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Secretion Of Amylase By Rumex Virus Tumors In Vitro, L. G. Nickell, M. K. Brakke

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The secretion of extracellular enzymes by intact cells of higher plants apparently is a rare occurrence. One example of it is the secretion of an extra, cellular amylase by the tissue of a virus-induced tumor from the root of Rumex wetosa L. An amylase is secreted in sufficient quantities by this tissue to enable it to grow as well in vitro on a starch-containing medium as on one containing sucrose.

A Seventeen-Year Study Of Plant Succession In Prairie, J. E. Weaver

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The nature and rate of regeneration of a 23- yr.-old bluestem pasture under complete protection from grazing were studied near Lincoln, Nebraska. The pasture adjoined a large tract of True Prairie, 0.5 mi. long and 0.25 mi. wide, of which it was originally a part. The prairie, of the upland mid- grass type, had not been grazed for at least 40 yr., and probably only moderately since the disappearance of the bison. It is used for the production of hay and is mowed annually in late summer or autumn. A portion of the pasture adjoining the prairie was separately fenced …

Birds Observed In The Potholes Region During 1953-1954, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

From June 15-August 15, 1953 and from February 15 to August 15, 19 5 4 the writer did extensive field work in the Potholes Region of Grant County,Washington, gathering data for an ecological study of the vegetation and wildlife of that area. During this time considerable observations of the bird life were made, which for the most part were restricted to the area adjacent to O'Sullivan Dam and Potholes Reservoir.

Long-Tailed Jaeger Collected In Eastern Washington, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

An adult female Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) was collected on Potholes Reservoir. Grant County. Washington, June 27. 1953. The bird was observed resting on the water near the middle of the reservoir. and as I approached. I noticed it was unable to fly. It attempted to fly several times as I came near, but seemed too exhausted to be able to leave the water. It was readily captured and brought to shore. Although in apparent good health. it refused to eat. and died that night. The bird was skinned, and is specimen number 53-216 in the Charles R. …

Radioactivity Of Sm153 And Eu155, M. R. Lee, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

The radiations from Sm¹⁵³ and Eu¹⁵⁵ have been studied by means of a 180-degree, magnetic-focusing, variable-field beta-ray spectrometer-spectrograph using enriched materials. In the disintegration of 47.0-hr Sm¹⁵³, conversion electrons of three gamma rays of energy, 0.0691, 0.1027, 0.548 Mev, and three beta-ray spectra whose end-point energy and relative intensity were 0.255 Mev, 9 percent; 0.685 Mev, 70 percent; 0.795 Mev, 21 percent, respectively, were observed. A fourth beta-ray spectrum of end-point energy 0.62 Mev and intensity less than 6 percent is postulated. A decay scheme in good agreement with these data and with nuclear shell theory …

Fat Separation In Evaporated Milk. Iii. Gravity Separation And Heat Stability, R. B. Maxcy, H. H. Sommer

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Fat separation is a continuous problem in the production, handling, and storage of evaporated milk. This defect becomes most objectionable during prolonged quiescent storage at high temperatures. The butterfat rises to the upper surface forming a viscous, leathery layer, which may prevent pouring of the milk from a relatively small opening.
To retard fat separation, the manufacturer attempts to obtain effective homogenization and sufficient coagulation of the proteins during sterilization to give the product a high viscosity or "heavy body" (1, 12, 14). These practical applications are aimed at three fundamental considerations: a reduction in the size of the fat …

Fat Separation In Evaporated Milk Ii. Age-Thinning Of Concentrated, Sterilized Milk, R. B. Maxcy, H. H. Sommer

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

During the process of sterilization of evaporated milk there is a gradual increase in the viscosity, or the body of the product. However, there is a reduction in the viscosity especially during the early phase of storage. This loss in viscosity, referred to as age-thinning, continues for a number of months.

Fat Separation In Evaporated Milk I. Homogenization, Separation, And Viscosity Tests, R. B. Maxcy, H. H. Sommer

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

The rising of fat in evaporated milk on prolonged storage will inevitably occur since the density of the fat particles is lower than that of the concentrated milk plasma in which they are suspended. It has been shown that the velocity of rise of individual fat globules in milk plasma is in good agreement with the velocity as predicated by Stokes' law (5). Troy and Sharp (7) also found the velocity of rise of globule clusters in general agreement with this law. Their observations on clusters were less precise, however, because of inherent complications arising from the irregularities in the …

Polyvinyl Alcohol-Fixative-Adhesive For Small Helminths And Protozoa, Glenn L. Hoffman

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Following the method of Brooke and Goldman (1949), the author was able to fix, mount and stain small helminths and parasitic protozoa of fish in polyvinyl alcohol-fixative smears. However, because there was much granular material in the PVA-Schaudin's mixture, AFA fixative was substituted for the Schaudin's. The PVA went into solution readily using this fixative. The solution was accomplished by adding 5 grams Elvanol #71-30¹ to 62 ml. of water, heating to 950 C. until dissolved and adding 5 ml. of acetic acid, 1-1/2 ml. of glycerine, 10 ml. of formaldehyde, and 30 ml. of 95 percent alcohol.

The Occurrence Of Ornithodiplostomum Ptychocheilus (Faust) (Trematoda: Strigeida) In Fish And Birds, Glenn L. Hoffman

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The metacercaria of Ornithodiplostomum ptychocheilush as been reported by Faust (1918; Illinois Biological Monographs 4(1): 1-120) from mesenteries of the squawfish, Ptychocheilus oregonensis (Richardson), and by Hughes and Piszcek (1928; Journal of Parasitology 15: 58-62) and Van Haitsma (1930; Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 49: 140-153) in the northeastern sand shiner, Notropis deliciosus stramineus (Cope). Van Haitsma (1930) found the adults in mergansers, Mergus americanus, M. serrator, Lophodytes cucullatus, and the old squaw duck, Harelda hyemalis. He also reared the metacercaria to the adult in young domestic ducks. Lyster (1940; Canadian Journal of Research 18D: 79-82) reported …

(Summary) Of Variation In Pasture Ticks (Acarina, Ixodidae) And Its Significance For Systematics, G. S. Pervomaisky

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

First paragraph:

1) Pasture ticks (Ixodidae) have a great significance as specific vectors and stimulators of many infectious diseases of man and cattle.

The Private Corporate Entity On The International Plane, Henry M. Gallagher Jr.

Nebraska Law Review

Protection of a client’s assets in a foreign country has always been one of a lawyer’s most uncertain problems. Today, with international trade depending increasingly upon foreign corporate entities, the protection of foreign assets is even more difficult than before. And the difficulty is the price which must be paid for benefits derived from organizing some form of legal person under foreign laws for the purpose of conducting foreign business. Preservation of the value of assets held by such organizations often depends upon whether a tribunal will look through the formal corporate organization to the ultimate owner and consider his …

The Bricker Amendment In Canada . . . A Rose-Coloured Optical Illusion, Thomas Franck

Nebraska Law Review

It is not infrequently pointed out by the advocates of constitutional amendments restricting the treaty powers that just such restrictions as are envisioned by the Bricker Resolution are, in fact, already the law in Canada, and that the Dominion has not only managed to “get along”—but has actually moved forward with great speed in terms of international importance.

The Canadian arrangement is frequently eulogized by the advocates of amendment as a model of constitutional horse-sense and practicality. Such damning praise is richly undeserved. The resemblances which appear to link the Canadian treaty powers and the Bricker Amendment are neither all …

Words Necessary For Creation Of A Joint Tenancy, John Wilson

Nebraska Law Review

The use of joint tenancies has increased in Nebraska within the past decade to the point where it has been estimated that more than half of the conveyances recorded are of that type. In view of the widespread use of this joint form of ownership many questions will arise in the future concerning the language necessary to create a joint tenancy. Section 76-205 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska provides: “In the construction of every instrument creating or conveying . . . any real estate or interest therein, it shall be the duty of the courts of justice to carry …

Accounting Procedures And Methods Under The 1954 Internal Revenue Code, Philip G. Johnson

Nebraska Law Review

Differences between tax accounting rules and generally accepted accounting principles have been a source of irritation to accountants, lawyers, and business men generally. Although the regulations interpreting the Internal Revenue laws have long asserted that, “approved standard methods of accounting will generally be regarded as clearly reflecting the income,” court decisions and rulings have undermined the broad principles in the regulations.

The principle area where the rules of tax accounting differed from generally accepted accounting principles was found in the rules applicable to the timing of transactions. They were confined principally to questions of when income should be recognized and …

Evidence—Directed Verdicts—Inferences From Circumstantial Evidence, Robert Berkshire

Nebraska Law Review

In Nebraska a directed verdicts based on circumstantial evidence leading to an inference presents a difficult problem. Even the Supreme Court of the United States has hedged when called upon to formulate a rule to help guide trial judges in federal courts when they are considering what degree of circumstantial evidence is needed to allow a case to go to the jury. The court stated “. . . the essential requirement is that mere speculation be not allowed to do duty for probative facts, after making due allowance for all reasonably possible inferences favoring the party whose case is attacked.” …

Property—Replevin Action—Assigned Certificate Of Title Insufficient To Prove Ownership, Jerry C. Stirtz

Nebraska Law Review

Plaintiff insurance company paid the owner of a stolen automobile full value for his loss, and received in return the certificate of title with a proper assignment thereon. Later, having found the automobile in the possession of the defendant, a purchaser from a thief, plaintiff sued out a writ of replevin without first obtaining a new certificate of title in its own name. Held: because of his failure to obtain a new certificate of title in his own name, the plaintiff failed to sustain the burden of proving ownership in a replevin action.

It is a well-established rule of law …

Municipal Corporations—Home Rule Charter—Validity Of Charter Amendment Authorizing Penalty Of Imprisonment At Hard Labor For Violation Of Municipal Ordinance, Clark Nichols Jr.

Nebraska Law Review

The home rule charter of the city of Lincoln, Nebraska at one time provided:

In addition to the powers hereinbefore enumerated, the city shall have power by ordinances:

50. To make all such ordinances, by laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the state as may be expedient, in addition to the special powers in this article enumerated, to maintain the peace, good government, and welfare of the city, its trade, commerce and manufactures, and to enforce all ordinances by imposing forfeitures, and by inflicting fines and penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding one hundred dollars …

Constitutional Law—Equal Protection—Municipal Zoning Ordinance, Robert E. Roeder

Nebraska Law Review

The plaintiff, a non-profit religious corporation, brought mandamus action to compel a city building inspector to issue a permit for the construction of the corporation’s private religious high school upon the corporation’s land in class “A” residence zone. The city zoning ordinance prohibited the erection of buildings other than single family dwellings, public schools, or private elementary schools within class “A” residence districts. Held: No unconstitutional or otherwise illegal discrimination appeared in the zoning ordinance by reason of its exclusion of private high schools from class “A” residence zones while accepting similar public high schools.

This decision is contrary …

Book Review: The Case Of Mrs. Surratt, James A. Lake

Nebraska Law Review

On July 7, 1865, the lives of three men and a frail and almost unconscious woman were deliberately ended by the hangman’s noose operating from a hastily built quadruple scaffold near the north wall of what is now Fort Lesley McNair in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. Thus ended the life of the Maryland widow who was accused, convicted, and condemned for having a part in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Her death did not end the case, and this book is the last of a long procession dedicated either to the task of justifying the conviction and punishment, or …

Negotiable Instruments—Conditional Delivery—Admissibility Of Parol Evidence To Show Condition Subsequent Under Section 16 Of N.I.L.—Admissibility Of Parol Evidence To Show Collateral Agreement, Charles H. Beatty

Nebraska Law Review

An itinerant carnival worker gave a note to a used car dealer for the balance of the price of a house trailer. The dealer indorsed the note to plaintiff who sued the dealer as indorser upon default of the carnival worker. The dealer offered evidence that before taking the note he made an oral agreement with the manager of plaintiff’s branch office to indorse the note with recourse on condition that plaintiff would return the trailer to his car lot before requiring him to pay the note. This agreement was made to facilitate acceptance of the note by plaintiff’s home …

Torts—Proximate Cause—Superseding Cause, Marvin L. Holscher

Nebraska Law Review

Three defendants, the Standard Oil Company, Parker, their lessee, and Powell, a contractor, negligently removed an underground storage tank and allowed a large quantity of gasoline to spill and flow on a city street. The fire department was summoned. After the street had been washed, a fireman at the direction of the fire chief touched a lighter to the street to test the effectiveness of the washing. The resulting fire damaged plaintiff’s automobile. The trial court held Standard, Parker, Powell, the fireman, and the fire chief liable. Upon appeal by defendants Standard, Parker, and Powell to the Supreme Court of …

The Use Of Force In Effecting Or Resisting Arrest, Roy Moreland

Nebraska Law Review

One of the most difficult and perplexing problems in the law of criminal procedure is the amount of force that may be used in effecting an arrest and, conversely, the amount that may be used in resisting one. Perhaps this is due, in part, to the many phases and ramifications of the problem. Situations having to do with both felonies and misdemeanors and with arrest both with and without warrant are included in the problem and, in the case of each, whether the arrester can ever go so far to effectuate his purpose of bringing the party into submission as …

Recent Cases: Criminal Law — Psychological Coercion Of Confessions In State Courts, John P. Pfann

Nebraska Law Review

During the course of a criminal trial in a state court the confession of the defendant was admitted and the jury was instructed to determine its voluntary character. The confession was obtained by a number of officers who questioned the defendant for a total of twelve hours stretched out over a thirty-two hour period, during which period the suspect was permitted to· eat and sleep. The defendant was held in­communicado over sixty-four hours before arraignment. In return for his confession the defendant was able to negotiate with the officers for the release of his father who was arrested at the …

The False Pretenses Statute In Nebraska, Alfred W. Blessing

Nebraska Law Review

Nebraska's criminal code is relatively unique in that false promises as distinguished from misrepresentations of past or existing facts are included within the ambit of the statutory crime of obtaining property by false pretenses. This crime, a late-comer to the larceny family, was designed to bridge the gap between larceny by trick or devise and the limited common law offense of cheating. In most states this statutory innovation requires proof of a false misrepresentation as to facts past or existing. A false pretense as to something which will happen in the future or a mere promise to do something is …

The Lawyer And The Legislative Hearing Process, Julius Cohen, Reginald A. H. Robson

Nebraska Law Review

Despite the fact that a considerable number of lawyers are often called upon to appear at committee hearings to argue the merits or demerits of bills affecting the interests of their clients,' there are many of them — particularly those who have not ventured beyond the pale of the courtroom to whom the legislative hearing process remains somewhat of a mystery. And when they are confronted with a situation that requires an appearance at a legislative hearing, they are at a loss to know what to expect, let alone what to do. Take the case of the typical courtroom lawyer, …

Meaning Of “Aggression” In The United Nations Charter, Harry F. Cunningham

Nebraska Law Review

(Results of a Short Seminar in International Law, Spring 1954, College of Law, University of Nebraska, under the supervision of Professor Willard B. Cowles.)

At its Seventh Session (1952) the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution establishing a fifteen member Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression. The resolution assumed that a definition of the term "aggression" would be adopted by the General Assembly at its Ninth Session (Autumn, 1954). During the 1953 Summer Sessions of this Committee, twelve of the fifteen States favored the adoption of a definition. The United States was one of three …

The Procedural Effect Of Res Ipsa Loquitur In Nebraska, Alfred W. Blessing

Nebraska Law Review

Since Chief Justice Pollock first used the phrase "res ipsa loquitur" in the opinion of Byrne v. Boadle, there has been disagreement regarding the exact meaning of the phrase and more particularly its procedural effect. Although various authorities have their own refinements, they generally adhere to one of three different views as to just what the phrase means. Dean Prosser states that the doctrine is nothing more than a form of circumstantial evidence and that the procedural effect of the doctrine may be great or small depending upon the facts of the particular case. A second theory proposes that …

Trial — Nature Of Rebuttal Evidence Admissible In Nebraska, Charles J. Burmeister

Nebraska Law Review

Arthur Vanderbilt once stated that "the right to a fair trial in both civil and criminal cases" is "the most fundamental right of all." No matter how just the rules of substantive law may be, the interests of justice might often be thwarted if there were no procedural rules controlling presentation of evidence at trial; and it is with this in mind that certain procedural limitations have been placed upon the introduction of rebuttal evidence. If the plaintiff could withhold certain shreds of evidence or testimony until the last possible moment, the resulting surprise and dramatic effect upon the jury …