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Demystifying Jadeite: An Underwater Maya Discovery At Ek Way Nal, Belize, Heather Mckillop, George Harlow, April Sievert, C. Wayne Smith, Michael C. Wiemann Apr 2019

Demystifying Jadeite: An Underwater Maya Discovery At Ek Way Nal, Belize, Heather Mckillop, George Harlow, April Sievert, C. Wayne Smith, Michael C. Wiemann

Faculty Publications

Jadeite artefacts at Maya sites are normally associated with ritual and ceremonial locations, with high-quality jadeite reserved for elite objects. The discovery of a jadeite gouge with a wooden handle at a Classic Maya salt-working site submerged by sea-level rise - Ek Way Nal, Belize - is therefore unexpected and provides new information about the utilitarian use of this stone. The extremely high quality of this jadeite tool is particularly surprising, offering new insight into the Classic Maya exchange systems and the role of salt makers such as those based at Ek Way Nal.


Diapause Termination And Hatching Of Artemia Franciscana: Impacts On Expression Of A Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein, Mike Trinh Le Apr 2019

Diapause Termination And Hatching Of Artemia Franciscana: Impacts On Expression Of A Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein, Mike Trinh Le

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A Genetic Screen For Second Site Suppressor Mutations Of Extended Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Laurie Lyon Apr 2019

A Genetic Screen For Second Site Suppressor Mutations Of Extended Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Laurie Lyon

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3d-Printed Culture Plate Insert With Agarose Barrier For The Evaluation Of Stem-Cancer Cell Signaling., Erika M. Lewis Apr 2019

3d-Printed Culture Plate Insert With Agarose Barrier For The Evaluation Of Stem-Cancer Cell Signaling., Erika M. Lewis

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Phylogenetic Analysis Of Toucan Family Ramphastidae, Marguerite D. Poché Apr 2019

Phylogenetic Analysis Of Toucan Family Ramphastidae, Marguerite D. Poché

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Genetic Screen For Suppressors Of Increased Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Jonah Rittenberry Apr 2019

Genetic Screen For Suppressors Of Increased Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Jonah Rittenberry

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Risk Factors Associated With Juvenile Delinquency, Karly A. Kyzar Apr 2019

Risk Factors Associated With Juvenile Delinquency, Karly A. Kyzar

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Analysis Of Hepatitis C Prevalence In A Justice-Involved Medicaid Population In Louisiana, William R. Boles Iii Apr 2019

Analysis Of Hepatitis C Prevalence In A Justice-Involved Medicaid Population In Louisiana, William R. Boles Iii

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Design And Optimization Of A Microfluidic Device To Study The Effects Of Fluid Shear Stress On Extravasation, Joseph B. Balhoff Apr 2019

Design And Optimization Of A Microfluidic Device To Study The Effects Of Fluid Shear Stress On Extravasation, Joseph B. Balhoff

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Ionic Liquid Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis For Improved Separation Of Proteins And Small Egg White Peptides, Michael C. Brands Apr 2019

Ionic Liquid Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis For Improved Separation Of Proteins And Small Egg White Peptides, Michael C. Brands

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Accuracy Of Personalized 3-D Printed Phantoms For Radiotherapy Applications, Margaret Carey Apr 2019

Accuracy Of Personalized 3-D Printed Phantoms For Radiotherapy Applications, Margaret Carey

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Correlated Evolution Of Plumage Color In Female And Male Antbirds (Aves: Thamnophilidae), Brandi Sun Apr 2019

Correlated Evolution Of Plumage Color In Female And Male Antbirds (Aves: Thamnophilidae), Brandi Sun

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Analysis Of Baboon (Genus Papio) Population Structure Using Alu Insertion Polymorphisms, Corey St. Romain Apr 2019

Analysis Of Baboon (Genus Papio) Population Structure Using Alu Insertion Polymorphisms, Corey St. Romain

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Hinge Region In Dna Packaging Terminase Pul15 Of Herpes Simplex Virus: A Potential Allosteric Target For Antiviral Drugs, Lana Faisal Thaljeh Apr 2019

Hinge Region In Dna Packaging Terminase Pul15 Of Herpes Simplex Virus: A Potential Allosteric Target For Antiviral Drugs, Lana Faisal Thaljeh

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Fresher, Warmer Water And Its Implications For The Ecology And Physiology Of The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Devin Comba Apr 2019

Fresher, Warmer Water And Its Implications For The Ecology And Physiology Of The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Devin Comba

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A Protocol For Producing Light-Harvesting Complex Ii Lipoproteins And Investigation Of Their Interactions With Hydrophobically Modified Polypeptoids, Omead Darvish Apr 2019

A Protocol For Producing Light-Harvesting Complex Ii Lipoproteins And Investigation Of Their Interactions With Hydrophobically Modified Polypeptoids, Omead Darvish

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Purification Of Rpl-135: The Large Subunit Of Rna Polymerase I In Drosophila Melanogaster, Malcolm J. Youngblood Apr 2019

Purification Of Rpl-135: The Large Subunit Of Rna Polymerase I In Drosophila Melanogaster, Malcolm J. Youngblood

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Development And Application Of A Pexophagy Sensor In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Dominique Dolese Apr 2019

Development And Application Of A Pexophagy Sensor In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Dominique Dolese

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Fgf21 Does Not Regulate Hepatic Peroxisomes In Response To Induced Energy Deprivation, Nabil M. Essajee Apr 2019

Fgf21 Does Not Regulate Hepatic Peroxisomes In Response To Induced Energy Deprivation, Nabil M. Essajee

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Spatiotemporal Variation Of Benthic Silica Fluxes In The Ngom Shelf, Byron Ebner Apr 2019

Spatiotemporal Variation Of Benthic Silica Fluxes In The Ngom Shelf, Byron Ebner

LSU Master's Theses

Dissolved silica (DSi), plays an important role in regulating primary productivity of silicifying organisms, such as diatoms which precipitate hard parts composed of biogenic silica (bSi) in coastal and shelf ecosystems fed by major rivers. In the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM), loading of nitrogen and phosphorous have increased compared to a decline in DSi in the Mississippi River. Continued decreasing in DSi loading could lead to limited diatom growth and production or shifts in community composition, therefore, it is important understand the role of benthic fluxes in providing silica to the overlying water column as there are few regional …


Effects Of Plant Viruses On Vectors And Non-Vector Herbivores In Three Different Pathosystems, Sunil Paudel Mar 2019

Effects Of Plant Viruses On Vectors And Non-Vector Herbivores In Three Different Pathosystems, Sunil Paudel

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Plant viruses are an important component of agro-ecosystems and the knowledge of impacts they can cause on their hosts, and on different vectors and non-vector herbivores associated with the hosts, is very crucial in devising sound management strategies for virus disease and vector control in the landscape. The interactions between these components, however, are difficult to predict and vary according to the system under investigation. In order to understand some of these interrelationships, different sets of experiments were carried out in three different pathosystems to look at the impacts of plant viruses on vector and non-vector herbivores. Firstly, in Sorghum …


"La Llorona": Evolución, Ideología Y Uso En El Mundo Hispano, Raquel Sáenz-Llano Mar 2019

"La Llorona": Evolución, Ideología Y Uso En El Mundo Hispano, Raquel Sáenz-Llano

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis studies the evolution, ideology and use of the myth of La Llorona through time in the Hispanic World. Considering this myth as one of the most known traditional narratives of the American continent, I begin by providing visual, ethnohistorical and ethnographical insights of weeping in Mesoamerica and South America and the specific mention of a weeping woman in some Spanish chronicles to say how western values were stablished in “the new continent” through this legend. I suggest that during the postcolonialism the legend did not tell anymore about a mother that cries and search a place for their …


Effects Of Oil And Gas Development On Waterfowl Nesting Ecology In The Bakken Formation Of North Dakota, Cassandra G. Skaggs Mar 2019

Effects Of Oil And Gas Development On Waterfowl Nesting Ecology In The Bakken Formation Of North Dakota, Cassandra G. Skaggs

LSU Master's Theses

The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is one of the most important areas on the continent for grassland-nesting birds. Thirty percent of the PPR overlaps the Bakken shale formation where rapidly accelerating oil and gas development has the potential to impact millions of breeding waterfowl. While oil and gas development has negatively affected other ground-nesting birds such as sagebrush passerines and Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Wyoming, the potential impact on breeding waterfowl in the PPR is unknown. In addition, the PPR landscape is already heavily fragmented by agriculture, and increasing land conversion and disturbance from petroleum extraction may further …


Campus-Based Sexual Assault: The #Metoo Movement And Students' Understanding Of Issues Around Consent, Genevieve Hampson Mar 2019

Campus-Based Sexual Assault: The #Metoo Movement And Students' Understanding Of Issues Around Consent, Genevieve Hampson

LSU Master's Theses

College students who have experienced sexual assault are at higher risk for negative impacts involving physical and mental heath. In addition, appropriate resources and positive systematic response to disclosure are pivotal in the recovery process of survivors. Empirically relevant research has focused on campus-based sexual assault and interrelationships among variables surrounding students’ attitudes towards explicit sexual consent. This cross-sectional descriptive study of 110 students enrolled in two freshman sociology classes contributes to the emerging body of research regarding the use of social media platforms to raise awareness of sexual assault by examining students’ sociodemographic characteristics, literacy using technology, rape myth …


Assessment And Correction Of Lidar-Derived Dems In The Coastal Marshes Of Louisiana, William M. Lauve Mar 2019

Assessment And Correction Of Lidar-Derived Dems In The Coastal Marshes Of Louisiana, William M. Lauve

LSU Master's Theses

The onset of airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) has resulted in expansive, precise digital elevation models (DEMs). DEMs are essential for modeling complex systems, such as the coastal land margin of Louisiana. They are used for many applications (e.g. tide, storm surge, and ecological modeling) and by diverse groups (e.g. state and federal agencies, NGOs, and academia). However, in a marsh environment, it is difficult for airborne lidar to produce accurate bare-earth measurements and even accurate elevations are rarely verified by ground truth data. The accuracy of lidar in marshes is limited by the sensor’s resolution …


Strategies To Overcome Antagonism Of Quizalofop-P-Ethyl When Applied In Mixture With Other Herbicides, Lucas C. Webster Mar 2019

Strategies To Overcome Antagonism Of Quizalofop-P-Ethyl When Applied In Mixture With Other Herbicides, Lucas C. Webster

LSU Master's Theses

A field study was conducted in 2017 and 2018 at the LSU Agricultural Center H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station (RRS) near Crowley, LA. to evaluate the influence of different adjuvants in overcoming the antagonism of quizalofop when mixed with bispyribac in Louisiana rice production. The antagonism of quizalofop mixed with bispyribac plus HCOC at 14 DAIT was overcome with a neutral interaction observed at 28 DAIT for barnyardgrass control with an observed control of 91%, compared with an expected control of 97%. The addition of COC, SNS or HCOC into a mixture of quizalofop plus bispyribac provided synergistic or …


Efficacy Of Aqueous And Gaseous Chlorine Dioxide In Reducing Salmonella, E. Coli O157:H7, And Listeria Monocytogenes On Sweet Potatoes, Strawberries, And Blueberries, Phillip Luu Mar 2019

Efficacy Of Aqueous And Gaseous Chlorine Dioxide In Reducing Salmonella, E. Coli O157:H7, And Listeria Monocytogenes On Sweet Potatoes, Strawberries, And Blueberries, Phillip Luu

LSU Master's Theses

Chlorine dioxide, a stronger oxidizing agent, is effective against a broad spectrum of microorganisms. This study evaluated the efficacy of chlorine dioxide on reducing Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes on sweet potato (aqueous ClO₂), strawberries and blueberries (gaseous ClO₂). Sweet potatoes inoculated with multi-strain cocktails of each bacterial pathogen (107 CFU/cm²) were treated with 5 ppm aqueous ClO₂ or water for 10, 20, and 30 minutes. Strawberries and blueberries spot inoculated with multi-strain cocktails of each bacterial pathogen (107 CFU/g) were treated with gaseous ClO₂ sachets (63 mg/l for strawberry and 30 mg/l for blueberry) …


Understanding The Potential Of Immersible Virtual Environment (Ives) For Biophilic Design, Asal Emamjomeh Mar 2019

Understanding The Potential Of Immersible Virtual Environment (Ives) For Biophilic Design, Asal Emamjomeh

LSU Master's Theses

Biophilic design, which translates literally to love of life [1], is a new and popular trend in sustainable building design. Architects are applying this style in different building types, from offices to schools to hospitals. Research that assesses mental health and cognitive benefits of biophilic design in interior environment and immersive reality is ongoing. This study intends to determine the capability of immersive virtual environment (IVE) to support building design by comparing the psychological and cognitive responses to natural elements in an interior environment (In-Situ) and IVE. Thirty-five LSU students from undergraduate and graduate levels participated in this …


Self-Healing Composite Of Thermoset Polymer And Programmed Super Contraction Fibers, Guoqiang Li, Harper Meng Mar 2019

Self-Healing Composite Of Thermoset Polymer And Programmed Super Contraction Fibers, Guoqiang Li, Harper Meng

College of Engineering Patents

A composition comprising thermoset polymer, shape memory polymer to facilitate macro scale damage closure, and means for molecular scale healing has the ability to repair structural defects by a bio-mimetic, close-then-heal process. The shape memory polymer serves to bring surfaces of a structural defect into proximity, after which the healing means moves into the defect and provides molecular scale healing. The means for molecular scale healing can be a thermoplastic, such as fibers, particles or spheres, which are heated to or above the thermoplastic's melting point, and then the composition is cooled below that melting temperature. The compositions can not …


Removal Of Eriochrome Black T By Sulfate Radical Generated From Fe-Impregnated Biochar/Persulfate In Fenton-Like Reaction, Jong Hwan Park, Jim J. Wang, Negar Tafti, Ronald D. Delaune Mar 2019

Removal Of Eriochrome Black T By Sulfate Radical Generated From Fe-Impregnated Biochar/Persulfate In Fenton-Like Reaction, Jong Hwan Park, Jim J. Wang, Negar Tafti, Ronald D. Delaune

Faculty Publications

A new heterogeneous Fenton catalyst, Fe-impregnated biochar catalyst (Fe-BC) was synthesized and evaluated in detail for its catalytic activity with sulfate radical under various conditions. The optimum conditions for the removal of Eriochrome Black T (EBT) by Fe-BC were determined as 0.27 g/L K2S2O8 (PS) and 0.5 g/L Fe-BC for 0.1 g/L EBT, and which resulted 85–88% removal efficiency within 2 h. The effective oxidation of EBT was observed over a pH range of 2–4 and temperature of 25–45 °C and maintained EBT removal efficiency of 77.6–92.7%. Under optimum conditions, the catalytic activity was faster in the order of PS …