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Problem Patrons: The Other Kind Of Library Security, J. Kirk Brashear, James J. Maloney, Judellen Thornton-Jaringe

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The security of library collections and property has long been a matter of serious concern to librarians, and much has been written about the protection of library property from vandalism and theft. This is quite understandable given the pressure of decreasing budgets, rising costs, and the difficulty of obtaining replacement copies. Little serious attention, however, has been devoted to another kind of library security problem: the need to protect the rights and safety of people, both staff members and library users, against what are loosely referred to as "problem patrons."

Several articles have appeared in recent library literature concerning the …

Review Of The American West: New Perspectives, New Dimensions Edited By Jerome O. Steffen, James R. Shortridge

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

One learns to be suspicious of essay collections. Not only does article quality usually vary, but often the issues addressed are so disparate that an editor can write of an encompassing theme only by using the vaguest of terms. Using these points as criteria, The American West is a better-than-average collection. Editor Jerome Steffen does not say how the eight essays were assembled, but, with one exception, the quality is very good and, with another exception, an important central theme is followed. Steffen asserts that western history needs new and enlarged perspectives if it is to escape its label of …

Mulford And Bower: Myth And History In The Early Western, William A. Bloodworth Jr.

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

With the exception of commentary on Owen Wister and The Virginian (1902), surprisingly little has been written about popular western novels published before world War I.¹ Yet it was writers following in the wake of The Virginian's popularity who really developed and defined the mass-audience western of commercial prospects and formulaic content. B. M. Bower, Clarence Mulford, William McCleod Raine, and Charles Alden Seltzer prepared the way for the later and greater popularity of Zane Grey, whose books first became best-sellers between 1912 and 1917; for the prolific productions of pulp writers like Max Brand after 1918; and …

A System For The Observation Of Voles Under Semi-Natural Conditions With Applications To: Social Interactions, Competition, Food Habits, Habitat Preference And Bait Accpetance., D. S. Wilkie, M. A. Novak

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

A laboratory system to study microtine rodents has been developed that avoids many of the intrinsic restrictions of earlier laboratory and field studies. The system is composed of two interconnected plexiglas tables with a soil substrate and hay cover. The system permits unconstrained visual observation of voles as they move within a runway network of their own construction. The flexibility of the system facilitates its use in various avenues of microtine research.

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Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

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Living and Learning in Academic Cultures, An Invitation by Stephen C. Scholl

Letter, by Stephen C. Scholl

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Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Registration Form Living and Learning in Academic Cultures, An Invitation by Stephen C. Scholl Letter, by Stephen C. Scholl

Giving-Up As A Poisson Process: The Departure Decision Of The Green Lacewing, Alan B. Bond

Alan Bond Publications

Predators that forage for aggregated prey appear to require a decision rule for determining the point at which to discontinue their search in a given prey patch and move on to another. Although the optimum rule depends heavily on features of the searching behavior of the predator and the distribution of the prey (Oaten 1977), most previous authors have assumed that the decision must involve an assessment of the capture rate within a patch and a comparison with the mean capture rate in the environment as a whole (Krebs 1978). When the perceived quality of the given patch becomes significantly …

Spatial Memory And The Performance Of Rats And Pigeons In The Radial-Arm Maze, Alan B. Bond, Robert G. Cook, Marvin R. Lamb

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

The resource-distribution hypothesis states that the ability of an animal to remember the spatial location of past events is related to the typical distribution of food resources for the species. It appears to predict that Norway rats would perform better than domestic pigeons in tasks requiring spatial event memory. Pigeons, tested in an eight-arm radial maze, exhibited no more than half of the memory capacity observed in rats in the same apparatus and may not have used spatial memory at all. The results were interpreted as supporting the hypothesis.

Newsletter Of The Association For Documentary Editing, Volume 3, Number 2, May 1981.

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

No abstract provided.

Dearth And Bias: Issues In The Editing Of Ethnohistorical Materials, Patricia Galloway

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

It is in these two problem areas, lack of material and ethnocentric bias, that the historical editor can best offer help to the ethnohistorian. The importance of any single early colonial document containing description of preliterate peoples in North America is almost incalculable. In some few instances our knowledge of the very existence of individual tribes rests upon such a single document. 5 For this reason the historical editor should consider the needs of ethnohistory when he is choosing documents to edit for publication. The modern growth of interest in social history has broken the hold of the "Great White …

Nebraskans, Lawyers, & The Law: A Two-Year Report, Kent A. Wilson

Nebraska Law Review

In January 1979, the Nebraska State Bar Association and the University of Nebraska College of Law initiated a continuing research program designed to assess the extent and nature of legal problems facing Nebraskans, the role attorneys play in assisting the public in dealing with these problems, and the perceptions held by Nebraskans of attorneys and the legal system. The research program has been operational for two years, collecting data from Nebraska residents across the state through the use of a six-page, two-hundred-item questionnaire entitled Nebraskans, Lawyers, & the Law (NLL Questionnaire). The NLL Questionnaire was developed to examine the following …

Indexes To Volume 60

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Language In The Theory Of Communication Of Nicolas Malebranche, Thomas M. Carr Jr.

French Language and Literature Papers

Nicolas Malebranche (1638–1715) is perhaps the most important French philosopher between Descartes and the Revolution of 1789. His synthesis of Cartesian elements and Augustinianism in the last quarter of the seventeenth century had great influence on several generations of thinkers before the rationalism he represented was replaced by the new Lockian sensualism. There has been a European revival of interest in Malebranche in the last twenty years, centering around the first critical edition of his complete works, a task headed by the Belgian historian of philosophy André Robinet, and there are signs that American interest is growing as well with …

The Effects Of Mbo On Performance And Satisfaction In A Public Sector Organization, Kenneth R. Thompson, Fred Luthans, Willbann D. Terpening

Leadership Institute: Faculty Publications

This field study examined the effects of MBO on measures of quantity and quality of performance and satisfaction with the work and supervision among employees in a human services agency. Although not all the quantity measures improved significantly, the combined measure for quantity of performance and one of two quality measures showed significant improvement following implementation of MBO. Satisfaction with supervision also significantly improved but not satisfaction with work. The study lends support to the use of MBO in public sector organizations.

Mobbing Calls Of The Phainopepla, Daniel W. Leger, Laura F. Carroll

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

When mobbing potential predators, male Phainopeplas (Phainopepla nitens) utter smoothly upswept vocalizations, unlike the harsh, staccato mobbing calls of other birds and mammals. A Phainopepla repeats this call as it approaches the bottom of its diving arc over the predator. We suggest that these calls do not serve to attract additional mobbers to the scene. Rather, they appear to emphasize the diving attacks directed toward the predator.

Transactions Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences And Affiliated Societies Volume Ix (1981): Table Of Contents

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

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

Editorial Board, Instructions to Contributors .......... v

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

Anthropology

Preliminary report on the 1979 excavations at the Clary Ranch Site (Myers, Corner, and Tanner) .......... 1

Biological and Medical Sciences

Sister chromatid exchanges in a male with a Y /Y translocation (M. G. Butler) .......... 9

Further observations on polymegaly in species of the Drosophila affinis subgroup (Ho-Chi Chang and D. D. Miller) .......... 13

Pruduction rates of aquatic insects in a turbid reservoir (J. C. Lund and E. J. Peters) .......... 23 …

Discovering History Of Psychology, Mark E. Ware

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Research projects, reading sources, and a lecture format were used in a course on history and systems of psychology to determine their effectiveness as learning instruments. Twenty-two students enrolled in the fall and spring semesters of the course took part in the evaluation. Students selected from among several types of research projects. One secondary and two primary reading sources were used. The instructor's lectures included material from both within and out· side the texts. The results of a course evaluation indicated that students reacted favorably to research projects as a means for acquiring or modifying skills, information, and attitudes. Satisfaction …

Vengeance And Mercy: Implications Of Psychoanalytic Theory For The Retributive Theory Of Punishment, Kent A. Wilson

Nebraska Law Review

This article extends the merger of law and social science to the areas of retribution and criminal punishment. More specifically, it examines the concept of retribution from historical, philosophical, and psychological points of view. The goal is to develop an integrated concept of retribution, and to discern variables that psychological theory and research indicate are relevant to legal theories and practices in the area of retributive punishment.

The Miranda Prohibition: A Narrowing Standard To Control Police Conduct: Rhode Island V. Innis, 100 S. Ct. 1682 (1980), Emmett J. Mcmahon

Nebraska Law Review

In Rhode Island v. Innis, the United States Supreme Court faced the difficult problem of distinguishing between voluntary confessions, which are admissible in court, and coerced confessions, which are inadmissible due to improper custodial interrogation. The decision in Innis provided a long-awaited guideline for determining when police conduct falls within the Miranda prohibition. The Court's test included an objective inquiry into the likely effect of police conduct on a typical person in the suspect's position and a subjective inquiry as to whether the police should have known of any special characteristics of the suspect which would make him susceptible …

Nebraska's Legislative Responses To The Energy Crisis: Solar Energy, Gasohol, And The Conservation Ethic, Mark C. Williams

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Promoting the Development of Renewable Energy Sources … A. Solar Energy … 1. Legislative Definition of Solar Energy … 2. Access to the Sun … a. Easements … b. Zoning … c. Restrictive Covenants … 3. Renewable Energy Sources: Tax and Loan Incentive … a. Sales Tax Exemptions … b. Property Tax Exemption … c. Income Tax … d. Government Loans … B. Gasohol

III. Promotion of the “Conservation Ethic” … A. Energy Conservation Financing by Utilities … B. Functions Provided by State Government … 1. Creation of State Energy Office … 2. Lighting and Thermal Efficiency …

Recent Developments In Behavior Modification, Michael T. Brogan

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Drugs … A. First and Eighth Amendments … B. Constitutional Guidelines … C. The Four Constitutional Interests … D. A Private Right of Action … E. Emergency v. Non-Emergency Situations

III. Seclusion

IV. Physical Restraints

V. Token Economies and Therapeutic Labor … A. Token Economies … B. Therapeutic Labor

VI. Psychosurgery and Electric Shock … A. Psychosurgery … B. Electric Shock

VII. Conclusion

Public Trials And A First Amendment Right Of Access: A Presumption Of Openness: Richmond Newspapers, Inc. V. Virginia, 100 S. Ct. 2814 (1980), Robert F. Copple

Nebraska Law Review

The first amendment freedoms of speech and press, and the sixth amendment right to a fair trial are considered to occupy a special place in the constitutional hierarchy. When these rights collide, rarely is the resulting fair trial–free press conflict easily resolved. In Gannett Co. v. DePasquale, the Supreme Court added one more facet to the conflict by holding that the sixth amendment right to a public trial was personal to the accused, and that the public trial right did not confer upon the public a right of access to pretrial suppression hearings. The Court's ambiguous opinion was viewed …

Resegregation Processes In Desegregated Schools And Status Relationships For Hispanic Students, Helen A. Moore, Peter Iadicola

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

The resegregation of students in desegregated elementary schools generates potential barriers to social integration and academic achievement.  WE are interested in the role of greater status inequality in reducing academic achievement for minority students.  We generate multiple measures of internal schooling processes such as ability grouping, high stakes testing, and unequal burdens of busing across racial ethnic groups at ten desegregated elementary schools in California selected as case studies from a larger sample of 182 schools.  Hispanic student enrollments ranged from 10 percent to 53 percent of each campus and we assess variations in resegregation practices and student and campus …

Rölvaag, Grove And Pioneering On The American And Canadian Plains, Dick Harrison

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Ole Rölvaag's Giants in the Earth and Frederick Philip Grove's Fruits of the Earth are not obvious choices with which to begin comparing the pioneer fiction of the American and Canadian plains. Giants, translated from the Norwegian, is about Helgelander fishermen settling in the wilds of Dakota Territory in 1873 and, with little more than their bare hands, trying to farm the alien prairie and establish rudimentary institutions of family, church, school, and local government. Fruits, written in English, is about an Anglo-Saxon farmer from Ontario who brings equipment and capital to the task of building an empire …

Goal Setting And Performance Evaluation: An Attributional Analysis, Dennis L. Dossett, Carl I. Greenberg

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

The present study considered the effect of goal setting on supervisors' evaluations of employees' performance and the causes attributed to that performance. Results indicated that attributional distortions were greater in the assigned than in the participative or self-set goal conditions. Supervisors rated the high participatively-set goal worker significantly higher in performance, ability, effort, and goal commitment than they rated the low participatively-set goal worker.

Prediction Analysis And Developmental Priority: A Comment On Froman And Hubert, David Moshman

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

Froman and Hubert (1980) have attempted to show how recently developed prediction analysis techniques may be applied to issues of developmental priority, that is, to clarifying the interrelationship between two developing concepts. Although this work is in some respects an important advance over earlier statistical techniques, it seems to raise new problems: (a) It goes too far in identifying issues of developmental priority (sequence vs. synchrony) with issues of statistical relationship (dependence vs. independence) and thus (b) unjustifiably fails to consider certain information inherent in the data which, although irrelevant to issues of statistical relationship, is highly relevant to issues …

Agricultural Experiment Station News December 1980

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
FUNDING
FAREWELL AND BEST WISHES TO MRS. DELORES SORENSEN
RECEPTION
Sahs Sez
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
PROJECTS APPROVED
CURRENT RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEM
Animal Science Departmental Review
Energy Farm
PERSONNEL

Agricultural Experiment Station News November/December 1980

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
FAREWELL AND BEST WISHES TO MRS. DELORES SORENSEN
RECEPTION
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
PROJECTS APPROVED
CURRENT RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEM
FEATURE ARTICLES

The Probe, Issue 9 - November 1980

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:
Cecil D. Andrus, lawsuit
All Together Now – Let’s Sue Andrus
desert tortoise
Treasury Reports
Ken Green of Avitrol Corporation has an article in PEST CONTROL
Black-footed ferret
A new social disease, "coyotitis"
The Brotherhood
Rats
Regulation Scoreboard: Government 80 : Taxpayer 0
Coleman Company has just introduced a little gadget
Ol’ Timer’s Corner: Walt Boehm, Virgil Parsons, Mark Worcester
NRA Hunting Annual
Wildlife Legislative Fund of America
Blueberries added to the list of fruits that can be sprayed with MESUROL
TRAPPING BENEFITS PEOPLE AND WILD ANIMALS
William D. Fitzwater

The Impact Of Moral Theories On Cheating: Studies Of Emotion Attribution And Schema Activation, Richard A. Dienstbier, Lynn R. Kahle, Keith A. Willis, Gilbert B. Tunnell

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

This research series began as a test of an emotion-attribution approach to moral behavior. However, in the early studies, college students who read about morality were subsequently more likely to cheat on a vocabulary test than were control subjects who read materials irrelevant to morality. We hypothesized that resentment toward the test constructors interacted with the moral schemas activated by the reading task. To reduce resentment, in Study III the vocabulary test was presented as the experimenter's doctoral research. As predicted, compared to controls, those subjects who read about morality cheated less. Study IV was a quasi-experiment that confirmed the …