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Studies On The Molecular Cloning Of A Gene For Beta-Glucosidase From A Bacillus Cereus/Cellulomonas Sp. Hybrid Bacterium Derived Through Protoplast Fusion., Eun Soo Han Jan 1986

Studies On The Molecular Cloning Of A Gene For Beta-Glucosidase From A Bacillus Cereus/Cellulomonas Sp. Hybrid Bacterium Derived Through Protoplast Fusion., Eun Soo Han

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A (beta)-glucosidase gene was cloned from a cellulolytic bacterium, which was obtained by hybrid-formation between Bacillus cereus and a Cellulomonas sp. through protoplast fusion, into Escherichia coli plasmid pBR322 using recombinant DNA techniques. E. coli strain transformants of JM83 harboring this cloned plasmid were able to utilize cellobiose as a carbon source. (beta)-glucosidase activity was assayed in these cells by P-nitrophenyl (beta)-D-glucopyranoside (PNPG) hydrolysis. Hybridization of the cloned DNA fragment with DNA from the hybrid organism was performed by Southern transfer (92) and DNA/DNA dot blot procedures. The hybridization data strongly suggested that the DNA cloned into pBR322 was from …

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Family Support Factors Associated With The Self-Esteem Of Mature Women Enrolled In Selected Louisiana Colleges And Universities., Pamela Moore Lafont Jan 1986

Family Support Factors Associated With The Self-Esteem Of Mature Women Enrolled In Selected Louisiana Colleges And Universities., Pamela Moore Lafont

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The purpose of this study was to determine factors of family support associated with the self-esteem of women over the age of 35 who were enrolled in selected Louisiana colleges and universities. This research was part of a larger project "Women Returning to School: Self-Esteem and Family Factors" which was conducted through the Agricultural Experiment Station at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The sample consisted of 500 randomly selected women students born in or before 1946 who were enrolled in four Louisiana universities and colleges located in the southeast part of the state (excluding law, medical, and dental schools, …

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The Effect Of Instruction In A Metacognitive Strategy On Functional Reading Of Learning Disabled Students (Comprehension, Special Education, Literacy)., Karen Jean Ortego Lacroix Jan 1986

The Effect Of Instruction In A Metacognitive Strategy On Functional Reading Of Learning Disabled Students (Comprehension, Special Education, Literacy)., Karen Jean Ortego Lacroix

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of instruction in a metacognitive self-monitoring strategy on functional reading ability of 15- and 16-year-old learning disabled students. Metacognitive strategy training has been shown to be effective with older or better readers when used with content or narrative materials This study was unique in that the metacognitive self-monitoring instruction was provided utilizing functional or everyday reading materials. The study, which consisted of a pretest, eight periods of instruction, a posttest and a delayed test was conducted with 31 high school students indentified as having specific learning disabilities. The students were randomly assigned …

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Application Of Synoptic Weather Types In The Analysis Of Evaporation In Southern Louisiana (Climatology)., Gregory James Mccabe Jr Jan 1986

Application Of Synoptic Weather Types In The Analysis Of Evaporation In Southern Louisiana (Climatology)., Gregory James Mccabe Jr

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An analysis of pan evaporation by synoptic weather types revealed that pan evaporation rates vary significantly by weather type conditions. Fair weather types are associated with the greatest evaporation rates as was expected, and stormy weather types with the least. These findings are primarily related to the variation of solar radiation by weather type. An investigation of the relationship of pan evaporation to solar radiation by synoptic weather types revealed that the ratio of pan evaporation, expressed in energy units, to incoming solar radiation, also varies considerably by synoptic weather types. In general it was found that stormy weather types …

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The Effect Of Educational Technology Variables On Elementary Education Student Achievement (Instructional Materials, Educational Media)., Deborah Scruggs Miller Jan 1986

The Effect Of Educational Technology Variables On Elementary Education Student Achievement (Instructional Materials, Educational Media)., Deborah Scruggs Miller

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether educational technology variables differentiate between "effective" and "ineffective" elementary schools. It was hypothesized that "effective schools" use educational media in instruction more frequently than "ineffective schools". It was also expected that "effective schools" use educational media in qualitatively superior ways to "ineffective schools". In addition, it was predicted that "effective schools" would have better prepared teachers in educational media and teachers with more years of teaching experience than "ineffective schools". The sample consisted of fourteen elementary schools located in 12 school districts throughout Louisiana. Each school was determined to be either …

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Improvement Of Rice Through Somaculture (Somaclonal Variation, Plant Histology, Cell Culture)., Cao Jun Jan 1986

Improvement Of Rice Through Somaculture (Somaclonal Variation, Plant Histology, Cell Culture)., Cao Jun

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Research was conducted to develop methods for improving rice through somaclonal variation using plant tissue culture techniques. Experiments were directed toward developing an efficient culture system by which plants could be efficiently regenerated in rice somaculture. Histological studies of the process of callus formation and plant regeneration were also carried out. Explant sources evaluated for their potential for callus induction and plant regeneration included seedling mesocotyl, root-tips, embryos from mature seeds, nodes, immature panicles, and mature panicles. Immature panicles gave the best callus induction and plant regeneration. It was determined that it was necessary to add 2,4-D to the medium …

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Le Symbolisme De L'Invitation Dans La Poesie D'Alfred De Vigny: Une Etude De Cinq Categories Ou Themes-Symboles. (French Text)., Carlos Moda Jan 1986

Le Symbolisme De L'Invitation Dans La Poesie D'Alfred De Vigny: Une Etude De Cinq Categories Ou Themes-Symboles. (French Text)., Carlos Moda

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Cette etude consiste en une analyse thematique des Poemes antiques et modernes et des Destinees d'Alfred de Vigny. Notre but etait de montrer que la poesie de Vigny traite d'une double manifes- tation du probleme de la destinee, a savoir l'angoisse metaphysique et le souci litteraire. C'est notre conviction en effet qu'en utilisant "le symbolisme de l'invitation," Vigny a essaye de faire face a ce double probleme. Vigny "invite" le lecteur et le personnage au voyage, a la maison, au discours, au silence et a la mort, themes recurrents dont le poete se sert pour faire face a la destinee. …

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Effect Of Experimental Ostertagia Ostertagi Infection Or Chronic Pentagastrin Treatment On Abomasal Pathophysiology And Morphology Of Goats., Judit Eva Markovits Jan 1986

Effect Of Experimental Ostertagia Ostertagi Infection Or Chronic Pentagastrin Treatment On Abomasal Pathophysiology And Morphology Of Goats., Judit Eva Markovits

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European-type mixed-breed goat kids were infected with Ostertagia ostertagi or were given chronic pentagastrin treatment. Selected clinicopathological parameters and fecal egg counts were monitored throughout the study. At necropsy the abomasal physical parameters were recorded and tissue samples were saved for parasite recovery, quantitative and qualitative light microscopy and transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Serum pepsinogen and gastrin immunoreactivity increased in parasitized animals. The increase was associated with the tissue phase of the parasitic development. Pentagastrin did not alter pepsinogen or gastrin immunoreactivity. All 8 infected animals had patent infection, and approximately 5% establishment of the infective dose of 15,000 …

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A Monte Carlo Investigation Of Nonparametric One-Way Multivariate Analysis Of Variance (Rank Transformation, Normal Scores, Manova Test, Robustness)., Geon Seek Myung Jan 1986

A Monte Carlo Investigation Of Nonparametric One-Way Multivariate Analysis Of Variance (Rank Transformation, Normal Scores, Manova Test, Robustness)., Geon Seek Myung

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research is concerned with the rank and normal score transform procedures in which the usual parametric procedures are applied to the ranks of the data and the normal scores based on the ranks instead of the original data in one-way multvariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Four MANOVA test criteria were compared in terms of the parametric, rank and normal score procedures: (1) Roy's largest root, R, (2) Lawley-Hotelling trace, T, (3) Wilks's likelihood ratio, W and (4) Bartlett-Nanda-Pillai trace, V. A Monte Carlo investigation was designed to compare the procedures in terms of control of Type I error and …

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Explicit Instruction In Story Structure: Effects On Preschoolers' Listening Comprehension (Story Grammar)., Joanne L. Ratliff Jan 1986

Explicit Instruction In Story Structure: Effects On Preschoolers' Listening Comprehension (Story Grammar)., Joanne L. Ratliff

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The purpose of the present study was to examine whether instruction in story structure improved preschoolers' comprehension of stories. Preschool children were pretested on: (a) oral story production, (b) story rule knowledge (structural elements), (c) free recall of a story, and (d) probed recall. Students who were identified as less skilled by these four measures were randomly assigned to one of three groups: instruction, story, or control. The instruction group received two weeks of explicit instruction in story structure based on a story rule format. The story group listened to the same rule format. The story group listened to the …

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Benthic Microfloral Production On The West And Gulf Coasts Of The United States: Techniques For Analyzing Dynamic Data (Entropy Data Analysis)., Gary Paul Shaffer Jan 1986

Benthic Microfloral Production On The West And Gulf Coasts Of The United States: Techniques For Analyzing Dynamic Data (Entropy Data Analysis)., Gary Paul Shaffer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objective of this study was to compare benthic microfloral production on the west and gulf coasts of the U.S.A., and to determine what factors govern that production. Intensive, month long field studies were conducted at two sites in a salt marsh lagoon (Mugu Lagoon) in southern California and at two sites in a shallow water estuary (Barataria Estuary) in southwest Louisiana. For both studies, fluctuations in production during a single month approximated those measured previously over an entire year: daily production varied from 0 to 1500 mg C (.) m('-2). A comparison was made between the sources of error …

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Determination Of The Thermal Death Time Of Clostridium Botulinum Type E In Crawfish (Procambarus Clarkii) Tailmeat., Carmen Alicia Oquendo De Pantoja Jan 1986

Determination Of The Thermal Death Time Of Clostridium Botulinum Type E In Crawfish (Procambarus Clarkii) Tailmeat., Carmen Alicia Oquendo De Pantoja

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The thermal death time of Clostridium botulinum type E spores in crawfish tailmeat was determined at temperatures ranging from 80 to 95(DEGREES)C. Crawfish paste containing 10('6) spores per gram was dispensed into 16 x 125 mm test tubes, which were subsequently placed in water baths preset at the test temperatures. Sample tubes were removed from the baths at predetermined time intervals and incubated anaerobically for up to two months. The D value for the spores in crawfish tailmeat was determined from the corrected time of exposure to the heat and survival data using three methods of calculation. D values were …

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Moral Evaluation: An Investigation Of Developmental Patterns In The Use Of Cognitive Algebra (Information Integration)., Anthony Herman Speier Jr Jan 1986

Moral Evaluation: An Investigation Of Developmental Patterns In The Use Of Cognitive Algebra (Information Integration)., Anthony Herman Speier Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Information integration theory suggests that differences in the moral judgments of children and adults is an example of a development process of information integration where younger children employ a unidimensional integration rule, and older children and adults employ multidimensional integration rules. Studies that utilize the information integration approach involve single-episode stories in which two or three levels of intention and consequence story cues are manipulated in a within-subjects factorial design. The present study manipulated two sources of information about the story protagonist, as well as information about his intentions and the consequences. The four variables manipulated were: (a) personal goodness …

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The Effect Of Temperature And Humidity Stress On Plasma Progesterone, Luteinizing Hormone And Cortisol Profiles Following Cloprostenol Injection In Cycling Holstein Cows In A Controlled Environment (Environmental Physiology, Reproduction, Prostaglandins)., Anandarajah Sri Kanda Kumar Jan 1986

The Effect Of Temperature And Humidity Stress On Plasma Progesterone, Luteinizing Hormone And Cortisol Profiles Following Cloprostenol Injection In Cycling Holstein Cows In A Controlled Environment (Environmental Physiology, Reproduction, Prostaglandins)., Anandarajah Sri Kanda Kumar

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The effect of heat stress on plasma profiles of progesterone, luteinizing hormone (LH) and cortisol was evaluated following cloprostenol (500 (mu)g) induced luteolysis in lactating and non-lactating cows in a controlled environment. Another experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of heat stress on the superovulatory response in lactating cows. The plasma progesterone, LH and total estrogen concentrations were not altered by heat stress (P > 0.05) when the average rectal temperatures of both lactating and non-lactating cows were raised to 39.83(DEGREES)C (103.7(DEGREES)F). However, plasma cortisol was significantly suppressed (P < 0.05) during heat stress. Luteolysis was followed by a preovulatory LH surge in all cows following cloprostenol and thus heat stress did not appear to alter the responsiveness of the corpus luteum to cloprostenol and the factors which regulate the hypothalamic control of LH release. Preovulatory LH peaks were preceded by total estrogen peaks and therefore heat stress did not appear to alter the positive feedback of estrogens from the preovulatory follicles to release LH from the pituitary gland. The magnitude of the diurnal variation of cortisol was higher during lower stress. LH peaks were seen irrespective of cortisol concentrations during both higher and lower stress treatments. However, LH peaks coincided with those of cortisol and total estrogens during lower stress treatments in both lactating and non-lactating cows. An altered diurnal variation in rectal temperatures was seen following LH peaks during lower stress. Fifteen transferable embryos were recovered during lower stress (15/34 or 44%) compared to one transferable embryo (1/4 or 25%) during higher stress (P > 0.05) in the superovulation study. Thus it appears that heat stress …

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The Spatial And Temporal Variability Of The Polar Front In The Sea Of Japan (Polar Front, Eddies, Thermal Gradient)., Taebo Shim Jan 1986

The Spatial And Temporal Variability Of The Polar Front In The Sea Of Japan (Polar Front, Eddies, Thermal Gradient)., Taebo Shim

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The spatial and temporal variability of the Polar Front in the Sea of Japan is investigated by analyzing both the conventional hydrographic data from the files of NODC and sea surface temperature (SST) data and sea height data derived from satellites. The root mean square variability of the annual mean frontal position, which extends from 38.5(DEGREES)N near the Korean Peninsula to 41.5(DEGREES)N near the Tsugaru Strait, is about 100 to 120 km in the western and central region and is 300 km in the eastern region. The Polar Frontal zone appears to be unstable in summer, suggested by the large …

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The Status Of Modal Counterpoint In Selected Colleges And Universities In The United States And A Survey Of Selected Modal Counterpoint Textbooks (Sixteenth-Century)., John Peter Senick Jan 1986

The Status Of Modal Counterpoint In Selected Colleges And Universities In The United States And A Survey Of Selected Modal Counterpoint Textbooks (Sixteenth-Century)., John Peter Senick

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A questionnaire was devised to determine the general status of modal counterpoint classes in selected colleges and universities in the United States and to discover the most-used modal counterpoint textbooks, specifically those exhibiting the direct approach; it was sent to 152 NASM approved schools, and 117 (76.97%) responses were obtained. Information was requested about the types of counterpoint classes offered, the respondents' ratings of the modal counterpoint texts they use, teaching aids and techniques, and ways in which modal counterpoint is included in the music curriculum. Ninety-one (77.8%) of the 117 responding institutions included modal counterpoint in their course offerings. …

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Effects Of Prereading Vocabulary Strategies On Vocabulary And Comprehension Of Basal Stories By Primary Children., Dana G. Thames Jan 1986

Effects Of Prereading Vocabulary Strategies On Vocabulary And Comprehension Of Basal Stories By Primary Children., Dana G. Thames

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study focused on the instructional use of three prereading vocabulary strategies, Directed Reading Activity, Reconciled Reading Lesson and List-Group-Label, as a means for improving vocabulary and comprehension of basal reader stories. Subjects were 66 average and above-average second-grade students. Data were collected over a seven-day period with instruction and post-testing occurring on alternating days. Data were analyzed in three ways. First, a repeated measures analysis of variance on the pre- and post-test vocabulary scores indicated that statistically significant amounts of learning took place within each instructional group. Second, an analysis of variance was used to assess the effects of …

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Plant Germination And Growth Inhibitors From Ceratiola Ericoides And Calamintha Ashei (Herbicides, Allelopathy, Monoterpenes, Phenolics)., Nesrin Tanrisever Jan 1986

Plant Germination And Growth Inhibitors From Ceratiola Ericoides And Calamintha Ashei (Herbicides, Allelopathy, Monoterpenes, Phenolics)., Nesrin Tanrisever

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

As part of a chemical-ecological study of the Florida scrub community, Ceratiola ericoides (Empetraceae) and Calamintha ashei (Lamiaceae) were chemically investigated for natural products with possible allelochemical activities. The chromatographic separations and chemical investigations were guided by germination and radicle growth bioassays performed on seeds of commercial lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and Schizachyrium scoparium, a native grass of the Florida sandhill community. From the dichloromethane extract of aerial parts of C. ericoides, 2', 4'-dihydroxychalcone, the dihydrochalcones angoletin and 2',6'-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-3',5'-dimethyldihydrochalcone, the flavanones 8-methylpinocembrin, 6,8-dimethylpinocembrin and 7-hydroxyflavanone were isolated along with the triterpenes erytrodiol and ursolic acid. Significant inhibition on S. scoparium radicle …

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Theoretical Analyses And Practical Applications To The Rehearsal And Performance Of Selected Wind-Band Compositions By W. Francis Mcbeth. (Volumes I-Iv)., Richard James Smith Jan 1986

Theoretical Analyses And Practical Applications To The Rehearsal And Performance Of Selected Wind-Band Compositions By W. Francis Mcbeth. (Volumes I-Iv)., Richard James Smith

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The works analyzed in this report--Mosaic, Divergents, The Seventh Seal, To Be Fed By Ravens, and Kaddish--were selected by the composer, W. Francis McBeth. Each of these compositions is analyzed according to the following criteria: instrumentation and scoring, harmony, melody, rhythm, form, and rehearsal and performance problems. A short introduction to each analytical chapter includes background information on the composition under investigation. Errors in the full and condensed scores, as well as the individual parts, of each work for wind band are listed in the introduction to the final section of each analysis. The rehearsal and performance problems discussed by …

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Vertebrate Paleontology Of The Cretaceous/Tertiary Transition Of Big Bend National Park, Texas (Lancian, Puercan, Mammalia, Dinosauria, Paleomagnetism)., Barbara R. Standhardt Jan 1986

Vertebrate Paleontology Of The Cretaceous/Tertiary Transition Of Big Bend National Park, Texas (Lancian, Puercan, Mammalia, Dinosauria, Paleomagnetism)., Barbara R. Standhardt

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Screen washing of material from new and previously known fossil localities in Late Cretaceous/early Tertiary deposits in Big Bend National Park, Texas resulted in establishing the presence of sediments of early Paleocene (Puercan) age in the upper Javelina Member of the Tornillo Formation. Deposition of the Tornillo Formation was probably continuous across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Preliminary paleomagnetic zonation indicates that the highest occurrence of dinosaurs at Bid Bend is in a reversed interval. At least part of the early mafic stage of Laramide magmatism in the Big Bend area was post-early Paleocene in age. A new Maastrichtian locality in the …

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Chemical And Physical Characteristics Of Pepper Mash And Hot Pepper Sauce., Abdul Rahman Awad Jan 1986

Chemical And Physical Characteristics Of Pepper Mash And Hot Pepper Sauce., Abdul Rahman Awad

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Three different treatments of salt 6, 8 and 10% were used in the process of aging hot pepper mash in oak and plastic barrels over a period of two years. The chemical characteristics of the changes during the aging process of these mashes were determined. These characteristics included pH, titratable acidity, salt content, color changes and total pectic substances. The pectic substances were degraded by the hot pepper pectic enzymes very rapidly after only a few days of aging. This degradation could be retarded by increasing the salt content of the mash or by aging in oak barrels. However, the …

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An Adiabatic Study Of The Positronium Negative Ion And Other Three-Particle Systems., Javier Botero Jan 1986

An Adiabatic Study Of The Positronium Negative Ion And Other Three-Particle Systems., Javier Botero

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In an effort to unravel the dependence of the dynamics of three-bound-particle systems on the relative masses of the particles, an adiabatic treatment in hyperspherical coordinates is used to study the ground state and some doubly excited states of Ps('-) (positronium negative ion) and other three-particle systems, including H('-) and M('-) (muonium negative ion). Two different methods for the solution of the adiabatic eigenvalue equation are presented; one uses a "prediagonalized" basis of hyperspherical harmonics, and the other uses an asymptotic basis which consists of hydrogenic functions for the positronium. Potential curves for Ps('-) and M('-) in the ('1)S('e), ('1)P('o), …

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Equine Herpesviruses Type 1 And 2: Growth And Cytopathic Expression In Organ Cultures Of Equine Respiratory Epithelium And In Cell Cultures (Electron Microscopy, Morphogenesis)., Emmanuel Eddie Brako Jan 1986

Equine Herpesviruses Type 1 And 2: Growth And Cytopathic Expression In Organ Cultures Of Equine Respiratory Epithelium And In Cell Cultures (Electron Microscopy, Morphogenesis)., Emmanuel Eddie Brako

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The pathogenesis of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) and type 2 (EHV-2) respiratory infection was studied in cell and organ cultures by infectivity assays following experimental infections (growth kinetics), and by light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The cell cultures included fetal donkey and pony alveolar macrophages (FDAM/FPAM), fetal equine kidney (FEK), rabbit kidney (LLC-RK(,1)), and african green monkey kidney (VERO) cells. Organ cultures were derived from respiratory tissues (nasal, tracheal and pharyngeal mucosae) of seronegative donkey (F1D1) and pony (F1M1) fetuses, and of a seropositive adult pony (A1). In the cell cultures, EHV-1 multiplied and produced cytopathic effects (CPE) …

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Effects Of Job Stress, Coping, And Type A Behavior Among Recently-Graduated Nurses., Brian Andrew Bienn Jan 1986

Effects Of Job Stress, Coping, And Type A Behavior Among Recently-Graduated Nurses., Brian Andrew Bienn

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A model integrating elements of job stress theory, coping theory, and Type A behavior research was developed and tested in the present study. The model was employed to generate numerous hypotheses concerning proposed relations among job stresses, coping strategies, Type A behavior, and stress-related outcomes. These hypotheses were tested utilizing questionnaire data collected from 136 recently-graduated nurses in ten hospitals. As predicted, Type A was positively associated with job stresses, both Type A and job stresses were related to felt strain and organizational commitment, and commitment predicted turnover intention. Hypotheses concerning the proposed moderating effect of coping on the stress-strain …

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Some Factors Associated With The Effectiveness Of The Agricultural Production Component In Areas Of Integrated Rural Development In Colombia As Perceived By Farmers (Crop Technology)., Luis Eduardo Chaves E. Jan 1986

Some Factors Associated With The Effectiveness Of The Agricultural Production Component In Areas Of Integrated Rural Development In Colombia As Perceived By Farmers (Crop Technology)., Luis Eduardo Chaves E.

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was conducted in two Integrated Rural Development Districts in Colombia; South Tolima and Fusagasuga. Its specific objectives were: (1) To determine the extent to which: (a) the factors included in the agricultural production component of the DRI program (research, extension, credit, marketing), in addition to farmland and climate were limiting crop productivity; (b) the DRI program was effectively transferring crop technology; (c) farmers adopted recommended crop technology; (2) To determine: (a) some of the reasons that limited adoption of agricultural technology; (b) changes in crop production; (c) some relevant characteristics of the DRI credit and marketing programs; (d) …

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Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Alienation Among The Aged Participants Of The East Baton Rouge Parish Council On Aging Senior Centers., Ollie Collden Gary Christian Jan 1986

Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Alienation Among The Aged Participants Of The East Baton Rouge Parish Council On Aging Senior Centers., Ollie Collden Gary Christian

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objective of this research was to investigate the level of alienation among a sample of aged respondents from East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging Senior Centers. The second objective was to determine if black aged respondents would be more alienated than white aged respondents, and the third objective was to determine the relationship between seven independent variables (RACE, EDUCATION, CHURCH WORK, LIVING ARRANGEMENT, VOLUNTEER WORK, INCOME and HEALTH RATING) and four subtypes of alienation (PERSONAL ISOLATION, GROUP ISOLATION, POWERLESSNESS and NORMLESSNESS). The sample was comprised to 200 respondents who were selected through a stratified random sampling procedure. The …

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The Assessment Of Health Status In Hemodialysis Patients., Barbara Kathryn Bruce Jan 1986

The Assessment Of Health Status In Hemodialysis Patients., Barbara Kathryn Bruce

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The assessment of health status has become of paramount importance as efforts expand to explore the impact of psychological factors and lifestyle variables on disease. The need to clearly assess the efficacy of interventions designed to improve health and prevent health problems has provided an impetus for the development of assessment methodology in this area. There remains a need not only for vigorous research directed at the development of reliable and valid measures of health status, but also a critical need for the empirical validation of existing instruments. The complexity of variables influencing the health status of patients maintained on …

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Extreme Elements In Semigroups (Quasiorders, Green's)., Carol Esther Collins Jan 1986

Extreme Elements In Semigroups (Quasiorders, Green's)., Carol Esther Collins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

We study the elements of a semigroup which are minimal or maximal with respect to Green's quasiorders. Part 1 begins with a preliminary review. The sets of minimal elements are characterized in terms of minimal ideals. We discuss the relationship between the min set of a semigroup and the min set of a subsemigroup. The sets of maximal elements are characterized, and it is shown that these sets do not necessarily satisfy any inclusion relationships to each other. We discuss the max sets of subsemigroups and product semigroups. Conditions are given under which the max sets and min sets can …

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Circadian Lipogenic Responses To Insulin And Prolactin., Anthony Henry Cincotta Jan 1986

Circadian Lipogenic Responses To Insulin And Prolactin., Anthony Henry Cincotta

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Lipogenic responsiveness to insulin was investigated at different times of day in freshly isolated hepatocytes and in primary cultured hepatocytes of Syrian hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus held on 14 hour daily photoperiods (lights on: 08.00) by following (('14)C)acetate incorporation into total cell lipid. The influence of prolactin on lipogenesis was tested by adding the hormone in vivo and directly to primary cultured hepatocytes. The findings of these studies are unique in that they demonstrate important roles of temporal interaction between prolactin and insulin in regulation of lipogenesis in cultured hepatocytes. They are summarized as follows: (1) A circadian variation of lipogenesis …

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Jurors' Decisions In A Simulated Trial Of The Pms Defense: Background Characteristics And Attitudes Toward Menstruation., Marjorie Carole Donohoe Jan 1986

Jurors' Decisions In A Simulated Trial Of The Pms Defense: Background Characteristics And Attitudes Toward Menstruation., Marjorie Carole Donohoe

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This mock jury study assessed the feasibility of utilizing Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) as a substantive defense in a capital case. One hundred-eighty mock jurors were asked to render judgments in identical cases of spouse murder with one of three defenses: (1) temporary insanity due to PMS; (2) temporary insanity with a reported history of psychiatric treatment; and (3) temporary insanity brought about by extreme emotional trauma. Results indicated that mock jurors rejected an insanity defense for the PMS defendant. Jurors were more willing to render an NGRI (Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity) verdict for the defendant with a documented …

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