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“Ain’T He A Beauty”: Black Queer Aesthetics And Disidentification In American Literature And Film, Rory Tolbert Boothe

Honors Capstones

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The Influence Of Media On Political Knowledge, Colin Dailey

Honors Capstones

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Frequency Of Cry1f Non-Recessive Resistance Alleles In North Carolina Field Populations Of Spodoptera Frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Guoping Li, Dominic Reisig, Jin Miao, Fred Gould, Fangneng Huang, Hongqiang Feng

Faculty Publications

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a target species of transgenic corn (Zea mays L.) that expresses single and pyramided Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin. In 2014, S. frugiperda were collected from a light trap in North Carolina, and a total of 212 F1/F2 isofemale lines of S. frugiperda were screened for resistance to Bt and non-Bt corn. All of the 212 isolines were susceptible to corn tissue expressing Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab, Cry1F + Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab, and Cry1F + Cry1Ab + Vip3Aa20. Growth rate bioassays were performed to isolate non-recessive Bt resistance alleles. Seven individuals out of …

Fluor-Schorl, A New Member Of The Tourmaline Supergroup, And New Data On Schorl From The Cotype Localities, Andreas Ertl, Uwe Kolitsch, M. Darby Dyar, Hans Peter Meyer, George R. Rossman, Darrell J. Henry, Markus Prem, Thomas Ludwig, Lutz Nasdala, Christian L. Lengauer, Ekkehart Tillmanns, Gerhard Niedermayr

Faculty Publications

© 2015 E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Fluor-schorl, NaFe2+3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3F, is a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup from alluvial tin deposits near Steinberg, Zschorlau, Erzgebirge (Saxonian Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany, and from pegmatites near Grasstein (area from Mittewald to Sachsenklemme), Trentino, South Tyrol, Italy. Fluor-schorl was formed as a pneumatolytic phase and in high-temperature hydrothermal veins in granitic pegmatites. Crystals are black (pale brownish to pale greyish-bluish, if distance (r2 = 0.93). This correlation indicates that Fe2+-rich tourmalines from the investigated localities clearly tend to have a F-rich or F-dominant composition. A further strong positive correlation (r2= 0.82) exists between the …

Response Of Plant Height, Species Richness And Aboveground Biomass To Flooding Gradient Along Vegetation Zones In Floodplain Wetlands, Northeast China, Yanjing Lou, Yanwen Pan, Chuanyu Gao, Ming Jiang, Xianguo Lu, Y. Jun Xu

Faculty Publications

Flooding regime changes resulting from natural and human activity have been projected to affect wetland plant community structures and functions. It is therefore important to conduct investigations across a range of flooding gradients to assess the impact of flooding depth on wetland vegetation. We conducted this study to identify the pattern of plant height, species richness and aboveground biomass variation along the flooding gradient in floodplain wetlands located in Northeast China. We found that the response of dominant species height to the flooding gradient depends on specific species, i.e., a quadratic response for Carex lasiocarpa, a negative correlation for Calamagrostis …

Climate, Habitat Associations And The Potential Distributions Of Neotropical Birds: Implications For Diversification Across The Andes, Carlos Daniel Cadena, Carlos A. Pedraza, Robb T. Brumfield

Faculty Publications

Contrary to the long-held view that the uplift of the Andes spurred biotic diversification by causing vicariance across multiple lineages with formerly continuous distributions, recent work suggests that dispersal across the Andes occurring after major uplift episodes was a major driver of speciation in Neotropical birds, with the ability of lineages to persist and disperse in the landscape being strong predictors of speciation. However, where and when dispersal events across the Andes occurred is unknown, and the role of climatic fluctuations and associated shifts in vegetation in promoting cross-Andes dispersal at different moments remains to be studied. We used models …

Pelvic Sexual Dimorphism Among Species Monomorphic In Body Size: Relationship To Relative Newborn Body Mass, Robert G. Tague

Faculty Publications

Females have larger pelves than males among eutherians to mitigate obstetrical difficulty. This study addresses 3 issues concerning pelvic sexual dimorphism using 8 species that are sexually monomorphic in nonpelvic size: Aotus azarae, Castor canadensis, Dasypus novemcinctus, Hylobates lar, Saguinus geoffroyi, Sciurus carolinensis, Sylvilagus floridanus, and Urocyon cinereoargenteus. Using published data to compute the index of relative newborn body mass (RNBM = [newborn body mass/adult female body mass]100%) for 266 eutherian species, A. azarae, H. lar, and S. geoffroyi are characterized as giving birth to relatively large newborns and the other 5 species as giving birth to relatively small newborns. …

Simultaneous Assessment Of Key Properties Of Arid Soil By Combined Pxrf And Vis-Nir Data, D. C. Weindorf, S. Chakraborty, J. Herrero, B. Li, C. Castañeda, A. Choudhury

Faculty Publications

Arid soil is common worldwide and has unique properties that often limit agronomic productivity, specifically, salinity expressed as soluble salts and large amounts of calcium carbonate and gypsum. Currently, the most common methods for evaluating these properties in soil are laboratory-based techniques such as titration, gasometry and electrical conductivity. In this research, we used two proximal sensors (portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) and visible near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (Vis-NIR DRS)) to scan a diverse set (n=116) of samples from arid soil in Spain. Then, samples were processed by standard laboratory procedures and the two datasets were compared with advanced statistical techniques. …

Continental Carbonate Facies Of A Neoproterozoic Panglaciation, North-East Svalbard, Ian J. Fairchild, Edward J. Fleming, Huiming Bao, Douglas I. Benn, Ian Boomer, Yuri V. Dublyansky, Galen P. Halverson, Michael J. Hambrey, Chris Hendy, Emily A. Mcmillan, Christoph Spötl, Carl T.E. Stevenson, Peter M. Wynn

Faculty Publications

© 2016 International Association of Sedimentologists. The Marinoan panglaciation (cα 650 to 635 Ma) is represented in north-east Svalbard by the 130 to 175 m thick Wilsonbreen Formation which contains syn-glacial carbonates in its upper 100 m. These sediments are now known to have been deposited under a CO2-rich atmosphere, late in the glaciation, and global climate models facilitate testing of proposed analogues. Precipitated carbonates occur in four of the seven facies associations identified: Fluvial Channel (including stromatolitic and intraclastic limestones in ephemeral stream deposits); Dolomitic Floodplain (dolomite-cemented sand and siltstones, and microbial dolomites); Calcareous Lake Margin (intraclastic dolomite and …

Change In Obesity Prevalence Across The United States Is Influenced By Recreational And Healthcare Contexts, Food Environments, And Hispanic Populations, Candice A. Myers, Tim Slack, Corby K. Martin, Stephanie T. Broyles, Steven B. Heymsfield

Faculty Publications

Objective To examine change in county-level adult obesity prevalence between 2004 and 2009 and identify associated community characteristics. Methods Change in county-level adult (≥20 years) obesity prevalence was calculated for a 5-year period (2004-2009). Community measures of economic, healthcare, recreational, food environment, population structure, and education contexts were also calculated. Regression analysis was used to assess community characteristics associated (p< 0.01) with change in adult obesity prevalence. Results Mean±SD change in obesity prevalence was 5.1±2.4%. Obesity prevalence decreased in 1.4% (n = 44) and increased in 98% (n = 3,060) of counties from 2004-2009. Results showed that both baseline levels and increases in physically inactive adults were associated with greater increases in obesity prevalence, while baseline levels of and increases in physician density and grocery store/supercenter density were related to smaller increases in obesity rates. Baseline levels of the Hispanic population share were negatively linked to changing obesity levels, while places with greater Hispanic population growth saw greater increases in obesity. Conclusions Most counties in the U.S. experienced increases in adult obesity prevalence from 2004 to 2009. Findings suggest that community-based interventions targeting adult obesity need to incorporate a range of community factors, such as levels of physical inactivity, access to physicians, availability of food outlets, and ethnic/racial population composition.

Continental Carbonate Facies Of A Neoproterozoic Panglaciation, North-East Svalbard, Ian J. Fairchild, Edward J. Fleming, Huiming Bao, Douglas I. Benn, Ian Boomer, Yuri V. Dublyansky, Galen P. Halverson, Michael J. Hambrey, Chris Hendy, Emily A. Mcmillan, Christoph Spötl, Carl T.E. Stevenson, Peter M. Wynn

Faculty Publications

© 2016 International Association of Sedimentologists. The Marinoan panglaciation (cα 650 to 635 Ma) is represented in north-east Svalbard by the 130 to 175 m thick Wilsonbreen Formation which contains syn-glacial carbonates in its upper 100 m. These sediments are now known to have been deposited under a CO2-rich atmosphere, late in the glaciation, and global climate models facilitate testing of proposed analogues. Precipitated carbonates occur in four of the seven facies associations identified: Fluvial Channel (including stromatolitic and intraclastic limestones in ephemeral stream deposits); Dolomitic Floodplain (dolomite-cemented sand and siltstones, and microbial dolomites); Calcareous Lake Margin (intraclastic dolomite and …

Islands In The Oil: Quantifying Salt Marsh Shoreline Erosion After The Deepwater Horizon Oiling, R. Eugene Turner, G Mcclenachan, A W. Tweel

Faculty Publications

Qualitative inferences and sparse bay-wide measurements suggest that shoreline erosion increased after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster, but quantifying the impacts has been elusive at the landscape scale. We quantified the shoreline erosion of 46 islands for before and after the DWH oil spill to determine how much shoreline was lost, if the losses were temporary, and if recovery/restoration occurred. The erosion rates at the oiled islands increased to 275% in the first six months after the oiling, were 200% of that of the unoiled islands for the first 2.5 years after the oiling, and twelve times the …

Preface: Remote Sensing Of Water Resources, D.R. Mishra, E.J. D'Sa, S. Mishra

Faculty Publications

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African Fire Cultures, Cattle Ranching, And Colonial Landscape Transformations In The Neo-Tropics, Andrew Sluyter, Chris S. Duvall

Faculty Publications

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Faculty Senate Newsletter, January 2016, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Message from President: A favorite adage among philanthropically minded people holds that “it’s the people who matter,” that other concerns, whether politics or organizational structure or financing, may re-route the road to success or failure but that character and devotion ultimately determine outcomes. The notion that anyone with “heart” may succeed anywhere and under any circumstances may have a sentimental appeal, but even zeal and commitment must work in or against some sort of structure. Paradoxically, Louisiana decision-makers like the idea that clever people, especially youngsters, can break down any barrier even at the same time that they also adore …

Guide For “Los Isleños” Field Trip, Conference Of Latin Americanist Geographers, New Orleans, 2017, Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

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Program For The Conference Of Latin Americanist Geographers, New Orleans, January 3-5, 2017, Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

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Abstract Book: Papers And Posters, Conference Of Latin Americanist Geographers, New Orleans, January 3-5, 2017, Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

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Africans In The Old South: Mapping Exceptional Lives Across The Atlantic World, Claude Clegg

Civil War Book Review

Lives of Distance: African Journeys in the Atlantic World This highly readable work explores the peregrinations of several people of African descent around the Atlantic world during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author argues that such biographical microhistories, while often diffic....

Cwbr Author Interview: Aiming For Pensacola: Fugitive Slaves On The Atlantic And Southern Frontiers, Matthew J. Clavin

Civil War Book Review

Interview with Matthew J. Clavin, author of Aiming for Pensacola: Fugitive Slaves on the Atlantic and Southern Frontiers Interviewed by Tom Barber Civil War Book Review (CWBR): Today the Civil War Book Review is happy to speak with Matthew J. Clavin, associate professor of history at the U....

Cattle Colonialism: An Environmental History Of The Conquest Of California And Hawai'i, Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

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Centering Animals In Latin American History, Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

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Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise Of Ranching And Cattle Culture In Western Amazonia By Jeffrey Hoelle (Review), Andrew Sluyter

Faculty Publications

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Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2016

Louisiana Agriculture

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Lsu General Catalog 2016-2017, 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 LSU General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

Drifting Unguided Or Involuntary Motion And The Enlightenment Sense Of Direction, Kevin L Cope

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

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Thomas Jefferson, Travel Writer, Kevin J Hayes

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

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Cook's Ark Animals On The Move In The Service Of Empires, Bärbel Czennia

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

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The Darkest Period: The Kanza Indians And Their Last Homeland 1846-1873, Natalie Joy

Civil War Book Review

The American Civil War Overlaps with the Kanzas’ Struggle to Retain their Homes

The Darkest Period: The Kanza Indians and Their Last Homeland, 1846-1873, by Ronald Parks, is “the story of the Kanzas’ final years in Kansas" (4). It begins in 1846, when the Kanzas negotiated the sale ....

The Broad Reach Of The Civil War Era, Zach Isenhower

Civil War Book Review

Though the temperatures outside fail to reflect it, summer is winding down and another academic year is upon us. It has been a tremendously productive summer for yours truly, having had the privilege of attending multiple conferences and making strides on my own research in the archives. One of th....