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The Platte River Cooperative Agreement: A Historical Perspective, Ann Salomon Bleed

Strategies in Western Water Law and Policy: Courts, Coercion and Collaboration (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Tsetse Dna Virus Infection On The Functions Of The Male Accessory Reproductive Gland In The Host Fly Glossina Morsitans Centralis (Diptera; Glossinidae), Rosemary C. Sang, Walter G.Z.O. Jura, Leonard H. Otieno, Richard W. Mwangi, Peter Ogaja

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Freshly deposited third instar Glossina morsitans centralis larvae were infected with the tsetse DNA virus by microinjection, and at emergence adult males were separated from the females and fed on rabbit blood every second day for 8 days. A control group treated with sterile saline were handled similarly. They were dissected, and comparative observations made on the appearance and size of the accessory reproductive glands (ARG) in infected and control males. Regularly fed 8-day-old males from infected and control groups were mated to 2-day-old normal females obtained from the insectay. After separation from copula, the females were dissected and the …

Cropwatch No. 99-12, June 4,1999, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Field updates ………………..106

GMOs and special traits………………..107

Input/output traits………………..108

GMO issues………………..109

Replant options………………..111

Corn rootworms………………..112

European corn borer worksheet………………..114

New Synonymies And Combinations For New World Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Donald S. Chandler

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

The following new synonymies and new combinations for Pselaphinae of North and Central America are documented: Anarmodius aequinoctialis (Motschulsky) (Trichonyx), New Comb.; Anthylarthron cornutum (Brendel) (= Anthylarthron curtipenne Casey, New Syn.); Aporhexius robustus (Motschulsky) (Euplectus), New Comb.; Batrisodespunctlfrons Casey (= Batrisodes appalachianus Casey, New Syn.); Batrisodes ionae (LeConte) (= Batrisodes caseyt Blatchley, New Syn.); Batrisodes clypeonotus (Brendel) (= Batrisodes kahli Bowman, New Syn.); Batrisodes lineaticollis (Aube) (= Batrisus globosus LeConte, New Syn.); Brachygluta corniventris (Motschulsky) (Bryaxts), New Comb., (= Bryaxts illinoiensis Brendel, New Syn.); Cedius ziegleri LeConte (= Cedius robustus Casey, New Syn.); Conoplectus simplex (Motschulsky) (Rhexius), New Comb., jun. …

A Multilevel Secure Workflow Management System, Myong H. Kang, Judith N. Froscher, Amit P. Sheth, Krzysztof J. Kochut, John A. Miller

Kno.e.sis Publications

The Department of Defense (DoD) needs multilevel secure (MLS) workflow management systems to enable globally distributed users and applications to cooperate across classification levels to achieve mission critical goals. An MLS workflow management system that allows a user to program multilevel mission logic, to securely coordinate widely distributed tasks, and to monitor the progress of the workflow across classification levels is required. In this paper, we present a roadmap for implementing MLS workflows and focus on a workflow builder that is a graphical design tool for specifying such workflows.

Legume Logic Number 106

Legume Logic

Contents

Guess who's coming to dinner?

Post-emergence weed control

Pulse growers urged to nip fungi in the bud

Management treatments to control fungi in various crops

Pulse points

Legume Logic Number 105

Legume Logic

Contents

Brown spot in lupins - still a major threat

Old proverb rings true

Seeding warning

Population explosion or implosion? you decide

Triazine herbicides - should you use the?

Pulse points

Where to from here?

Marvelous, Mystical, Tropical Trogons, Paul A. Johnsgard, John Schmitt , Illustrator

Papers in Ornithology

f all the groups of birds in the world, few fit our ideas of “tropical forest birds” as well as the trogons and quetzals. They are found almost entirely between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, from northern Mexico to northern Argentina. Furthermore, nearly all of them depend on hollows in large trees for nest sites, except for a few species that excavate cavities in the paper-mache-like homes of tree-dwelling termites or arboreal wasp nests.Beyond that, trogons and quetzals conform to our ideas of how exotic tropical birds should appear. Nearly all of the approximately 40 species are colored iridescent …

Table Of Contents Volume 10, Number Three, Summer 1999, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)

Influence Of Nitrogen Rate And Sampling Date On Soil Analysis Values Of Highbush Blueberries, John R. Clark, Ronald W. Mcnew, Richard C. Maples

AAES Research Reports and Research Bulletins

Three studies were conducted on nitrogen (N) fertilization effects on soil of highbush blueberries in Arkansas. Objectives included: 1) determination of varying N rate effects on the standard soil analysis variables, 2) determination of date of soil sampling effects on soil analyses, 3) evaluation of the interactions of N rate and time of sampling, and 4) determination of changes in soil content over years. This research was done in two of the more important highbush blueberry production areas in Arkansas: the Arkansas River Valley where blueberries are grown on sandy loam soils, and northwest Arkansas where production is more common …

Export Cauliflower Quality Improvement 1996 - 1998, Vynka Mcveigh, Rachel Lancaster, Dennis Phillips, S. C. Tan

Horticulture research reports

Final report for the project VG 94043 January 1996 to December 1998.

This three year study is the first conducted in Australia which has evaluated and assessed the postharvest chain for export cauliflowers. From harvesting to transportation to the wharf, the project has identified a range of improved practices to ensure optimum quality of cauliflower at the destination market. The project has also examined cauliflower agronomy issues such as the effect of seed weight, seedling weight and phosphorus nutrition and placement on yield and harvest period, as well as variation in potting mix composition within a seedling cell tray.

Producing …

Stand Structure And Productivity Of The Rhizophora Mangle In Hawaii, Evelyn F. Cox, James Allen

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Since its introduction in the early part of this century, Rhizophora mangle L. has spread extensively through most of the main islands of the Hawaiian Archipelago. We investigated the structural properties and estimated productivity of a R. mangle population at Nuupia Ponds Wildlife Management Area (NPWMA), on windward Oahu, where the mangroves were being controlled due to their propensity to overgrow archaeological sites and the habitat of endangered Hawaiian waterbirds. Mangroves within NPWMA were very dense (> 24,000 trees ha^-1) and most were relatively small (only 3.3% of the trees were ≥ 10 cm DBH). Mean basal area, …

Overcoming Response Bias Using Symbolic Representations Of Number By Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Sarah T. Boysen, Kimberly L. Mukobi, Gary G. Berntson

Sentience Collection

We previously reported that chimpanzees were unable to optimally select the smaller of two candy arrays in order to receive a larger reward. When Arabic numerals were substituted for the candy arrays, animals who had had prior training with numerical symbols showed an immediate and significant improvement in performance and were able to select reliably the smaller numeric representation in order to obtain a larger reward. Poor performance with candy arrays was interpreted as reflecting a response bias toward the intrinsic incentive and/or perceptual features of the larger array. In contrast, the Arabic numerals represent numerosity symbolically and appear to …

Capillary Density Of Skeletal Muscle: A Contributing Mechanism For Exercise Intolerance In Class Ii–Iii Chronic Heart Failure Independent Of Other Peripheral Alterations, Brian D. Duscha, William E. Kraus, Steven J. Keteyian, Martin J. Sullivan, Howard J. Green, Fred H. Schachat, Anne M. Pippen, Clinton A. Brawner, Jason M. Blank, Brian H. Annex

Biological Sciences

No abstract provided.

Ard News June 1999

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
Comments from the Dean
National Research Initiative Awards for FY 1998
Barta Brothers Ranch Development
Land-Grant Universities Stimulate Economic Growth
Undergraduate Honors Research Program
Awards From Special Endowments
New or Revised Projects
The Future of Science and Technology
Grants and Contracts Received April and May, 1999
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
1998 Graduate Student Survey

Nebline, June 1999

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Using biosolids or manure as a source of phosphorus
Controlling undesirable perennial grasses in the lawn
Summer flowering perennials
GreatPlants releases new plants for 1999
The world is their litter box
“What can I spray around my house to keep bugs out?”
Read the label before purchasing and using DEET
Fertilizing grass pastures and hay lands-Part 1
Talking over the fence
Weed control in and around a sewage lagoon
Feeding the home flock
Tractor safety tips (part 6)
Horse Information Available on the Web
Shaping evergreen trees
To have or not to have–that is the sumac dilemma
1,500 youth benefit …

The Influence Of Fumed Metallic Oxides On Coating Structure And Their Relationships To Print Quality, Hyun-Kook Lee

Masters Theses

Aqueous-based coating for paper or paperboard applications use traditional coating pigments such as clay, calcium carbonate, and titanium dioxide. But, for matte coated ink jet papers, amorphous and gelled silicas are used due to their unique morphological properties, which are sponge-like in nature. The unique structure of these pigments provides an internal porosity and packing porosity which enables the rapid diffusion of liquid inks into the coating layer. The rapid uptake of the ink immobilizes the anionic dyes at the surface of the coating, allowing high optical print densities to be achieved.

The particle size of precipitated and gelled silicas …

Review Of The Avian Brood Parasites: Deception At The Nest By Paul A. Johnsgard; Oxford University Press, 1997, John J. Janovy Jr.

John J. Janovy, Jr. Publications

Review of The Avian Brood Parasites: Deception at the Nest by Paul A. Johnsgard, published by Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN: 0-19-511042-0.

Forage News [1999-06], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Forage/Beef Field Day - Crittenden County - June 15
• Forage Field Day Stops Show the Best of UK
• University of Kentucky’s Eden Shale Research Farm
• Testing Hay is the Best Deal in Town
• Spring Grazing Schools Went Well
• Fenceless Grazing
• Preliminary Investigations of Grazing Horses on Alfalfa
• Upcoming Events

Isolated Spinach Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Large Subunit ΕN-Methyltransferase And Method Of Inactivating Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphatase Carboxylase/Oxygenase Large Subunit ΕN-Methyltransferase Activity, Robert L. Houtz

Horticulture Faculty Patents

The gene sequence for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) large subunit (LS) .sup.ε N-methyltransferase (protein methylase III or Rubisco LSMT) from a plant which has a des(methyl) lysyl residue in the LS is disclosed. In addition, the full-length cDNA clones for Rubisco LSMT are disclosed. Transgenic plants and methods of producing same which have the Rubisco LSMT gene inserted into the DNA are also provided. Further, methods of inactivating the enzymatic activity of Rubisco LSMT are also disclosed.

A Probabilistic Model For Predicting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (Pah) Bioavailability To American Oysters (Crassostrea Virginia) Inhabiting South Carolina Estuarine Environments, Richard E. Thompson

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

The first part of this dissertation presents an analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) sediment and oyster contamination data collected at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Chapters 2 and 3 present distribution analyses of the sediment and oyster contamination data using three representative PAH analytes: phenanthrene (PHE), pyrene (PYR), and chrysene (CRY). The results indicate that the Weibull gives an adequate fit for almost all the PAH analytes considered. In fact, the Weibull almost always provides a better fit to the data than the lognormal distribution. Chapter 3 also addresses issues associated with non-detection points, as they are regularly encountered in …

The Mayfly Newsletter, Peter M. Grant

The Mayfly Newsletter

The Mayfly Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Permanent Committee of the International Conferences on Ephemeroptera.

Drug, Pharmaceutical, And Pharmacy-Related Sites: A Webliography Of Core Sites, Paul G. Haschak

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

The World Wide Web (WWW) increasingly is becoming an important learning, teaching, and research tool for teachers and students, alike, who are seeking useful drug, pharmaceutical, and pharmacy-related sites on the Web, for their research. However, the seemingly inexhaustible number of WWW links can be daunting even to the most experienced Web user.

The following webliography is presented specifically for educators and students seeking a concise, annotated core list of WWW links on pharmaceutical, drug, and pharmacy-related topics.

Nebraska Bird Review (June 1999) 67(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Spring Field Report, March to May 1999 ... 42

Species Accounts ... 44

Book Review by Linda R. Brown of Swallow Summer ... 71

Neotropic Cormorant at Sutherland Reservoir ... 72

NOU Fall Field Days Count, 1998; May NAMC Count, 1999 ... 73

Clark’s Nutcracker at Lake McConaughy ... 79

Roseate Spoonbill in Otoe County ... 80

Red-throated Loon at Lake McConaughy ... 81

Two Poems by Don Welch and Drawings by Mark Sanders ... 82

Table Of Contents And Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review June 1999

Nebraska Bird Review

The Nebraska Bird Review is published quarterly by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., as its official journal, and is sent to members not in arrears of dues. Annual subscription rates (on a calendar-year basis only): $14.00 in the United States; $18.00 for all foreign countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4.00 each, postpaid, in the United States, and $5.00 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Mary Prichard, NOU Librarian, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514.

Memberships in NOU (on a calendar year basis only): Active, $15.00; Sustaining, $25.00; Student, $10.00; Family Active, $20.00; Family Sustaining, $30.00; …

Book Review: "Swallow Summer" By Charles R. Brown, Linda R. Brown

Nebraska Bird Review

Swallow Summer is a first-person, day-to-day account of Charles and Mary Bomberger Browns' fourteenth field season studying Cliff Swallows in western Nebraska. This story also concerns the three bright undergraduate field assistants who shared the experience of the summer of 1995. Charles communicates their discoveries of Cliff Swallow colony behavior in an everyday conversational manner. It was easy for me to catch the excitement they feel in "discovering the questions." I felt their wonder when as this very cold late breeding season slowly progressed, these researchers discovered that indeed many of the swallows were not breeding at all. This rather …

Clark's Nutcracker At Lake Mcconaughy, Stephen J. Dinsmore

Nebraska Bird Review

On 1 November 1998 I observed a Clark's Nutcracker along the north shore of Lake McConaughy in Keith County. Specifically, the bird was along the road of the Cedar Vue Recreation Area, just east of the main boat ramp. I studied and photographed the bird from 11:32 to 11:50 a.m. I was driving along the entrance road to Cedar Vue when I spotted a bird perched in a dead tree. As I approached the tree, I was thinking about stopping when the bird suddenly took flight. The flight silhouette resembled that of a flicker, although the undulating flight and slower …

Neotropic Cormorant At Sutherland Reservoir, Stephen J. Dinsmore

Nebraska Bird Review

On 2 May, 1998, I observed a Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) at Sutherland Reservoir in Lincoln County, Nebraska. When I arrived at the lake, I noticed a large number of gulls and cormorants resting on some dead logs near the northwest end of the lake. I scanned the cormorants several times and kept returning to one cormorant that seemed smaller than the nearby Double-crested Cormorants. The bird was sleeping, so size was the only mark I could see well. I studied the bird from 1:54 to 2:20 p.m. I estimated the body was at least 25% smaller than …

Red-Throated Loon At Lake Mcconaughy, Stephen J. Dinsmore

Nebraska Bird Review

On 8 May 1998 I observed a Red-throated Loon at Lake McConaughy in Keith County, Nebraska. I was scanning Arthur Bay when I spotted a small loon swimming with several Western Grebes. I immediately recognized the bird as a Red-throated Loon in basic plumage. I studied and photographed the bird from 2:25 to 3:13 p.m. The bird was slightly larger and shorter-necked than a Western Grebe. The plumage was quite plain. The throat, cheek, foreneck, and underparts were white. The forehead, crown, nape, mantle, and wings were dark gray with a few pale spots on the mantle. The bill was …

Roseate Spoonbill In Otoe County, Stephen J. Dinsmore

Nebraska Bird Review

On 5 August 1997, W. Ross Silcock and I were birding the heron roost at the Waubonsie Wildlife Area in Fremont County, Iowa. We were hoping to see the Roseate Spoonbill I found there on 4 August (see Dinsmore 1998), and thought there might be a chance it would fly into Nebraska upon leaving the roost. At 5:53 a.m., the bird left the roost. It flew directly over us (in Iowa) and headed to the north with a Great Egret. We continued to watch the bird as it gained altitude and was joined by a second Great Egret. The birds …