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Soil Phosphorus Characteristics Of Natural And Created Wetlands In The Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana., Matthew Emerson Poach Jan 1999

Soil Phosphorus Characteristics Of Natural And Created Wetlands In The Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana., Matthew Emerson Poach

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Quantitative comparisons of artificially created and natural wetlands are typically confounded by differences in wetland age, with created wetlands being younger than their natural counterparts. Observed differences between these wetlands may be attributed to either age differences or an inability to reproduce natural wetland characteristics. The objectives of this research were to: compare the phosphorus characteristics of similarly aged, created and natural wetlands in the Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana and determine the controls over phosphorus retention in these wetlands. A phosphorus fractionation procedure was used to identify the phosphorus fractions in sediments from natural and artificially created wetlands in the Atchafalaya …

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The Solo Vocabulary Of Jazz Bassist Jimmie Blanton., Robert Nash Jan 1999

The Solo Vocabulary Of Jazz Bassist Jimmie Blanton., Robert Nash

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Jimmie Blanton (1918--1942) is recognized today as a pivotal figure in the evolution of jazz double bass performance. His performances and recordings with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (and smaller ensembles connected with this unit) between 1939 and 1941 served to elevate the double bass from a limited role as time-keeper and "novelty" soloist in the rhythm section of the jazz orchestra to that of an identifiable solo voice, capable of supporting, contrasting, or blending with the reed, brass and percussion sections as dictated by musical needs. Blanton's approach to the instrument confounded the conventional notions of his era about almost …

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Perceptions Of Technical Education Professionals Regarding The Purposes Of Technical Education Programs In Zimbabwe's Secondary Schools., Davison Muchemwa Mupinga Jan 1999

Perceptions Of Technical Education Professionals Regarding The Purposes Of Technical Education Programs In Zimbabwe's Secondary Schools., Davison Muchemwa Mupinga

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the current and ideal focus of the technical education program in Zimbabwe's secondary schools. Data were collected in Zimbabwe from 452 technical education professionals (397 technical teachers, 39 technical teacher educators, and 16 education officers for technical subjects). The technical teachers were all from Harare region, the teacher educators were from three technical teacher colleges, and the education officers were from all the nine educational regions in Zimbabwe. A three part researcher designed questionnaire was used to collect data for this study. Respondents rated 40 statements of purposes of technical education on …

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Synthesis, Thermodynamic Behavior, And Enzymatic Properties Of Oligonucleotides Containing Nucleoside Analogs., Melissa Anne Cameron Jan 1999

Synthesis, Thermodynamic Behavior, And Enzymatic Properties Of Oligonucleotides Containing Nucleoside Analogs., Melissa Anne Cameron

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The focus of this research is on base modified nucleosides. By generating these nucleosides we hope to find information about the role of "base-stacking" in the stability of the DNA duplex and generate nucleoside analogues that could be used as conversion agents or in ambiguous positions in probes and primers. The target nucleosides included one C-nucleoside 5-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2-hydroxypyrimidine and four 4-substituted pyrazole nucleosides; 1-(2'-deoxy-beta- D-ribofuranosyl)-4-iodopyrazole, 1-(2'-deoxy-beta- D-ribofuranosyl)-4-, 1-(2'-deoxy-beta- D-ribofuranosyl)-4-propynylpyrazole, and 1-(2'-deoxy-beta- D-ribofuranosyl)-4-(2-thiazolyl)pyrazole. The C-nucleoside was of interest because of its potential anti-viral and anti cancer activity and its potential to function as a "convertide". There are several potential routes for the …

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Equity Issuance In Mexico., Arun Kumar Tandon Jan 1999

Equity Issuance In Mexico., Arun Kumar Tandon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the equity issuance process from an international perspective. Specifically, it examines the underpricing, long run stock price performance and operating performance of Mexican ADR IPOs compared to that of domestic Mexican IPOs. This study also examines the share price response to global seasoned equity offerings by Mexican firms. Mexican IPOs and global seasoned equity issues by Mexican firms are further distinguished based on the nature of the foreign tranche, that is whether it is a Level III (public offering) or a 144A (private placement) issue. This distinction is maintained throughout the study owing to the differences and …

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Predictors Of Practice Role Commitment And Practice Role Value For Doctorally Prepared Nursing Faculty., Anna Karin Walker Jones Jan 1999

Predictors Of Practice Role Commitment And Practice Role Value For Doctorally Prepared Nursing Faculty., Anna Karin Walker Jones

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between environmental, career, and personal factors and practice role commitment and practice role value of doctorally prepared full-time nursing faculty within the theoretical framework of faculty role performance by Blackburn and Lawrence (1995). A mailed survey was used to collect data related to faculty practice from 506 faculty who were members of the American Nurses Association or the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Practice role commitment was level of engagement in the practice role. Practice role value was importance assigned to the practice role by the faculty. Environmental variables …

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State-Mandated Site-Based Management: Exploring The Level Of Implementation In Texas High Schools., Elizabeth Annette Kemper Jan 1999

State-Mandated Site-Based Management: Exploring The Level Of Implementation In Texas High Schools., Elizabeth Annette Kemper

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore how Texas high schools responded to a state law which: (a) established that schools must implement site based management (SBM), and (b) outlined specific parameters under which the SBM program was to be constructed. This study was conducted using a four phase methodology that included both quantitative and qualitative techniques with a sample of 19 rural, suburban, and urban high schools. Phase One involved examining district level support and individualization of the SBM program. Phase Two explored school level SBM program structure to determine the consistency between mandated SBM elements and the …

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The Characterization Of Oligonucleotides And Nucleic Acids Using Ribonuclease H And Mass Spectrometry., Lenore Marie Polo Jan 1999

The Characterization Of Oligonucleotides And Nucleic Acids Using Ribonuclease H And Mass Spectrometry., Lenore Marie Polo

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The use of mass spectrometry for the characterization of nucleic acids is presented in this work. One area of research was aimed at developing a method for the characterization of pseudouridine (Psi) containing samples derivatized with N-cyclohexyl-N' -beta-(4-methylmorpholinium)methylcarbodiimide (CMC). These experiments consisted of the derivatization of a tRNA molecule with CMC followed by analysis of the sample using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometric analysis of the sample revealed that the derivatization of the sample was occurring to generate a species with one CMC group. This data is significant because it demonstrates that the comparably small mass shift …

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Processes Controlling Nutrient Transport In The Southeastern Everglades Wetlands, Florida, United States Of America., Martha Ann Sutula Jan 1999

Processes Controlling Nutrient Transport In The Southeastern Everglades Wetlands, Florida, United States Of America., Martha Ann Sutula

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the processes that control material transport in the Southeastern (SE) Everglades and exchange with Florida Bay. Specifically, the objectives were to: (1) determine the factors controlling the spatio-temporal trends in material concentration and exchange; (2) estimate the annual nutrient and carbon export from the SE Everglades; and (3) determine the relative importance of surface water, atmospheric deposition, groundwater, and intrasystem cycling as sources and losses of nutrients to the watershed. Patterns in material exchange were observed for 2.5 years in three of five major creeks draining the SE Everglades. Statistical methods were …

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The Impact Of Communal Behaviors On The Judgement Of Service Quality., Barbara Ross Wooldridge Jan 1999

The Impact Of Communal Behaviors On The Judgement Of Service Quality., Barbara Ross Wooldridge

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research addressed the question of the importance of the service encounter (both functional and social support components) and the importance of the technical component in consumers' judgements of service quality. To date in the literature no one has attempted to measure in a field setting, the relative contribution to the judgement of service quality of each of these components. This research switched the focus of the service quality's definition from the provider's point of view to the consumer. By measuring the three service components' importance, the researcher hoped to obtain a clearer understanding of the consumer's determination as to …

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High School Biology Students' Participation In A Year-Long Sequence Of Analogical Activities: The Relationship Of Development Of Analogical Thought To Student Learning And Classroom Interactions., Marcella Wichser Hackney Jan 1999

High School Biology Students' Participation In A Year-Long Sequence Of Analogical Activities: The Relationship Of Development Of Analogical Thought To Student Learning And Classroom Interactions., Marcella Wichser Hackney

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research explored development of analogical thought through high school biology students' participation in a year-long sequence of analogical activities. Analogizing involves: selecting a familiar analog; mapping similarities and differences between the analog and less familiar target; making inferences from the analogy; evaluating validity of the inferences; and ultimately, understanding the biological target (Holyoak & Thagard, 1995). This investigation considered: student development of independence in learning through analogical thought, student learning of biology, the relationship between development of students' analogical thinking and students' learning of biology, and the quality of student interactions in the classroom. This researcher, as teacher participant, …

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Natalie Vivian Scott: The Origins, People And Times Of The French Quarter Renaissance (1920-1930)., John Wyeth Scott Ii Jan 1999

Natalie Vivian Scott: The Origins, People And Times Of The French Quarter Renaissance (1920-1930)., John Wyeth Scott Ii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This is the interwoven story of Natalie Vivian Scott, war hero, author, adventurer and humanitarian, and the French Quarter Renaissance during the 1920s, when Natalie Scott was a vital member of the talented coterie of writers and artists whose talents prospered there, including Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner, William Spratling, Lyle Saxon, Roark Bradford, Oliver La Farge, John Dos Passos, Hamilton Basso, Meigs Frost, among others. This work's premise is that the decayed, crumbling French Quarter, falling into irreversible decline, was saved during the early 1920s by an outburst of local creativity and organizational energy that inspired restoration and a unique, …

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College Biology Students' Conceptions Related To The Nature Of Biological Knowledge: Implications For Conceptual Change., Gloria Millie Apio Ameny Jan 1999

College Biology Students' Conceptions Related To The Nature Of Biological Knowledge: Implications For Conceptual Change., Gloria Millie Apio Ameny

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Adequate understanding of the nature of science is a major goal of science education. Understanding of the evolutionary nature of biological knowledge is a means of reinforcing biology students' understanding of the nature of science. It provides students with the philosophical basis, explanatory ideals, and subject matter-specific views of what counts as a scientifically-acceptable biological explanation. This study examined 121 college introductory biology and advanced zoology students for their conceptions related to the nature of biological knowledge. A 60-item Likert-scale questionnaire called the Nature of Biological Knowledge Scale and student interviews were used as complementary research instruments. Firstly, the study …

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Barium In Water And Foraminiferal Shells: Indicator Of Oceanographic Conditions In The Gulf Of Mexico Since The Late Pleistocene., Thomas Peter Buerkert Jan 1999

Barium In Water And Foraminiferal Shells: Indicator Of Oceanographic Conditions In The Gulf Of Mexico Since The Late Pleistocene., Thomas Peter Buerkert

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Gulf of Mexico offers an appropriate setting for studying the chemical dynamics at the continent-ocean interface. In addition, its sediments preserve the climatic records of the past. This study employs Ba as a tracer to examine several aspects of modern Gulf oceanographic processes and seeks to unravel Gulf paleoceanography using Ba/Ca ratios from fossil foraminiferal shells. Comparison of dissolved Ba in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River mixing zones suggests different Ba distributions can occur as a result of hydrodynamic and morphologic variability. Rapid Ba desorption from suspended material occurs near the Mississippi River, while Ba input from the shallow …

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An Introduction To Joaquin Nin (1879-1949) And His "Veinte Cantos Populares Espanoles"., Gina Lottinger Anthon Jan 1999

An Introduction To Joaquin Nin (1879-1949) And His "Veinte Cantos Populares Espanoles"., Gina Lottinger Anthon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Joaquin Nin was a leading figure in the renaissance of Spanish music in the early part of the twentieth century. A virtuoso concert pianist, he championed the music of little-known 17th and 18 th century Spanish composers, performing their works alongside Bach, Couperin, and Liszt. Nin's editions of "ancient" Spanish music and his arrangements of popular songs and dances brought a body of virtually unknown repertoire---the exotic music of the Iberian Peninsula---to a broader public. The purpose of this paper is to better acquaint the reader with Joaquin Nin and his first compositions, Veinte Cantos Populares Espanoles . Although Nin …

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Progressive Civic Development And Political Conflict: Regular Democrats And Reformers In New Orleans, 1896-1912., Robert Louis Dupont Jan 1999

Progressive Civic Development And Political Conflict: Regular Democrats And Reformers In New Orleans, 1896-1912., Robert Louis Dupont

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The 1896 elections in Louisiana produced a Regular Democrat as governor, but a reform government within New Orleans. The turbulence of the Populist era led to the unification of political factions behind disfranchisement of blacks and a narrowing of the electorate. In spite of attempts to make their triumph permanent, New Orleans reformers gave way to a resurgent Regular Democratic organization, the Choctaw Club, which dominated city politics for the first half of the twentieth century. Mayors Paul Capdevielle and Martin Behrman successfully led the city in an era of commercial expansion, public works, and municipal reform. That leadership persisted …

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Women's Voices In Education: Two Jamaican Life Histories., Ethel L. King-Mckenzie Jan 1999

Women's Voices In Education: Two Jamaican Life Histories., Ethel L. King-Mckenzie

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The main purpose of this study is to recover the marginalized voices of women educators in Jamaica by turning their oral life histories into text. It was not possible to interview all women educators in Jamaica so I have used the life histories of two women who were the 'first' women to take positions in educational leadership in two spheres that were once male dominated. Both women have made it to the zenith of the education profession. These women relate their life experiences and the meanings they give to their work as educators. Women have always played important roles in …

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Design Recovery And Data Mining: A Methodology That Identifies Data-Cohesive Subsystems Based On Mining Association Rules., Carlos Montes De Oca Jan 1999

Design Recovery And Data Mining: A Methodology That Identifies Data-Cohesive Subsystems Based On Mining Association Rules., Carlos Montes De Oca

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Software maintenance is both a technical and an economic concern for organizations. Large software systems are difficult to maintain due to their intrinsic complexity, and their maintenance consumes between 50% and 90% of the cost of their complete life-cycle. An essential step in maintenance is reverse engineering, which focuses on understanding the system. This system understanding is critical to avoid the generation of undesired side effects during maintenance. The objective of this research is to investigate the potential of applying data mining to reverse engineering. This research was motivated by the following: (1) data mining can process large volumes of …

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Reflections Of Science And Technology In American Drama From 1913 To 1941., Charles Keith Cockrell Jan 1999

Reflections Of Science And Technology In American Drama From 1913 To 1941., Charles Keith Cockrell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The growth of science and technology exploded in the first half of the twentieth century. At the same time America was developing for the first time a dramatic literature that was worthy of international respect. Beginning in 1913, when the young Eugene O'Neill wrote his first plays, this study traces the appearances of science and technology in the drama from that year until the start of World War II. Special attention has been given to the clock, the car, electronic communications, scientists, dehumanization in the machine age, technology as religion, and film. The drama of the era reveals a previously …

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Null Codon-Based Models Of Synonymous And Nonsynonymous Substitution From A Phylogenetic Perspective., David A. Mcclellan Jan 1999

Null Codon-Based Models Of Synonymous And Nonsynonymous Substitution From A Phylogenetic Perspective., David A. Mcclellan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation focuses on the relationship between codon composition and the molecular evolution of protein-coding DNA sequences. Chapter 1 emphasizes the role of codon structure in determining patterns of nucleotide substitution, as well as the influence codon composition has on the evolution of the structure and function of the protein. The overall purpose of Chapter 1 is to establish the need to study molecular evolution at the codon level. In Chapter 2, the codon-degeneracy model (CDM) of molecular evolution is constructed. This model considers codon structure in terms of patterns of nucleotide site degeneracy. It allows the prediction of patterns …

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A Troublesome Commerce: The Interstate Slave Trade, 1808-1840., Robert Harold Gudmestad Jan 1999

A Troublesome Commerce: The Interstate Slave Trade, 1808-1840., Robert Harold Gudmestad

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The interstate slave trade grew from a haphazard and intermittent enterprise in the early years of the nineteenth century to a central aspect of southern society. With the decline of the international trade and the decline of white migration to the frontier, southerners turned to the trade to supply their labor needs. Farmers in the Chesapeake region increasingly sold their "excess" bondservants to slave traders. These speculators brought a measure of systemization and regularity to the trade. As they did so, however, a significant number of Upper South citizens questioned the trade's efficacy. The wanton exploitation and naked cruelty of …

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The Names Project Aids Memorial Quilt: A Novelistic Approach To Decoding The Layers Of Meaning In The "Pieced" Social Drama., Louis Edward Myers Jan 1999

The Names Project Aids Memorial Quilt: A Novelistic Approach To Decoding The Layers Of Meaning In The "Pieced" Social Drama., Louis Edward Myers

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In this study, I focus on the AIDS crisis as a social drama, and evaluate the various functions the AIDS Memorial Quilt plays within that drama. Using Victor Turner's concept of social drama I first discuss the breach, crisis, redression, and reintegration stages. I identify two fundamental breaches in the AIDS drama---the health breach and the moral/religious breach. As regards the crisis phase of the drama, I identify specific crisis performers and performances. Although many attempts were made at redression, I conclude that most attempts were not successful as redressive acts. Rather than "solve" or "set straight" particular issues within …

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Epidemiology Of Anthrax In The Kruger National Park, South Africa: Genetic Diversity And Environment., Kimothy Lyn Smith Jan 1999

Epidemiology Of Anthrax In The Kruger National Park, South Africa: Genetic Diversity And Environment., Kimothy Lyn Smith

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Kruger National Park, (KNP), in the Republic of South Africa, provides a unique opportunity to investigate interesting and unresolved aspects of the epidemiology of the disease anthrax. Anthrax is a disease of primarily mammals caused by the Gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Beyond it's great historical significance anthrax is clearly important in the world today. From a rich legacy of empirical investigations and observations in the form of ecological and epidemiological studies conducted around the world this work endeavors to distill and extract the essence of what biotic and abiotic factors of environment might be causally associated with …

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Spatial Modeling Of Coastal Landscapes: Methodological And Scientific Applications., Mary Louise White Jan 1999

Spatial Modeling Of Coastal Landscapes: Methodological And Scientific Applications., Mary Louise White

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A number of issues related to landscape scale ecological modeling of the wetlands of southern Louisiana are examined in this study. First, using geostatistical methods, a new contour map of the wetland habitats in the Terrebonne basin of southern Louisiana is constructed from data collected in 1994. This map is proposed as the best field verified habitat map of the Terrebonne basin and contains statistical confidence intervals associated with the habitat contours. Second, the problem of how to evaluate the success of a landscape model prediction is investigated. The multiple resolution goodness of fit parameter Ft(k) is evaluated in detail …

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The Laser Optogalvanic Effect In Radio Frequency Plasma: Applications In Analytical Chemistry., Xuan Yao Jan 1999

The Laser Optogalvanic Effect In Radio Frequency Plasma: Applications In Analytical Chemistry., Xuan Yao

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The laser optogalvanic effect (LOGE) is the change of electrical impedance of a plasma produced by resonant absorption of laser radiation. Selected excitations can be used to detect specific species by tuning the laser to an appropriate wavelength. For optimum utilization of LOGE as a detection tool, one must understand the temporal profile of the LOGE signal in terms of the various processes occurring in the plasma. In this work, the characteristics of the LOGE signal and the potential applications of laser optogalvanic spectroscopy (LOGS) have been investigated. First, by analyzing the LOGE signal profiles of the neon excitations 1s2,4→2p1,3, …

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Restructuring Object -Oriented Designs Using A Metric-Driven Approach., Ghassan Salim Alkadi Jan 1999

Restructuring Object -Oriented Designs Using A Metric-Driven Approach., Ghassan Salim Alkadi

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The benefits of object-oriented software are now widely recognized. However, methodologies that are used to develop object-oriented software are still in their infancy. There is a lack of methods to assess the quality of the various components that are derived during the development process. The design of a system is a crucial component derived during the system development process. Little attention has been given to assessing object-oriented designs to determine the goodness of the designs. There are metrics that can provide guidance for assessing the quality of the design. The objective of this research is to develop a system to …

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Behavior Of Bensulfuron-Methyl As Affected By Soil Factors And Rice Management Aspects., Randall Otto Wilde Jan 1999

Behavior Of Bensulfuron-Methyl As Affected By Soil Factors And Rice Management Aspects., Randall Otto Wilde

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Multi-source regression models describing the control of alligatorweed with bensulfuron-methyl as influenced by rate and temperature were developed under field conditions. Temperature models describing the activity of bensulfuron-methyl at 21 to 84 g ai/ha on alligatorweed were linear 7 days after treatment (DAT) and quadratic 14 and 28 DAT. At 7 and 14 DAT, a minimum average temperature of 14 C was required for bensulfuron-methyl activity on alligatorweed. The temperatures for optimal alligatorweed control with bensulfuron-methyl at 14 DAT ranged from 21 to 24 C with rates of 21 to 84 g/ha. Temperatures for optimal alligatorweed control with bensulfuron-methyl at …

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Powerless Speech: The Effects Of Gender, Gendered Intensifiers, And Attitudes Toward Women On Speaker Credibility., Frances E. Brandau-Brown Jan 1999

Powerless Speech: The Effects Of Gender, Gendered Intensifiers, And Attitudes Toward Women On Speaker Credibility., Frances E. Brandau-Brown

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine powerful and powerless speech styles in relation to sex of speaker, sex of respondent, and attitudes toward women. Based on research by Bradac, Mulac, and Thompson (1995) it was proposed that the powerless speech style variable, intensifiers, could be divided into separate masculine and feminine domains. The Attitude Toward Women scale was used to classify respondents as either liberal or traditional. From this classification predictions were made using Expectancy Violation Theory to formulate a priori hypotheses about respondent perceptions of speaker competence, trustworthiness, and masculinity. Multivariate, univariate and post-hoc tests revealed that …

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Looking For Leadership: Searching In A Middle School For Reactions To Stimuli In Social Environments., Lucy Gremillion Begnaud Jan 1999

Looking For Leadership: Searching In A Middle School For Reactions To Stimuli In Social Environments., Lucy Gremillion Begnaud

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Leadership development lies at the heart of establishing a meaningful legacy for students. More important than subject matter and curriculum content, the affective traits we instill in our students will guide them. Such traits are at the core of leadership development, the focus of this qualitative research case study. An eight-month immersion in a fifth grade gifted enrichment program addressed the following questions: (a) What leadership opportunities do students have in a gifted enrichment program at the fifth grade level? (b) What could enrichment programs do to foster leadership development in their gifted students? Four themes emerged during this study: …

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Analysis Of *Policy Alternatives In The Implementation Of A Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program For Agriculture., Hugo Cardona Castillo Jan 1999

Analysis Of *Policy Alternatives In The Implementation Of A Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program For Agriculture., Hugo Cardona Castillo

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Agriculture has been singled out as one of the major nonpoint sources of water pollution. To identify alternative policy tools for the implementation of a non-regulatory approach to comply with the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (CNPCP) required by The Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, policy makers need to determine factors that may influence producers' willingness to adopt proposed Best Management Practices (BMPs). Neoclassical economic concepts of utility maximization on the part of agricultural producers constitutes the theoretical background in this study, but it is enhanced with the incorporation of a well proved set of theoretical tools based …

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