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A Paleo-Indian Bison Kill In The Panhandle Of Nebraska, Larry D. Agenbroad

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Initial excavation of the Hudson-Meng Paleo-Indian site was begun in September, 1971. Work by volunteer labor continued until mid-November when the site was closed because of winter storms and frozen ground. The discovery of an unusually large Scottsbluff point, in situ in the ribs of one of the animals indicates association of the Plano Complex and extinct bison. The bone bed is a single occupation event. representing a butchering floor activity near the actual kill site. Absence of skull fragments and lower long bones indicate quartering or halving the animals at the kill with transfer to the butcher area. Testing …

Ethnoscience As A Methodology In Indian Education: A Sioux And Apache Example, Elizabeth S. Grobsmith

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

The utility of ethnoscience as a methodology to improve American Indian education programs is discussed. Data from two native American communities is presented, focusing on the cultural conflict prevalent in their schools. The San Carlos Apache, a reservation-tribe of Western Apache in Arizona and an off-reservation community of Oglala Sioux from North-western Nebraska, are compared, emphasis being placed on the linguistic and cultural problems prohibiting effective education. Specific ethnosemantic studies are cited for their illumination of cognitive dissonance between native Americans and non-Indian teachers.

Cognitive Egocentricity Of The Child Within Piagetian Developmental Theory, Violet Kalyan-Masih

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

In popular usage of the term, an egocentric person is a conceited and boastful individual who is preoccupied with his own self-importance. There is, however, a fundamental difference between the cognitive egocentricity of a child as defined by Piaget, and the egocentricity of an adult as is commonly understood. A child is egocentric because he cannot take someone else's point of view; an adult is egocentric because he will not - in one case, it is cognitive inability; in the other, social insensitivity. "Cognitive egocentrism," according to Piaget, “…stems from a lack of differentiation between one's own point of view …

Preliminary Analysis Of The Bison Bones From The Hudson-Meng Site, Sioux County, Nebraska, Dale S. Hoffman, Wayne L. Farrens, Daryl L. Mcdonald

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

History of Exploration

The Hudson-Meng archaeological site (Nebraska No. 25 SX 115) is located in northwestern Sioux County, Nebraska. It occurs in a drainage from a still-active spring on the property of Mr. Albert Meng. Preliminary excavation was begun in the fall of 1968 by Dr. Larry D. Agenbroad of Chadron State College after the site was brought to his attention by Mr. Bill Hudson, a local amateur archaeologist. Large scale excavation was begun in the spring of 1971 by volunteer students and faculty from Chadron State College.

Description of the Site

When work was halted in the fall of …

The Role Of The Professional Geographer In Geographic Learning, Salvatore J. Natoli

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Professional geographers have had a traditional interest and role in geographic learning. Specifically, the professional geographer referred to is the university or college professor who considers upper division teaching, graduate level teaching, and research as his primary responsibilities.

Experiences and attitudes occupy key positions in determining broader participation of professional geographers in geographic learning.

The professional geographer must view his role within a broader context .. that of the entire educational experience. In addition he must reexamine the goals of education and his roles within them rather than rest upon his scholarly credentials. He must help to provide the public …

Lice Of Public Health Importance And Their Control, Harry D. Pratt, Kent S. Littig

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Lice have been intimately associated with man for centuries. Infestations with lice occur today in the United States and many other countries despite great efforts to maintain high standards of public health. Public health agencies are often called upon if infestations include or expose large groups of people, particularly those in public institutions such as schools, jails, hospitals, or homes for the aged.

The three sucking lice that infest humans are: the body louse (Pedlculus humanus humanus), the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis), and the crab louse (Pthirus pubis). The body louse is the …

Palmityl Coenzyme A Inhibition Of Fatty Acid Synthesis, Herman Knoche, Theodore W. Esders, Kirston Koths, Konrad Bloch

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

The effects of acyl-CoA derivatives (C₈ to C₂₀) on the activity

of the fatty acid synthetases from yeast and Corynebacterium

diphtheriae have been examined. Both enzyme

systems are inhibited by the longer chain acyl thioesters

(C₁₆ to C₂₀) and protected against this inhibition by bovine

serum albumin (BSA). Identical relief from acyl-CoA inhibition

is provided by the 6-0-methylglucose-containing

lipopolysaccharide (MGLP), from Mycobacterium phlei. It

is shown that MGLP forms a stable complex with palmitylCoA.

This interaction accounts for the BSA-like effects of

the polysaccharide. BSA and MGLP have two further effects

on the fatty …

Parasites Of Some Penaeid Shrimps With Emphasis On Reared Hosts, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Information is presented about parasites and commensals of penaeid shrimps, allowing those who rear shrimps and those who are interested in associated organisms of shrimp to have a better knowledge of the organisms that are or may be associated with brown, white, and pink shrimps. It covers common and rare organisms and diseases, primarily in the northern Gulf of Mexico, listing several previously unreported species including an undescribed gregarine, a larval nematode (Spirocarnallanus pereirai), a commensal nematode (Leptolaimus sp.), a leech (Myzobdella lugubris), a blue-green alga (Schizothrix calcicola), a hydroid (Obelia bicuspidata …

Proximate And Ultimate Determinants Of Clutch Size In Anatidae, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

In a stimulating analysis, Lack (1967, 1968a) reviewed waterfowl clutch size and egg size data, and concluded that interspecific variations in average clutch size are generally inversely related to those of relative egg size. Thus, he suggested that the average clutch size of each waterfowl species has evolved in relation to the average availability of food to the female around the time of nesting. He hypothesized that in waterfowl, relatively large eggs have probably evolved to provide the newly-hatched young with a large food supply (an idea he subsequently (1968b) questioned) or with an adequate insulating layer of fat. He …

Fiscal Federalism: Program Budgeting And The Multilevel Governmental Setting, F. Gregory Hayden

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this article is to determine what theoretical and policy conclusions are consistent with the orthodox theory of social and merit wants, the treatment of distribution as a component of efficiency, and a Planning-Programming-Budgeting System when they are placed in a federalist setting with states’ rights and local autonomy. The conclusion is that neither matching nor equalization grants should be used in intergovernmental fiscal relations and that use of traditional intergovernmental fiscal devices will not assure success of a programmed budget.

Planning College Geography Facilities: Guidelines For Space And Equipment, Robert Stoddard

Geography Program: Faculty Publications

This publication is written as a guide for evaluating and planning the space and equipment available for geographic education in an undergraduate college. The objectives are:
(1) to present ideas about potential facilities for various kinds of geographic programs;
(2) to provide information to administrators and architects about special space and equipment needs of geography; and
(3) to serve as a guide for geographers planning new (and remodeled) facilities.
vIt is hoped that readers may gain ideas about potential facilities for geography. No "ideal" departmental plan is presented because there is no one such plan for all departments. The use …

Production And Decay Of Double L Vacancies In Argon And Phosphorus, M. Eugene Rudd, B. Fastrup, P. Dahl, F. D. Schowengerdt

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Measurements have been made at two laboratories which indicate that the structure reported at 450-550eV in the electron spectrum from Ar⁺-Ar collisions by Ogurtsov, Flaks, and Avakyan is spurious. It is argued that the double L vacancies which they invoke to explain the structure are more likely to decay by the two-step Auger process L ²→LM²→M⁴ than by the one-step process L²→M³ suggested by these authors. Evidence supporting this is found in our electron spectra from P⁺-Ar collisions, where it is known from energy-loss and charge-state measurements that double …

Fitness To Proceed: A Brief Look At Some Aspects Of The Medico-Legal Problem Under The New York Criminal Procedure Law, H. H. A. Cooper

Nebraska Law Review

The New York Criminal Procedure Law, which came into force on September 1, 1971, introduced two concepts which it proceeded to define successively: the "incapacitated person" and the "dangerous incapacitated person." The medico-legal problems, of which some aspects are to be considered here, reside in the identification of those persons and the application to them of the procedural steps, which the legislation prescribes in their case. It is proposed here to examine some of the problems facing the lawyer and the psychiatric examiner in relation to the "incapacitated person" as defined by the Criminal Procedure Law. It is necessary to …

Nonpartisan Unicameral—Benefits, Defects Reexamined, William Riley

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Background … A. Early History … B. The New Experience

III. Current Debate

IV. Compilation and Analysis … A. Political Bases … B. Theories in Conflict … 1. Partisanship Arguments … a. Leadership and Organization … b. Narrowing the Issues … c. Fixing Responsibility … d. Preserve an Organized Opposition … e. Strengthen the Parties … f. Legislature Dead-End Politically … g. Separate Vote for Nonpartisanship … 2. Nonpartisanship Arguments … a. Little Distinction between the Parties … b. Avoid National Controversies … c. Small Population … d. Forty-Nine Senators in One House … 3. Conflicting Arguments …

Observations On Chromosomes Of Dicrostonyx Torquatus Stevensoni Nelson And Chromosomal Diversity In Varying Lemmings = Untersuchungen An Den Chromosomen Von Dicrostonyx Torquatus Stevensoni Nelson Und Chromosomale Unterschiede Bei Halsbandlemmingen, Virginia R. Rausch, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

English abstract: The cytogenetic characteristics of the varying lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus stevensoni, (2n = 34), were investigated, and diploid chromosomal numbers were reported for four other nominal subspecies (exsul, nelsoni, richardsoni, and rubricatus) of the torquatus-group in North America. The diploid complements ranged from 30 to 44 chromosomes, and the fundamental number from 50 to 55. Chromosomal polymorphism was observed in all forms. In cross-breeding experiments, the mating of F₁ progeny was not productive. The findings support the zoogeographic concept that populations of Dicrostonyx became fragmented or displaced southward during Würm time, with …

The Biology And Ecology Of The Bromegrass Seed Midge In Nebraska, E. L. Nieman, G. R. Manglitz

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

These studies indicate that smooth bromegrass, Bromus inermis Leyss, is the only host of the bromegrass seed midge, Stenodiplosis bromicola Marikovskiy and Agafonova, in Nebraska. The midge did not infest two common annual brome species under field conditions. The midge has been collected from all counties surveyed in Nebraska and seems to be widely distributed throughout the midwestern states. An apparently undescribed species of Tetrastichus (Hymenoptera: Eulophiclae) was observed to parasitize all stages of the bromegrass seed midge. Parasitism rates greater than 90% were observed. The parasite larvae do not kill the midge until damage to the bromegrass floret has …

Agricultural Experiment Station News October 1972

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR'S DESK
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GENERAL NOTES
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - September 1972
BULLETINS PRINTED
ABSTRACTS

Winter Wheat Cultivar Performance In An International Array Of Environments, J. E. Stroike, V. A. Johnson

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery organized in 1968 by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station in cooperation with the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under a contract with the Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State, has presented a unique opportunity to measure the performance and stability of 28 winter wheat cultivars over an international array of environments. Computations of three parameters for yield, selected agronomic traits, and grain protein and lysine were made from nursery data recorded in 1969 and 1970.

Observations On Some Natural-Focal Zoonoses In Alaska, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

In Alaska, as in arctic and subarctic Eurasia, important natural-focal zoonoses are rabies, brucellosis, tularemia, trichinosis, alveolar hydatid disease, cystic hydatid disease, and diphyllobothriasis. Most frequently affected are aboriginal peoples in villages within biocenoses that include the natural parasite-host assemblages. Pathogens are transmitted to man from wild animals and from dogs, which are important as synanthropic hosts. The prevalence and rate of transmission of certain pathogens in natural foci are related to the numerical density of small mammals, especially rodents, which may themselves be involved as hosts, and on which the numbers of their predators ultimately depend, such as is …

Water Resources News, Volume 4, No. 7, September 1972

Water Current Newsletter

North Loup Project Approved
NWC Endorses Cost-Sharing for All Federal Water Resource Projects
Tuition for Training Courses Imposed by EPA
Water Problems Emphasized by EPA
Environmental Protection Agreement Signed by US-USSR
Hazards Linked with Large-Scale Water Developments
NWC Recommends Enactment of Waterway User Charges
Refuse for Recreational Grounds
Water Development and Population Dispersal
Engineering Short Course
Rare Breed of Fish May Get Dam For Home
World Record Flow Measured on Amazon
Dam Inspection Bill Signed by President
Flood Insurance
Characteristics of Water Resources Research Centers
Drinking Water Legislation

The Resources Management Movement (The Coming Death Of Production Management Education), Richard J. Schonberger

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Production management, taught in nearly all colleges of business administration, is not a popular course. One reason it is not popular is that it does not relate to the typical young student's life experiences. This typical student has for 18 years or more been a social animal, and thus he can relate to college courses in the sociopsychological realm. The rare student who has considerable work experience is the only one likely to appreciate and perhaps even enjoy a course in production management (or operations management, as it is called in some schools).

But this kind of problem is found …

Fm 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 1972, Robert L. Bolin

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual reflects the lessons learned about technical intelligence during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The manual explains the theory of Army technical intelligence and describes strategic technical intelligence organizations in the United States.

Much of the manual explains technical intelligence activities of US forces in the field. It explains technical intelligence planning and collection activities. The need to label and handle captured equipment properly is stressed.

Appendices list references and technical intelligence categories, provide a sample technical intelligence plan, and explain handling and reporting of captured materiel and the standard nomenclature system for identifying Soviet bloc weapons and …

The University Can't Train Teachers: A Symposium Of School Administrators Discuss School-Based Undergraduate Education For Teachers, Paul A. Olson, Larry Freeman, James Bowman, Jan Pieper

Department of English: Faculty Publications

CONTENTS

Introductory Letter

Discussion Summary

Acknowledgments

List of Participants

Educational Reform and Informational Needs

"Manpower: Supply and Demand for Teaching Personnel" -- Leo Shapiro

The Idea of Community and the Education of Teachers

"The Transmission of American Culture" -- George D. Spindler

"In the United States District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas, Tyler Division, Memorandum Opinion Regarding the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District"

The Use of Higher Education Personnel in School-Based Undergraduate Teacher-Training Programs

Appendix-"Research Sharing"

School-Based Teacher-Training Centers ."The Portland Urban Teacher Education Project:

New Context for Teacher Preparation" -- John L. Parker

Certification; …

Experiment At Nebraska The First Two Years Of A Cluster College, Robert E. Knoll, Robert D. Brown

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

In November 1968 the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska was asked to react to a document coming from a faculty-student committee charged with examining the feasibility of establishing an innovating college on the Lincoln campus. It attempted to spell out the need for such innovation, and it offered a plan for fulfilling the need that it delineated. This is that document:

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Within the past generation a new kind of student, a new kind of faculty, and a new kind of university have developed. To meet the challenges which these changes present and to provide for an …

Association Of Type Traits With Reasons For Disposal, L. Dale Van Vleck, H. D. Norman

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Reasons for disposal of 3,475 cows from 188 New York Holstein herds were compared with type appraisal and milk yield in first lactation to study the relationship between type traits measured early in life and later reasons for disposal. Reasons for disposal were grouped as production (32%), udder (22%), reproduction (27%), inabilities or disease (8%), workability (3%), type (3%), and other (5%). Few traits measured before 49 months of age had any significant value in predicting the reason for a cow's eventual disposal. These results in addition to earlier studies of heritability suggest that type traits measured in the first …

Dealer Influence On Farmers' Decisions To Purchase Pesticides, Loyd L. Young

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

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence agricultural pesticide dealers have on farmers' decisions to purchase and use agricultural pesticides. Specific objectives of the study were to: 1. Ascertain the extent to which dealers influence farmers in their decision-making to use and purchase pesticides. 2. Examine the characteristics of the farmer and his farming operation in relation to the amount of influence the dealer had on the farmers' pesticide purchasing decisions. 3. Evaluate the reasons farmers selected their pesticide dealers. 4. Determine the factors that influenced farmers to use pesticides. PROCEDURE Data were obtained. by personal interviews …

Review Of Spatial Organization: The Geographer's View Of The World By Ronald Abler, John S. Adams, And Peter Gould, S. M. Bhardwaj, Robert Stoddard

Geography Program: Faculty Publications

Most introductory textbooks in geography are content-oriented, some pay lip service to basic concepts in geography, and still others are like tombstones conveying concepts and content of a bygone era. Abler, Adams and Gould have presented an introductory text that is rich in concepts, is rooted in contemporary scientific thinking, and conveys a dynamic, futuristic view of geography. The basic thrust in the book is "the circularly causal relationships between spatial structure and spatial processes." Geographers with a "lands-and-peoples" view of geography will be disappointed.

Schottky Defects In Alkali Halides, Paul D. Schulze, John R. Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

The method of lattice statics and the deformation-dipole model have been applied to Schottky defects in ionic crystals in approximations higher than zero order. For an isolated vacancy, all host-lattice-ion potential energy functions for short-ranged repulsive and Coulomb-defect forces were expanded to terms quadratic in the displacements and dipole moments, and the resulting forces were allowed to act on the first and/or second neighbors to the vacancy. The zero-order Coulomb force was allowed to act on the remainder of the host-lattice ions past first and/or second neighbors. The vacancy and Schottky-pair-formation energies in the 12 Na, K, Rb halides have …

Acuta Enews April 1972, Vol. 1, No. 4

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Charter Membership

Committee Assignments

Regional Presidents

First Annual Meeting

Commensal Rodent Control, D. R. Maddock, H. F. Schoof

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 5th (1972)

SUMMARY: Federal Urban Rat Control Program grants were awarded to cities in different areas of the United States. Severe problems of rat infestations have been detected in many of the cities by the Environmental Health Service. Approximately 20% of 3.8 million people in the project areas were occupying homes infested with rats. Control operations are now in effect in all cities, and the living conditions of the people have been substantially improved. An increase in interest in rodent control also is evident in countries outside of the United States. The Technical Development Laboratories of the National Communicable Disease Center are …