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Beef Export Verification Program For Japan, Mark Halstead, Darrell R. Mark Mar 2006

Beef Export Verification Program For Japan, Mark Halstead, Darrell R. Mark

Cornhusker Economics

After regaining beef export trade with Japan in December 2005, export rule violations prompted Japan to reinstate its beef trade ban on January 20, 2006. While it is uncertain when trade will resume, it is incumbent upon the entire U.S. beef industry to understand the rules for beef export to Japan. These rules are established in USDA’s Beef Export Verification (BEV) Program for Japan. This BEV Program applies to companies, producers, feedlots, slaughterers and fabricators who supply beef and beef offal for export to Japan. Suppliers must comply with the specified product requirements under the USDA BEV Program for Japan …

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March 2006 - Staff Meeting Minutes Mar 2006

March 2006 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Nebraska’S Agricultural Land Markets: Dynamic And Diverse, Bruce B. Johnson Mar 2006

Nebraska’S Agricultural Land Markets: Dynamic And Diverse, Bruce B. Johnson

Cornhusker Economics

Preliminary results for the 2006 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Developments Survey show patterns of change and contrast. Overall, the average per-acre value of Nebraska farmland climbed 9.6 percent during the year ending February 1, 2006 (Figure 1 and Table 1). However, based on these preliminary findings, the annual changes across regions and types of land varied widely.

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Computer Network Security And Arl Libraries, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers Mar 2006

Computer Network Security And Arl Libraries, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

This article reviews current recommendations for computer security practices for staff computing, summarizes current practices in United States Association of Research Libraries and proposes further areas to explore.

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Crop Rental Rates, Roger Selley Mar 2006

Crop Rental Rates, Roger Selley

Cornhusker Economics

One of the most frequently asked questions by landlords and tenants is, “Should we be adjusting our rental arrangement in response to the recent changes in costs (or returns)?” A related question is, “What are others in the area doing?” An implication of some of the questions asked is, “We should be doing something similar to our neighbors,” or at least, “what others are doing will provide guidance on what we should be doing.”

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Digital Commons: Nu-It Day Presentation, Paul Royster Mar 2006

Digital Commons: Nu-It Day Presentation, Paul Royster

Institutional Repository Information

PDF and PowerPoint presentation made to University of Nebraska IT Day Conference, March 15, 2006. The Document is a PDF file. The PowerPoint file is the "Related file"

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Nebraska Supreme Court Allows School Consolidation Law To Move Forward, J. David Aiken Mar 2006

Nebraska Supreme Court Allows School Consolidation Law To Move Forward, J. David Aiken

Cornhusker Economics

On March 3, 2006 the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a district court’s order stopping the implementation of a 2005 school consolidation statute was in error. Pony Lake School District v. State Committee for Reorganization, 271 Neb. 173 (2006). The Supreme Court’s ruling paved the way for the mandatory June 15, 2006 termination of over 200 Class I School Districts pursuant to L.B. (Legislative Bill) 126, despite a November 7, 2006 voter referendum on LB126.

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Most Popular Downloads -- February 2006 Mar 2006

Most Popular Downloads -- February 2006

Institutional Repository Information

The 57 most often downloaded articles, with number of downloads, number of "hits", and URLs.

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Montessori Education And Its Scientific Basis, Carolyn P. Edwards Mar 2006

Montessori Education And Its Scientific Basis, Carolyn P. Edwards

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Review of: Angeline Stoll Lillard, Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Montessori education is the subject of Angeline Lillard’s book. Montessori, a brilliant figure who was Italy’s first woman physician, created an approach that reflected a late 19th century vision of mental development and theoretical kinship with the great European progressive educational philosophers, Jean-Jacque Rousseau, Johann Pestalozzi and Fredrich Froebel (Edwards, 2002 and Edwards, 2003). The many parallels between her ideas and those of the American progressive, John Dewey, her contemporary, are due to the fact that their ideas grew out of shared theoretical roots …

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Suggestions For Contributors And Editorial Policy (The Prairie Naturalist), Elmer J. Finck, Hilary Gillock Mar 2006

Suggestions For Contributors And Editorial Policy (The Prairie Naturalist), Elmer J. Finck, Hilary Gillock

The Prairie Naturalist

Suggestions for contributors and editorial policy for The Prairie Naturalist from March 2006, Volume 38, Issue 1.

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Pathways In And Out Of Substance Use Among Homeless-Emerging Adults, Kimberly A. Tyler, Katherine Johnson Mar 2006

Pathways In And Out Of Substance Use Among Homeless-Emerging Adults, Kimberly A. Tyler, Katherine Johnson

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Although high rates of alcohol and drug use have been found among homeless young people, less is known about who is responsible for their initiation, the reasons for their continued use, and why some individuals eventually transition out of using whereas others do not. Based on qualitative interviews with 40 homeless individuals 19 to 21 years of age in the Midwest, results revealed that the majority of respondents were initiated into substance use by friends and acquaintances, although family also played a significant role. Almost one half of respondents reported using substances to cope with early family abuse, stress, and …

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Effects Of Predator Removal On Upland Nesting Ducks In North Dakota Grassland Fragments, Kristen D. Chodachek, Michael J. Chamberlain Mar 2006

Effects Of Predator Removal On Upland Nesting Ducks In North Dakota Grassland Fragments, Kristen D. Chodachek, Michael J. Chamberlain

The Prairie Naturalist

Low nest success rates in the Prairie Pothole Region are attributed mainly to changes in the predator community coupled with reductions in availability of suitable nesting cover. We evaluated effects of removal of mammalian predators on pair density and nest success of ducks nesting on 259 ha sites in northeastern North Dakota during 2001 and 2002. We monitored pair density and duck nests on 10 sites with removal and 10 sites without removal. Overall nest success for both years was greater on trapped (53.4%) than nontrapped sites (28.7%). Pair densities were not affected by predator removal, but did increase across …

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Survey Participation, Nonresponse Bias, Measurement Error Bias, And Total Bias, Kristen M. Olson Mar 2006

Survey Participation, Nonresponse Bias, Measurement Error Bias, And Total Bias, Kristen M. Olson

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

A common hypothesis about practices to reduce survey nonresponse is that those persons brought into the respondent pool through persuasive efforts may provide data filled with measurement error. Two questions flow from this hypothesis. First, does the mean square error of a statistic increase when sample persons who are less likely to be contacted or cooperate are incorporated into the respondent pool? Second, do nonresponse bias estimates made on the respondents, using survey reports instead of records, provide accurate information about nonresponse bias? Using a unique data set, the Wisconsin Divorce Study, with divorce records as the frame and questions …

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Some Guiding Assumptions And A Theoretical Model For Developing Culturally Specific Preventions With Native American People, Les B. Whitbeck Mar 2006

Some Guiding Assumptions And A Theoretical Model For Developing Culturally Specific Preventions With Native American People, Les B. Whitbeck

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This essay proposes six basic assumptions to guide the development of prevention research partnerships between Native American communities and non-Native American prevention researchers. It also presents a five-stage theoretical model for the development of culturally specific prevention research. The theoretical model addresses the need for: (a) the cultural translation of key prevention constructs pertaining to risk and protective factors and (b) the development of measures of culturally specific risk and protective factors that will contribute to explained variance over and above that explained by traditional European models. “Cultural translation” refers to the process of adapting key variables to reflect their …

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Family, Community, And School Influences On Resilience Among American Indian Adolescents In The Upper Midwest, Teresa D. Lafromboise, Dan R. Hoyt, Lisa Oliver, Les B. Whitbeck Mar 2006

Family, Community, And School Influences On Resilience Among American Indian Adolescents In The Upper Midwest, Teresa D. Lafromboise, Dan R. Hoyt, Lisa Oliver, Les B. Whitbeck

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This study examines resilience among a sample of American Indian adolescents living on or near reservations in the upper Midwest. Data are from a baseline survey of 212 youth (115 boys and 97 girls) who were enrolled in the fifth through eighth grades. Based upon the definition of resilience, latent class analyses were conducted to identify youth who displayed prosocial outcomes (60.5%) as opposed to problem behavior outcomes. A measure of family adversity was also developed that indicated only 38.4% of the youth lived in low-adversity households. Defining resilience in the context of positive outcomes in the face of adversity, …

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Shared Family Identity, Age Salience, And Intergroup Contact: Investigation Of The Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship, Jordan Soliz, Jake Harwood Mar 2006

Shared Family Identity, Age Salience, And Intergroup Contact: Investigation Of The Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship, Jordan Soliz, Jake Harwood

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

This study investigated communicative and relational aspects of the grandparent–grandchild relationship that lead to perceptions of age salience and shared family identity with the grandparent. The perceptions represent manifestations of inter- and intragroup levels of categorization in dealing with the other family member. The association between these group-oriented categorizations and perceptions of intergenerational contact outside of the family was examined. Participants (N = 369) completed questionnaires assessing perceptions of experiences with multiple grandparents. Findings showed that general family identification of the grandchild, parental encouragement, and personal communication (social support and reciprocal self-disclosure) are positively associated with perceptions of shared family …

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Leisure Time In Japan: How Much And For Whom?, Scott M. Fuess Jr. Mar 2006

Leisure Time In Japan: How Much And For Whom?, Scott M. Fuess Jr.

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

Japan is famous for long working hours. For decades the Japanese government has tried to influence how people spend their free time. In 5-yearly surveys since 1986, the government has surveyed “quality of life” by gauging how much time people spend daily in various “noneconomic” activities. Using results from the 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001 surveys, this study determines whether time spent daily on leisure activities has actually changed. Controlling for labor market forces, in recent years Japanese adults have not experienced more leisure time overall. They have increased time spent, one hour per week, in media-oriented leisure; this increase, …

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A Billion Dollars A Day, E. Wesley F. Peterson Mar 2006

A Billion Dollars A Day, E. Wesley F. Peterson

Cornhusker Economics

Government subsidies for agriculture in the industrialized nations of North America, Western Europe and East Asia (Japan and South Korea) have been severely criticized by many commentators because of their negative impact on developing countries. (See, for example, “Protecting the French Farmer,” from the editorial page of the New York Times, December 8, 2005). Many have noted that these wealthy countries subsidize their farmers at the rate of a billion dollars a day and that the resulting overproduction depresses world prices to the detriment of low-income countries that depend on agricultural exports. Agricultural subsidies have been a major issue during …

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Public Inputs And Dynamic Producer Behavior: Endogenous Growth In U.S. Agriculture, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Alejandro Onofri Feb 2006

Public Inputs And Dynamic Producer Behavior: Endogenous Growth In U.S. Agriculture, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Alejandro Onofri

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

This paper is an attempt to understand the impact of public R&D and public infrastructure on the performance of the U.S. agricultural sector during the last part of the twentieth century. A neoclassical Solow growth model is not sufficient for this understanding given the sustained growth performance of the sector. We base our analysis on a well known endogenous growth model, the 'AK model' where nonconvexities are introduced through non-rival inputs. Based on these models and within the dynamic models that rationalize private and public decision making, we have identified three testable hypotheses regarding the aggregate agricultural production technology. They …

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Cattle Cycles: Where Are We And Where Are We Headed?, Dillon Feuz Feb 2006

Cattle Cycles: Where Are We And Where Are We Headed?, Dillon Feuz

Cornhusker Economics

There are 97.1 million total head of cattle in the U.S. as of January 1, 2006. That is an increase of 1.78 percent over the 2005 value, and an increase of 2.33 percent over the 2004 value. The January 1, 2004 value marked the end of the prior cattle cycle and the start of a new cycle. The total number of beef cows that have calved is now at 33.3 million head, an increase of one percent over 2005. This marks the second year of herd growth and it appears that growth will continue in 2006; beef replacement heifers were …

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February 2006 - Staff Meeting Minutes Feb 2006

February 2006 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Did He Say Switchgrass?, Richard K. Perrin Feb 2006

Did He Say Switchgrass?, Richard K. Perrin

Cornhusker Economics

Yes, in his recent state of the union address, President Bush said, "We will also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips and stalks or switchgrass. Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive within six years."

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Task One: Moving Dublin Core To Marc, Margaret Mering, Charity K. Martin, Judith Wolfe Feb 2006

Task One: Moving Dublin Core To Marc, Margaret Mering, Charity K. Martin, Judith Wolfe

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: White Papers

Problem: Currently we catalog architecture slides in both MARC and ContentDM (Dublin Core)

Questions: How can we catalog items in ContentDM and then load the data into IRIS in a MARC format with appropriate URL to access the actual images?
Also, how can we move catalog records and URLS from IRIS to ContentDM without a great deal of clean up?

Charge: Design and test a process for moving data from ContentDM to IRIS and from IRIS to ContentDM.

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Annual Report Of Nebraska's Reading First, Guy Trainin Feb 2006

Annual Report Of Nebraska's Reading First, Guy Trainin

Institutional Repository Information

Thi report summarizes the results of the first year of the Reading First Initiative in Nebraska. Results show that teachers and schools have made a real effort to change. Student performance in the earlier grades has shown great promise for the following years, however, growth in fluency and comprehension in grades 2 and 3 were not as impressive and require additional attention. Overall, students make at least a year’s progress in most schools and most demographic groups. Schools can make much better use of the data they were collecting and need further direction in this area The assessment results were …

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Managing An Agricultural Business In A Risky Environment, H. Douglas Jose Feb 2006

Managing An Agricultural Business In A Risky Environment, H. Douglas Jose

Cornhusker Economics

What is Risk? Risk is a possible adverse event that has the potential to interfere with a business entity’s financial stability or its ability to achieve its mission. Risk can also have a positive outcome. Srategic planning is the process of selecting the plan that will overcome the possible negative impact and convert risks into opportunities.

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University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension Connect, February 2006 Feb 2006

University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension Connect, February 2006

Connect (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension)

Inside this issue:

pg. 4 On the road
pg. 6 Beef advantage
pg. 7 On-site wastewater

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Infertility: Testing A Helpseeking Model, Lynn K. White, Julia Mcquillan, Arthur L. Greil, David R. Johnson Feb 2006

Infertility: Testing A Helpseeking Model, Lynn K. White, Julia Mcquillan, Arthur L. Greil, David R. Johnson

Bureau of Sociological Research: Faculty Publications

This paper uses data from a study of 196 infertile women from the Midwestern US to examine a general theory of help-seeking behavior applied to infertility. All of these women report meeting the medical definition of infertility—12 months or more of regular intercourse without conception—at some point in their lives. Only 35 percent of this sample of infertile women identified themselves as having had fertility problems and only 40 percent had sought medical treatment.

Drawing on prior theories of help-seeking, we examine the effects of symptom salience, life course cues, attitudes, predisposing factors, and enabling conditions on help-seeking. We posit …

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Models Of American Indian Education: Cultural Inclusion And The Family/Community/School Linkage, Adrienne Freng, Scott Freng, Helen A. Moore Feb 2006

Models Of American Indian Education: Cultural Inclusion And The Family/Community/School Linkage, Adrienne Freng, Scott Freng, Helen A. Moore

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Educational research has explored the impact of culture and the linkage of families and communities to schools on student achievement among minority students. Little focus, however, has been placed on the family/community interactions with schools among culturally distinctive populations such as American Indians and students' perceptions of the educational process. This exploratory research examined the state of education from the perspective of American Indian young adults from various tribes in Nebraska. Instead of focusing on educational achievement, the emphasis of most educational research relating to American Indians, this study explored the model of education in existence. Additionally, researchers explored the …

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Curiosity, Courage Keys To Diverse Journalism, Carla Kimbrough Feb 2006

Curiosity, Courage Keys To Diverse Journalism, Carla Kimbrough

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Curiosity and courage, I said, are essential characteristics for being a great journalist and producing great journalism.
That comment apparently struck two aspiring journalists because they approached me following a recent panel discussion about diversity at Colorado State University. They wanted more.
Curiosity, I explained, allows journalists to ponder the reality of the world around them. By putting aside assumptions of knowing how life is, great journalists can spark their desires to learn or know more about people and their circumstances.
Courage enables journalists to ask about all the things they are curious about without fear. Or, to borrow somewhat …

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“You’Re My Parent But You’Re Not”: Dialectical Tensions In Stepchildren’S Perceptions About Communicating With The Nonresidential Parent, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter Feb 2006

“You’Re My Parent But You’Re Not”: Dialectical Tensions In Stepchildren’S Perceptions About Communicating With The Nonresidential Parent, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

The nonresidential parent plays a role in the lives of stepchildren and in stepfamily households. The focus of the present study was on the interaction between the nonresidential parent and his/her child who resides as part of a stepfamily household. Grounded in relational dialectics theory, the researchers performed an interpretive analysis of 50 transcribed interviews with college-aged stepchildren. Stepchildren’s perceptions of communication with the nonresidential parent were animated by two contradictions: parenting/nonparenting and openness/closedness. These two contradictions form a totality, interwoven with one another. The parenting/nonparenting contradiction reflected stepchildren’s ambivalence over parenting attempts of nonresidential parents. Stepchildren wanted nonresidential parent …

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