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Geographic Information Systems For Schistosomiasis In Brazil., Maria Emilia Bavia

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study has identified environmental factors influencing the distribution of schistosomiasis and the prevalence of the disease in the population in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The Intergraph Modular Environmental Systems nucleus (MGE), a geographic information system (GIS), was applied to 30 municipalities in Bahia to establish a descriptive and quantitative study of the spatial and temporal dynamics of infection. The GIS was constructed by digitizing maps of soil type, vegetation, topology, and hydrologic features including temperature, rainfall, and seasonal pattern of precipitation, prevalence of schistosomiasis, and the distribution of snails, which are the intermediate hosts of the disease. The …

The Archaeological Site Of Port Dauphin (1mb61): Its Role In The French Colony On Mobile Bay, George W. Shorter

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The French colony in Louisiana resulted from the competition between France, Spain, and England for control of the region. France's interest, that began with the expedition of La Salle in 1682, resulted in the founding of the first French permanent colony on the Gulf coast by Iberville in 1699, Fort Maurepas. The colony was moved in 1702 to Mobile Bay. Mobile, the capital, was located 39 miles upriver for access to the Indian nations of the interior. Dauphin Island served as port. After two decades the colony was refocused on the Mississippi River, but the first 20 years of French …

Bead Colors As Social Relations Markers At Mission Soledad, California, Lori Lee Buck

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is an interpretive analysis focusing on the use of beads as a tool for determining social relations at Mission Soledad, California. The main indicator of social relations used in this thesis is bead distribution. Two attributes were used to classify the beads, color and type.

To understand the importance of the bead distribution, the ideologies of the three native cultures that were recruited to the mission and the Spanish missionaries who founded the mission were studied. From this information, color symbolism and sources were examined to gain knowledge of important colors. This was done with the hopes that …

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Spring 1995, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Gumbo Yearbook, Class Of 1995, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

Gumbo Yearbook

The Gumbo yearbook chronicles the entire academic year at LSU. In words and especially photos, the Gumbo shows the people, places, and events that make each year unique. In addition to formal portraits of schools and departments, the book contains hundreds of snapshots of students with their friends and dozens of pages showcasing organizations.

Limited Warfare As A Pragmatic Concern: The Bounds Of Domestic Consensus, The Controlled Use Of Force, And United States Security., Robert Keith Jones

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Over forty years since the Korean War, Americans continue to face limited war as a fundamental challenge to their security. In order to help the public to deal more effectively with the problem, this study seeks a pragmatic understanding of limited war (i.e., one in which it is possible to judge in retrospect the cumulative practical results of previous limited wars). In achieving that goal, two other objectives are sought: first, to model and critically evaluate two types of knowledge used by policymakers to wage limited wars; and, second, to detail the development of such knowledge from its historical origins …

Lords Of The Hills-Ancient Maya Settlement In The Puuc Region, Yucatan, Mexico-Dunning, Np, Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Lsu General Catalog 1995-1996, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

Ethnicity Toward Multiculturalism: Socio-Spatial Relations Of The Korean Community In Honolulu, 1903-1940., Youngmin Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research deals with the dynamic ethnic socio-spatial relations and the transformation of ethnic identities in the early-twentieth-century Honolulu, mainly focusing on the Korean community. Against the widely spread notion that the ethnic relations of Honolulu in those days were little associated with the racist ideology which was prevalent in the contemporary mainland cities, this research shows that white-supremacy ideology had exerted strong influence on the minority groups in Honolulu all the way through their immigration and settling-down process. Although Honolulu included a balanced population among several ethnic groups and thus had no ethnic division of "majority" and "minority" in …

Ethnic Community Involvement And Academic Achievement Among Vietnamese-American Secondary School Students: A Community Study., Carl Leon Bankston Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In this dissertation, I examine the role of involvement in an ethnic community in the academic achievement of Vietnamese American teenagers. I first describe the social context of these young people by discussing the situation of Vietnamese people in the United States and by offering a detailed description of a Vietnamese American community. Next, I examine how Vietnamese American students are performing in American schools and look at the characteristics of young people in the community in question. Finally, I employ data from a survey administered in the public schools of New Orleans where Vietnamese youth are concentrated in order …

Biogeographic, Ecological, And Evolutionary Aspects Of South American Austral Migration, With Special Reference To The Family Tyrannidae., Robert Terry Chesser

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

South American austral migrants are bird species that breed in temperate South America in the southern summer and migrate north, towards or into northern South America, for the southern winter. Austral migration is similar to other avian migration systems in many ways, but its uniquely South American locale is reflected geographically by the relatively short-distance migrations of most austral migrants, and taxonomically by the numerical dominance of the suboscine family Tyrannidae (the tyrant-flycatchers), of which more than 70 species migrate. Detailed examination of the distributions of austral migrant flycatchers revealed that each is to some extent unique, but that discernible …

Identification Of Activities That Are Appropriate Parts Of A Partnership Between Secondary Technology Education Programs And Business And Industry., Charles Edward Backes

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to identify specific activities that are considered appropriate parts of a partnership between secondary technology education programs and the business and industry community by experts in the field of technology education and business and industry in the southeastern region of the United States. The states included in the study were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. A form of the Delphi Technique was used to solicit and reach consensus on the appropriateness of partnership activities between secondary technology education programs and members of the business and industry community. …

Review Of The Cultural Landscape During 6000 Years In Southern Sweden—The Ystad Project, Edited By Björn E. Berglund, Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Rural Industry And Rural Development In China: The Role Of Geography, Transportation, And Policy In Jiangsu Province., Shew-Jiuan B. Su

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A significant change in China since late 1978 is the development of rural industry (also township-village enterprise, or TVE). Rural industry is particularly important in light of China's current policy of socio-economic decentralization. Rural industry not only absorbs surplus labor and pushes the increases of agricultural productivity, it also revitalizes China's previously lethargic economy. In this study, variations in employment, production value, and economic efficiency of rural industry are analyzed in terms of geographical, transportation and policy determinants at the county/city level of Jiangsu Province in China. Rural industry's contribution to agricultural and rural welfare activities, and how levels of …

The Association Between Anticyclonic Weather Changes Over The Central Gulf Coast And Large-Scale Circulation Changes., Robert V. Rohli

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Trends in winter extratropical anticyclonic weather type frequencies (1961-1989) were examined for New Orleans, Louisiana, in order to identify the effects of global climatic change on regional-scale circulation changes over the central Gulf Coast. The number of days dominated by surface continental anticyclones (CH days) was found to have decreased significantly over time, while Pacific anticyclone (PH) frequency showed significant temporal increase. Therefore, 50 kPa geopotential height variability, 50 kPa geostrophic flow, and surface atmospheric variables were examined to determine whether changes in these features have accompanied the frequency changes in weather types. Prior to PH days, areas of greatest …

A Spatial Analysis Of Variation In Rural Real Estate Prices Across Homogeneous Land Market Areas In Louisiana., Gary A. Kennedy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Rural land, exchanged for its productive or consumptive value, is considered to be a differentiated product with varying characteristics. Multivariate procedures and hedonic price analysis were used to evaluate the impact of rural land characteristics on rural land prices across homogeneous rural land market areas in Louisiana. Multivariate methods of principal component analysis and cluster analysis were used to group 59 Louisiana parishes into eight rural land submarkets based on 13 physical and socio-economic variables. Using a mail survey technique, 948 Louisiana rural land sales were collected. A geographic information system (GIS) analysis of these 948 sales indicated that sales …

Gulf Literacy: A Marine Science-Based Model Of Scientific Literacy., John Edward Trowbridge

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A trend in science education reform is the move towards the goal of scientific literacy. Attributes of scientific literacy include: (a) understanding key concepts and principles of science; (b) understanding newspaper articles and graphics related to science issues; and (c) using scientific ways of evaluating evidence for individual and societal purposes (AAAS, 1989; Demastes & Wandersee, 1992). Furthermore, BSCS (1993) has proposed a model of biological literacy that includes four distinct levels (nominal, functional, structural, and multidimensional). The Gulf of Mexico and its coastal environments are of social, economic and scientific importance. An understanding of the Gulf of Mexico in …

Toward A New Concept Of Local Curriculum., Yonghwan Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study aims at exploring the possibility of a new concept of local curriculum. On the basic recognition that the New National Curriculum in Korea which is allegedly localized is not a localized one, this study analyzes the problems of Korean education and the New National Curriculum, and examines the new Korean curriculum in relation to debates on curriculum localization in the United States and England. The debates in the United States and England have been proved to be centered around the relinquishment of power from the central government to the local educational authorities and schools. To search for a …

Louisiana's Cajun Prairie: Holocene History Of A Southern Grassland., Miriam Lee Fearn

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Pollen, phytolith, charcoal, and diatom analysis, in conjunction with sediment stratigraphy and radiocarbon dating, of sediment cores from Lake Arthur and Prien Lake, estuaries in southwestern Louisiana, provide 6000 years of data used to reconstruct the late-Holocene vegetation history of Louisiana's natural prairie and to define coastal processes which affected the sites. The Cajun Prairie is a grassland outlier in a climate which normally supports forest. Poorly drained, impermeable soils with poor water yielding capability induce summer drought severe enough to limit the success of trees, resulting in a natural tallgrass prairie. Pollen, phytoliths, and charcoal suggest that the grassland …

Ecological Impacts Of Historic And Prehistoric Hurricanes On Horn Island, Mississippi, Kari Gathen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Hurricanes play an important role in the ecology and geomorphology of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast. In order to study the impact of hurricanes on barrier island vegetation, the sedimentary and fossil pollen records taken from cores in three ponds on Horn Island, Mississippi were examined to establish a record of ecological and geomorphological disturbance on Horn Island. Surface samples taken from the bottom of 15 ponds and 3 lagoons, delineated as fresh or brackish according to salinity test results, provide the modern vegetational analog to compare with the fossil pollen record using a discriminant analysis. Discriminant analysis results …

The 1992 American Library Association Resolution On Israeli Censorship And Other Human Rights Violations: A Select Bibliography, Placed In The Context Of The Existing Literature On The Relationship Between Zionism And U.S. Policy Toward Israel, Adam Leigh Chandler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is an attempt to systematically capture a large body of ephemeral data produced in the course of a controversy within the American Library Association regarding censorship and other human rights violations in the Israeli Occupied Territories. The focus of the study is the resolution passed by the ALA Council at its annual conference in 1992, then revoked at the next annual conference. The questions guiding this study are: What happened during the controversy? Why? The major result of this study is a select bibliography, arranged chronologically, beginning in 1945, consisting of over 1200 entries: letters, memos, broadsides, minutes …

A Water Balance Evaluation Of The Effects Of Climate Variability And Human Modification On The Flow Regime Of The Mississippi River, 1932-1988., Judy Lee Hoff

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Human activities affecting runoff and streamflow within the Mississippi River drainage basin have been and continue to be significant. Since the disastrous flood of 1927, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has established an extensive regulatory system for flood control purposes and navigational benefits. Along with these river system modifications, significant landscape alterations have occurred within the basin as a result of cultural and economical development. In light of the dramatic Midwest flood of 1993, it becomes increasingly necessary to understand the comprehensive relationship between streamflow, climatic variability, and human-induced change within the overall drainage basin. A water balance methodology …

Celts, Greeks, And Germans: Macpherson’S Ossian And The Celtic Epic, Howard D. Weinbrot

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.

Lsu General Catalog 1994-1995, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

A 6200-Year Environmental History Of The Pearl River Marsh, Louisiana., Xu Li

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An 8.81 m sediment core from the fresh marsh area of the Pearl River delta was examined for pollen, diatom, and organic content, to reconstruct the history of the late-Holocene environmental changes. The data show that prior to 5900 years B.P., the coring site was occupied by a swamp forest. Afterwards, the swamp was replaced by a marsh vegetation as a result of postglacial transgression. Since 5900 years B.P. the marsh has remained brackish for most of the time, characterized by abundant marine diatoms and brackish marsh pollen. However, the brackish water environment was interrupted at least two times when …

Literature Of Protest: The Franco Years., Margaret Carmell Gonzalez

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the relationship between Spanish literature and political opposition under the Franco regime. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of a political discourse that characterizes a historical era, specifically addressing that of the Franco era in Spain. Directly linked to the idea of a political discourse is the theory of a literary generation, united by the common experiences or characteristics of a specific time period, such as those of the Franco regime. Together, these two concepts helped establish a foundation for the transition to democracy in Spain. Chapter 2 discusses the mythic foundations of Spanish culture in general, and …

Temporal And Synoptic Analyses Of Heavy Rainfall In The Southeastern United States., Barry David Keim

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The abundance of recent heavy rainstorms in the southeastern United States has raised concerns that excessive rainstorms may be increasing in frequency and magnitude across the region. For this reason, the heavy rainfall climatology was examined to determine whether long-term trends exist within the historic climate record. In addition, the synoptic conditions leading to these events were examined. The synoptic weather patterns that generated storm events over a 75 mm (3 inches) threshold were classified using an all-inclusive manual weather typing system. Heavy rainfall events in the region were generated primarily by frontal weather systems (79 percent) followed by tropical …

Comedy Of Redemption In Three Southern Writers., Carolyn Patricia Gardner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The present study discusses a theological motif in the works of three Southern writers, Faulkner, Percy, and Toole, with The Unvanquished, The Moviegoer, and A Confederacy of Dunces being the works chosen for examination. The particular nature of religion in a Southern novel is established early. The Southern novelist is concerned not with sin in the abstract but with the existential angst resulting from it and with the hope of redemption. Also, in the Southern novel, there is humor undergirding even the study of existential angst. God's comedy is the focus of this study of the movement toward redemption in …

A Confederate Education In The New South: Southern Academia And The Idea Of Progress In The Nineteenth Century., Danny Ray Frost

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The idea of progress inspired former Confederate officers who entered academia to transform Southern higher education from its antebellum classical and republican orientation to a postbellum focus on science and utility. Defeat taught these academics that Southern institutions had failed to supply graduates with the scientific skills necessary to compete economically, industrially, and militarily with the North. They concluded that the Confederacy's collapse demonstrated the necessity of abandoning the republican conception of progress, characterized by fears of cyclical decay, in favor of the modern idea of progress which emphasized inevitable and unlimited material and social improvement. Confederate-veterans-turned academics believed scientific …

Critical Chorology And Peasant Production: Small Farm Forestry In Hojancha, Guanacaste, Costa Rica., Michael Stephen Yoder

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The "new regional geography" is an attempt to fuse traditional regional geography's concerns with cultural and environmental uniqueness of places, with political economy's regard for the nature of global and local structures guiding resource allocation. The approach infuses chorology with theory, and political economy with place-specific empirical research. Most studies exemplifying the new approach have been of industrial localities of Europe and North America. This dissertation is a case study of regional transformation in a Third World locality, the canton of Hojancha, in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. The approach utilized is "critical chorology," a variant of the new regional geography …