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The Mediating Effects Of Child Coping And Social Support On Child Adjustment In The Wake Of Hurricane Katrina, Laren M. Alexander May 2014

The Mediating Effects Of Child Coping And Social Support On Child Adjustment In The Wake Of Hurricane Katrina, Laren M. Alexander

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Repeated Denials On Memory For Actions, Rachel Dianiska May 2014

The Influence Of Repeated Denials On Memory For Actions, Rachel Dianiska

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


The Immigration Cycle? : A Comparative Analysis Of Historical Determinants Of State Level Immigration Policy, Rome Gonsoulin May 2014

The Immigration Cycle? : A Comparative Analysis Of Historical Determinants Of State Level Immigration Policy, Rome Gonsoulin

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Identification Of Morphemes And The Effect Of Memory Load On Second Language Learning, Hannah Hebert May 2014

Identification Of Morphemes And The Effect Of Memory Load On Second Language Learning, Hannah Hebert

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No abstract provided.


Swing State Residency And Young Voter Turnout, Alex Hotard May 2014

Swing State Residency And Young Voter Turnout, Alex Hotard

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No abstract provided.


Determining The Best Career Ladder For Nurse Practitioners In Louisiana By Examining Occupational Mobility, Gina K. Wilson May 2014

Determining The Best Career Ladder For Nurse Practitioners In Louisiana By Examining Occupational Mobility, Gina K. Wilson

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Media Framing Of Yusuf Islam’S An Other Cup: Music, Religion, And Narrative Construction, Joshua Hamburg May 2014

Media Framing Of Yusuf Islam’S An Other Cup: Music, Religion, And Narrative Construction, Joshua Hamburg

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Believe The Lie: Source Monitoring Errors For Repeated Lies, Laura L. Heisick May 2014

Believe The Lie: Source Monitoring Errors For Repeated Lies, Laura L. Heisick

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No abstract provided.


Lessons From 3-D Surface Scanning Of 19th Century Coffin Plates From St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard, Belleville, Ontario, Canada, Abigail Woltering May 2014

Lessons From 3-D Surface Scanning Of 19th Century Coffin Plates From St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard, Belleville, Ontario, Canada, Abigail Woltering

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Caring Is Sharing: Reconciling The Federal Trade Commission’S Online Privacy Suggestions With Young Social Media Users’ Privacy Reality, Katherine Macdonald May 2014

Caring Is Sharing: Reconciling The Federal Trade Commission’S Online Privacy Suggestions With Young Social Media Users’ Privacy Reality, Katherine Macdonald

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Competing Identities In The U.S. South: The Role Of Youth And Southern Identities In Politics, Olivia Mcclure May 2014

Competing Identities In The U.S. South: The Role Of Youth And Southern Identities In Politics, Olivia Mcclure

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Flaws In The Federal Communications Commission, Sally Kay Mcpherson May 2014

Flaws In The Federal Communications Commission, Sally Kay Mcpherson

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No abstract provided.


Islam In France And Germany: A Comparative Study Of The Immigrant Religion’S Experience In The State Sphere, Kristen Callais May 2014

Islam In France And Germany: A Comparative Study Of The Immigrant Religion’S Experience In The State Sphere, Kristen Callais

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


The “Arab Spring” In The Discourse Of The Western Media, Logan De La Barre-Hayes May 2014

The “Arab Spring” In The Discourse Of The Western Media, Logan De La Barre-Hayes

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No abstract provided.


Voting In Latin America: Understanding Turnout Decisions, Claire Q. Evans May 2014

Voting In Latin America: Understanding Turnout Decisions, Claire Q. Evans

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Welfare Sanctions On Infant Mortality In Louisiana Parishes, Jackson Voss Apr 2014

The Effects Of Welfare Sanctions On Infant Mortality In Louisiana Parishes, Jackson Voss

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Pesticides And Ultraviolet Radiation On Coastal Invertebrates And The Need For More Research On Multiple Stressors And Predator-Prey Interactions, Dana K. Rock Apr 2014

The Effect Of Pesticides And Ultraviolet Radiation On Coastal Invertebrates And The Need For More Research On Multiple Stressors And Predator-Prey Interactions, Dana K. Rock

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Analyzing Market Incentives For Wetland Restoration In Louisiana: Wetland Mitigation Banking, Blue Carbon Sequestration, And Wetland Entrepreneurship, Eric Newberry Apr 2014

Analyzing Market Incentives For Wetland Restoration In Louisiana: Wetland Mitigation Banking, Blue Carbon Sequestration, And Wetland Entrepreneurship, Eric Newberry

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Crumbling Pillars Of The Developmental State: The Collapse Of The Bretton Woods System And Its Impact On Political Economy In East Asia, Braden Dauzat Apr 2014

Crumbling Pillars Of The Developmental State: The Collapse Of The Bretton Woods System And Its Impact On Political Economy In East Asia, Braden Dauzat

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Social Media And The Church, Danielle Nicolette Kelley Jan 2014

Social Media And The Church, Danielle Nicolette Kelley

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Utilizing Instant Communication Technology To Express Gratitude: A Brief Intervention Study, Margaret L. Hindman Jan 2014

Utilizing Instant Communication Technology To Express Gratitude: A Brief Intervention Study, Margaret L. Hindman

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No abstract provided.


Social Capital And Economic Opportunity: Implications For Increasing Social Mobility, Kalena Thomhave Jan 2014

Social Capital And Economic Opportunity: Implications For Increasing Social Mobility, Kalena Thomhave

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No abstract provided.


"Les Miserables: The Twitter Revolution" : A Study Of Fan Activity, Parasocial Relationships, And Audience-Persona Interactions, Lance Stephen Bordelon Jan 2014

"Les Miserables: The Twitter Revolution" : A Study Of Fan Activity, Parasocial Relationships, And Audience-Persona Interactions, Lance Stephen Bordelon

LSU Master's Theses

This study simulated a fan extension of the Broadway-renowned musical Les Miserables on a community level and measured the effects of fan interactions—both online and with the characters’ narratives as performed at Theatre Baton Rouge during summer 2013. The stimulus materials in this study were Tweets distributed via Twitter identities for each of the lead characters whereby their thoughts and narratives were communicated with audiences and Twitter followers—coinciding with the opening of the live theatrical production. Patrons of Theatre Baton Rouge were surveyed online after the closing of the production. This study served as a practical use of Twitter for …


Assessment Of Age At Weaning For Post-Contact Maya Of Tipu, Belize, Using Stable Carbon, Nitrogen, And Oxygen Isotope Ratios, Chaney Hiers Jan 2014

Assessment Of Age At Weaning For Post-Contact Maya Of Tipu, Belize, Using Stable Carbon, Nitrogen, And Oxygen Isotope Ratios, Chaney Hiers

LSU Master's Theses

Age at weaning was assessed for a post-Spanish contact Maya population, the Tipu, by sampling 25 individuals (20 subadults less than seven years of age and five females from 18 to 45 years of age). Whole ribs, for younger subadults, and rib fragments, for older subadults and adults, were sampled for stable nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen isotope ratios. Five lines of evidence were used to assess age at weaning: stable carbon composition from collagen (δ13Ccol), stable nitrogen composition from collagen (δ15Ncol), stable carbon composition from apatite (δ13Cap), difference in collagen and apatite composition (Δ13Cap-col), and stable oxygen composition from apatite …


Inferences Of Subsistence Activities Using Musculoskeletal Stress Markers Of Humerii From Two Louisiana Archaeological Populations, Brian M. Thibodeaux Jan 2014

Inferences Of Subsistence Activities Using Musculoskeletal Stress Markers Of Humerii From Two Louisiana Archaeological Populations, Brian M. Thibodeaux

LSU Master's Theses

Wolff’s Law states that bone is laid down where it is needed; therefore, mechanical factors, including subsistence-based activity patterns, play a role in bone biology. One of bone’s responses to strain is the development of musculoskeletal stress markers (MSMs) at entheses, or the sites in which soft tissues, including tendons and ligaments, attach to bone. MSMs have been used by bioarchaeologists to make inferences about past population’s activity patterns and subsistence behaviors. The following study scores eight MSMs of the proximal humerii from the Tchefuncte (16ST1) and Greenhouse (16AV2) sites in Louisiana. The MSMs were segregated into muscle groups and …


Prophets, Studio Revolutionaries, And On-The-Ground Activist: Hip-Hop/Rap Artists' Approaches To Community Engagement, Castel Sweet Jan 2014

Prophets, Studio Revolutionaries, And On-The-Ground Activist: Hip-Hop/Rap Artists' Approaches To Community Engagement, Castel Sweet

LSU Master's Theses

With few exceptions, previous scholarship on rap and hip-hop music focuses on the study of lyrics and videos; emphasizing the negative influence that artists have on their communities and on perpetuating inequality in the United States. Contrarily, this study explores artists’ embeddedness in local communities, their interpretation of the connectedness of their work to their communities, and the impact they have as individual civic actors outside the narrow limits of their art. Using in-depth interviews with self-identified rap and located in the Southern region of the United States, I explore artists’ personal narratives of the social issues that plague their …


Change In Developmental Quotient In Toddlers Assessed For Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lindsey Willis Williams Jan 2014

Change In Developmental Quotient In Toddlers Assessed For Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lindsey Willis Williams

LSU Master's Theses

ASD is marked by significant delays in social and language development, while development in other areas, such as cognitive functioning, can be highly variable from person to person. Though preschool-aged children with ASD often exhibit a profile of developmental delays similar to children with other developmental disorders at a discrete moment in time, few studies have investigated possible differences in rate of skill acquisition in developmental domains in children with different disorders. Sensitive periods of development are marked by less stability in performance of developmental skills. Results of prior studies suggest that if appropriate early interventions are applied during sensitive …


The Politics Of U.S. Government Debt Accumulation, Carlos Ignacio García Jiménez Jan 2014

The Politics Of U.S. Government Debt Accumulation, Carlos Ignacio García Jiménez

LSU Master's Theses

The political factors influencing the observed patterns of federal government debt accumulation of The United States of America are investigated. Previous research has found that the political context may condition fiscal policy and macroeconomic fluctuations; however, it remains unclear as to what political components have effects on the government debt accumulation process, and how it is impacted by these factors. Thus, this research proposes a set of questions and hypotheses that aim to understand such process, and specifically how it may be affected by partisan control of political institutions, electoral considerations, Congressional ideology and political polarization, in conjunction with economic …


The Future Of Broadcast Television: Online Streaming Infringement And The U.S. Supreme Court, Elizabeth Cuttner Jan 2014

The Future Of Broadcast Television: Online Streaming Infringement And The U.S. Supreme Court, Elizabeth Cuttner

LSU Master's Theses

Aereo and FilmOn X are online streaming services that allow subscribers to watch and record broadcast content online by capturing over-the-air signals through antennas assigned to each user and streaming that content to subscribers. The broadcasters and media owners who own copyrights in the content transmitted via the over-the-air signals that Aereo and FilmOn X capture argue that this service infringes upon their exclusive right of public performance, specifically under the Transmit Clause. The broadcasters have brought suit against both Aereo and FilmOn X for copyright infringement in several courts across the United States; some courts have found the online …


The Contribution Of Comorbid Symptomology To The Social Skill Deficits In Infants And Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Paige Elizabeth Cervantes Jan 2014

The Contribution Of Comorbid Symptomology To The Social Skill Deficits In Infants And Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Paige Elizabeth Cervantes

LSU Master's Theses

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication and the presence of restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior or interests. The onset of ASD symptomology occurs prior to 30 months of age; however, typical diagnosis is made at 3 to 4 years old. Early identification of ASD is imperative for more effective treatment and a bettered prognosis. The evaluation and treatment of ASD is complicated by high rates of comorbid psychopathology. When an individual presents with ASD and a co-occurring disorder, symptoms may manifest differently. Utilizing the Baby and Infant Screen for Children with …