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Developments Of Gas Chromatography - Atomic Absorption And H.P.L.C. - Atomic Absorption For Metal Speciation Studies (Reversed-Phase, Ultrasonic Nebulizer, Chromatography, Separation)., Jia-Cherng Wu Jan 1985

Developments Of Gas Chromatography - Atomic Absorption And H.P.L.C. - Atomic Absorption For Metal Speciation Studies (Reversed-Phase, Ultrasonic Nebulizer, Chromatography, Separation)., Jia-Cherng Wu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Part One. Speciation of Mercury by G.C.-A.A.. A new graphite atomic absorption (A.A.) detector for gas chromatography (G.C.) has been developed. It was directly interfaced to a gas chromatograph through a pyrex transfer line. The interfaced G.C.-thermal atomizer A.A. system was used to speciate and determine volatile mercury compounds in perspiration and urine. This interfaced system exhibited the excellent selectivity and high sensitivity to mercury compounds. Because of high sensitivity no sample preparation was necessary, avoiding losses and contamination which often occurs during sample pretreatment. Total mercury concentrations were determined with a quartz T atomic absorption system by direct injection …

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Soot Formation During Pyrolysis Of Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Modeling, Shock-Tube, Acetylene, Butadiene)., David Warren Clary Jan 1985

Soot Formation During Pyrolysis Of Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Modeling, Shock-Tube, Acetylene, Butadiene)., David Warren Clary

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A study combining experimental, empirical modeling, and detailed modeling techniques has been conducted to develop a better understanding of the chemical reactions involved in soot formation during the high-temperature pyrolysis of aromatic and other unsaturated hydrocarbons. The experiments were performed behind reflected shock waves in a conventional shock-tube with soot formation monitored via attenuation of a laser beam at 633nm. Soot-formation measurements were conducted with toluene-argon and benzene-argon mixtures. Detailed kinetic models of soot formation were developed for pyrolyzing acetylene, butadiene, ethylene and benzene. The computational results indicate the importance of compact, fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as soot intermediates and …

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The Reliability Of Psychophysiological Assessment: A Comparative Analysis Of Two Mental And Two Physical Stressors (Test-Retest Reliability, Physiological Reactivity, Cold Pressor, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate)., Michael E. Faulstich Jan 1985

The Reliability Of Psychophysiological Assessment: A Comparative Analysis Of Two Mental And Two Physical Stressors (Test-Retest Reliability, Physiological Reactivity, Cold Pressor, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate)., Michael E. Faulstich

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Extensive research has been conducted assessing psychophysiological reactivity to experimental stressors in various populations. However, there is a paucity of empirical investigations concerning the test-retest reliability of these experimental stressors. Establishment of the relative reliability of specific stressor procedures is important so that results can be compared over time and across studies. The purpose of this investigation was to compare test-retest reliability of two mental stressors (i.e. Quiz Electrocardiogram, mental arithmetic) and two physical stressors (i.e. cold pressor, isometric challenge). These stressors were presented in a counterbalanced fashion to forty-eight undergraduate and graduate students who returned two weeks later for …

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Effect Of Anaerobic Root Environments On Fraxinus Pennsylvanica Marsh. And Quercus Nigra L., Billy John Good Jan 1985

Effect Of Anaerobic Root Environments On Fraxinus Pennsylvanica Marsh. And Quercus Nigra L., Billy John Good

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Responses of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) and water oak (Quercus nigra L.) to anaerobic root environments were investigated. Initially, analytical methods pursuant to this objective were developed. An extraction solution containing DDT (dithio- threitol) and soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone proved best for oak ADH and protein recovery, while DTT and insoluble polyvinylpolypyroli- done were best for ash. A method for the control of the soil atmosphere surrounding intact roots was developed to study the effects of elevated CO(,2) in the anaerobic soil atmosphere of ash and oak seedlings. Ethanol, malate, ADH, ME (NADP-malic enzyme), CO(,2), and O(,2) within the root systems …

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Response To Single Trait And Multiple Trait Sire Selection In Holstein Cattle (Milk Production, Body Conformation, Reproduction, Breeding Value)., Gary Morgan Hay Jan 1985

Response To Single Trait And Multiple Trait Sire Selection In Holstein Cattle (Milk Production, Body Conformation, Reproduction, Breeding Value)., Gary Morgan Hay

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Direct and correlated responses from two different sire selection strategies were compared for twelve characteristics of dairy cattle. Daughters of sires selected on genetic merit for milk production (ST) were compared to daughters of sires selected on genetic merit for an index of milk production, fat production and type scores (MT). Data consisted of repeated measures of twelve dairy traits on 275 foundation through third generation Holstein cows in a single herd. First through third generation animals represented daughters of 42 AI sires. Phenotypic response to selection was change in first lactation performance and producing ability per generation and per …

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Development Of A Computer-Assisted Instruction Courseware Package In Statistics And A Comparative Analysis Of Three Management Strategies For This Courseware., Preston Dinkins Jan 1985

Development Of A Computer-Assisted Instruction Courseware Package In Statistics And A Comparative Analysis Of Three Management Strategies For This Courseware., Preston Dinkins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a tutorial computer-assisted instruction (CAI) lesson teaching the normal distribution and standard scores. Instruction on the normal curve, and unit-normal curve, z-scores, areas under the normal curve, and standard scores was given in this study. This CAI courseware was created in order to teach or review these concepts to graduate students in education. An evaluation of this CAI lesson was conducted. It consisted of a small scale pilot test, and a 2 x 3 factorial design experiment. The pilot test study was conducted so that reaction data to this software …

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An Experimental Study Of Bias In The Rating Process: Effects Of Rater And Ratee Sex And Job Type., Sandra Jean Hartman Jan 1985

An Experimental Study Of Bias In The Rating Process: Effects Of Rater And Ratee Sex And Job Type., Sandra Jean Hartman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to examine the influence of several potential sources of bias in the rating process. It specifically examined the potential effect of sex of rater and ratee, information about ratee characteristics, information about the job, and two rater personality factors on the way raters use performance information in coming to a final promotion decision. The study itself took place in a laboratory setting designed to simulate an assessment center. Raters were 320 business students at a large university. Pretesting was used to identify two jobs as recognizably "male" and "female" and two patterns of personality characteristics as …

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American Operas Based On The Plays Of William Shakespeare, 1948--1976. (Volumes I And Ii)., James Lester Jolly Jr Jan 1985

American Operas Based On The Plays Of William Shakespeare, 1948--1976. (Volumes I And Ii)., James Lester Jolly Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A brief history of the origins of opera in the United States identifies titles, composers, and premieres to establish the point that composers in America were active in writing operas and that the music of European composers were available to them as models for their own works. A history of Shakespearean operas from their origin in the late seventeenth century in England to the present (1985) follows to illustrate that Shakespearean operas by American composers did not appear until after the Second World War. Eleven American composers are cited with their Shakespearean works. Their operas are grouped under three headings: …

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Organizational Characteristics Affecting Ratee Perceptions Of The Appraisal Process And Ratee Intentions To Change (Performance Appraisals)., Stephanie Jeanette Platz Jan 1985

Organizational Characteristics Affecting Ratee Perceptions Of The Appraisal Process And Ratee Intentions To Change (Performance Appraisals)., Stephanie Jeanette Platz

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

To evaluate an expanded version of Ilgen, Fisher, and Taylor's (1979) model of feedback effectiveness, measures of organizational characteristics, ratee perceptions of the appraisal process, and ratee intentions to change were collected from paying and receiving tellers (n = 163) in three banking institutions. Regression analysis indicated that four organizational characteristics: (a) openness surrounding the appraisal process, (b) frequency of evaluation, (c) participation in the performance feedback session, and (d) quality of the rater-ratee relationship were significantly related to ratee satisfaction with the appraisal process which, in turn, influenced (a) ratee intentions to turnover and (b) ratee intentions to file …

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Poetry In Process: Elizabeth Barrett Browning And The Sonnets Notebook., Phillip David Sharp Jan 1985

Poetry In Process: Elizabeth Barrett Browning And The Sonnets Notebook., Phillip David Sharp

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

To date, the examination of Elizabeth Barrett Brownings' composition and publication history has been hampered by the inaccessibility of the manuscripts and corrected proofs that were sold at public auction following the death of the Brownings' son in 1913. This examination of the "Sonnets" manuscript notebook at the Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor University, then, sheds new light on Elizabeth Barrett Browning's literary interests and activities in the early 1840's as well as on her methods of composition and revision. Each of the twenty-three poems and fragments in the "Sonnets" notebook was written between 1842-1844, years which mark a turning …

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Adolescent Suicide And Life Stress, Problem Solving Ability, Suicide Intent, And Hopelessness., Sally Hill Stephenson Jan 1985

Adolescent Suicide And Life Stress, Problem Solving Ability, Suicide Intent, And Hopelessness., Sally Hill Stephenson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Adolescent suicide is a serious problem, yet psychological investigations are limited to delineating effective treatment for suicide attempters. Consideration of those variables which lead to suicide should be included in any effective treatment protocol. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the degree of life stress, hopelessness, and problem solving ability in adolescents who have attempted or gestured suicide. Fifteen high school-aged adolescents who had attempted or gestured suicide and 15 high school-aged adolescents who were hospitalized for acute physical problems, were administered the Hopelessness Scale (Beck, Weissman, Lester, & Trexler, 1974), a modified version of the Life …

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Production And Nitrogen Dynamics Of A Vallisneria Americana Grass Bed In Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana (Nitrogen Cycle, Modeling, Seagrasses, Decomposition Phenology, Vallisneria-Celery Grass-Eelgrass, Environmental Factors)., Diana Lee Steller Jan 1985

Production And Nitrogen Dynamics Of A Vallisneria Americana Grass Bed In Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana (Nitrogen Cycle, Modeling, Seagrasses, Decomposition Phenology, Vallisneria-Celery Grass-Eelgrass, Environmental Factors)., Diana Lee Steller

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Vallisneria americana grass beds of Lake Pontchartrain contribute approximately 200 g dry weight/m('2)/yr primary production, a continuous release of detrital material, and rapid nutrient recycling. A harvest method was used to estimate production. The addition of litterfall to harvest production raised annual production estimates by up to 28%. When litterfall was corrected for decomposition, the production estimates were raised by up to 85% over harvest estimates alone. Litterfall and decomposition increased toward shore and occurred throughout the year providing a continuous supply of energy and nutrients. Grass bed production varied along the coastline and was greatest at mid-depths. Values of …

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Detecting Malingering With The Mmpi And The Pst., Christine M. Turin Jan 1985

Detecting Malingering With The Mmpi And The Pst., Christine M. Turin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to refine methods of detecting malingering of psychosis by forensic patients. The most effective measures of malingering to date were the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) F and F-K Indices. The literature, based on simulation research, was deficient in confirmatory work with true forensic malingerers. Further, the Projective Simulation Test (PST) had shown promise with simulators, but had not been used with malingerers. In this study, 50 prisoners volunteered from Hunt Correctional Institute, St. Gabriel, Louisiana, and were randomly assigned within reading groups to serve in Standard Instruction and Simulator groups, and 50 volunteers …

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Aqueous Phase Oxidation Of Organics (Wet-Air, Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium, Synergism, Free Radical, Xylene, Phenol)., Richard Scott Willms Jan 1985

Aqueous Phase Oxidation Of Organics (Wet-Air, Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium, Synergism, Free Radical, Xylene, Phenol)., Richard Scott Willms

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Fundamental disappearance kinetics parameters have been obtained for four compounds individually subjected to aqueous phase oxidation. These four compounds are m-xylene, phenol, tetrachloroethylene, and malathion. Concentration histories were obtained using a one liter "sampled-batch" reactor. Reaction conditions ranged from 114-290 (DEGREES)C and 1000-2500 psi air. A kinetics model incorporating vapor-liquid equilibrium effects was developed and used to determine reaction rate constants. The reactions were found to be first order in organic and 1/2 order in oxygen. Induction periods were observed for m-xylene and phenol. The durations of these periods were found to be inversely proportional to oxygen concentration. Activation energies …

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Pupil Control Ideology And Pluralistic Ignorance In A Residential Facility For The Hearing Impaired: Hearing And Non-Hearing Teacher Perspectives., James Alan Vitagliano Jan 1985

Pupil Control Ideology And Pluralistic Ignorance In A Residential Facility For The Hearing Impaired: Hearing And Non-Hearing Teacher Perspectives., James Alan Vitagliano

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The study's purpose was to examine variation in pupil control ideology (PCI) and existence of pluralistic ignorance in a school for the deaf. Participant observation, survey administration, and ethnographic interview techniques were related to nine hypotheses focused upon informal group structures of hearing and non-hearing teachers within the school culture. The hypotheses were: (1) Hearing teachers will perceive PCI of non-hearing teachers as more custodial than non-hearing teachers report. (2) Non-hearing teachers will perceive PCI of hearing teachers as more custodial than hearing teachers report. (3) Hearing teachers will perceive hearing teachers' PCI as less custodial than non-hearing teachers' PCI. …

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Determinants Of Bid Premiums In Mergers: Information Or Wealth Transfer Effects?, Fayez Arafat Elayan Jan 1985

Determinants Of Bid Premiums In Mergers: Information Or Wealth Transfer Effects?, Fayez Arafat Elayan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Although empirical evidence consistently finds large premiums paid to target firms in acquisitions, the evidence concerning the acquiring firm is mixed. Some studies show that acquiring stockholders earn a significantly positive excess return, others find that the returns are negative, and still others conclude that acquiring stockholders earn normal returns like any other investment. There is limited evidence concerning the impact of mergers on bondholders of the participating firms. Asquith and Kim (1982) indicate that bondholders of the merging firms neither gain nor lose from mergers, while Settle et al. (1984) finds evidence that bondholders gain from mergers. Thus, while …

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Control, Dynamics, And Kinetics Of Gas Exchange At The Onset And Offset Of Treadmill Exercise In The Pony (Oxygen Deficit, Debt, Ventilatory, Isocapric Hyperprea, Blood)., Scotty Kline Powers Jan 1985

Control, Dynamics, And Kinetics Of Gas Exchange At The Onset And Offset Of Treadmill Exercise In The Pony (Oxygen Deficit, Debt, Ventilatory, Isocapric Hyperprea, Blood)., Scotty Kline Powers

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of experiment one was to develop and validate an open circuit technique (OCT) employing a mixing-chamber for measurement of gas exchange during non-steady-state exercise in humans and ponies. Serial measurements of oxygen uptake ((')VO(,2)) using human subjects and ponies were made during rest to exercise transitions using the OCT incorporating a time delay to match mixed expired gas concentrations with the appropriate ventilatory volume. Oxygen uptake calculated by the OCT did not differ significantly (P > 0.05) from (')VO(,2) obtained by Douglas bag procedures. These data demonstrate that an OCT analysis system is a sensitive means of (')VO(,2) measurement …

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Comparison Of Drug Effects On Fixed‐Ratio Performance And Chain Performance Maintained Under A Second‐Order Fixed‐Ratio Schedule, Peter J. Winsauer, Donald M. Thompson, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher Jan 1985

Comparison Of Drug Effects On Fixed‐Ratio Performance And Chain Performance Maintained Under A Second‐Order Fixed‐Ratio Schedule, Peter J. Winsauer, Donald M. Thompson, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher

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In one component of a multiple schedule, pigeons were required to complete the same four‐response chain each session by responding sequentially on three identically lighted keys in the presence of four successively presented colors (chain performance). Food presentation occurred after five completions of the chain (i.e., after 20 correct responses). Errors, such as responding on the center or right key when the left was designated correct, produced a brief timeout but did not reset the chain. In the other component, responding on a single key (lighted white) was maintained by food presentation under a fixed‐ratio 20 schedule. In general, phencyclidine …

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Part I: Comparison Of An "As-Needed" And "Full-Season" Insecticide Application Schedule For Control Of Cotton Insects In Northeast Louisiana. Part Ii: The Utilization Of Vegetable Oil As A Carrier For Ultra-Low-Volume Aerial Sprays Applied For Cotton Insect Control., Henry Russ Mitchell Jan 1985

Part I: Comparison Of An "As-Needed" And "Full-Season" Insecticide Application Schedule For Control Of Cotton Insects In Northeast Louisiana. Part Ii: The Utilization Of Vegetable Oil As A Carrier For Ultra-Low-Volume Aerial Sprays Applied For Cotton Insect Control., Henry Russ Mitchell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A small plot study to determine the effects of a "as-needed" and "full-season" insecticide regime on the major arthropods, growth, and yield of cotton was conducted over a three year period (1982-1984). In the "as-needed" regime, acephate (4 g/kg of seed) was applied as a seed treatment at planting and application of foliar insecticides were initiated when cotton insect pests reached the threshold level. In the "full-season" regime, aldicarb (0.05 kg/ha) was applied in-furrow at planting and application of foliar insecticides were initiated when squares reached 1/3 grown and continued on a six to seven day schedule throughout the season. …

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A Theoretical Study Of Silicon-Centered Radicals (Ab Initio, Perturbation, Molecular Orbitals, Inversion Barriers, Pyramidalization)., Raymond V. Piccione Jan 1985

A Theoretical Study Of Silicon-Centered Radicals (Ab Initio, Perturbation, Molecular Orbitals, Inversion Barriers, Pyramidalization)., Raymond V. Piccione

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Energies and structures for a series of silicon-centered radicals were calculated by ab initio methods. The lowest energy conformation of trimethylsilyl radical is found to be pyramidal. The angle formed by an Si-C bond and the plane formed by silicon with the two other carbons is 52.6 (3-21G(,*)). The inversion barrier through the higher energy planar C(,3v) structure is calculated to be 17.8 kcal/mol. The planar C(,3h) geometry lies still higher in energy. In the planar forms of the methyl-substituted radicals, the methyl groups are slightly distorted so that the CH bond more eclipsed with the SOMO is bent away …

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Cyclometallated Compounds Of Ruthenium(Ii): Characterization, Photophysical And Electrochemical Properties., Patricio Gabriel Reveco Jan 1985

Cyclometallated Compounds Of Ruthenium(Ii): Characterization, Photophysical And Electrochemical Properties., Patricio Gabriel Reveco

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The first examples of ruthenium mixed ligand complexes of the type Ru(bpy)(,2) L ('+), in which bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine and L = the cyclometallating ligands 2-(3'nitrophenyl)pyridine (1), 2-phenylpyridine (2), benzo h quinoline (3), azobenzene (4), and p-dimethylaminoazobenzene (5), have been prepared and characterized. The first use for this type of compound of two-dimensional homo-nuclear decoupled auto-correlated Fourier transform ('1)H NMR (HDCOSY) spectra, have allowed the assignment of all distinguishable aromatic protons in each compound, and have confirmed the cyclometallation of L. The absorption spectrum of each of the complexes contains several low energy bands which are assigned as metal-to-ligand charge-transfer …

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A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Political Preaching Of The Reverend Jerry Falwell: The Moral Majority Sermons, 1979 (Electric Church, Demagogue)., Vernon Oliver Ray Jan 1985

A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Political Preaching Of The Reverend Jerry Falwell: The Moral Majority Sermons, 1979 (Electric Church, Demagogue)., Vernon Oliver Ray

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Jerry Falwell has risen in recent years from near obscurity as a Baptist pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia, to national celebrity as the founder and President of Moral Majority, Inc., the front-line political action organization of the new Religious Right. This study discusses (1) Falwell's background and speaker preparation, (2) the historical setting surrounding the recent resurgence of Fundamentalism and its political involvement, (3) Falwell's audiences and occasions, (4) his use of evidence and lines of argument, (5) his style and delivery, and (6) his effectiveness. The study is based on a series of sermons delivered on five consecutive Sundays beginning …

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The History And Development Of The Marimba Ensemble In The United States And Its Current Status In College And University Percussion Programs (Musser)., David Paul Eyler Jan 1985

The History And Development Of The Marimba Ensemble In The United States And Its Current Status In College And University Percussion Programs (Musser)., David Paul Eyler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In comparison with other percussion instruments, the marimba made a belated entrance into the musical world of the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine the history and development of the marimba ensemble in the United States and to determine its current status in collegiate percussion programs. This study begins by tracing the history of the marimba from its origins in Indonesia and Africa to its migration to the Americas during the early days of the slave trade. During the first decades of the twentieth century, marimba bands from Guatemala and Mexico toured extensively in the United …

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An Empirical Inquiry Into The Variation Of Interest Rates, 1959-1983 (Time Series Analysis, Spectral, Money Supply, Inflation Rate)., Umit Erol Jan 1985

An Empirical Inquiry Into The Variation Of Interest Rates, 1959-1983 (Time Series Analysis, Spectral, Money Supply, Inflation Rate)., Umit Erol

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The empirical relationships among nominal interest rates, the inflation rate, and the money supply are examined for the period, 1959-1983. Monthly data are analyzed. The analysis of these relations specifically focuses on (1) the determination of the causal order between the variables and (2) the estimation of empirical lag distributions. The Gibson test, the Granger test, the Box-Jenkins test, and the Haugh test are used for these purposes. In addition, vector autoregressive-moving average models are estimated to determine how the variables are correlated. Finally, spectral analysis is used to determine the periodic movements of interest rates and to test if …

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The Behavioral Ecology Of The First Instar Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara Viridula (L.) (Aggregation, Pheromone, Embryo, Egg, Nymph)., Jeffrey Alan Lockwood Jan 1985

The Behavioral Ecology Of The First Instar Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara Viridula (L.) (Aggregation, Pheromone, Embryo, Egg, Nymph)., Jeffrey Alan Lockwood

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Outer row embryos of the southern green stick bug, Nezara viridula (L.), orient toward the center of the egg mass; inner row embryos do not. Embryonic orientation was mediated by stimuli provided by the glue which holds the egg mass together. Physical and chemical orientation cues associated with the glue were present only on the inner surfaces of outer row eggs; other eggs received no such differential stimuli and therefore oriented as a function of the oviposition behavior of the female. Embryonic orientation assured that upon hatching, outer row nymphs received the stimulation necessary for arrestment and inclusion in the …

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Aspects Of Prosody In The Mentally Retarded Population (Suprasegmentals, Lexical Stress, Deficient Sentence Accent, Contrastive Stress)., Kerri Simpson Remmel Jan 1985

Aspects Of Prosody In The Mentally Retarded Population (Suprasegmentals, Lexical Stress, Deficient Sentence Accent, Contrastive Stress)., Kerri Simpson Remmel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this research was to examine the use of prosody in a group of mentally retarded (MR) subjects who were impressionistically dysprosodic. Seven adult, institutionalized, severe mentally retarded subjects matched with two groups of normal subjects (matched for chronological age and for language age) were compared in two production experiments. The first experiment was a study of word level stress in which the subjects named pictures of two syllable, morphologically simple, non-derived words. The second experiment was a study of sentence level stress in which the subjects described changing toy locations with three word (subject-preposition-object) utterances, intended to …

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Evaluation Of Foreign Accent Using Synthetic Speech (Perception)., Deborah Marie Rekart Jan 1985

Evaluation Of Foreign Accent Using Synthetic Speech (Perception)., Deborah Marie Rekart

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A meaningful sentence loaded with appropriate phonemic and syllabic forms was synthesized as a "standard" stimulus, and 60 "accented" versions of the sentence were made to stimulate varying degrees of a moderate and a strong Spanish accent by manipulating the following Spanish cues singly and in combination: (1) fundamental frequency, (2) voice onset time for syllable-initial voiceless stops, (3) Duration of medial stressed vowels, (4) F1, F2 and F3 for full vowels, and (5) F1, F2, and F3 for reduced vowels. Two tapes for each level of accent were prepared on which 30 accented stimulus sentences were each paired with …

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Determinants Of The Money Supply In The United Kingdom, West Germany, And Canada (Central Bank, Reaction Function, Inflation, Fiscal, Monetary Policy)., Deep Shikha Jan 1985

Determinants Of The Money Supply In The United Kingdom, West Germany, And Canada (Central Bank, Reaction Function, Inflation, Fiscal, Monetary Policy)., Deep Shikha

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this study is to formulate, estimate and compare monetary policy reaction functions for the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Canada. For each country, the growth rate of the monetary base is estimated as a linear function of eight independent variables--the interest rate variable, the budget deficit variable, the wage rate variable, the price variable, the international reserves variable, the exchange rate variable, a trade balance variable and an economic activity variable (e.g., the output gap, the output ratio, or the unemployment rate variable). Alternative measures of a number of these variables are employed. The Final Prediction …

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Sara Lowrey: Speech Teacher (Oral Interpretation, Texas)., Jo Ann Bolin Shields Jan 1985

Sara Lowrey: Speech Teacher (Oral Interpretation, Texas)., Jo Ann Bolin Shields

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

"Everyone talks about education. I try to do something about it." These words of Sara Lowrey expressed her primary goal: to prepare her students for the future. This study traces the career of Lowrey through her years at Baylor University and Furman University and delineates her varied activities both in and out of the classroom. In 1923 Lowrey became Chairman of the Department of Public Discourse at Baylor. A fledgling program, the department grew and matured into a respected organization under her able leadership. She instituted programs of study in oral interpretation, radio, and speech correction, spearheaded a radio project …

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A Field Test Of The Perceptions Of The Qualitative Characteristics Of Statement Of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2 By Practicing Cpas (Multitrait-Multimethod, Mtmm, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Ahp)., Larry G. Singleton Jan 1985

A Field Test Of The Perceptions Of The Qualitative Characteristics Of Statement Of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2 By Practicing Cpas (Multitrait-Multimethod, Mtmm, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Ahp)., Larry G. Singleton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In 1980 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2: Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information. This Statement provides characteristics that, according to the Board, are the qualities that make accounting information useful. Nine of these qualitative characteristics are examined in a questionnaire study to determine if they are operational, comprehensive, and parsimonious. Operationality refers to the ability of accountants to actually use the characteristics when choosing accounting methods. Comprehensiveness refers to the set of characteristics being a complete one. If none of the qualitative characteristics expressed in the Statement are redundant the set is considered …

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