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Collection Of Poetry, Christine Bentley Dec 1998

Collection Of Poetry, Christine Bentley

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No abstract provided.


Urban Retail Food Marketing In Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A Case Study, Alex R. Zablah Dec 1998

Urban Retail Food Marketing In Tegucigalpa, Honduras: A Case Study, Alex R. Zablah

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No abstract provided.


Nature, Marilyn A. Haworth Dec 1998

Nature, Marilyn A. Haworth

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No abstract provided.


The Effect Of A Sheet Tension Controller On The Productivity Of A Papermachine, Timothy J. Rummel Nov 1998

The Effect Of A Sheet Tension Controller On The Productivity Of A Papermachine, Timothy J. Rummel

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This thesis proposal outlines a project in which the efficiency of a papermachine is increased by controlling the tension through the dryer section. The controlled tension is expected to reduce wet end breaks and to decrease the steam demand of the dryer section. The experiment will be run by placing a laser positioning sensor above the open draw of a papermachine and monitoring the position of the draw until an optimum height of the paper has been determined. Then an automatic drive controller will be connected to the wet end drive to maintain a constant draw height and the machine …


Betrayed. The Legacy Of The African American Soldier, Timothy Hampton Aug 1998

Betrayed. The Legacy Of The African American Soldier, Timothy Hampton

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America has called upon its citizens on many occasions to defend its interests. Once called upon, American citizens usually respond with enthusiasm, courage, and great composure. They become American soldiers. The citizen/soldier's obligation is to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic," and to "bear true faith and allegiance to the same...." (Department of Defense Form No. 4, 1992). With this affirmation, military campaigns are launched. Missions are undertaken. Battles are fought. Ultimately, people die fighting for this nation.


Characterization Of Metal-Regulated Genes In Pseudomonas Fluorescens, Melanie Pearson Aug 1998

Characterization Of Metal-Regulated Genes In Pseudomonas Fluorescens, Melanie Pearson

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One side effect of today's industrialized world is increased levels of heavy metals in the environment. Many of these metals are necessary for biological function as trace elements, but at higher concentrations are toxic. Other metals, such as cadmium, are not beneficial at any level, and have only deleterious effects on living organisms. Cadmium is primarily thought to interfere with normal biological function of proteins. Human exposure to cadmium appears to primarily damage the kidneys, but may also affect the liver, lungs, immune system, and central nervous system. Bacteria, however, have developed several methods for handling toxic heavy metals: cation …


Directing A One-Act Play, Delana Boatright Aug 1998

Directing A One-Act Play, Delana Boatright

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No abstract provided.


Early Exposure To Violence Leads To Aggression In Children, Loretta C. Golden Aug 1998

Early Exposure To Violence Leads To Aggression In Children, Loretta C. Golden

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No abstract provided.


Personal Losses, Lesa Williams Aug 1998

Personal Losses, Lesa Williams

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No abstract provided.


Guidelines For Alternative Spring Break, Christopher A. Meyer Jun 1998

Guidelines For Alternative Spring Break, Christopher A. Meyer

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According to the 1997 Statistical Abstract of the United States, some 93 million Americans - 48.8% of the nation's adults - volunteered an average of 4.2 hours a week in 1995, donating time and talents to benefit various worthy causes. These "causes" ranged from churches to museums to schools, from private arrangements to national (even international) organizations. And the work, from building houses to holding hands to cleaning homes to answering tax questions, covered every possible talent and ability that volunteers had to offer.


Dinetic And Mechanistic Investigations Of Photocatalysis : Photoreactions Of Cr(Co)6 With Alkenes, Aaron E. Dietrich Jun 1998

Dinetic And Mechanistic Investigations Of Photocatalysis : Photoreactions Of Cr(Co)6 With Alkenes, Aaron E. Dietrich

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Flash photolysis has proven to be an effective technique for determining reaction mechanisms. Upon photolysis, a CO ligand is removed from Cr(CO)6 forming the reactive molecular fragment Cr(C0)5. In the presence of alkene, L, Cr(CO)s can react to form the meta-stable intermediate Cr(C0)5L. At high L concentrations, Cr(CO)5L decays by pseudo-first-order kinetics with an observed rate constant, kobs, which is dependent on the concentration of both L and added CO. The exar.t nature of the dependence provides insight into the mechanism of the decay of Cr(C0)5L and a plot of 1/kobs vs. [L] will give the rate constants for both …


Studies Directed Toward The Enantioselective Addition Of Reformatsky Reagents To Aldimines, Lamyaa Hassib Jun 1998

Studies Directed Toward The Enantioselective Addition Of Reformatsky Reagents To Aldimines, Lamyaa Hassib

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Interest in β-amino esters and β-lactams has grown significantly due to their applications in the synthesis of compounds of pharmaceutical interest. Examples include β-lactam antibiotics such as the penicillin and carbapenem families. Because β-lactams and β-amino esters share a common pathway, methods to prepare either are often contaminated and thus complicated by the formation of the other. We have developed convenient and highly controllable method which can afford either product cleanly.


Studies Directed Toward The Enantioselective Addition Of Reformatsky Reagents To Aldimines, Lamyaa Hassib Jun 1998

Studies Directed Toward The Enantioselective Addition Of Reformatsky Reagents To Aldimines, Lamyaa Hassib

Honors Theses

Interest in β-amino esters and β-lactams has grown significantly due to their applications in the synthesis of compounds of pharmaceutical interest. Examples include β-lactam antibiotics such as the penicillin and carbapenem families. Because β-lactams and β-amino esters share a common pathway, methods to prepare either are often contaminated and thus complicated by the formation of the other. We have developed convenient and highly controllable method which can afford either product cleanly.


Sociolinguistic Analysis Of First Person Singular Subject Pronouns In Cajun French, Ryan C. Perry May 1998

Sociolinguistic Analysis Of First Person Singular Subject Pronouns In Cajun French, Ryan C. Perry

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No abstract provided.


The Two-Dimensional Ising Model: Mean-Field And Monte Carlo Results For Equilibrium And Nonequilibrium Transitions, Kevin Scott Brown May 1998

The Two-Dimensional Ising Model: Mean-Field And Monte Carlo Results For Equilibrium And Nonequilibrium Transitions, Kevin Scott Brown

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No abstract provided.


Gender Conflicts And The Metaphor Of Race In The Novels Of George Eliot, Violet Lee Brown May 1998

Gender Conflicts And The Metaphor Of Race In The Novels Of George Eliot, Violet Lee Brown

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of In Ovo Injection Of Ascorbic Acid On Chick Hatchability And Body Weight, Craig E. Deao May 1998

The Effects Of In Ovo Injection Of Ascorbic Acid On Chick Hatchability And Body Weight, Craig E. Deao

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No abstract provided.


Exact Real Computational Arithmetic Via Infinite Composition Of Mobiüs Transformations As Presented By Dr. Peter John Potts, Et Al., David Michael Robertson May 1998

Exact Real Computational Arithmetic Via Infinite Composition Of Mobiüs Transformations As Presented By Dr. Peter John Potts, Et Al., David Michael Robertson

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No abstract provided.


A Study Of Dante’S Paradiso: Canto 23, Amy Elizabeth Greenbaum May 1998

A Study Of Dante’S Paradiso: Canto 23, Amy Elizabeth Greenbaum

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No abstract provided.


Translation Theory, Olivia Johnston Bradley May 1998

Translation Theory, Olivia Johnston Bradley

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No abstract provided.


Continue With The Old Or Start Anew? An Examination Of Congressional Election Theories In The Context Of The 1946, 1948, 1994 And 1996 Elections, Elizabeth Ivry May 1998

Continue With The Old Or Start Anew? An Examination Of Congressional Election Theories In The Context Of The 1946, 1948, 1994 And 1996 Elections, Elizabeth Ivry

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The differences in these election results raise several questions about the role and purpose of congressional elections in our democratic society. What factors could explain why two such similar elections, those of 1946 and 1994, were followed by two such different elections, those of 1948 and 1996? Has the relationship between congressional elections and congressional behaviors changed in the past 50 years? Are congressional elections still a referendum of the previous Congress and the incumbent presidency, or are other factors influencing the electorate's voting patterns? Were the midterm elections of 1946 and 1994 just extreme examples of what political scientists …


Molecular Design And Association Constants Of Nizatidine-Guest Complexes, Elizabeth Corbeil May 1998

Molecular Design And Association Constants Of Nizatidine-Guest Complexes, Elizabeth Corbeil

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Nizatidine, N-[2-[[[2-[(dimethylamino)metbyl]-4-thiazolyl]methyl]thio]ethyl]-N'methyl- 2-nitro-l,l-ethenediamine (Axid"), has been investigated for its potential to act as a host in guest-host complexes. Nizatidine binds with the guests through hydrogen bonding and pi-pi interactions. Guest-host studies were conducted using fluorescence quenching, calorimetry, NMR and invisible experiments. The lowest energy conformation of nizatidine is found to be U-shaped through theoretical calculations. Fluorescence experiments indicated that tryptophan and pyridoxine had large association constants. Further studies using calorimetry and NMR techniques concluded that no complexation had occurred. Complexation experiments have been done to find guests that complex with nizatidine. Caffeine, luminol, nicotinamide, phenylalanine, pyridoxine, pyrogallol, and tryptophan were …


Accounting For Sample Selection Bias In Louisiana Hmo Satisfaction Studies, Travis Warziniack May 1998

Accounting For Sample Selection Bias In Louisiana Hmo Satisfaction Studies, Travis Warziniack

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No abstract provided.


The Rhetoric Of Color-Blindness And Its Role In The Affirmative Action Debate, Sandra Falks May 1998

The Rhetoric Of Color-Blindness And Its Role In The Affirmative Action Debate, Sandra Falks

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No abstract provided.


Shrimp Aquaculture: An Analysis Of Its Evolution And Organization; And The Development Of A Shrimp Growth Model, Adam Rana May 1998

Shrimp Aquaculture: An Analysis Of Its Evolution And Organization; And The Development Of A Shrimp Growth Model, Adam Rana

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This paper examines the impetus for the development and subsequent rise of the shrimp aquaculture industry and continues by exploring a model that seeks to improve shrimp farmers' harvests by identifying specific variables affecting shrimp growth. Evidence reviewed from 1980 through today suggest that technological advancements, reduced prices, and increases in both the supply and demand for shrimp are positively associated with the industry's rapid ascent. The introduction of vertically integrated shrimp farms along with the ability for shrimp farmers to differentiate their products are also correlated with the industry's growth. Variables affecting shrimp growth were also studied to determine …


The Dirichlet Problem And Its Physical Motivations, Andrew E. Pitts May 1998

The Dirichlet Problem And Its Physical Motivations, Andrew E. Pitts

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In this work, we explore the basics of harmonic function theory and its relationship to problems in the theory of heat diffusion. In particular, we will focus on the classical Dirichlet problem.


The Search For Sustainable Development: Reshaping The Market Economy, Business, And Cities In The United States, Shauna M. Benshoff May 1998

The Search For Sustainable Development: Reshaping The Market Economy, Business, And Cities In The United States, Shauna M. Benshoff

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No abstract provided.


Untitled Project, Amanda D. Mulch May 1998

Untitled Project, Amanda D. Mulch

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No abstract provided.


System Development And Responsibility Of Coding Data, Ryan Moore May 1998

System Development And Responsibility Of Coding Data, Ryan Moore

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No abstract provided.


Yoga Philosophy: Paths Of Actions And Knowledge, Ryan M. Wittekiend May 1998

Yoga Philosophy: Paths Of Actions And Knowledge, Ryan M. Wittekiend

Honors Theses

My focus in the following project is to examine and understand questions regarding how humankind should act and what we ought to strive to know through the context of the ancient Indian tradition of yoga philosophy. My ultimate goal is to understand the experience and role of the teachers who have the duty to guide the majority of us along the path of life and to examine the process of proper action and duty. I will carry out this investigation in four parts. First, I will examine the origins of spiritual and ritual thought explained in the ancient works of …