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Ec77-217 Selection And Crossbreeding For Commercial Pork Production, William T. Ahlschwede, James Heldt

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 77-217 deals with pork production. This article discusses selection and crossbreeding in pork production.

Ec77-1232 Nebraska Lawn Care, R. C. Sherman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 77-1232 discusses Nebraska Lawn care.

Ec77-828 Your Pasture Lease, Philip A. Henderson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 77-828 is about leasing land that is considered a pasture

Annual Report: 1977

Cherry County (Nebraska) Extension: Historical Documents

Foreward ..................... 1

Extension Organization and Planning ......................... 2-5

Reports of Accomplishments ......................... 6-14

Budget and Expenditures ......................... 15

Inventories ......................... 16-24

Ec77-219 Nebraska Swine Report, E. R. Peo Jr., Clayton L. Kelling, Alex Hogg, Oliver D. Grace, Larry Bitney, Michael Duffy, Bobby D. Moser, William Ahlschwede, R. D. Fritschen, Keith E. Gilster, Wayne J. Hansen, Dwane R. Zimmerman, P.J. Cunningham, Roger W. Mandigo, J.F. Campbell, James Drake Heldt, Murray Danielson, Mike Cooksley, Steve Pohl

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1977 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating departments for use in the Extension and Teaching programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors from the following areas contributed to this publication: Swine Nutrition, swine diseases, pathology, economics, engineering, swine breeding, meats, agronomy, and diagnostic laboratory. It covers the following areas: breeding, disease control, feeding, nutrition, economics, housing and meats.

Operation Of No-Fault Auto Laws: A Survey Of The Surveys, Jeffrey O'Connell

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. No-Fault Systems

III. Statistical Studies

IV. Slowing of Legislative Momentum

V. Conclusion

Preliminary Survey Of Heavy Metal Contamination Of Channel Catfish In Nebraska, David Oates, Norman Stucky

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

The concentration of six heavy metals in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fillets from seven watersheds In Nebraska have been measured. With the exception of mercury, in no instance did levels exceed limits set by regulatory agents. Also, with the exception of mercury, concentrations of heavy metals did not differ significantly in the agricultural and industrial areas.

The Expansion Of Liability For Medical Accidents: From Negligence To Strict Liability By Way Of Informed Consent, Alan Meisel

Nebraska Law Review

This article examines the various ways in which the courts have been fashioning rules of liability for medical accidents that add up to an incipient system of strict liability. The obvious judicial circumlocutions, which appear necessitated by the inability of the courts under existing rules of law to award compensation to severely injured medical-accident victims, are the main area of concern, not the routine application of well-established general principles to novel situations of fact.

I. Introduction

II. The War on Negligence

III. The Fault System and Medical Accidents: The Gathering Storm

IV. Informed Consent … A. The Law of Consent …

Selective Attention Between Words, Shapes And Colors In Speeded Classification And Vocalization Tasks, John H. Flowers, Charles M. Stoup

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The presence of irrelevant words (incongruent color and shape names) substantially slowed the sorting of shapes and colors. This interference was maintained over four sessions of practice for color sorting, but essentially vanished for shape classification and color classification using stimuli in which the word and color were physically separated. Interference with oral naming was maintained over 4 days of practice for all types of stimuli, demonstrating that spatial selectivity of attention is highly dependent upon the response requirements of the task.

Propranolol: A Specific Antagonist To Sub Acute Cocaine Intoxication, Richard T. Rappolt Sr., Nancy Rappolt, Richard T. Rappolt Jr., George R. Gay, Darryl S. Inaba

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

In the clinical treatment of over fifty cases of "overdose" with cocaine, the authors have become aware of the strikingly specific antagonistic effects of propranolol HC1 (Inderal^R) on the manifestations of central cardiovascular hypermetabolism.

CASE-REPORT: A

The patient was a 28-year-old, well-developed, Caucasian blue-collar, outdoor, heavy laborer. Past medical history revealed childhood "asthma" and several episodes of childhood "pneumonia." There had been no further history of problems of this nature for over ten years. History of drug habits revealed a rather heavy intake of beer, consisting of from six to twelve bottles per day. When seen at a …

The History Of Agriculture In The United States Beginning With The Seventeenth Century, Elvin F. Frolik

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

The purpose of this paper is to summarize important historical developments in agriculture in what is now the United States, from the earliest colonial times to the present. In terms of the length of time of human history on this world, this period is so short as to seem almost insignificant. However, in terms of progress, the situation is the opposite-more has been accomplished in agriculture in this fraction of a millennium than in all previous history combined.

Agriculture, under immigrant settlers in what is now the United States, had its beginnings in the seventeenth century. The thirteen original colonies …

Hermann Lebert's Contributions To The Understanding Of Cancer And Cancer Genetics., Anne J. Krush

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Hermann Lebert (1813-1878) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Poland). His medical studies took place in Berlin and later in Zürich, Switzerland. In 1836 he studied in Paris under Dupuytren and Louis. In 1838 he began the practice of medicine at Bex, Switzerland, followed by work in Berlin, Paris, Zürich, and Bex again, and finally, Breslau. He wrote prolifically in both German and French and is best known as one of the first anatomists of the 19th century to use the microscope for pathology studies. Among his many research efforts, he distinguished between tuberculosis and cancer, which until that time …

Should We Kill The Rats Or Is Biological Control Preferable?, Richard V. Andrews

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

These questions are becoming more controversial in recent debates which have emerged from new realizations of rodent impact on health, conservation, and economy. The controversy, coupled with widespread evidence of genetic resistance, bait aversion, and other modes of adaptive behavior and physiology displayed by rodent pests, represents a new appreciation for one of man's most persistent problems. Old World rodents live in commensal association with man and his domestic animals. These rodents include black rats (sometimes called roof rats), Norway rats (sometimes called brown rats, sewer rats, wharf rats), and Old World (house) mice. Of the three types of Old …

Pintail Reproduction Hampered By Snowfall And Agriculture, Gary Krapu

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The reproductive strategy of the Pintail (Anas acuta) shows several adaptations to the semi-arid variable climate of the prairie pothole region of north central North America where the species is a common breeder. By nesting early and using temporary and seasonal water areas replenished by snow melt waters or early spring rains, the species has successfully occupied broad areas containing limited permanent and semi-permanent water. The Pintail is prone to select new breeding grounds during periods of drought. Smith (J. Wildl. Manage. 34:9@-946, 19701 has shown that part of the population moves northward from the prairies and parklands …

Review Report For Water Resources Development Missouri River South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Montana, Volume 3 Of 3

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District

Appendix 2, Pertinent Correspondence Letters From:

Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Power Commission, Department of Housing & Urban Development, Department of Health, Education & Welfare, Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Land Management, United States Coast Guard, Soil Conservation Service, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Energy Research and Development Administration, Missouri River Basin Commission, Fish and Wildlife Service, Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council, Montana Office of Budget and Program Planning, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Montana Department of Fish and Game, Governor of Montana, Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce …

Feedlot Runoff Holding Ponds-Nutrient Levels And Related Management Aspects, Elbert C. Dickey, D. H. Vanderholm

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Collection, storage, and ultimate land disposal of livestock feedlot runoff is becoming a more common practice as a result of increasing state and federal regulations prohibiting uncontrolled discharge of runoff. As a result of chemical, physical, and biological actions during the storage phase, the runoff applied to land from storage is often greatly different from that entering storage directly from the feedlot. This study was designed to observe those changes in the runoff during storage, and to evaluate their effect on land disposal practices. Six concrete paved feedlots with runoff control systems were studied, with emphasis on variations in nitrogen, …

Hormdne-Inducible Casein Messenger Rna In A Serum-Free Organ Culture Of Whole Mammary Gland, P. M. Terry, M. R. Banerjee, R. M. Lui

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The whole second thoracic mammary gland of estradiol-17β + progesterone primed 3- to 4-week-old BALB/c female mice was induced to pregnancy-like lobulo-alveolar morphogenesis after 6-day cultivation in a serum-free culture medium containing a "growth promoting" hormone mixture, insulin + prolactin + growth hormone (somatotropin) + estradiol + progesterone. No radioimmunologically detectable casein was present in these glands. Subsequent cultivation for another 6 days in a "lactogenic" medium with the hormones insulin + prolactin + cortisol produced abundant milk-like secretory material in the alveolar lumen. RNA of the mammary gland after estradiol + progesterone priming or cultivation in the "growth-promoting" medium …

Absence Of Spermine In Filamentous Fungi, Kenneth W. Nickerson, Larry D. Dunkle, James L. Van Etten

Papers in Microbiology

Polyamines were examined in several yeasts and filamentous fungi. Whereas putrescine, spermidine, and spennine were present in the yeasts, spernine was not detected in any of the filamentous fungi.

Kinetics Of The Alkaline Tetramer Dimer Dissociation In Liganded Human Hemoglobin: A Laser Light-Scattering Stopped-Flow Study, D. P. Flamig, L. J. Parkhurst

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

The first-order dissociation of tetrameric HbCO to the dimer has been studied over the pH range 10.30-11.57 in a light-scattering stopped-flow apparatus using argon-ion laser excitation. The first-order dissociation rate constant varies from 0.25 sec^-1 to 24.0 sec^-1 over this pH interval. A semilogarithmic plot of k versus pH has a slope of 2.56 at pH 11.07, the midpoint. The pH dependence of the dissociation of the tetramer is consistent with progressive titration of α₁-α₂ and β₁-β₂ salt bridges. At pH 10.66, the dissociation rates of HbO₂, HbCO, methemoglobin, and …

Pictorial Interference With Geometric Shapes And Achromatic Shades, Richard P. Compton, John H. Flowers

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

In two experiments, subjects were required to match printed names with subsequently displayed achromatic shades or geometric shapes. The presence of incongruent shades or shapes at the time of word display substantially slowed the RT for performing the match.

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1940-1977) T1201-T1300, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T1201. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. GAIDAMOVICH, S. Ya., MEL'NIKOVA, E. E., OBUKHOVA, V. R. and KLISENKO, G. A. (1974). Errors during identification of arboviruses. In: Arboviruses, edited by Gaidamovich, S. Ya. Sborn. Trud. Inst. Virus. imeni D. I. Ivanovsky, Akad. Med. Nauk, SSSR, (1):89-93.

T1202. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. KARMYSHEVA, V. Ya., CHUMAKOV, M. P., BERYAEVA, A. P., BUTENKO, A. M. and MART'YANOVA, L. I. (1964). Study of interreaction between Astrakhan virus isolated from Hyalomma plumbeum plumbeum ticks and tissue cell cultures. Mater. 11. Nauch. Sess. Inst. Polio. Virus. Entsef. (Moscow, 1964), pp. 10-12.

T1203. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. DZHAFAROV, T. E. (1965). …

Torts Prior To Conception: A New Theory Of Liability: Renslow V. Mennonite Hospital, 40 Ill. App. 3d 234, 351 N.E.2d 870 (1976); Park V. Chessin, 88 Misc. 2d 222, 387 N.Y.S.2d 204 (Sup. Ct. 1976), Dawn R. Duven

Nebraska Law Review

Historically, an unborn child was deemed to have no inherent rights in the field of torts, although such rights were granted in areas such as property or criminal law when it proved beneficial to the child. Case law relating to tort liability for the benefit of infants, however, has expanded rapidly in recent years. This Note summarizes the law of torts that harm infants, with special focus on an area just beginning to emerge—that of liability for torts committed prior to an infant's conception. It examines two recent cases in the area of preconceptional torts: Renslow v. Mennonite Hospital, …

Agricultural Experiment Station News December 1976

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
OVERTIME PAY
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS – NOVEMBER 1976

The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 8, Nos. 3 And 4 September-December 1976

The Prairie Naturalist

SPRING MORTALITY OF INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA ▪ J. R. Serie and R. E. Jones

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA—1976 ▪ R. N. Randall

MOSSES OF THE GREAT PLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND CATALOGUE ▪ S. P. Churchill

NOTES

Fulvous Tree Duck in North Dakota ▪ L. A. Jones

Unusual Mortality of a Saw-whet Owl ▪ H. A. Kantrud

Cardinal and Mockingbird in Jamestown, North Dakota ▪ D. H. and J. E. Johnson

BOOK REVIEWS

Essence of Wilderness ▪ K. T. Killingbeck

The Changing America ▪ L. M. Kirsch

A Government Bird Book ▪ J. F. Cassel

Wildflowers ofthe Rockies …

Proceedings Seventh Bird Control Seminar -- Frontmatter & Contents

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
November 5 - 11, 1976

DR. WILLIAM B. JACKSON CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN AND EDITOR

SPONSORED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CENTER, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND NATIONAL PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION, VIENNA, VIRGINIA

Registered Participants -- Seventh Bird Control Seminar, November 1976

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Species Composition, Food Habits, And The Economic And Ecologic Impact Of Winter Blackbird Flocks, Raleigh J. Robertson, Patrick J. Weatherhead, Frank J. S. Phelan, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, Nigel Lester

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Crop depredation by blackbirds (Icteridae) and Starlings (sturnus vulgaris) in North America has long prompted experimentation with control techniques. These efforts have been centered in the northeast and northcentral United States where concentrated cultivation of vulnerable crops coincides with the location where flocks of blackbirds congregate in the fall prior to their migration south (Stone, et al., 1972; Wiens and Dyer, 1975). In these areas the high cost and logistic impracticality of implementing widespread controls has suggested the need for modifying agricultural practices instead (Wiens and Dyer, 1975). More recently, attention has been focused farther south, particularly in Kentucky and …

Response Of Maturing Corn To Simulated Bird Damage, Paul P. Woronecki, Charles R. Ingram, Richard A. Dolbeer

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Economic losses attributed to pests are usually estimated by visual assessments of the damage. In all cases, the amount of injury to plant parts is correlated with reduction in production, and any effects of plant response or compensation are ignored. Some recent experiments, using prairie grass grown with different degrees of grasshopper feeding activity, indicated that some plant processes were triggered by insect feeding (Dyer and Bokhari, 1976). Responses, such as the increase of net primary production on grasslands by livestock grazing, have been suggested in studies by Westlake (1963), Pearson (1965), and Hutchinson (1971); Vickery (1972) confirmed these findings …

Bird Problems And Food Storage And Processing Facilities, Robert M. Russell, Robert Yeager, Fred Baur, James R. Dupre

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

For the bird control problems in the food industry I think we have a good pair to work with us. We have Bob Yeager, a pest control authority. Fred Baur is from Procter and Gamble, a great company with a long record of association with the pest control industry. Third, we have with us Jim Dupre, whose experience is with the Food and Drug Administration. And with all the government controls we've learned to expect from the government in the last few years, I think it's good for us to know that we have had a long and good record …

Land Use Planning For Control Of Birds Near Airports, Michael J. Harrison

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

During the 1966 Bird Control Seminar, we began to look at birds as a hazard to air- craft, and a possible new role was emerging for the pest control industry. Ten years later, we have yet to see the concept of bird control as seen through the eyes of our Canadian and European counterparts. You know of the assistance role the Air Force is playing in reducing bird strikes, and the Federal Aviation Administration is beginning to actively participate in bird control programs. Success has been seen in habitat modification as a means of reducing bird strikes. The Canadians (Blokpoel, …