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The Impact Of Budget Variance, Fiscal Stress, Political Turnover, And Employment Sector On Compliance Reporting Decisions., Linda Achey Kidwell Jan 1993

The Impact Of Budget Variance, Fiscal Stress, Political Turnover, And Employment Sector On Compliance Reporting Decisions., Linda Achey Kidwell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) established that financial reports of governmental entities should assist users in assessing accountability of politicians and bureaucracies (GASB 1987, 100.103). Auditing standards promulgated for the governmental environment similarly emphasize administrative accountability to the public. Government Auditing Standards (GAS) require auditors to determine whether a governmental entity has complied with all applicable laws and regulations. If noncompliance is found to have a material effect on the financial statements, governmental auditors are required to report it. This study examined what level of reporting auditors use and what factors contribute to a lack of consensus in reporting …


The Antecedents And Consequences Of Transformational Leadership., Andrew J. Meibaum Iii Jan 1993

The Antecedents And Consequences Of Transformational Leadership., Andrew J. Meibaum Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The present study examined the relations among theoretical antecedents and consequences of transformational leadership style. Thirty hospital CEOs completed questionnaires measuring self-esteem, autonomy, need for achievement, dominance, and hospital strategy. In addition, 214 subordinates rated the leadership style of the 30 CEOs. The hypothesized links between CEO personality and transformational leadership style were not supported. Also, the hypothesized relation between transformational leadership style and organizational effectiveness was not supported. Supplemental analyses revealed a direct relation between CEO self-esteem and organizational effectiveness and between organizational strategy and organizational effectiveness. Specifically, CEO self-esteem was positively related to organizational effectiveness, and a domain-offensive …


A Sixth-Grade Literature Discourse Community: Making Social Meaning With Illustrated Literature During Interactive Reading Events., Elizabeth Lee Willis Jan 1993

A Sixth-Grade Literature Discourse Community: Making Social Meaning With Illustrated Literature During Interactive Reading Events., Elizabeth Lee Willis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The study focused on six at-risk students enrolled in the sixth grade at a large urban Southern middle school. These students, along with their classroom teacher, participated in two interactive reading events using illustrated trade books. The purpose of the study was to examine how these students used the pictures and text to create meaning for the stories. The two illustrated selections differed in story complexity, amount of world knowledge required for interpretation, and relationship of pictures to text (i.e., a close relationship indicated both picture and text communicated similar information, while a distanced relationship indicated one source provided story …


Electron-Pair Analysis For Doubly Excited Ridge States., Lijun Zhang Jan 1993

Electron-Pair Analysis For Doubly Excited Ridge States., Lijun Zhang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

We study doubly excited states of atoms and negative ions by electron-pair analysis. The two-electron Schrodinger equation is analyzed in hyperspherical coordinates, with the electrons described throughout as a pair. In contrast to the current adiabatic hyperspherical method, which reverts at large distances to a description in terms of individual electrons, the pair aspect is preserved also asymptotically. Whereas the adiabatic potential wells converge to the single ionization limit, we develop potential wells converging to the double ionization limit of the system, and doubly excited states are then viewed as eigenstates of the pair in these wells. At the simplest …


Adrian Willaert's "Musica Nova" Selected Motets: Editions And Commentary. (Volumes I And Ii)., Bradley Leonard Almquist Jan 1993

Adrian Willaert's "Musica Nova" Selected Motets: Editions And Commentary. (Volumes I And Ii)., Bradley Leonard Almquist

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Adrian Willaert was a pivotal figure in Renaissance music. As a composer, he contributed significantly to the secular repertories of the madrigal, canzone villanesca, and chanson. He was possibly the first madrigal composer outside of the genre's Roman/Florentine origins. In sacred music, Willaert contributed to the development of cori spezzati, the split-choir technique, generally associated with the Venetian School, composed at least nine masses, polyphonic settings of hymns, and approximately 173 motets. In addition to his compositions in the major vocal forms of the period, Willaert made considerable contributions to the teaching of music and music theory, establishing St. Mark's …


Comparison Of Word Recognition And Story Retelling Under The Conditions Of Contextualized Versus Decontextualized Reading Events In At-Risk Poor Readers., Linda Cain Badon Jan 1993

Comparison Of Word Recognition And Story Retelling Under The Conditions Of Contextualized Versus Decontextualized Reading Events In At-Risk Poor Readers., Linda Cain Badon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated the relative effects of two instructional approaches on reading recognition and comprehension of passages read by low-SES first grade children. It was hypothesized that use of a contextualized instructional approach (i.e., Communicative Reading Strategies) (CRS) which facilitated written language processing (i.e., vocabulary acquisition, grammatical understanding, narrative structure, and passage comprehension) within the context of oral reading would result in better internalization of a written story than would decontextualized activities (i.e., Directed Reading) (DR) targeting the same behaviors immediately preceding or following the reading of a story. The efficacy of the two treatments was measured by (1) fluency …


First Ray Joint Mobility, Pressure And Ulceration Of The First Metatarsal Head In Diabetic Patients., James Allen Birke Jan 1993

First Ray Joint Mobility, Pressure And Ulceration Of The First Metatarsal Head In Diabetic Patients., James Allen Birke

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation reviews the pathomechanics of plantar ulceration in patients with diabetes mellitus, and studies the relationship between joint mobility, pressure and the location of ulceration at the first metatarsal head. Neuropathy, mechanical stress and vascular disease have been shown to be the primary causes of ulceration in patients with diabetes. Sensory neuropathy is considered the permissive cause of plantar ulceration. Plantar ulcerations do not occur without loss of sensation in the foot. Other factors including motor neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy, abnormal mechanical stress, foot deformity, joint limitation, and hyperkeratosis are considered important component causes in plantar ulceration. Autonomic neuropathy and …


Effect Of Self-Evaluation And Teaching Setting On Teacher Intensity Behaviors Among Preservice Elementary Education Majors Enrolled In A Music Methods Course., Cynthia Melissa Colwell Jan 1993

Effect Of Self-Evaluation And Teaching Setting On Teacher Intensity Behaviors Among Preservice Elementary Education Majors Enrolled In A Music Methods Course., Cynthia Melissa Colwell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of teaching setting and self-evaluation on the development of teacher intensity behaviors among preservice elementary education majors enrolled in a music methods course. Subjects (N = 44) completed a pre- and posttest and four treatment lessons which were videotaped and analyzed by the investigator using a behavioral checklist which was divided into three sections: Personal Delivery Skills, Accuracy of Instruction and Classroom Management. There were four treatment groups: peer/general, practicum/specific, practicum/general, or peer/specific. Peer teaching subjects taught in the university classroom while practicum subjects taught at a kindergarten. General self-evaluation …


Women's Stories Of Reading And Writing: Three Literacy Life Histories., Mary Annette Duchein Jan 1993

Women's Stories Of Reading And Writing: Three Literacy Life Histories., Mary Annette Duchein

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The stories of three retired women who have shown a lifelong and continuing commitment to learning and literacy were addressed through life history methodology. Three literacy life histories were produced which were then analyzed in light of current research in the field of reading and literacy. All life phases were addressed, but emphasis was placed on the retirement years. Results confirmed prior research in the field of reading across four lifespan phases--preformal schooling, formal schooling, homemaker/workplace, and retirement--and suggested that reading and writing grew in importance during the retirement years and led to an extension or increase in mental awareness. …


Studies On The Energy Mobilizing Hormones In Insects., Subrata Das Jan 1993

Studies On The Energy Mobilizing Hormones In Insects., Subrata Das

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Chemical factors controlling the energy mobilization in three species of insects were identified, partially characterized and their role in the process of energy mobilization were studied. High performance liquid chromatographic fractions were isolated from methanolic extracts of the corpora cardiaca (CC) from the honeybee Apis mellifera, the paper wasp Polistes exclamans and the house cricket Acheta domesticus. Each species had a single active fraction that was able to elevate the lipid titer in Acheta. Pyroglutamate aminopeptidase digestion of isolated active fractions indicated that these molecules are all peptides with a terminal pyroglutamate. Methanolic extracts of CC from Apis, Polistes and …


Interactional Experience With A Voice Output Communication Aid In Augmented Interactions., Sandra Koenig Damico Jan 1993

Interactional Experience With A Voice Output Communication Aid In Augmented Interactions., Sandra Koenig Damico

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of a Speaking Partner's experience with a voice output communication aid on the interactional strategies used in Nonspeaking Partner (NSP)/Speaking Partner (SP) dyads. A single-subject experimental design was employed, incorporating four interactional dyads of college-level students majoring in Speech-Language Pathology and school-aged adolescents (2 disabled and 2 able-bodied). Each dyad engaged in an information transfer barrier task, consisting of 10-12 maps with a number of referential conflicts. Interactional transcripts were analyzed for quantitative and qualitative differences in turn taking, message formulation, and nine types of Insertion Sequences. Results indicated …


The Prediction Of Financial Turnaround Of Financially Distressed Firms., Leslie B. Fletcher Jan 1993

The Prediction Of Financial Turnaround Of Financially Distressed Firms., Leslie B. Fletcher

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

There is little extant accounting research on the turnaround phenomenon, when a financially distressed firm regains its financial health rather than merging with another firm or filing for protection under the Bankruptcy Act. The goal of this research was to determine whether financial and other publicly available information could be used to predict whether or not a distressed firm would turn around. To achieve that goal, a sample of distressed firms was identified based on their initial rather than final financial condition. A measure external to the firm--Standard and Poor's earnings and dividend ranking for common stock--was used to identify …


The Writing Behaviors Of Five Kindergarteners Writing In Social Context: A Home-School Perspective., Wanda Henderson Handy Jan 1993

The Writing Behaviors Of Five Kindergarteners Writing In Social Context: A Home-School Perspective., Wanda Henderson Handy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between written language and spoken language and the function of that relationship during the beginning writing development of five kindergarteners from diverse literacy environments. In addition, observable writing behaviors of these five kindergarteners from more literate and less literate home environments were studied at home and in school. Ethnographic methodology was employed. Data collection included interviews, participant observation, field notes, checklists, photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, and writing samples. For 4 months, the case study participants were observed once a week while writing at home and in the school writing …


Reliability And Validity Of The Teen Substance Abuse Rating Scale., Brett Elliott Hemstreet Jan 1993

Reliability And Validity Of The Teen Substance Abuse Rating Scale., Brett Elliott Hemstreet

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study used 57 adolescent substance abusers receiving treatment and 510 adolescent controls in a validation of the Teen Substance Abuse Rating Scale (TSARS; Hemstreet, 1991). The TSARS was originally designed as a relatively brief, easy to read self-report questionnaire to discriminate between adolescent substance abusers and nonabusers. The 92 items of the TSARS represent specific behaviors that are answered in a Yes/No format. The TSARS was examined to determine if it would meet validity criteria presented by Winters (1990) and Swadi (1990), as well as those presented in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (APA, 1985). A principal …


Highly Resolved Studies Of Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization Dynamics., Sandeep Kakar Jan 1993

Highly Resolved Studies Of Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization Dynamics., Sandeep Kakar

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

We use measurements of dispersed fluorescence from electronically excited photoions to study fundamental aspects of intramolecular dynamics. Our experimental innovations make it possible to obtain highly resolved photoionization data that offer qualitative insights into molecular scattering. In particular, we obtain vibrationally resolved data to probe coupling between the electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom by studying the distribution of vibrational energy among photoions. Vibrationally resolved branching ratios are measured over a broad spectral range of excitation energy and their non-Franck-Condon behavior is used as a tool to investigate two diverse aspects of shape resonant photoionization. First, vibrational branching ratios are …


Melt Elongational Flow Rheometry In Converging Channels., Hwan Chul Kim Jan 1993

Melt Elongational Flow Rheometry In Converging Channels., Hwan Chul Kim

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The basic problem in polymer melt elongational rheometry is obtaining a stable and constant elongational flow field free from shear effects. The objective of this study is to present a technique to generate plug flow and elongational flow of polymer melts in a channel geometry. The results of the study included the development of analytical and numerical solutions for flow behavior in the coextrusion of a core polymer melt encapsulated by a sufficiently low viscous skin polymer melt for linear and converging die geometries. Studying the effects of the power-law index, viscosity ratio, and flow rate ratio on the velocity …


Two Essays On Liquidity Suppliers' Gross Profits., Jie-Haun Lee Jan 1993

Two Essays On Liquidity Suppliers' Gross Profits., Jie-Haun Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the strategic behavior of the specialist proposed by Glosten (1989) and its implications for price volatility and market liquidity. The extant literature suggests that the bid-ask spread is responsible, at least in part, for the greater volatility and more negative autocorrelation at the open than at the close. We find that these phenomena are not related to the bid-ask spread, but related to pricing errors quoted by the specialist or by limit order traders around the open. We use George, Kaul, and Nimalendran's (1991) model, which is less biased than Roll's (1984) …


A Study Of Collaborative Consultation Versus Traditional Methods Of Special Education Service Delivery., Jane Nell Guyer Luster Jan 1993

A Study Of Collaborative Consultation Versus Traditional Methods Of Special Education Service Delivery., Jane Nell Guyer Luster

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the attitudes and perceptions of general and special educators engaged in collaborative consultation and those utilizing traditional self-contained or resource methods of special education service delivery. A difference in collaborative consultation and traditional educators was predicted on autonomy, as measured by Charters' (1974) Sense of Autonomy Scale (SAS), zone of acceptance, as measured by the Professional Zone of Acceptance Inventory (PZAI) (Kunz and Hoy, 1974), and pluralistic ignorance, as measured by the Pupil Control Ideology (PCI) form developed by Willower, Eidell, and Hoy (1967). School climate was measured using the Organizational Climate Description Question-Revised Elementary (OCDQ-RE) (Hoy …


Personal Narrative: Revealing Self And Reflecting Other., Charla Lee Markham Shaw Jan 1993

Personal Narrative: Revealing Self And Reflecting Other., Charla Lee Markham Shaw

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Self-presentation is a response to internal and external demands for self-verification. The telling of personal narratives is one form of presenting self to others that begins early in life, and crosses racial, ethnic, and cultural boundaries. Not only do we present ourselves through narrative, those with whom we are socially involved present us to others through narrative. The primary purpose of this study was to examine how well one's perception of self is communicated to familiar others. Secondarily, this study explored the impact of sex differences and relationship type on the success of this communication. One hundred targets each brought …


Linkage By Generically Gorenstein Cohen-Macaulay Ideals., Heath Mayall Martin Jan 1993

Linkage By Generically Gorenstein Cohen-Macaulay Ideals., Heath Mayall Martin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In a Gorenstein local ring R, two ideals A and B are said to be linked by an ideal I if the two relations A = (I: B) and B = (I: A) hold. In the case that I is a complete intersection, or a Gorenstein ideal, it is known that linkage preserves the Cohen-Macaulay property. That is, if A is a Cohen-Macaulay ideal, then so is B. However, if I is allowed to be a generically Gorenstein, Cohen-Macaulay ideal, easy examples show that this type of linkage does not preserve the Cohen-Macaulay property. The primary purpose of this work …


Temporal And Spatial Characteristics Of Annual Maximum Precipitation In Louisiana., Babak Naghavi Jan 1993

Temporal And Spatial Characteristics Of Annual Maximum Precipitation In Louisiana., Babak Naghavi

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A new procedure to compile and enhance hourly data has been proposed. A total of 92 rain gauges were used to generate 25 synthesized stations with long periods of record. Annual maximum series for various rainfall durations from the 25 synthesized stations were used for statistical analysis. Temporal and spatial characteristics of annual maximum precipitation are investigated and a new procedure for identification of climatologically homogeneous regions is proposed. This new procedure is based on statistical parameters of precipitation data and understanding of atmospheric processes. The mean annual precipitation, recorded extreme precipitations, geographical locations, and synoptic weather patterns were used …


Concept Circle Diagrams: A Metacognitive Learning Strategy To Enhance Meaningful Learning In The Elementary Science Classroom., Connie Sue Nobles Jan 1993

Concept Circle Diagrams: A Metacognitive Learning Strategy To Enhance Meaningful Learning In The Elementary Science Classroom., Connie Sue Nobles

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of concept circle diagrams, a newly developed metacognitive strategy (Wandersee, 1987), for meaningful science learning. Two research questions were: (a) Do concept circle diagrams enhance the identification and learning of science concepts more than traditional learning methods? and (b) Do concept circle diagrams evolve in quality within and across three sequences of direct explanation, guided practice, and independent practice? This study builds upon earlier research on two important metacognitive strategies, Vee diagrams (Gowin, 1981) and concept mapping (Novak & Gowin, 1984), used in science education. Participants were members of two …


Phase Transitions And Flux Distributions Of Su(2) Lattice Gauge Theory., Yingcai Peng Jan 1993

Phase Transitions And Flux Distributions Of Su(2) Lattice Gauge Theory., Yingcai Peng

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The strong interactions between quarks are believed to be described by Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), which is a non-abelian SU(3) gauge theory. It is known that QCD undergoes a deconfining phase transition at very high temperatures, that is, at low temperatures QCD is in a confined phase, at sufficient high temperatures it is in a unconfined phase. Also, quark confinement is believed to be due to the string formation. In this dissertation we studied SU(2) gauge theory using numerical methods of LGT, which will provide some insights about the properties of QCD because SU(2) is similar to SU(3). We measured the …


The Dynamics Of Collective Farming: A Case Study Of Fish Farm Cooperatives In The Prefectures Of Butare And Gikongoro, Rwanda., Alphonse Rubagumya Jan 1993

The Dynamics Of Collective Farming: A Case Study Of Fish Farm Cooperatives In The Prefectures Of Butare And Gikongoro, Rwanda., Alphonse Rubagumya

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Cooperative fish farming not only insures a wider distribution of land and fish farming technology resources to larger segments of the population, but also makes possible the integration of limited individual resources into sizable and economically more viable production and marketing units. On the basis that more efficient internal organization can lead to greater cooperative performance, the purpose of this study is to identify organizational attributes and practices associated with effectiveness of fish farming cooperatives in Rwanda. Data for the study were obtained from a sample of 200 fish farm groups selected in the prefectures of Butare and Gikongoro, Rwanda. …


Remagnetization Of Carbonates In The Appalachian Basin., Barbara Saffer Jan 1993

Remagnetization Of Carbonates In The Appalachian Basin., Barbara Saffer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic data from two transects of southern and northern Appalachian Basin carbonates demonstrate different patterns of Late Paleozoic remagnetization and magnetite concentration. Samples were collected in Ordovician and Mississippian carbonates of Tennessee and Alabama and in Devonian carbonates of New York and Ontario. In the southern basin, Paleozoic carbonates of the Nashville Dome and of the fold-thrust belt near Chattanooga were remagnetized during the Late Paleozoic Kiaman period. These remagnetized carbonates contain more magnetite than do unremagnetized carbonates in the intervening basin. The unremagnetized carbonates demonstrate only a present field magnetization except for one Mississippian site in …


Dynamic Properties Of Interacting Electrons., Lun Tan Jan 1993

Dynamic Properties Of Interacting Electrons., Lun Tan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The spectral weight functions and the optical conductivity of a highly correlated electronic system described by a simple Hubbard model are studied. The calculations are carried out for a small system, a cubic cluster of eight sites, by means of exact diagonalization using symmetrized basis functions. The spectral weight functions of a single hole (or electron) placed in an otherwise half-filled band are obtained. The density of states at different interaction strengths, ranging from weak to strong couplings, is studied. We observe the spreading of the spectral weight associated with some single-particle eigenstates over a large range of energies, and …


The Poetry In-Between: Presence And Absence In Whitman, Rimbaud, And Hopkins., Jonathan Flint Alexander Jan 1993

The Poetry In-Between: Presence And Absence In Whitman, Rimbaud, And Hopkins., Jonathan Flint Alexander

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

"The Poetry In-Between: Presence and Absence in Whitman, Rimbaud, and Hopkins" analyzes three major nineteenth-century poets and their development of a poetics which has as its chief focus of concern the issue of presencing an eternal and universal "Other" by which to assess self identity. After the Kantian critique and the seeming reduction of human knowledge to phenomenal perceptions, early nineteenth-century poets and theorists feared the entrapment and isolation of the self in subjective awareness. The romantics, such as Friedrich Schlegel, sought ways to overcome such alienating subjectivity and ultimately conceived of the poet as a privileged spokesman and arbiter …


Investigation Of High School Chemistry Students' Concepts Of Chemical Symbol, Formula, And Equation: Students' Prescientific Conceptions., Ali Abdallah Al-Kunifed Jan 1993

Investigation Of High School Chemistry Students' Concepts Of Chemical Symbol, Formula, And Equation: Students' Prescientific Conceptions., Ali Abdallah Al-Kunifed

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This exploratory study investigated 11th grade high school chemistry students' understandings of the science concepts of chemical symbol, formula, equation, reaction, reactant, and product. It also investigated students' ideas about the meaning of plus sign, reaction sign, subscript, and coefficient. In addition, it attempted to assess the impact of students' prior mathematical knowledge on their understanding of these fundamental concepts. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were employed in a two-stage approach involving a preliminary study and a main study over one academic school year (1990-1991). The cooperating high school chemistry teacher was an active participant consultant throughout the …


Neo-Hamiltonian Republicans And Military Reform In The Progressive Era: 1898-1912., Ronald James Barr Jan 1993

Neo-Hamiltonian Republicans And Military Reform In The Progressive Era: 1898-1912., Ronald James Barr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Spanish-American War changed the course of American history. In a few months the United States acquired a colonial empire and adopted a policy of overseas involvement that greatly altered future world events. The political victory of a few military reformers and politicians, who endorsed Social Darwinism, over those who upheld the ideas of Jefferson and Jackson, destroyed the international isolation of the American republic. No matter what successive political administrations claimed, they inherited substantial overseas commitments. The group that engineered this profound change in American foreign and defence policy were led by Elihu Root, John Hay, Leonard Wood, Alfred …


A Southern Social Ethic: Political Economy In The Nineteenth-Century South. Mississippi, 1840-1910. (Volumes I And Ii)., Bradley G. Bond Jan 1993

A Southern Social Ethic: Political Economy In The Nineteenth-Century South. Mississippi, 1840-1910. (Volumes I And Ii)., Bradley G. Bond

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

As a study of the southern social ethic, this work discusses some of the most lasting themes of southern historiography: race and class, continuity and discontinuity. The social ethic might best be defined as a collection of ideas, at times contradictory, that suggest southerners' concepts of life in a good republic, citizenship, and proper economic behavior. It also examines the reality of life in a rural state as it experienced the process of modernization. The first third of the dissertation offers a definition of the social ethic. Liberty and virtue, white southerners believed, inhered in all who avoided enslavement, the …