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High School Students' Images Of Geography: An Exploratory Analysis, Raymond Hubbard, Robert Stoddard

Geography Program: Faculty Publications

Almost since its introduction into American high schools and colleges, geography has been plagued with the problem of justifying its existence as a bona fide academic discipline. This identity problem has been attributed to a variety of circumstances and conditions, including the common explanation that geography is a virtually unbounded discipline. For many individuals this unduly amorphous characteristic is particularly burdensome when attempts are made to define the subject matter of geography. This, in turn, hampers the presentation of a clear and distinct image of the discipline to nongeographers. Closely related to the problem of geography's diverse content and delineation …

Water Current, Volume 11, No. 4, July/August 1979

Water Current Newsletter

Public Participation and State Water Policy Development
Research Assistantships Available
Graduate Research Assistantship
Need for Water Research Stressed
Hearings Rescheduled on Water Bills
Research Review: Analysis of Seasonal Persistence of Climate in Nebraska

Water Current, Volume 11, No. 2, March/April 1979

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Grantstmanship Training Program
High Plains - Ogallala Aquifer Study
Drought Management Strategies Workshop
IWCC Formation Announced
Missouri River Basin Commission Study
Army Corps of Engineers Study
Reorganization of Natural Resources Announced
WRC Releases Second National Water Assessment
Dan Beard Speaks on Water Policy at ASCE Houston Meeting Luncheon
Viessman Highlights Policies Faced by 96th Congress
Research Review: Pollution of Irrigation Reuse Water by Plant Pathogens

Ec79-107 Proso Variety Tests 1978, Lenis Alton Nelson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 79-107: Proso variety tests in 1978.

Ec79-104 Performance Of Soybean Varieties In Nebraska 1978, A. F. Dreier, J. H. Williams, L. V. Svec

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 79-104: Performance of soybean varieties in Nebraska in 1978.

Ec79-103 Nebraska Varietal Tests Of Fall-Sown Small Grains 1979, A. F. Dreier, J. W. Schmidt, Lenis Alton Nelson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 79-103: Nebraska varietal tests of fall-sown small grains in 1979.

Ec79-102 Nebraska Spring Small Grain Variety Tests 1979, A. F. Dreier, J. W. Schmidt, Lenis Alton Nelson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 79-102: Nebraska spring small grain variety tests for 1979.

The Realizing Character Of The Social Sciences, Andrew Larkin

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Because of successful construction of theories in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and because of their unchallenged technological usefulness, the philosophy of science has concentrated on the formal and epistemological aspects of sciences. However, the less formal social sciences have had a greater impact on society. This realizing character of the sciences, i.e., their influence on society through policy (in the case of the social sciences), has been inadequately studied. In this paper the normative character of the social sciences is seen from the perspective of realization. Norms as internal and external criteria, which are entailed by realization, are …

Roman Concrete: The Ascent, Summit, And Decline Of An Art, Thomas Nelson Winter

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

The evidence of the surviving literature and structure provides this chronology for the development of concrete: Fronto dates for us, by naming consuls, two aqueducts utterly devoid of concrete at 312 and 272 B.C. From Cato, who died in 149 B.C., we can discern that (a) concrete has now become the normal foundation for building, (b) limeburning is now an established trade, and (c) his recipe for cement is primitive-even medieval-and non-hydraulic. The year 140 saw the opening of the Marcian Aqueduct, its water-channel lined in non-hydraulic cement. Vitruvius, ca.25 B.C., describes different cement formulations for different purposes, even giving, …

Spatial Characteristics Of Tertiary Activities In Kathmandu, Robert Stoddard

Geography Program: Faculty Publications

How are retail establishments arranged in urban areas? Numerous urban and marketing geographers have addressed this question, and a sizeable body of literature deals with the issue. However, most studies have pertained to western cities that have large monetary flows between various sectors of a specialized economy. This study supplements the existing knowledge by examining some spatial characteristics of tertiary activities in an Asian city functioning within a more traditional economy.

The Ornithogeography Of The Great Plains States, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

It has long been recognized that the Great Plains represent a major transition zone in the distribution patterns of North American birds; field guides traditionally have treated the 100° W. longitude meridian as a convenient dividing line between eastern and western faunas. Furthermore, this line rather neatly bisects the political subdivisions of the Great Plains, namely the "plains states" extending from North Dakota southward through South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Of these, Texas is the least typical, its climate and fauna is strongly influenced by the Gulf Coast on the east and the Chihuahuan desert on the west. As …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 10, Number 4. December 1978

The Prairie Naturalist

THE ORNITHOGEOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT PLAINS STATES ▪ Paul A. Johnsgard

CAPTURE OF GRAY PARTRIDGE BY FALCONRY IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ John W. Schulz

INCUBATION RHYTHMS AND EGG TEMPERATURES OF AN AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL AND A RENESTING PINTAIL ▪ Alan D. Afton

TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF SPRING MIGRATION OF YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Richard D. Crawford

CHECKLIST OF NORTH DAKOTA MAMMALS: COMMENTS ON STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES ▪ Robert W. Seabloom

NOTE

First Nesting Record of Cattle Egret and Little Blue Heron in North Dakota ▪ Lloyd A. Jones

BOOK REVIEWS

Geese of the World ▪ Carl E. …

The Ornithogeography Of The Great Plains States, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

It has long been recognized that the Great Plains represent a major transition zone in the distribution patterns of North American birds; field guides traditionally have treated the 100° W.longitude meridian as a convenient dividing line between eastern and western faunas. Furthermore, this line rather neatly bisects the political subdivisions of the Great Plains, namely the "plains states" extending from North Dakota southward through South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Of these, Texas is the least typical, its climate and fauna is strongly influenced by the Gulf Coast on the east and the Chihuahuan desert on the west. As a …

Development Of Thermal Infrared Imagery To The Detection Of Urban Heat Islands, Ronald L. Block

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate the scientific validity of using airborne and satellite thermal infrared sensing as a technique for detecting the urban heat islands of selected towns and cities in eastern Nebraska. Emphasis is on the development of the technique, rather than on specific applications of its methodology.Two objectives of application include ascertaining the relationship between: 1) large structural density index values and high density renditions; and 2) increasing city size and increased density ranges.Several instruments and techniques were used to determine the feasibility of thermal infrared sensing. Density renditions were obtained by use of …

Water Current, Volume 10, No. 3, May/June 1978

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Grantsmanship Training Program Planned
Dee Creek Project Funded
Area of Excellence Review
Odgaard New Director of NWRA
National Water Policy Revealed
OWRT Appropriations
Research Review: Region-Wide Irrigation Scheduling by Local Evapotranspiration Measurement

Occupying The Cherokee Country Of Oklahoma, Leslie Hewes

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

"CITIZENSHIP IN THIS NATION, as you know, does not mean the possession of civil rights merely-as it does outside Indian Territory. The right of citizenship in this Nation means ... the right to erect residences and make farms on land bought and paid for by the Nation .... It means the right to materials and benefits which elsewhere must be purchased by the citizen himself." So spoke D. W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, the Cherokee capital, in 1883. He added that all citizens and their posterity expected to enjoy these benefits without limitation …

Ec78-102 Nebraska Spring Small Grain Variety Tests 1978

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 78-102 contains the Nebraska Spring Small Grain Variety Tests 1978.

A Bibliography Of Anthropology-Related Serial Publications In The University Of Nebraska Libraries, Kenneth P. Lohrentz, Ann Larson, Linda Mager

Nebraska Anthropologist

This bibliography of anthropological serials in the University of Nebraska Libraries has been undertaken primarily for two reasons. The first follows from the incredibly diverse nature of the discipline itself, for the study of man and his origins has given rise to various methods of inquiry and interdisciplinary overlays. As Sol Tax has pointed out, the study of man appears to have no natural boundaries. It comes as little surprise, therefore, that the bibliography representing the published record of such a varied field of study should itself be extremely diffuse. Add to this natural diffusion the characteristic pattern of dispersed …

The Plain View Doctrine In Nebraska: State V. Holloman, 197 Neb. 139, 248 N.W.2d 15 (1976), Richard Birch

Nebraska Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution establishes a preference for searches under warrant. There are, however, constitutionally recognized exceptions to this requirement. The most recent of these exceptions is the "plain view" doctrine. Under this doctrine, a law enforcement officer's seizure of objects does not constitute a "search" for purposes of the fourth amendment's prohibition against "unreasonable searches and seizures" when the officer, after a prior valid intrusion, inadvertently views an object immediately apparent as evidence. Rather, the seizure is held as having come about as the result …

Progress On Rock Glacier Research, John F. Shroder Jr., John R. Giardino

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

This report is an account of research progress on rock glaciers of Afghanistan, Colorado, and Utah. Because of the preliminary nature of this work, some speculation is present; nevertheless, we think there is evidence for each major, new point expressed. The main thesis of our work is that rock glaciers are polygenetic and appear to be part of a continuum of similar landforms grading morphologically and, presumably, mechanically from one type to another type.

Water Current, Volume 9, No. 6, November/December 1977

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Assistant Director
Interdisciplinary Water Resources Seminar
Proceedings Available from NWRC
NWRC Reports Available
MRBC Adopts Water Resources Priorities
Nation Now Using More than 420 Billion Gallons of Water a Day
Save Water, Save Money
New Water Center Director at Texas Tech
Research Review: Mapping Model for Determining Land Suitable for Irrigation

The History Of The Beach Erosion Board, Us Army, Corps Of Engineers, 1930-1963, Mary-Louise Quinn

Nebraska Water Center: Faculty Publications

The Beach Erosion Board (BEB) was an agency originally set up to deal with civil functions assigned to the Corps of engineers. However, Dr. Quinn describes how the agency’s expertise lead to it being assigned to prepare reports on possible landing beaches of interest to the allies during World War II.

Because the wartime effort was very successful the Beach Erosion Board continued to perform intelligence functions after the war. The staff engaged to intelligence work grew in size and importance.

In the fall of 1962, the military intelligence division was absorbed by the newly-created US Army Area Analysis Intelligence …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 9, No. 2. June 1977

The Prairie Naturalist

PROPAGULE DISPERSAL AMONG FOREST ISLANDS IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. W. Ranney and W. C. Johnson

GENERAL WEATHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PRESCRIDED BURNING OF PRAIRIE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ▪ W. D. Svedarsky and R. W. Sands

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS SIGHTED IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ D. G. Jorde, G. L. Krapu, and R. K. Green

Departmental Review: Department Of Agricultural Education, Osmund S. Gilbertson

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

1. Schedule for Review of Departmental Program

2. Overview of Agricultural Education Department: Functions; Budgets; Where Ag. Ed. Graduates Go; Advisory Council

3. University Administration: UN-L Organization Chart; IANR Administrative Chart

4. Agricultural Education Faculty: Staff and Assignments; Appointments, status and experience; Professional Activities during last two calendar years

5. Instructional Program: Teaching &Advisement; mEnrollment History; Undergraduate Curriculum; Graduate Program; Departmental Self Survey

6. Research and Writing: Project Descriptions; Accomplishments; Planned Objectives; Recent Publications

7. Extension Activities

8. Special Programs: In-Service Education; Curriculum Modification Project

9. Future Directions: Instructional; Research; Extension; Continuing/In-Service

Vacancy Chains And Intra-Urban Migration, Donald C. Rundquist

Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

American society is a very mobile one, with approximately twenty percent of the populace changing its place of residence every year. It has been estimated that over two-thirds of all moves take place within the city. Geographic studies of intra-urban migration generally treat the relocations as either 1) movement from one areal unit to another, such as inter-census tract flows, or as 2) individual-level, unrelated moves between respective origins and destinations. In reality, however, each change of residence is one part of a much longer sequence of changes.

This thesis examines intra-city moves within the framework of their real-world linkage …

Water Current, Volume 9, No. 3, May/June 1977

Water Current Newsletter

New Personnel to Join Water Resources Staff
EPA Grant Awarded
208 Planning Projects Accepted
Proposal Submitted Under Emergency Drought Act of 1977
Water Resources in Nebraska
Drought Relief Regulations Announced by Secretary Andrus
National Water Conference
Research Review: Nitrogen Source Differentiation Through Carbon Isotopes

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1977) 45(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1976 Treasurers Report ...................2

1976 Nebraska Nesting Survey ...................3

Wild Turkeys in the Fontenelle Forest Area ...................6

1976 Christmas Count ...................7

A Groove-billed Ani and other Birds in Cuming and Doge Counties ...................13

Book Reviews ...................14

Notes ...................15

Growing Degree Days Predictions For Corn And Sorghum Development And Some Applications To Crop Production In Nebraska, R. E. Neild, M. W. Seeley

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The concept of growing degree days (GDD) originated with observations by Reamur (1735) that plant development is more closely related to the temperature accumulated to a given stage than with time alone. It was not until nearly 200 years later, however, that Merriam (1894), Livingston (1916) and Klages (1942) began to use temperature accumulations in plant distribution studies and in crop geography. In the early 1950's, a system involving growing degree days became widely used in the canning industry to schedule plantings and thus control time of harvest of rapidly maturing vegetables. This system provided a more precise control of …

Ethnic Group Settlement On The Great Plains, Frederick C. Luebke

Department of History: Faculty Publications

The importance of foreign-born immigrants and their children for the settlement of the Great Plains has been largely overlooked by historians of the frontier and of the trans-Mississippi West. While an extensive literature exists treating Indian history and Indian-white relationships, white populations have usually been treated as homogeneous. In such a classic study as Walter Prescott Webb's The Great Plains, ethnic groups of European origin are scarcely mentioned. More recent interpretations of the region note differences between Indians, Chicanos, Orientals, and blacks, but fail to distinguish European ethnic groups, such as Norwegians, Germans, and Czechs from each other or from …

"Introduction" To The Great Plains: Environment And Culture, Frederick C. Luebke

Department of History: Faculty Publications

In the pages that follow I have summarized the views of certain selected scholars whose emphases seem to illustrate changing and contrasting interpretations of the interaction of environment and culture on the Great Plains. I have grouped their writings into two inclusive categories. First come those whose conceptual schemes suggest the primacy of environmental variables. I refer to these scholars, perhaps simplistically, as environmentalists, even though this term has acquired a different meaning in recent years. In the second group are several scholars, selected more arbitrarily than the first, whose writings seem to accord more importance to cultural factors. For …