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Giant Suppression Of Flux-Flow Resistivity In Heavy-Ion Irradiated Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10 Films: Influence Of Linear Defects On Vortex Transport, R.C. Budhani, M. Suenaga, Sy_Hwang Liou

Sy-Hwang Liou Publications

A large shift of the onset of flux-flow resistivity and the irreversibility line H_irr (T) to higher temperatures is observed in Tl₂Ba₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀ films containing linear defects created by Ag⁺²¹ ion irradiation. The H_irr(T), which has a characteristic ssL shape in highly anisotropic Tl and Bi based cuprates, becomes more like that of YBa₂Cu₃O₇ in the presence of these defects. The J_c at 77 K also shows a large increase as a result of flux localization at the …

The Influence Of Alfalfa Root Structure On Plains Pocket Gopher Damage And Behavior, Bruce A. Jasch

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.

Water Current, Volume 24, December 1992

Water Current Newsletter

Seminar Series to Feature Global Perspective
Report from the Director
Argentina, Brazil Toured by Group from Nebraska
Czech Water Specialists Enumerate Contamination Problems
UNL Environmental Specialists Impressed by Hungarians
Foreign Influences on Nebraska Water Law
Trade, Environment, and Development, Tied Together in U.S. Trade Policy
Slovakian Grad Student Studies Aquaculture Here; Wants to Establish Fish Farm in Czechoslovakia
EARTH with Nebraska Connections Trains Agriculturists
La Mancha Plateau Aquifer Stressed by Intensive Irrigation
Hungarian Research Says Their Nitrogen Fertilizer Use Down
What's New?
Irrigation Association Centennial Spawns State Water-History Chronicle
Director of International Drought Information Center Receives Award
Dates to Use

Inventory Of Rare Plant Species In The Pine Ridge Area Of Nebraska (Dawes And Sioux County, Nebraska), Michael I. Fritz, Joyce Philips Hardy, Steven B. Rolfsmeier

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

The purpose of this project was to conduct a systematic inventory of rare plant species on the Pine Ridge District of the Nebraska National Forest. The objective of the inventory was to locate rare plant occurrences and compile information on their location, status and any possible threats. Four areas within the Pine Ridge District were identified as priority areas for the inventory fieldwork. The four tracts included the Soldier Creek Wilderness Area, a tract encompassing the East and West Ash Creek drainages, a middle unit tract, and a tract which straddles U.S. Highway 385 and encompasses a number of timber …

The Probe, Issue 128 - December 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:

Reflections On An Onerous Deed
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Coyote Urine Translocated by Flora
PETA Indictments Expected Soon
Plague Claims Bobcat Hunter
Colorado Voters Ban Spring Hunt; Arizonans Defeat Trapping Ban
Charter Member Says Good-Bye
Probe Should Be Advocate for ADC Activities
Bill Fitzwater III
Next Issue Jan/Feb
NADCA Renewals and Donations
New Logo Chosen for NADCA!

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24, No.4 December 1992

The Prairie Naturalist

NEW VASCULAR PLANT RECORDS FOR NORTIl DAKOTA ▪ B. L. Heidel, A. J. Duxbury, W.T. Barker, and J. R. Challey

GROWTH OF BLUEGILLS AND YELLOW PERCH IN SOUTH DAKOTA WATERS ▪ D.w. Willis, J.P. Lott, C.S. Guy, and D.O. Lucchesi

SEASONAL VARIATION IN SAMPLING DATA FOR WALLEYE AND SAUGER COLLECTED WITH GILL NETS FROM LAKE SAKAKAWEA, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ S.W. Mero andD.W. Willis

OBSERVATIONS ON NESTING OF THE AMERICAN BITTERN IN NORTIlWEST MINNESOTA ▪ W D. Svedarsky

FOOD HABITS OF MOURNING DOVES IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J.T. Van't Hul and J.A. Jenks

DISTRIBUTION OF TIlE PYGMY SHREW IN …

Characterization Of Boron Carbide Thin Films Fabricated By Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition From Boranes, Sunwoo Lee, John Mazurowski, G. Ramseyer, Peter A. Dowben

Peter Dowben Publications

We have fabricated boron carbide thin films on Si(111) and other substrates by plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor deposition (PECVD). The PECVD of boron carbides from nido-cage boranes, specially nido-pentaborane(9) (B₅H₉), and methane ( CH₄) is demonstrated. The band gap is closely correlated with the boron to carbon ratio and can range from 0.77 to 1.80 eV and is consistent with the thermal activation barrier of 1.25 eV for conductivity. We have made boron carbide by PECVD from pentaborane and methane that is sufficiently isotropic to obtain resistivities as large as 10¹⁰ Ω cm …

The Probe, Issue 127 - November 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:

Principles of Wildlife Damage Management
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
ADC Personnel Changes
Publications Available
ADC Takes Leading Role in Educational Efforts
Cattle Losses to Predators in 1991
"ADC" — New Animal Damage Control Magazine
Maine Gull Project Shows Positive Results
Wolf Sightings in Yellowstone?

Katz Model Prediction Of Caenorhabditis Elegans Mutagenesis On Sts-42, Francis A. Cucinotta, John W. Wilson, Robert Katz, Gautam Badhwar

Robert Katz Publications

The Katz track structure model has been applied to describe recessive lethal mutagenesis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans after exposure to heavy ions. Based on models of the cosmic-ray environment and heavy-ion transport, mutation rates for the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) experiment on the Space Transportation System 42 (STS-42) are predicted and the results are discussed.

Variationally Stable Treatment Of Two- And Three-Photon Detachment Of H- Including Electron-Correlation Effects, Chih-Ray Liu, Bo Gao, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

A variationally stable, adiabatic hyperspherical treatment of two- and three-photon detachment of H^- is presented. Results are compared with analytic predictions of a zero-range potential model of H^-. Detailed comparisions are made also with other theoretical results which include the effects of electron correlations. We predict analytically (and demonstrate numerically) an extreme sensitivity of the theoretical predictions to any errors in the value of the electron affinity employed. In an Appendix we show that the low-intensity limit of the Keldysh treatment [Sov. Phys. JETP 20, 1307 (1965)] of detachment of an electron bound in a zero-range …

Nio(100) Valence-Band Density Of States During Hydrogen Reduction , K.W. Wulser, B.P. Hearty, Marjorie Langell

Marjorie A. Langell Publications

Photoelectron spectroscopy with incident photons of 40–120 eV has been used to determine the valence-band structure of NiO(100) as the surface undergoes slow hydrogen reduction. Low pressure and moderate temperature conditions (1.3×10^-2 Pa and 625 K) allow oxygen to be removed from the near-surface region with a minimal disruption in the NiO(100) substrate. Both NiO(100) ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) and low-energy electron-diffraction features persist at NiO(100) reduced surfaces throughout the reduction process. In addition, reduced nickel features slowly grow into the UP spectra, with the most intense peak found in the NiO band gap. Chemisorbed hydrogen, hydroxyls, and oxygen …

Groundwater-Level Changes In Nebraska, 1991, Gregory V. Steele, Perry B. Wigley

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.

State-Selective Capture In Collisions Of Protons With Noble Gases, M. Schulz, D. M. Blakenship, S. W. Bross, A. D. Gaus, Timothy J. Gay, W. Htwe, J. T. Park, J. L. Peacher

Timothy J. Gay Publications

We have measured coincidences between neutral H atoms and Lyman-α photons for collisions between 50-keV protons and noble gases as a function of the projectile scattering angle. The coincidences are dominated by capture to the 2p state of the projectile. While the total cross sections depend strongly on the target, the shape of the angular distribution of the differential cross sections was found to depend only weakly on that parameter. The data indicate that electrons are captured predominantly from the outermost shell of the target atom for the collision systems studied here.

The Probe, Issue 126 - October 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Gray Wolf Management and Re-Establishment in North America
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
NADCA Annual Meeting to Be Held in Kansas City
Renew Your NADCA Membership
Colorado Court Dismisses Wolf Lawsuit
Pred-X Tags Prove Less than Successful for Nevada Sheep Producer
Trapping Course Becomes Mandatory in British Columbia
NADCA Assists in Animal Use Survey
Recent Publications of Interest
Conibear Traps for Woodchucks
Letters: Wolves, Coyotes, Etc
Education About Wildlife Damage Control Important

Stars Classified As Constant In The General Catalog Of Variable Stars, Edward G. Schmidt, John R. Chab, Darwin E. Reiswig

Edward Schmidt Publications

Photometric observations have been made of 16 stars classified as constant, CST or CST:, in the General Catalog of Variable Stars. One star, U Tauri, was found to be a rapid irregular variable and three others may vary at a low level. In two cases, FV Delphini and FP Geminorum, the star identified as the variable on published finding charts is not variable but a nearby star did vary. It is suggested that the wrong stars were marked on the charts but the possibility remains that the variables may have exhibited constancy during earlier observations.

Competition Between Ponderomotive And Thermal Forces In Short-Scale-Length Laser Plasmas, X. Liu, Donald P. Umstadter

Donald Umstadter Publications

Interactions of intense 400-fs laser pulses with a solid target are studied with time-integrated and time-resolved measurements. The latter are accomplished by means of a pump and probe experiment, in which the motion of the critical surface is measured with 250-fs resolution. It is found that when the average electron quiver energy (mv_os²/2) becomes comparable to the electron thermal energy (kT_e), the ponderomotive force of the high-intensity laser significantly reduces the thermal expansion of a laser plasma. This study is performed in an interesting regime not easily accessible with longer pulse lasers, in …

The Probe, Issue 125 - September 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER 1992
Bird Strike Committee USA Is Born
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Positions Available
"Wire" Grid Excludes Cormorants from Commercial Catfish Ponds
"Pesticides to 1995" Available
Animal Damage Control in the News:
Arizona Update From WLFA
Ducks Scared For Own Good
California Activists Convicted For Tule Elk Hunt Disruption
Ace Hardware Stops Support for “Kind News” Publication
Attack on California Girl, 5, Results in Coyote Hunt
Norplant for Beavers?
Fifth Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference Proceedings.

Magnetization Of Sm-Fe-N Thin Films With In-Plane Anisotropy, D. Wang, George C. Hadjipanayis, David J. Sellmyer

David Sellmyer Publications

Sm-Fe-N films have been made by dc magnetron sputtering and heating in-situ in nitrogen atmosphere. It is observed that the anisotropy changes from perpendicular to in-plane by nitrogenation. The Curie temperature is about 380 K. Aspects of structure, hysterisis loops, initial magnetization curves and temperature dependence of coercivity are discussed.

Wildlife Damage News, Volume 3, Summer/Fall 1992

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:
New York's Beaver Management Program: An Update
Species Profile—White-tailed Deer
1992 Bureau of Wildlife Coyote Damage Control Workshop
Norplant for Beavers?
Harvest Season Wildlife Damage Reminders
Birds of Prey Assist Farmers
Putting People First

Gas Phase Interstitial Modification Of Rare-Earth Intermetallics, J.M.D. Coey, Ralph Skomski, S. Wirth

Ralph Skomski Publications

The gar phase interstitial modification of rare-earth intermetallics is studied. Net reaction energies for nitrogen in Sm₂Fe₁₇ and Nd(Fe₁₁T1) are U₀ = - 57 kJ/mole and U₀ = - 51 kJ/mole, respectively. The equilibrium nitrogen concentration is calculated as function of temperature and gas pressure using a simple lattice gas model.

For nitrogen in Sm₂Fe₁₇, refined diffusion parameters D₀ (N) = 1.02 mm²/r and Ea(N) = 133 kJ/mole, determined by thermopiezic analysis of the initial stage of nitrogen absorption, are used to calculate nitrogen profiles and …

Arnold M. Karo, John R. Creighton, John R. Hiskes, Fredrick Mcmurphy, John R. Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

Arnold M. Karo died on 16 June 1991 at age 63, after a yearlong battle with leukemia. He was a theoretical chemist and solid-state physicist with the chemistry and materials science department at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24, No.3 September 1992

The Prairie Naturalist

VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE IN BLOWOUT PENSTEMON ▪ T. R. Flessner and J. Stubbendieck

STATUS OF HAPLOPAPPUS FREMONTII A. GRAY SSP. MONOCEPHALUS (A. NELSON) HALL [ASTERACEAE] IN COLORADO ▪ K.A. Schulz and R.B. Shaw

HABITAT CHANGES ABOVE AND BELOW WATER PROJECTS ON THE NORTH PLATTE AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS IN NEBRASKA ▪ P. M. McDonald and J.G. Sidle

INSECT FLORAL VISITORS TO FOUR SPECIES OF TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE COMPOSITE (ASTERACEAE: HELIANTHEAE) ▪ J. A. Dickinson and M. J. McKone

SUMMER BIRD USE OF KANSAS WINDBREAKS ▪ T.T. Cable, R.L. Schroeder, V. Brack, Jr., and P.S. Cook

RING-NECKED PHEASANTS AND FOOD PLOT SIZE (GALLIFORMES: …

Morphometrics Of The Family Emballonuridae, Patricia W. Freeman, Cliff A. Lemen

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Morphometric analysis revealed three distinctive groups among the genera of emballonurids. Taphozous-Saccolaimus is a group distinctive in size and shape, particularly cranially. Diclidurids are distinctive in appendicular characters only, especially those in the wing. The third group include all other emballonurids. Phylogenetic studies also separated Taphozous-Saccolaimus as distinctive but included diclidurids among other New World species. Compared with molossids, emballonurids are morphometrically quite homogeneous.

Modification Of The Stilling Basin At Arthur R. Bowman Dam, Oregon To Reduce Dissolved Gas Supersaturation, Perry Johnson

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

A physical model study was conducted in the Hydraulics Laboratory of the us Bureau of Reclamation to develop a modification for the stilling basin at Arthur R. Bowman Dam, Oregon. Flow through the existing stilling basin generates supersaturated dissolved gas levels that exceed state standards. Alternatives stilling basin designs were considered. Resulting dissolved gas levels, modified energy dissipation, and potential structure and river bottom and bank erosion were evaluated.

Innovative Spillway Designs, Thomas Hepler

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

Research performed by the ASCE Hydraulics Division - Task Committee on Alternatives for Overtopping Protection for Dams includes the investigation of innovative spillway designs. This paper briefly describes the design and construction of labyrinth spillways, fuseplug embankments, and flexible membrane spillways. A more detailed discussion will be included in the final report of the Task Committee.

Study Of Groins On The Middle Rio Grande, Drew Baird, Cassie Klump

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The Albuquerque Projects Office of the Bureau of Reclamation installed groins on the Middle Rio Grande to provide bank protection at a severe bend located near Santa Clara Indian Pueblo, approximately 75 miles (121 kIn) upstream of Albuquerque, New Mexico. During the first season of operation of the groins, a discharge near the 2 year design flood of 7,600 ft.³ /s (215 m³ /s) was experienced at the site. Many of the groins showed damage following the recession of the runoff, but performed well at the site. Replacement of riprap will be accomplished before the next runoff season.

User Interface For Pipe Network Program, Istvan Lippai

United States National Park Service: Publications

The importance of providing proper user interfaces for computer solutions to engineering problems is not always recognized. Without a proper user interface, even the best engineering program is of lesser value to the practicing professional. Training courses are regularly offered for some of the better known programs where a significant amount of time is spent learning the data input functions of the program. This paper discusses a programming technique using doubly linked lists (DLL) and data transfer that can result in the development of effective user interfaces.

Steady And Unsteady Flow Profiles In Reclamation, Curtis Orvis

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The Bureau of Reclamation owns and operates over 300 dams throughout the 17 western states. For most of these structures, tailwater measurements and steady-state water surface profile computations have been made using the PSEUDO program. Accuracy in water surface profile computations especially downstream from powerplants has been important. Small changes in differential head can mean large changes in power production and associated revenues generated. Peaking operations and flow fluctuations downstream from some dams has made flow conditions unsteady. The DWOPER program has been used to evaluate tailwater conditions under fluctuating flows at a number of sites. The STARS model was …

Channel Restoration Above Elephant Butte Reservoir, Christopher A. Gorbach

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for maintenance of channel facilities above Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico. These facilities are designed to maximize the efficiency of water delivery into the reservoir pool. The major facilities operated and maintained by Reclamation include a rectified floodway channel and the Low Flow Conveyance Channel. When constructed in the 1950's, a period of prolonged drought and low reservoir levels, these channels extended some 20 (32 Ion) miles through then dry areas of the reservoir.

Between 1979 and 1987 flows in the Rio Grande were significantly above normal. Elephant Butte Reservoir filled for the …

Water Current, Volume 24, August 1992

Water Current Newsletter

Future Water Quality Protection, Coordination, Education, Research and Regulatory Activities Needed
NRDs Commemorate 50 Millionth Tree
Report from the Director: Water Research Top Priority
National Water Information Clearinghouse Workshops Issue Executive Report
What Do We Do Till the Well Runs Dry?
Missouri River Basin Tour Focuses on Surface Water Management in South Dakota and North Dakota
1992 Nebraska Water Legislation
Hardy-Superior Spa Water Quality Regulations
Study: Most Farmers Protect Groundwater
Nebraska Water Groups and Associations