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John Donne's Verse Letters To Lucy Russell, Countess Of Bedford: Rhetorical Means To A Friendship., Joan Frances Faust Jan 1992

John Donne's Verse Letters To Lucy Russell, Countess Of Bedford: Rhetorical Means To A Friendship., Joan Frances Faust

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

John Donne's verse letters to Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, are more than static hyperbolic praise to a patroness interchangeable with any other patroness. Rather, they are viable and personal means by which Donne creates and sustains a friendship. Through the five verse letters examined in this dissertation, "Reason is the soules left hand," "You have refin'd mee," "T'Have written then," "To the Countesse of Bedford At New-yeares Tide," and "Honour is so sublime perfection," Donne rhetorically demonstrates his understanding of and ability to function within the various contexts of Bedford's life. Using the accepted view of the epistolary form …

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Effects Of Job Applicant Past Performance And Interpersonal Attraction On Evaluator Attributions And Selection Decisions., Carl R. Phillips Jan 1992

Effects Of Job Applicant Past Performance And Interpersonal Attraction On Evaluator Attributions And Selection Decisions., Carl R. Phillips

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present study was to examine the main and interactive effects of applicant past performance and interpersonal attraction on evaluator attributions and selection decisions; and the effects of evaluator attributions on selection decisions. One hundred seventy-two male and female students enrolled in undergraduate principles of management classes participated in the study. Subjects evaluated an application for an on-campus position and were asked to make selection decisions (i.e., rating applicant's chances of being selected for an interview and eventually receiving a job offer). The results indicated a main effect of applicant past performance (educational and work-related) on selection …

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A Study On Low-Frequency Variability In Current And Sea Level In The Lombok Strait And Adjacent Region., Dharma Arief Jan 1992

A Study On Low-Frequency Variability In Current And Sea Level In The Lombok Strait And Adjacent Region., Dharma Arief

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Current meter data in the mid-Lombok Strait region in 1985 show that 42% of the variance in the currents is within the intraseasonal frequency band (10-100 day-1). It is about two times the variance of the tidal currents. This intraseasonal variability appeared as episodic northward flows of 20 to 80 cm/s recurring every 20 to 60 days. Our data indicate these northward flows are driven by episodes of sea-level rise south of the Lombok Strait which are controlled by large scale westerly wind events in the Southeastern Indian Ocean. These northward flow events occur almost simultaneously with either a cyclone …

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Death At The Hands Of Persons Unknown: The Geography Of Lynching In The Deep South, 1882 To 1910., Mary Elizabeth Hines Jan 1992

Death At The Hands Of Persons Unknown: The Geography Of Lynching In The Deep South, 1882 To 1910., Mary Elizabeth Hines

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research explores the county-level lynching record of four Deep South states--Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi--to discover the spatial and temporal distribution of lynching within the region and its relationship to social and economic conditions. The period of 1882 to 1910 is selected because lynching reached its highest levels in those decades. Demographic and economic variables from the United States censuses characterize Deep South counties as urban or rural and rich or poor. The physiography and historical attributes of counties are also considered. The research objective is to improve understanding of lynching in the postbellum Deep South through geographic analysis. …

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The Keepers And The Kept: The First Hundred Years Of The Tennessee State Prison System, 1830-1930. (Volumes I And Ii)., Larry D. Gossett Jan 1992

The Keepers And The Kept: The First Hundred Years Of The Tennessee State Prison System, 1830-1930. (Volumes I And Ii)., Larry D. Gossett

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Tennessee built its first state penitentiary in Nashville in 1830 on Sixteenth and Church Streets on land that is now a downtown parking lot. Revisions in the criminal code made many offenses punishable by imprisonment instead of corporal or capital punishment, and the convict population grew steadily. Continuing concern was expressed by the General Assembly that the penitentiary be self-supporting, and much effort was expended at all levels of government to accomplish that end. This study covers the history of approximately the first one hundred years of the Tennessee State Prison System. It begins with an overview of the criminal …

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Normal And Pathological Breakdown In Arabic., Sabah Safi-Stagni Jan 1992

Normal And Pathological Breakdown In Arabic., Sabah Safi-Stagni

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The grammatical structure of Arabic allows for significant cross-linguistic comparisons in the study of Slips-of-the-tongue as well as aphasia. The dissertation presents a case study of the aphasic deficit in the speech of a speaker of Arabic, in particular, the Hijazi dialect spoken in the Western Province of Saudi Arabia, with a subsequent comparison with regular slips-of-the-tongue in the same dialect collected and analyzed by the same author. Both the slips-of-the-tongue data and the aphasia data have been collected in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by the present investigator. It was observed that in such a highly inflected language, …

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American Civil Religion And The Presidential Rhetoric Of Jimmy Carter., Michael James Adee Jan 1992

American Civil Religion And The Presidential Rhetoric Of Jimmy Carter., Michael James Adee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Scholars have long speculated about the role of American civil religion and political discourse. Of particular interest to rhetorical scholars is the function of a civil religion idiom within presidential discourse. The cornerstone of this study is founded upon Rod Hart's ideas in The Political Pulpit (1977) wherein the nature of American civil religion is described through the metaphor of a legal contract. A rhetorical approach to civil religion provides the framework for this study. Nine major public speeches by Carter as candidate and president, from 1974 to 1979, are examined in order to locate and identify the symbolic breeches …

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A Formal Methodology For The Specification Of Distributed Systems From An Object Perspective., Sangbum Lee Jan 1992

A Formal Methodology For The Specification Of Distributed Systems From An Object Perspective., Sangbum Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Distributed computing systems are systems in which multiple processors run independently by communicating with each other. The design of distributed systems is difficult to achieve as the execution patterns of distributed system are typically more complex than those of non-distributed computing systems. The application of object-oriented techniques to the design of distributed systems has the potential to increase the power of modeling and computing. A formal methodology which includes a specification language, developed from an object perspective, for the development of distributed systems is presented. The formal specification language, DOSL (Distributed Object-based Specification Language), represents the specification of distributed systems …

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Comparative Study Of Anionic And Nonionic/Anionic Surfactant Systems In Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography., Edward Lester Little Jan 1992

Comparative Study Of Anionic And Nonionic/Anionic Surfactant Systems In Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography., Edward Lester Little

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MECC) is a rapidly growing technique allowing separation of electrically neutral compounds with the high separation efficiencies typically observed in capillary zone electrophoresis. This technique is still in its infancy and subsequently suffers from several inherent problems which must be addressed such as the limited range of solute elution and clear protocol for optimization of separations. This work addresses these problems with primary emphasis on using mixed nonionic/anionic surfactant systems as opposed to pure surfactants. In Chapter One, the fundamental theory behind MECC is discussed along with a brief synopsis of previous studies involving different surfactant …

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Ecosystem Models Of Aquatic Primary Production And Fish Migration In Laguna De Terminos, Mexico., Enrique Reyes Jan 1992

Ecosystem Models Of Aquatic Primary Production And Fish Migration In Laguna De Terminos, Mexico., Enrique Reyes

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Laguna de Terminos is Mexico's largest coastal lagoon. There is a high habitat diversity including open water, mangroves, seagrasses and marshes, which supports Mexico's most economically important fisheries. Understanding ecosystem processes is essential for effective management of the lagoon's resources. This research developed landscape-level models for aquatic primary production (LAPPTER model), and fish migration (ROE model) in Laguna de Terminos. The ROE model was developed first as a theoretical approach, and later integrated into the LAPPTER model as a submodule which utilizes simulated production as a food source. The ROE model includes behavioral rules for fish movement based on environmental …

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A Molecular Blueprint For The Pore-Forming Structure Of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels, Anne Grove, John M. Tomich, Mauricio Montal Aug 1991

A Molecular Blueprint For The Pore-Forming Structure Of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels, Anne Grove, John M. Tomich, Mauricio Montal

Faculty Publications

A protein that imitates the sequence of a highly conserved segment predicted to line the pore of dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type calcium channels was designed and synthesized. Single-channel conductance properties were studied in planar lipid bilayers. The synthetic protein emulates the ionic conductance, ionic selectivity, and pharmacological properties of the authentic calcium channel, including the stereospecific action of agonist and antagonist enantiomers of the dihydropyridine BayK 8644. The identified sequence is identical in L-type calcium channels from skeletal muscle and isoforms of cardiac muscle, brain, and aorta. It is plausible that this structural motif represents the molecular blueprint for the pore-forming structure …

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Identification Of The Intermediate Allosteric Species In Human Hemoglobin Reveals A Molecular Code For Cooperative Switching, Margaret A. Daugherty, Madeline A. Shea, Jeremy A. Johnson, Vince J. Licata, George J. Turner, Gary K. Ackers Jan 1991

Identification Of The Intermediate Allosteric Species In Human Hemoglobin Reveals A Molecular Code For Cooperative Switching, Margaret A. Daugherty, Madeline A. Shea, Jeremy A. Johnson, Vince J. Licata, George J. Turner, Gary K. Ackers

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The 10 ligation species of human cyanomethemoglobin were previously found to distribute into three discrete cooperative free energy levels according to a combinatorial code (i.e., dependent on both the number and configuration of ligated subunits). Analysis of this distribution showed that the hemoglobin tetramer occupies a third allosteric state in addition to those of the unligated (T) and fully ligated (R) species. To determine the nature of the intermediate allosteric state, we have studied the effects of pH, temperature, and single-site mutations on its free energy of quaternary assembly, in parallel with corresponding data on the deoxy (T) and fully …

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Comparison Of The Nucleotide And Deduced Amino Acid Sequences Of The S Genes Specified By Virulent And Avirulent Strains Of Bovine Coronaviruses, Xuming Zhang, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, Johannes Storz Jan 1991

Comparison Of The Nucleotide And Deduced Amino Acid Sequences Of The S Genes Specified By Virulent And Avirulent Strains Of Bovine Coronaviruses, Xuming Zhang, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, Johannes Storz

Faculty Publications

The entire nucleotide sequences of the spike glycoprotein (S) genes of the highly virulent bovine coronavirus (BCV) strain BCV-LY138, the avirulent BCV-L9 and related Norden Vaccine (BCV-Vaccine) strains were determined using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify cDNAs obtained by reverse transcription of viral RNA, and to produce single strand cDNAs for DNA sequencing. The S gene sequences of these viral strains were compared with those of recently published strains BCV-Mebus, BCV-Quebec, and BCV-F15. An open reading frame of 4092 nucleotides, encoding a protein of 1363 amino acid residues, was found in all six strains. Frameshifts and insertions or …

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Comparison Of Bovine Coronavirus (Bcv) Antigens: Monoclonal Antibodies To The Spike Glycoprotein Distinguish Between Vaccine And Wild-Type Strains, Khalid A. Hussain, Johannes Storz, Konstantin G. Kousoulas Jan 1991

Comparison Of Bovine Coronavirus (Bcv) Antigens: Monoclonal Antibodies To The Spike Glycoprotein Distinguish Between Vaccine And Wild-Type Strains, Khalid A. Hussain, Johannes Storz, Konstantin G. Kousoulas

Faculty Publications

Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against two major structural proteins of the cell-adapted Mebus strain of bovine coronavirus (BCV-L9) were produced and characterized. Seven MAbs reacted with the peplomeric glycoprotein, gp100/S, while three MAbs reacted with the nucleoprotein p53/N in Western blot analysis of BCV polypeptides. MAbs to gp100/S reacted with discontinuous epitopes of gp100/S in Westerns under mild but not under standard denaturing conditions. In contrast, MAbs to p53/N reacted in both types of Westerns, and those epitopes were thus continuous. MAbs to p53/N failed to neutralize BCV infectivity, while 4 MAbs to gp100/S neutralized BCV effectively. Cross reactivity of MAbs …

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Simplified Procedure For The Isolation Of Intact Chloroplasts From Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, Catherine B. Mason, Sharon Matthews, Terry M. Bricker, James V. Moroney Jan 1991

Simplified Procedure For The Isolation Of Intact Chloroplasts From Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, Catherine B. Mason, Sharon Matthews, Terry M. Bricker, James V. Moroney

Faculty Publications

A simple procedure that yields highly purified intact chloroplasts from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is described. This procedure involves breakage of cell wall-deficient cells by passing them through a narrow bore syringe needle. The intact chloroplasts are then purified from the crude homogenate by differential centrifugation and Percoll gradient centrifugation. This procedure generates relatively high yields of chloroplasts capable of CO2 fixation. These chloroplasts were characterized by electron microscopy, marker enzyme analysis, and ferricyanide exclusion. Transmission electron microscopy indicates that these chloroplasts retain their pyrenoids and eyespots. Scanning electron microscopy confirms that the characteristic cup shape of C. reinhardtii chloroplasts persists in …

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A Quest For Legitimacy: Impression Management Strategies Used By An Organization In Crisis., Rachel Harris Caillouet Jan 1991

A Quest For Legitimacy: Impression Management Strategies Used By An Organization In Crisis., Rachel Harris Caillouet

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate impression management strategies used by an organization in crisis and to develop a typology of impression management strategies used by an organization. The focus of the study was Marine Shale Processors (MSP), an environmental company located in Amelia, Louisiana, which recycles hazardous and non-hazardous materials into a non-toxic aggregate. Impression management strategies used by MSP in statements to stakeholders were examined using multiple methods. Also, the study examined whether or not different strategies were utilized with different stakeholders, whether or not management and non-management relied on the same strategies with stakeholders, and …

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Environmental Factors And Production Characteristics Affecting The Culture Of Red Drum, Sciaenops Ocellatus., Rowland Glenn Thomas Jan 1991

Environmental Factors And Production Characteristics Affecting The Culture Of Red Drum, Sciaenops Ocellatus., Rowland Glenn Thomas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Experiments with red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, were conducted to assess environmental requirements and culture characteristics. Pond trials were used to evaluate the effects of salinity, chloride source, predator control, acclimation procedure, stocking density, and size at stocking on production. Survival in individual ponds ranged from 0-92%; average daily weight gain from 0.46-2.22g; and feed conversion ratio from 2.30-4.90. Survival, growth, and feed conversion ratio did not differ significantly between equivalent treatments in saltwater and freshwater ponds. The minimum chloride concentration necessary for acceptable production of red drum in freshwater ponds (250-300 mg/l) was at least 100% higher than the concentrations …

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Analysis Of Lacustrine Deltaic Sedimentation In The Green River Formation, Southern Uinta Basin, Utah. (Volumes I And Ii)., Robert Reginald Remy Jan 1991

Analysis Of Lacustrine Deltaic Sedimentation In The Green River Formation, Southern Uinta Basin, Utah. (Volumes I And Ii)., Robert Reginald Remy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Detailed lithofacies analysis of over 4,500 m of measured sections of most of the Eocene portion of the fluvial and lacustrine Green River Formation in the south-central Uinta Basin documents twelve lithofacies: Sa (nonsinuous trunk streams), Sb (meandering delta distributary channels), Sc (amalgamated delta mouth bars), Sd (regressive deltaic sandsheets), Se (overbank and shallow-lacustrine sandsheets), Sf (crevasse channels and splays), C (passively-filled abandoned channels), Mg (subaqueous mudflats), Mr (subaerial mudflats), L (lake-margin carbonate flats), and Ia and Ib (open-lacustrine deposits). The lower half of the study section consists of the carbonate marker unit (130 m) and the overlying Sunnyside delta …

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A Study Of The Effects Of Prediction Activities On Instructional Outcomes In High School Genetics., Anne Spratlan Sinclair Jan 1991

A Study Of The Effects Of Prediction Activities On Instructional Outcomes In High School Genetics., Anne Spratlan Sinclair

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the instructional effects of incorporating prediction activities in a high school biology genetics curriculum. Criteria for instructional effectiveness included enhanced levels of classroom discussion and interaction, improved subject-related attitude, higher achievement motivation, and greater mastery of genetics concepts. Genetics was chosen as the domain of research because of the multiple variables operating which make it amenable to the making of predictions. Four experienced high school biology teachers taught an experimental and a control class. Students in the experimental classes made written predictions using researcher-developed prediction activities as an introduction to 19 genetics …

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An Ethnographic Study Of Kindergarten Children's Literacy Skills And Stress-Related Behaviors Before And After Teacher Demonstration., Nancy Crossland Weems Jan 1991

An Ethnographic Study Of Kindergarten Children's Literacy Skills And Stress-Related Behaviors Before And After Teacher Demonstration., Nancy Crossland Weems

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this ethnographic research was to study kindergarten students' literacy skills and stress-related behaviors and a teacher's instructional behavior before and after demonstrations in appropriate bookreading strategies. A lower socio-economic setting, which previously had been identified by Burts, Hart, Charlesworth, and Kirk (1990a) as a developmentally inappropriate instructional environment, was selected for observation as one which might be amenable to change. The demonstrations included bookreading strategies that the kindergarten teacher could implement to promote the acquisition of literacy in ways that do not contribute to stress. Ethnographic data collection consisted of three months of participant observation in one …

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The Use Of Supertitles By American Opera Companies., Christina Margaret Alves Jan 1991

The Use Of Supertitles By American Opera Companies., Christina Margaret Alves

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The main purpose of this monograph was to examine the use of supertitles in foreign language opera by American opera companies. Supertitles are the translation of an opera's text projected simultaneously above the stage during an opera performance. The use of supertitles is one of the most controversial issues in the opera world. Although the primary purpose is to enable the audience to understand a foreign text, there is an ongoing controversy over whether supertitles enhance an opera performance or detract from it. Many opera companies are using supertitles, but there are still those who have not made the investment …

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Social Networks And Linguistic Accommodation Of Mainland Chinese In An Urban American Chinese Community., Hong Chi Jan 1991

Social Networks And Linguistic Accommodation Of Mainland Chinese In An Urban American Chinese Community., Hong Chi

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The growing number of immigrants from both Taiwan and Mainland China have brought speakers of different Mandarin varieties into contact in an American context. In the Chinese community in Los Angeles, Mainland Putonghua speakers are found to accommodate their language to the local Taiwan Mandarin speakers. Social network analysis, a model oriented toward the individual, is adapted here for analyzing this linguistic situation. The conversation of 35 informants was recorded within a naturally occurring context and their social network scores were compared with their scores for nine linguistic variables selected for this study. It was found that the accommodation process …

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A Theoretical Approach Involving Recurrence Resolution, Dependence Cycle Statement Ordering And Subroutine Transformation For The Exploitation Of Parallelism In Sequential Code., Chih-Ping Chu Jan 1991

A Theoretical Approach Involving Recurrence Resolution, Dependence Cycle Statement Ordering And Subroutine Transformation For The Exploitation Of Parallelism In Sequential Code., Chih-Ping Chu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

To exploit parallelism in Fortran code, this dissertation consists of a study of the following three issues: (1) recurrence resolution in Do-loops for vector processing, (2) dependence cycle statement ordering in Do-loops for parallel processing, and (3) sub-routine parallelization. For recurrence resolution, the major findings include: (1) the node splitting algorithm cannot be used directly to break an essential antidependence link, of which the source variable that results in antidependence is itself the sink variable of another true dependence so a correction method is proposed, (2) a sink variable renaming technique is capable of breaking an antidependence and/or output-dependence link, …

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The Variable Learning Effects Of Two Types Of Intervention On L2 Communication Skills Using Interactive Tasks., Margaret Ann Powers Jan 1991

The Variable Learning Effects Of Two Types Of Intervention On L2 Communication Skills Using Interactive Tasks., Margaret Ann Powers

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study evaluated the benefits of a task-based procedure used to develop L2 communicative effectiveness in spoken English among a group of advanced proficiency learners. Using two interactive information-exchange map tasks, one diagram task, and two intervening discussion sessions, the study attempted to investigate the actual communicative outcomes of interaction prompted by the tasks and by the interventions. Subjects in three conditions first performed a map task designed with four referential problems which had to be solved to successfully complete the task. Immediately following the map task, the subjects in the first condition participated in a discussion session in which …

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The Differential Effects Of Either X-Irradiation Or Thermal Stress On The Two Major Cell Types Of The Blastocyst Stage Murine Embryo., Joe Steve Capehart Jan 1991

The Differential Effects Of Either X-Irradiation Or Thermal Stress On The Two Major Cell Types Of The Blastocyst Stage Murine Embryo., Joe Steve Capehart

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The first objective of this investigation was to determine if either X-irradiation or thermal stress exerted differential effects on the two major cell types of the blastocyst stage murine embryo. Results of this study indicate that X-irradiation dosages of 0 rads, 500 rads, 600 rads, 700 rads, 800 rads, 900 rads or 1000 rads had no effect on the ability of treated embryos to either hatch or develop into trophoblastic outgrowths (P $<$.05). In contrast, X-irradiation treatment over the levels tested did have a detrimental effect on the ability of embryos to develop into trophblastic outgrowths possessing an ICM region (P $>$.05). X-irradiation over the levels tested had no effect on the mean two-dimensional outgrowth surface areas ($\mu$m$\sp2$) (P $>$.05). However, X-irradiation was found to have a …

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Prewriting, Drafting, And Revision In Large Scale Writing Assessment. (Volumes I And Ii)., Arthur Marshall Halbrook Jan 1991

Prewriting, Drafting, And Revision In Large Scale Writing Assessment. (Volumes I And Ii)., Arthur Marshall Halbrook

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine prewriting, drafting, and revision in a large scale writing assessment. In April 1989, Louisiana administered a graduation exit examination. Written composition comprised one of the three testing components. From the 40,000 tenth grade students who participated in the written composition test, a stratified sampling of 1,467 was selected for this study. Using a research design incorporating both quantitative and qualitative assessment procedures, the study examined prewriting, drafting, and revision practices at two levels. In Level I, the first and final drafts of the 1,467 students were analyzed using a scoring model derived …

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An Analysis Of Educational Films: An African-American Perspective. (Volumes I And Ii)., Brenda Garibaldi Hatfield Jan 1991

An Analysis Of Educational Films: An African-American Perspective. (Volumes I And Ii)., Brenda Garibaldi Hatfield

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Historically African-Americans have been marginalized and subordinated in critical discourse and research in curriculum studies and educational media. There is a vital need for research directed toward African-Americans as subjects and viewers of media used in school curricula. Cultural theorists in curriculum and educational media studies are interested in knowing how social, political and ideological messages are produced and circulated in society, and how student audiences use them to make sense of their experiences. The purpose of this research is to contribute to a better understanding of how racial representations and social identities are coded and produced in educational films, …

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Louisiana Principals' Perceptions Of Nontraditional Vocational Teachers And The Importance Of Vocational Education., Moo Yul Huh Jan 1991

Louisiana Principals' Perceptions Of Nontraditional Vocational Teachers And The Importance Of Vocational Education., Moo Yul Huh

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Even though the elimination of sex bias and stereotyping has been a national priority in vocational education for a number of years, many educators or administrators still hold sex biased and stereotyped attitudes about labor force participation and have a belief that there are "men's" and "women's" jobs. A study of sources affecting sex bias and sex stereotyping of vocational teachers is critical to provide more productive programs. The local school principal typically has the greatest impact on school level employment decisions because the principal is the chief executive officer or administrator of the basic unit in the school system. …

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Parallel Computation On Hypercube-Like Machines., Kyung Hee Kwon Jan 1991

Parallel Computation On Hypercube-Like Machines., Kyung Hee Kwon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The hypercube interconnection network has been recognized to be very suitable for a parallel computing architecture due to its attractive topological properties. Recently, several modified hypercubes have been propose to improve the performance of a hypercube. This dissertation deals with two modified hypercubes, the X-hypercube and the Z-cube. The X-hypercube is a variant of the hypercube, with the same amount of hardware but a diameter of only $\lceil$(n + 1)/2$\rceil$ in a hypercube of dimension n. The Z-cube has only 75 percent of the edges of a hypercube with the same number vertices and the same diameter as the hypercube. …

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Effects Of Alternative Protein And Fat Payment Plans On Production Variables And Returns In Louisiana Dairy Herds., Leonder Labbe Jan 1991

Effects Of Alternative Protein And Fat Payment Plans On Production Variables And Returns In Louisiana Dairy Herds., Leonder Labbe

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Multiple linear regression was used to compare the impact of proposed multiple component milk pricing systems with the present milk pricing system for Louisiana Holstein herds on DHIA. Dependent variables were milk yield, fat yield, protein yield, six income over feed cost pricing systems, and six product value pricing systems. Independent variables were herd, year, and month as class variables and 18 production variables. Data were 16,675 herd-year-month observations of Louisiana Holsteins from DHIA monthly Herd Summary DHI-202 computer files. Pricing data was standardized using prices form the New Orleans - Mississippi Federal Milk Marketing Order 1094, Zone 1. The …

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