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Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 8, October 1971

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WRC Report on Sharing Financial Responsibility of Water Development
Ground-water Quality Simulator
Environmental Impact Evaluation System Proposed
Industry-Government Oil Spill Conference Slated for 1973
National Urban Water Resources Research Program Report Published
River Development to Aid Rural Areas Should be "National Goal"
Water Circulation in San Francisco Bay Described
Discount Rate Raised to 5 3/8 Percent
Cornell Agricultural Waste Conference
Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee -- Tombigbee Waterwater
Corps of Engineers and Public Involvement

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 7, September 1971

Water Current Newsletter

Irrigation and Drainage Specialty Conference
First Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Section of the American Water Resources Association
Amendments to Water Resources Research Act
Testified That Corps Would Benefit from New Department of Natural Resources
Industries Must File Permit Applications or Face Legal Action
Price of Air and Water Pollution Clean-Up at $105 Billion
UCOWR Annual Meeting
Senate Subcommittee Approves Water Pollution Control Legislation
Rhode Island Researchers Propose Beneficial Use of Waste Heat
Lake Tahoe Study

Application Of The Method Of Lattice Statics To Vacancies In Aluminum, Larry Boyer, John R. Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

In this paper the method of lattice statics is applied to the calculation of the atomic displacements about a vacancy in aluminum using a fifth-neighbor force-constant model for the dynamical matrix and the vacancy-host lattice interaction. The strain-field interaction energy between two vacancies is similarly calculated. The main object of this work is to demonstrate the important modifications of earlier results, obtained for a first- and second-neighbor force-constant model, when one uses the fifth-neighbor model designed to give a significantly better fit to the measured phonon dispersion curves. In particular it is demonstrated that the displacements about the vacancy continue …

A Study Of The Limnetic Zooplankton Of Five Flood Control Reservoirs, Glen R. Helzer

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.

Final Report Emission Inventory For The State Of Nebraska, The Ibm Corporation Federal Systems Division, Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

The following report represents the results of the work performed under BOA 68-02-0043, Task Order Number 1 from The Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution Control Office. A note of thanks is due to Mr. E. J. Lillis and D. Dunbar of the EPA Project Office and Mr. Peter Culver, the EPA Project Engineer for their assistance and excellent cooperation during the study. A note of special thanks is due to Mr. Gene Robinson of the Nebraska Division of Air Pollution Control without whose efforts successful completion of this task would not have been possible.

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 6, Summer Issue 1971

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Summer Institutes A Success
Dr. William Garner Named Research Specialist for EPA
Title II Program for FY 1973
American Water Resources Association
Soil Erosion Contributes to Water Pollution
UCLA to Grant Doctor of the Environmental Studies
Multiple Objectives Opposed by OMB
It's in the Bag, or Bottle, or Carton
National Environmental Laboratory Act
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Gets New Ecology Facility
Conference Roundup

Numerical Computer Perpheral Interactive Device With Manual Controls, James C. Fletcher, Arthur I. Zygielbaum, Stanley S. Brokl

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

A computer peripheral device is disclosed which in cludes a joystick whose displacement from a center position along two axes X and Y in either a plus (+) or a minus (-) direction is sensed. The displacement magnitude in either direction controls the rate of clock pulses provided by a variable frequency clock. The clock pulses from the two clocks are accumulated in two separate counters, whose contents are dis played. The contents of the counters are suppliable to a computer to update the contents of specific cells which define the position of a cursor on a display which is …

Raising Of Discrete Levels Into The Far Continuum, J.L. Dehmer, Anthony F. Starace, U. Fano, J. Sugar, J.W. Cooper

Anthony F. Starace Publications

Broad peaks observed in the photoabsorption spectra of rare earths ∼10-20 eV above the 4d edge are attributed to transitions 4d¹⁰4f^N→4d⁹4f^N+1. Exchange interaction splits the 4d⁹4f^N+1 configuration and raises some multiplets by ∼20 eV. Autoionization to 4d⁹-4f^Nεf broadens the high levels. The interpretation extends to p→d processes observed in the absorption of synchrotron light by transition elements.

Real Property Owned. By The Federal Government In The' State Of Nebraska, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

This inventory report Is a summary compilation of the major facilities of real property owned by the Federal Government in this state. The installations are listed alphabetically by the city in which they are located and the listing includes a brief description of the installation, the agency which operates the facility, the GSA inventory number, the GSA location code, the total floor area of all the buildings and a size classification code. The operating agency and Installation descriptions are those reported to the General Services Administration as of June 30, 1970. Installations with a total floor area less than 1,500 …

Occurrence Of Groundwater In Kimball County, Nebraska: Including Logs Of Test Holes, Frank A. Smith, Vernon L. Souders

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 3, No.2. June, 1971

The Prairie Naturalist

EDITORIAL: Environmental Rights ▪ Paul B. Kannowski

RIVER BASINS PLANNING ▪ H. A. Hendrickson

WATER RESOURCE PLANNING GONE AMUCK ▪ Charles H. Stoddard

THE INTERACTION OF CITIZENS' GROUPS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ▪ Robert L. Burgess

WORDS AND MEANINGS ▪ Paul T. Crary

ENFORCEMENT OF NORTH DAKOTA ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ▪ Robert E. Beck

BIRDS OBSERVED IN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE WINTER OF 1970-71 ▪ John T. Lokemoen and Paul E. Springer

STATUS OF CLARK'S NUTCRACKER IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Lewis W. Oring and Robert W. Seabloom

WINGED ANTS AS FISH FOOD ▪ Charles H. …

Infant Mortality As A Potential Measure Of Community Health In Urban Growth, Ian Newman

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

This document is one of a series which contains the results of research carried out during a 1969 Summer Study of Urban Decentralization at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The summary of the Summer Study is contained in "An Introduction to Urban Decentralization Research," ORNL-HUD-3.

Calculation Of Point-Defect Energies And Displacements In Alkali Halides Using The Lattice-Statics Method, Arnold Karo, John R. Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

The method of lattice statics, in the zero-order approximation, is used to evaluate the Schottky-pair formation energies and the displacement fields about positive- and negative-ion vacancies for all alkali halide crystals with rock-salt structures. The deformation-dipole model, used extensively in earlier work on the lattice dynamics of these crystals, is employed to describe the host lattice. Long-range Coulomb interactions are included explicitly, and short-range repulsive interactions are described by a simple Born-Mayer potential. Comparison is made with earlier Mott-Littleton-type calculations and very satisfactory agreement is found. Comparison with available experimental values is somewhat less satisfactory, particularly regarding the lithium salts; …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 5, May 1971

Water Current Newsletter

Congratulations Doane College
OWRR Announces Fiscal Year 1972 Title II Water Resources Research Program
Economic Analysis of Water Projects
New Federal Department of Natural Resources
Research and Development Sources Sought
Water Quality Guidelines

The Gonads Of The South American Dolphins, Inia Geoffrensis, Pontoporia Blainvillei, And Sotalia Fluviatilis, Richard J. Harrison, Robert L. Brownell Jr.

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

The appearances of the gonads are described in males and females of 18 Inia geoffrensis, 11 Pontoporia blainvillei, and eight Sotalia fluviatilis from South America. Males of I. geoffrensis become sexually active at a length of about 228 centimeters, females at 175 to 180 centimeters. Length at birth is 76 to 80 centimeters; parturition occurs from about July to September in the upper Amazon. Males of P. blainvillei are still sexually immature at a length of 128.5 centimeters, females become sexually active at a length of 137 centimeters. Off Uruguay, pregnant females have fetuses 6 centimeters in length …

Growing Season Air-Soil Temperature Relationships At Lincoln, Nebraska, Ralph E. Neild

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

This study concerns the use of weekly average air temperature for predicting weekly average soil temperature under different conditions of surface cover during different times of year. Probabilities of weekly average air temperature for Lincoln as well as other Nebraska locations are available. These probabilities and the soil temperature prediction equations may be used in determining expected soil temperatures.

A Revision Of The Feather Mite Genus Brephosceles (Proctophyllodidae: Alloptinae), Paul C. Peterson

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

A systematic revision is presented for the genus Brephosceles. Data on external morphology, zoogeography, and host-parasite relationships are included. Thirteen named and thirty new species are recognized and described. The new species and the type hosts are: Brephosceles afribycis, from Afribyx lateralis (Charadriidae); B. anhimae, from Anhima cornuta (Anhimidae); B. belonopteri, from Belonopterus chilensis cayennensis (Charadriidae); B. bilobatus, from Puffinus puffinus (Procellariidae); B. chilensis, from Belonopterus chilensis lampronotus (Charadriidae); B. collaracus, from Charadrius collaris (Charadriidae); B. constrictus, from Charadrius bicinctus (Charadriidae); B. diomedei, from Diomedea chrysostoma (Diomedeidae); B. discidicus, from Cygnus bewickii (Anatidae); B. disjunctus, from Pterodroma leucoptera hypoleuca (Procellariidae); …

Fourier Transforms Of Unbounded Measures, Loren Argabright, Jesus De La Lamadrid

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

Let G be a locally compact abelian group. For a (generally unbounded) measure μ on G we shall say that μ is transformable if there is a measure μˆ on the character group Γ of G such that, for every ƒЄK(G), the space of continuous functions with compact support on G,ƒЄL₂(μ) and (1) ∫_Gƒ^**ƒ(x) dμ(x) = ∫_r|∫(γ^-1)|²dμ(γ). The resulting "Fourier transformation” μ→μˆ contains the classical theory and leads to generalizations of a variety of classical results, including the Plancherel theorem and the Poisson summation …

Groundwater Levels In Nebraska, 1970, C.F. Keech

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Geologic And Water-Supply Reports And Maps, Nebraska, United States Dept. Of The Interior

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

A list of reports and maps published by the Geological Survey relating to the geology, mineral, water resources of Nebraska.

Management Of Natural Lakes In The Northern Great Plains, D. B. Mccarraher

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Approximately 2,800 natural lakes smaller than 10 acres in size are found in the northern plains region of Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. Water quality characteristics vary greatly among lakes in close geographical proximity. They range from fresh to highly mineralized bicarbonate-carbonate-hydroxide (alkaline) to chloro-sulfate (saline) types and regionally represent the largest concentration of inland mineral waters in North America. Water quality together with shallow basin morphometry exert major environmental influences on the fisheries in great plains natural lakes.

In the sandhills region of Nebraska (20,000 sq. mi.) only about 45% of the estimated 1,400 natural lakes support fish …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 4, April 1971

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Deadlines for Filing Research Proposals for FY 1973
Federal Conference on Public Involvement
Department of Natural Resources to Eliminate Duplication and Rivalry
Hydrologic Information Storage and Retrieval System
Drinking Water Bills Introduced
Congressional Committee Assignments
Administration Reorganization Affects Corps' Functions

Length And Velocity Formulas In Approximate Oscillator-Strength Calculations, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

The matrix element for electric dipole transitions is correctly given by the length formula in the Hartree-Fock, configuration-interaction, and related approximations, which involve the diagonalization of an approximate, but nonlocal, Hamiltonian.

Guidebook To The Geology Along Portions Of The Lower Platte River Valley And Weeping Water Valley Of Eastern Nebraska, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Guidebook To The Late Pliocene And Early Pleistocene Of Nebraska, T. M. Stout, H. M. Degraw, L. G. Tanner, K. O. Stanley, W. J. Wayne, J. B. Swinehart

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Guidebook To The Late Pliocene And Early Pleistocene Of Nebraska, T. M. Stout, H. M. Degraw, L. G. Tanner, K. O. Stanley, William J. Wayne, J. B. Swinehart

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The interesting geographic and even strategic position of Nebraska between regions of mountain and interior glaciation during the Quaternary was emphasized by A. L. Lugn, Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of Nebraska, more than thirty years ago. The earlier studies are summarized in two principal works by Lugn (1935; 1939a; see Selected References), to whom this guidebook is dedicated, much has been learned since and much remains to be recorded concerning the Tertiary and Pleistocene of Nebraska. In this centennial year, commemorating the beginning of a second century of geological instruction at the University of Nebraska, it seems …

Track Theory And Radiation Quality, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

Radiation detection and damage data from several physical, chemical, and biological systems have been analyzed by a unified track theory, in which observed effects are attributed to the interaction of secondary electrons with the medium. Gamma-ray dose-response curves are combined with calculations of the spatial dose distribution about an ion's path to yield dose-response curves (survival curves) for heavy ion bombardment, through appropriately defined parameters. Perplexing phenomena associated with high LET radiation are sorted out according to track regime (grain-count or track-width), inactivation mode (gamma-kill or ion-kill), structural complexity (elementary, cellular, multicellular), and end-point. The central problem in assigning a …

Second-Order Pulsations In Polytropes, Norman R. Simon

Norman R. Simon Papers

A theory due to Eddington is employed to calculate second-order corrections to the usual linear, quasi-adiabatic pulsational amplitudes. Such corrections are necessary in order to evaluate the pulsational stability of stars in thermal imbalance (dS₀/dt ≠ 0). The second-order quantities are calculated, and their properties discussed, for a wide variety of polytropic models. Subsequently, a number of these models are tested for pulsational stability, and the conclusions drawn in an earlier, more preliminary work are re-evaluated on the basis of the results. In particular, it is found that stars in pre-main-sequence contraction are probably stable against …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 3, March 1971

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Office of Water Resources Research Issues Sixth Annual Report
Symposium on Statistical Hydrology
Guide for Instructing Teenagers on Environmental Protection
Salmon Return to Once-Polluted Stream
Water Bank Act of 1970
Nebraska Section of American Water Resources Association Formed
Report to the Congress on Industrial Water Pollution
Environmental Programs Get Significant Budget Increases
New National Environmental Laboratory Proposed
Muske Hearings to Reshape Water Pollution Legislation
Senate Hearing on Agricultural Pollution Set for Kansas City, April 2.
Professor Fox Cites Use of Water Programs to "Influence Pattern of Land Use in Urbanizing Regions"
New Water Guidelines Still in Air

A Generic Revision Of The Pterodedinae, A New Subfamily Of Feather Mites (Sarcoptiformes: Analgoidea), Chong K. Park, Warren T. Atyeo

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

The generic rev1s1on of the Pterodectinae, new subfamily of the Proctophyllodidae, is based on 88 named and over 160 new species. Included are morphology, host-parasite relationships, diagnoses of four named and eight new genera, and illustrations of each type species. The named genera are:

Anisodiscus Gaud and Mouchet, 1957; Montesauria Oudemans, 1905; Proterothrix Gaud, 1968; Pterodectes Robin, 1877. The new genera and their type species are: Dolichodectes, Proctophyllodes (Pterocolus) edwardsi Trouessart, 1885; Megalodectes, Proctophyllodes (Pterodectes) major Trouessart, 1885; Neodectes, Proctophyl/odes (Pterodectes) securiclatus Trouessart and Neumann, 1888; Pedanodectes, Pterodectes hologaster Gaud, 1953; Syntomodectes, Proctophyllodes (Pterodectes) selenurus Trouessart, 1885; Toxerodectes, Pterodectes gladiger …