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The Relation Between Depression Scores And Social Skills Scores In Children: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Self-Report And Parent-Report Measures., Larry Ray Friedt Jan 1990

The Relation Between Depression Scores And Social Skills Scores In Children: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Self-Report And Parent-Report Measures., Larry Ray Friedt

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The relationship between depressive symptoms and social skills in children was examined. Three depression measures (Children's Depression Inventory, Reynolds' Child/Adolescent Depression Scale, Depression Self-Rating Scale) and two social skills measures (Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters, Social Skills Rating System) were used to obtain parent-report and self-report data. One hundred fifty-eight children in six different grades (3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th) were the subjects of the study. Reliability of each measure was examined using internal consistency reliability coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) which indicated all the measures except the Depression Self-Rating Scale parent-report yielded coefficients of.80 or greater. The validity …


Evaluation Of Selected Pulmonary Function Tests In Resting Thoroughbred Horses Having Reversible, Experimentally Induced Respiratory Dysfunctions., Alan John Guthrie Jan 1990

Evaluation Of Selected Pulmonary Function Tests In Resting Thoroughbred Horses Having Reversible, Experimentally Induced Respiratory Dysfunctions., Alan John Guthrie

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the first part of this study was to develop computerized techniques for automation of instrument calibration, data collection and calculation of indices of pulmonary mechanical function in resting and exercising horses. The microcomputer system developed enabled a single trained technician to reliably operate the equipment in an equine pulmonary mechanics laboratory. The first experiment investigated the temporal effects of histamine and methacholine aerosols on indices of pulmonary mechanics derived from the linear equation of motion. Data calculated on a breath-by-breath basis were too variable to be reliably modeled. Following application of averaging techniques, the temporal effects of …


Beta-Endorphin Receptors On Equine Lymphocytes: Relationship To Immune Function And Exercise., Jena Gosselink Hamra Jan 1990

Beta-Endorphin Receptors On Equine Lymphocytes: Relationship To Immune Function And Exercise., Jena Gosselink Hamra

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Current evidence suggests that endogenous opioids are released in response to various stressors and that these opioids interact with cells of the immune system, and modulate immune function. However, data substantiating this are conflicting. Therefore, this study endeavored to clarify the role of beta-endorphin (BE) in exercise and immune function. Beta-endorphin exhibited a diurnal rhythm in the horse with peak plasma levels occurring at 0900 hours. Analgesia, tachycardia and mydriasis were also observed at this time, mimicking the effects of morphine in the horse. Therefore, subsequent experiments were performed at 0900 hours during times of increased basal opioid activity. Beta-endorphin …


Working-Class Culture: Definition And Outcomes., Joan Marie Morris Jan 1990

Working-Class Culture: Definition And Outcomes., Joan Marie Morris

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation is a quantitative analysis of the dynamics of class culture. The project has two primary components. In part one I construct a class categorization scheme in which occupations are grouped according to the substantive complexity of work. In part two, I conduct four separate sub-analyses, each of which uses a pre-existing dataset to model the effects of class status on four dimensions of class culture: orientations to work, family power, political orientation, and class self-identification. In regard to work, I find that task complexity has an independent effect on job satisfaction; that manual workers, more than nonmanual workers, …


The Relations Between Stress, Mood And Insomnia., Susan Rubman Jan 1990

The Relations Between Stress, Mood And Insomnia., Susan Rubman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Stress is hypothesized to cause increased cognitive and physiological arousal which is incompatible with sleep. Major life events have been implicated as a significant factor in the onset of chronic insomnia (Healey et al., 1981), and there is some suggestion that minor life events influence symptoms as well (Haynes et al., 1981). The present study was designed to evaluate and further clarify the role of daily minor stressors and mood variables on sleep in both normal sleepers and insomniacs. Subjects with insomnia secondary to medical or physical disorders were excluded from this study. Fifty-four adult subjects (20 mixed-complaint insomniacs, 17 …


With The Flavor Of The South: The Influence Of The Southern Tradition On The Writings Of Shirley Ann Grau., Judy Ann Tarver Jan 1990

With The Flavor Of The South: The Influence Of The Southern Tradition On The Writings Of Shirley Ann Grau., Judy Ann Tarver

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Since before the time of the so-called Southern Renaissance of the 1920's, critics have been debating the existence and the value of a literature of the South. Although they agree on little else, most would concur that such a literature would share certain characteristics: a belief in the importance of community and the past; a tendency to prefer myth, or a perception of reality, to reality itself; a religious sensibility, especially a pervading sense of sin and guilt; an emphasis on place; and the use of elements of the Gothic. For thirty-five years Shirley Ann Grau has been writing fiction …


Predicting Pseudoneglect By Right Hemisphere Activation., Mark Sterling Warner Jan 1990

Predicting Pseudoneglect By Right Hemisphere Activation., Mark Sterling Warner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Hemispatial neglect is a visual-perceptual disorder characterized by a conscious and otherwise alert individual's failure to respond to a meaningful stimulus presented to the side opposite a right hemisphere brain lesion. In recent years researchers have demonstrated the existence of a neglect phenomenon in normal subjects which appears as the opposite of that experienced by brain injured subjects. This phenomenon is referred to as "pseudoneglect" and is demonstrated by horizontal line bisection to the left of true center. Researchers have suggested that pseudoneglect may be explained by preferential right hemisphere processing for visuospatial stimulation. The purpose of this study was …


Probabilistic Analysis Of Bridge Scour Using The Principle Of Maximum Entropy., Donald Edward Barbe' Jan 1990

Probabilistic Analysis Of Bridge Scour Using The Principle Of Maximum Entropy., Donald Edward Barbe'

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The probability distribution function for floods and velocity profile in open channel flow are combined with scour theory to present a procedure for determining the risk of bridge failure due to scour. This is accomplished by deriving a probability distribution function for scour at a bridge pier. The theory of entropy and the principle of maximum entropy are used to determine the velocity profile. The constraints used in the entropy maximization are derived from the physical laws of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. A procedure to approximate the solution to the resulting equations is shown. The vertical velocity is …


The Results Of The Edict Of Toleration In The Southern Austrian Province Of Carinthia During The Reign Of Joseph Ii., Barry Royce Barlow Jan 1990

The Results Of The Edict Of Toleration In The Southern Austrian Province Of Carinthia During The Reign Of Joseph Ii., Barry Royce Barlow

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Historians have debated whether the radical reforms of the Habsburg Emperor Joseph II (1780-1790) were motivated by the spirit of Enlightenment or simply by Realpolitik. The purpose of this work is to go beyond the legal and philosophical discussion surrounding this debate; to examine the effects of one piece of legislation, the Edict of Toleration, as the government interpreted and applied it in the southern province of Carinthia; and in so doing, to provide a clearer picture of the person of the Emperor and his bureaucracy. While today's conception of toleration includes an equal recognition and respect for all rights, …


Effects Of Food Plots On Selected Growth Parameters, Productivity, And Harvesting Of White-Tailed Deer In A National Forest., Kenneth Dale Dancak Jan 1990

Effects Of Food Plots On Selected Growth Parameters, Productivity, And Harvesting Of White-Tailed Deer In A National Forest., Kenneth Dale Dancak

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A total of 8.1 ha of warm-season and 16.8 ha of cool-season food plots were installed on 2 of 4 study units at National Red Dirt Wildlife Management Preserve, Louisiana, an area managed by the USDA Forest Service for multiple resources. Mean ($\pm$ s.e.) study unit size was 2220 $\pm$ 246 ha. No food plots were installed on the remaining 2 study units (controls). Warm-season food plots were planted with American jointvetch (Aeschynomene americana); cool-season plots were planted with red clover (Trifolium pratense), subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and white clover (Trifolium repens). All plots were maintained …


Panel Analysis: A Critical Method For Analyzing The Rhetoric Of Comic Book Form., Ralph Randolph Duncan Ii Jan 1990

Panel Analysis: A Critical Method For Analyzing The Rhetoric Of Comic Book Form., Ralph Randolph Duncan Ii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study devises a method of rhetorical criticism, panel analysis, for the comic book medium. Panel analysis focuses on how the unique form of the comic book medium communicates content. Panel analysis consists of three components: historical context, micro analysis, and macro analysis. The historical component makes use of a humanistic historical approach to place a comic book or a body of comic book work in the contexts of the creator's personal history and the evolution of the comic book medium. These contexts provide understanding of the origins of the various formal aspects of the work(s) being studied. The micro …


Attribution Processes In Mother-Adolescent Conflict., Nancy Caryn Grace Jan 1990

Attribution Processes In Mother-Adolescent Conflict., Nancy Caryn Grace

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Because of the potentially serious consequences associated with parent-adolescent conflict, researchers have delineated variables (i.e., communication skills deficits) that might escalate conflict. Despite the theoretical support for the role of cognitive variables in parent-adolescent conflict, this area has received little research attention. In contrast, studies using adult subjects have repeatedly demonstrated a relationship between cognitive variables, (i.e., attributions) and conflict behaviors and relationship dissatisfaction. Researchers have found that distressed spouses tend to emphasize aversive spousal behaviors by attributing them to global and stable causes that reside within their spouses. Additionally, they perceive negative behavior as intentional, selfishly motivated, and blameworthy. …


The Development Of A Prototype Knowledge-Based Expert System To Assist Vocational Educators In The Development Of The Local Plan Application For Vocational Education Funds., Brady Keith Levrier Jan 1990

The Development Of A Prototype Knowledge-Based Expert System To Assist Vocational Educators In The Development Of The Local Plan Application For Vocational Education Funds., Brady Keith Levrier

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Carl D. Perkins Act of 1984 provides significant financial support for the enhancement and expansion of secondary and post-secondary vocational education programs in the United States. Individual states are required to develop a State Plan for the use of Carl D. Perkins vocational funds. The formulation of this State Plan requires the development of Local Plans on the part of local education agencies who wish to participate in this program. These Local Plans are then compiled to form the State Plan which then is presented to the Department of Education for review. The annual Local Plan development process is …


Role Duality As Represented In The Antiabolitionist Speeches Of James Shannon., Barry Cole Poyner Jan 1990

Role Duality As Represented In The Antiabolitionist Speeches Of James Shannon., Barry Cole Poyner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The dissertation alleges that a speaker may juggle roles in a given rhetorical situation, what may be termed role duality. Role duality refers to a speaker's attempt to effect multiple intentions while fulfilling or partially fulfilling multiple role expectations. A purpose of this dissertation was to speculate further on the nature and function of role duality by analyzing the speeches of James Shannon. Correspondingly, another purpose was to evaluate through rhetorical criticism the pro-slavery, anti-abolitionist speeches of Shannon. Shannon (1799-1859), an evangelist in the Churches of Christ and an influential educator, delivered two principal speeches in defense of slavery: (1) …


Impact Evaluation Of The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Clothing Education Program., Evva L. Zeagler Wilson Jan 1990

Impact Evaluation Of The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Clothing Education Program., Evva L. Zeagler Wilson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objectives of this study were to determine: the practices of the LCES clothing program audience and of the general public, if differences exist between factors of the clothing program audience and the general public when controlled for urban or rural status, and if respondent characteristics are significant predictors of clothing practice factors. The research procedure utilized a descriptive design. A questionnaire was mailed to 400 randomly-selected Louisiana homemakers for each of four strata of Extension audience (urban and rural) and general public (urban and rural). Descriptive statistics were used to define the samples. Factor analysis was computed on 41 …


Individual Motives For Campaign Giving., Sheldon D. Beychok Jan 1990

Individual Motives For Campaign Giving., Sheldon D. Beychok

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The basic assumptions of this study are that individual contributors to campaigns are motivated by a desire to enhance their self-esteem through access, acquired through giving, and that large givers exhibit behavior that indicates a greater desire for access. Large givers exhibit such behavior to a significantly greater extent than moderate or small givers, and seek "status" by giving for other than politically-explicit reasons. It is hypothesized that: (I) All contributors have a greater sense of political efficacy and greater trust in government than the general public. (II) Individuals contribute as a result of conventional, acceptable motives, which are: (1) …


Isolation And Physical Mapping Of The Mitochondrial Chromosome From The Zygomycete Mucor Racemosus., Mary Louise Schramke Jan 1990

Isolation And Physical Mapping Of The Mitochondrial Chromosome From The Zygomycete Mucor Racemosus., Mary Louise Schramke

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Mitochondria were isolated from Mucor racemosus and DNA was purified from these organelles by cesium chloride/ethidium bromide isopycnic centrifugation. Examination of mitochondrial DNA samples with a transmission electron microscope revealed a circular mitochondrial chromosome approximately 63.8 kbp in length. Summation of restriction fragments of mitochondrial DNA separated by agarose gel electrophoresis yielded a comparable value of 63.4 kbp for the size of the intact molecule. Electrophoretic mobility and stoichiometry were determined for restriction fragments generated using nine different restriction enzymes. A physical map was deduced from single and double digestions of mitochondrial DNA with several of the restriction enzymes. The …


A New Approach To Analyzing High-Resolution Aerial Photographs Of Urban Areas., Timothy Dwayne Phillips Jan 1990

A New Approach To Analyzing High-Resolution Aerial Photographs Of Urban Areas., Timothy Dwayne Phillips

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation proposes a new approach for analyzing high resolution aerial photographs of urban areas. Analyzing aerial photographs is the process of constructing an overall description of a scene. It involves knowledge of visual sensors, computing systems, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and perceptual psychology. Researchers have had only limited success in this area. This dissertation considers a high level analysis approach. Most aerial photograph interpretation systems concentrate on analyzing an airport, roadway, or urban scene. Those systems, however, do not explain how they know they were examining such a scene. This dissertation concentrates on how to reach that point. It …


Coronary Heart Disease, Negative Affectivity, And Response Bias., Sharon Elaine Alcock Parisi Jan 1990

Coronary Heart Disease, Negative Affectivity, And Response Bias., Sharon Elaine Alcock Parisi

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between negative affectivity, a broad band construct of negative emotions, and coronary heart disease. It was hypothesized the relation had been obscured in previous research by the tendency of some subjects to underreport negative affects. To test this hypothesis, 78 male cardiac patients between to ages of 37 and 65, who had undergone cardiac arteriography procedures within the previous 6 months, were given the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale Short Form (TMAS-S; Bendig, 1956) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale Form C (MCSD-C; Reynolds, 1982). In a series of multiple regression …


Popular Participation And Farming Systems Research And Extension--Examining The Central Visayas Regional Project 1 In Bohol, Philippines., Jonathan Manning Hubchen Jan 1990

Popular Participation And Farming Systems Research And Extension--Examining The Central Visayas Regional Project 1 In Bohol, Philippines., Jonathan Manning Hubchen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Central Visayas Regional Project 1 (CVRP) in the Philippines uses a Farming Systems Research and Extension (FSR&E) approach which addresses the interrelated components facing the rural household system. A major principle of FSR&E is local participation. This study was conducted to measure the level of popular participation in a CVRP "working area". The study measured local performance and importance of activities relating to the planning, execution, and evaluation of CVRP projects as perceived by beneficiaries. It determined which of the participation activities had a higher score for perceived importance than for perceived performance. Then it determined the relationship between …


The Development Of The Toddler Behavior Screening Inventory., Paula Yvette Mouton Jan 1990

The Development Of The Toddler Behavior Screening Inventory., Paula Yvette Mouton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a Toddler Behavior Screening Inventory (TBSI) to rapidly assess maternal-perceived toddler behavior problems. The TBSI is a 40-item socially valid measure intended for use in clinical settings as it will aid child care professionals in planning parent-child intervention strategies. Empirical methods were followed to construct the TBSI. The item pool was generated primarily by 187 mothers with toddlers and relevant professionals. Items were reviewed and formatted before 312 mothers rated the initial 93-item TBSI in terms of behavior frequency and problem severity in order to eliminate items. Forty items were retained based …


Habitat Use, Movements, And Behavior Of Shiny Cowbirds In Southwestern Puerto Rico., Paul Michael Mckenzie Jan 1990

Habitat Use, Movements, And Behavior Of Shiny Cowbirds In Southwestern Puerto Rico., Paul Michael Mckenzie

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Shiny Cowbirds were primarily located in six major areas of concentration. Of these, all but one was in mesquite woodland. Overall, cowbirds used mesquite woodland almost 75% of the time but use of this habitat varied among weekly periods and was linked to rainfall received during weekly periods prior to the observation. Habitat use of cowbirds and the time they spent eating particular prey items were most correlated with total rainfall received 2-5 weeks prior to the observation (p =.0067 and p =.0149, respectively). Major food items taken by cowbirds following periods of sufficient rainfall were caterpillars, berries and grass …


Theoretical Orientations Of Chapter I Reading Teachers: Consistency Between Beliefs And Practices., Mary Margaret Mitchell Jan 1990

Theoretical Orientations Of Chapter I Reading Teachers: Consistency Between Beliefs And Practices., Mary Margaret Mitchell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the consistency between Chapter I teachers' theoretical orientations and instructional practices related to preactive planning and interactive decision-making. Twenty-three Chapter I teachers were administered screening instruments that included: (a) a biographical survey, and (b) instruments focusing on teachers' theoretical orientations about reading and instructional choices. Primary consideration for selection included education and professional experience, beliefs about reading, and instructional decision-making. Based on this information, four Chapter I teachers, each with a reader-based orientation, were purposively selected to participate in this study. For each participant, the researcher selected a pull-out class (6-10 students) …


Barrier Island Evolution, Delta Plain Development, And Chenier Plain Formation In Louisiana., Patrick Shea Penland Jan 1990

Barrier Island Evolution, Delta Plain Development, And Chenier Plain Formation In Louisiana., Patrick Shea Penland

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Coastal Louisiana has long served as a laboratory for delta and chenier plain research due to the presence of North America's largest river, the Mississippi. The development and preservation of transgressive depositional systems in abandoned delta complexes follows the process of transgressive submergence in which the horizontal component of reworking occurs during shoreface retreat, combined with a vertical component of submergence acting to preserve the sequence. The evolution of transgressive depositional systems in each of the abandoned Holocene Mississippi River delta complexes can be summarized in a three-stage model beginning with stage 1, an erosional headland and flanking barriers; stage …


Keeping The Faith: Douglas Southall Freeman, 1886-1953. (Volumes I And Ii)., John R. Peacock Iii Jan 1990

Keeping The Faith: Douglas Southall Freeman, 1886-1953. (Volumes I And Ii)., John R. Peacock Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This is a study of the life and career of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953), whose careful scheduling of every minute of every day allowed him to pursue two full-time careers--one as a historian and one as editor of a major daily newspaper. In both occupations his views were shaped by the traditional values he acquired in this youth--religious conviction, reverence for heroes, devotion to duty, self-control, fortitude, industry, thrift. Growing up in Virginia during the era of the Confederate celebration, Freeman came to admire one hero above all others--Robert E. Lee, a man whose character best exemplified his own moral …


An Investigation Of The Effect Of A Favorable External Quality Assurance Review On The Scope Of The External Auditor's Examination Of An Organization's Financial Statements., Michael Charles Toerner Jan 1990

An Investigation Of The Effect Of A Favorable External Quality Assurance Review On The Scope Of The External Auditor's Examination Of An Organization's Financial Statements., Michael Charles Toerner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The review team that performs an external quality assurance review of an organization's internal audit department examines factors that are very similar to those considered by the external auditor as part of the evaluation of the department. The purpose of the study was to explore the possibility that an external auditor would modify the scope of the audit work when an organization's internal audit department had received a favorable external quality assurance review. In addition, the study investigated the effect that the type of reviewer who performs an external review has on the scope of the external auditor's work. Data …


Parallelization Of Goal-Driven, Production Systems On Hypercube Machines In A C Environment., Rajendra Kumar Shrivastava Jan 1990

Parallelization Of Goal-Driven, Production Systems On Hypercube Machines In A C Environment., Rajendra Kumar Shrivastava

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Production systems are widely used in artificial intelligence to capture the notion of expertise in modeling expert systems. Production systems are computationally intensive programs spending most of the execution time in their MATCH or recognise phase. Efforts have been made by the research in this dissertation to minimize the production system's execution time by optimizing the MATCH phase. Goal oriented deterministic production systems are commonly used for robotics applications and formed the main class of production systems that were studied in this dissertation. The main motivation for the research was to provide a better MATCH algorithm and use the multiprocessing …


The Effects Of Imagined Interaction And Planning On Speech Fluency And Message Strategy Selection., Terre Huhn Allen Jan 1990

The Effects Of Imagined Interaction And Planning On Speech Fluency And Message Strategy Selection., Terre Huhn Allen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the impact that preprocessing of conversation episodes has on speech fluency and message strategy selection. This study sought to define imagined interaction activity as a precommunicative mental rehearsal strategy. The primary focus of the present investigation was to link the rehearsal function of imagined interaction to preplanning for anticipated encounters. The present investigation used an experimental design that included two independent variables; (1) induced rehearsal; and (2) an individual tendency to rehearse mentally, operationalized via imagined interaction. Five variables served as dependent measures for the present investigation. Three pausal variables were …


Factors Influencing The Selection Of Business Majors As Perceived By University Business Students., E. Evaline Echols Jan 1990

Factors Influencing The Selection Of Business Majors As Perceived By University Business Students., E. Evaline Echols

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objectives of this study were to: describe business majors in Tennessee universities affiliated with the National Association of Business Teacher Education (NABTE), compare the demographic characteristics of business students among groups of majors, determine the perceived degree of desirability of various business majors, determine the perceived influence of various factors on the selection of a college major by business students and groups of business majors, determine why business students did not choose business teacher education as a major, determine student perceptions toward careers and majors, and compare student perceptions toward careers and majors among different groups of business majors. …


A Parallel Processing Development System To Perform Automatic Correlation Of Subsurface Petrophysical Logs. (Volumes I And Ii)., William Box Evans Jan 1990

A Parallel Processing Development System To Perform Automatic Correlation Of Subsurface Petrophysical Logs. (Volumes I And Ii)., William Box Evans

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A parallel processing framework for the investigation of three dimensional subsurface geological problems is developed. The Floating Point Systems T-20 hypercube parallel computer system is used in the automatic correlation of petrophysical well logs. Parallel processing issues such as processor management, interprocessor communications management, memory management and algorithm development are discussed. Techniques are discussed to use spontaneous potential petrophysical logs to segregate subsurface strata into sand and shale segments. These segments are then used to generate sand/shale ratio logs for use in an automatic subsurface stratigraphic analysis system on a parallel machine. Phase one prepares petrophysical logs for stratigraphic analysis. …