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Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1986, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Winter Food Habits Of Mink In Southern Louisiana, Andrew Jason Dolan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Mink food habits were determined by examining digestive tracts from animals trapped over four winters from forested wetland, crawfish farm, brackish marsh, fresh marsh, and ricefield habitats. In addition, an abdominal fat index was used to determine general body condition. Over all study areas, crawfish were the most important food items in mink diets, occurring in 64.6% of the tracts. Other major food groups - in order of decreasing frequencies of occurrence - were mammals, fishes, reptiles and amphibians, insects, and birds. Mink digestive tracts from the forested wetland habitat contained the greatest variety of food items. Forested wetland and …

Winter Food Habits Of Mink In Southern Louisiana, Andrew Jason Dolan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Mink food habits were determined by examining digestive tracts from animals trapped over four winters from forested wetland, crawfish farm, brackish marsh, fresh marsh, and ricefield habitats. In addition, an abdominal fat index was used to determine general body condition. Over all study areas, crawfish were the most important food items in mink diets, occurring in 64.6% of the tracts. Other major food groups - in order of decreasing frequencies of occurrence - were mammals, fishes, reptiles and amphibians, insects, and birds. Mink digestive tracts from the forested wetland habitat contained the greatest variety of food items. Forested wetland and …

Faculty Senate Resolution 85-10, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution on the Pre-Baccalaureate Committee (PBC), adopted on July 23, 1986.

Faculty Senate Resolution 85-11, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution on general education criteria, adopted on July 23, 1986.

Effects Of Chloride On Paramagnetic Coupling Of Manganese In Calcium Chloride-Washed Photosystem Ii Preparations, Gopinath Mavankal, Douglas C. Mccain, Terry M. Bricker

Faculty Publications

The effect of chloride on paramagnetic coupling of manganese in the oxygen-evolving complex of CaCl2--washed PS II preparations was examined using Q-band ESR. When these PS II preparations were depleted of chloride, a strong 6-line ESR signal characteristic of protein-bound, uncoupled manganese was observed. Incubation at high chloride concentrations caused the disappearance of this signal. By repeated removal and addition of chloride, the signal could be cycled on and off without loss of bound manganese. When in a chloride-depleted state, the ESR-detectable protein-bound manganese could be removed by treatment with EDTA. Subsequent heating of EDTA-treated preparations revealed a second pool …

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1986, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Systematics And Redescription Of The Blackside Darter, Percina Maculata (Girard), Eugene C. Beckham, Iii

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University

No abstract provided.

Scs 98: Z-Continuity, Z-Hypercompactness And Complete Distributivity, Marcel Erné

Seminar on Continuity in Semilattices

Source: University archive of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

Faculty Senate Resolution 85-09, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution regarding legislation for taxation of exchange grants, adopted on May 7, 1986.

Apartheid: A Legacy Of Calvinism, Rosalind Hollins

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Rumors, Runaways, Revolt!: An Overview Of Slave Unrest In Colonial And Territorial Louisiana, Morris Lewis Witten

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A major problem in the historiography of slavery in Louisiana is the reliance of too many historians on the early narratives. Because they lack scholarly citations and often contain erroneous information, evaluations of slavery based on these early sources are often inaccurate. By examining four periods of slave unrest in colonial and territorial Louisiana — the 1829-1830 conspiracy known as "Samba’s Revolt," the 1795 conspiracy at Pointe Coupee Parish, the incident of runaway slaves at Natchitoches in 1804, and the 1811 uprising in St. Charles Parish — one can determine how errors in fact, once they enter the history of …

Historical Geography Of Toledo Settlement, Belize, 1868-1985: A Transition From Confederate To East Indian Landscapes, Michael Anthony Camille

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Toledo Settlement of southeastern Belize, today an East Indian community, was established in 1868 by 66 ex-Confederates. This study, a traditional historical geography, documents the major events that shaped the settlement and reconstructs the former Confederate community at its peak as well as the present East Indian landscape. Such a setting provides a superb opportunity to study the transition of cultural landscapes.

The early settlers cleared land and established 16 estates totaling 400 acres. They eventually prospered with the cultivation of sugar which occurred, in part, because of immigration into the settlement of East Indians to work as indentured …

Faculty Senate Resolution 85-08, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution on divestment from South African holdings, adopted on April 15, 1986.

Lumières, Spring 1986, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Friends of the LSU Libraries

The bi-annual newsletters from the Friends of the Library contain information about upcoming and recent events, descriptions of new collections, a list of members, and occasional obituaries, which inform members of the news and needs of the LSU Libraries.

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Spring 1986, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Resolution 85-07, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution on contingency plans for university operation, adopted on March 11, 1986.

Faculty Senate Resolution 85-05, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution regarding disapproval of secret taping devices, adopted on January 22, 1986.

Gumbo Yearbook, Class Of 1986, 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.

Delayed Onset Of Muscle Soreness: Creatine Kinase As A Marker For Tissue Damage (Pgf(2a) Metabolite)., John Douglas Boatwright

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Twenty college age males participated in a weight-lifting experiment, 3 sets of 10 repetitions at 70% 1RM for the squat, to examine the time courses between creatine phosphokinase (CPK), prostaglandin F(,2) alpha metabolite (PGF(,2a) met) and ratings of perceived soreness (RPS). Both groups, aspirin (n = 10) and placebo (n = 10), received medication (3g/day) for four consecutive days, starting 1 day prior to workout. Ratings of soreness and blood samples were taken pre- and immediately post-exercise, and at 24 h intervals for 3 days after exercise. There was no significant difference (p < 0.05) between the groups for CPK and RPS across time, but the prostaglandins were significantly different (p < 0.01) at all time intervals between groups. Changes seen across time were quadratic for all variables. The 24 h prostaglandin level was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the pre-, post-exercise and 72 h levels, but not significantly different from the 48 h level. Ratings of soreness were not significantly different (p < 0.05) at the 24 and 48 h intervals, but both were significantly higher than at all other time intervals. The mean CPK levels at 24 and 48 h were not significantly different (p < 0.05), but the 24 h CPK level was significantly higher (p < 0.05) from the other time intervals. There was a significant correlation (p < 0.01) between the time courses of CPK and RPS. It was concluded that CPK can be used as a marker for tissue damage and that prostaglandins did not influence the subjects' perception of muscle soreness or the release or uptake of CPK.

Dynamics And Bioavailability Of Folates In Bovine Liver As A Function Of Processing And Frozen Storage (Folic Acid, Pteroylglutamates, Beef Liver)., Fadi Michael Aramouni

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Raw, broiled and fried beef liver samples were stored at -20(DEGREES)C in either vacuum or air-saturated packages. At periods of 30, 60 and 90 days the folates were extracted and analyzed by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Tetrahydrofolic acid (THF), dihydrofolic acid (DHF), 5-CH(,3)-THF, 5-CHO-THF and pteroylglutamic acid (PGA) were identified and quantitated. Two major folate oxidation products, pterin-6-carboxylic acid (pt-6-COOH) and p-aminobenzoylglutamic acid (p-ABG) were also detected. The total folate content of beef liver was higher than previously reported. PGA was not found in any of the samples but a large peak corresponding to the retention time …

Follower Incremental Compliance As A Function Of Leader Self-Monitoring Skills And Leader Situational Control (Discretion)., Tanya Cheer Clemons

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the moderating effects of two task variables--task structure and leader discretion--on the relationship between leader self-monitoring and the organizational outcomes of subordinate satisfaction, commitment, and job performance. It was hypothesized that task structure would be a negative moderator of the leadership-organizational outcomes relationships, whereas leader discretion would be a positive moderator. That is, leader self-monitoring would be significantly correlated with measures of subordinate satisfaction, commitment, and job performance when task structure was low and leader discretion was high. Data were collected from 58 upper-middle level managers of a large chemical processing plant, their 58 immediate superiors, and …

Apparent Thermal Diffusivity Of Soil Determined By Analysis Of Diurnal Temperatures (Fourier Series, Nonlinear Regression)., Thomas Anthony Costello

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A method of indirect measurement of the apparent thermal diffusivity of soil, in situ, was developed, tested, and evaluated. The method was based on an analysis of diurnal variations in soil temperature measured at several depths near the surface of an undisturbed mineral soil (a silty clay loam), near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A thermocouple insertion technique was developed and implemented to precisely locate the sensors in undisturbed soil, thereby reducing experimental error in soil temperature measurement. The apparent thermal diffusivity was determined from an implicit relationship derived from transient one dimensional heat conduction theory. Nonlinear regression analysis was used to …

A Study Of Experiences Provided In The Home Environment Associated With Accelerated Reading Abilities As Reported By Parents Of Intellectually Superior Preschoolers., Jeanne Marie Laporte Burns

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to look beyond the general effect that intelligence and environment have upon the development of reading and investigate (a) differences in how accelerated readers and nonreaders perform on written language tasks and (b) differences in written language experiences provided in the home environment, as reported by parents, associated with the development of accelerated reading abilities. Due to the broadness of the term written language, only four aspects of written language were examined (i.e., awareness of concepts about print, awareness of print in the environment, awareness of letter/sound correspondences in words--invented spelling, and awareness during …

Summer Time Allocation In Vocational Agriculture Programs In The United States (12-Month Programs, Extended Contract)., Susan Skripac Camp

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine what activities vocational agriculture teachers in the United States believed should be a part of their summer programs and what they actually did during the summer of 1983. Three instruments were used to collect data for this study: a two-page questionnaire to state supervisors of agricultural education to determine what statewide activities were scheduled for teacher participation, a three-page questionnaire to 227 vocational agriculture teachers to gather program and teacher information and to determine what the teachers believed should be accomplished during their summer program, and a one-page bi-weekly summary to be …

An Investigation Of The Public High School Band Programs Of A Large City In Southeast Louisiana, Including Attitudes Of Senior Band Students., Earl Jacob Fox Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the public high school band programs of a large city in southeast Louisiana. A secondary purpose was to gather attitudes of senior band students toward their respective programs. Anonymity for the school district studied was guaranteed through a contractual agreement signed with the local school board. Data for the investigation were collected through the use of two original questionnaires devised to gather information from band directors and senior band members. Fourteen instrumental teachers participated in this study along with one hundred seventy-six students. Results from this study reveal that the majority …

Corporate Ownership, Dividend Policy, And Capital Structure Under Asymmetric Information., Upinder Singh Dhillon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study investigates the role of insider ownership in the dividend policy and the leverage decision of the firm. An asymmetric information model is developed with the proportion of equity owned by insiders, dividend payout, and debt as signals of firm value. Analysis of the model yields testable hypotheses that insider ownership is negatively related to the payout and debt ratio of a firm. Cross-sectional regression analysis of leverage and payout ratio of the insider ownership is performed to test for the hypotheses. The hypothesis that firms with large insider holdings have lower leverage than firms with small insider holdings …

Facilitative And Inhibitory Interactions Among Estuarine Meiobenthic Harpacticoid Copepods (Commensalism, Benthos, Louisiana)., George Thomas Chandler Ii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In Louisiana, USA, marshes, the harpacticoid copepods Scottolana canadensis and Pseudostenhelia wellsi are community co-dominants with similar lifestyles. Scottolana canadensis is a semi-sessile burrow-dweller capable of subsurface suspension and deposit feeding. Pseudostenhelia wellsi is a semi-sessile tube-building copepod that continuously corkscrews back and forth within its tube and appears to graze on the inner tube walls. Monospecific patches of both species (250 (.) 5cm('-2)) were generated in laboratory microcosms to determine their effects on colonization by two completely errant, burrowing harpacticoids, Nitocra lacustris and Cletocamptus deitersi, that have similar foraging and burrowing behaviors and similar effects on sediment structure. Pseudostenhelia …

The Contextual Interference Effect In Learning An Open Motor Skill (Random Practice, Blocked Practice)., Sinah Louise Goode

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this series of experiments was to assess contextual interference effects for novices learning an open skill. Previous research has found that a random practice schedule as opposed to a blocked or repetitious schedule of practice facilitates retention and transfer in the learning of motor skills. The task required female subjects to throw a ball at a target to coincide the arrival of a trackway of light with the arrival of the ball. All subjects were inexperienced in throwing and open sport skills. Experiment 1 was designed to test contextual interference results on novices learning an open skill …

The Effects Of Curriculum Tracking On Women's Occupational Outcomes: A Test Of The Correspondence Principle., Leroy Allen Furr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In recent years, Marxist theories have challenged the traditional, meritocratic perspective dominant in the sociology of education. The meritocracy assumes that schools, like the larger society, are based on the premise of equal opportunity; success in school is the result of hard work and good grades, which lead to good jobs and good incomes. Bowles and Gintis, among other revisionists, disagree arguing that the structure of education, sorting students into segregated, hierarchical curriculum tracks, mirrors the structure of the capitalist workplace and reproduces the existing class system such that the most advantaged persons and groups continue to fare well while …