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Improving Teaching By Reflecting On Practice, Ronald Smith, Fred Schwartz

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Step 1. Identifying a Difficult Situation

Step 2. Generating Data

Step 3. Building the Diagnosis

Step 3a. Making Reasoning Explicit

Step 3b. Organizing the Reasoning

Step 4. Developing and Expanding the Diagnosis with K.

Step 5. Moving from Diagnosis to Action

Step 6. Surfacing Underlying Values

Step 7. Reframing the Situation

Our Reflections on Our Actions

Notes

Bibliography

The Washington Center: A Grass Roots Approach To Faculty Development And Curricular Reform, Barbara Leigh Smith

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Origins of the Washington Center

The Center's Structure and Administration

Crucial Features of the Model: Structural Reform

Crucial Features of the Model: Faculty Exchanges as a Vehicle for Curricular Transformation

Exchanges as a Vehicle for Inter-Institutional Community

Implications for Faculty Development

A Grass Roots Model for Reform

References

Practices Used By Excellent Department Chairs To Enhance The Growth And Development Of Faculty, Myra Wilhite, Anita Leininger

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Research Questions

Method

Participants

Instrument

Procedure

Results

Preliminary Information about Chairpersons

Job Satisfaction

Reported Preparation for Chair Role

Conditions Influencing Chairperson Behaviors

Behaviors and Practices Used for Faculty Development

Implications and Recommendations

Bibliography

Using Field Methods As An Instructional Tool, Donald H. Wulff, Jody D. Nyquist

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Defining Field Methods as an Instructional Tool

Using Field Methods in a Speech Communication Course

Advantages of Using Field Methods as an Instructional Strategy

Guidelines

Objectives

Course Content

Other Instructional Strategies

Logistics

Methodology

Student Roles

Teacher Role

Summary

References

Additional Sources on Field Methods

On The Nature And Antiquity Of The Manix Lake Industry, Douglas Bamforth, Ronald Dorn

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

The antiquity of human occupation in the New World undoubtedly is one of the major unresolved culture-historical problems in North American prehistory. On the one hand, a dominant position with a long history in American archaeology (cf. Wilmsen 1965) holds that human beings arrived in the New World at the close of the Pleistocene, no longer than 12,000 years ago, and that Clovis sites represent the oldest occupation in the Americas (Haynes 1970; Martin 1973; Waters 1985). On the other hand, a less widely accepted school of thought sees a variety of evidence for human occupation in the Americas well …

Block And Bridle Annual, 1988

Block and Bridle Annual (1933–2021)

Table of Contents:

Purpose and Emblem
Presidents letter
Calendar
Meetings
Treasurer's Report
Advisors
Faculty
Graduate Students and Secretaries
Members
Initiates
Officers
Executive Committee
Liaison
Seniors
State Fair Awards
Tyson Chicken Kitchen
Little AK-SAR-BEN
Kids Day
Meats Judging Contest
Christmas Coffee
M.A.E.C.
Regional Meetings
Ham Sales
Quadrathalon
Queen Coronation
Brands
Beef Show
Pizza Feed
Quarterhorse Show
Livestock Judging Contest
Bake Sale
Spring Picnic
Scenes From Nebraska
Livestock Judging Team
Meats Judging Team
Horse Judging Team
Faculty
Honoree
Member Awards
Advertisers
Editors Comments
Index of Advertisers

4-H 276 Guinea Pig : Part Of The Nebraska 4-H Small Animal And Pet Series, James Marquand

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 276: Guinea Pig- Part of the Nebraska 40H small animal and pet series; Members project background, general project guidelines, planning your project, getting started on your project, the history of the guinea pig, breed selection, housing and equipment, feeding and watering, care and management tips, disease and sanitation, breeding, preparing for the show, record keeping and what is next.

4-H 295 Working With Disabled Persons In 4-H

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 295: Working with Disabled Persons in 4-H. This extension is about being able to identify, assist, and tend the needs of the disabled; including physical impairment, mental retardation, or emotional disorders.

Ec88-1511 Field Crop Insect Management Guide For Nebraska Alfalfa, Soybeans, Wheat, Range And Pasture, F. P. Baxendale, S. D. Danielson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 88-1511 is about filed crop insect management guide for Nebraska alfalfa, soybeans, wheat, range and pasture.

Annual Report: 1988

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

Includes:

News Clippings

Water Quality in the Home

Horse Packet

Clothing and Textiles

4-H News

Cherry P.I.T.

Homemaker Reflections

Adoption Of Newly-Mated Queens: A Mechanism For Proliferation And Perpetuation Of Polygynous Red Imported Fire Ants, B. Michael Glancey, Clifford S. Lofgren

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

The polygynous form of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren was first reported from Mississippi in 1973; however, the source of the numerous fertile queens in polygynous colonies has remained an enigma. In 1987, 400 queens from a mating flight were marked with a durable paint and released in an area heavily populated with the polygynous form. None were recaptured after one week, but 9 months later, 4 clearly-marked queens were found in a nest 65 meters from their release point. This finding clearly points to adoption. About 5 weeks later, 37 of 107 fertile queens collected from …

Use Of Chemical Characters In Defining Populations Of Fire Ants, Robert K. Vander Meer, Clifford S. Lofgren

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

The fire ants, Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri, were accidentally imported into the United States in the first half of this century from South America. In their adopted habitat the imported fire ants have thrived causing considerable medical and agricultural problems in the nine widely infested states of the south and southeast. The red imported fire ant, S. invicta was considered the dominant ant in the infested areas, having displaced the black imported fire ant, S. richteri, into a small enclave in north- eastern Mississippi. However, a large reproductively viable S. invicta/S. richteri hybrid population was recently …

Do Ant Brood Pheromones Exist?, Laurence Morel, Robert K. Vander Meer

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

A brood pheromone is a chemical or mixture of chemicals released by immature stages that elicits a behavioral response in conspecific adults. The current literature devoted to brood pheromones in several ant species does not prove the existence of such a pheromone or even of brood-specific chemicals. The possibility of a food response or a nestmate recognition response, two of the most confounding factors, has not been eliminated. Two alternative hypotheses involving brood behavior, morphology, cuticular chemicals, and associative learning are proposed.

Cheilosia Corydon (Diptera: Syrphidae)., A Candidate For The Biological Control Of Musk Thistle In North America, Antonio Rizza, Gaetano Campobasso, Paul Dunn, Massimo Stazi

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

In Italy, larvae of the syrphid fly, Cheilosia corydon (Harris) (=grossa Fallen), infest the flower buds, stems, and roots of Carduus nutans L. and C. pycnocephalus L. (Compositae), both serious weeds in the United States. The fly was studied as a candidate biological control agent of musk and Italian thistle in North America. The host range of C. corydon is narrow, restricted to plants of the tribe Cardueae. Cirsium crassicaule (Green) Jeps., a threatened U.S. species, was marginally suitable as a host in laboratory trials. In open-field oviposition tests, using replicated and randomized plantings, no oviposition was observed on …

World Review Of The Parasitoids Of The Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara Viridula (L.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Walker Jones

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

A survey of published and unpublished information was used to compile a list of insect parasitoids recorded emerging from Nezara viridula (L.) in the field worldwide. Fifty-seven species among two families of Diptera and five families of Hymenoptera are recorded; 41 are egg parasitoids. No hyperparasitoids are known. Most species are not closely associated with N. viridula, although some are well adapted and the status of others is unclear. Six species of Nearctic and Neotropical Tachinidae are well adapted to adult N. viridula and could become established in new areas; they also attack large nymphs. There are no effective …

Foraging Ecology Of The Bee Habropoda Laboriosa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae), An Oligolege Of Blueberries (Ericaceae: Vaccinium) In The Southeastern United States, James H. Cane, Jerry A. Payne

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

The anthophorid bee, Habropoda (=Emphoropsis [R. W. Brooks, personal communication]) laboriosa (F.), is a locally abundant, vernal, univoltine species. It flies from February through April in Georgia and Alabama. In these states, females are oligolectic on Vaccinium spp., particularly V. ashei Reade and V. corymbosum L., with Gelsemium sempervirens (L.), Quercus alba L., and Cercis canadensis L. as minor, alternate pollen hosts. Pollen-harvesting female H. laboriosasonicate V. ashei flowers to release pollen, averaging 5.7 buzzes during their average 2.6-s floral visit, which is a handling rate 3 times faster than coforaging Bombus spp. Furthermore, mean floral handling rates of …

Effects Of Oviposition On Remating., Response To Pheromones., And Longevity In The Female Caribbean Fruit Fly., Anastrepha Suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae), J. Sivinski, R. R. Heath

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

Female Caribbean fruit flies with oviposition opportunities remate frequently, two-thirds of them after 1 wk and approximately one-third every subsequent week. Those with limited chances to oviposit remate less frequently, and about half of them mate only once during their lifetime. Ovipositing females regain receptivity to male-produced pheromones within a week, unlike nonlaying females. Mortality rates also are higher for egglaying females.

Hydrocarbon-Based Discrimination Of Three North American Blattella Cockroach Species (Orthoptera: Blattellidae) Using Gas Chromatography, D. A. Carlson, R. J. Brenner

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

The identification of various life stages of three species of cockroaches was accomplished by using gas chromatography for the quantitative determination of cuticular hydrocarbon components. Dried and frozen specimens of wild and laboratory samples of the closely related species, Blattella asahinai Mizukubo and B. germanica (L.), were identified by inspection of chromatographic data. The cuticular hydrocarbons of each species were identified by mass spectrometry and found to be quite unlike those of the distantly related B. vaga Hebard. A statistical technique is described that provides a quantitative approach to numerical pattern recognition of chromatograms for identifying Asian and German cockroaches. …

The Nesting Biology Of Colletes Kincaidii Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) And Development Of Its Immature Forms, P. F. Torchio, G. E. Trostle, D. J. Burdick

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

Overwintering larvae of Colletes kincaidii Cockerell were obtained by removing soil blocks from a large nesting site established in a hardened, vertical sandstone cliff at Bonny Doon, Calif. One sandstone block was placed in a greenhouse at Logan, Utah, where two emerging females established nests within glass tubes inserted into observation boxes and one female excavated a nest in soil beneath the sandstone block from which she emerged. Observations of nesting biology in glass tube nests showed for the first time that polyester cell linings are composed of a mixture of salivary and Dufour's gland materials. Salivary secretion is first …

Studies Of The Neural Basis Of Evasive Flight Behavior In Response To Acoustic Stimulation In Heliothis Zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Organization Of The Tympanic Nerves, H. R. Agee, E. Orona

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

The organization of the tympanic nerve within the thoracic ganglia of Heliothis zea (Boddie) was investigated. Cobalt chloride infiltration of cut axons was used to investigate the central terminations of the tympanic nerves. The axonal terminals of the A2 acoustic cell were confined to the meso-metathoracic ganglia, whereas the Al acoustic and the nonacoustic B cell were found in the thoracic ganglia. The relevance of this organization for neural circuitry of evasive flight behavior to acoustic stimulation is discussed.

Queen Pheromone Production And Its Physiological Correlates In Fire Ant Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Treated With Fenoxycarb, Martin S. Obin, B. Michael Glancey, W. A. Banks, Robert K. Vander Meer

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

Biological assays were used to evaluate the effect of the insect growth regulator fenoxycarb (ethyl (2-p-phenoxyphenoxy) ethyl carbamate) on production of queen-derived dealation inhibitory pheromone and the queen recognition pheromone of Solenopsis invicta Buren. Treated virgin and mated queens weighed less and were less capable of inhibiting dealation by female alates than were nontreated controls. Virgin queens that gained weight during the experimental trials produced more dealation inhibitory pheromone and more queen recognition pheromone than virgin queens that lost weight. Treated virgin queens with fenoxycarb-induced ovary dysfunction inhibited de alation in proportionally fewer alates than treated virgin queens of similar …

Labeling Anaphes Ovijentatus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)., An Egg Parasite Of Lygus Spp. (Hemiptera: Miridae)., With Rubidium, Charles G. Jackson, Allen C. Cohen, Charmaine L. Verdugo

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

The eggs of Lygus hesperus (Knight) were labeled with the element rubidium (Rb) by rearing the nymphs and maintaining the adults on diet with 100, 500, or 1,000 ppm rubidium chloride (RbCl). Anaphes ovijentatus (Crosby and Leonard), a parasite of Lygus spp. eggs, was marked with Rb concentrations above laboratory and field endogenous levels when reared from labeled eggs of Lygus adults fed diets with 500 and 1,000 ppm RbCI. Rb concentrations remained sufficiently high to distinguish labeled parasites from those collected in alfalfa fields for 4 d. The parasites that developed in eggs of L. hesperus reared on diet …

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Fossil Management Plan And Environmental Assessment

United States National Park Service: Publications

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is in Sioux County, north western Nebraska, T28; R55W, 6thPM. It includes portions of Sections 3 through 10 inclusive, plus a small portion of Section 12 (Stenomylus Quarry) . (APPENDIX A )

Male Sterility In Soybean-An Overview, Robert Graybosch, Reid G. Palmer

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

The most common type of reproductive mutations observed in the soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]are those that induce male sterility.The high frequency of occurrence of male-sterile mutations indicates that a number of genes influence the processes of microgametogenesis and microsporogenesis. The current knowledge of these mutations is summarized. The origins of male-sterile mutations, their inheritance patterns, and known linkage relationships are detailed. The phenotypic expression of male-sterile mutations, including their effects on both male and female reproduction, is discussed. The influence of environment on the expressivity of male sterile mutations, and the effects of male-sterile mutations on physiological processes …

Taxonomy, Systematics, And Ecology Of Helminth Parasites Of The Ringed Seal, Phoca Hispida Schreber, In Alaskan Waters, Ann Marie Adams

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

The genus Orthosplaochnus Odhner, 1905 (Trematoda: Campulidae) was revised, with eight species recognized. Odhneriella Skriabin, 1915 was placed in synonymy with Orthosplanchnus, and Hadwenius was shown to be valid. Orthosplanchnus rossicus (Skriabin, 1915) (syn. Odhneriella rossica) was redescribed.

Inconsistencies in the diagnosis of the Anophryocephalus Baylis, 1922 (Cestoda: Tetrabothriidae) were discussed, along with the basis for generis revision. The taxonomic histories of certain genera of nematodes (e.g., Contracaecum Railliet and Henry, 1912; Dipetalonema Diesing; 1861; and Pseudoterranova Mosgovoi, 1950) were given to explain their present status.

The helminth-fauna of the ringed seal in the North Pacific was compared …

Roles Of A 67-Kda Polypeptide In Reversal Of Protein Synthesis Inhibition In Heme-Deficient Reticulocyte Lysate, Bansidhar Datta, Debopam Chakrabarti, Ananda L. Roy, Naba K. Gupta

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

During heme deficiency in reticulocyte lysates, the heme-regulated protein synthesis inhibitor, HRI, phosphorylates the a subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF-2) and thus inhibits protein synthesis. Two factors, eIF-2 and a reticulocyte-lysate supernatant factor that we term RF, reverse this inhibition. We now report the following. (i) An active eIF-2 preparation contained, in addition to the three subunits (α,β, and γ), a 67-kDa polypeptide. Pretreatment of eIF-2 with polyclonal antibodies against either isolated a subunit or 67-kDa polypeptide almost completely inhibited the reversal activity. Upon further fractionation, three-subunit eIF-2 and the 67-kDa polypeptide were resolved. Neither the …

Contractual Limitations On Remedies, Roy Ryden Anderson

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Modification or Limitation of Remedies ... A. In General ... B. Standards for Validation ... C. Exclusivity of the Remedy Limitation ... D. Conspicuousness

III. Failure of Essential Purpose ... A. In General/Purpose ... B. In General/Failure ... C. Latent Defects: Wilson Trading ... 1. Other Cases ... 2. Unconscionability ... D. Repair or Replacement Remedy ... E. Seller's Defenses: Reasonable Opportunity

IV. Remedies Available upon Failure of an Exclusive Remedy/Limitation or Exclusion of Consequential Damages ... A. In General: A Perspective ... 1. Unconscionability ... 2. CAVEAT: Complex, Experimental, or Prototype Goods ... B. The Case …

Nebraska's Five-Day Statute Of Limitations For Unwed Fathers, Daniel S. Wilson

Nebraska Law Review

This Note analyzes the five-day Nebraska adoption statutes and argues that the statutes are unconstitutional. More specifically, Part II of this Note provides an overview of the two Nebraska Supreme Court decisions. Following this discussion, Part III provides a due process and equal protection analysis of the five-day statutes in light of these two decisions and the four relevant United States Supreme Court decisions. Part IV looks at the underlying legislative history of the statutes and offers a hypothesis for the existing confusion surrounding the statutes. Finally, Part V presents a proposal for statutory reform. The statutory proposal includes new …

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In-Situ Stress Orientation And Magnritjde At The Fenton Geothermal Site, New Mexico, Determined From Wellbore Breakouts, Colleen A. Barton, Mark D. Zoback, Kerry L. Burns

United States Department of Energy: Publications

The acoustic borehole televiewer provides excellent data for the detection and measurement of stress-induced wellbore breakouts. Analog televiewer data from the Fenton Geothermal well EE-3 in New Mexico were digitized and interactivly processed for detection and analysis of azimuth and shape of stress-induced breakouts occurring in the well at depths of about 2.9 - 3.5 km. A statistical analysis of the measured breakout azimuths yields a well resolved orientation of least horizontal principal stress of 119 °, consistent with least principal stress data from the Rio Grande Rift. As the magnitude of the least horizontal compressive stress, ^Shmin, in …