held by Iowa and Nebraska Legislators regarding secondary and adult agricultural education programs conducted within the public school system. The population for this study consisted of state legislators in Iowa and Nebraska. Seventy legislators, thirty-five from each state, were randomly selected for the study. Legislators were mailed a …

Simulation Of The Polarizable-Ion Dynamics Of Rb2Zncl4, P. J. Edwardson, John R. Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

The promotion yet prevention of structural stability in the paraelectric phase of Rb₂ZnCl₄ by ionic polarizability is explored with both constant-lattice and variable-lattice simulations. As many as 168 ions ( 3 x 1 x 2 cells) under periodic boundary constraints are allowed to polarize in nonlinear response to forces which are obtained from the electron-gas model of Gordon and Kim. No assumption about the rigidity of the ZnCl₄^2- ion is made. The cause of polarization catastrophe in linear models is examined, and a cure is implemented via nonlinearity of the dipole moment versus field strength. …

Effect Of Relationships On Estimation Of Variance Components With An Animal Model And Restricted Maximum Likelihood, M. C. Dong, L. Dale Van Vleck, G. R. Wiggans

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Milk, fat, and protein yields in first lactation of two samples of 12 herds consisting of 4020 and 4024 Holstein cows in New York were used to estimate genetic and phenotypic covariances with an animal model by REML. Relationships were calculated within herd in three ways to provide inverses of relationship matrices. Full relationships consisted of tracing relationships to parents (base animals) of animals with milk and fat records between 1970 and 1980. Full relationships less base animals consisted of tracing relationships only one generation back from when protein records became available in 1981. Sire-only relationships were compiled using only …

Agricultural Experiment Station News July 1988

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
GARDNER RECEIVES USDA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
GRADUATE STUDENT RECRUITMENT TRAVEL FUND
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED
NEW PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL ACCOUNT NUMBER
ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL NOTES AND ELECTION RESULTS
NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AWARDS
HARDIN DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
SCHNEIDER RECEIVES RESEARCH COUNCIL GRANT-IN-AID
WHERE DOES NEBRASKA RANK IN AGRICULTURE?
WIDAMAN AWARDS
PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1. 1918
TRANSFER
NEW AND REVISED CSRS PROJECTS
APPOINTMENTS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED MAY 1988
THE AMERICAN FARMER

Dynamics Of Antimatter-Atom Collisions, R. E. Olson, Timothy J. Gay

Timothy J. Gay Publications

Classical-trajectory Monte Carlo calculations have been used to study ionizing collisions between charged particles (p, p̅ , ℯ⁺, ℯ^-) and He atoms at an incident velocity of 2.83 a.u. While differences in the total single-ionization cross sections for these projectiles are small, our calculations reveal large effects at all angles in the ionized electron spectra, and provide qualitative evidence for a Barkas effect in p and p̅ collisions. Experimental data agree well with our fully classical calculations, including cross sections involving ejected electrons of long wavelength.

Agricultural Research Division 102nd Annual Report, July 1, 1987, To June 30, 1988

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

It is a pleasure to provide the 102nd Annual Report of the UNL Agricultural Research Division. This report contains lists of current faculty, active projects, referred journal articles, books and book chapters, germplasm releases, patents, brief descriptions of research in selected areas, and the financial report for the period of July 1, 1987, through June 30, 1988. This report was compiled in compliance with the intent of the law of the State of Nebraska that established the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station on March 31, 1887.

Foreword ... v

Administrative Personnel ... vii

Administrative Units ... viii

Organizational Chart ... viii …

Genetic (Co)Variances For Milk, Fat, And Protein Yield In Holsteins Using An Animal Model, L. Dale Van Vleck, M. C. Dong

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

First lactation milk, fat, and protein yields for first lactations of 8044 Holstein cows in New York from 24 herds were used to estimate genetic and phenotypic covariances with an animal model by restricted maximum likelihood. Numerator relationships within herd, including those from sires, were utilized, although relationships across herds were ignored. Each analysis was terminated after 300 rounds of iteration. Average milk production (twice daily milking, 305-d lactation, mature equivalent) was 8630 kg. Estimates were obtained for each individual herd and groups of 3, 6, and 12 herds. Average estimates from separate analyses of the 24 herds were nearly …

Religious Homogamy And Marital Happiness, Suzanne T. Ortega, Hugh P. Whitt, J. Allen Williams Jr.

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Data from a representative sample of 1,070 married Protestants and Catholics were used to examine the relationship between religious homogamy and marital happiness. Although couples may vary in the extent to which they share religious views (e.g., beliefs, values), previous research has treated religious homogamy as a dichotomy; a couple is either homogamous or it is not. A partial explanation for this is that few studies have gone beyond the broad divisions of Protestant, Catholic, and Jew. In the present study religious bodies were classified on the basis of doctrine and ritual, yielding six categories: Baptist, Calvinist, Catholic, fundamentalist, Lutheran, …

Ingestion Of Lead Shot And Aluminum Bands By Bald Eagles During Winter In Nebraska, Gary Lingle, Gary Krapu

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalusis) a common winter resident along the Platte and North Platte rivers in southcentral Nebraska. Waterfowl are a major food of eagles during periods when fish are not readily available (Lingle and Krapu 1986). Eating ducks and geese can make eagles susceptible to lead poisoning, a significant cause of mortality of Bald Eagles in North America (Kaiser et al. 1980). Eagles ingest lead shot from waterfowl by eating shot imbedded in tissues or as part of the contents of digestive tracts. In this paper we describe the incidence of lead shot and Fish and …

Projectile-Charge Dependence Of Ejected-Electron Spectra, V. D. Irby, Timothy J. Gay, J. Wm. Edwards, E. B. Hale, M. L. Mckenzie, R. E. Olson

Timothy J. Gay Publications

We have studied H⁺+He and ³He⁺⁺+He ionizing collisions at intermediate energies (60 to 120 keV/amu) and have observed a significant shift in the velocity position of the maxima in forward-ejected electron spectra when changing projectiles from protons to α particles. In ionizing collisions, a large portion of the ejected electrons are stranded near the transitory equiforce, or saddle point, position between the target ion and receding projectile. The shift in the electron spectra maxima to smaller velocities, due to changing projectiles from protons to α particles, is consistent with the shift in the saddle-point velocity …

Wpa News 20 (1988), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (May 1988), number 20

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Alternation Of Sex Ratio In A Partially Bivoltine Bee., Megachile Rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), V. J. Tepedino, F. D. Parker

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

Data on offspring production by the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata (F.), from three site-years were used to examine predictions of parental investment and sex ratio theory. In northern Utah, spring-emergent adults produce two types of offspring: those that develop directly to the adult stage and emerge in midsummer, and those that develop to the prepupal stage and enter diapause until the following year. For species with this kind of life cycle, it has been hypothesized that spring parents should bias their investment in summer emergent progeny towards females if spring males survive to participate in the summer mating. Results …

Pod Network News: Newsletter May 1988, Marilla Svinicki

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

POD Session at AAHE

Core Meeting

Grants Program

Program Descriptions Book now available

Conference 1988, Keystone, Colorado

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Job Opportunities

Public Perception Of The St. Edward Vocational Agriculture Program, Steven Lynn Oberg

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

Purpose. The purposes of this study were: (1) determine importance of major program areas of the St. Edward vocational agriculture program by respondent group; (2) determine the importance of major components of the St. Edward vocational agriculture program by respondent group; (3) determine the most important vocational agriculture instructional areas which need to be taught in St. Edward by respondent group; (4) determine the extent to which residents are knowledgeable about FFA activities within the vocational agriculture program in St. Edward by respondent group; (5) determine how parents, business managers and taxpayers perceive the importance of SOE and summer employment …

Summary Abstract: Formation Of Cr2N Overlayers On A Fe/Cr{110} Crystal, H. Ruppender, M. Grunze, Peter A. Dowben

Peter Dowben Publications

In this communication we summarize our experiments related to the formation of chromium surface nitride layers on a Fe₇₂Cr₂₈{110} surface. These surface nitrides were produced by (i) exposure to molecular nitrogen, (ii) exposure to ammonia, and (iii) segregation of nitrogen to the crystal surface. It was found in all cases that the nitrogen concentration in the selvedge scales linearly with the chromium concentration and that chromium segregation is the rate determining step for the formation of a surface nitride.

National Profile Of Agricultural Teacher Educators And State Supervisors Of Vocational Agriculture By Mbti Preference Type, Richard M. Foster, James T. Hornet

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

Agricultural educators are In the business of communicating, teaching , learning and leading, all of which are affected by personality (preference type). Preference type of an individual has been shown to have far-reaching implications for virtually every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life. As such , preference type certainly affects how students learn, how teachers teach, how leaders lead and how everyone works and communicates. During the past 15 years, interest in the Myers-Briggs (Myers, 1962) type indicator (MBTI) among educators has grown tremendously.

Kiersey and Bates (1978) indicated that better communications and understandings are possible when both …

Acuta Enews May & April 1988, Vol. 17, No. 4 & 5

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

President's Message

Party Line

The 10 Commandments of Telecommunications

Squeezing Phone Lines For All They're Worth

Call for Nominations

From Region 2

Keeping the Telephone Alive

911- Miami University

Mitochondrial Dna Rearrangement Associated With Fertility Restoration And Cytoplasmic Reversion To Fertility In Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Phaseolus Vulgaris L., Sally Ann Mackenzie, D. R. Pring, M. J. Bassett, C. D. Chase

Center for Plant Science Innovation: Faculty Publications

Restoration of pollen fertility to cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) Phaseolus vulgaris by a nuclear restorer gene provides a system for studying nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions. Introduction of a nuclear restorer gene to this CMS line of P. vulgaris (CMS-Sprite) results in a mitochondrial genome rearrangement similar to that observed upon spontaneous cytoplasmic reversion to fertility. Three spontaneous heritable cytoplasmic revertants were derived from CMS-Sprite. Five fully fertile restored lines were also produced by using restorer line R-351 (BC₃F₃ populations). Comparison of the mitochondrial DNA restriction patterns of CMS-Sprite, the three fertile revertants, and the five restored lines revealed loss …

Water Current, Volume 20, March 1988

Water Current Newsletter

Changing World's Impacts on State's Water Issues Explored
Natural Resources Development in Depressed Areas Goals of CSD
Center to Search for Funds
Sheffield Receives Award
Nebraska's Available Water Supply "Same as Pioneer Days" - Dreeszen
Extension Water Group Broadens Base
Nebraska's Water Research Reviewed at "Update"
Nebraska Water Resources Center Projects for 1988
Health, Legal and Management Aspects of Water Examined

Pesticides, Scientists, Farmers, And The Public: No "White Knight" Rescue In Sight, Pamela Jones

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

ABSTRACT: The pesticide controversy is much more complicated than simply a disagreement over facts and risk estimates between the "experts" and the "fearful." It is a battle over ideology as much as one over information. This paper discusses the notion of "educating the public" about pesticides, establishing realistic expectations of efforts by industry and academia, and notes some of the limitations, and potential involvement, of scientists as "translators" in dealing with this controversy.

Animal Rights And Vertebrate Pest Control, Dale L. Brooks

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

ABSTRACT: Many animal rights activists are very vocal in their belief that animals are more valuable or at least equally important to humans. There is little to no compromise in their overall view that the use of animals for food, fiber, teaching, research and testing does not result in improvements for other animals or societal needs. Today's activists are well prepared and very articulate in getting their views across to the public through the press and television media. An increasing number of the public is beginning to believe the activist allegations of inhumane animal practices. The biologist can no longer …

Photonovels Produced By Client/Professional Partnerships: An Educational Approach To Commensal Vertebrate Ipm, Stephen C. Frantz, John P. Comings, Debra L. Roter

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

ABSTRACT: Since commensal vertebrate pest problems are largely "people problems," a well-planned and executed educational intervention could be the single most important component in an integrated pest management (IPM) program. The basic purpose of educational interventions is to bring sufficient information and understanding to affected clients so that they can and will intercept and control pests in the infested habitat. The encouragement of client participation in producing educational materials is consistent with learning theory and pest management principles. Such production methods allow materials to be closely aligned with client concerns and establish a climate for mutual exchange of ideas between …

Stopping House Mice Building Infestations Through Exterior Control , Charles E. Knote

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

CONCLUSIONS (1) Exterior house mice (M- musculus) were the source (SOS) of 90% or more of the potential interior house mouse problems in these food warehouses and other buildings. (2) The use of a palatable bagged mouse bait inside a totally enclosed elevated mouse-sized bait station (MAJ-ik-BOX), along with self-setting multi-catch lever mouse traps (TIN CATS) "bunched" together at potential mouse entries safely and effectively eliminated an estimated 99% or more of the migrating exterior mice living or running next to the foundations of buildings. (3) The effectiveness of the "bunched" mouse-sized bait station/multi-catch trap in controlling 99% of the …

Reduction In Rodent Populations Through Intermittent Control Operations In The Cropping Ecosystem Of The Indian Desert, Ranjan Advani, Ishwar Prakash, R. P. Mathur

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

Control operations at 6-month intervals, continued for four years in crop fields, reduced the rodent population to 5.08 percent losses to agricultural production. After eight crop seasons, a significant reduction in rodent density was observed in treated areas when compared with that of the control areas (P < 0.01). Correlation between pre-treatment population index (y) and number of seasons (log of x) was found to be 0.91 (P < 0.01). A relationship was established between y and x : y = 0.804.0-0.9621 log x. From this equation, it can be inferred that rodent population will reach zero level after treating crop fields continuously for6.85 or say 7.0 (seven) seasons. After control, the numbers of predominant rodents, Tatera indica, Meriones hurrianae and Rattus meltada. were significantly reduced and the residual population was composed of Mus booduga. Gerbillus spp., Rattus gleadowi. Golunda ellioti and Funambulus pennanti.

Effects Of Implementing Epa's Endangered Species Protection Program On National Forest System Lands, Shelley Witt, Glen Contreras, Max M. Ollieu

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated an effort to comply more fully with the Endangered Species Act. This effort became their "Endangered Species Protection Program." The possibility of such a program was forecast in 1982 when Donald A. Spencer gave a presentation to the Tenth Vertebrate Pest Conference on "Vertebrate Pest Management and Changing Times." This paper focuses on current plans for implementing the EPA's Endangered Species Protection Program as it relates to the USDA Forest Service. It analyzes the potential effects this program will have on the agency, using the pocket gopher (Thomomys spp.), strychnine, and …

Recent Approaches To Controlling Mountain Beavers (Aplodontia Rufa) In Pacific Northwest Forests, Dan L. Campbell, James Evans

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

Biologists of the Denver Wildlife Research Center are currently investigating ways of managing mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) populations and are developing methods for alleviating mountain beaver damage to conifer trees being grown for timber in the Pacific Northwest. Studies initiated in 1986 indicated that aversive conditioning with Big Game Repellent Powder (BGR-P) dusted on cull Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings placed in burrows significantly reduced mountain beaver damage to planted seedlings treated with BGR-P and to untreated seedlings. Trials also showed that strychnine-sword fern (Polvstichum munitum) baits prepared with a 4.9% (active) strychnine paste concentrate (SLN Reg. No. ID-870003) are very …

Development And Testing Of The Coyote Lure Operative Device, Daniel B. Fagre, Steven M. Ebbert

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

A new device for orally delivering substances to coyotes (Canis latrans) has been under development for approximately 10 years. The development of the coyote lure operative device (CLOD) is described along with some recent field evaluations of the CLOD system. In general, the results of these field tests indicate that the CLOD shows potential and merits further development.

Using Aircraft For Controlling Blackbird/Sunflower Depredations, Larry L. Handegard

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

Although not a new idea, using aircraft to control blackbird damage to sunflowers has provided some relief for sunflower growers in North Dakota. The numerous scaring devices and limited frightening agents have not proven effective in controlling blackbird damage to sunflowers. In response to a congressional directive to provide assistance in controlling blackbird/sunflower depredations in North Dakota, a blackbird hazing program was developed. The program utilized fixed-wing aircraft and shooting to expedite the migration of blackbirds through North Dakota.

Characteristics Of Bird-Resistance In Agricultural Crops , Roger W. Bullard

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 13th (1988)

The use of biochemical or morphological genetic traits in a crop to protect ripening seeds or grain from bird damage remains a promising tool under certain situations. Research on bird-resistance in crops has focused on grain sorghum, corn, sunflower and rice. This crop protection method involves feeding behavior of granivorous birds and its effectiveness depends on the availability of preferred alternate foods. That is, bird-resistant traits provide protection to the crop when other food choices are readily available; however, when alternate food is scarce or high bird populations create serious feeding competition, they are less effective. Several practical factors (i.e., …