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The Northeast Station ... 25 Years Of Research, Extension And Service

Haskell Agricultural Laboratory (Northeast Research and Extension Center)

For the past 25 years, the Northeast Station at Concord has served as the cornerstone of University of Nebraska agricultural research and Extension activity in northeast Nebraska. This year marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of the station and commemorates the dedication of the citizens of this area in their commitment to its success.
While the land the station occupies may not look different from its surroundings, its purpose is. The Northeast Station operates as a part of a statewide agricultural experiment station and Cooperative Extension Service network. The mission of the station is to research agricultural topics …

Nebline, January 2009

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Creating a Strong Family: Strong Families Have Six Common Characteristics
Ways to Spend Time With Your Family in January
Private Pesticide Applicator Certification Opportunities
Soybean Cyst Nematode Spreading in Nebraska: Free Soil Sampling Kits at Extension Offices
Mystery “Bites”: Unidentifiable Skin Problems Usually Have Non-Insect Causes
Raccoons in the City
2009 Wall Calendar
Beginning Beekeeping 2-Day Workshop
2009 All-America Rose Selections
Shopping for Plants and Seeds
Garden Guide: Things to Do This Month
Birds Need Water In Winter
Attract Winter Birds With Feeders
Top 10 Myths of Entrepreneurship
Winter Houseplant Care
Wishing You a Healthy H-A-P-P-Y N-E-W Y-E-A-R!
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Human Dimensions Of Invasive Vertebrate Species Management, Gary W. Witmer, G. M. Keirn, N. Hawley, C. Martin, J. K. Reaser

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

Invasive vertebrate species can cause substantial damage to natural resources, property, crops, livestock, and pose a disease hazard to humans, native wildlife and domestic animals. Numerous island species have become extinct or are threatened with extinction from invasive species. The high rate of invasive species introductions continues because of the large volumes of world trade and international travel. Humans are often responsible for introductions, but are also the key to their prevention, management, and eradication. However, many of the values and perceptions of invasive species vary among humans. Hence, the prevention and control of invasive vertebrates often requires adjusting human …

Simulation Of Corn Stover And Distillers Grains Gasification With Aspen Plus, Ajay Kumar, Hossein Noureddini, Yaşar Demirel, David Jones, Milford Hanna

Yaşar Demirel Publications

A model was developed to simulate the performance of a lab‐scale gasifier and predict the flowrate and composition of product from given biomass composition and gasifier operating conditions using Aspen Plus software. Mass balance, energy balance, and minimization of Gibbs free energy during the gasification were applied to determine the product gas composition. Carbon conversion efficiency and tar content were provided to the model as inputs as these could not be predicted by the model based on minimization of Gibbs free energy. Experiments for validation of the model were performed on a lab‐scale fluidized bed gasifier using corn stover and …

Tuning The Electronic Properties Of The Golden Buckyball By Endohedral Doping: M@Au16− (M=Ag,Zn, In), Lei-Ming Wang, Rhitankar Pal, Wei Huang, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Lai-Sheng Wang

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

The golden Au₁₆^- cage is doped systematically with an external atom of different valence electrons: Ag, Zn, and In. The electronic and structural properties of the doped clusters, MAu₁₆^- (M =Ag,Zn, In), are investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. It is observed that the characteristic spectral features of ₁₆^-, reflecting its near tetrahedral (T_d) symmetry, are retained in the photoelectron spectra of MAu₁₆^-, suggesting endohedral structures with little distortion from the parent Au₁₆^- cage for the doped clusters. Density functional calculations show that …

Magnetic Doping Of The Golden Cage Cluster M@Au16− (M=Fe,Co,Ni), Lei-Ming Wang, Jaeil Bai, Anne Lechtken, Wei Huang, Detlef Schooss, Manfred Kappes, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Lai-Sheng Wang

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of the golden cage doped with a transition-metal atom, MAu₁₆^- (M =Fe,Co,Ni), are investigated using trapped ion electron diffraction, photoelectron spectroscopy, and density-functional theory. The best agreement to experiment is obtained for endohedral M@Au₁₆^- structures but with considerable distortions to the parent Au₁₆^- cage. Fe@Au₁₆^- and Co@Au₁₆^- are found to have similar structures with C₂ symmetry while a C₁ structure is obtained for Ni@Au₁₆^-. The 4s electrons are observed to transfer to the Au₁₆ cage, whereas atomiclike …

Becoming Jane Jacobs First Draft 2009, Peter L. Laurence

Publications

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), did not like the term “urban design” and did not describe herself as an architectural critic, but contributed significantly to the development of American architectural criticism and the new field of urban design. Although relatively little is known about Jacobs’ intellectual development, her influences, and her early writing career, before Death and Life was published, Jacobs was already among the most influential critics of urban renewal in the country. The book was a culmination of many years of studying and writing about the city; of working …

The Tiger Career Fair Spring 2009, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Chicks With Picks: An Ethnography Of Female Rock Instrumentalists In Tampa, Fl, Adele Fournet

Theses & ETDs

This ethnography of female rock instrumentalists playing in bands in the Tampa, FL area explores the social significance of why there are so few female instrumentalists in this scene�five percent of the total number of rock musicians. Drawing on the ethnographic strategies of interview and participant observation and the theoretical insight of Pierre Bourdieu, this research more specifically seeks answers to the following questions: First, why are there so few women playing instruments in bands in this area? Second, how do some women get involved in this scene as instrumentalists despite the statistical odds against them? Finally, what are the …

Searching For The Author's Hand: Narrators, Readers, And The Fictive World In Vladimir Nabokov's Short Fiction, Laura Hampton

Theses & ETDs

In this thesis I explore the various interactions between writing, narrators, and readers in Vladimir Nabokov's short fiction. In the first chapter I discuss "Mademoiselle O," and the narrator's attempt to retrieve the memory of his childhood governess from the past. By weaving detailed memories into a story, the narrator helps anchor her memory in the present, and achieves greater understanding of her character. The theme of writing lives continues in the second chapter on "Recruiting." The narrator tells a detailed story about a man who is actually an invented character, inspired by a stranger the narrator sees on a …

Herbivory In The Amazon Lowland Tropical Rainforest, With A Special Focus On Myrmecophytes (Genus Tococa), Meghan Mcavoy

Theses & ETDs

This thesis examines several aspects of herbivory with a specific focus on myrmecophytes from the genus Tococa in the Amazon lowland tropical rainforest. Field work was conducted at several different sites in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, selected for their proximity to the Amazon Conservatory of Tropical Studies (ACTS) canopy walkway. This enabled research at different rainforest canopy levels. I analyzed the percentage of leaves with signs of herbivory versus those with none. Of 2,000 leaves surveyed, 92.5% show signs of herbivory while only 7.5% had not been fed upon. I compared herbivory between two species of plants from the Tococa …

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Sylviidae (Gnatcatchers And Kinglets), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Double-crested Cormorant

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Anatidae (Swans, Geese, And Ducks), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
Fulvous Whistling Duck (Fulvous Tree Duck)
Common Mallard
Mottled Mallard (Mottled Duck)
Black Duck (American Black Duck)
Gadwall
Northern Pintail (Common Pintail)
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
American Wigeon (Baldpate)
Northern Shoveler
Wood Duck
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Canvasback
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
White-winged Scoter
Ruddy Duck
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, And Coots), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule (Moorhen)
American Coot

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Scolopacidae (Woodcocks, Snipes, And Sandpipers), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

American Woodcock
Common Snipe (Wilson Snipe)
Long-billed Curlew
Upland Sandpiper (Upland Plover)
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Marbled Godwit

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Falconidae (Caracaras And Falcons), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin (Pigeon Hawk)
American Kestrel (Sparrow Hawk)

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Tetraonidae (Grouse And Ptarmigan), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Blue Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Pinnated Grouse (Greater and Lesser Prairie Chickens)
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Sage Grouse

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Ardeidae (Herons And Bitterns), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Great Blue Heron
Northern Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Great Egret (Common Egret)
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron (Louisiana Heron)
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Least Bittern
American Bittern

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Charadriidae (Plovers, Turnstones, And Surfbirds), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
Killdeer
Mountain Plover

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Cassin Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher (Crested Flycatcher)
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say Phoebe
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher (Traill Flycatcher)
Least Fl ycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Northern Mockingbird (Common Mockingbird)
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Sage Thrasher

Birds Of The Great Plains: Family Icteridae (Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, And Orioles), Paul A. Johnsgard

Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard

Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Northern Oriole (Baltimore and Bullock Orioles)
Brewer Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

The Legal System Of The Third Reich: Issues Of Complicity Within The Legal Profession, Chad Wilson Bickerton

Theses & ETDs

This thesis attempts to reconcile current applications of legal history with dominant historical theories on the legal system of the Third Reich in Germany from 1933 to 1945. From these observations, a redefinition of the debate of the extent to which the legal profession in the Nazi state was complicit in its crimes is undertaken. Chief among these arguments is the extent to which legal positivism accounted for the silent obedience of the legal profession against Nazi jurisprudence which enacted oppressive measures across the territory of the Third Reich. A special focus is paid to the plight of Jews within …

Over The Counter But Under The Radar: Direct-To-Consumer Genetics Tests And Fda Regulation Of Medical Devices, Lauren B. Solberg

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Direct-to-consumer genetic tests are laboratory-developed tests that are marketed and sold directly to consumers. They typically do not require a prescription or any other involvement from a consumer's health care provider. Consumers order these tests online and return a specimen, usually a saliva sample, directly to the laboratory. The results are mailed directly to the consumer, and no health care provider or insurance company need ever learn the contents of these results. The FDA does not currently regulate direct-to-consumer genetic tests, though tests for hundreds of different diseases are readily available to the public.

The FDA's approach to regulating genetic …

Two Notions Of Privacy Online, Avner Levin, Patricia S. Abril

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Users of social networking websites tend to disclose much personal information online yet seem to retain some form of an expectation of privacy. Is this expectation of privacy always unreasonable? How do users of online social networks define their expectations of privacy online?

These questions were the impetus behind an empirical study, the findings of which are presented in this Article. The project, simultaneously conducted in Canada, at Ryerson University, and in the United States, at the University of Miami, consisted of a survey regarding personal information protection and expectations of privacy on online social networks (OSNs). Approximately 2,500 young …

Joint Force Quarterly 52 (1st Quarter, January 2009), National Defense University Press

Joint Force Quarterly ARCHIVES

No abstract provided.

Respecting An Establishment Of Religion, Richard Hamilton

Philosophy Book Chapters

A striking feature of minimally well-functioning legal systems is their ability to decide cases which turn on morally contested concepts. A natural lawyer, for whom there is an intimate connection between law and morality, may view this as proof of an underlying moral consensus which obtains despite the superficial appearance of moral disagreement It is more plausible, I suggest, to view this facility in terms of the legal positivist insight that law is a mechanism for social control and regulation, which operates despite the lack of moral consensus. In the present climate, there can be few concepts more contested than …

Clemson Catalog, 2009-2010, Volume 84, Clemson University

Clemson Catalog (undergraduate announcements)

No abstract provided.

Is The Endangered Species Act The Right Place To Set U.S. Climate Change Policy?, Chris Logan

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.