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Popular Theatre In Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century Vienna: Stage Characters And Performance Sites., Gregory John Dykhouse Jan 1995

Popular Theatre In Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century Vienna: Stage Characters And Performance Sites., Gregory John Dykhouse

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation pursues a relationship between the changing venues of the Viennese popular theatrical tradition, or Wiener Komodie, and the evolution of the comic figure from the performances of Josef Anton Stranitzky (1676-1726) to Johann Nestroy (1801-1862). This study follows a procedure of reconstructing the major venues associated with the Viennese comic tradition and analyzing the changes in the depiction of the comic character as they relate to the changes in the venues. This presentation of Viennese performance sites and stage characters ultimately explores the relationship between physical space (object of material culture, such as a purpose-built theatre) and theatrical …


African Origin Of Human-Specific Polymorphic Alu Insertions, Mark A. Batzer, Mark Stoneking, Michelle Alegria-Hartman, Hernan Bazan, David H. Kass, Tamim H. Shaikh, Gabriel E. Novick, Panayiotis A. Ioannou, W. Douglas Scheer, Rene J. Herrera, Prescott L. Deininger Dec 1994

African Origin Of Human-Specific Polymorphic Alu Insertions, Mark A. Batzer, Mark Stoneking, Michelle Alegria-Hartman, Hernan Bazan, David H. Kass, Tamim H. Shaikh, Gabriel E. Novick, Panayiotis A. Ioannou, W. Douglas Scheer, Rene J. Herrera, Prescott L. Deininger

Faculty Publications

Alu elements are a family of interspersed repeats that have mobilized throughout primate genomes by retroposition from a few 'master' genes. Among the 500,000 Alu elements in the human genome are members of the human- specific subfamily that are not fixed in the human species; that is, not all chromosomes carry an Alu element at a particular locus. Four such polymorphic human-specific Alu insertions were analyzed by a rapid, PCR-based assay that uses primers that flank the insertion point to determine genotypes based on the presence or absence of the Alu element. These four polymorphic Alu insertions were shown to …


Axial Coordination Phenomena In Highly Substituted Porphyrins. Crystal Structure Of The Polymeric (2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-Octaethyl-5,10,15,20- Tetranitroporphyrinato)Zinc(Ii), [{Zn(Oetnp)}N], Mathias O. Senge, Kevin M. Smith Dec 1994

Axial Coordination Phenomena In Highly Substituted Porphyrins. Crystal Structure Of The Polymeric (2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-Octaethyl-5,10,15,20- Tetranitroporphyrinato)Zinc(Ii), [{Zn(Oetnp)}N], Mathias O. Senge, Kevin M. Smith

Faculty Publications

The polymeric structure of the sterically strained and non-planar porphyrin [{ZnIIoetnp}n] is determined by X-ray crystallography; polymerization is achieved by utilization of the nitro-groups for axial ligation to the zinc(II) centre.


Habitat Use, Movement, And Production Ecology Of The Crayfish Procambarus Vioscai, Christopher David Barcza Dec 1994

Habitat Use, Movement, And Production Ecology Of The Crayfish Procambarus Vioscai, Christopher David Barcza

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

I conducted three studies during the year of 1993 in order to investigate the ecology of the crayfish Procambarus vioscai in the streams of the Kisatchie National Forest. The first study was designed to determine the factors that effect the microdistribution of this crayfish. A direct and positive relationship between the variation in leaf accumulation and crayfish biomass in a location was observed in the study streams. Laboratory observations of the behavior of the crayfish associated with leaf litter and a regression model for structure volume versus crayfish biomass indicated that exploitation of leaf accumulations by P. vioscai is a …


Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1994, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Oct 1994

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1994, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.


Faculty Senate Resolution 93-07, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Sep 1994

Faculty Senate Resolution 93-07, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution regarding changes in PS-36, adopted on September 15, 1994.


Global Arrest Of Translation During Invertebrate Quiescence, Gretchen E. Hofmann, Steven C. Hand Aug 1994

Global Arrest Of Translation During Invertebrate Quiescence, Gretchen E. Hofmann, Steven C. Hand

Faculty Publications

Comparing the translational capacities of cell-free systems from aerobically developing embryos of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana vs. quiescent embryos has revealed a global arrest of protein synthesis. Incorporation rates of [3H]leucine by lysates from 4-h anoxic embryos were 8% of those from aerobic (control) embryos, when assayed at the respective pH values measured for each treatment in vivo. Exposure of embryos to 4 h of aerobic acidosis (elevated CO2 in the presence of oxygen) suppressed protein synthesis to 3% of control values. These latter two experimental treatments promote developmental arrest of Artemia embryos and, concomitantly, cause acute declines in …


A Dag Based Wormhole Routing Strategy, John Roy May 1994

A Dag Based Wormhole Routing Strategy, John Roy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The wormhole routing (WR) technique is replacing the hitherto popular storeand- forward routing in message passing multicomputers. This is because the latter has speed and node size constraints. The wormhole routing is, on the other hand, susceptible to deadlock. A few WR schemes suggested recently in the literature, concentrate on avoiding deadlock. This thesis presents a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) based WR technique. At low traffic levels the proposed method follows a minimal path. But the routing is adaptive at higher traffic levels. We prove that the algorithm is deadlock-free. This method is compared for its performance with a deterministic …


Cotton Response To Mepiquat Chloride Applications After Early Season Square Loss, Donald R. Cook May 1994

Cotton Response To Mepiquat Chloride Applications After Early Season Square Loss, Donald R. Cook

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Mepiquat chloride, a plant growth regulator used in cotton (Gossvpium hirsutum L.) production, controls vegetative growth and improves boil set on lower fruiting branches. This response could either enhance or reduce problems associated with early square loss. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between early square loss and mepiquat chloride on vegetative and reproductive growth of cotton. The cultivar, Deltapine 50, was planted at tvjo locations in 1992. Three levels of square removal (SR) (0%, 20%, or 40% of all squares 10-14 days after pin head square) and three rates of Mepiquat chloride (MC) {0, 4 …


Rodent Bc1 Rna Gene As A Master Gene For Id Element Amplification, Joomyeong Kim, John A. Martignetti, M. Richard Shen, Jürgen Brosius, Prescott Deininger Apr 1994

Rodent Bc1 Rna Gene As A Master Gene For Id Element Amplification, Joomyeong Kim, John A. Martignetti, M. Richard Shen, Jürgen Brosius, Prescott Deininger

Faculty Publications

ID elements are short interspersed repetitive DNA elements (SINEs) which have amplified in rodent genomes via retroposition, a process involving an RNA intermediate. BC1, an abundant ID-related transcript, is transcribed from a conserved, single-copy gene in rodents. The gene encoding BC1 RNA represents one of the earliest and possibly the first ID-containing sequence. Comparison of consensus sequences of each rodent ID with its corresponding BC1 RNA gene showed that the variations of BC1 RNA within rodents corresponded to specific changes within the ID consensus sequence for each rodent species. This supports the hypothesis that the BC1 gene is a master …


Coastal Eutrophication Near The Mississippi River Delta, R. Eugene Turner, Nancy Rabalais Apr 1994

Coastal Eutrophication Near The Mississippi River Delta, R. Eugene Turner, Nancy Rabalais

Faculty Publications

CHANGES in delivery of river-borne nutrients such as dissolved phosphate, nitrate and silicate, owing to land-use changes and anthropogenic emissions, are known to result in eutrophication1— enhanced phytoplankton blooms—and more severe hypoxic events2–1 in many enclosed bays and seas. Although similar ecological effects might be expected on continental shelves, the occurrence of such eutrophication has remained unresolved5. Here we present evidence of eutrophication of the continental shelf near the outflow of the Mississippi river, obtained by quantifying biologically bound silica (BSi) in diatom remnants within dated sediment cores. BSi accumulation rates are greatest in water depths of 20 to 50 …


A Rationale For Coastal Wetland Restoration Through Spoil Bank Management In Louisiana, Usa, R. Eugene Turner, E. M. Swenson, J. M. Lee Mar 1994

A Rationale For Coastal Wetland Restoration Through Spoil Bank Management In Louisiana, Usa, R. Eugene Turner, E. M. Swenson, J. M. Lee

Faculty Publications

The rationale and outline of an implementation plan for restoring coastal wetlands in Louisiana is presented. The rationale for the plan is based on reversing the consequences of documented cause-and-effect relationships between wetland loss and hydrologic change. The main feature is to modify the extensive interlocking network of dredged spoil deposits, or spoil banks, by reestablishing a more natural water flow at moderate flow velocity (/sec). Guidelines for site selection from thousands of potential sites are proposed. Examples of suitable sites are given for intermediate marshes. These sites exhibit rapid deterioration following partial or complete hydrologic impoundment, implying a strong …


Personal And Occupational Mobility Characteristics Of Selected Dislocated Newspaper Workers., Jackie Lamar Benton Jan 1994

Personal And Occupational Mobility Characteristics Of Selected Dislocated Newspaper Workers., Jackie Lamar Benton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to describe the personal and occupational mobility characteristics of selected dislocated newspaper workers and the residual effect of their separation and unemployment. Objectives of the descriptive study focused on: (a) demographic characteristics, (b) employment history, (c) occupational mobility, (d) economic and emotional impact, (e) attitudes and perceptions, and (f) education and training. A defined population of 132 dislocated newspaper workers was surveyed six and 18 months after departure from the industry. The researcher-designed survey instrument had 41 items (six months) and 43 items (18 months). Sixty-four dislocated newspaper workers responded at six months, and …


Strategic Adaptation In The Banking Industry: An Exploration Of The Antecedents And Consequences Of Strategic Change Following Deregulation., Elton L. Scifres Jr Jan 1994

Strategic Adaptation In The Banking Industry: An Exploration Of The Antecedents And Consequences Of Strategic Change Following Deregulation., Elton L. Scifres Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examined the antecedents and consequences of strategic change in the commercial banking industry between 1980 and 1987. Based on a review of the literature, a conceptual model was developed that predicted change would be influenced by two factors, adaptive forces and inertial forces. Adaptive forces include two factors that have been hypothesized to encourage change, prior performance and slack resources. Inertial forces include two factors sometimes thought to inhibit change, organizational size and age. Change outcomes were predicted to be influenced by degree of change and moderated by adaptive and inertial forces. Guided by previous theoretical and empirical …


Association Of The Catalytic Subunit Of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase With A Zinc‐Containing Polypeptide Fragment Of The Regulatory Chain Leads To Increases In Thermal Stability, Cynthia B. Peterson, Bin‐Bing ‐B Zhou, Durwynne Hsieh, Angela N.H. Creager, H. K. Schachman Jan 1994

Association Of The Catalytic Subunit Of Aspartate Transcarbamoylase With A Zinc‐Containing Polypeptide Fragment Of The Regulatory Chain Leads To Increases In Thermal Stability, Cynthia B. Peterson, Bin‐Bing ‐B Zhou, Durwynne Hsieh, Angela N.H. Creager, H. K. Schachman

Faculty Publications

The regulatory enzyme aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase), comprising 2 catalytic (C) trimers and 3 regulatory (R) dimers, owes its stability to the manifold interchain interactions among the 12 polypeptide chains. With the availability of a recombinant 70‐amino acid zinc‐containing polypeptide fragment of the regulatory chain of ATCase, it has become possible to analyze directly the interaction between catalytic and regulatory chains in a complex of simpler structure independent of other interactions such as those between the 2 C trimers, which also contribute to the stability of the holoenzyme. Also, the effect of the interaction between the polypeptide, termed the zinc domain, …


Paraganglioma In The Vertebral Canal Of A Cow, Dae Yong Kim, Mae K. Lopez, Alvin C. Camus, E. Clay Hodgin, D. Gene Luther Jan 1994

Paraganglioma In The Vertebral Canal Of A Cow, Dae Yong Kim, Mae K. Lopez, Alvin C. Camus, E. Clay Hodgin, D. Gene Luther

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Three New Species And A New Record Of Neotropical Pocadlus Erichson 1843 (Coleoptera Nitidulidae), R. A.B. Leschen, C. E. Carlton Jan 1994

Three New Species And A New Record Of Neotropical Pocadlus Erichson 1843 (Coleoptera Nitidulidae), R. A.B. Leschen, C. E. Carlton

Faculty Publications

Three species of nitidulid beetles from Ecuador and Costa Rica are described as new: Pocadius maquipucunensis, P. ephite, and P. ephite and P. jelineki. These species were collected from puffball fungi of the genus Lycoperdon or in flight-intercept traps located in high-altitude cloud forests. Pocadius dimidiatus Jelínek 1977, previously known from Argentina, is reported from Tambopata Province, Peru. Specimens of P. dimidiatus were collected from fungi in the genera Lycoperdon and Geaster or in flight-intercept traps located in lowland tropical rainforest. © 1994 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.


Error Correction In Second-Year Students' Compositions: A Comparative Study Of Native And Non-Native Speakers/Instructors Of French., Catherine Annie Jolivet Jan 1994

Error Correction In Second-Year Students' Compositions: A Comparative Study Of Native And Non-Native Speakers/Instructors Of French., Catherine Annie Jolivet

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this dissertation was to determine whether or not there are differences between native and non-native speakers/instructors of French when they correct second year students' compositions. The research questions this study set forth to answer are: (1) Are there any differences in the number of corrections performed by native and non-native speakers/instructors of university intermediate French classes when they evaluate compositions? (2) Are there any differences between native and non-native speakers/instructors in the categories (verb, noun, spelling, other) where error correction was performed? (3) Are there any differences between native and non-native speakers/instructors when and if they paid …


Breeding Wheat For Resistance To Bacterial Leaf Streak Caused By Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Translucens., Barry Lawrence Tillman Jan 1994

Breeding Wheat For Resistance To Bacterial Leaf Streak Caused By Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Translucens., Barry Lawrence Tillman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Bacterial leaf streak or black chaff caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens (Xct) can cause yield loss in wheat, especially in warm, high rainfall environments. Bactericidal chemicals have not been effective in controlling the disease, however, host resistance to leaf streak may be an effective control measure. Studies were conducted in the field and greenhouse to determine the relationship between the black chaff and leaf streak symptoms caused by Xct, to quantify yield loss, to calculate the heritability of leaf streak reaction and to evaluate germplasm for resistance to leaf streak. The results showed that 'Florida 304' is very susceptible …


Critical Chorology And Peasant Production: Small Farm Forestry In Hojancha, Guanacaste, Costa Rica., Michael Stephen Yoder Jan 1994

Critical Chorology And Peasant Production: Small Farm Forestry In Hojancha, Guanacaste, Costa Rica., Michael Stephen Yoder

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The "new regional geography" is an attempt to fuse traditional regional geography's concerns with cultural and environmental uniqueness of places, with political economy's regard for the nature of global and local structures guiding resource allocation. The approach infuses chorology with theory, and political economy with place-specific empirical research. Most studies exemplifying the new approach have been of industrial localities of Europe and North America. This dissertation is a case study of regional transformation in a Third World locality, the canton of Hojancha, in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. The approach utilized is "critical chorology," a variant of the new regional geography …


Communicating With The Elderly: Gender And Contact Differences In Prototypes, Hesitation Phenomena, Proxemics, And Interaction Evaluations., Lynn B. Wellman Jan 1994

Communicating With The Elderly: Gender And Contact Differences In Prototypes, Hesitation Phenomena, Proxemics, And Interaction Evaluations., Lynn B. Wellman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present dissertation was to examine some of the perceptions younger adults have about the elderly, communication behaviors during a cross-generational interaction, and evaluations of the interaction. The present investigation used an experimental design that included the following two independent variables: (1) gender and (2) amount of interaction (or contact) a younger adult has with elderly people. Subjects were categorized into high, medium, or low contact groups based on self-reports. The study consisted of an initial survey, an experiment (younger subjects interviewed by an elderly confederate), and a postinteraction survey. The gender and contact factors were investigated …


A Specification Environment That Supports The Prototyping Of Distributed Systems Using An Object-Oriented Model., Abbas Dehkhoda Jan 1994

A Specification Environment That Supports The Prototyping Of Distributed Systems Using An Object-Oriented Model., Abbas Dehkhoda

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

High-speed computer networking, interactive service, and incremental growth for computing are some of the motivations for developing a distributed system. Despite the inherent benefits of a distributed system, the development of software support is more difficult for distributed systems than for sequential systems. In either case, difficulties may arise from the communication problems between two groups of people with different backgrounds trying to formulate requirements for the system. This process depends on feedback and may take many iterations to converge. Customers can usually recognize the features they need when they start using a system, which makes prototyping an important tool …


A Comparison Of The Effects Of Multiple Visual Examples And Nonexamples Versus Prototypical Examples On Science Concept Learning: An Exploratory Study Based Upon The Concept Of Photosynthesis., Eleanor Deane Abrams Jan 1994

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Multiple Visual Examples And Nonexamples Versus Prototypical Examples On Science Concept Learning: An Exploratory Study Based Upon The Concept Of Photosynthesis., Eleanor Deane Abrams

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Two researcher-produced, standard-length videos on photosynthesis (and accompanying ancillary materials) were developed with the input of educators and content experts. The control treatment video script contained the standard number of prototypical examples and graphics based high school textbooks. The experimental treatment video script was based on the theory of conceptual change. Two student focus groups met daily for one week and reviewed portions of the original experimental treatment script for clarity, brevity, and choice and placement of examples and nonexamples. Their suggestions and conceptual change have implications for curriculum design. The main research question of this study was: Do students …


Industrial Buyer-Seller Alliances: An Interorganizational Strategic Perspective., Charles Chris Nielson Jan 1994

Industrial Buyer-Seller Alliances: An Interorganizational Strategic Perspective., Charles Chris Nielson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Industrial suppliers often seek close relationships with selected customers in order to obtain certain strategic advantages. These advantages include not only those accruing directly from the preferred position with that particular customer (e.g., an assured outlet for the firm's products), but also those related to the attainment of mutual buyer-seller benefits including, as examples, new product development, new market entry, reduced distribution and shipping costs, and others. These advantages are obtained by the creation of close formal and informal ties or bonds between the firms using joint product development projects, R&D projects, Just-in-Time logistics systems and others. These types of …


The Rhetoric Of The Organizational Saga: A Fantasy Theme Analysis Of The Organizational Communication Culture Of The Louisiana State Police., Brookie Ann Allphin Jan 1994

The Rhetoric Of The Organizational Saga: A Fantasy Theme Analysis Of The Organizational Communication Culture Of The Louisiana State Police., Brookie Ann Allphin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation is a fantasy theme analysis of the organizational communication culture of the Louisiana State Police. This study interprets the rhetorical function of the organizational sagas of State Police. State Police has a distinct history aligned with Louisiana Politics. In 1937, General Louis F. Guerre, the first superintendent, envisioned a new State Police, immune from political pressures, "soldiers of the law in the first line of defense for society." The symbolic persona of LSP has survived through fifty-six years of politics and policing as the state's ranking law enforcement agency. As participant observer, the researcher gathered communication data and …


Convention Unity Speeches., Lynna L. Cherry Jan 1994

Convention Unity Speeches., Lynna L. Cherry

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

National nominating conventions serve a number of purposes for their respective parties. Most notably, the convention officially bestows the party nomination on the candidate for president. Recent political conventions have been carefully orchestrated to create an air of party unity and solidarity behind the respective candidate. Beginning with the 1980 Democratic National Convention, there has been a new occurrence at these conventions. Contenders who were not going to receive the party nomination nor were they going to be the running mate for the party nominee have been granted podium time (usually during prime time of the convention) ostensibly for the …


Fluorescence Studies Of Tomaymycin-Dna Adducts: Structure And Dynamics., Qi Chen Jan 1994

Fluorescence Studies Of Tomaymycin-Dna Adducts: Structure And Dynamics., Qi Chen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The relationship between ground-state structure and fluorescence lifetime of tomaymycin was studied using steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, absorption, NMR, and photochemical techniques. Excited-state proton transfer and intersystem crossing were identified as the major nonradiative processes. Solvent isotope effect was found in aqueous solution, which did not involved C8OH. Photochemical H-D exchange on aromatic C6H and C9H were observed with similar rate. At 77 K, the total luminescence quantum yield was determined as 0.99. The quantum yield ratio of phosphorescence to fluorescence was 1.2. The limiting anisotropy was ${\sim}0.34$ for fluorescence and $-$0.1 for phosphorescence. The number and type of tomaymycin-DNA …


Twentieth-Century Flemish Art Song: A Compendium For Singers. (Volumes I And Ii)., Paul Arthur Huybrechts Jan 1994

Twentieth-Century Flemish Art Song: A Compendium For Singers. (Volumes I And Ii)., Paul Arthur Huybrechts

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Although much has been written concerning the vocal music of the great Flemish composers of the Renaissance, very little information is available about the Flemish composers of art song since the establishment of the Kingdom of Belgium in 1830. This unique country is half French-speaking and half Flemish-speaking. With this division has come a constant battle of language and culture. Initially, the composers of art song set French texts. Flemish composers, however, wanted to establish a truly Flemish music. They began to unite the people of Flanders through songs setting Flemish texts, eventually helping to raise the Flemish language and …


The Relationships Of Adaptive Selling Behaviors And Customer-Oriented Selling With Need For Cognition In The Personal Selling Context., Kim Graham Johnson Jan 1994

The Relationships Of Adaptive Selling Behaviors And Customer-Oriented Selling With Need For Cognition In The Personal Selling Context., Kim Graham Johnson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the influences of two selling strategies-- adaptive selling behaviors and customer-oriented selling behaviors--within the interactive dyad of personal selling in the life insurance setting. These influences include the effects of the selling strategies on attitudes toward the product, attitudes toward the salesperson, and ultimate purchase intentions and recommendations. Each of the strategies is assessed from the customer's vantage point. Also need for cognition of the customer is considered as an individual difference variable impacting the sales process. Results indicate that customers' perceptions of a salesperson's selling behavior does affect purchase decisions. Implications for both researchers and practitioners …


The Impact Of Contextual Variables On The Propensity Of Individual Employees To Withhold Effort: A Multi-Organization Analysis., Roland E. Kidwell Jr Jan 1994

The Impact Of Contextual Variables On The Propensity Of Individual Employees To Withhold Effort: A Multi-Organization Analysis., Roland E. Kidwell Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation synthesizes theory and research in economics, social psychology, sociology and management to present and test a model of employee propensity to withhold effort (PWE) in work groups in 10 organizations. The dissertation extends to work organizations Knoke's (1990) synthesized motivation model, which suggests that rational, normative conformity and affective bonding incentives act together to predict whether people will contribute to collective activities. A study of 570 private-sector employees found that when employees perceived high degrees of task visibility, group effort norms, equity and altruism, they would be less likely to withhold effort in job-related tasks. As predicted, payment …