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Solid Waste Disposal Site Characterization Using Non-Intrusive Electromagnetic Survey Techniques And Geostatistics, Gary N. Kuhn, Wayne E. Woldt, David D. Jones, Dennis D. Schulte

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Prior to the research reported in this paper, a site-specific hydrogeologic investigation was developed for a closed solid waste facility in Eastern Nebraska using phased subsurface characterizations. Based on the findings of this prior investigation, a surface based geoelectric survey using electromagnetic induction to measure subsurface conductivity was implemented to delineate the vertical and horizontal extent of buffed waste and subsurface contamination. This technique proved to be a key non-intrusive, cost-effective element in the refinement of the second phase of the hydrogeologic investigation.

Three-dimensional ordinary kriging was used to estimate conductivity values at unsampled locations. These estimates were utilized to …

Caryospora Simplex (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) From A Captive Kaznakov's Viper (Vipera Kaznakovi), Patricia G. Wilber, John A. Hnida, Michael J. Richard, Donald W. Duszynski

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Caryospora simplex is reported for the first time from the feces of a captive female Kaznakov’s viper (Vipera kaznakovi) in Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA). Coccidian meronts and gamonts were observed in the intestinal epithelial cells of another female Kaznakov’s viper that died in October 1993.

Disease And Coyotes In Texas, Danny B. Pence

Coyotes in the Southwest: A Compendium of Our Knowledge (Symposium Proceedings, 1995)

The coyote (Canis latrans) population in southern Texas has a recurring group of 3 common helminths and several peripheral species of lesser importance. Although recurrent group analyses have not been applied to other macro- or microparasite communities, there are certain infectious agents with high prevalences that could form recurrent groups, and that are potentially important in tams of impacting host population (i.e. coyote) abundance. While the current rabies epizootic involving coyotes in southern Texas is of public health concern, it probably will not have a major impact on the coyote population. Most likely, the net effect of canine …

Endocrinology Of The Avian Reproductive System, Mary Ann Ottinger, Murray R. Bakst

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

The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the avian reproductive system. Attention is given to the neuroendocrine regulation of hypothalamic and pituitary gland hormones as well as the target tissues regulated by these hormones. Emphasis is placed on the dynamics of the system and the effects of alterations resulting from environmental and other influences on the function of the reproductive system. The ovulatory cycle, oviduct, and shell gland are discussed relative to egg formation and the hormonal regulation of this process. Testicular function and the cellular bases for spermatogenesis and steroid production are also discussed.

Herbicide Leaching Under Tilled And No-Tillage Fields, Timothy J. Gish, Adel Shirmohammadi, Raviraj Vyravipillai, Brian J. Wienhold

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

The effect of no-tillage practices on water quality exiting the root zone of deep, well-drained fields is largely unknown. This project was initiated to determine herbicide leaching characteristics as influenced by tillage practice and herbicide formulation. The research site consisted of four adjacent (0.25-ha) fields, two fields each dedicated to either tilled or no-tillage management. One field in each tillage regime received a controlled-release formulation of atrazine [6-chloro-N-ethyl- N'-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine] and alachlor [2-chloro- N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl)-acetamide, starch encapsulated], while the others received standard herbicide formulations of atrazine and alachlor. Both herbicide formulations were annually applied at the same rate: 1.7 kg ha^{‒1 …}

Partridges, Quails, Francolins, Snowcosks, And Guineafowl Status Survey And Conservation Action Plan, 1995-1999, Philip J. K. Mcgowan, Simon D. Dowell, John P. Carroll, Nicholas J. Aebischer, Wpa/Birdlife/Iucn-Ssc Partridge, Quail And Francolin Specialist Group

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Reports and Other Materials

Executive Summary

This Action Plan covers the world's partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks and guineafowl, a group of birds from the order Galliformes comprising 141 species according to the most recent taxonomic consideration (Sibley & Monroe 1990), plus one further species newly discovered in 1991 (Dinesen et al. 1994). These birds attract considerable interest throughout the world on account of their importance in ornamental collections, as food sources, as sporting quarry, as indicators of the health of ecosystems and as objects of great beauty. The objectives of this document are to identify the most threatened species and sub-species within this group …

Current Dimensions Of The Federal Arbitration Act In Nebraska, John M. Gradwohl

Nebraska Law Review

The purpose of this Commentary is to describe the current dimensions of the Federal Arbitration Act in Nebraska. The Nebraska Supreme Court has held categorically that the provisions of the Nebraska Uniform Arbitration Act, and "clauses in contracts providing for binding arbitration of future disputes" violate the "open courts" provisions of the Nebraska Constitution. Regardless of the success or failure of a proposed amendment of the Nebraska Constitution, the Federal Arbitration Act will be an important part of Nebraska jurisprudence. The Federal Arbitration Act is federal substantive law, which supersedes Nebraska law with respect to arbitrability, and is enforceable in …

A Critical Review Culminating In Practical Bar Examination Application Techniques In Regards To The "Good Moral Character Requirement"—In Re Majorek, 244 Neb. 595, 508 N.W.2d 275 (1993), Mark R. Privratsky

Nebraska Law Review

Every state requires good moral character on the part of those applying for admission to practice law. Yet the standard remains to be administered in an unpredictable way and rests on unsubstantiated and implausible factual assumptions. In November 1993, the Nebraska Supreme Court was once again presented the opportunity to deflate the good moral character requirement of the Nebraska State Bar, but in In re Majorek, the court instead decided to uphold the requirement under the auspices of its responsibility to adopt and implement systems designed to protect the public interest and safeguard the justice system. This Note examines …

The Ftc's Reliance On Extrinsic Evidence In Cases Of Deceptive Advertising: A Proposal For Interpretive Rulemaking. Kraft, Inc. V. Ftc, 970 F.2d 311 (7th Cir. 1992), Cert. Denied, 113 S. Ct. 1254 (1993), Dennis P. Stolle

Nebraska Law Review

The Federal Trade Commission's ("Commission”) decision in In re Kraft, Inc., shocked many members of the legal community. The decision reasserted the Commission's long dormant authority to disregard relevant extrinsic evidence and rely solely on its own reasoned analysis in determining whether an advertisement implicitly conveys deceptive claims. Viewed by many as an example of the Commission flexing its regulatory muscle, the decision was reminiscent of the expansive discretion asserted during the Commission's pre-Reagan era. On appeal, the Seventh Circuit reluctantly upheld the Commission's decision, solidifying the Commission's broad discretion to determine when commercial speech is deceptive and thereby …

The Language Of Law, The Sociology Of Science, And The Troubles Of Translation: Defining The Proper Role For Scientific Evidence Of Causation, Charles Kester

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Language of Law ... A. Law has adopted a realist "but for" test for cause-in-fact ... B. Application of the but for test by a jury involves a realist folk paradigm of causation ... C. Application of the but for test by a judge involves a realist legal paradigm of causation

III. The Sociology of Science ... A. Realist accounts of the scientific enterprise prove inadequate ... B. Anti-realism provides a more accurate account of the scientific enterprise ... C. An anti-realist sociology of science consists of five elements ... 1. Scientists establish communities through "boundary …

Facilitated Communication: Novel Scientific Evidence Or Novel Communication?, Charles A. Phipps, Mark L. Ells

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Admissibility of Testimony from Witnesses Who Require In-Court Assistance to Communicate ... A. Competence of Special Classes of Witnesses ... 1. Witnesses with Physical and Mental Disabilities ... 2. Competence of Children ... B. Admissibility of Testimony from Witnesses Who Communicate with Third-Party Intervention ... 1. Sign Language ... 2. Idiosyncratic Language ... C. Burdens of Proof ... 1. Proving Competency of a Witness ... 2. Proving Qualifications of an Interpreter ... D. Summary of Cases Involving Third-Party Interpreters

III. Admissibility of Testimony from Witnesses Whose In-Court Testimony Is Affected by Out-of-Court Procedures … A. Frye v. …

Public Use, Substantive Due Process, And Takings—An Integration, Lawrence Berger

Nebraska Law Review

In differing ways, the three related doctrines of public use, substantive due process, and takings all provide landowners a measure of protection from various unlawful impingements by government upon their rights to own, possess, use, or transfer realty. This article first recapitulates the often uncertain content of the three doctrines and in the process discusses the purposes and policies of each. It then argues the courts should keep in mind those different purposes and policies in devising the appropriate remedies for enforcing each of the rules in order to avoid handling functionally equivalent land use problems in ways that are …

Free Α-Oxiranyl Amino Acids, David B. Berkowitz, Michelle L. Pedersen

David Berkowitz Publications

Analogues of natural amino acids, in which the α-proton is replaced by an unsubstituted epoxide ring, are potential mechanism-based inhibitors for pyridoxal phosphate dependent enzymes.¹ Yet, free α-oxiranyl amino acids have remained elusive until now. The synthesis of an α-(phenyl-substituted)oxiranyl amino ester has been reported. However, the accessibility and stability of the corresponding free, zwitterionic α-oxiranyl amino acid remained an open question.⁹

Visual Distinctiveness Can Enhance Recency Effects, Brian H. Bornstein, Craig B. Neely, Denny C. Lecompte

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Experimental efforts to meliorate the modality effect have included attempts to make the visual stimulus more distinctive. McDowd and Madigan (1991) failed to find an enhanced recency effect in serial recall when the last item was made more distinct in terms of its color. In an attempt to extend this finding, three experiments were conducted in which visual distinctiveness was manipulated in a different manner, by combining the dimensions of physical size and coloration (i.e., whether the stimuli were solid or outlined in relief). Contrary to previous findings, recency was enhanced when the size and coloration of the last item …

Women In Development: The Need For A Grassroots Gender Planning Approach, Darcy L. Boellstorff

Nebraska Anthropologist

While the recognition of the roles of women in Third World society is increasing, the adequate operational frameworks for including the concerns of women involved in development planning has not kept pace. Models generally used in planning ignore the importance of gender in social structures. Development in the Third World has historically provided little benefit to women, generally leaving them in a more vulnerable social and economic position. Gender planning holds the key to the implementation of successful development programs in Third World communities by recognizing different social relationships between women and men occur from society to society and are …

The Native American Grave Protection And Repatriation Act: A Necessary But Costly Measure, Tina F. Brown

Nebraska Anthropologist

The Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act has had an immense impact on Amencan Anthropology. NAGPRA protects NatiVe Amencan skeletal remains and burial goods by ordenng those held for research or display retumed, and by restricting future excavations. In the course of its enactment, it has divided anthropologists on the basis of moral convictions and research priorities. Its history is long, and its future is uncertain.

Hiv, Aids, Markov Processes, And Health And Disability Insurance, Steven Haberman

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

This paper presents a Markov model of the transmission and development of HIV and AIDS. The Markov model is used to derive functions needed in the calculation of disability insurance premiums, reserves, and cash flows. An application to health insurance and disability insurance is provided.

Review Of The Orphan Trains: Placing Out In America By Marilyn Irvin Holt, Fred Erisman

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

One of the most haunting stories of the American West is the legend of the "orphan trains." Relating the practice of taking homeless children from the teeming cities and resettling them in the nation's heartland where they could grow and prosper as youngsters should, the story tacitly invokes some of the most potent of American myths-the Turner safety-valve theory, the Horatio Alger tale of the self-made person, and, more darkly, the lingering traces of Social Darwinism. The Orphan Trains strives to set the record straightnot to debunk the legend, but to give it its proper niche in western history. Emphasizing …

Hunt, Capture, Raise, Increase The People Who Saved The Bison, Ken Zontek

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Charles and Mollie Goodnight, C. J. "Buffalo" Jones, Frederick and Mary Dupuis, and Samuel Walking Coyote and his wife Sabine saved the bison. They hunted, caught, and raised bison calves that increased buffalo numbers at a time when the Great Plains monarchs clung desperately to a tenuous existence. Their remarkable stories, deserving of reiteration, cast light on four themes of Western history: proper recognition for front-line conservationists, the role of women, hunters as conservationists, and the profitability of species preservation.

Western bison conservation was not a matter of eastern politicians and scientists, such as Theodore Roosevelt and William Hornaday, legislating …

Bluestem And Tussock Fire And Pastoralism In The Flint Hills Of Kansas And The Tussock Grasslands Of New Zealand, James F. Hoy, Thomas D. Isern

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The ghost of Lady Barker haunts public discourse on the question of burning tussock grassland in New Zealand. The image of this gentle English woman, author of the Canterbury classic Station Life in New Zealand, transformed into a pastoral pyromaniac professing "the exceeding joy of 'burning,'" is compelling. She contests with friends over who can set the most magnificent blaze, exults at solitary cabbage trees exploding into flame, and regrets that she was not there to see the first blaze rage across the plains. Of this ritual, she says, she and her friends "never were allowed to have half …

Review Of The Most Promising Young Officer: A Life Of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie By Michael D. Pierce, Michael L. Tate

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Michael D. Pierce has produced a credible and nicely written interpretation of Ranald Mackenzie's life. By focusing on the frontier years and placing this officer's experiences within the broader context of military events, he provides the reader a good sense of time and place. Pierce also successfully utilizes the standard source materials and moves well beyond Robert G. Carter's somewhat unreliable On the Border with Mackenzie (1935). Unfortunately, the personal dimensions of Mackenzie's thoughts and deeds will never be fully known because he was an intensely private man who left little documentation about himself. Even his official reports tend to …

Early Leaver Superintendents, Marilyn Grady, Jack Mckay

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

In studies of the critical incidents that cause superintendent turnover (Grady and Bryant, 1991a; Grady and Bryant, 1991b; Grady and Bryant, 1991c), we became aware of the "early leaver" phenomenon in the profession. This phenomenon has caused us to question early leavers about their incentives for staying in or leaving the superintendency.

The discussion of when and if education will ever be a "true" profession is intertwined with the departure of individuals from the superintendency at the prime of their careers. How often do we learn of physicians who leave the medical profession at 45 or 50?

Our study was …

Compulsory Education: Challenges And Opportunities, Marilyn Grady, Doreen Gosmire

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

Compulsory education is a deep taproot in the history of our country and is at the heart of our educational system. Since Thomas Jefferson's presentation of the "Bill for the General Diffusion of Knowledge" in 1775, we have made compulsory education a central focus of our society.

Initially, Jefferson's proposal called for mandatory education for all children for three years. In the 1700s, a year of schooling was not the same as a year of schooling in the 19005. Jefferson's proposal required schooling in reading, writing, and ciphering so that an individual was capable of conducting daily business affairs.

Compulsory …

Preparations Of Polycarbynes, Reuben D. Rieke

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Polycarbynes prepared from a soluble source of electrons and an organic monomer or co-monomer containing at least one carbyne group in an ethereal, polyethereal, or hydrocarbon solvent are presented. A wide variety of arylcarbyne and/or alkylcarbyne monomers and co-monomers can be combined with a source of electrons soluble in an ethereal, polyethereal, or hydro-carbon solvent to form novel polycarbyne polymers. These polycarbyne polymers can be used to form synthetic diamond materials, fibers, and other materials that can withstand extreme conditions.

Preparation Of Doped Polycarbynes, Reuben D. Rieke

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Polycarbynes, such as doped polycarbynes, prepared from a soluble source of electrons and an organic monomer or co-monomer containing at least one carbyne group and, optionally, containing a doping agent, in an ethereal, poly ethereal, or hydrocarbon solvent are presented. A wide variety of arylcarbyne and/or alkylcarbyne monomers and co-monomers can be combined with a source of electrons soluble in an ethereal, polyethereal, or hydrocarbon solvent to form novel polycarbyne polymers. These polycarbyne polymers can be used to form synthetic diamond materials, fibers, and other materials that can withstand extreme con ditions.

The Role Of Aidose Reductase In Diabetic Retinopathy: Prevention And Intervention Studies, W. Gerald Robinson Jr., Nora M. Laver, Marjorie F. Lou

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Diabetic retinopathy is the major ocular complication of diabetes, both in terms of incidence and irreversible visual impairment. In spite of modern procedures for strict blood glucose control (DCCT, 1993), laser treatment (ETDRS, 1991f; Aiello, 1994), vitrectomy (Gardner and Blankenship, 1994; Glaser, 1994b), and classical pituitary ablation (Kohner et al., 1976; Speakman et al., 1966; Poulsen, 1953), it is a serious threat to normal vision. It is mainly a vascular disorder, primarily involving microvessels (Garner, 1970). Retinal capillaries undergo multiple, extremely complex structural alterations in response to the unavoidable hyperglycemia of long-term diabetes. Because many of the angiopathies occur on …

Certain Canine Weakly Β-Hemolytic Intestinal Spirochetes Are Phenotypically And Genotypically Related To Spirochetes Associated With Human And Porcine Intestinal Spirochetosis, Gerald E. Duhamel, Nagaraja Muniappa, Michelle R. Mathiesen, J. L. Johnson, J. Toth, R. O. Elder, A. R. Doster

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Four canine weakly β-hemolytic intestinal spirochetes associated with intestinal spirochetosis (IS-associated WBHIS) were compared with IS-associated human and porcine WBHIS and the type species for Serpulina hyodysenteriae and S. innocens by using phenotypic and genotypic parameters. The IS-associated canine, human, and porcine WBHIS belonged to a phyletic group distinct from but related to previously described Serpulina type species.

Method Of Protecting Plants From Insects By Applying Gypsy Moth Virus With Enhamced Polyhedra Production Stability, James M. Slavicek, Melissa J. Mercer

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

A virus having the identifying characteristics of ATCC VR2396 is disclosed. This virus has the trait of enhanced polyhedra production stability and resists forming a few polyhedra mutant virus. A method of protecting crops from insects comprising applying an insecticidally effective amount of virus having the identifying characteristics of ATCC VR2396 is also disclosed.

Critical Comments: Parasitology Year 2000, Albert O. Bush, Janine N. Caira, Dennis J. Minchella, Steven A. Nadler, John R. Seed

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

We predict that in order for parasitology to thrive by the year 2000 the various subdisciplines of evolution, ecology, biosystematics, and genetics must develop holistic approaches and use parasite models to answer basic biological questions. The students of tomorrow must work as part of a multidisciplinary team; and their questions and answers must be conceptually integrated into the broader biological framework of evolution and ecology.

Survey Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Diets Of Midwest Low-Income Pregnant Women, Nancy M. Lewis, Anne C. Widga, Janet S. Buck, Andrea M. Frederick

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

The objectives of this project were to detennine the omega-3 fatty acid (ω-3 FA) consumption of low-income pregnant women, and to identify food sources of ω-3 FA in their diets. Thirty women provided three days of dietary intake that were analyzed using the Food Processor Plus computer program. Mean daily consumption of ω-3 FA was 1.060 ± 0.030 g/day. The major form of the ω-3 FA was α-linolenic acid (α-LNA; 93%), with less from eicosapentanoic acid (EPA; 2%), and docosahexanoic acid (DHA; 5%). Foods that provided the most α-LNA were fats, oils, salad dressings, and milk products. EPA …