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Ar(1) Sequence With Random Coefficients:Regenerative Properties And Its Application, Krishna B. Athreya, Koushik Saha, Radhendushka Srivastava Sep 2017

Ar(1) Sequence With Random Coefficients:Regenerative Properties And Its Application, Krishna B. Athreya, Koushik Saha, Radhendushka Srivastava

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Influences Of Hurricanes, Floods, And Organic Production On River-Delta Evolution Over Decadal To Centennial Time-Scales, Crawford M. White Aug 2017

Influences Of Hurricanes, Floods, And Organic Production On River-Delta Evolution Over Decadal To Centennial Time-Scales, Crawford M. White

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Episodic overbank flooding and sediment resuspension events (such as cold front passages or tropical cyclones) are recognized as important natural components for wetlands maintaining vertical equilibrium with sea-level. However, the relative importance of these components to an anthropogenically unmodified delta complex remains unclear. This study uses sediment cores to describe the relative importance of these vertical accretion components the Lafourche and Balize Deltas of the Mississippi River. Existing wetlands of the abandoned lower Lafourche receive no direct fluvial sediment, but instead are supported by sediment resuspended by tropical cyclones and cold fronts that pass over them. Wetlands of the modern …


Investigating Core Shale Depositional Environments Of Late Pennsylvanian Cyclothems Utilizing Geochemical Proxies To Test The Superestuarine Model, Bryce A. Mathis Aug 2017

Investigating Core Shale Depositional Environments Of Late Pennsylvanian Cyclothems Utilizing Geochemical Proxies To Test The Superestuarine Model, Bryce A. Mathis

LSU Master's Theses

The Late Paleozoic Midcontinent Sea (LPMS) inundated vast areas of the North American interior during glacio-eustatic transgressions, depositing widespread black shales facies within the core shale intervals of major cyclothems. These black shale deposits are unique because no modern analogs can adequately explain the depositional environments and model for organic matter preservation across such vast ancient epicontinental settings. One possible explanation is that a superestuarine circulation system developed across the LPMS during humid interglacial phases, which promoted strong water column stratification and benthic anoxia.

The goal of this research was to test the validity of the superestuarine estuarine model and …


Information Theoretic Study Of Gaussian Graphical Models And Their Applications, Ali Moharrer Aug 2017

Information Theoretic Study Of Gaussian Graphical Models And Their Applications, Ali Moharrer

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

In many problems we are dealing with characterizing a behavior of a complex stochastic system or its response to a set of particular inputs. Such problems span over several topics such as machine learning, complex networks, e.g., social or communication networks; biology, etc. Probabilistic graphical models (PGMs) are powerful tools that offer a compact modeling of complex systems. They are designed to capture the random behavior, i.e., the joint distribution of the system to the best possible accuracy. Our goal is to study certain algebraic and topological properties of a special class of graphical models, known as Gaussian graphs. First, …


Hydroformylation And Aldehyde-Water Shift Catalysis By Dirhodium Tetraphosphine Complexes, Marshall Douglas Moulis Aug 2017

Hydroformylation And Aldehyde-Water Shift Catalysis By Dirhodium Tetraphosphine Complexes, Marshall Douglas Moulis

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The use of a unique tetraphosphine ligand (et,ph-P4) allows for the chelating of two rhodium centers to perform bimetallic coopertivity in hydroformylation reactions to better the yields the linear aldehyde product. The proposed catalyst is [Rh2(μ-H)2(CO)4(rac-et,ph-P4)]2+ and has been studied by in situ FT-IR and NMR. When tested in a polar phasic acetone/water (30 % by vol.), the catalyst forms a monocationic system [Rh2(μ-H)2(CO)4(rac-et,ph-P4)]+ that has an initial TOF of 26 min-1, selectivity of 27:1 L:B, and low byproducts of …


Earthquake Risks In Haiti: An Analysis Of Response And Preparedness Strategies For The Design Of A New Mitigation Approach, Patrick Alteus Aug 2017

Earthquake Risks In Haiti: An Analysis Of Response And Preparedness Strategies For The Design Of A New Mitigation Approach, Patrick Alteus

LSU Master's Theses

Earthquakes can have enormous consequences on affected countries. To minimize these harsh consequences, an effective disaster management plan is necessary and a reasonable strategy is necessary to recover and get back to a normal life when they happen. Studies from scientists show that it is difficult to predict when an earthquake will occur. Because of this unpredictability, high-risk countries need to act continuously in order to deal with any sudden strike that may occur by stressing on the mitigation and preparedness activities and by designing appropriate response plans. In Haiti, a well-known earthquake-prone country, the preparedness and mitigation plans have …


Nanoparticle-Based Drug-Delivery Systems Studied By Second Harmonic Generation, Raju Ram Kumal Aug 2017

Nanoparticle-Based Drug-Delivery Systems Studied By Second Harmonic Generation, Raju Ram Kumal

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Second harmonic generation (SHG) is used to study different types of colloidal nanoparticle drug-delivery systems. The surface charge density, electrostatic surface potentials, and ion adsorptions of 50 nm colloidal gold nanoparticle samples coated with mercaptosuccinic acid are determined using SHG measurements under varying NaCl and MgCl2 concentrations in water. Numerical solutions to the spherical Poisson-Boltzmann equation are fit to the SHG results to account for the nanoparticle surface curvature and ion adsorption to the Stern layer interface, showing excellent agreement with electrophoretic mobility measurements. In another study, nanoparticles of gold, silver and polystyrene are functionalized with microRNA using a …


An Optimal Execution Problem With S-Shaped Market Impact Functions, Takashi Kato Jun 2017

An Optimal Execution Problem With S-Shaped Market Impact Functions, Takashi Kato

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Statistical Analysis Of The Non-Ergodic Fractional Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Process Of The Second Kind, Brahim El Onsy, Khalifa Es-Sebaiy, Ciprian A. Tudor Jun 2017

Statistical Analysis Of The Non-Ergodic Fractional Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Process Of The Second Kind, Brahim El Onsy, Khalifa Es-Sebaiy, Ciprian A. Tudor

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Stationary Solutions Of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations In The Space Of Tempered Distributions, Suprio Bhar Jun 2017

Stationary Solutions Of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations In The Space Of Tempered Distributions, Suprio Bhar

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Poisson Approximation Of Rademacher Functionals By The Chen-Stein Method And Malliavin Calculus, Kai Kronkowski Jun 2017

Poisson Approximation Of Rademacher Functionals By The Chen-Stein Method And Malliavin Calculus, Kai Kronkowski

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


A Note On Evolution Systems Of Measures Of Stochastic Differential Equations In Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Spaces, Thanh Tan Mai Jun 2017

A Note On Evolution Systems Of Measures Of Stochastic Differential Equations In Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Spaces, Thanh Tan Mai

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Fractal Behavior Of Multivariate Operator-Self-Similar Stable Random Fields, Ercan Sönmez Jun 2017

Fractal Behavior Of Multivariate Operator-Self-Similar Stable Random Fields, Ercan Sönmez

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Mixed Strategies For Deterministic Differential Games, Wendell H. Fleming, Daniel Hernandez-Hernandez Jun 2017

Mixed Strategies For Deterministic Differential Games, Wendell H. Fleming, Daniel Hernandez-Hernandez

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


On Infinite Stochastic And Related Matrices, Andreas Boukas, Philip Feinsilver, Anargyros Fellouris Jun 2017

On Infinite Stochastic And Related Matrices, Andreas Boukas, Philip Feinsilver, Anargyros Fellouris

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Spatial Ergodicity Of The Harris Flows, E.V. Glinyanaya Jun 2017

Spatial Ergodicity Of The Harris Flows, E.V. Glinyanaya

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


The Elvis Problem A Minimal Time Problem With Constant Dynamics, Emily Ribando-Gros May 2017

The Elvis Problem A Minimal Time Problem With Constant Dynamics, Emily Ribando-Gros

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Computer Scientists In The Swamp: A Case Study And Examination Of The State Of Computer Science Education In Louisiana, Kristen Barrett May 2017

Computer Scientists In The Swamp: A Case Study And Examination Of The State Of Computer Science Education In Louisiana, Kristen Barrett

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Epoch, Latitude And Star Positions From Hipparchus’ Commentary, Irene Vargas-Salazar May 2017

Epoch, Latitude And Star Positions From Hipparchus’ Commentary, Irene Vargas-Salazar

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Optimized Multilayered Thermal Emitters For Photovoltaic, Lighting, And Countermeasure Technologies, Simón G. Lorenzo Apr 2017

Optimized Multilayered Thermal Emitters For Photovoltaic, Lighting, And Countermeasure Technologies, Simón G. Lorenzo

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Capturing Omni-Stereo Panoramas Within Unreal Engine 4, Evan Preslar Apr 2017

Capturing Omni-Stereo Panoramas Within Unreal Engine 4, Evan Preslar

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Synthesis Of Β-Methyl-L-Cysteine As A Model For A Β-Methyl-D-Cysteine Building Block For Incorporation Into Microbisporicins, Elora C. Doskey Apr 2017

Synthesis Of Β-Methyl-L-Cysteine As A Model For A Β-Methyl-D-Cysteine Building Block For Incorporation Into Microbisporicins, Elora C. Doskey

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Increased Sedimentation On Carbon Accumulation Of Salt Marsh Benthic Biofilms, Abbey Hotard Apr 2017

Effects Of Increased Sedimentation On Carbon Accumulation Of Salt Marsh Benthic Biofilms, Abbey Hotard

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Influence Of Nutrient Availability And Sediment Supply On Productivity Of Spartina Patens, Shannon Matzke Apr 2017

Influence Of Nutrient Availability And Sediment Supply On Productivity Of Spartina Patens, Shannon Matzke

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Timber Harvest On Avian Abundance And Diversity, Mckenzie Brandon Apr 2017

Effects Of Timber Harvest On Avian Abundance And Diversity, Mckenzie Brandon

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Nash Twist And Gaussian Noise Measure For Isometric C1 Maps, Amites Dasgupta, Mahuya Datta Mar 2017

Nash Twist And Gaussian Noise Measure For Isometric C1 Maps, Amites Dasgupta, Mahuya Datta

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


A Clark-Ocone Type Formula Under Change Of Measure For Multidimensional Lévy Processes, Ryoichi Suzuki Mar 2017

A Clark-Ocone Type Formula Under Change Of Measure For Multidimensional Lévy Processes, Ryoichi Suzuki

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Optimal Approximation Of Skorohod Integrals – Examples With Substandard Rates, Peter Parczewski Mar 2017

Optimal Approximation Of Skorohod Integrals – Examples With Substandard Rates, Peter Parczewski

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


On Martingale Representation And Logarithmic-Sobolev Inequality For Fractional Brownian Bridge Measures, Xiaoxia Sun, Feng Guo Mar 2017

On Martingale Representation And Logarithmic-Sobolev Inequality For Fractional Brownian Bridge Measures, Xiaoxia Sun, Feng Guo

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


On Constructing Some Membranes For A Symmetric Α-Stable Process, M. M. Osypchuk, M.I. Portenko Mar 2017

On Constructing Some Membranes For A Symmetric Α-Stable Process, M. M. Osypchuk, M.I. Portenko

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.