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Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Omaha's Central Business District."

As Omaha is the dominant City of the metropolitan area, the Central Business District (CBD) is the focus of Omaha. Historically it has enjoyed this distinction by virtue of its location and by the fact it contains the area's concentration of government, office, finance, cultural, entertainment, and general commercial activities. As Omaha has undergone great change in recent years so has the Central Business District. This report summarizes the findings of a six month study which had as its primary purpose that of determining the impact of …

Kabul Times, July To September, 1976, Bakhtar News Agency

Kabul Times

Kabul Times is an English language newspaper, published daily, except Fridays and Afghan holidays. First issue was published on February 27, 1962)

Situational Determinants Of A Crying Response: Their Interrelations With Cognitive Structure And Level Of Sex-Role Identification, Richard Paul Votta

Student Work

An attempt was made to assess the relationships between an individual's level of sex-role identification, degree of cognitive complexity or simplicity, and reported crying behavior. One hundred sixty six students from an introductory sociology class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha were administered three scales: the Bern Sex Role Inventory to assess their level of sex-role identification; the Millimet Rep Test (Version 1) to assess the degree of cognitive complexity, and the Votta Crying Scale-an instrument devised by the author to measure an individual's propensity to crying and the four major types of situations that will elicit the behavior. …

Developmental Aspects Of Nonverbal Communication, Richard Norris

Student Work

Developmental differences in encoding and decoding abilities were investigated in this study with subjects ranging from 5 years to 88 years of age. The 94 white, middle-class males and females were placed into five age groups. Subjects were asked to encode each of six emotional expressions, after which they were presented with three decoding tasks. The video tape mode required subjects to decode the same six common nonverbal expressions of emotion (i.e., anger, surprise, fear, happiness, sadness, disgust). A second decoding task consisted of four expressions (anger, fear, sadness, happiness) which were schematically depicted. Subjects' decoding of affect in a …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Mid-Continent City Crime Rates: A Multivariate Analysis," by Ralph H. Todd.

Preliminary crime data (1975) provided the basis for analysis of variations in major crime among cities of the MidContinent Region. The Uniform Crime Reports measure seven Crime Index Offenses: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. Remaining criminal offenses were not considered in this study. Crime rates per 100,000 population were compiled using the FBI Uniform Crime Reports and current population estimates (Table 1 ).

The Effects Of A Community Involvement Program On Adolescent Student's Citizenship Attitudes, Stuart Harold Stockhaus

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

Upon looking at any of the many lists of social studies instructional objectives. one can hardly avoid finding an objective called citizenship. A National Council for the Social Studies sponsored publication on civic education states, "In one sense, desirable citizenship traits in a democratic society remain the same today, in the midst of rapid cultural change. as they were hundreds of years ago. Effective participation by the individual in public affairs continues to require the same four essentials: knowledge. thought. commitment, and action. In application, however. each generation redefines good citizenship to fit demands of the times."

Kabul Times, June 1976, Bakhtar News Agency

Kabul Times

Kabul Times is an English language newspaper, published daily, except Fridays and Afghan holidays. First issue was published on February 27, 1962)

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Regional Economic Recovery Rates Vary."

Available information about employment, construction activity, wages, telephone customers and department store sales indicate economic recovery in most of the 25 urban areas of the Mid-Continent Region. There are, however, wide differences in the relative economic strength of the recovery among the areas.

Kabul Times, May 1976, Bakhtar News Agency

Kabul Times

Kabul Times is an English language newspaper, published daily, except Fridays and Afghan holidays. First issue was published on February 27, 1962)

The Effect Of Patterned Visual Stimulation On Visual Activity And Feeding Behavior During The Feeding Period In Human Newborn Infants, Robert H. Anderson

Student Work

The relationship between patterned visual stimulation and behavior in newborn human infants has been studied in a variety of situations (Fantz, 196 3; Hershenson, 1965; Haith, 1965; Bruner, 1968; Salapatek, 1968; Wagner, 1972; Friedman 1972; Boismier, 1972). Typically, the effect of visual stimulation on the behavior of newborn infants during the feeding period has not been studied. This omission may in part be related to studies by Haith (1965) and Bruner (1968) who, in the investigation of the effects of visual stimulation on nonnutritive.sucking rates, concluded that newborns are virtually incapable of looking and sucking at the same time. Bruner, …

Happenings 14 (April 1976 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Housing and Business Investment in Nebraska."

The areas studied by the Center for Applied Urban Research are identified in Maps 1, 2' and 3. Omaha and Lincoln study areas conform to the neighborhoods receiving or eligible for first-year HUD Community Development funding. Five non· metropolitan communities, Beatrice, Lexington, Broken Bow, Columbus and Hartington, were selected in consultation with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development as being representative of communities with 50,000 or less population.

Housing And Business Investment In Nebraska, David W. Hinton, William B. Rogers

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Editor's Note: The 1975 Legislative Session of the Nebraska Legislature recognized the need to analyze all available options for dealing with the problems of urban redevelopment: lack of adequate housing, revitalization of older business districts, and possible incentives for investment in older neighborhoods in Nebraska. Accordingly, Resolution 53 directed the Legislature's Urban Affairs Committee to study a) causes of urban decay, b) current Federal and State programs in urban redevelopment, c) laws and programs of other states that encourage redevelopment, d) incentives to encourage urban redevelopment and e) needs for changes in Nebraska law. The study here summarized was completed …

Kabul Times, April 1976, Bakhtar News Agency

Kabul Times

Kabul Times is an English language newspaper, published daily, except Fridays and Afghan holidays. First issue was published on February 27, 1962)

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Intra-Urban Migration and Omaha's Westward Expansion," by Paul S. T. Lee.

While there has been increasing concern about Omaha's westward expansion and future growth pattern, there remains a lack of information about the extent and speed of this outward expansion for the past several years and the socio-economic factors that might have caused it.¹

This information as well as relative changes of population among all sections of Omaha is of prime importance in city-wide public service planning and in formulating future city growth policy. This study presents findings from an …

A Descriptive Study Of The Listening Skills Of Chief Probation Officers For The State Of Nebraska, Patricia A. Crosby

Student Work

Twenty years ago the place of listening in our educational system was neglected. Instruction in listening skills, even at the college level, was virtually nonexistent. Today, at all educational levels, training in listening is "coming of age." Listening is beginning to be recognized as an area of important communication skills. More important, it is being considered as fundamental skills which can and must be taught.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Regional and Local Economic Indicators, 1975: The Mid-Content Region."

The metropolitan areas of the Mid-Continent Region experienced a sharp economic downturn during 1975.¹ Double· digit inflation of 1974 ebbed but unemployment rates were on the rise. By mid-year 1975 there was noticeable improvement in construction activity, sales, and the level of nonfarm wage and salary employment. Quarterly and annual economic data on the regional urban economies for 1974-1975 are presented in Table 1.

Housing And Business Investment In Nebraska's Non-Metropolitan Communities And Declining Urban Neighborhoods, Ralph H. Todd, David W. Hinton, Paul S. T. Lee, Thomas C. Moss, William B. Rogers

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This study focuses on one subject area of the Urban Affairs Committee's charge: housing and business investment in Nebraska's declining urban neighborhoods and non-metropolitan communities. From its beginning the study has had two primary objectives:

First, to ascertain the demand for housing and business investment funds in the declining urban neighborhoods of Nebraska's two major metropolitan cities, Omaha and Lincoln, and in the State's non-metropolitan communities; and the perceptions of homeowners, renters, landlords and businessmen in these communities and neighborhoods regarding the availability to them of such funds.

Second, to identify factors which discourage or hamper housing and business investment …

Service-Learning, Donald J. Eberly

Service Learning, General

Service-learning integrates the accomplishment of a needed task with educational growth.

Patterns Of Volunteer Service By Young People: 1965 & 1974, Donald J. Eberly

Service Learning, General

In November 1965 and again in April 1974 the Census Bureau conducted a nationwide survey of volunteers. The first was funded by the Department of Labor,l and the second by ACTION, a Federal agency established in 1971 to coordinate federally-supported volunteerism, and to operate volunteer programs such as VISTA and the Peace Corps.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "The Changing Distribution of Omaha's Office Space," by Armin K. Ludwig.

During the first half of the twentieth century in most American cities the journey between home and work tended to increase. This was especially true for white collar office workers and managers whose rising incomes permitted not only purchase of new homes in the suburbs but also purchase and operation of automobiles to ease the longer journey to work. In most cases this journey took them to the Central Business District (CBD) or financial center of the city. As these …

Kabul Times, January To March, 1976, Bakhtar News Agency

Kabul Times

Kabul Times is an English language newspaper, published daily, except Fridays and Afghan holidays. First issue was published on February 27, 1962)

Happenings 11 (December 1975-January 1976 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

A Comparison Of Experiential And Classroom Learning Models In Teaching Health Problems Of The Poor, Gerald F. Braza

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

The general problem was to assess differences, if any, in selected areas of knowledge, attitudes and behavior among students exposed to a classroom model with students exposed to an experiential (community live-in} model in learning about health problems of the poor. Specific problems included: the selection of instruments, the development of methods and materials for teaching the classroom and experiential groups, and the measurement of students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to the poor and their health problems.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 12, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Regional Urban Economic Indicators."

Beginning with this issue of the Review, CAUR will compile and report quarterly economic data pertaining to 25 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas {SMSA's) located in the 11-state Mid-Continent Region. The states included in this Region are Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota. Comparative statistics on {1) average weekly income of production workers, {2) non-agricultural wage and salary employment, {3) employment in the construction industry, and {4) unemployment are presented in Table I for each of the 25 SMSA's.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Roll-Call Cohesion of the Omaha Metropolitan Area Delegations in the 1975 Session of the Nebraska State Legislature," by Murray Frost.

What is the roll·call behavior of the Omaha Metropolitan Area delegation in the 1975 session of the Nebraska State Legislature? Specifically:

1. How much cohesion does the Omaha Metropolitan Area delegation exhibit on roll calls? To what extent does the delegation vote together as a group?

2. How often does each of the legislators vote with or against the delegation majority?

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Geographical Approach to Residential Construction Cost Structure," by Gary K. Higgs and William H. Cheek.

The single-family residence is generally the largest and most important purchase of any household unit. Those employed in building these residences also constitute a large proportion of the domestic construction industry and the unique emotional status of a home has made the residence construction and related industries one of the principal material economic indicators.

Kabul Times, October To December, 1975, Bakhtar News Agency

Kabul Times

Kabul Times is an English language newspaper, published daily, except Fridays and Afghan holidays. First issue was published on February 27, 1962)

Effects Of State And Federal Aid To Education, Taxes And Other Socio-Economic Factors On Certain Housing Values In Nebraska, Wallace W. Decatur

Student Work

There have been many studies, papers, articles, and theories which attempt to explain the effect of taxation on real estate values. Occasionally, someone will attempt to correlate some new, here-to-fore unrelated, factor to real estate values. The new factors are often utilized alone or in conjunction with previous study.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 09, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Education in Nebraska: Fifth Annual Report."

This report represents a compilation of the most recent data made available by governmental and nongovernmental sources. The report contains information on a wide variety of subjects, including school enrollments, student withdrawals, status and plans of high school and university graduates, and degrees conferred by the University of Nebraska System as well as other Omaha Area colleges and universities.