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The Interview For The Diagnosis Of Eating Disorders-Iv: Application To Dsm-Iv Diagnostic Criteria., Vesna Kutlesic Jan 1995

The Interview For The Diagnosis Of Eating Disorders-Iv: Application To Dsm-Iv Diagnostic Criteria., Vesna Kutlesic

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The standard diagnostic system in the United States, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III-Revised, has recently been revised (i.e., DSM-IV) to include recent research and clinical advances that have enabled further specification of the existing diagnostic criteria. One set of diagnostic criteria that is representative of this increased specification are the criteria for the eating disorders. The expansion of these criteria in the recent publication of DSM-IV creates a need for the development of a structured interview that would enable differential diagnosis among these diagnostic categories. Thus, the purpose of the current study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric …


Sediment Retention In A Bottomland Hardwood Wetland In Eastern Arkansas., Barbara A. Kleiss Jan 1995

Sediment Retention In A Bottomland Hardwood Wetland In Eastern Arkansas., Barbara A. Kleiss

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

One of the often-stated functions of wetlands is their ability to remove sediments and other particulates from water, thus improving water quality in the adjacent aquatic system. However, actual rates of suspended sediment removal have rarely been measured in freshwater wetland systems. To address this issue, suspended sediment dynamics were measured in a 85-km$\sp2$ bottomland hardwood (BLH) wetland adjacent to the highly turbid Cache River in eastern Arkansas during the 1988-90 water years. A suspended sediment mass balance was calculated using depth-integrated, flow-weighted daily measurements at wetland inflow and outflow points. Over the three year period, suspended sediment load decreased …


A Comparison Of Preference Responses Of White And African-American Students To Musical Versus Musical/Visual Stimuli And Their Relationship To Same- And Other Group Attitudes., Steven Joseph Morrison Jan 1995

A Comparison Of Preference Responses Of White And African-American Students To Musical Versus Musical/Visual Stimuli And Their Relationship To Same- And Other Group Attitudes., Steven Joseph Morrison

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

It was the purpose of this study to examine the role of same- and other-group identification in musical preference decision-making and the relationship between preference decisions and attitude-oriented responses to hypothetical social encounters with same- and other-group members. Subjects were African-American (n = 189) and white (n = 280) sixth, seventh and eighth grade music students. To measure musical preference, each subject responded along a 9-point Likert scale to 10 instrumental music excerpts, five performed by African-American jazz artists and five performed by white jazz artists. The examples were presented according to one of three conditions: (1) music only, (2) …


The Molecular And Morphological Systematics Of Subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)., Malcolm Ray Neyland Jan 1995

The Molecular And Morphological Systematics Of Subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)., Malcolm Ray Neyland

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The current project undertakes the first molecular-based phylogenetic study of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae). Approximately 1,200 nucleotide bases (from the 3$\sp\prime$ half of the ndhF chloroplast gene) for 34 orchid taxa, and a lilioid monocot, Clivia miniata, (Amaryllidaceae) were subjected to phylogenetic analysis using parsimony methods. Oryza sativa (Poaceae), a nonlilioid monocot was designated as outgroup. Using unweighted ndhF sequences, the strict consensus cladogram of 531 most-parsimonious trees supports the hypothesis that the large subfamily Epidendroideae is monophyletic, with Listera (Neottieae) as sister. Although subtribal-level relationships in subfamily Epidendroideae ate well resolved in this analysis, tribal-level relationships are resolved poorly. A …


Theoretical Studies Of Sodium Metal Clusters., Melissa R. Prince Jan 1995

Theoretical Studies Of Sodium Metal Clusters., Melissa R. Prince

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Theoretical methods were used to study small sodium metal clusters. The goal was to find a simple way to model the electronic structure in these clusters that can be used to study large sodium clusters. Monte Carlo studies using Feynman's path integral formulation of quantum mechanics with Bose-Einstein statistics were used to study sodium metal clusters whose valence electrons with opposite spins were paired as bosons. Next, non-atom-based Gaussian s orbitals were used in a Hartree-Fock Monte Carlo procedure. Based on these results, standard quantum chemistry programs were used to test the utility of using non-atom-based basis sets made up …


Truncated Icosahedral Gravitational Wave Antenna., Stephen Michael Merkowitz Jan 1995

Truncated Icosahedral Gravitational Wave Antenna., Stephen Michael Merkowitz

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A spherical gravitational wave detector can be equally sensitive to a wave from any direction, and also able to measure its direction and polarization. We derive a set of equations to describe the mechanics of a spherical antenna coupled to an arbitrary number of attached mechanical resonators. A special arrangement of 6 resonators is proposed, which we term a Truncated Icosahedral Gravitational Wave Antenna, or TIGA. An analytic solution to the equations of motion is found for this case. We find that direct deconvolution of the gravitational tensor components can be accomplished with a specified set of linear combinations of …


Parallel Algorithms For Constructing Convex Hulls., Jigang Liu Jan 1995

Parallel Algorithms For Constructing Convex Hulls., Jigang Liu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

For a given set of planar points S, the convex hull of S, CH(S), is defined to be a list of ordered points which represents the smallest convex polygon that contains all of the points. The convex hull problem, one of the most important problems in computational geometry, has many applications in areas such as computer graphics, simulation and pattern recognition. There are two strategies used in designing parallel convex hull algorithms. One strategy is the divide-and-conquer paradigm. The disadvantage to this strategy is that the recursive merge step is complicated and difficult to implement on current parallel machines. The …


Wiretapping And National Security: Nixon, The Mitchell Doctrine, And The White Panthers. Volume I., Jeff A. Hale Jan 1995

Wiretapping And National Security: Nixon, The Mitchell Doctrine, And The White Panthers. Volume I., Jeff A. Hale

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation discusses a modern version of a constitutional struggle which has characterized American democracy since the first days of the Republic: the citizen's right to privacy versus the Government's need to guarantee "national security." It addresses the Supreme Court's landmark Fourth Amendment wiretapping decision of June 1972, U.S. v. U.S. District Court, which ruled unconstitutional the so-called "Mitchell Doctrine", the Nixon Administration's attempt to gain Judicial sanction for "national security" wiretaps without prior court order of suspected "domestic subversive" groups. In its unanimous Keith decision, the Court upheld the "primacy of warrants" in domestic intelligence investigations. Keith remains the …


An Examination Of Costs And Per-Pupil Revenues In Special Education With Simulations Designed To Enhance The Equity Of Louisiana's Special Education Financing Program., Alton John Royer Jr Jan 1995

An Examination Of Costs And Per-Pupil Revenues In Special Education With Simulations Designed To Enhance The Equity Of Louisiana's Special Education Financing Program., Alton John Royer Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary issues this study addressed were special education costs and equity of special education per-pupil revenues among Louisiana's sixty-six school districts. Actual data from 1980 to 1992 were examined and four special education finance models were developed which addressed these issues. Average annual rates of increase in mean per-pupil revenues for regular education and special education were examined to determine the increase in cost of special education versus regular education. Findings indicated special education per-pupil revenues increased at four times the rate of regular education per-pupil revenues for the period examined. Special education per-pupil revenues were examined to determine …


Elongational Rheometry Of Coextruded Polymer Melts., Ajit Vijay Pendse Jan 1995

Elongational Rheometry Of Coextruded Polymer Melts., Ajit Vijay Pendse

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In most key polymer processing operations such as fiber spinning, blow molding and extrusion through a converging die, the dominant mode of flow is elongational. Rheological characterization of polymeric materials in elongational flow is critical for material quality control as well as for process modeling applications. Unlike shear flows, which have been studied extensively, elongational flows are not well understood, primarily due to the experimental difficulties involved in generating a pure and steady elongational flow field. There is a dearth of commercially available elongational rheometers in the present rheological literature; those that are commercially available, are useful only at elongational …


An Integrated Model Of Job Satisfaction., Mark Stephen Nagy Jan 1995

An Integrated Model Of Job Satisfaction., Mark Stephen Nagy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A model of job satisfaction is proposed that integrates the components of discrepancy, equity, need, value and valence theories using a control theory framework. Data was collected from 341 full-time employees from a variety of organizations. The results indicated support for the proposed model. The results illustrated that discrepancies are largely involved in both facet and global evaluations of job satisfaction and that the interaction of discrepancies and importance is instrumental in explaining global satisfaction. The results also demonstrated that comparison others are involved in the evaluation of job satisfaction and that different comparison others are associated with present and …


A Synthesis Of Resource And Governance Theories In The Context Of Horizontal Expansion Strategies., James Gayle Combs Jan 1995

A Synthesis Of Resource And Governance Theories In The Context Of Horizontal Expansion Strategies., James Gayle Combs

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Extant literature has yet to fully examine the antecedents to, and performance implications of, horizontal expansion strategies. Defined as strategies that increase a firm's domain within an industry, these business level strategies constitute an important component of a firm's overall scope. This study takes a complementary view of two theories of the firm--resource theory and governance theory--in order to explain horizontal strategy and performance. An empirical investigation of 101 restaurant chains shows that firms respond to governance cost pressures when choosing among alternative horizontal strategies, except when strategically valuable resource stocks are low. However, no clear link was found between …


Interaural Discrimination And Localization Of Cross-Frequency Stimuli In Normal-Hearing And Impaired-Hearing Listeners., Laura K. Smith Jan 1995

Interaural Discrimination And Localization Of Cross-Frequency Stimuli In Normal-Hearing And Impaired-Hearing Listeners., Laura K. Smith

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The ability to discriminate interaural differences in complex signal and to localize those signals was examined in listeners with normal hearing (NH) and with bilateral high frequency sensorineural hearing impairment (IH). Just noticeable differences for interaural time and intensity were obtained using 1/3-octave narrow band noise (NBN) stimuli centered at 500 and 4000 Hz in three conditions: (1) the NBNs played in isolation; (2) the NBNs played simultaneously with congruent interaural information across frequency; and (3) the NBNs played simultaneously with either the 500 Hz band dichotic and the 4000 Hz band diotic (a) or the 500 Hz band diotic …


Equity Sensitivity: Scale Development And Validation., Kerry Shaun Sauley Jan 1995

Equity Sensitivity: Scale Development And Validation., Kerry Shaun Sauley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Equity Sensitivity Instrument (Huseman, Hatfield, and Miles, 1985) has been the primary measure used in equity sensitivity research to date. It appears to suffer from content deficiency and an inappropriate scoring procedure. Because of these problems, this dissertation constructed a new measure, based on systematic item development procedures, that provided thorough coverage of the equity sensitivity construct. Development of the new measure was based on Huseman, Hatfield, & Miles' (1987) theory of equity sensitivity. Items for the new measure were developed using the traditional approach of developing items that directly inquire about a person's equity sensitivity and a second …


Variability Of Practice In Motor Skill Acquisition: A Task Dynamics Perspective., Nancy Heather Mcnevin Jan 1995

Variability Of Practice In Motor Skill Acquisition: A Task Dynamics Perspective., Nancy Heather Mcnevin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

While previous studies attribute the superior learning associated with random practice to cognitive-mediated factors (i.e., Shea & Zimny, 1983; Lee & Magill, 1985), the extrinsic characteristics of the task and how subjects respond to them have not been considered. One view is that blocked and random practice conditions impose differential constraints on performance (Newell & McDonald, 1992). The two experiments reported here sought to test this view, with the assumption that differences in search strategies would be identified at the level of kinematic performance. In Experiment 1, a quantitative analysis of kinematic variability was used to assess the contextual interference …


Transcriptional Studies Of The Muscle-Specific Expression Of The Rabbit Muscle Phosphofructokinase Gene., Haiqing Fu Schiltz Jan 1995

Transcriptional Studies Of The Muscle-Specific Expression Of The Rabbit Muscle Phosphofructokinase Gene., Haiqing Fu Schiltz

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase (RM-PFK) gene is predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle. Its muscle-specific transcription was investigated using transient transfection studies, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, and DNaseI footprinting experiments. The evidence presented here provides the first example of the myogenic basic-Helix-Loop-Helix proteins regulating a gene that encodes a glycolytic enzyme. The 3 kb 5$\sp\prime$-flanking sequence of this gene directed the expression of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene in muscle and non-muscle cells. MyoD, Myf5, and myogenin exhibited differential transactivation capabilities. MyoD had the most pronounced transactivational effect, and its N-terminal transactivation domain and the basic DNA-binding region were required for its …


Performing The Community, Telling The Self: Storytelling By Members Of A Group Home For Men With Mental Retardation., Sharon Elizabeth Croft Jan 1995

Performing The Community, Telling The Self: Storytelling By Members Of A Group Home For Men With Mental Retardation., Sharon Elizabeth Croft

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study uses an ethnographic approach to examine the stories told by members of a group home for men with mental retardation. The author contends that the culture of the group home works to constrain how group home members interact within this community. The author argues, however, that despite the cultural constraints, the men use storytelling to establish their individuality, even though the stories themselves, in their content and in the performance of their telling, often reify cultural constraints and their cultural constructions. The author recounts how she, as ethnographer, interacted within this community. After identifying, describing, and analyzing eight …


Oral Noetic And The Communicative Rubric In "Beowulf"., Paul David Muller Jan 1995

Oral Noetic And The Communicative Rubric In "Beowulf"., Paul David Muller

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Theoretically, this treatise is a study at the nexus of two fields: oral tradition and the philosophy of language. In application, it is a "reading" of the Anglo-Saxon epic narrative of Beowulf. It proceeds from the hypothesis that in its present, performative moment, the oral traditional narrative instantiates a moment of communicative meaning evincing characteristics of oral, thus speakerly, and thus intention-vitalized meaning, as defined by linguistic philosophers Austin, Grice, Searle, Schiffer, Strawson, and others. In the light of this theoretical perspective, the oral noetic and thus the communicative moment of the Beowulf poem is sought in its most dynamic …


Another America, Another Literature: Narratives From Louisiana's Colonial Experience., Germain Joseph Bienvenu Jan 1995

Another America, Another Literature: Narratives From Louisiana's Colonial Experience., Germain Joseph Bienvenu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation attempts to establish a literary canon for the first French period of Louisiana's colonial history (1681-1763). The study examines works by writers who heretofore have not been analyzed as colonists of long residence in the New World but as Continentals who happened to spend some time in the Americas and then wrote about their experiences. The present analysis argues that many of these authors, by virtue of the significant time they spent in Louisiana, their devotion to and interest in the promotion of the colony, and their common concerns, should be examined principally not as European literati but …


A Social Skills Measure For Adults With Mild Or Moderate Mental Retardation: Development Of The Measure Of Observable Social Skills (Moss)., Debra Farrar-Schneider Jan 1995

A Social Skills Measure For Adults With Mild Or Moderate Mental Retardation: Development Of The Measure Of Observable Social Skills (Moss)., Debra Farrar-Schneider

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The literature on the history, definition, etiology, and assessment of social skills in mentally retarded adults was reviewed and the lack of adequate assessment measures was noted. Given the importance of social skills for mentally retarded individuals, especially in the area of community adjustment (e.g., residential and vocational placements), a behavioral checklist to assess these skills was developed. The Measure of Observable Social Skills (MOSS) was derived from reviewing social skills assessment and treatment literature, questionnaires, rating scales, and checklists. Two forms, each containing 47 different items, were developed and completed by caregivers of 212 mild to mentally retarded adults. …


An Evaluation Of Accounting Method Choice: A Study Of The Transition Obligation Upon Adoption Of Sfas 106., Jean Elizabeth Finch Jan 1995

An Evaluation Of Accounting Method Choice: A Study Of The Transition Obligation Upon Adoption Of Sfas 106., Jean Elizabeth Finch

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this research was to examine the factors which motivated managers' choices of transition method for the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 (SFAS 106), Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions. This statement allowed employers the option of recognizing the entire transition amount in the year of adoption or amortizing it over a future period. Many opponents of this statement had expressed concern that the large financial impact brought about by recognizing this obligation would cause managers to seek ways to minimize the effect, possibly at the expense of plan participants. Since managers …


The Effects Of Departures From Prior Return Measures On Individual Taxpayer Frame And Tax Reporting Decisions., Phyllis V. Copeland Jan 1995

The Effects Of Departures From Prior Return Measures On Individual Taxpayer Frame And Tax Reporting Decisions., Phyllis V. Copeland

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The individual tax compliance gap persists despite costly enforcement efforts that attempt to dissuade noncompliance by identifying noncompliant taxpayers and imposing sanctions on those identified. Enforcement strategies that reduce the psychological incentives of noncompliance may complement the dissuasive approach. The present study probes this psychological alternative by examining several factors that are potential determinants of how taxpayers perceive their tax return results, and accordingly, how much reporting risk they are willing to assume. Noncompliance is modelled as a two-tier process. The first relies on adaptation level theory that suggests taxpayers frame the filing of their current year tax returns with …


Host-Guest Chemistry Of Cofacial Binuclear Copper(Ii) And Zinc(Ii) Complexes Of Bis(Beta-Diketone) Ligands., Laurie A. Brown Jan 1995

Host-Guest Chemistry Of Cofacial Binuclear Copper(Ii) And Zinc(Ii) Complexes Of Bis(Beta-Diketone) Ligands., Laurie A. Brown

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

We have been synthesizing cofacial binuclear copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes using bis($\beta$-diketone) ligands in order to design a host complex which selectively binds guest molecules and demonstrates catalytic activity. The metal atoms are held by the chelating acetylacetonate groups, of the bis($\beta$-diketone) ligands, in adjacent parallel planes separated by a cavity into which the guest molecule fits. The host-guest interactions are described. The synthesis of these complexes are discussed beginning with the synthesis of the substituted naphthalenes which bridge the meta-acetylacetonate planes. We needed 2,7-dimethylnaphthalene-1-carbonitrile for the synthesis of the bis($\beta$-diketone) ligand, NBAH$\sb2$-1-CN. After the first recrystallization of 2,7-dimethylnaphthalene-1-carbonitrile, it …


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 …


Valuation Of Index Options., Bruce Kelvin Grace Jan 1995

Valuation Of Index Options., Bruce Kelvin Grace

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the valuation of index options. The first chapter analyzes the value of early exercise for an index option, specifically the Standard and Poor's 100 Index (OEX) option. The value is found by estimating European put-call parity and comparing it to the price difference between an American call and put. Zivney (1991) estimated this value for closing prices. The value of early exercise is re-estimated by using bid-ask prices, effectively mitigating the non-synchronous data problem, which may be severe in Zivney's study. The results from using intraday bid-ask prices are compared to last bid-ask and transaction prices. The …


John Guare: In Search Of America., Kenny Clifford Gannon Jan 1995

John Guare: In Search Of America., Kenny Clifford Gannon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the full scope of Guare's plays, from his Off-Off Broadway experimentation in the sixties through his 1992 play Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, and their place in America's cultural landscape. Set against the framework of modern cultural history, the investigation attempts to reveal Guare's vision of modern America's quest for fulfillment through the correlation of textual and stylistic analysis, critical response, and Guare's stated views. The study contends that Guare's portrayal of American desire unmasks the mass media's contamination of the American dream. From the very inception of his dramatic imagination, Guare has mixed fantasy and reality …


An Insider's View: The Teacher As Impetus In Literacy Acquisition., Kerry Pierce Laster Jan 1995

An Insider's View: The Teacher As Impetus In Literacy Acquisition., Kerry Pierce Laster

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to derive a deeper understanding of one successful kindergarten teacher, her behaviors, and her effect on students as they develop early literacy skills. This study examined the following aspects of teacher behavior as they related to early literacy development: (a) the interactions of the teacher with regular education and special education inclusion students in an inclusive kindergarten classroom with holistic, language-based curricula, (b) the behaviors of the teacher while engaging students in the literacy processes of reading and writing, (c) the behaviors of the teacher as she encouraged students to react to books using …


Reconceptualizing A Secondary Content Area Reading Course From A Phenomenological Perspective Using Reflections Of Preservice Teachers., Edith Grossman Mayers Jan 1995

Reconceptualizing A Secondary Content Area Reading Course From A Phenomenological Perspective Using Reflections Of Preservice Teachers., Edith Grossman Mayers

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study is the reconceptualization of a secondary education six credit hour content area reading course. Classroom and field experiences were modified to promote preservice teachers' reflections concerning what teaching is, who teachers are, and self-as-teacher. The purpose of the revised multifaceted course was to provide opportunities for students' rethinking of teaching as they were taught or teaching as they experienced such in student teaching. In addition, prior lived experiences and students' resistance to a course in content area reading were examined from a hermeneutic phenomenological perspective. The existing course classroom experience was modified to include reading autobiographies and construction …


Educational Reform And The Social Democratic Party In Weimar Prussia, 1918-1932., Patricia Gebhart Mcfarland Jan 1995

Educational Reform And The Social Democratic Party In Weimar Prussia, 1918-1932., Patricia Gebhart Mcfarland

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Education in Germany has historically been a matter for the individual states rather than the central government. In Prussia in the 1920s, elementary education was segregated by religious denomination, while the upper grades were divided according to occupational specialty. The Social Democratic Party was the only party which proposed to change the system, calling for the secularization and integration of the schools. When it unexpectedly found itself in power in November 1918, the party's commitment to its program was tested. While the leadership continued to affirm its support for educational reform throughout the 1920s, it did little to introduce any …


Interpretation Of Ambiguous Body-Related Stimuli In The Eating Disorders., Lori Ann Perrin Jan 1995

Interpretation Of Ambiguous Body-Related Stimuli In The Eating Disorders., Lori Ann Perrin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Clinical observations suggest that persons with an eating disorder are obsessed about body size and shape. This obsession with body size and shape has been hypothesized to lead to biased processing of body related information. Recent research indicates that individuals who are highly preoccupied with their weight tend to react to body related stimuli with negative emotions and tend to infer a negative meaning when information about their own body shape is presented within an ambiguous context. This study investigated this type of judgment bias in eating disorder and body dysphoric subjects. In addition, this study examined the ability to …