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The Sociology And Experiences Of Pedestrians, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper introduces the sociological and experiential studies included in this special issue of Man-Environment Systems. Sociological and experiential perspectives and their interconnections are briefly explored. A sociology of sociology perspective is adopted and argues that architects, planners, engineers and other managers of vested, status guo interests fail to systematically incorporate the burgeoning social scientific work on pedestrianism due to the inherent and unavoidable political character of walking.

Chapter 37 Drought Policy: Toward A Plan Of Action, Donald A. Wilhite, William E. Easterling Iii

National Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications

From the preceding discussions it is clear that in most cases, governments and international organizations have been unable to respond effectively to drought. This inability to respond was recognized by workshop participants as a serious problem of global dimensions that can only be solved through interdisciplinary studies and cooperation between scientists and policy makers.

Radon And Radon Daughters: Characteristics, Health Effects And Occurrences In Dwellings In Chadron, Nebraska, Arthur W. Struempler, Steven E. Johnson

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Radon and radon progeny were sampled biweekly from January through June, 1984 in outside air and five representative buildings at Chadron in northwestern Nebraska. The buildings were constructed of a variety of materials. Radon averaged from a low of 0.2 pCi/L in outside air to a high of 5.3 pCi/L in an energy-efficient home. Radon daughters ranged from 0.001 WL in outside air to a high of 0.014 WL, again in the energy-efficient home. A strong positive correlation existed between radon and radon progeny. Health risks associated with elevated levels of radon and radon progeny are discussed and assessed.

Contributions Of Moriz Kaposi To Knowledge Of Cancer And Precancerous Conditions: Sarcoma And Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Anne J. Krush

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Moriz (Moritz, Moric, Moricz) Kaposi, whose original surname was Kohn, was born in Kaposvar, Hungary on October 23, 1837. Though his parents were poor, he completed his early education at Pressburg, Bratislava, and in 1861 received an M.D. degree at the University of Vienna. From 1866 to 1869 he was an assistant to Dr. Ferdinand Hebra, founder and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Vienna. He proceeded from "Privatdozent" to associate professor, and later assumed Hebra's chair until his own death on March 6, 1902. Kaposi was intimately involved in almost every clinical dermatologic advance of …

Transactions Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences Volume Xv (1987): Table Of Contents

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Officers, Policy committee ................. ii

Editorial Board ................. iv

Membership Objectives and Friends of the Academy ................. vi

Biological and Medical Sciences

Anatomical variations in the articular disc of the human temporomandibular joint (John M. Barton and Margaret A. Ellenbecker) ................. 1

Biological features of saline wetlands in Lancaster County, Nebraska (James E. Ducey) ................. 5

An ichthyological survey of Weeping Water Creek, Nebraska (David R. Golden) ................. 15

The characteristics and phytogeographic affinities of the flora of Nine-Mile Prairie, a western tall-grass prairie in Nebraska (Robert B. Kaul and Steven B. Rolfsmeier) ................. 23

Comparison …

Underground Water Problem At Chadron, Nebraska: Causes And Solution, Arthur W. Struempler

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Chadron, Nebraska and Chadron State College have experienced rising underground water levels and deteriorating streets and buildings in recent years. Groundwater levels have been measured monthly on the campus and in the City for a six-year period (1981-1986). Water levels on the measured parts of the campus show a rise of about two feet per year for the 1981-1984 period. In ]985, the water table started to decline, probably linked to the drought and decreased consumption of lawn-irrigation water. In 1986, a wastewater (desaturation) well was installed and the groundwater table continued its decline. On the other hand, a slower …

Blackbird And Starling Feeding Behavior On Ripening Corn Ears, Glen E. Bernhardt, Lynda Van Allsbur, Richard A. Dolbeer

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The behavior of red-winged blackbirds {Agelaius phoemcei/s), common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula), brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater), and juvenile European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on ears of corn was studied in an aviary. The species differed significantly in their propensity to attack (penetrate the husk and feed on kernels) ears of corn. Redwings and starlings were more active attackers than grackles and cowbirds. Female redwings were generally more active attackers than males, but less efficient at opening husks and damaging ears. Redwings and starlings used primarily the gaping technique to penetrate husks and expose kernels. Redwings more commonly penetrated the side of …

A Synthetic Approach To The Study Of Animal Intelligence, Alan Kamil

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Psychologists have been studying animal learning for about a century. This century of experimental and theoretical work has produced some remarkable successes, particularly in understanding basic conditioning processes. However, these successes are limited in two major ways. First, they have been confined to a narrow domain. Recent research from a variety of settings has demonstrated that animals have mental abilities far beyond what they were given credit for just a few years ago. We must dramatically expand the range of phenomena addressed by the study of animal learning. Second, there has been an almost complete failure to place animal learning …

Late Fall Transmission Of Nematodirus Battus (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) In Western Oregon, Lora G. Rickard, Eric P. Hoberg, Gary L. Zimmerman, Jannell K. Erno

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Studies on Nematodirus battusCrofton and Thomas, 1951, have shown a marked seasonality in the pattern of transmission. The life cycle normally involves only one parasitic generation per year. The infective third-stage larvae develop over the summer within eggs deposited on pasture. Eggs are sensitized by low temperatures during fall and winter; larval hatching follows in the presence of adequate moisture and proper osmotic conditions as the temperature rises above 10°C. This set of conditions, conducive to hatching, is regularly present only during spring; thus, hatching of eggs is concentrated into a few weeks during this time. Outbreaks of clinical …

Food Quality And Energy Usage In Foodservice Systems: Convective Thermal Processing Of Turkey Rolls, M. E. Matthews, M. E. Zabik, R. B. Maxcy

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

This study evaluated sensory and nutritional qualities, microbioloqical and chemical safety of turkey rolls and enerqy use durinq convective thermal processing. Turkey rolls were heat processed in home or institutional convection ovens to an internal temperature of 77 to 80°C in the geometric center of the roll. Treatment combinations included three heat-processing temperatures (105, 135, and 165°C) and two holding treatments (not chilled and chilled for 24 hr) and three hot-holding times (0, 60 and 120 min). Sensory studies of white turkey meat roasted at 165°C and reheated showed that juiciness decreased significantly (p<0.05), compared to roasting at 105 or 135°C without reheating. Juiciness was also decreased significantly (p<0.05) as hot-holding progressed (0 to 120 min).

Coagglutination And Enzyme Capture Tests For Detection Of Escherichia Coli Β-Galactosidase, Β-Glucuronidase, And Glutamate Decarboxylase, Charles W. Kaspar, Paul A. Hartman, Andrew K. Benson

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Polyclonal antibodies to Escherichia coli β-galactosidase, β-glucuronidase, and glutamate decarboxylase were used in coagglutination tests for identification of these three enzymes in cell lysates. Enzyme capture assays were also developed for the detection of E. coli β-galactosidase and β-glucuronidase. The enzymes were released by using a gentle lysis procedure that did not interfere with antibody-enzyme interactions. All three enzymes were detected in 93% (51 of 55) of the E. coli strains tested by coagglutination; two of the three enzymes were identified in the remaining 7%. Of 42 non-E. coli tested by coagglutination, only four nonspecifically agglutinated either two or …

Helminth Remains From Prehistoric Indian Coprolites On The Colorado Plateau, Karl J. Reinhard, Richard H. Hevly, Glenn A. Anderson

Karl Reinhard Publications

Examination of coprolites excavated from archaeological sites in the Americas demonstrates excellent preservation of helminth eggs and, in some cases, larvae. To gain an understanding of helminth parasitism in prehistory on the Colorado Plateau of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, 319 coprolites from 5 archaeological sites were analyzed. Helminth eggs and larvae were recovered after the coprolites were rehydrated, screened, and sedimented. At a sixth site, soils excavated from 5 rooms used as latrine areas were processed with palynological techniques. The results indicate that all but 1 of the prehistoric populations examined were infected with intestinal worms. The helminths implicated …

Equitable Apportionment: A Judicial Bridge Over Troubled Waters, William D. Olcott

Nebraska Law Review

This Comment reviews the constitutional basis of the doctrine of equitable apportionment and discusses the legal principles and public policy considerations underlying the equitable apportionment decisions of the United States Supreme Court. The Comment then examines the background and resolution of the North Platte River dispute that gave rise to the Court's equitable apportionment decree in Nebraska v. Wyoming. Finally, a discussion of the events preceding Nebraska's petition to reopen the North Platte River Decree and an analysis of issues in the new controversy based on previous equitable apportionment cases is presented.

Physically Disabled Women And New Directions In Public Policy, 1977-1987., Mary Jo Deegan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Women with physical disabilities now demand new directions in public policy. Starting a mere decade ago, in 1977, a driving momentum redefined the self-concepts, expectations, and united actions of disabled women. This burgeoning social movement is documented here through the geometric growth of writings articulating the vision of a more active and independent group. An overview of this Iiterature and its policy implications is provided.

Pod Network News, December 5, 1986, Bette Lasere Erickson

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

Core Committee news

Notes on the 1986 POD Conference

Membership news

POD 1987 Grants Program

TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMY, 1987

Handbook for New POD members

Coming Events

Leaders And Non-Leaders, Paul Brooks, Will Norton Jr., John W. Windhauser

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Newspaper editors often think of community leaders as being different from other newspaper readers. Such an assumption is supported with studies showing that opinion ' leaders have greater exposure to mass media than their followers and read different types of articles than do non-leaders.

But a recent study in Oxford, Miss., shows that media use patterns by leaders and non-leaders in a small rural community do not differ as much as previous studies seem to indicate. Perhaps the main reason that former studies reported vast differences in these two groups was the selection of opinion leaders. Earlier studies were skewed …

Avian Cholera In The Panhandle, 1985–1986, Stephen M. Kerr

Nebraska Bird Review

Between 28 November 1985 and 14 February 1986, over 2,500 waterfowl, 48 Wild Turkeys, and at least one Bald Eagle died due to avian cholera in an area from 5 miles west of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to 5 miles west of Lingle, Wyoming.

On 28 November a severe snowstorm blanketed the North Platte River valley with 10 inches of snow and wind chills of –20°F. An estimated 50,000 Mallards were concentrated 5 miles west of Scottsbluff, at the headwaters of Spring Creek. The area consists of 2 small dredged channels, 10 feet wide and less than 3 feet deep, and surrounded …

Supplement I To E. C. Zimmerman, “Insects Of Hawaii” Vol. 7 (1958) Macrolepidoptera, J. C. E. Riotte

Insecta Mundi

This supplement concerns species of the family Sphingidae (pages 425-444) introduced to Hawaii since 1958 and now firmly established. The introductions are connected with the rapid growth of air traffic between Hawaii and SE Asia since the mid-1970s. Of special interest is the fast interisland colonization as reported in the HAWAII COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC INSECT REPORT (HCEIR), published by the State Department of Agriculture, Honolulu, HI until 1980, subsequently called HAWAII PEST REPORT.

Rearing Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae), Richard B. Selander

Insecta Mundi

The receipt, recently, of several requests for information and assistance in rearing blister beetles (Meloidae) has prompted me to prepare the following account of the rearing method used in my laboratory. In order to make the account as useful as possible to new students. I have included a considerable amount of information on meloid bionomics. Larval phases are designated as triungulin (TI, first grub (FG), coarctate (C), and second grub (SG). Where necessary, instar is indicated by a numerical subscript. The pupa and adult are symbolized by P and A, respectively. 1 assume that the reader has some knowledge of …

The Radial Distribution Of Dose Around The Path Of A Heavy Ion In Liquid Water, M. P. R. Waligorski, R. N. Hamm, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

Monte Carlo calculations of the radial distribution of dose in liquid water, incorporating energy deposition due to primary excitations and ionizations, have been performed for protons of energy 1, 10, 20, 50, and 100 MeV. By combining these results with earlier semi-empirical formulae used in track structure theory calculations, a corrected analytic formulation has been developed which on radial integration closely reproduces the value of stopping power for protons in the energy range 0.1–1000 MeV. After including a β-dependent ‘effective charge’ formula, this corrected formulation is tested against all published measurements of radial distribution of dose from energetic ions in …

The Probe, Issue 67 - November 1986

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
NOVEMBER, 1986
Predacide
The Humane Society
Gum for Moles?
New Jersey Fish and Game Council
Anti-Trapping Laws
Letters to Ye Ed
Cougar
Sierra Club
Bald Eagle Protection Act
Sprague-Dawley rats

Wpa News 14 (1986), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 1986), number 14

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Prevalence Of Sensitivity To Sulfiting Agents In Asthmatic Patients, Robert K. Bush, Steve L. Taylor, Karen Holden, Julie A. Nordlee, William S. Busse

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Ingestion of sulfiting agents can induce wheezing in some asthmatic patients. However, neither the prevalence of sulfite sensitivity nor the clinical characteristics of the affected asthmatic population are known. In a prospective single-blind screening study, 120 non-steroid-dependent and 83 steroid-dependent asthmatic patients underwent challenge with oral capsules of potassium metabisulfite. Five non-steroid-dependent and 16 steroid-dependent asthmatic patients experienced a greater than 20 percent reduction in their one-second forced expiratory volume within 30 minutes following the oral challenge. Twelve of these sulfite reactors were rechallenged with metabisulfite capsules in a double-blind protocol. Under these conditions, only three of seven steroid-dependent patients …

Pod Network Conference Attendees Directory, October 30, 1986

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Directory

Addendum to Directory POD Conference 1986

Immunological Relationships Among Proteins Making Up The Bacillus Thuringiensis Subsp. Israelensis Crystalline Toxin, Mary Ann Pfannenstiel, Graham A. Couche, Elise J. Ross, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Papers in Microbiology

The immunological relationships among the proteins of the mosquito larvicidal toxin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis have been investigated by using polyclonal antisera specific for the 28-, 70-, and 135-kilodalton proteins. Each of these proteins was immunologically distinct. There was no cross-reaction among the three proteins and the two non-homologous antisera. Treatment of toxin proteins with larval gut enzymes for 20 h identified protease-resistant domains at approximately 65, 38, and 22 kilodaltons. Similar domains were generated by treatment with trypsin and chymotrypsin. Our immunological and kinetic data indicate that the 28-kilodalton protein is degraded successively to protein bands at …

Analysis Of Mosquito Larvicidal Potential Exhibited By Vegetative Cells Of Bacillus Thuringiensis Subsp. Israelensis, Corey J. Walther, Graham A. Couche, Mary Ann Pfannenstiel, Sara E. Egan, Lisa A. Bivin, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Papers in Microbiology

Vegetative Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis cells (6 x 10⁵/ml) achieved 100% mortality of Aedes aegypti larvae within 24 h. This larvicidal potential was localized within the cells; the cell-free supernatants did not kill mosquito larvae. However, they did contain a heat-labile hemolysin which was immunologically distinct from the general cytolytic (hemolytic) factor released during solubilization of B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis crystals. The larvicidal potential of the vegetative cells was not due to poly-3-hydroxybutyrate. Instead, it correlated with the ability of vegetative cells to sporulate during the bioassays. No toxicity was observed when bioassays were conducted in the presence …

Lung Cancer Risk At Low Doses Of Α Particles, Werner Hofmann, Robert Katz, Zhang Chunxiang

Robert Katz Publications

A survey of inhabitant exposures arising from the inhalation of ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn progeny, and lung cancer mortality has been carried out in two adjacent areas in Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, designated as the “high background” and the “control” area. Annual exposure rates are 0.38 working level months (WLM) per year in the high background, and 0.16 WLM/yr in the control area. In 14 yr of continuous study, from 1970 to 1983, age-adjusted mortality rates were found to be 2.7 per 10⁵ living persons of all ages in the high background area, and 2.9 per …

Cc328 Goals For Business Operations And Family Life Part Iiib : Identifying Goals For The Service Provider, Paul H. Gessaman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 328: Goals for Business Operations and Family Life Part IIIb : Identifying Goals for the Service Provider. It includes worksheets to help you determine what your goals should be and how to achieve them.

The Probe, Issue 66 - September/October 1986

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1986
Harassment of Hunters
How to fight the "antis-" in State legislatures.
Animal rights activitists boycotted the 52 year-old Labor Day pigeon shoot at Hegins (PA)
“Your Right to Fight Right”
Pest Control
Feral Camels
Letters to Ye Ed
EPA
FWS – APHIS
A civil penalty suit has been decided against ELECTRONICS FOR INDUSTRY, INC.
Field Guide: Extreme Care Needed When Controlling Cats

Cc329 Goals For Business Operations And Family Life Part Iiic : Identifying Goals For The Manufacturer, Paul H. Gessaman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 329: Goals for Business Operations and Family Life Part IIIc : Identifying Goals for the Manufacturer. It includes worksheets to help you determine what your goals should be and how to achieve them.