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Complaint Resolution In Nebraska: Citizens, Bureaucrats, And The Ombudsman, Alan J. Wyner

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Politics of Adoption and Appointment … A. Clearing the Legislative Hurdles … B. Appointing the First Ombudsman … C. Legislators as Complaint Handlers

III. Powers and Procedure of the Nebraska Ombudsman … A. Statutory Authority … B. Operation Procedures of the Ombudsman Office … 1. Staff … 2. Office Routine … 3. Publicity for the Office

IV. Analysis of the Ombudsman’s Caseload … A. Number and Type of Cases … 1. Case Categories … 2. Types of Complaints … 3. Official Misconduct … B. Elapsed Time from Start to Finish … C. Referrals from Legislators … …

Arbitration Of Professional Athletes' Contracts: An Effective System Of Dispute Resolution In Professional Sports, James B. Gessford

Nebraska Law Review

In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of legal disputes in the professional sports industry. For the first time, the fan is being exposed to a hidden side of American sports—the dealings between the professional athlete and his employer. There are several reasons for this phenomenon: the great amounts of money involved, the athlete's increased awareness of his legal rights, attempts by unions to organize players and then negotiate with owners, and the public exposure which the media has given this problem in recent years. While the reasons are many and complex, the result is …

Opportunities For Museum Research In Anthropology: Are They Really Dead Or Were They Only Sleeping?, Arthur H. Wolf

Nebraska Anthropologist

The decline of anthropological research in museums has been in part attributed to the changing goals of anthropology and the increase in the numbers of university anthropology departments. In recent years many suggestions for increasing museum research potentials have been put forward by Anthropologists interested in its resurgence. An increasing cooperation between museums and university departments is seen as a necessary condition for this resurgence and could lead to more programs which include and train museum anthropologists.

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 10, October 1974

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Thanks Don for a Job Well Done
Deadline for Research Proposals
NWRRI Hosts Research in Action Conference
Learn About Nebraska's Water Quality
NWRRI Advisory Committee Meets
Director Lectures at Maine
Hydrologist Position Available
Forestry Chairman Sought
Wise Water Use Advocated
MRBC Director Sees Adequate Water for Planned Development
MRBC Committee on Energy and Environment
Energy Research and Development Adminstration Established
EPA Reports on Future Wastewater Treatment Plant Needs
New Criteria for EPA Grants
"Second America" Needs Discussed by USGS
Research Review: Disposal of Cattle Feedlot Runoff on Agricultural Land

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 8, August 1974

Water Current Newsletter

Guest Editorial: Mandatory versus Voluntary, Dayle Williamson, Executive Secretary, Nebraska Natural Resources Commission
Deadlines for Research Projects
NWRRI Hosts Research in Action Conference
DEC Director Named
Nebraska Receives Discharge Elimination Report
Sewage Treatment Plant in Lincoln
Nebraska Drought
South Dakota Seeks Additional Missouri River Benefits
Main-Stem Water Marketing
OWRR Reorganized
ERTS Begins Third Year in Orbit
Sirotherm - An Australian Development for Purifying Water
Purpose, Policy and Objectives
Research Review: Alternatives in Area Management of Groundwater

The Society For The Propagation Of The Gospel In Foreign Parts And The Assimilation Of Foreign Protestants In British North America, Anne Polk Diffendal

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts from its foundation in 1701 to the beginning of the American Revolution attempted to minister to non-English white settlers in the North American colonies. The Society sent clergymen to Dutch, to Germans, to Swedes, and to French Huguenots in various provinces, gave financial help to foreign ministers, and distributed books to foreign churches. Anglican religious services were open to foreigners living near the Society's missions. These activities have been chronicled in 1952 in a dissertation by William A. Bultmann, who published two articles from that paper. One is a …

Physiology Of Sporeforming Bacteria Associated With Insects: Minimal Nutritional Requirements For Growth, Sporulation, And Parasporal Crystal Formation Of Bacillus Thuringiensis., Kenneth W. Nickerson, Lee A. Bulla Jr.

Papers in Microbiology

A defined medium is described in which 18 strains of Bacillus thuringiensis representing the 12 established serotypes grow, sporulate, and produce a parasporal crystal. This minimal medium contains glucose and salts supplemented with either aspartate, glutamate, or citrate. These organic acids are required and cannot be replaced by vitamin mixtures or succinate even though succinate is taken up at a rate similar to that of aspartate, glutamate, and citrate.

Physiology Of Sporeforming Bacteria Associated With Insects: Radiorespirometric Survey Of Carbohydrate Metabolism In The 12 Serotypes Of Bacillus Thuringiensis, Kenneth W. Nickerson, Grant St. Julian, Lee A. Bulla Jr.

Papers in Microbiology

Radiorespirometry was used to compare the primary pathways of glucose catabolism in 18 strains of Bacillus thuringiensis representing the 12 established serotypes. Every strain utilizes the Embden-Meyerhof-Pamas pathway almost exclusively; pentose-phosphate pathway participation is minor. The Embden- Meyerhof-Parnas pathway predominates regardless of whether the cells were grown in a minimal medium or one containing yeast extract. The results indicate that the absolute requirement for citrate and related compounds is not a result of defective citrate or glucose transport and metabolism.

Purification And Characterization Of Syringacin 4-A, A Bacteriocin From Pseudomonas Syringae 4-A, William L. Haag, Anne K. Vidaver

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Syringacin 4-A, a bacteriocin produced by Pseudomonas syrinagae 4-A, was obtained by induction with ultraviolet irradiation or mitomycin C. Approximately 1,000-fold purification of the bacteriocin was achieved by manganous chloride precipitation, differential centrifugation, and chromatography on hydroxyapatite columns. The purified syngacin was homogeneous on hydroxyapatite columns and sucrose density gradients; it also sedimented as a single entity in the analytical ultracentrifuge. The buoyant density of purified syringacin in cesium chloride was 1.294 g/ml. The sedimentation coefficient was calculated as 120S, and the diffusion coefficient was 6.49 x 10^-8 cm²/s. The molecular weight was calculated as …

The Emergence Of An Acoustical Art Form: An Analysis Of The German Experimental Horspiel Of The 1960s, Mark Ensign Cory

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

The Era of the Traditional Horspiel has passed. Although they have an important and welcome place in the repertory of every German broadcaster, the radio plays of Gunter Eich, the lyrical fantasies of Ingeborg Bachmann, the suspenseful stories of Friedrich Durrenmatt, the interior monologues of Heinrich Boll, Dieter Wellershoff, and Peter Hirche no longer influence the creative energies at work in the genre as they did throughout the 1950s. They are in a sense museum pieces to which the term "classic" has already been widely applied. What has followed the mature classic period possesses the vigor of youth and the …

An Observation Of The Adult Education Program In The Strategic Air Command As A Social Change Facilitator, Raymond Earl Tinsley

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This study, prepared by Colonel Raymond E. Tinsley, USAF, deviates somewhat from the_ standard doctoral dissertation format. The writer was personally involved in many of the events and activities which preceded the study, and, therefore, became the prime documentation source. Due to the national objective to abolish the military draft and create an all-volunteer force, the United States Air Force, in 1970, initiated Project Volunteer--a program to determine those-factors influencing retention rate. In its report, Project Volunteer Considerations, 88 irritants to Air Force life were disclosed. In an effort to remove these irritants, the Air Force embarked on an adult …

Rabies Vector Control In Alberta, J.B. Gurba

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 6th (1974)

Following the last serious outbreak of rabies in 1952-57, the province of Alberta remained virtually free of the disease for 13 years. In 1970 a sudden increase occurred with 16 cases in various species. The Alberta Central Rabies Control Committee was reactivated to cope with the situation. Pre-immunization of high risk personnel and domestic pets was initiated along with supportive research to monitor infection rates in various species. Vector control programs were established to stop the spread of rabies by known wildlife vectors, particularly skunks (Mephitis mephitis) which had brought rabies across the great plains to the Alberta-Saskatchewan …

A Mode Of Action Of Herbicides: Inhibition Of The Normal Process Of Nitrite Reduction, Lowell Klepper

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Herbicides were shown to interfere in the normal process of enzymatic nitrite reduction by the plant in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic plant tissues with little effect on nitrate reduction. This preferential inhibition caused nitrite to accumulate. The occurrence of free nitrite within the plant can help to explain the toxicity symptoms, nastic growth reactions, abnormal metabolism and rapid death due to herbicide action. This blockage of nitrite reduction was shown with all photosynthetic inhibitor herbicides tested and with numerous other herbicides. The effect was demonstrated using an in vivo assay, intact green plants and germinating seedlings. A basic in vivo method …

The Future: Create Or Inherit, Charles W. Case, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

This training document was prepared by the Deans Committee of the Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers and does not represent an official position of the Study Commission. The book is a study document for distribution to those associated with the work of the Commission.

Introduction, Paul A. Olson

The Educational Significance of the Future, Harold G. Shane

Educational Research and Development Priorities to Create the Future, Charles W. Case

Riding the Apocalypse: Education and the Future of Humanity, Robert Bundy

DIALOGUE: Futures Planning and its Methodology

Teacher Education: A Future of Declining Need—Toward the Redefmition …

Bibliography Of Research Publications Of The U.S. Bureau Of Sport Fisheries And Wildlife, 1928-72, Paul H. Eschmeyer, Van T. Harris

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

This bibliography comprises publications in fishery and wildlife research authored or coauthored by research scientists of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and certain predecessor agencies. Separate lists, arranged alphabetically by author, are given for each of 17 fishery research and 6 wildlife research laboratories, stations, investigations, or centers. Publications coauthored by Bureau scientists from different research units are credited to the facility at which the senior author was stationed at the time of publication.

Although the Federal Government has supported research on fish and wildlife since the late 1800's, the relatively few works published in the early years …

G74-188 Amaryllis Culture, Don Steinegger, John E. Watkins

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The hybrid amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is a tender bulb easily grown in pots. Amaryllis is prized for its huge showy flowers ranging from scarlet or crimson to white in color, and often striped or mottled.

Amaryllis can be grown outdoors throughout the year in mild climates, but must be grown indoors in Nebraska except during the warm summer months. Amaryllis is prized for its huge showy flowers ranging from scarlet or crimson to white in color, and often striped or mottled. Most amaryllis are Dutch or African hybrids selected for flower size, color and ease of forcing. The usual flowering season …

Things Seen, Norman A. Geske

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

The present exhibition has been organized to focus attention on one of the most flourishing aspects of contemporary American painting, the revival of representational art in the traditional formats of the landscape, the figure and the still life. For the past ten years it has become evident that more and more artists are having second thoughts about the abstract style which had come to dominate the artistic scene within the several previous decades. There are instances of renunciation, a sudden yet deliberate turning away from abstraction toward some form of traditional representation. There are also numerous instances of artists beginning …

Graduate Education And New Jobs In Education, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Teacher education has too largely concerned itself with a study of schooling rather than a study of education. In the next generation, given the concerns that I’ve talked about, we’re going to have to look much more intensively, on the one hand, at how much human beings learn as biological creatures and, on the other hand, at all the cultural and legal constraints on learning that exist. We will look at education in industry, in the community, in community action programs, in the tribal council, education through ritual, and through play, as well as through public schooling. The job of …

Blood And Tissue Identification Of Selected Birds And Mammals, Part 1, David W. Oates, Craig W. Brown, Debra L. Weigel

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Identification of blood and tissue samples for law enforcement purposes was initiated in 1968 by Carl Wolfe, Senior Biologist, Research Division, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. At that time and up to the present, a great deal of assistance, time and advice has been received from Carl R. Jolliff, Director of the Clinical Laboratory of Lincoln; Dr. Connell L. Marsh, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, and Dr. Leonard W. Staudinger, Chairman of Biology Department, Nebraska Wesleyan University. Grateful appreciation is extended to Dr. Stan Cassel DVM and all Game Commission personnel of Nebraska and South Dakota who aided in …

Ec74-2035 Let's Do Something About Out Environment, Janet Wilson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 74-2035: Let’s Do Something about Our Environment; water pollution and conservation, air pollution, solid waste disposal and recycling-paper, metal, glass. How to organize clean-up groups, how to work through your elected officials in environmental issues, and how to become the ecology action leader in your community.

Corynebacterium Nebraskense, A New, Orange-Pigmented Phytopathogenic Species, Anne K. Vidaver, Manley Mandel

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

A new species of Corynebacterium isolated from field corn is described. The isolates form a homogeneous group that is recognized as a new species, Corynebacterium nebraskense. The organism is characterized by orange-pig-mented colonies, inability to grow on 0.005% triphenyltetrazolium chloride agar, specific bacteriophage sensitivity, and a guanine plus cytosine content of 73.5 mol%. These and other characters differentiate this organism from other described phytopathogenic corynebacteria. The type strain of C. nebraskense is Fur-1 (= ATCC 27822 = NCPPB 2578).

Survival Mechanisms Of Phytopathogenic Bacteria, M. L. Schuster, D. P. Coyne

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Natural habitats usually do not provide bacteria the continuity of agricultural crops. With continuous culture. perpetuation of pathogen is no problem. Although agricul­ tural practices provide some discontinuity between crops. it is less than that in nature. Uniformity of crop germ plasm also favors inoculum buildup and perhaps perpetuation of the pathogens.

Recollections, George W. Beadle

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

In these exciting times when elementary and high schools teach modern biology, including many of the intricacies of biochemical genetics, the long slow process by which our present knowledge in this area was gained is not often fully appreciated. A third of a century elapsed before Mendel’s work was "rediscovered" and properly appreciated. Archibald E. Garrod’s (1) prophetic appreciation of the relation genetics and biochemistry, beginning soon after the so-called rediscovery of Mendel, lay fallow for more than forty years despite the fact that he published widely and relatively voluminously. As late as a quarter of a century after the …

Sporulation Of Bacillus Thuringiensis Without Concurrent Derepression Of The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle, Kenneth W. Nickerson, John De Pinto, Lee A. Bulla Jr.

Papers in Microbiology

Bacillus thuringiensis sporulates in a glucose-glutamate medium without concurrent derepression of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Glutamate appears to regulate tricarboxylic acid cycle activity as well as to influence spore heat resistance and production of dipicolinic acid.

Barron's “Good Book” Examines Access Notion: Freedom Of The Press For Whom? The Right Of Access To Mass Media—By Jerome A. Barron, John R. Snowden

Nebraska Law Review

Freedom of the press has long been a paramount concern of the dynamic human. A free press may act as a catalyst to thought in the eternal synthesis of the real and the ideal. The free person, whether lawyer, artist, poet, or political philosopher has traditionally sought the freedoms of speech and press, and the Bill of Rights attempts in the first amendment to insulate discourse from the desires of those who would force a dichotomous choice on people seeking knowledge of the whole. The first amendment in its linear terms proposes to act as a shield, protecting expression not …

Potential Insect-Control Applications For Microwaves, Stuart Nelson

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The idea of using radiofrequency (RF) electric energy for controlling insects is not new. Experiments in the United States to control insects with high-frequency electric fields date back at least 45 years, and reports indicate development of similar interests in Europe during the same period. Many researchers have explored the possibilities since then, and their findings have been reviewed in several publications (Thomas, 1952; Frings, 1952; Peredel'skii, 1956; van den Bruel et al., 1960; Watters, 1962; Nelson, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973). The purposes in preparing this paper are to summarize these findings in a general way, to discuss some of …

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 9, September 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Nebraska Institute Hosts Energy Conference
NWRRI Awarded Research Contracts
Title II Deadline Announced
Water Resources Planning Criteria Endorsed by President
Additional Title II Grants Issued
The Pros and Cons of State Environmental Centers
New Office of Research and Development
Defendant: Office of Saline Water; Plaintiff: Representative Craig Hosmer
Land Use Bill Approved
Administration Assurances Received for Rural Conservation Program
Alaska Pipeline Authorized
Charge It! Says NTIS
MRBC Creates New Position--Information Officer Named
EROS Data Dedication
New Groundwater Tracing Technique
New Strip Mining Technique
From Icebergs to Ice Cubes
Flash-Flood Warning Systems
Water Service Prices …

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 8, August 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Underground Dam Provides Water Supply
Northern Great Plains Resource Program Meetings Held
Russell Train Heads EPA
Warren Fairchild New Director of Water Resources Council
New Department Proposed
Backlog of Water Projects
National Commission Short Sighted on Water Needs
New Discharge Permits for Feedlots
Fiscal Year 1974 Title II Programs Announced

Bacteriophage Φ6: A Lipid-Containing Virus Of Pseudomonas Phaseolicola, Anne K. Vidaver, R. K. Koski, James L. Van Etten

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The purification and properties of a lipid-containing bacteriophage, φ 6, are described. The phage contains a lipid envelope which is probably essential for infection. Infectivity of φ 6 was lost in the presence of organic solvents, sodium deoxycholate, and phospholipase A. The fatty acid composition of the phage lipid was similar to that of the Pseudomonas phaseolicola host cells. The phage was composed of about 25% lipid, 13% RNA, and 62% protein. The buoyant density of φ6 was 1.27 g/ml in cesium chloride. The morphology of φ6 was unusual; it had a polyhedral head of about 60 nm surrounded by …

Control Of Pantothenate Accumulation In Agrobacterium Tumefaciens, Tsuneo Kaneshiro, Larry O. Arthur, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Papers in Microbiology

Two pantothenate-requiring mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens have been isolated. One of them (strain WMP-1) is unusual in that growth levels equivalent to the parent strain are achieved only when the medium is additionally supplemented with aspartate or another compound related to the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Extracts of cells grown on limiting aspartate were found to contain four times more ¹⁴IC-pantothenate than th6se grown at optimal aspartate concentrations. This difference was found in both the perchloric acid-soluble and -insoluble fractions, presumably the coenzyme A pool and acyl carrier protein, respectively. These findings are discussed in terms of membrane integrity and …