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Performance Of Four Seed-Caching Corvid Species In The Radial-Arm Maze Analog, Alan Kamil, Russell P. Balda, Deborah J. Olson

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Four seed-caching corvid species were tested in an open-room analog of the radial-arm maze. During Experiment 1, the species more dependent on stored food, Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) and pinyon jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus), acquired the task more quickly and to higher accuracy levels than either scrub jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) or Mexican jays (A. ultramarina). During Experiment 2, performance after retention intervals was tested. When intervals of 30-210 min were tested in ascending order, species differences observed during acquisition were again obtained. However, when intervals of 5-300 min were tested in random order, …

Nicotinic Acid Hydroxylase From Clostridium Barkeri: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies Show That Selenium Is Coordinated With Molybdenum In The Catalytically Active Selenium-Dependent Enzymenicotinic Acid Hydroxylase From Clostridium Barkeri: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies Show That Selenium Is Coordinated With Molybdenum In The Catalytically Active Selenium-Dependent Enzyme, Vadim Gladyshev, Sergei V. Khangulov, Thressa C. Stadtman

Vadim Gladyshev Publications

Nicotinic acid hydroxylase from Clostidum barkeri contains selenium in an unidentified form that is dissociated as a low molecular weight compound upon denaturation of the enzyme. Other cofactors of this enzyme are molybdopterin, FAD, and iron-sulfur clusters. In the current study, we show that the enzyme, as isolated, exhibits a stable Mo(V) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) sal ("resting" signal) and that this signal is correlated with the selenium content and nicotinate hydroxylase activity of the enzyme. Substitution of77Se for normal selenium isotope abundance results in splitting of the Mo(V) EPR signal of the native protein without affecting the iron signals …

Dietary Comparisons Of Adult Male Common Grackles, Red-Winged Blackbirds, And Yellow-Headed Blackbirds In North Central North Dakota, H. Jeffrey Homan, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier, Robert B. Carlson

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

We compared the esophageal contents of adult male common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula), red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus),and yellow-headed blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) collected in north central North Dakota from July through October 1989. Temporal variation in the diets of all species was related to food availabilities, which were heavily influenced by crop phenology. Depending on species, mean percent dry weight of sunflower achenes during August increased 2-6 times over July. Yellow-headed blackbirds migrated from north central North Dakota by early September, but substantial numbers of common grackles and red-winged blackbirds remained until mid-October. Sunflower was an …

George Eliot's Weimar, Gerlinde Roder-Bolton

The George Eliot Review Online, ISSN: 2831-5375

When George Eliot and G. H. Lewes arrived in Weimar on 2 August 1854, their expectation were high. They had come to Germany primarily to collect material for Lewes's biography of Goethe on which he had been working for some time, but the journey also represented the start of their life together. They had left London on 20 July and travelled via Antwerp, Brussels, Cologne and Frankfurt. At last they would walk through the streets where Goethe, 'the stately Jupiter', I had not so long ago walked himself. But the glimpses George Eliot caught of Weimar on their early morning …

Managing The Costs And Risks Of Housing Finance: A New Role For Actuaries, Anthony Asher

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

Housing finance is a nontraditional field where actuarial expertise could be applied fruitfully. The development of mortgage instruments requires the application of financial mathematics, while the evaluation and management of the financial risks to which borrowers and lenders are exposed require a knowledge of insurance principles. This paper splits the financial costs of home ownership into several components: those that arise from inflation, risk, administration, and the residual real interest charge. The risk component further is partitioned into life contingencies, economic contingencies, and various moral hazards. This analysis provides a basis for future financial innovation, highlights where government intervention may …

Review Of Indians Of North America: The Chickasaw, L.G. Moses

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Chicsa's People, or the Chickasaw, for centuries farmed and hunted in their traditional homeland that encompassed portions of present-day Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. The harvest of animal furs and skins encouraged British traders early in the eighteenth century to court favor among the Chickasaw to the exclusion of the Spanish and the French. Once established, tribal allegiance to the British continued until, at the close of the American revolution, the Chickasaw finally and reluctantly allied themselves to the United States. Despite repeated promises to respect the Chickasaw's right to their homeland, U.S. officials in the mid-1830s pressured tribal leaders to …

Review Of Prince Charming Goes West: The Story Of The E. P. Ranch., Larry A. Mcfarlane

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This book is a history of the E. P. (Edward Prince) Ranch intertwined with a selective biography of H. R. H. Edward Windsor (Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) during the forty.-three years he owned the property. Edward arranged for the purchase of the ranch after a visit to the Pekisko Creek district in the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains' front ranges of southern Alberta in 1919. The author discusses Edward's motives for acquiring and retaining the 1440 acres and additional leased land and identifies the evolving management strategies and personnel connected with the ranch. In …

The Mediator Is The Message: Anna Dawe, Cana-Dawe, And Bad Lands As A State Of Mind, Bruce A. Butterfield

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

As Hodgins's novel [The Invention of the World] eventually tells us, when you begin to disbelieve in external authority "you can begin to believe in yourself."-Frank Davey

"Please, Sir, I Want Some More"—Loopholes, Austerity, And The Cost Of Living—Nebraska Exemption Policy Revisited, Oliver B. Pollak, David G. Hicks

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Interaction between State Exemptions and Federal Discharge ... A. Pre-bankruptcy Planning ... B. Concealment of Assets ... C. Valuation ... D. Amending Exemptions ... E. Case Conversion and Onset of Exemption ... F. Objecting to Exemptions ... G. The IRS and Nebraska Exemptions

III. Specific Exemptions: Section 25-1556 ... A. Personal Possessions, Motor Vehicles, and Tools of the Trade ... B. Provisions for Debtors

IV. The Wildcard Exemption: Section 25-1552

V. Due Process and Garnishment Procedures

VI. Annuity Contract, Insurance Proceeds, and Benefits: Section 44-371

VII. Fraternal Benefits: Section 44-1089

VIII. Stock, Pensions, and Similar Plans: Section …

Home Alone: The Nebraska Supreme Court Rejects The Child's Right To Loss Of Consortium For A Negligently Injured Parent In Guenther V. Stollberg, 242 Neb. 415, 495 N.W.2d 286 (1993), Brian A. Mark

Nebraska Law Review

Granting a child's loss of consortium claim for a negligently injured parent is a relatively young concept. This Note will examine the history behind the loss of consortium claim for a child and then discuss the three traditional notions the court employed to deny recovery: (1) lack of legal entitlement, (2) multiplicity and double recovery, and (3) calculation of damages. In addition, the fear that insurance premiums will greatly increase as a consequence of allowing an award will be discussed. Finally, some consideration will be given to the likelihood of the court reversing itself and allowing recovery sometime in the …

Challenges To The Efficient Market Hypothesis: Limits To The Applicability Of Fraud-On-The-Market Theory, Victor L. Bernard, Christine Ann Botosan, Gregory D. Phillips

Nebraska Law Review

This article summarizes recent developments in research on market efficiency and their implications for fraud-on-the-market theory (FOMT). Part II of this article offers a brief history of, and legal rational for, FOMT and explains the relationship between the theory and the efficient market hypothesis. The recent evidence on market efficiency is summarized in Part III. Part IV presents new and previously existing evidence on the soundness of the rules of thumb suggested in Cammer v. Bloom, and investigates additional rules as well. In Part V, the article examines the appropriateness of FOMT in the specific case of Biben v. …

Products Liability And Optional Safety Equipment—Who Knows More?, Thomas E. Powell Ii

Nebraska Law Review

How should the courts treat a product accessorized by optional safety equipment? Should it be treated as an acceptably safe product for which the manufacturer is not liable, or as a defectively designed product giving rise to the manufacturer's strict liability in tort? Many courts have indicated that the manufacturer may not shift the burden of providing a safe product; however, others have allowed such a shifting. Courts confronted with the optional safety equipment situation have addressed the problem as one of design defect; therefore, Part II of this article presents the various design defect tests that courts have developed. …

The Plaintiff's Burden In Title Vii Disparate Treatment Cases: Discrimination Vel Non—St. Mary's Honor Center V. Hicks, 113 S. Ct. 2742 (1993), Ronald A. Schmidt

Nebraska Law Review

This Note examines the St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks decision and its likely effects on future Title VII disparate treatment claims. The Note begins with a brief review of the case law governing the burden of proof and then outlines the facts and procedural history of the Hicks case, including both the majority and dissenting opinions. The analysis of the majority is supported as the logical and necessary result of two antecedents: Federal Rule of Evidence 3019 and the Court's opinion in Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine. The potential impact of the decision on Title VII …

The Role Of Mediation In The Usda, Chester A. Bailey

Nebraska Law Review

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified State Mediation Program has restored failed communications between numerous farmers and lenders and assisted many economically stressed farm families to stay in business. The Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), an agency of the USDA, has certified and provided matching grants to state mediation programs. These state mediation programs are operated primarily by state universities and state departments of agriculture. The USDA mediation programs have allowed farm borrowers and their creditors to work out joint solutions, avoiding human suffering and the costly and time-consuming processes of administrative appeal, foreclosure, and litigation.

I. Introduction

II. …

Increasing Sensitivity To Diversity: Empowering Students, Mary Anne Johnston

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This paper describes a model program for increasing sensitivity to diversity in an academic environment. To improve the learning environment for all students, faculty developers provide educational programs that enhance the faculty's understanding of differences related to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, sexual orientation, and physical abilities. This report highlights the process of working closely with students to design and implement an orientation program for first-year students to increase an awareness of the influence of diversity on their learning and working together.

Challenging Values: Conflict, Contradiction, And Pedagogy, Jacqueline Mintz

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The current crises of economics, demographics, retention, and disgruntled faculty, along with the neglect of the national mission to educate our citizenry for a democratic society, offer an opportunity on the cusp of the millennium to reflect about our values and the values of traditional American education. The literature of travel and cultural studies provides new lenses to help us and our institutions expose deeply held beliefs, assumptions, and the actions that have been taken in their names. Uncovering these beliefs can enable us as educators to reconstruct a common mission through developing a dynamic pedagogy for today 's students, …

Estate Planning For Farm And Ranch Families Facing Long-Term Health Care, Roger A. Mceowen

Nebraska Law Review

This article focuses on specific planning options that practitioners should consider when counseling clients facing long-term health care. Both recent changes in Medicaid rules as well as significant recent case law are discussed.

I. Introduction

II. Medicaid Eligibility ... A. Circumstances Test ... B. Income Test ... 1. Available Income ... 2. Deeming ... 3. The "Name-on-the-Check" Rule ... 4. Countable Income v. Actual Income

III. Estate Planning Techniques and Considerations ... 1. Exempt Assets ... 2. Asset Transfers Prior to August 10, 1993 ... 3. Asset Transfers after August 10, 1993 ... 4. Trusts Prior to August 10, 1993 …

Erisa Plan Fiduciaries Beware: The Abuse Of Discretion Standard Of Review Is No Longer A Guarantee Of Judicial Deference—Salley V. E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., 966 F.2d 1011 (5th Cir. 1992), Jon C. Bruning

Nebraska Law Review

This Note critically analyzes the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's reasons for decreasing the level of deference used to review the decisions of benefit plan fiduciaries. The evolution of the deferential "arbitrary and capricious" or "abuse of discretion" standard of review will be traced from its inception through its less deferential definition in Salley v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. This Note first concludes that the current, deferential interpretation of the abuse of discretion standard of review is seriously flawed. Second, this Note contends that despite the increased time and cost constraints that could accompany de facto …

Health Insurance Reform And Its Effects On The Small Employer Market: A Review Of H.R. 3626, Anthony P. Hammond

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

This paper provides a detailed analysis of H.R. 3626, a bill that is intended to improve employers' and employees' access to health care. H.R. 3626 attempts to accomplish this through the use of guaranteed availability, community rating, and generous standard benefits. A migration model is used to analyze the impact of H.R. 3626. Using this model, it is shown that while improving the availability and affordability of health insurance, its rating restrictions increase premiums disproportionately for the majority of small employers. In addition, H.R. 3626 increases the number of uninsured small employers.

Modal Premium Factors In Ordinary Life Insurance, James B. Ross, Criss G. Woodruff

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

For ordinary life policyholders who want to pay more frequently than annually, insurers construct schedules of modal premium factors that reflect additional charges for the costs of collection, forgone interest, and premiums uncollected or refunded in the year of death. Competition within the industry forces convergence of such schedules. On the other hand, if such factors for a given company reflect its own experience (in expense, interest, mortality, and persistency), the differences between companies will force schedules apart. Analysis of a large group of life insurers over the 1972-1982-1992 period shows that modal premium factors are dustered closely, that they …

A Statistical Approach To Ibnr Reserves, Bradford S. Gile

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

This paper develops a three dimensional statistical approach to the estimation of the mean and the standard deviation of pure incurred but not reported (IBNR) reserves. This means that the time of occurrence, the reporting lag, and the claim severity are separately modeled. It is assumed that, beyond any fixed time t, the claim number development process is Poisson and that the severity of loss depends on the length of the reporting lag. Two key assumptions are made to simplify the estimation of model parameters: for a given reporting lag, (i) the conditional mean of the claim size is a …

Walking The Thin Line In Otey V. Stenberg, 34 F.3d 635 (8th Cir. 1994): Did The Attorney General's Dual Role Of Arbiter And Prosecutor Shock The Conscience?, Sheree Strom Carson

Nebraska Law Review

In the four years prior to his execution, Harold Lamont Otey filed two constitutional challenges that raised questions about the Nebraska clemency process. The majority rejected Otey's due process challenge in both the initial habeas corpus appeal and the subsequent civil rights claim. The dissent argued that Otey's claim should be upheld as a violation of substantive due process. This Note explores the dissent's opinion that the Attorney General's conduct, in acting as both decisionmaker and prosecutor at the Board of Pardons hearing, was outside the acceptable realm of government activity and was so unfair as to constitute a substantive …

Indexes To Volume 73

Nebraska Law Review

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1994 Agriculture Outlook & Policy Issues, University Of Nebraska Agricultural Economics Department, Lynn H. Lutgen Compiler

Department of Agricultural Economics: News, Announcements, and Information

Introduction – Sam Cordes, Department Head

1994 General Economic Outlook — A.L. (Roy) Frederick

Agricultural Export Trading Companies: Their Potential for Nebraska Under NAFTA – Robert L. McGeorge

NAFTA and Agriculture in Nebraska – Jay E. Rempe and E. Wesley F. Peterson

Long-term Trends in Nebraska's Farm Product Mix – Rlchard K. Perrin

The State of the State's Transportation System – Dale G. Anderson

Issues For The 1994 Nebraska Legislature –A.L. (Roy) Frederlck

Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook – H. Doug Jose

Production Cost Prospects for 1994 – H. Doug Jose

1994 Custom Rates Outlook – Raymond E. Massey

Projected …

Animal Science Alumni Newsletter, Winter 1994

Department of Animal Science: Departmental News

Contents:

From the Department Head’s Desk
Animal Science Alumni Open House April 23, 1994
Undergraduate Program
Animal Science Department Hosts Reciprocal Meats Conference
Graduate Program
Food Safety and Quality
Retirement
Death
Block and Bridle Club
Recent Department Awards and Recognitions
Faculty Activities
Gamma Sigma Delta Celebrates Diamond Jubilee
Course and Curriculum Review
Judging Team Activities
Alumni News

Effect Of Fat Source In Receiving Diets And Reduced Nocturnal Temperatures On Commingled Feeder Pig Performance, Michael C. Brumm, Ernest R. Peo, Jr.

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Three experiments using 864 crossbred feeder pigs were conducted to determine the effects of fat sources and a feed flavor in 3-wk receiving diets and a reduced nocturnal temperature regimen on commingled feeder pig performance. In Exp. 1, there was no response to a feed flavor on overall ADG or ADFI. Commingled pigs offered receiving diets containing 5% blended vegetable oil (5B) or 5% tallow (5T) did not differ in overall ADG (.61, .63 vs .61 kg/d) and gain:feed (.315, .307, .310) compared with pigs offered corn-soy diets.

G94-1232 Food Safety Self-Inspection For Child Care Facilities, Julie A. Albrecht

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide provides a checklist for a self-inspection to aid child care facilities in providing safe food for their clients.

Conduct a self-inspection of your food preparation skills by answering the following questions. Concentrate on one section at a time. Choose a time when food preparation is in progress. Check either "yes" or "no." Questions receiving a "no" answer indicate an area that you need to change.

Ec94-1772 Windbreaks In Sustainable Agricultural Systems, James R. Brandle, Teresa Boes, Vernon Quam, John Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Sustainable agriculture is a system of whole-farm resource use balanced with whole-farm productivity. The overall level of productivity achieved is dependent upon the ability to coordinate and manage simultaneously the soil, water, plant, and animal resources within climatic and economic limits. Both the kind and amount of plants and animals supported by the system are important and play significant roles, both individually and collectively in maintaining a healthy farm environment. In the future, integrated systems will help reduce human impact on resources while providing sufficient supplies of high quality food and fiber.

Windbreaks provide protection for people, animals, buildings, crops, …

G94-1227 Preparation For Retirement: Planning When Still Employed, George P. Rowe

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Retirement preparation includes planning for financial security, health maintenance, a social network, and meaningful activities.

Retirement is defined as partial or complete withdrawal from career work accompanied by a change in the sources and amount of income. Most persons choose to retire today between the ages of 62 and 66 since eligibility for partial Social Security benefits begins at age 62 with full benefits available by age 65. Full benefits will begin later for Americans born after 1959 when they reach age 67 in 2027. For most occupations, there is no mandatory age at which people have to quit working. …

G94-1209 Evaluating The Landscape Of A Prospective Home, Don Steinegger, Roch E. Gaussoin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses facts to consider when examining a prospective home's yard and landscape.

Often home buyers hire an inspector to evaluate the roof, plumbing, heating system, and structure of a prospective home. Seldom, however, does the landscape receive similar scrutiny.

Buyers should consider investing time and, perhaps, even money in careful evaluation of the landscape they might be purchasing. A healthy, well-designed, well-maintained landscape adds significant equity (15 percent or more) to a property's value. In a climate like Nebraska's, characterized by hot, windy summers and cold, windy winters, lawns, trees, and shrubs play a major role in moderating …