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Robert Cavally's Edition Of G. F. Handel's Solo Flute Sonatas: An Evaluation And Historical Perspective., Lisa Karen Read Jan 1994

Robert Cavally's Edition Of G. F. Handel's Solo Flute Sonatas: An Evaluation And Historical Perspective., Lisa Karen Read

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Teachers are frequently faced with the difficult dilemma of determining what edition of a particular Baroque work they should recommend to their students. This decision is becoming even more difficult as modern publishers continue to produce new editions of standard repertoire. Such is the case with G. F. Handel's solo sonatas, often referred to as his "Opus 1". One publication of these sonatas that has been popular for over fifty years among flutists and flute teachers is G. F. Handel: Seven Sonatas and Famous Largo for Flute and Piano, edited by Robert Cavally (c. 1941). Because this edition was prepared …

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Statistical Process Control Using On-Line Sensors., Wu-Shong Jwo Jan 1994

Statistical Process Control Using On-Line Sensors., Wu-Shong Jwo

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The traditional control chart method of SPC is a popular tool for monitoring a production process. The method involves randomly drawing a sample of finished items from the process at every equal-time interval to check the product quality and assess the process condition. Because of recent technological advances in computer automation, many kinds of on-line inspection and monitoring equipment, such as sensors, have been developed. This research proposes a two-phase method to monitor the production process during manufacturing operations. Basically, this method is a combination of an on-line sensor and a control-chart method. In the first phase, if the total …

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Bioavailability Of Nonexchangeable Ammonium In Soils., Sivapatham Paramasivam Jan 1994

Bioavailability Of Nonexchangeable Ammonium In Soils., Sivapatham Paramasivam

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The agriculturally important soils of the lower Mississippi alluvial plain typically display surprisingly high levels of nitrogen (N) fertility given the low amounts of organic matter and readily available forms of N characteristically present in these soils. The principal goal of this research was to investigate N dynamics in these soils with special attention devoted to the possible role of clay-fixed NH$\sb4\sp+$ in N fertility. Characterization of the N distribution in 9 soil profiles (0-150 cm) representative of the principal agricultural soils of the lower Mississippi River alluvial plain indicated that most of the N in surface horizons was in …

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Reactor Analysis Of Chemical Vapor Deposition Of Titanium Dioxide And Copper Thin Films., Wing-Cheong Gilbert Lai Jan 1994

Reactor Analysis Of Chemical Vapor Deposition Of Titanium Dioxide And Copper Thin Films., Wing-Cheong Gilbert Lai

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A set of reactor models for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of titanium dioxide films from titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) in a vertical cold-wall CVD reactor has been developed. The effects of the carrier gas on the deposition of TiO$\sb2$ films were examined. The reaction mechanism proposed by the earlier workers in our group was used for the reactor modeling (Siefering and Griffin, 1990a; 1990b). The kinetic parameters were estimated from the reactor models at three levels of approximation; i.e., a lumped parameter (LP) model, a one-dimensional stagnation point flow reactor (1-D SPFR) model, and a full 2-D SPFR model. The 2-D …

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Control Of One Percent Yield Offset In Reaction Injection Molding., Samuel Mills Peebles Jan 1994

Control Of One Percent Yield Offset In Reaction Injection Molding., Samuel Mills Peebles

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Reaction Injection Molding produces parts that must meet property specifications to be useful. For example a car bumper must have a high impact strength to prevent the car from being damaged during a collision. This research presents a control algorithm that can be implemented to control the part properties of reaction injection molded parts. The part property need not be measurable on line if the property is affected by the reaction conditions within the mold. This is an important feature of the algorithm since many important properties, such as yield strength, cannot be measured without destroying the part. The algorithm …

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Determining Process Target Value And Ordering Policies In Two-Echelon Hierarchy Production System., Jinshyang Roan Jan 1994

Determining Process Target Value And Ordering Policies In Two-Echelon Hierarchy Production System., Jinshyang Roan

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Selection of the mean (target value) for a production process is a classical problem in quality control. Basically, a process mean is selected based on a balance between production cost and economical consequences associated with conforming items and nonconforming items. The process mean affects many production decisions. In particular, because it determines the process conforming and yields rates, it affects the production setup policy. These production decisions also affect the raw material requirement and, thus, its procurement policy when the raw material is supplied by outside vendors. Consequently, process mean, production and raw material procurement policies should be jointly determined …

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Validation Study Of The Teacher Ratings Of Individual Student Skills And Achievement (Trissa)., Wayne Thomas Stewart Jan 1994

Validation Study Of The Teacher Ratings Of Individual Student Skills And Achievement (Trissa)., Wayne Thomas Stewart

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The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent, predictive, and discriminant validity of the Teacher Ratings of Individual Student Skills and Achievement (TRISSA). The TRISSA was developed in three major phases. Phase I consisted of the generation of an item pool and review of these items by experts. Phase II involved teachers completing the original 100-item TRISSA and subjecting data to a factor analytic study. Based on the factor analysis of 1,049 cases, a revised TRISSA (i.e., TRISSA-36) was produced. The TRISSA-36 was administered to teachers as part of actual pupil appraisal evaluations in three parishes in southeastern …

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An Adaptive Finite Element Methodology For The High-Performance Computer Simulation Of Multiphase Flow Processes., Donald J. Morton Jr Jan 1994

An Adaptive Finite Element Methodology For The High-Performance Computer Simulation Of Multiphase Flow Processes., Donald J. Morton Jr

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A methodology has been developed for the computer simulation of multiphase flow processes in porous media. The solutions to the nonlinear equations describing these processes are approximated by Galerkin's method on the spatial dimensions and the finite difference method on the temporal dimension. Due to the transient nature of discontinuities in the spatial domain, dynamic mesh refinement (and unrefinement) techniques, based on the maintenance of a 1-irregular mesh, are employed on a two dimensional mesh to produce fine resolution in regions of activity and coarse resolution elsewhere. Our unique approach is tested by comparing computed results with data from laboratory …

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A Rules Based Approach To Analyze Data Dependent Transformation Strategies Of A Supercompiler For Parallel Computers., James Woodson Mcguffee Jan 1994

A Rules Based Approach To Analyze Data Dependent Transformation Strategies Of A Supercompiler For Parallel Computers., James Woodson Mcguffee

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A supercompiler is a program that attempts to automatically restructure serial code into an equivalent parallel form. This restructuring is achieved through the application of various transformation strategies designed to remove data dependences. A data dependence is a relation between two programming statements that prevent those two statements from being executed in parallel. This research develops a rules based system to analyze the various data dependent transformation strategies of a supercompiler for parallel computers. With the information obtained from user input and the automated analysis of a program segment, this rules based analysis will be able to determine which of …

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Cognition And Learning: The Implications Of A Situated Connectionist Perspective For Theory And Practice In Education., John A. St. Julien Jan 1994

Cognition And Learning: The Implications Of A Situated Connectionist Perspective For Theory And Practice In Education., John A. St. Julien

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In this dissertation I attempt to construct a framework for an alternate theory of instruction, starting from the position that education has no theory of learning; instead, what passes for theories of learning are actually descriptions of the conditions under which knowledge is acquired. Descriptive theorizing does not serve education well because it is not likely, being a description of what is known told in terms of assumed categories, to be generative or adaptive. I question the naturalness of current assumptions about thought and learning by tracing the consolidation of the present discursive formation around a presumed unity of logic, …

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Blood Pressure Reactivity And Emotion Among Borderline Hypertensives, Mild Hypertensives, Diabetic Hypertensives, And Normotensives., Alicia G. Pellegrin Jan 1994

Blood Pressure Reactivity And Emotion Among Borderline Hypertensives, Mild Hypertensives, Diabetic Hypertensives, And Normotensives., Alicia G. Pellegrin

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between emotion and blood pressure levels and variability for 80 Caucasian subjects between the ages of 30 and 65 matched on gender. The subjects were divided into four groups: normotensives, untreated borderline essential hypertensives, treated mild essential hypertensives, and Type II diabetic hypertensives. Subjects completed five psychological measures: the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-trait anxiety (STAI-Tanx); State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-trait anger (STAXI-Tang); the ratio of anger-in to anger-out (STAXI-IO); and the Autonomic Nervous System Response Inventory (ANSRI). Subjects then recorded their home blood pressures seven times throughout the …

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Three Essays On Short-Term Interest Rate Futures., Yiuman Tse Jan 1994

Three Essays On Short-Term Interest Rate Futures., Yiuman Tse

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This dissertation examines the relationship between U.S. and Eurodollar interest rates by using daily U.S. Treasury bill and Eurodollar futures. Weak evidence of cointegration is found. The VAR and error correction models do not give better forecast performance than the naive model. Other evidence, particularly the simultaneous equations model, suggests that the hypothesis of contemporaneous relationships is not rejected. Further analysis of the deviations from the cointegrating relationship shows that the Treasury bill and Eurodollar futures are fractionally cointegrated after the 1987 stock market crash. Some preliminary statistics seem to support the hypothesis that these futures interest rates share the …

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Explicit Memory Bias For Body-Related Stimuli In Eating Disorders., Shannon Buckles Sebastian Jan 1994

Explicit Memory Bias For Body-Related Stimuli In Eating Disorders., Shannon Buckles Sebastian

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This investigation studied the presence of an explicit memory bias for emotional body related stimuli in patients diagnosed with an eating disorder. Explicit memory refers to the recall of stimuli previously presented. Explicit memory tasks are thought to reflect cognitive elaboration mechanisms. Research on depressed patients has found a bias for recalling negatively valenced information and/or a bias against recalling positively valenced information. This study sought to extend this type of memory bias research to eating disorder patients. Three groups were examined, a group of clinical eating disordered women (n = 30), a group of weight preoccupied non-eating disordered individuals …

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Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer On A Massively Parallel Computer., Horst Michael Vath Jan 1994

Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer On A Massively Parallel Computer., Horst Michael Vath

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We perform three-dimensional radiative transfer calculations on the MasPar MP-1, which contains 8192 processors and is a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) machine, an example of the new generation of massively parallel computers. To make radiative transfer calculations efficient, we must re-consider the numerical methods and methods of storage of data that have been used with serial machines. We developed a numerical code which efficiently calculates images and spectra of astrophysical systems as seen from different viewing directions and at different wavelengths. We use this code to examine a number of different astrophysical systems. First we image the HI distribution …

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Reactivity And Mechanistic Studies On Bimetallic Hydroformylation Rhodium Catalyst Systems., Spencer George Train Jan 1994

Reactivity And Mechanistic Studies On Bimetallic Hydroformylation Rhodium Catalyst Systems., Spencer George Train

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The fundamental purpose of this project was to expand the knowledge of the et,ph-P4 ligand system, $\rm Et\sb2PCH\sb2CH\sb2P(Ph)CH\sb2P(Ph)CH\sb2CH\sb2PEt\sb2$, used to make the very active bimetallic catalyst racemic- ($\rm Rh\sb2(NBD)\sb2(et,ph$-P4)) (BF$\sb4)\sb2$. The ligand was designed to both bridge and chelate two metal centers to allow the metals to remain in close proximity. This is the key to the bimetallic cooperativity concept involved in the hydroformylation of olefin substrates, where an intramolecular hydride transfer has been proposed to occur from one rhodium center to another during the catalytic cycle. This project involved the study of a variety of olefin substrates to probe …

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Structural Equation Modeling Analysis Of Risk Factors For The Development Of Eating Disorder Symptoms In Adolescents., Susan Elizabeth Barker Jan 1994

Structural Equation Modeling Analysis Of Risk Factors For The Development Of Eating Disorder Symptoms In Adolescents., Susan Elizabeth Barker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Risk factors which have been shown to influence the development of body dissatisfaction and eating disturbance in adolescents include depressed mood, low self-esteem, a history of teasing about physical appearance, social and parental pressure to be thin, pubertal timing, and actual body weight or body mass index. In the present study, an etiological model was proposed with these risk factors as predictors of the presence of eating disorder symptoms; this association was hypothesized to be mediated by dissatisfaction with body shape and weight. Structural equation modeling was used to test this theoretical model within a total sample of 345 adolescent …

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Imagining Workers: The Working-Class Presence In Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature. (Volumes I And Ii)., William Lynn Watson Jan 1994

Imagining Workers: The Working-Class Presence In Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature. (Volumes I And Ii)., William Lynn Watson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines how late nineteenth-century American realist and naturalist narratives defuse the working-class drive for class self-determination and political power. The texts examined are Rebecca Harding Davis's "Life in the Iron Mills" (1861), Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's The Silent Partner (1871), Henry James's The Princess Casamassima (1886), William Dean Howells's A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890) and Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900). Each work is examined in the context of a specific proletarian insurgency that was taking place at roughly the same time, and sometimes the same place, in which the author was writing. Each text bears the impress of …

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Optimal Preventive Maintenance Strategies For A Production System Subject To Random Shocks., Frances Fertitta Barbera Jan 1994

Optimal Preventive Maintenance Strategies For A Production System Subject To Random Shocks., Frances Fertitta Barbera

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The failure rate of production equipment is usually increasing as wear accumulates with usage. An improved preventive maintenance approach is accomplished through predictive maintenance, where an indicator of wear, like vibration or heat, is measured and used to determine the optimal time of an adjustment (or maintenance) such as realignment, oil change or replacing seals. The state of the unit is restored into the same original "as new" state both after adjustment or failure (followed by a repair). This research will develop mathematical models for a single and two unit production system. In the development of the one unit model, …

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Effect Of Processing On Protein And Carotenoids In Weaning Food Formulated From Sweetpotatoes, Or Apios Americana., Michael Andrew Ameny Jan 1994

Effect Of Processing On Protein And Carotenoids In Weaning Food Formulated From Sweetpotatoes, Or Apios Americana., Michael Andrew Ameny

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

White flesh sweetpotatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) are a major food crop in developing countries. This study was to evaluate the protein and carotenoid content and quality of various white fleshed African sweetpotatoes and Apios americana tubers for use as a weaning food. The sweetpotato and Apios are not normally considered sources of carotenoids and proteins, but the wide use of sweetpotatoes as a source of carbohydrate and the renewed interest in Apios warrant the study of carotenoids and proteins in these crops. Total carotenoids ranged from 0$\mu{\rm g}$/100g to 260$\mu$g/100g (fresh weight basis) for sweetpotatoes. Apios total carotenoids ranged …

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A Relaxation Scheme For Mesh Locality In Computer Vision., Weian Deng Jan 1994

A Relaxation Scheme For Mesh Locality In Computer Vision., Weian Deng

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Parallel processing has been considered as the key to build computer systems of the future and has become a mainstream subject in Computer Science. Computer Vision applications are computationally intensive that require parallel approaches to exploit the intrinsic parallelism. This research addresses this problem for low-level and intermediate-level vision problems. The contributions of this dissertation are a unified scheme based on probabilistic relaxation labeling that captures localities of image data and the ability of using this scheme to develop efficient parallel algorithms for Computer Vision problems. We begin with investigating the problem of skeletonization. The technique of pattern match that …

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The Structural Basis For Kinetic And Allosteric Differences Between Two Bacterial Phosphofructokinases., Walton Malcolm Byrnes Jan 1994

The Structural Basis For Kinetic And Allosteric Differences Between Two Bacterial Phosphofructokinases., Walton Malcolm Byrnes

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The fructose 6-phosphate (Fru-6P) saturation curve for phosphofructokinase (PFK) from E. coli is sigmoidal in the presence of saturating MgATP levels, while the corresponding curve for B. stearothermophilus PFK is essentially hyperbolic. Sigmoidality can be due to apparent cooperativity arising from the kinetic mechanism of an enzyme. We have determined the kinetic mechanism of B. stearothermophilus PFK (BsPFK). BsPFK was found to obey a non rapid-equilibrium random mechanism similar to the one E. coli PFK (EcPFK) follows. Substrate inhibition by MgATP was observed. We propose that substrates bind to BsPFK through two alternative pathways, one of which is slower. The …

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A Description And Comparison Of Variables That Influence Recidivism Of Selected Juveniles., Martin P. Carr Jan 1994

A Description And Comparison Of Variables That Influence Recidivism Of Selected Juveniles., Martin P. Carr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Nationally, over $1.6 billion is spent incarcerating juveniles. Prevention, rather than correction is needed to reduce these costs. The cost in human lives exceeds the 56,000 incarcerated juveniles. It touches more than those who commit the offense. Victims, families of victims and families of the convicted juvenile also pay a price to one degree or another. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe variables which may impact recidivism rates of selected juveniles who were charged and have arrest records on file. The research was based upon East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, juvenile arrest files from 1981 through …

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Effects Of Threat-Related Emotional Information In A Lexical Decision Task: Examination Of Cognitive And Motor Performance., Sheryl Rene Jackson Jan 1994

Effects Of Threat-Related Emotional Information In A Lexical Decision Task: Examination Of Cognitive And Motor Performance., Sheryl Rene Jackson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Recently, attention has been given to the cognitive processing of aversive emotional, or threat-related, information. Although investigations have often focused on anxiety disordered individuals, it is suggested that examination of "normal" individuals with varying levels of anxiety will increase the understanding of the cognitive processing of aversive emotional, or threat-related, information. It has been hypothesized that high anxious individuals exhibit an attentional bias toward threat-related emotional information. The response of low anxious individuals to threat-related information is unclear. Some evidence suggests that non-anxiety disordered individuals employ a mechanism that inhibits or interferes with the processing of threat-related, emotional information. The …

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A Comparison Of Verbal And Nonverbal Relaxation Induction Techniques In Neurologically Impaired Rehabilitation Patients., Warren Turner Jackson Iii Jan 1994

A Comparison Of Verbal And Nonverbal Relaxation Induction Techniques In Neurologically Impaired Rehabilitation Patients., Warren Turner Jackson Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study compared the relaxation responses of neurologically impaired rehabilitation patients during verbal and nonverbal relaxation induction protocols. Seventy inpatients undergoing rehabilitation served as voluntary participants: (a) 20 patients with right-hemisphere brain dysfunction, (b) 20 patients with left-hemisphere dysfunction, and (c) a contrast group of 30 non-neurologically impaired orthopedic/medical patients. In the first phase of the study, all subjects underwent an evaluation that involved completion of screening instruments, self-report measures, and a brief neuropsychological test battery. In the second phase of the study, all subjects underwent two successive relaxation induction protocols: (a) verbal, and (b) nonverbal. Order of presentation was …

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Factors Affecting Intended Self-Referral To An Employee Assistance Program., Paul Richard Damiano Jan 1994

Factors Affecting Intended Self-Referral To An Employee Assistance Program., Paul Richard Damiano

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Using data from 256 subjects from three organizations which all had employee assistance programs (EAP), this study explored factors hypothesized to affect the likelihood for employees to self-refer to the EAP. Using both correlational data and a 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 repeated measures ANOVA, it was found that perceived confidentiality, reputation of the program, perceived problem seriousness, and type of problem (job, financial, health, psychological, or relationship) were significantly related to the intent to self-refer. There was also evidence that perceived controllability of the problem and a job performance decrement influenced the propensity to self-refer. An additional …

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Transcriptional Cis-Regulatory Elements And Trans-Factors Of A Gene For The Seed Storage Protein Beta-Phaseolin From Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris)., Yasushi Kawagoe Jan 1994

Transcriptional Cis-Regulatory Elements And Trans-Factors Of A Gene For The Seed Storage Protein Beta-Phaseolin From Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris)., Yasushi Kawagoe

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In many dicotyledons, the nutrient reserves are stored in the cotyledons. Phaseolin, 7S globulin, is the major seed protein from common bean Phaseolus vulgaris. In vitro transcription assays and gene transfer studies indicate that phaseolin gene expression is regulated primarily at the transcriptional level. In this dissertation, I studied cis- and trans-acting factors that may play a role in the transcriptional regulation of the $\beta$-phaseolin gene. Gel mobility shift and exonuclease III protection assays identified four distinct DNA binding proteins, CAN, AG-1, CA-1, and TATA-box binding protein. Three CANNTG motifs, CACGTG ($-$248/$-$243), CACCTG ($-$163/$-$158), and CATATG ($-$100/$-$95), were found to …

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Cauldron Of Changes: Feminist Spirituality In Contemporary American Women's Fiction., Janice Celia Crosby Jan 1994

Cauldron Of Changes: Feminist Spirituality In Contemporary American Women's Fiction., Janice Celia Crosby

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My dissertation, Cauldron of Changes: Feminist Spirituality in Contemporary American Women's Fiction, combines feminist perspectives from literary and religious thinkers to inform a discussion of the overlooked aspects of contemporary European-American women's speculative fiction. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the feminist spirituality movement as it incorporates Goddess- and earth-centered religious perspectives, and covers the themes common to both spiritual practice and fiction. "Rewriting History and Legend," the second chapter, shows how the feminist spirituality movement has furthered the feminist project of rewriting myth, legend, and history, thus challenging the foundations of the cultural tradition of the West. In …

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An Ethnographic Study Of A Kindergarten Teacher's Beliefs And Practices Before And After Mathematics In-Service., Bessie L. Davis Jan 1994

An Ethnographic Study Of A Kindergarten Teacher's Beliefs And Practices Before And After Mathematics In-Service., Bessie L. Davis

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This study investigated the beliefs and teaching practices of a kindergarten teacher who participated in the Louisiana Systemic Initiative Program (LaSIP). It focused on the teacher's beliefs and classroom practices both prior to and after the LaSIP summer mathematics in-service activities. Ethnographic and life history methods were employed. The teacher's self-reports were the primary data source used to determine her beliefs and practices prior to the in-service, with triangulation provided through an interview with her principal and analysis of artifacts. She was observed during the academic year following the in-service activities. Data collection included field notes, audiotapes, photographs, diaries, and …

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Molecular Marker Linkage Mapping In Southern Pine (Longleaf Pine And Slash Pine)., Thomas Lester Kubisiak Jan 1994

Molecular Marker Linkage Mapping In Southern Pine (Longleaf Pine And Slash Pine)., Thomas Lester Kubisiak

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The goal of this work was to develop molecular markers for use in a backcross breeding program to speed the introgression of genes influencing rapid early height growth (EHG) from slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii) into longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.). The efficacy of molecular markers for genetic mapping in the Pinaceae was determined in segregating haploid and diploid populations. Initial screening for genetic polymorphisms was conducted using the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique. Using DNAs obtained from haploid megagametophytes, a RAPD-based genetic map for longleaf pine clone 3-356 (16 linkage groups and 6 pairs (133 markers) …

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Development Of Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopic And Imaging Methods., Youngil Lee Jan 1994

Development Of Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopic And Imaging Methods., Youngil Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of $\sp1$H and $\sp{13}$C nuclei in molecular species is very common as is solid-state NMR of $\sp{13}$C in a wide variety of substances. Yet many nuclei remain little studied by conventional NMR techniques, for example $\sp2$H, $\sp{11}$B, $\sp{14}$N, $\sp{79}$Br, $\sp{81}$Br, and $\sp{93}$Nb. One method for their study is nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR). Briefly, the reason that quadrupolar nuclei are difficult to study with conventional NMR techniques is the exceedingly large line widths these nuclei exhibit in high magnetic fields. The first part of my dissertation deals with NQR spectroscopic techniques developed to obtain structural information …

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