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Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Polysaccharide Vaccine: An Efficacy Study, Lee H. Harrison, Claire V. Broome, Allen W. Hightower

United States Public Health Resources

The Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine was licensed for use in the United States in April 1985. Postlicensure case-control efficacy studies have yielded markedly different estimates of efficacy, leading to contradictory recommendations to practicing physicians. To obtain additional information about the efficacy of the vaccine, we studied cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease ascertained through active surveillance in areas with a total population of 34 million. We enrolled children 24 to 59 months of age who did not attend day-care centers. (Data from our day-care study have been published elsewhere.) For each case child, as many as …

Creativity And Perception, John H. Flowers, Calvin P. Garbin

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Informal thought about the nature of mental operations important to creative human behavior suggests that perceptual processes are of considerable importance. The ability to “see relationships among elements” is an attribution commonly made toward authors of major scientific discoveries or of noteworthy artistic achievements. For example, Shepard (1978, 1981) documented self-reports from several creative scientists and authors that strongly emphasize the role of visual imagery and the manipulation of visual codes in the creative process.

Given the anecdotal and self-report evidence for a relationship between creative behavior and aspects of perceptual processing, it initially may seem surprising that there is …

Mari Sandoz’ Sociological Imagination: Capital City As An Ideal Type, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper examines Mari Sandoz' (1939) novel Capital City from the perspective of sociology. ‘I outline Sandoz' data collection methods and consider her use of ideal-type analysis and sociological imagination. From the perspective of literary critics it may be, as Helen Stauffer (1982: 131) judged, that Capital City "is not a successful novel." It is not my purpose, however, to contest the merit of Sandoz' work on literary grounds. Rather, I invoke the viewpoint of the sociologist and note the criteria on which I conclude that Capital City is a complex and well-executed sociological study.

Empiricism And Reason In Harriet Martineau’S Sociology, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

The architecture and evolution of Harriet Martineau's sociological epistemology epitomize an essential tension between abstract theory and concrete empiricism. The body of Martineau's intellectual work demonstrates a major conceptual shift, from early religious convictions to subsequent rejection of all metaphysical systems. How to Observe Morals and Manners lies midway in this journey. The epistemological and biographical route to Martineau's adamant repudiation of metaphysics was long, personally tumultuous, and grounded fundamentally in empirical studies of social conditions. I focus here on the give-and-take between metaphysics, empiricism, and rationality in Harriet Martineau's sociological work. Part one of this essay highlights the major …

Chemical And Physical Characteristics Of The Missouri River, Nebraska, Larry W. Hesse, Gerald E. Mestl, Marla J. Rohrke

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Selected physical and chemical parameters were observed at the following sites: unchannelized and channelized main-channel Missouri River, an unchannelized backwater, and 13 tributaries of the Missouri River during the period 1985 through 1988. Mean main-channel discharge is artificially maintained at a higher rate during winter since construction of the main-stem dams. The mean flow through a remnant backwater in an unchannelized reach represents about 3.1% of the main-channel discharge. Turbidity is much reduced from the pre-dam period and is highest during the March and June periods of high discharge. Specific conductance in the main channel was measured as high as …

Loss Of Biological Diversity: A Global Crisis Requiring International Solutions: A Report To The National Science Board, Craig Call Black, Perry L. Adkisson, Gardner Mallard Brown, Rita Rossi Colwell, Charles E. Hess, James B. Holderman, K. June Lindstedt-Siva, William A. Nierenberg, Peter Hamilton Raven, Theodore M. Smith, Edward O. Wilson, W. Franklin Harris

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Executive Summary

Biological diversity refers to the variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. Diversity can be defined as the number of different items and their relative frequency. For biological diversity, these items are organized at many levels, ranging from complete ecosystems to the chemical structures that are the molecular basis of heredity. Thus, the term encompasses different ecosystems, species, genes, and their relative abundance (OTA, 1987).

There is an ongoing, unprecedented loss of the variety as well as absolute numbers of organisms-from the smallest microorganism to the largest and most spectacular of …

Case Report Of Human Infection With Capillaria Philippinensis, Ching-Yu Chen, Wei-Chuan Hsieh, Tsang-Lie Chen

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

In July 1988, a case of human infection with Capillaria philippinensis, so-called the intestinal capillariasis, was discovered at the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH). This is the first case reported in Taiwan.

Capillaria philippinesis is a parasite of fish-eating birds In nature it has a fish-bird life cycle. When human populations disrupt the natural cycle by eating raw fish infected with the larvae of C. philippinensis, they may acquire the disease.

The Influence Of Parental Attitude And Behavior On Early Adolescent Cigarette Smoking, Ian Newman, Jolene M. Ward

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

In 1983, Nolte and colleagues reported parental attitude may be more powerful than parental behavior in shaping adolescent cigarette smoking behavior. This study replicates the finding of Nolte et al. and suggests parents need to be actively recruited to discourage their children from smoking, regardless of their own behavior. Fewer parents actively discourage youth smoking today than in 1983, a possible unfortunate result from on apparently successful effort to change the public attitude toward cigarette smoking.

The Phylogenetic Status Of The Ancryocephalidae Bychowsky, 1937 (Monogenea: Dactylogyroidea), Delane C. Kitsky, Walter A. Boeger

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Phylogenetic analysis of selected subfamily and family taxa within the Dactylogyroidea indicates that the Ancyrocephalidae Bychowsky, 1937, is unnatural. The family contains both poly- and paraphyletic features. The analysis supports the previous elevation of the Pseudomurraytrematinae to family status and suggests that revision of the Ancyrocephalidae is necessary. Two options for revision are provided; that of returning the taxon to subfamily status within the Dactylogyridae is preferred, requiring a change in status of the Heterotesiidae to a subfamily within the Dactylogyridae.

Farming Systems Research/Extension And The Concepts Of Sustainability, Charles A. Francis, Peter E. Hildebrand

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Farming Systems Research and Extension (FSR/E) has strongly influenced the direction of agricultural development over the past two decades. Involving farmers, change agents and researchers, this participatory approach to technological improvement has evolved as an efficient means to develop individual components and more integrated systems that are uniquely suited to specific biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. Farmers with similar conditions and for whom specific recommendations are appropriate are grouped, in FSR/E, into identifiable Recommendation Domains. The technologies recommended conform with the biophysical and socioeconomic constraints that create environments within the domains, based on the philosophy that new technologies must conform with …

Robert Katz: A Biographical Sketch, M. Eugene Rudd, John F. Fowler

Robert Katz Publications

Robert Katz was born in 1917 in New York City of Russian- Jewish immigrant parents. He grew up in the Bronx, attended Brooklyn College where he received his B.A. degree in 1937. A year later he was awarded the M.A. degree in physics at Columbia University. During World War II he worked for the Air Force at Wright Field in Ohio. After the war he returned to academia as a graduate student at the University of Illinois, where he earned the Ph.D. degree in physics in 1949. From that year he was a member of the Department of Physics at …

A Mimbres Burial With Associated Colon Remains From The Nan Ranch Ruin, New Mexico, Harry J. Shafer, Marrianne Marek, Karl J. Reinhard

Karl Reinhard Publications

The skeletal remains of an adult male associated with desiccated tissue and a coprolite were recovered from an apen-air midden deposit at the NAN Ranch Ruin (LA15049)) a large Mimbres site in Grant County) New Mexico. The find dates to about A.C. 1000-1100. Identifiable macroscopic elements in the caprolite consist offi nely fragmented corn and tiny seed fragments of an unknown plant. High amounts of willow (Salix) and mustard (Brassicaceae) pollen may indicate the ingestion of medicinal plants to combat a deteriorating health condition. The individual was approximately 35 -40 years old at the time of death and suffered from …

Bioarcheological Synthesis For "From The Gulf To The Rio Grande: Human Adaptation In Central, South, And Lower Pecos Texas", Karl Reinhard, Ben W. Olive, D. Gentry Steele

Karl Reinhard Publications

One of the main problems encountered in the review of the bioarcheology of Region 3 has been the limited number of sites where human skeletal material has been adequately recovered and analyzed. In the preceding chapter it was documented that less than 30% of the burials recovered from recorded sites have been reported in published literature. It was further estimated that of the 323 sites with burials, no more than 80 sites have published detailed bioarcheological reports on the burials recovered. Only 50 of these 80 reports provide individual descriptions of each burial which facilitate subsequent analyses and evaluation.

Four …

An Alternative Approach For Evaluating The Efficacy Of Potential Biocontrol Agents Of Weeds. 1. Inverse Linear Mode, Dan J. Pantone, William A. Williams, Armand R. Maggenti

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Methods for evaluating the efflicacy of potential classical biocontrol agents were outlined for a model biocontrol agent-weed-crop system. A proposed biocontrol agent (the fiddleneck flower gall nematode), its weed host (coast fiddleneck), and wheat were used as representative organisms. An additive experimental design (inverse linear model) was used. Regression of the reciprocal of the average plant biomass of each species onto the density of itself and the other plant species yielded competitive indices that measure the competitive ability of the plants. The results of 2 yr of field experiments revealed a dramatic change in the competitive interaction between fiddleneck and …

Function Of Preliminary Incubation Of Raw Milk Samples For Quality Control, R. Burt Maxcy, Michael Liewen

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Preliminary incubation of raw milk samples to evaluate bacterial quality has been a commonly recommended practice. The presumption has been that selective growth of a segment of the microflora associated with unsanitary methods and conditions would be enhanced. The present work involved a theoretical approach to evaluate this presumption. Pure cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P. fluorescens, and Escherichia coli as well as enriched mixed cultures of psychrotrophs and mesophiles were used. The generation time of each culture was determined at various temperatures. An analysis of covariance showed the coefficients of generation time related to temperature were not significantly different. …

Selected Bibliography On Diseases And Parasites Of Fishes: Books, Proceedings, And Reviews, 1978-1989, Joyce A. Mann

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

This bibliography was prepared to assist students of fish health, fishery biologists, librarians, and others in selecting reading materials or developing library collections on the diseases and parasites of fishes. A continuation of Fish Disease Leaflet 53, "Diseases and parasites of fish: an annotated bibliography of books and symposium, 1904-1977," it includes English language books, proceedings, and review articles published from 1978 to 1989. It includes references that are readily available by purchase or through interlibrary loan. The references are arranged alphabetically by author surname and then by year within the following major subject classifications: general works, bacterial diseases, histology, …

Institutionalized Delinquent And Maladjusted Juveniles: A Psycholegal Systems Analysis, Sandra Anderson Garcia, Eric Drogin, Robert Batey, Richard E. Spana

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Criminal Justice and Mental Health Systems ... A. Angles A¹ and A² ... B. A¹→B¹, or A²→B² … C. Angles B¹ and B² ... D. The Shuffle: A¹→C¹→A¹ or A²; or A²→C²→A² or A¹; or A¹→B² or C¹→B² ... E. The Merger ... F. Prospects for Change ... G. Summary

III. The Juvenile Justice System ... A. Legal Rights at Intake in the Juvenile Justice …

The Right Of Juvenile Offenders To Be Punished: Some Implications Of Treating Kids As Persons, Martin R. Gardner

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Persons and Punishment

III. The Rights of Young People ... A. Protection Rights ... 1. The Traditional Juvenile Justice Movement ... 2. The Right to Rehabilitation ... B. Personhood Rights ... 1. The New Juvenile Justice ... 2. The Right to be Punished ... C. Accommodating Protection and Personhood Rights

IV. A Constitutional Right to be Punished? ... A. Eighth Amendment Legislative History ... B. Eighth Amendment Values ... C. Robinson v. California: A Case for Consideration ... D. Judicial Scrutiny of Infringements of the Right to Be Punished ... E. Implementing the Right to Be …

Deference Revisited: Politics As A Determinant Of Deference Doctrine And The End Of The Apparent Chevron Consensus, William S. Jordan Iii

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Deference Principles before Chevron … A. The Foundations of the Deference Debate ... 1. The Deferential Position—How Much Real Deference? ... 2. The Independent Position—Was Deference Rejected? ... B. The Deference Debate from the Foundation to Chevron … C. Lessons from the Pre-Chevron Era

III. Deference Principles Following Chevron … A. The Chevron Decision ... B. The Reaction to Chevron … 1. Does Chevron Change Deference Doctrine? ... 2. Politics and Deference in the 1980s ... C. Deference in the Supreme Court after Chevron … 1. Traditional Deference Decisions ... 2. Strong Deference Decisions ... 3. …

The Education For All Handicapped Children Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, And Section 504 Of The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973: Statutory Interaction Following The Handicapped Children's Protection Act Of 1986, Thomas F. Guernsey

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Section 1983 and the EAHCA ... A. Independent Section 1983 Grounds for Relief ... B. Relief for Violation of EAHCA Substantive Rights ... C. Damages, Jury Trials, and Attorneys' Fees ... 1. Damages and Compensatory Education ... 2. Jury Trial ... 3. Attorneys' Fees

III. The Validity of Section 504 Regulations

IV. Section 504 and the EAHCA ... A. Overlapping Provisions ... B. Expansion of Rights and Protections Under Section 504 ... 1. Increased Protections for Those Covered by the EAHCA? Tatro and Rowley … 2. Miscellaneous Additional Protections ... a. Physical Setting ... b. Regulatory Monitoring …

American Charities As The Herald To A New Age, Mary Jo Deegan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

The publication of American Charities in 1894 signaled the start of a new age. It crystallized the views of men and women working in economics, sociology, history, and philanthropy. Massive social changes-in urbanization, industrialization, immigration, the roles of women, and the relation between the home and the marketplace-generated social strains that could not be accommodated by traditional world views. Social problems in this new situation, particularly poverty, were perceived increasingly as secular instead of religious issues. Solutions to these social problems were needed urgently, and Amos G. Warner, the author of American Charities, articulated a new vision amidst the …

Estimation Of Genetic Parameters For Production And Reproduction In Finnish Ayrshire Cattle, E. Mantysaari, L. Dale Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Records of AI-sired cows born between 1978 and 1982 were used to form two composite production and reproduction data sets. First (second) consisted of 35,568 (26,443) first lactations of daughters of 270 (237) sires. Traits were FCM, heifer, and first parity nonreturn rates, days between calving and first insemination, and days open, with means 5075 (5280) kg, .62 (.62), .44 (.49), 81 (81) d and 110 (111) d. (Co)variance components were estimated by REML with an expectation maximization algorithm. Sire model included age, month, herd-year effects, and relationships among sires. Records on animals with observations missing on some traits were …

Ard News December 1988

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL NOTES
SEASONS GREETINGS
GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN IANR PROGRAMS - FALL 1988
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER, 1988
USDA TO SUPPORT NATIONAL NEEDS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
FOOD PROCESSING CENTER DAY
PRIORITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES 1988-89
COOPERATIVE STATES RESEARCH SERVICE FUNDING
RESEARCH COUNCIL BUDGETS FOR 1988-89
GRANTS AWARDED FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1987• JUNE 1988
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
NEW AND REVISED HATCH AND STATE PROJECTS

The Probe, Issue 88 - December 1988

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
DECEMBER 1988
NADCA Executive Board
UGO Logo
Endangered Species
Fourteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference
Livestock Protection Collar
NADCA Dues
Letters to Ye Ed
Progressive Animal Welfare Society
Danish Pest Infestation Lab Annual Report 1987

Insect, Plant Disease, And Weed Science News, No. 88-26, November 8, 1988, Bob N. Stougarrd, Alex Martin

Insect, Plant Disease, and Weed Science News (1987-1992)

In This Issue:

• Herbicide Carryover Concerns for 1989 No. 88-26 November 8, 1988
• Crop Pest Management Update Conference Scheduled for Kearney in December

Herbicide Carryover Concerns for 1989

The dry conditions experienced during the 1988 growing season have raised concerns about herbicide carryover and recropping practices for next year. Herbicide residues can be lost through several processes, many of which are dependent on environmental conditions. Dry weather results in less chemical and microbial breakdown as well as reduced plant uptake. Growers need to be aware of potential carryover problems when planning next year’s crop rotation.

Crop Pest Management Update Conference …

The Relations Of Pubertal Status To Intrapersonal Changes In Young Adolescents, Lorah D. Dorn, Lisa J. Crockett, Anne C. Petersen

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between pubertal development and adolescents’ perceptions of their physical and emotional states. Two research questions were posed: (a) What are the effects of pubertal status upon satisfaction with appearance and mood states of the adolescent; and, (b) What are the patterns of those pubertal effects in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades? A nonclinical group of adolescents (N = 253) was selected from two cohorts and was followed from sixth through eighth grade. Multiple measures were used to assess satisfaction with appearance and mood states. Significant multivariate findings were limited to …

The Probe, Issue 87 - November 1988

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
NADCA Meeting
Priorities
Retired Personnel: Rusty Birchfield
Reading Material
In Memorial: Frank Sessions
Letters to the Editor
Rodent Roast
Botulinus
Help in removing red fox
New Products
Editorial Column
NADCA Membership Application

Wpa News 22 (1988), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 1988), number 22

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Animal Science Newsletter, Fall 1988

Department of Animal Science: Departmental News

Contents:

Animal Science Building Dedication and Open House
Thanks for Support
New Faculty
Recipients of Awards
Graduate Student Recognition
Deaths in the Animal Science Family
Faculty Retirements
Enrollment Trends
New Programs in the Department
Alumni News
Block and Bridle Club
Judging Teams Have A Successful Year
Reception/Brunch for Dr. Ernie R. Peo, Jr. Recognition of His Retirement

The Probe, Issue 86 - October 1988

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
OCTOBER 1988
Wildlife Legislative Fund of America
APHIS Activity Report
Giardia Lamblia
Personnel
Letters to Ye Ed
Preserving Habitat