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"The Battle Of The Experts": A New Approach To An Old Problem In Medical Testimony, Larry W. Myers

Nebraska Law Review

The testimony of medical experts is essential in establishing the extent of a plaintiff's injuries in personal injury litigation. When conflicting or contradictory medical testimony is presented, a phenomenon arises which often attains such noticeable proportions that it has been dramatically labeled "the battle of the experts." In several jurisdictions, judicial, legal, and medical groups have collaborated to create programs aimed at resolving or minimizing these courtroom conflicts. This study seeks to ascertain whether such a program would promote the administration of justice in Nebraska.

I. The Historical Existence of the Phenomenon

II. The Causes of the Phenomenon … A. …

The Criminal Justice Act Of 1964, Robert J. Kutak

Nebraska Law Review

The Criminal Justice Act of 1964 goes a long way toward making the idea that a poor man should not be denied an opportunity to defend himself against a criminal charge because he lacks the means a reality in our federal court system. By its impact on the administration of criminal justice, it is quite possible that the act will become recognized and rank as one of the major legislative achievements in a decade spanning both the New Frontier and the Great Society and crowded with congressional actions. The Criminal Justice Act of 1964 is quite short. Behind it, however, …

The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination In Nebraska, David Dow, Gregory D. Erwin

Nebraska Law Review

In the spring of 1964 the United States Supreme Court decided a group of cases which raise serious questions concerning the application of the privilege against self-incrimination in the states. It is the purpose of this article to suggest the changes which were thereby made in the application of the Privilege in Nebraska and to consider some of the problems that remain for solution.

I. Who May Claim the Privilege?

II. In What Kinds of Proceedings May the Privilege be Claimed?

III. What Disclosures Are Covered? … A. Ordinary Testimony … B. Physical Characteristics … 1. Passive Disclosures … 2. …

Employment-Precipitated Heart Attacks: A Few Legal Issues In Establishing Compensability, John M. Gradwohl, Hans J. Holtorf Jr.

Nebraska Law Review

I. [Introduction]

II. Compensability … A. In General … B. Usual versus Unusual Exertion in Heart Attack Cases … 1. Legislative Development … 2. Judicial Analogy

III. Rules of Evidence … A. In General … B. Spontaneous Declarations and Res Gestae … C. The “State of Mind” Exception … D. “Habit” … E. The “Dead Man’s Statute” … F. Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act

Unliquidated Tort Claims In Probate Proceedings—Notice Requirements, Gregory D. Erwin

Nebraska Law Review

Probating the estate of a person who has died in a traffic accident raises the question of whether to give other persons involved in the accident notice of the probate proceedings when it appears that the decedent may have been at fault. One practice is to file the estate for probate quickly, giving notice only by publication and hoping that the potential claimants fail to file by claim day, generally about six months later. Then not only are their claims forever barred but their counterclaims may be barred in a wrongful death suit brought by the executor. Nebraska and other …

Modules Over Commutative Rings, William G. Leavitt

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

The following is another short proof of the fact that for a commutative ring with unit R, any finitely based R-module is "dimensional" in the sense that all of its bases have the same number of elements.

THEOREM. Let R be a commutative ring with unit. If M is a unitary R-module with a basis of n elements, then all bases of M contain exactly n elements.

Limnology Of Carbonate – Bicarbonate Lakes In Nebraska, D. B. Mccarraher

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

The relation between chemical, physical and biological indices was examined in 1,640 sandhill lakes during the years of 1954 to 1963. Sandhill lakes are formed by either (1) wind deflation basins and closed drainages or (2) exposed ground water table basins. Topography of the 20,000 square mile sandhill region is primarily stabilized dune sand interspersed with wet meadows and pine - cedar - oak river drainage systems. Two-thirds of the area is dune sandhills and one-third occupied by basins, valleys and lakes.

All of the lakes are comparatively shallow, the deepest lake being Blue Lake with 13.8 feet. The average …

Basic-Data Report York County, Nebraska, C.F. Keech

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Soils, John A. Elder

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Variance Of Intraclass Correlation Involving Groups With One Observation, L.A. Swiger, W.R. Harvey, D.E. Everson, K.E. Gregory

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

An approximate formula is derived for the variance of intraclass correlation when unequal numbers of observations per group occur. The effect on the variance of t of adding groups with single observations is examined using the formula and results obtained by empirically generating data on a computer. The empirical results indicate that the approximate formula is satisfactory over the range of numbers used.

Adding a group with fewer than the average number of observations per group tends to reduce Vt by increasing the degrees of freedom for groups by one, but tends to increase Vt by decreasing the average precision …

Life Cycle And Development Of Prosthorhynchus Formosus (Van Cleave, 1918) Travassos, 1926, An Acanthocephalan Parasite Of Birds, Gerald D. Schmidt, O. Wilford Olsen

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The life cycle of Prosthorhynchus formosus (Van Cleave, 1918) Travassos, 1926 is presented. The terrestrial isopods Armadillidium vulgare, Porcellio laevis, and P. scaber served as experimental intermediate hosts, and chickens and turkeys as experimental definitive hosts. After ingestion of the eggs by the isopod, the acanthor emerges from its shells within 15 minutes to 2 hours, enters the gut wall of its host, and remains there 15 to 25 days. It then migrates to the hemocoel and develops through the acanthella stage to the infective cystacanth by the 60th to 65th day of infection.

The Relationship Of Certain Measures Of Creativity To Achievement In Selected Science And Related Coursework, Sheryl Oberg Snyder

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

The main question of this study concerns the relationship of creativity and achievement in science and related areas. More specifically, does the ingenious person, as determined by certain measures, excel in high school and college science, mathematics and science-related courses?Does the person with two- and three-dimensional visualization abilities, as determined by certain measures, likewise excel in these areas?Also, do the person with reasoning abilities similarly determined excel in these areas?

These questions raise a larger, overarching question predictability:Would knowledge of ingenuity, visualization ability, and reasoning ability aid in predicting achievement in science and related fields in high school and college? …

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xli. Observations On Cestodes Of The Genus Diplogonoporus Lönnberg, 1892 (Diphyllobothriidae), Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The study of a collection of cestodes assigned to the genus Diplogonoporus Lönnberg, 1892 disclosed but two species, D. balaenopterae Lönnberg, 1892, and D. tetrapterus (von Siebold, 1848) (provis.). These cestodes occur characteristically in marine mammals but occasionally are found in terrestrial hosts; D. balaenopterae is recorded for the first time from the domestic dog, and it is concluded that D. grandis (Blanchard, 1894), from man, is conspecific with D. balaenopterae. The latter species is recorded for the first time from the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski). The relatively small D. tetrapterus, a common parasite of the Steller …

The Specific Status Of The Narrow-Skulled Vole (Subgenus Stenocranius Kashchenko) In North America, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

On morphological and zoogeographical grounds, discussed in the present paper, it is concluded that the narrow-skulled vole in North America, previously designated Microtus (Stenocranius) miurus Osgood, is conspecific with the Eurasian M. (Stenocranius) gregalis Pallas. Fourteen subspecies in Eurasia and 5 in North America are now recognized, but it is probable that the number in Eurasia will be reduced through future investigation. The Eurasian subspecies of this vole comprise two major groups, of which one occupies the tundra zone and the other occurs across central Asia below latitude 60° N; their geographic ranges are largely separate …

Observation Of Autoionization Levels In He By Positive Ion Bombardment, M. Eugene Rudd

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Certain highly excited energy levels in helium have been observed optically and by inelastic electron scattering, and have been calculated theoretically. Reported here is the observation of these levels by the measurement of the energy spectrum of electrons emitted after bombardment with protons and hydrogen molecular ions. Some of the states show up clearly by this method which are weak or absent in the other techniques. Berry has previously observed autoionization of helium by this method, but his measurements lacked the resolution necessary to identify the states.

Nebraska Bird Review (October 1964) 32(4), Whole Issue.

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Thirty-ninth Annual Cooperative Spring Migration and Occurrence Report .............................. 66

Apparent Local Differences in the Calls of the Acadian Flycatchers .............................. 82

General Notes .............................. 83

George E. Blinco 1879-1964 .............................. 84

Excerpts from Letters .............................. 84

Index of Volume XXXII .............................. 86

Nebraska Groundwater Level Map (Decline & Rise) Between Fall 1954 And Fall 1964

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Government Research (2nd Bird Control Seminar 1964), Clarence Faulkner , A. B. Stevenson , Carlton Herman

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Papers include:
Control Methods and Pesticide Problems
Canadian Programs
Disease as a Factor in Bird Control

Non-Commercial Operations In Bird Control (2nd Bird Control Seminar 1964), John Beck, Paul Ochs, Alex T. Cringan, Clarence Faulkner, William B. Jackson

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Papers include:
Airport Problems
Urban and Rural Problems
Blackbird Problems
New Approaches

Academic Aspects Of Bird Control (2nd Bird Control Seminar 1964), William B. Jackson , Mel Dyer, Walter Howard

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Papers include:

Dr. William B. Jackson, Bowling Green State University - Undergraduate Preparation

Dr. Mel Dyer, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada - Approaches to Research

Dr. Walter Howard, University of California, Davis - Some General Remarks Regarding Bird Control

Presentation of Specific Problems

Public Health Aspects Of Bird Control, William B. Jackson, Ralph Masterson, Paul Schnurrenberger, D. O. Jones, Roderic Jones, John Morley, George Mowrey

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The first session; papers include:
Animal Diseases in General
Public Health Aspects of Bird Control or Zoonoses
Public Relations
Sanitation

Legal Aspects Of Bird Control, Ray Davis, Jack Russell, John Ludeman, Nathaniel Geary, Ed Bosak

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Second session; papers include:
Legal Aspects
Enforcement
Humane Laws and Poison Laws
Registration of Materials
Use Restrictions
Wildlife Regulations

Commercial Operations Session (2nd Bird Control Seminar), Lee Truman, Phil Spear, Jim Steckel, Harlan Shuyler

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Third session; papers include:
New Problems
New Materials
Preparation of Materials and New Techniques
Community Control Programs

Proceedings: Second Bird Control Seminar (1964) -- Contents And Schedule

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, BOWLING GREEN, OHIO 1964

In cooperation with:
U. S. Fish a Wildlife Service, Ohio Pest Control Association, Toledo Department of Health, Economic Biology Curriculum, Bowling Green State University
Note to the reader:
These proceedings were taken "verbatium" on stenotype machine by the Hammock, Pace, and LaMotte Company of Columbus, Ohio. Several of the speakers did not use prepared texts, and one session made extensive use of slides. Therefore, many parts of the proceedings make somewhat unusual or seemingly disjointed reading. This is caused by the fact that we are unable to incorporate inflec¬tions of voice, mood, …

Factors Affecting The B-Vitamin Content Of Cottage Cheese, Gary Dean Reif

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the vitamin content of Cottage cheese and to study the factors which may alter the content of certain B-vitamins. The specific objectives were as follows:

1. To determine the niacin, B₆, B₁₂ and folic acid content of skimmilk and Cottage cheese and the retention of those vitamins in the curd from the milk.
2. To study the synthesis of niacin, B₆, B₁₂ and folic acid during the 16-hr setting period used in making Cottage cheese, and to determine whether the vitamin synthesis by the starter was partly responsible …

Factors Affecting The B-Vitamin Content Of Cottage Cheese, Gary Dean Reif

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to investigate the vitamin content of Cottage cheese and to study the factors which may alter the content of certain B-vitamins. The specific objectives were as follows:

1. To determine the niacin, B₆, B₁₂ and folic acid content of skimmilk and Cottage cheese and the retention of those vitamins in the curd from the milk.
2. To study the synthesis of niacin, B₆, B₁₂ and folic acid during the 16-hr setting period used in making Cottage cheese, and to determine whether the vitamin synthesis by the starter was partly responsible …

Digenetic Trematodes Of Fishes As Indicators Of The Ecology, Phylogeny And Zoogeography Of Their Hosts [Abstract], Harold W. Manter

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The prevalence and diversity of trematodes of fishes, together with the fact that many of them have considerable host specificity, make them a favorable group for studies of host relationships and zoogeography.

Phase-Space Occupation Of Electron, Proton, And Photon Beams, Robert Katz, Basil Curnutte Jr.

Robert Katz Publications

The intensities of known electron, proton, and photon beams are compared to the intensity of a saturated beam of fermions, providing direct experimental evidence for the boson nature of photons.

Calcium Ion Requirement For Proliferation Of Bacteriophage Φμ-4, Fred Shafia, T.L. Thompson

Papers in Microbiology

SHAFIA, FRED (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), AND T. L. THOMPSON. Calcium ion requirement for proliferation of bacteriophage Φμ-4. J. Bacteriol. 88:293-296. 1964.-Divalent ions are essential for proliferation of phage Φμ-4. Small amounts of citrate interfere with efficient adsorption of phage to the host cells. Penetration of phage material into the cell is strictly dependent on divalent ions and is inhibited by low levels of citrate. Inhibition of infection can be partially reversed, in early latent period, by calcium ions. Synthesis of new phage particles is also dependent on divalent ions. Addition of citrate to infected cell suspensions significantly reduced the …

Seasonal Population Fluctuations And Natural Control Of The Sweetclover Aphid, G. R. Manglitz, R. E. Hill

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Because the potential of the sweetclover aphid for damaging sweetclover is well documented, yet damage occurs only occasionally under field conditions, it would appear that natural factors which depress midsummer populations are important in preventing greater damage and worthy of detailed study. Thus, this study was begun early in 1959 to investigate the natural factors which generally keep populations of this aphid below levels causing economic damage.