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Accumulation Of Malto-Oligosaccharides In The Syncytiotrophoblastic Cells Of First-Trimester Human Placentas, S. J. Fisher, R. A. Laine Jan 1981

Accumulation Of Malto-Oligosaccharides In The Syncytiotrophoblastic Cells Of First-Trimester Human Placentas, S. J. Fisher, R. A. Laine

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Improved Mortality Among U.S. Blacks, 1968-1978: The Role Of Antiracist Struggle, R. Cooper, M. Steinhauer, A. Schatzkin, W. Miller Jan 1981

Improved Mortality Among U.S. Blacks, 1968-1978: The Role Of Antiracist Struggle, R. Cooper, M. Steinhauer, A. Schatzkin, W. Miller

Faculty Publications

A marked improvement in health status for black adults took place over the last decade in the United States. Life expectancy for black men increased 4.6 years between 1968 and 1978, while for black women the increase was 5.7 years. Death rates for the age group 35-74 decreased approximately 25 percent for blacks over the same period. The largest contribution to this improvement was made by cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease and stroke). Although similar improvement was observed in the white population, on both a percentage and absolute basis the change was greater for blacks. For the first time in …

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Effects Of Age, Temperature-Season, And Breed On Blood Characteristics Of Dairy Cattle, L. Shaffer, J. D. Roussel, K. L. Koonce Jan 1981

Effects Of Age, Temperature-Season, And Breed On Blood Characteristics Of Dairy Cattle, L. Shaffer, J. D. Roussel, K. L. Koonce

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Two hundred twenty four dairy cattle (6 mo to second calving) representing four breeds (169 Holstein, 24 Guernsey, 19 Jersey, 12 Brown Swiss) were used to determine effects of age, temperature-season, and breed on blood characteristics. A total of 1183 blood samples were collected by jugular venipuncture in the middle of each temperature-season. Covariate age affected blood profile except for hemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, and albumin. Temperature-season increased or decreased all measures except enzyme creatine phosphokinase, total creatine phosphokinase, calcium, and phosphorus. Years differed for all measures except hemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin. Except for enzyme creatine phosphokinase, total creatine phosphokinase, and …

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Generalized Continuous And Hypercontinuous Lattices, G. Gierz, J. D. Lawson Jan 1981

Generalized Continuous And Hypercontinuous Lattices, G. Gierz, J. D. Lawson

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The Broken-Circuit Complex: Its Structure And Factorizations, Tom Brylawski, James Oxley Jan 1981

The Broken-Circuit Complex: Its Structure And Factorizations, Tom Brylawski, James Oxley

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In this paper we derive several structural results for the broken-circuit complex of a combinatorial geometry G. In particular, motivated by the question as to when the characteristic polynomial of G factors, we investigate when the broken-circuit complex has a non-trivial join decomposition, conjecturing that such a decomposition cannot occur unless G has a non-trivial modular flat. © 1980, Academic Press Inc. (London) Limited. All rights reserved.

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Lsu General Catalog 1981-1982, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College Jan 1981

Lsu General Catalog 1981-1982, 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.

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On The Classification Of Families: Dimensions Of Family Functioning Descriptions., Maria Vidos Jan 1980

On The Classification Of Families: Dimensions Of Family Functioning Descriptions., Maria Vidos

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present study was to determine the degree of commonality among current models of family assessment. The goal was to ascertain the most significant dimensions of family functioning. These ends were achieved by means of a principal components factor analysis. Three hundred Introductory Psychology students at Louisiana State University were asked to describe their family of origin using 240 behavioral statements provided by the examiner. The statements, printed on 3 x 5 cards, were drawn from a pool of assessment models described by Fisher (1976). The students were asked to sort each of the statements by asking …

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A Comprehensive Study Of Black Students Attending An Historically Black University: Selected Characteristics, Experiences, Level Of Satisfaction, And Similarity To Other College Populations., Charles Ruffin Burchell Jan 1980

A Comprehensive Study Of Black Students Attending An Historically Black University: Selected Characteristics, Experiences, Level Of Satisfaction, And Similarity To Other College Populations., Charles Ruffin Burchell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Although a large body of literature exists on the characteristics and experiences of black students attending predominantly white colleges and universities, very little empirical research on blacks attending predominantly black colleges and universities is available. Existing studies usually lack comparative groups of black and white students who attend predominantly white colleges and universities, hence it is difficult to determine the unique characteristics of the blacks who attend black colleges. To remedy this situation the present study surveyed a representative group of black students attending a publicly-supported black university. The purpose of the study was to determine unique or attractive features …

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Lsu General Catalog 1980-1981, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College Jan 1980

Lsu General Catalog 1980-1981, 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.

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Isolation, Characterization, And Emendation Of Description Of Angiococcus Disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924 And Proposal Of A Neotype Strain, L. A. Hook, J. M. Larkin, E. R. Brockman Jan 1980

Isolation, Characterization, And Emendation Of Description Of Angiococcus Disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924 And Proposal Of A Neotype Strain, L. A. Hook, J. M. Larkin, E. R. Brockman

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Clothing Expenditures Among The Expenditure Priorities Of Elderly Couples Before And After Retirement, Eleanor Kelley Jan 1980

Clothing Expenditures Among The Expenditure Priorities Of Elderly Couples Before And After Retirement, Eleanor Kelley

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Selective Antagonism Of The Rate‐Decreasing Effect Of D‐Amphetamine By Chlorpromazine In A Repeated‐Acquisition Task, Donald M. Thompson Jan 1980

Selective Antagonism Of The Rate‐Decreasing Effect Of D‐Amphetamine By Chlorpromazine In A Repeated‐Acquisition Task, Donald M. Thompson

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Pigeons acquired a different four‐response chain each session by responding sequentially on three keys in the presence of four colors. The response chain was maintained by food presentation under a fixed‐ratio schedule. When d‐amphetamine was administered alone, the overall response rate decreased and the percent errors increased with increasing doses. When a small dose of chlorpromazine, which was ineffective when given alone, was administered in combination with d‐amphetamine, the rate‐decreasing effect was antagonized. The antagonism was selective, however, in that the error‐increasing effect of d‐amprotamine was augmented by chlorpromazine. The nature of the joint effect of the two drugs thus …

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Effects Of D‐Amphetamine And Cocaine On Strained Ratio Behavior In A Repeated‐Acquisition Task, Donald M. Thompson, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher Jan 1980

Effects Of D‐Amphetamine And Cocaine On Strained Ratio Behavior In A Repeated‐Acquisition Task, Donald M. Thompson, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher

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Pigeons acquired a different four‐response chain each session by responding sequentially on three keys in the presence of four colors. When the fixed‐ratio requirement for food presentation was five completions of the chain, d‐amphetamine and cocaine disrupted the behavior. As the dose of each drug was increased, the overall response rate decreased, the overall accuracy was impaired (i.e., percent errors increased), and there was less within‐session error reduction (acquisition). In contrast, when the fixed‐ratio requirement was either 20 or 50 completions of the chain, certain doses of both drugs produced large increases in the overall response rate by eliminating the …

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Effects Of D‐Amphetamine, Cocaine, And Phencyclidine On The Acquisition Of Response Sequences With And Without Stimulus Fading, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, Donald M. Thompson Jan 1980

Effects Of D‐Amphetamine, Cocaine, And Phencyclidine On The Acquisition Of Response Sequences With And Without Stimulus Fading, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, Donald M. Thompson

Faculty Publications

In each of three components of a multiple schedule, monkeys were required to emit a different sequence of four responses in a predetermined order on four levers. Sequence completions produced food on a fixed‐ratio schedule. Errors produced a brief timeout. One component of the multiple schedule was a repeated‐acquisition task where the four‐response sequence changed each session (learning). The second component of the multiple schedule was also a repeated‐acquisition task, but acquisition was supported through the use of a stimulus‐fading procedure (faded learning). In a third component of the multiple schedule, the sequence of responses remained the same from session …

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Social Competency In Adolescent Chemical Abusers And Nonabusers., Patricia Mary Aptaker Jan 1980

Social Competency In Adolescent Chemical Abusers And Nonabusers., Patricia Mary Aptaker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Subjects were 32 adolescents from a private, inpatient drug abuse treatment unit and 32 university laboratory high school adolescents with no history of treatment for drug abuse (16 females and 16 males in each group). Each subject completed the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, the High School Self Expression Scale, and the Polydrug Assessment Scale and role-played and wrote responses to eight items involving familiar and unfamiliar female and male peers. Judges independently rated assertiveness and aggressiveness for all responses and affect and anxiety for role-played responses. Interrater reliabilities ranged from .79 to .92. Scores on self-report inventories were submitted to 2 …

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Agrarian Political Economy: The Order Of Ends And Means., Andrew Warnie Foshee Jan 1980

Agrarian Political Economy: The Order Of Ends And Means., Andrew Warnie Foshee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

From the earliest economic thought there has existed the notion that agriculture is the most preferred of all forms of economic activity. This preference is grounded in the belief that when agriculture is the dominant form of economic activity a set of ends will be attained which are consistent with human nature and conducive to human happiness. These are the ends of limited wealth, internal and external freedom, and piety. Writers expressing this belief were engaged in a study of political economy which was not bounded by the methodological strictures of logical positivism. For these agrarian political economists there existed …

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Jack London's South Sea Narratives., David Allison Moreland Jan 1980

Jack London's South Sea Narratives., David Allison Moreland

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Although Jack London is recognized as one of the most popular American fiction writers in the world, critics of American literary naturalism have tended to rank him considerably below the other well-known naturalists: Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, and Theodore Dreiser. The consensus has been that London wrote too much, too hastily, and weakened his art by imposing "ideas" (Darwinian, Spencerian, Nietzschean, Marxian) upon his narratives. However, in recent years a serious reevaluation of "the boy wonder of the naturalist carnival" has begun. As a master of the action narrative, Jack London, who both mirrored his age and anticipated later twentieth-century …

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The History Of The National Basketball Tournaments For Black High Schools., Charles Herbert Thompson Jan 1980

The History Of The National Basketball Tournaments For Black High Schools., Charles Herbert Thompson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The National Basketball Tournaments for Black High Schools represented one of the most significant eras in the history of athletics in the United States. The existence of these tournaments was predicated on the restrictive conditions dictated by legally enforced segregation which included amon.

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Characteristics And Opinions Of Traditional And Non-Traditional College Students., Micheal Randolph Moffett Jan 1980

Characteristics And Opinions Of Traditional And Non-Traditional College Students., Micheal Randolph Moffett

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics and opinions of traditional and non-traditional undergraduate students. Students enrolled at Southeastern Louisiana University composed the sample for the study. Data analysis was intended to reveal the demographic characteristics of the students and the differences and similarities which may have existed in students' opinion with regard to educational objectives, motivation to enroll and certain personal concerns. Student opinions were solicited concerning academic advising services and personal counseling services available to them. Students' opinions were also obtained concerning services of administrative offices, admission and registration processes and sources of educational finances …

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A Film Analysis Of Motor Pattern Development Of Educable Mentally Retarded Children., Leonard Max Hill Jan 1980

A Film Analysis Of Motor Pattern Development Of Educable Mentally Retarded Children., Leonard Max Hill

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to compare the standing long jump, place kick, overarm throw and striking patterns of educable mentally retarded children to the mature patterns of highly skilled individuals. It was also the purpose of this study to determine if these same motor patterns were inherent in educable mentally retarded subjects and to determine if these patterns would emerge naturally in a goal-centered teaching-learning environment. Eleven educable mentally retarded children between the ages of five and eight years were selected to participate in the study. The children participated in a one week (fifteen minutes per day) orientation …

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Perceptions Of The Role Of Corporate Audit Committees - Now And In The Future., Brenda Stewart Birkett Jan 1980

Perceptions Of The Role Of Corporate Audit Committees - Now And In The Future., Brenda Stewart Birkett

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Changes in the economy have brought about attempts to improve the structure of the corporate organization and the quality of corporate financial reporting. One such attempt has been to increase the responsibilities of corporate boards of directors, and subcommittees to handle specific duties of the board have been established. The audit committee is one of these subcommittees and is now required for all companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The corporate audit committee should make a significant contribution toward improving the integrity and credibility of financial statements and the overall corporate image in the public sector. To accomplish …

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The Confederate Defense Of Mobile, 1861-1865. (Volumes I-Ii)., Arthur William Bergeron Jr Jan 1980

The Confederate Defense Of Mobile, 1861-1865. (Volumes I-Ii)., Arthur William Bergeron Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The people of Mobile, Alabama, supported the secession of their state from the Union in January 1861, and thousands of her able-bodied men served in the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865. Recognizing the city's strategic importance as a port and major railroad center connecting the eastern and western sections of the new nation, the Confederate government moved quickly to provide adequate defenses for Mobile. Confederate soldiers occupied and began to strengthen Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, which guarded the main channels leading into Mobile Bay. The Confederate Navy Department converted several steamers into gunboats and began construction of four …

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Theory And Tests Of The Effect Of Financial Leverage On Valuation Of The Banking Firm., Donald Malcolm Chance Jan 1980

Theory And Tests Of The Effect Of Financial Leverage On Valuation Of The Banking Firm., Donald Malcolm Chance

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The effect of financial leverage on valuation and shareholder wealth of the banking firm was examined both theoretically and empirically. It was assumed that market imperfections made possible the creation of a bank which would operate in capital, loan, and deposit markets. The valuation of equity shares was assumed to be described by Black's zero-beta version of the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Although the Black model is a perfect market model, it served as a framework within which imperfections could be introduced. A firm operating in a market without an intermediary was converted to a bank, charged with the responsibility …

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Selected Factors That Affect The Market For U. S. Rice., Curtis M. Jolly Jan 1980

Selected Factors That Affect The Market For U. S. Rice., Curtis M. Jolly

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this study was to measure the effects of selected factors, such as changes in price, in supply and demand, and in government programs and policies, on the market for U.S. rice. The secondary objectives were to update, improve, refine, and further test against recent and present behavior a simulation model of the U.S. rice industry previously developed by the Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Department of Louisiana State University; and to use the improved model to analyze the impact of certain government programs and policies on the U.S. rice market. Structural equations of the econometric model were …

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Student Achievement In Biology In Terms Of Cognitive Styles Of Students And Teachers., Pauline E. Jolly Jan 1980

Student Achievement In Biology In Terms Of Cognitive Styles Of Students And Teachers., Pauline E. Jolly

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to determine whether biology students who were matched to their teachers in cognitive style achieved significantly higher mean scores on a cognitive test in biology than biology students who were mismatched to their teachers in cognitive style. The hypotheses tested.

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Cross-Validation Of The Adolescent Behavioral Classification Project Instrument: A Factor Analytic Study., Katherine M. Krefft Jan 1980

Cross-Validation Of The Adolescent Behavioral Classification Project Instrument: A Factor Analytic Study., Katherine M. Krefft

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Adolescent Behavioral Classification Project is one aspect of the larger Behavioral Classification Project, a long-term project designed to develop a behaviorally-based taxonomy of emotional disorders. The Adolescent Behavioral Classification Project (ABCP) instrument is a comprehensive list of 518 behavioral items and 3 demographic variables that cover the range of emotional problems of youth 13 to 18 years of age. This research concerns the cross-validation of the ABCP instrument on a sample of clinic and nonclinic youngsters. Results from a total of 810 questionnaires, 300 from subjects seen in clinics and 510 from nonclinic subjects, were submitted to a principal …

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Para-Proxemic Attributions: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Close-Up And Extreme Close-Up Camera Shots And Audience Response., David Mitchell Klein Jan 1980

Para-Proxemic Attributions: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Close-Up And Extreme Close-Up Camera Shots And Audience Response., David Mitchell Klein

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in para-proxemic attributions (effectations based upon the relative distance of a media source) to the extreme close-up as opposed to the close-up camera shots. Differences in audience response by sex of subject were found. Two stimuli were simultaneously videotaped of a man making an informative speech. The first tape was composed of establishing shots and extreme close-up shots. The second tape was comprised of establishing shots and close-up shots. The establishing shots were constant in both tapes. In the first tape a cut from the establishing shot to …

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Charismatic Communication And Faith Healers: A Critical Study Of Rhetorical Behavior., Todd Vernon Lewis Jan 1980

Charismatic Communication And Faith Healers: A Critical Study Of Rhetorical Behavior., Todd Vernon Lewis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Faith healing evangelists attract devoted followers who perceive these religious leaders as possessors of charisma. Charisma is a concept that is often applied to any leader/communicator whose eloquence, persuasion, transcendence, and personal aura set him or her apart from the average person. In this dissertation charisma is operationally defined, linked to a process of communication, and applied to the rhetorical behavior of three prominent faith healing evangelists: Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944), A. A. Allen (1911-1970), and Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976). A survey of selected theories of charisma provides elements for a synergistic "charismatic-communication-influence-process-model." The newly formed model amalgamates charisma research from …

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Listening Ability And Manual Dexterity Of Stenography Students., Annette Vincent Nunez Jan 1980

Listening Ability And Manual Dexterity Of Stenography Students., Annette Vincent Nunez

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Listening ability and manual dexterity as possible factors for success in shorthand were the subjects of this study. Investigated also were the possible increases in listening ability and manual dexterity due to a course in shorthand. The experimental-control groups, pretest-posttest desig.

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Music Criticism In The New York Times And The New York Tribune, 1851-1876., Mark Curtis Mcknight Jan 1980

Music Criticism In The New York Times And The New York Tribune, 1851-1876., Mark Curtis Mcknight

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Reports and comments on daily events in newspapers provide an invaluable tool in the study of a particular period or area of research. This study is concerned with the music reviews in two New York newspapers, the Times and the Tribune, between 1851 and 1876. This period in the history of the United States was above all one of transition. Social upheaval prevailed as a result of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. In addition, America was rapidly gaining ascendancy in science, technology, and as a major political power. This evolution at the broader national level was accompanied …

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