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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention By Sports: Myth Or Reality?, Maria João C. A. Almeida, Steven N. Blair Jan 2000

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention By Sports: Myth Or Reality?, Maria João C. A. Almeida, Steven N. Blair

Faculty Publications

Low levels of physical activity and fitness substantially increase risk of several chronic diseases, reduce longevity, and lead to loss of function. The strength and relation of inactivity to health problems and the high prevalence of sedentary habits in most countries of the world make lack of exercise a major public health problem. Fortunately, there is now good consensus regarding public health recommendations for physical activity from many important medical, scientific, and public health organizations. Recent research on physical activity interventions provides additional approaches to helping sedentary adults become more physically active.

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The Politics Of Meaning: Law Dictionaries And The Liberal Tradition Of Interpretation, Gary L. Mcdowell Jan 2000

The Politics Of Meaning: Law Dictionaries And The Liberal Tradition Of Interpretation, Gary L. Mcdowell

Law Faculty Publications

At least since John Cowell's Interpreter was adjudged by the Committee on Grievances of the House of Commons in 1610 to be "very unadvised, and undiscreet, tending to the disreputation of the honour and power of the common laws" have law dictionaries been objects of occasional controversy. Yet legal dictionaries, as well as dictionaries more generally, have remained a constant resource in American law for those seeking to give meaning to the words of both statutes and constitutional provisions. They have appeared in the pages of the reports since the beginning of the republic; a majority of the justices of …

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Structural And Electrical Characterization Of A Novel Mixed Conductor: Ceo2 - Sm2O3 - Zro2 Solid Solution, W. Huang, P. Shuk, M. Greenblatt, M. Croft, Fanglin Chen, M. Liu Jan 2000

Structural And Electrical Characterization Of A Novel Mixed Conductor: Ceo2 - Sm2O3 - Zro2 Solid Solution, W. Huang, P. Shuk, M. Greenblatt, M. Croft, Fanglin Chen, M. Liu

Faculty Publications

solid solutions were synthesized for the first time by the hydrothermal method. The electrical properties of the solid solutions have been studied in air and under reducing conditions. Solid solutions with the fluorite structure were formed in all of the studied range of substitution after calcination at 1500°C. With increasing substitution up to 30 mol %, the electronic conductivity increases under a reducing atmosphere. The solid solution has good mixed electronic and ionic conductivity; the total conductivity is 0.42 S/cm at and 700°C with an estimated ionic conductivity of ca. .

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The Development Of A Performance Appraisal System For True-Value Hardware, Dave M. Skelek Jan 2000

The Development Of A Performance Appraisal System For True-Value Hardware, Dave M. Skelek

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

A developmental performance appraisal system was designed, implemented, and evaluated for TRUE- VALUE HARDWARE. The developmental performance appraisal system was designed to clarify job expectations and job-related tasks for each employee's job and to provide employees with developmental job performance feedback. With employee and management input, the five performance dimensions on which the employees would be rated were determined. The 5 performance dimensions evaluated were customer service, quality, judgment/problem solving, team work and collaboration, and work management. The evaluative standards and rating scale anchors were communicated to employees and direct observation of employee work behaviors occurred over a 6-month time …

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Remembering Societal Trauma : Catastrophic Events Of The Twentieth Century In The Soviet Union And The Shaping Of Cultural Memory In Soviet Children's Political Literature, Sean Ozzie Simpkins Jan 2000

Remembering Societal Trauma : Catastrophic Events Of The Twentieth Century In The Soviet Union And The Shaping Of Cultural Memory In Soviet Children's Political Literature, Sean Ozzie Simpkins

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, there have been several waves of interest in establishing more contemporary relations with Russia, punctuated by failure and frustration. Many who would deal with the Russians have little factual information concerning Russian history, and are guided largely by some combination of good will, self interest, and outmoded structural assumptions concerning Russia and the Russian experience (Wedel 1998). This ignorance, in turn, contributes to negative perceptual and behavioral responses on the part of the Russians to these overtures, and any that may follow. The result can lead to a misreading of intent and …

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Into The Wind: Rhett Butler And The Law Of War At Sea, John Paul Jones Jan 2000

Into The Wind: Rhett Butler And The Law Of War At Sea, John Paul Jones

Law Faculty Publications

In this article, Prof. Jones reviews Scarlett O'Hara reported in the novel Gone with the Wind about Rhett Butler's career as a blockade runner for the Confederacy, and speculates about what the law of war at sea might have meant for Captain Butler's commercial operations. He focuses on three aspects of the law of war at sea-capture or prize, blockade, and neutrality.

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The White Commission And The Federal Circuit, Carl W. Tobias Jan 2000

The White Commission And The Federal Circuit, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

The Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals, or White Commission, ("the Commission") recently issued a report and recommendations for Congress and the President after studying the appellate courts for a year. The Commission investigation emphasized the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as Congress had instructed. The centerpiece of the Commission's recommendations was a divisional arrangement for the Ninth Circuit and the remaining appellate courts as their caseloads increase. Notwithstanding this focus on the Ninth Circuit, the commissioners compiled a substantial amount of objective empirical data and some subjective information on the other …

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Taking Regulatory Takings Personally: The Perils Of (Mis)Reasoning By Analogy, Michael Allan Wolf Jan 2000

Taking Regulatory Takings Personally: The Perils Of (Mis)Reasoning By Analogy, Michael Allan Wolf

Law Faculty Publications

In a troublesome area of the law, it is hard for a legal academic to resist the temptation to attempt to "enlighten" the judiciary. It has not been the author's practice to date, in ruminating on the profound puzzle of regulatory takings, to instruct judges concerning the errors of their ways. Because only an insider can be truly familiar with the nuances of a specific legal challenge and owing to a deep respect for the judicial craft, this writer has resisted the urge to preach. It has been a sufficiently provocative challenge to interpret the meanings and implications of decisions …

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A Semianalytical Method For Predicting Primary And Secondary Current Density Distributions: Linear And Nonlinear Boundary Conditions, Dhanwa Thirumalai, Ralph E. White Jan 2000

A Semianalytical Method For Predicting Primary And Secondary Current Density Distributions: Linear And Nonlinear Boundary Conditions, Dhanwa Thirumalai, Ralph E. White

Faculty Publications

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Development Of A New Electrodeposition Process For Plating Of Zn‐Ni‐X (X = Cd, P) Alloys: I. Corrosion Characteristics Of Zn‐Ni‐Cd Ternary Alloys, Anand Durairajan, Bala S. Haran, Ralph E. White, Branko Popov Jan 2000

Development Of A New Electrodeposition Process For Plating Of Zn‐Ni‐X (X = Cd, P) Alloys: I. Corrosion Characteristics Of Zn‐Ni‐Cd Ternary Alloys, Anand Durairajan, Bala S. Haran, Ralph E. White, Branko Popov

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling Of A Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery With Electrolyte Flow, W. B. Gu, C. Y. Wang, John W. Weidner, Rudolph G. Jungst, Ganesan Nagasubramanian Jan 2000

Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling Of A Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Battery With Electrolyte Flow, W. B. Gu, C. Y. Wang, John W. Weidner, Rudolph G. Jungst, Ganesan Nagasubramanian

Faculty Publications

A two-dimensional model is developed to simulate discharge of a lithium/thionyl chloride primary battery. As in earlier one-dimensional models, the model accounts for transport of species and charge, and electrode porosity variations and electrolyte flow induced by the volume reduction caused by electrochemical reactions. Numerical simulations are performed using a finite volume method of computational fluid dynamics. The predicted discharge curves for various temperatures show good agreement with published experimental data, and are essentially identical to results published for one-dimensional models. The detailed two-dimensional flow simulations show that the electrolyte is replenished from the cell head space predominantly through the …

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Development Of A New Electrodeposition Process For Plating Of Zn-Ni-X (X = Cd, P) Alloys: Permeation Characteristics Of Zn-Ni-Cd Ternary Alloys, A. Durairajan, B. S. Haran, Ralph E. White, Branko N. Popov Jan 2000

Development Of A New Electrodeposition Process For Plating Of Zn-Ni-X (X = Cd, P) Alloys: Permeation Characteristics Of Zn-Ni-Cd Ternary Alloys, A. Durairajan, B. S. Haran, Ralph E. White, Branko N. Popov

Faculty Publications

It is shown that an electrodeposited Zn-Ni-Cd alloy coating produced from sulfate electrolyte inhibits the discharge of hydrogen on carbon steel. The newly developed ternary alloys have approximately ten times higher corrosion resistance when compared to a Zn-Ni alloy. Hydrogen permeation characteristics of Zn-Ni-Cd alloy coatings were studied and compared with those of a bare and a Zn-Ni alloy coated steel. The transfer coefficient, a, exchange current density, io, thickness dependent adsorption-absorption rate constant, k0, recombination rate constant, k3, surface hydrogen coverage, θH, were obtained by applying a mathematical model to experimental results. Alloys obtained from baths containing higher concentration …

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Modeling Lithium Intercalation Of A Single Spinel Particle Under Potentiodynamic Control, Dong Zhang, Branko N. Popov, Ralph E. White Jan 2000

Modeling Lithium Intercalation Of A Single Spinel Particle Under Potentiodynamic Control, Dong Zhang, Branko N. Popov, Ralph E. White

Faculty Publications

A mathematical model is presented for the lithium intercalation of a single spinel particle as a microelectrode under the stimulus of a cyclic linear potential sweep. The model includes both lithium diffusion within the particle and kinetics at the particle/electrolyte interface. The model is used to predict that peak current densities depend linearly on the scan rate to a certain power with a constant term, which is different from the predicted peak current density for a conventional redox system.

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Shrinking Core Model For The Discharge Of A Metal Hydride Electrode, Venkat R. Subramanian, Harry J. Ploehn, Ralph E. White Jan 2000

Shrinking Core Model For The Discharge Of A Metal Hydride Electrode, Venkat R. Subramanian, Harry J. Ploehn, Ralph E. White

Faculty Publications

A shrinking core model is presented for the galvanostatic discharge of a metal hydride particle. A quantitative criterion for when the shrinking core can be completely neglected or approximated by a pseudosteady-state solution is presented. The effect of shrinking of the core on the discharge behavior of a metal hydride particle is also studied.

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In Vitro Mutagenesis For Structure/Function Studies Of The Bacteriophage T4 Rega Protein And The Murine Ahr Protein, Estel Rick Barbour Jan 2000

In Vitro Mutagenesis For Structure/Function Studies Of The Bacteriophage T4 Rega Protein And The Murine Ahr Protein, Estel Rick Barbour

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

The bacteriophage T4 regA protein translationally represses over 30 T4 early genes, including the regA gene, by binding to the translation initiation region of the T4 mRNAs (Karam et al., 1981). Although the recognition sequence has been at least partially characterized in a number regA sensitive mRNAs, there is no consensus sequence or structural feature that is recognized by regA in all transcripts (Winter et al., 1987; Webster et al., 1989; Unnithan et al., 1990). Recent studies have identified an RNA binding site on regA protein, but there remains a large gap in our understanding of how regA protein functions …

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Variation In Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Captures In Pheromone Traps Arising From Wind Speed Moderation By Brush Lines, Thomas W. Sappington, Dale W. Spurgeon Jan 2000

Variation In Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Captures In Pheromone Traps Arising From Wind Speed Moderation By Brush Lines, Thomas W. Sappington, Dale W. Spurgeon

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

Paired trap lines of Þve boll weevil pheromone traps each were placed on opposite sides of a brush line at six different sites on a plantation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Temperature, wind speed, and wind direction were monitored with a nearby weather station. We observed a strong negative relationship between mean daily wind speed and total daily capture of boll weevils. About half of the day-to-day variation in weevil captures was explained by wind speed alone. In addition, our data indicate that much of the variation between traps within days may arise from differences in local …

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Varietal Resistance, James E. Throne, James E. Baker, Frank J. Messina, Karl J. Kramer, John A. Howard Jan 2000

Varietal Resistance, James E. Throne, James E. Baker, Frank J. Messina, Karl J. Kramer, John A. Howard

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

Production of all classes of wheat grown in the United States totaled 2.5 billion bushels in 1997. Common wheat, Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum, is the primary source of all wheat varieties grown in the United States, with over 200 varieties known and over 100 varieties cultivated. These 100 varieties constitute over 95% of all wheat cultivated in the United States. Five general wheat classes are predominant in the United States: hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, white, and durum.

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Improving Warm-Season Forage Grasses Using Selection, Breeding, And Biotechnology, Kenneth P. Vogel Jan 2000

Improving Warm-Season Forage Grasses Using Selection, Breeding, And Biotechnology, Kenneth P. Vogel

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

Plant breeding is human-directed evolution. Plant breeders manipulate the genetic resources of a species, i.e., its germplasm, to produce plants that are of increased value to humanity. Although humans have successfully manipulated the genetic resources of plants and animals for several thousand years, the science of genetics was not developed until this century. Breeding work on most forage grasses in the USA did not began until the 1930s and initial work was focused on developing strains that had good establishment capability, persistence, high forage and seed yields, and good insect and disease resistance. These are essential attributes of forages (Burton, …

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Response Of Micro-Tom To Low Light, Jonathan M. Frantz, Justin Robinson, Bruce Bugbee Jan 2000

Response Of Micro-Tom To Low Light, Jonathan M. Frantz, Justin Robinson, Bruce Bugbee

Dwarf Crops

Yield is proportional to light absorption, but maximum light cannot always be supplied to crops in either space station production settings or in teaching situations. It is therefore important to determine how crops grow in light-limited conditions. ‘Micro-Tom’ tomato was grown in fluorescent light under shade cloth to provide 100, 200, and 300 µmol m-2 s-1 for 16-h photoperiods at 26/22 °C for 117 days.

Yield and harvest index increased as light increased. There were significant amounts of unripe fruit after 117 days. During ripening, the fraction of dry matter decreases within the fruit.

The higher yield was likely due …

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Haying, Tillage, And Nitrogen Fertilization Influences On Infiltration Rates At A Conservation Reserve Program Site, Brian J. Wienhold, Donald L. Tanaka Jan 2000

Haying, Tillage, And Nitrogen Fertilization Influences On Infiltration Rates At A Conservation Reserve Program Site, Brian J. Wienhold, Donald L. Tanaka

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

Effect of haying (hayed or not hayed prior to tillage), tillage (no-tillage, minimum tillage, or conventional tillage), and N fertilization (0 or 67 kg ha‒1) on surface infiltration rates, Q(h), was evaluated for Conservation Research Program (CRP) site conversion. Soils included Amor loam (fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplustoll) and Cabba silt loam (loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid, shallow Typic Ustorthent). In reference plots Q(h) increased from 1995 to 1997 (27.2 ± 3.2 vs. 36.4 ± 2.9 mm h‒1 at 50-mm tension, 10.9 ± 1.2 vs. 20.6 ± 1.4 mm h‒1 at 100-mm tension, and 4.1 …

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America Calling: A Social History Of The Telephone To 1940. (Book Review), Philip A. Reed Jan 2000

America Calling: A Social History Of The Telephone To 1940. (Book Review), Philip A. Reed

STEMPS Faculty Publications

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Review Of The Longitarsus Asperifoliarum Group Of Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), Alexander S. Konstantinov, Igor K. Lopatin Jan 2000

Review Of The Longitarsus Asperifoliarum Group Of Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), Alexander S. Konstantinov, Igor K. Lopatin

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

The Longitarsus asperifoliarum species group is reviewed. Four new species are de- scribed: L. hissaricus Lopatin, new species (Tadzhikistan), L. marguzoricus Konstanti- nov, new species (Tadzhikistan), L. tishechkini Konstantinov, new species (Kazakhstan), and L. violentoides Konstantinov, new species (Armenia). Longitarsus afghanicus Lo- patin is elevated to species status from its former status as L. asperifoliarum afghanicus. A key to the species and diagnostic characters for the group are provided. The setation of the apical and preapical abdominal tergites of females is recognized as a novel source of characters. Host plant and distributional data are included.

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Identification And Differentiation Of Tilletia Indica And T. Walkeri Using The Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reid D. Frederick, Karen E. Snyder, Paul W. Tooley, Yvette Berthier-Schaad, Gary L. Peterson, Morris R. Bonde, Norman W. Schaad, David A. Knorr Jan 2000

Identification And Differentiation Of Tilletia Indica And T. Walkeri Using The Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reid D. Frederick, Karen E. Snyder, Paul W. Tooley, Yvette Berthier-Schaad, Gary L. Peterson, Morris R. Bonde, Norman W. Schaad, David A. Knorr

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

Karnal bunt of wheat, caused by Tilletia indica, was found in regions of the southwestern United States in 1996. Yield losses due to Karnal bunt are slight, and the greatest threat of Karnal bunt to the U.S. wheat industry is the loss of its export market. Many countries either prohibit or restrict wheat imports from countries with Karnal bunt. In 1997, teliospores morphologically resembling T. indica were isolated from bunted ryegrass seeds and wheat seed washes. Previously developed PCR assays failed to differentiate T. indica from the recently discovered ryegrass pathogen, T. walkeri. The nucleotide sequence of a 2.3 …

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Remembering The Day We Were Married, Nicole Reinert Jan 2000

Remembering The Day We Were Married, Nicole Reinert

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

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Transfusion, Sarah Maclay Jan 2000

Transfusion, Sarah Maclay

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

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Morning, M. H. Mason Jan 2000

Morning, M. H. Mason

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

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Forty-Seven Years, John Cantey Knight Jan 2000

Forty-Seven Years, John Cantey Knight

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

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Doing Piked Half-Gainers At The University Pool All The While Thinking About Girls, David Watts Jan 2000

Doing Piked Half-Gainers At The University Pool All The While Thinking About Girls, David Watts

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

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A Unifying Theory Of Sex Discrimination, Henry L. Chambers, Jr. Jan 2000

A Unifying Theory Of Sex Discrimination, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.

Law Faculty Publications

The structure of this Article is as follows. Part I consists of a hypothetical situation which will be referenced throughout the Article to illustrate sex discrimination jurisprudence. Part II describes the Supreme Court's disparate treatment jurisprudence. Part III describes the Court's restructuring of sexual harassment jurisprudence. Finally, Part IV examines the elimination of the distinction between sexual harassment and disparate treatment and its implications, including the new hostile work environment disparate treatment claim.

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Analysis Of Human Skin Emanations By Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. 2. Identification Of Volatile Compounds That Are Candidate Attractants For The Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes Aegypti), Ulrich R. Bernier, Daniel L. Kline, Donald Barnard, Carl Schreck, Richard A. Yost Jan 2000

Analysis Of Human Skin Emanations By Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. 2. Identification Of Volatile Compounds That Are Candidate Attractants For The Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes Aegypti), Ulrich R. Bernier, Daniel L. Kline, Donald Barnard, Carl Schreck, Richard A. Yost

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

Volatile compounds emanated from human skin were studied by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/ MS). The purpose of this study was to identify compounds that may be human-produced kairomones which are used for host location by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.). The procedure used to collect volatiles was chosen because of prior knowledge that attractive substances can be transferred from skin to glass by handling. Laboratory bioassays have shown that the residuum on the glass remains attractive to mosquitoes until the compounds of importance evaporate. The sampling and analytical procedures modeled the above-cited process as closely as possible except that the …

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