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Noumenon: A Metaphysical Comedy, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

Noumenon: Synopsis

The work, which perhaps could best be described as a “metaphysical comedy”, consists of three levels:

1) the biography of the unnamed dilettante artist-philosopher “__”
2) personal interpolations by the biographer, Russel Stanford
3) editor’s commentary by Randall Snyder

Stanford, in spite of a lack of enthusiasm for the subject, agrees to write the biography. During this period his health degenerates and he increasingly imposes his own irrelevant opinions into the biography (his remarks are all indented, using the Palatino font, and further identified by the use of the small case “i”. The “biography” uses the New York …

Roles And Reasonable Expectations Of The Underwriter, Lawyer, And Independent Securities Auditor In The Efficient Provision Of Verified Information: “Truth In Securities” Reinforced, Arnold W. Messer

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Need for Verified Information … A. The Need for Prevention … B. The Securities and Exchange Commission … C. The Determent Effect

III. Lawyer as Auditor? … A. The Role of the Lawyer … B. Lawyer’s Duty to Investigate

IV. The Independent Securities Auditor … A. The Benefits … B. The Costs … C. The ISA … D. The Standard of Liability … E. Implementation under the Federal Securities Code

V. Conclusion

Appendix

A New Partnership In Corrections, Maurice H. Sigler

Nebraska Law Review

This last year has been one of the most tempestuous in the history of American corrections. The uproar really didn't start with Attica. It's been brewing for a long time. But Attica touched it off. Since then we have had recurrent disorders and unrest accompanied by wide public debate. Newspapers and periodicals nowadays often include articles and editorials on the shortcomings of corrections. The courts, legislative committees, church groups, chambers of commerce, and similar community organizations have joined in. Last December at the National Conference on Corrections called by President Nixon, the message was loud and clear. The country expects …

Critical Flicker Frequency In A Harp Seal, Pagophilus Groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777), Charles D. Bernholz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Critical flicker frequency (CFF) in a free-swimming harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) was investigated using behavioral techniques. The resulting CFF versus intensity contour indicates a definite rod-cone break, confirming a duplex photoreceptor population whose presence had not been observed in previous morphological reports.

Appendix A: The Use Of The Personalized System Of Instruction (Psi)

Calculus-Based General Physics

STUDY MODULES FOR THE USE OF THESE CBP MODULES

Recommended

1. What is the Philosophy of PSI?

2. How Do I Manage This System?

3. The Care and Feeding of Student Tutors

Optional

4. How to Plan the Content of a Keller Plan Course

5. How to Design a Study Module

6. How to Write Learning Objectives

The Case For Probabilistic Grammars, H. L. Berghel

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine two proposed extensions of statistical/probabilistic methodology, long familiar to the sciences, to linguistics. On the one hand it will be argued that the invocation of probabilistic measures is indispensable to any sensible criteria of grammatical adequacy, and on the other hand it will be suggested that probabilistic automata can be relevant to studies of language behavior.

1. The fully adequate (categorial/generative) grammar is one with which there corresponds an algorithm by means of which we can (recognize/ generate) all and only those syntactically correct sequences in the corresponding language. At this …

Ethnoscience As A Methodology In Indian Education: A Sioux And Apache Example, Elizabeth S. Grobsmith

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

The utility of ethnoscience as a methodology to improve American Indian education programs is discussed. Data from two native American communities is presented, focusing on the cultural conflict prevalent in their schools. The San Carlos Apache, a reservation-tribe of Western Apache in Arizona and an off-reservation community of Oglala Sioux from North-western Nebraska, are compared, emphasis being placed on the linguistic and cultural problems prohibiting effective education. Specific ethnosemantic studies are cited for their illumination of cognitive dissonance between native Americans and non-Indian teachers.

Cognitive Egocentricity Of The Child Within Piagetian Developmental Theory, Violet Kalyan-Masih

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

In popular usage of the term, an egocentric person is a conceited and boastful individual who is preoccupied with his own self-importance. There is, however, a fundamental difference between the cognitive egocentricity of a child as defined by Piaget, and the egocentricity of an adult as is commonly understood. A child is egocentric because he cannot take someone else's point of view; an adult is egocentric because he will not - in one case, it is cognitive inability; in the other, social insensitivity. "Cognitive egocentrism," according to Piaget, “…stems from a lack of differentiation between one's own point of view …

Competency To Stand Trial In Nebraska, Wayne Kreuscher

Nebraska Law Review

In Nebraska the procedure for determining whether a defendant is mentally competent to stand trial is discretionary with the court. Unlike the New York Criminal Procedure Law, described by H. H. A. Cooper in the preceding article ("Fitness to Proceed: A Brief Look at Some Aspects of the Medico-Legal Problem under the New York Criminal Procedure Law", the Nebraska statutes do not require a judge to order a psychiatric examination of a defendant whose mental competency to stand trial or to be sentenced is in doubt. Cooper's basic message is that judges must be aware that mental competency is neither …

Ritual Appraisement In White Singles’ Bars: From A Woman’S Perspective, Mary Jo Deegan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Singles bars provide a unique opportunity to observe sexual norms and mores in action. This set of expectations is particularly visible in these spots because they accentuate the mobility and "meat market" aspects of selection of dating partners. The meat market bargaining process is an important part of this ritual introduction, and it is a major organizing concept in the analysis.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 4, Nos. 3 And 4. September–December 1972

The Prairie Naturalist

THE SANDHILL CRANE WITH EMPHASIS ON ASPECTS

RELATED TO NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Douglas H. Johnson and Robert E. Stewart

SIZE AND COLORATION CHARACTERISTICS OF NEOTENIC SALAMANDERS IN DEVILS LAKE, N. D. ▪ Douglas W. Larson

BIRDS' EGGS: AN AID TO NATURE APPRECIATION ▪ S. O. Kolstoe

BIRD MORTALITY AT FOUR TOWERS IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA — FALL 1972 ▪ Michael Avery and Tom Clement

POPULATION IRRUPTION OF THE LEAST WEASEL (Mustela nivalis) IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ▪ John T. Lokemoen and Kenneth F. Higgins

An Analysis Of Democratic Voter-Leakage In Douglas County, Nebraska, William B. Huntington

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

In Douglas County, Nebraska the Democratic Party controls a majority according to the registration rolls, and yet the County rarely appears in the Democratic column after all the ballots are counted.It is a majority party on paper only; the raw material for building electoral victory is present, but the finished product is seldomly realized.The natural question which comes to mind is: Where do the Democrats disappear to on election day?

This work is a case study dealing with Democratic voter-leakage; it has two objectives to fulfill: 1) the presentation of original research on Democratic voter-leakage in Douglas County, Nebraska; and …

The Elusive Tree Quails Of Mexico, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

The three species of tree quails or wood-partridges, genus Dendrortyx, of Mexico and Central America are all surprisingly large — weighing up to one pound in the case of the largest species — and have relatively long tails that result in an overall body length of from 9 to 16 inches. Their beaks are large and heavy, and are related to their abilities to tear apart and consume fruits, flower buds, and similar materials.

Three species of tree quails have been described, all of which occur in moist montane forests, especially the mist-shrouded cloud forests that occur at elevations …

Fm 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 1972, Robert L. Bolin

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual reflects the lessons learned about technical intelligence during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The manual explains the theory of Army technical intelligence and describes strategic technical intelligence organizations in the United States.

Much of the manual explains technical intelligence activities of US forces in the field. It explains technical intelligence planning and collection activities. The need to label and handle captured equipment properly is stressed.

Appendices list references and technical intelligence categories, provide a sample technical intelligence plan, and explain handling and reporting of captured materiel and the standard nomenclature system for identifying Soviet bloc weapons and …

Experiment At Nebraska The First Two Years Of A Cluster College, Robert E. Knoll, Robert D. Brown

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

In November 1968 the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska was asked to react to a document coming from a faculty-student committee charged with examining the feasibility of establishing an innovating college on the Lincoln campus. It attempted to spell out the need for such innovation, and it offered a plan for fulfilling the need that it delineated. This is that document:

1

Within the past generation a new kind of student, a new kind of faculty, and a new kind of university have developed. To meet the challenges which these changes present and to provide for an …

Three-Configuration Matching-To-Sample In The Pigeon, Alan Kamil, Robert A. Sacks

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Pigeons were trained on a zero-delay matching-to-sample procedure during which only three of the four possible stimulus configurations were presented. Subsequently, all birds were exposed to all four configurations as a transfer test. A high degree of negative transfer from the three training configurations was obtained in Experiment 1. The results of Experiment 2 indicated that three-configuration training produced differential position-preference effects. During the transfer test, responding after one sample stimulus was apparently based on position, while responding after the other sample was based on color.

The Role Of Anxiety And Arousal Attribution In Cheating, Richard A. Dienstbier

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Previous research indicated that anticipating arousal symptoms (rather than benign) from a placebo pill reduced inhibiting emotion in men, resulting in more cheating. The effect did not occur for women. Using 180 males, Study I tested whether the placebo effect was due to mere attention to arousal symptoms, or whether attribution to the pill was required. In the placebo- attribution condition the arousal placebo facilitated cheating (p < .02). The effect did not occur for symptom-attention controls who received no pill, and the conditions differed (p < .02).Study II tested whether women failed to respond to the placebo manipulation due to higher anxiety. Under one of four stress levels, each of 240 women received the benign or arousal placebo. More cheated with the arousal placebo only under low stress (p <.035), and stress conditions differed (p < .025). The interaction of attribution manipulations with the conflicting emotions of the cheating situation is discussed.

Depth Perception As A Function Of Age, Benjamin Bell M.D., Ernst Wolf Ph.D., Charles D. Bernholz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Binocular depth perception was investigated in 164 healthy Ss of the Normative Aging Study, in connection with a model of ocular aging which explains change in the dioptric media in the forties on the basis of mechanical change and later change in the retina on the basis of metabolic change. A modified Verhoeff stereopter was used. The results showed a marked diminution to make stereoptic judgments occurred in the forties decade. This is in accordance with the model. In a companion paper, retinal field shrinkage will be explored as an illustration of later metabolic age change.

A Modified Belief Theory Of Prejudice Emphasizing The Mutual Causality Of Racial Prejudice And Anticipated Belief Differences, Richard A. Dienstbier

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The belief theory of prejudice introduced by M. Rokeach stated that racial prejudice is the result of the anticipation of belief differences. The unidirectional causal relationship implied is criticized as oversimplified. Research, supporting the belief theory is examined, with conceptual and experimental deficiencies noted. A new formulation is proposed which emphasizes mutual causality between racial prejudice and anticipated belief differences. Two studies supporting that view are presented in which belief communications were presented as tape-recorded interviews or speeches, with the race and social class of the communicator first having been manipulated. The interrelationships between communicator’s race, specific communication topic, and …

Methodology For Measuring Taste And Odor Preference Of Rodents, R. D. Thompson, S. A. Shumake, R. W. Bullard

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 5th (1972)

Taste enhancers and olfactory attractants are needed to improve bait acceptance for rodent control, but most methods for evaluating preference for taste and odor stimuli are not suitable for screening large numbers of such compounds. This paper describes two automated preference testers designed for this purpose. The taste preference apparatus is based on the principle of the brief-exposure, foods-together technique, whereby the animal briefly samples each food alone, in alternate sequence, before the two foods are presented together, in alternate positions. The odor preference tester is based on an open-field maze, whereby the test animal samples each of four odor …

Avian Thermoregulation And Its Significance In Starling Control, Robert G. Schwab, Vincent F. Schafer

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 5th (1972)

The ability of birds and mammals to maintain a relatively stable internal body temperature while under a considerable range of ambient environmental temperatures results in distinct ecological and physiological advantages. A constant body temperature facili-tates the activity of homeothermic (warm-blooded) animals in cold environments because the many temperature-dependent physiological and biochemical processes of the body are un-impeded. Conversely, poikilothermic (cold-blooded) animals lack the ability for precise thermoregulation and can function at top physiological efficiency only when ambient environmental temperatures are within a rather narrow optimum range. Homeothermia is accomplished by a system of physiological feed-back mechanisms which maintain a thermal …

Rat Reduction With Indigenous Methods, P. J. Deoras

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 5th (1972)

Mujumdar (1968) has recorded that there are 566,000 villages in India as compared to 2699 towns, and that there is 322,460,000 acres of cultivable land and probably 500 million domestic rats in India. The food production target in 1968 in India was to be 110 million tons. National rodent committee 1967 mentioned of a loss of one million ton of food grains by rats alone. Deoras (1968) has mentioned that 3 common rats in Bombay were consuming 26 gm. of food grains per day, that is, about one ounce, while the quantum of cereal rations available per man in some …

The Centrality Of Hart Crane's 'The Broken Tower', Melvin E. Lyon

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

No ONE HAS NOTED the extent to which Hart Crane's "The Broken Tower" not only contains many of his major ideas and elements of expression but also gives them culminating expression.1 Marius Bewley says of the poem that "the statement it makes is more central to Crane's life and his view of poetry than that of any other title in The Collected Poems,"2 but he does not develop the point. Herbert Leibowitz examines some of the recurrent images and clusters of images in Crane's work3 but sees in them no development and hence no climax. To me it seems that …

Residential Environment Studies Relevant For Research Programs. An Annotated Bibliography. Economic, Aesthetic And Environmental Aspects Of Family Housing, Florence S. Walker

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

At the time NCR-54 Committee was activated in 1966, the membership was charged with recommending new directions for housing research by home economists and others associated with Agricultural Experiment Stations. Basic to this charge, the committee determined to compile a list of housing research publications which had had an impact on the teaching and research responsibilities as perceived by the committee members. The compilation took the form of abstracts of research on selected aspects of housing: i.e., design and aesthetic, physical-physiological and socioeconomic, as well as influential general studies.

Unopa Notes, Volume 11, Issue 1, September 1972

UNOPA: Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Ec72-2014 Why You Choose A Home- Castle, Cave Or Igloo, Mary Dale Mcgregor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 72-2014: Why You Choose A Home-Castle, Cave, or Igloo. This circular is about the lifestyle and the environment to individuals around the world.

The Law As A Trade, Wallace Rudolph

Nebraska Law Review

A new organization is needed to supply legal services to the public. Only after the abandonment of such artificial devices as price fixing can the use of legal assistants under control of lawyers come into existence. The demand for legal services by an increasingly affluent society can only be tapped if we learn to supply such services cheaply and efficiently. This can happen only if we abandon fixed fee systems and supply all the existing demand. The Bar should reconsider its approach and abandon minimum bar fees to foster, instead, the training of legal assistants and the delivery of inexpensive …

Informed Consent: Some Problems Revisited, Arthur J. Shartsis

Nebraska Law Review

It is no longer disputed that the physician has a duty to inform his patient of the nature of the treatment proposed by the physician and the risks involved in that treatment. Because of this required disclosure the patient is better able to "determine what shall be done with his own body" by making an informed decision whether or not to undergo treatment. Yet, both the law and medicine are far from the "last say" concerning certain particularly difficult problems which arise within the scope of the physician's communication to the patient and the patient's assent to treatment. In this …

Education For 1984 And After: A Symposium Of Deans Of Education And Leaders In Institutions Educating Teachers, Paul A. Olson, Larry Freeman, James Bowman

Department of English: Faculty Publications

I. Real Educational Needs and Strategies for Response

A. The Roots of Reform and the Demography of Supply and Demand

B. The Need for Teachers With Specialized Skills

C. Summary on Information Needed

"The Crisis of Confidence in Schools and Society " -- Dean Corrigan.

"The Preparation of the Teacher: An Evaluation of the State of the Art" -- Paul A. Olson

II. Targeted Education for Teachers and Access to Teacher Training

III. Accountability

A. The Concept of Accountability

B. Power Relationships: Accountability, Accessibility and Constituencies

"How Should Schools Be Held Accountable?" -- Murray Wax

"Review of Human and Social …

The Identification And Differentation Of Selected Professional Competencies For Agricultural Educators, Ronald E. Stoller

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

Purpose of the Study The primary purpose of the study was to determine whether a common core of professional competancies for agricultural educators could be identified. The study was also designed to identify and differentiate professional competencies most important for individual respondent groups. Assumption It Was assumed that all agricultural educators were proficient in the necessary technical agricultural subject matter such as, agronomy, animal science, to perform their job. Only selected professional competencies as they relate to the pedagogy for teaching were studied, Procedure A study questiormaire containing 147 professional cOl'lpetencies was developed and tested with the aid of a …