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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

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


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

Swing State Residency And Young Voter Turnout, Alex Hotard

Honors Theses

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

Honors Theses

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

Honors Theses

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

Honors Theses

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

Honors Theses

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

Honors Theses

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

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Brief Motivational Interviewing On Motivation For Weight Loss, Krystal Marie Waldo Jan 2014

Effects Of Brief Motivational Interviewing On Motivation For Weight Loss, Krystal Marie Waldo

LSU Master's Theses

Obesity rates have continued to increase over the past decade with a current estimate of 35.7% of adults who are obese in the United States. Several behavioral weight loss programs are available to individuals, which typically lead to a 10% decrease in body weight; however, most individuals begin gaining weight after six months. Long-term weight maintenance interventions may be needed to help individuals keep the weight off and more cost-effective, and tailored weight-loss treatments need to be available. Motivation may play an important role in long-term weight maintenance. Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1995) states that it is important …


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 …


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 Devil Made Her Do It: Three Horror Film Case Studies In The Exorcism Subgenre, Charles Austin Mcdonald Ii Jan 2014

The Devil Made Her Do It: Three Horror Film Case Studies In The Exorcism Subgenre, Charles Austin Mcdonald Ii

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Although interest in exorcism has spiked in real world and fictional filmic contexts, scholars have yet to fully identify the exorcism film as a subgenre of the horror film. Following Anne Rothe’s (2011) argument that representation of trauma in popular culture may function like “a discursive knot in contemporary culture due to its vast associative powers of generating interactions between disparate ideas” (p. 4), this study recognizes exorcism as a discursive knot that deserves further attention. Utilizing a case study approach, this dissertation focuses on three exorcism films: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), The Last Exorcism (2010), and The …


Between Nihilism And Transcendence : Albert Camus' Dialogue With Nietzsche And Dostoevsky, Sean Derek Illing Jan 2014

Between Nihilism And Transcendence : Albert Camus' Dialogue With Nietzsche And Dostoevsky, Sean Derek Illing

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation examines the impact of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche on the development of Albert Camus’ political philosophy. The innovation of the present study is in the attempt to offer a substantive examination of Camus’ dialogue with Nietzsche and Dostoevsky. To the extent that connections between these writers have been discussed, it has been in the general context of modern thought or it has focused on overlapping literary themes. This project emphasizes the political dimensions of these connections. In addition to re-interpreting Camus’ political thought, the aim is to clarify Camus’ struggle with transcendence and to bring renewed attention …


Differential Examination Of Disgust In Spider, Blood-Injection, And Contamination Fear: Self-Reported And Attention-Based Assessment Of Differences, Whitney Shay Jenkins Jan 2014

Differential Examination Of Disgust In Spider, Blood-Injection, And Contamination Fear: Self-Reported And Attention-Based Assessment Of Differences, Whitney Shay Jenkins

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Biased attention toward threat has been demonstrated across anxiety disorders as well as among nonclinical samples. While such studies have produced findings of attentional bias for fear-related or threatening stimuli, other types of emotionally laden stimuli have been ignored. This study sought to examine the experience and impact of disgust on individuals experiencing various types of anxiety, which may play a more significant role than fear in some disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and some specific phobias. Specifically, this study examined self-reported disgust and attentional bias in relation to disgust and threatening stimuli. A modified dot-probe task with pictorial …


Evaluating Teaching Efficiency In Reading And Spelling Instruction, Sarah Joanne Miller Jan 2014

Evaluating Teaching Efficiency In Reading And Spelling Instruction, Sarah Joanne Miller

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Reading and spelling are essential skills for a student’s educational success. The current literature on spelling instruction has examined a variety of spelling modalities, but has never directly compared written versus oral spelling. There are theoretical and empirical indications that either method may be superior to the other. Thus, study one directly compared written and oral spelling instruction for their rates of spelling acquisition as well as generalization to reading. The results of study 1 indicated that written spelling was superior to oral spelling in rates of acquisition of both spelling and reading accuracy. Previous research has also indicated that …


Working Memory, Processing Speed, And Academic Achievement In Adults With Adhd, Alyse Barker Blanchard Jan 2014

Working Memory, Processing Speed, And Academic Achievement In Adults With Adhd, Alyse Barker Blanchard

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

In Barkley’s (1997a, 1997b) model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), he proposes that working memory deficits resulting from ADHD may cause impairments in reading comprehension. ADHD has been associated with poorer processing speed and working memory as well as academic underachievement in some studies. However, more research is needed examining the relationship between ADHD, working memory, processing speed, and academic achievement in adults to help elucidate the neuropsychological correlates of ADHD and their potential impact on academic functioning. The aim of the current study is to examine the relationship between ADHD, verbal working memory performance, processing speed, and academic achievement in …