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Academic Achievement And Acceptance Of Home And School Responsibilities By Elementary School Students., Elizabeth Thomas Walsh Jan 1980

Academic Achievement And Acceptance Of Home And School Responsibilities By Elementary School Students., Elizabeth Thomas Walsh

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to answer the following questions as applied to (a) acceptance of responsibility at home, (b) acceptance of responsibility at school, and (c) academic achievement: (1) Is there a correlation between a child's acceptance of responsibility at home and acceptance of responsibility at school? (2) Is there a correlation between a child's acceptance of responsibility at home as perceived by his mother and his academic achievement? (3) Is there a correlation between a child's acceptance of responsibility at school as perceived by his teacher and his academic achievement? (4) Is there a correlation between a composite of …

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French-English Bilingual Education And Language Achievement Of Second Graders., Paula Marie Claverie Childress Jan 1980

French-English Bilingual Education And Language Achievement Of Second Graders., Paula Marie Claverie Childress

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not second grade students in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana changed differentially in reading and language achievement from regular classroom students as a result of participation in the French-English Bilingual Program. A second purpose was to ascertain whether students in the bilingual program achieved significantly in developing French language ability. Data was coded for the 278 students in the study. The statistical findings (tested at the .05 level) are summarized as follows: (1) Bilingual students did not change differentially in reading achievement from regular classroom students. (2) Females in the bilingual program …

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Quality Evaluation Of Some Combinations Of Unit Uniform Random Number Generators And Unit Normal Transformation Algorithms., Win-Yeu Winnie Chen Jan 1980

Quality Evaluation Of Some Combinations Of Unit Uniform Random Number Generators And Unit Normal Transformation Algorithms., Win-Yeu Winnie Chen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Due to the wide applications of normal random variates and the fact that applications are usually affected by their accuracy, an extensive study of the quality evaluation of unit uniform random number generators and unit normal transformation algorithms that are applications specific is recommended. In most simulation applications it is implicitly assumed that if any "good" unit uniform random number generator is used in combination with any "good" transformation algorithm. The resulting random variates will have good properties of randomness and will have the desired fit. The results of this research shows that this assumption is false. Use of good, …

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Dynamics Of Flow In The Region Of The Tsugaru Strait., Dennis Michael Conlon Jan 1980

Dynamics Of Flow In The Region Of The Tsugaru Strait., Dennis Michael Conlon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Tsugaru Strait is one of four straits that connect the Sea of Japan to adjacent oceans. Flow dynamics in the Tsugaru Strait region are closely tied to the dynamics of the Tsushima Current, a branch of the Kuroshio that enters the Sea of Japan through the Korea Strait and exits through the Tsugaru and Soya Straits. This research concentrates on the dynamic interplay of the Tsushima Current and the Tsugaru Strait in three regions: the inflow region (Sea of Japan side), the strait itself, and the outflow region (North Pacific side). Dynamic calculations and steric sea leveling in the …

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Degree Of Handicap And Adjustment In Children With Cerebral Palsy., Robert Nolan Cuyler Jan 1980

Degree Of Handicap And Adjustment In Children With Cerebral Palsy., Robert Nolan Cuyler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A review of the literature on physical disability reveals competing viewpoints on the relationship between degree of severity of handicap and adjustment. Several studies report that severely disabled individuals exhibit more serious adjustment problems than the mildly handicapped, due to the social reactions to the visibility of deficits and to reductions in functioning and coping due to brain dysfunction. Other research efforts report the opposite relationship and hypothesize that the "marginal" position of mildly handicapped individuals leads to inconsistent and confusing expectations and resultant psychopathology. Sampling and assessment difficulties with these studies, especially in regard to the heterogeneity of experimental …

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The Effect Of Attribution Training And Visual Response Cues On Persistence Following Failure., Renee Favret Jan 1980

The Effect Of Attribution Training And Visual Response Cues On Persistence Following Failure., Renee Favret

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Achievement motivation and locus of control in black children attending a public school in an economically-depressed area of New Orleans, Louisiana were studied. Past research had found contradictory results regarding locus of control in students who are lacking in achievement motivation. Dweck (1975) suggested that these students were "learned helpless," i.e. they perceived their achievement outcomes to be due to external causes; that these same students could be trained to attribute outcomes to internal causes; and that this attribution training would lead to persistence following failure on achievement tasks. The present study investigated the locus of control of 130 fifth- …

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The Unfleshed Eye: A Study Of Intellectual Theism In The Poetry And Criticism Of Yvor Winters., John Martin Finlay Jan 1980

The Unfleshed Eye: A Study Of Intellectual Theism In The Poetry And Criticism Of Yvor Winters., John Martin Finlay

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Yvor Winters' early poetry, from 1920 to 1928, was written in free-verse; the aesthetic principles governing it centered on the image "purified" of conceptual content, and consisting of a "fusion" between the natural object being described and the poet's own mind. The result is a kind of naturalistic mysticism, destructive of judgements and evaluations of the conscious intellect. The early poetry also registers the effect of certain scientific theories on Winters' mind; these theories were mechanistic and deterministic in nature, and they turned Winters' world into one in which moral and intellectual values had no reality. Other themes that appear …

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Genetic Variance, Heritability And Correlation For Genetic Characters Of The Sweet Potato, Ipomoea Batatas, L., Florencio Ando Saladaga Jan 1980

Genetic Variance, Heritability And Correlation For Genetic Characters Of The Sweet Potato, Ipomoea Batatas, L., Florencio Ando Saladaga

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Polycross progeny tests and comparisons of advanced seedlings (cultivars) were conducted in 1978 and 1979 to determine the genetic variance, heritability and correlations of several characters in the sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, L. In 1978, 41.8% of the 'L0-323' polycross seedling progeny had copper or rose skin colors and 2.4% had root yields higher than the highest yielding parent plants. In the 1979 polycross progeny test, estimates of heritability for root skin and flesh color were both very low. Root skin color was positively correlated with yield of US #1 roots, total yield of fleshy roots, vine length, and vine …

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A Validity Study Of The Construct "Most Highly Valued Representational System" In Human Auditory And Visual Perceptions., David E. Lange Jan 1980

A Validity Study Of The Construct "Most Highly Valued Representational System" In Human Auditory And Visual Perceptions., David E. Lange

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Bandler and Grinder (1975) proposed the construct "most highly valued representational systems" to describe auditory, visual, and kinesthetic perceptual orientations among individuals. They set forth a predicate method for determining an individual's primary representational system. Contrary to Bandler and Grinder's construct, experimental evidence consistently supports the principle of visual dominance among humans. In order to test the effectiveness of Bandler and Grinder's constructs, 221 volunteers were screened by an alternate predicate method. 22 subjects were selected as "highly auditory" and 19 subjects were selected as "highly visual." These 41 subjects were asked to give their first impressions to 75 simultaneous, …

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Effects Of Ration Energy Level On Organoleptic And Chemical Characteristics Of Beef., Richard Eugene Montgomery Jan 1980

Effects Of Ration Energy Level On Organoleptic And Chemical Characteristics Of Beef., Richard Eugene Montgomery

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Four experiments were conducted to evaluate carcass characteristics, palatability, chemical traits and shear values of cattle produced on pasture (primarily bermudagrass and ryegrass), pasture plus 1/2% or 1% of body weight in grain or finished on a concentrate ration. Angus or Angus x Hereford cattle were used in Experiments 1, 2 and 3 but Experiment 4 contained straightbred Angus and Hereford along with crosses of Angus, Hereford, Brahman and Charolais cattle in various combinations. Age at slaughter was 23 and 20 months for Experiments 1 and 2, respectively. Age in Experiments 3 and 4 varied with treatments because of the …

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The "Southern Review": An Episode In Southern Intellectual History, 1935-1942., Ronda Cabot Tentarelli Jan 1980

The "Southern Review": An Episode In Southern Intellectual History, 1935-1942., Ronda Cabot Tentarelli

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This is a study of the Southern Review, a cultural quarterly published at Louisiana State University from 1935 to 1942, and edited by Charles Pipkin, Cleanth Brooks, and Robert Penn Warren. The Review is shown to be an important part of American intellectual history in the thirties and forties, of the Southern Renascence in literature, the history of LSU, and the careers of its editors and contributors. That the Review was more than a literary quarterly (thus the label "cultural quarterly") is evident in its contents. Besides fiction, poetry, and literary criticism, the magazine published Southern, political, and philosophical articles. …

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Effects Of Selected Pinching Dates And Lighting Regimes On Several Aspects Of Poinsettia Quality., Carlos Alton Smith Jr Jan 1980

Effects Of Selected Pinching Dates And Lighting Regimes On Several Aspects Of Poinsettia Quality., Carlos Alton Smith Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The effects of natural day photoperiod, 18 or 20 days of initial, artificially long photoperiod, and 25 or 27 days of initial, artificially long photoperiods upon the variables of date of finish, percentages of plants finishing for selected sales periods, theoretical date of floral induction, final height, number of leaves, average internode length, number of bracts, bract spread and cyathial cluster diameter for a total of 18 commercially important cultivars of Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. (poinsettia) were studied. In a related study, the effects of three different pinching dates on the above mentioned variables for the same cultivars were investigated. In …

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Experimental Cobalt Cardiomyopathy In The Dog., George Earl Sandusky Jr Jan 1980

Experimental Cobalt Cardiomyopathy In The Dog., George Earl Sandusky Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A technique for production of experimental cobalt cardiomyopathy in the dog is described. A chronic indwelling venous catheter is inserted retrograde into the posterior vena cava via the femoral vein. Colbalt chloride in a solution of sterile saline was infused with a variable speed infusion pump twice weekly over a 24 hour period. The dogs were divided into four groups; Group A (5 dogs) was the normal controls, Group B (5 dogs) was maintained on a protein and thiamine deficient diet, Group C (5 dogs) was on a normal diet with cobalt infusions, and Group D (6 dogs) was on …

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An Externalities Approach To The Analysis Of Federal Grants-In-Aid Emphasizing The Effect Of Grants On Cooperation Among Local Units Of Government., Charles Franklin Hawkins Jan 1980

An Externalities Approach To The Analysis Of Federal Grants-In-Aid Emphasizing The Effect Of Grants On Cooperation Among Local Units Of Government., Charles Franklin Hawkins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The genesis of federal grants-in-aid can be traced back to the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787. From those earlier years to the present, grants have been introduced in response to individual needs that have existed at particular points in time. As a result of the basic reaction nature of grants, only a very negligible consideration has been given to developing the individual grants into an integrated, non-conflicting system. As could be expected, the consequence of this approach to grant development has been an uncoordinated grant program containing overlapping grants in some cases and conflicting ones in others. In fact, …

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Effect Of Capillary Diameter On The Rate Of Radiation Induced Polymerization Of Acrylamide In Saline Solutions Containing Dissolved Phosphorus-32., Satyajit Verma Jan 1980

Effect Of Capillary Diameter On The Rate Of Radiation Induced Polymerization Of Acrylamide In Saline Solutions Containing Dissolved Phosphorus-32., Satyajit Verma

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Radiation induced solution polymerization of acrylamide was studied at 80(DEGREES)C in tubes with diameters of 6, 2.29, 0.89 and 0.38 mm. The tubes were filled with aqueous solutions of 3% acrylamide, 10% NaCl and sufficient neutralized orthophosphoric acid to produce a specific radioactivity of 1 mCi/ml. of dissolved ('32)P. Distinctly higher initial rates of increase of solution viscosity were observed with increasing tube diameter. Kinetic studies were done also with 3% acrylamide in 0, 5 and 10% salt solutions at 81.5(DEGREES)C and 28(DEGREES)C; the reaction induced by external irradiation from ('60)Co. Other systems studied were 1 and 1.5% acrylamide in …

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Sir Thomas More, Humanist And Hero: A Man For All Ages., Noel Joseph Toups Jan 1980

Sir Thomas More, Humanist And Hero: A Man For All Ages., Noel Joseph Toups

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Thomas More has appeared in diverse works from the sixteenth to twentieth century; these works have usually treated him as a model of integrity and conscience whose love of truth made him a touchstone for judging a panoply of others. More's own century viewed him in conflicting ways. Tudor apologists--Hall, Holinshed, and Foxe--were critical of More's wit and treatment of heretics and deemed him prideful, whereas the recusants like Roper and Harpsfield pictured More loyal Londoner, devoted father, humanist, and man of conscience. Sixteenth century treatments culminate in those of Ro. Ba. and Munday. Munday's Thomas More, an essentially Protestant …

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The Relationship Of Biorhythms To Academic Performance In Reading., Natalia Lavonne Brackin Peveto Jan 1980

The Relationship Of Biorhythms To Academic Performance In Reading., Natalia Lavonne Brackin Peveto

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was an investigation to determine if a relationship existed between the twenty-three day physical, twenty-eight day emotional and the thirty-three day intellectual biorhythm cycles and academic achievement in reading. If a relationship existed between the learning potential of a student and the low, critical and high levels of the biorhythm cycles, instructional techniques could be designed to capitalize on the internal fluctuations of each learner. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship between the academic performance of a student in reading and the high, low and critical positions of the twenty-three day physical, twenty-eight day …

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Estimation Of Physiological And Genetic Parameters Related To Dystocia In Beef Cattle., David Gene Morrison Jan 1980

Estimation Of Physiological And Genetic Parameters Related To Dystocia In Beef Cattle., David Gene Morrison

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Data from 591 calvings of dams which were crosses of Brahman (BR), Chianina (CA), Maine Anjou (MA) and Simmental (SM) sires bred to Angus and Hereford cows were used to evaluate factors affecting dystocia. Calves at location I were produced from all eight breed crosses by naturally mating Red.

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Transport Properties Of Antimony In A Rod And Corbino Geometries At Low Temperatures., Mahmood Baratikhajooie Jan 1980

Transport Properties Of Antimony In A Rod And Corbino Geometries At Low Temperatures., Mahmood Baratikhajooie

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An investigation of the roles of carrier diffusion and carrier-phonon drag in the thermoelectric power, the Ettingshuasen and Nernst-Ettingshausen effects was carried out on single crystals of antimony at low temperatures. Previous investigations have shown that the ideal resistivity and the high field resistivity are characterized by strong mutual drag. Here the Ettingshausen and Nernst-Ettingshausen effects were characterized by a strong simple drag. In contrast to these two extreme cases the thermoelectric power exhibited a clear admixture of the two drag conditions. Interpretation of Ettingshausen and Nernst-Ettingshausen data indicates that these two measurements are less reliable for the determination of …

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Effects Of The Interaction Of Patient Characteristics And Therapeutic Method On Outcome Of Therapy., Judy Black Avery Jan 1980

Effects Of The Interaction Of Patient Characteristics And Therapeutic Method On Outcome Of Therapy., Judy Black Avery

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the relationship between outcome in therapy and the variables of method of group therapy employed in interaction with a patient's personality. Four therapy assignments were theoretically and empirically matched with particular groups of patients: Social-Emotional groups for mixed reaction patients, Expressive-Interpretive groups for non-psychotic patients, Emotional-Relationship groups for withdrawn patients, and Social-Management groups for aggressive patients. Subjects in the study were also classified according to time involved in therapy. These categories are: Rejectors, Retreaters, Withdrawers, Walkouts, Self-Terminators, and Finishers. Test data were pre-therapy scores on the Interpersonal Check List (ICL) and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) for all …

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Ameson Michaelis (Microsporida) In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus: Altered Host Cell And Isolated Parasite Metabolism., Anna Marie Carmela Findley Jan 1980

Ameson Michaelis (Microsporida) In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus: Altered Host Cell And Isolated Parasite Metabolism., Anna Marie Carmela Findley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Microsporida are a large group of highly specialized obligate intracellular protozoan parasites. Despite their wide distribution in nature and their devastating effect on a variety of animal populations, relatively little is known about the physiological characteristics of these parasites.

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Competencies For A Minister Of Music In A Southern Baptist Church: Implications For Curriculum Development., Donald Roland Bearden Jan 1980

Competencies For A Minister Of Music In A Southern Baptist Church: Implications For Curriculum Development., Donald Roland Bearden

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate musical and music related competency statements which would describe the needed skills, behaviors, and knowledge for a minister of music in a Southern Baptist church. In the development of the areas and items to be covered by the competency statements, several types of field research were employed. Three Goal Analysis Conferences were conducted with panels of church musicians giving scrutiny to the basic goals of the church music ministry. A Job Analysis was accomplished adapting the procedures developed by the U. S. Department of Labor--interview and observation. A field study …

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Ion Flotation Studies And Separation Procedures For The Platinum Group Metals., Daniel Murphy Downey Jan 1980

Ion Flotation Studies And Separation Procedures For The Platinum Group Metals., Daniel Murphy Downey

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this work was to study the ion flotation properties of the platinum group metals, develop methods for the quantitative recovery of the platinum metals from dilute solutions by ion flotation and investigate the feasibility of ion flotation for the group separation. The anionic chlorocomplexes of Pd(II), Ir(IV), Pt(IV), Au(III), Rh(III) and Ir(III) were floated from aqueous solutions with cationic surfactants of the quaternary ammonium type, RNR(,3)Br. The flotation behavior of each metal was determined with respect to variations of the surfactant primary, R, and secondary, R', chain lengths, the initial HCl concentration, the initial NaCl concentration, the …

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Child Behavior In Venezuela And The U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Comparison., John Michael Fitch Jan 1980

Child Behavior In Venezuela And The U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Comparison., John Michael Fitch

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purposes of this study were (a) to carry out a factor analysis of the Spanish translation of the Children's Behavioral Classification Project questionnaire on data obtained from Venezuela, and (b) to compare the result with that of parallel data obtained in the United States with the original English version of the same questionnaire. The Children's Behavioral Classification Project questionnaire is an instrument designed to be administered to parents of children 6-13 years old for the purpose of contributing information about the child's outward behavior useful in understanding the psychological, physical, or conduct problems which the child might display. The …

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Inheritance Of Brown Leaf Spot Of Rice Caused By Cochliobolus Miyabeanus And Varietal Reaction To Isolates Of This Fungus., Peter Godwin Eruotor Jan 1980

Inheritance Of Brown Leaf Spot Of Rice Caused By Cochliobolus Miyabeanus And Varietal Reaction To Isolates Of This Fungus., Peter Godwin Eruotor

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Twenty nine isolates of Cochliobolus miyabeanus (Ito & Kuribayashi) Drechsler ex Dastur cultured from leaves and seeds of several rice, Oryza sativa L., varieties obtained from rice growing areas of Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas were tested for pathogenicity on 12 test varieties to determine if physiologically specialized races of this fungus occur in the United States. This study was conducted in the greenhouse at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The results obtained from inoculating 12 test varieties with 29 isolates of C. miyabeanus as expressed in lesion size, lesion number and disease rating indicated no clear evidence for physiologic …

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Genetic Study Of Heat Tolerance; Size Of Stigma, Style And Ovary In The Tomato, Lycopersicon Esculentum., Hanna Yacoub Hanna Jan 1980

Genetic Study Of Heat Tolerance; Size Of Stigma, Style And Ovary In The Tomato, Lycopersicon Esculentum., Hanna Yacoub Hanna

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Genetic studies were conducted on heat tolerance, size of stigma, style and ovary in the tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. in a series of experiments. Several cultivars were compared under summer and spring growing conditions for fruit set, flower drop, dormant or undeveloped ovaries, fruit weight, seed number per fruit, mean weight of 100 seeds, percentage of seed germination and non-aborted or normal pollen grains. In the Summer of 1978 the average minimum temperature was 24(DEGREES)C and maximum was 34.6(DEGREES)C. In Spring 1979 the average minimum temperature was 15.6(DEGREES)C and the maximum was 25.3(DEGREES)C. 'BL6807' set the highest percentage of fruits …

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The Application Of Bel Canto Concepts And Principles To Trumpet Pedagogy And Performance., Malcolm Eugene Beauchamp Jan 1980

The Application Of Bel Canto Concepts And Principles To Trumpet Pedagogy And Performance., Malcolm Eugene Beauchamp

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Bel canto is a term of nebulous meaning and inconsistent usage. Probably the most comprehensive interpretation of bel canto is an ideal of vocal excellence, a vocal technique, and a style of performance identified with the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Recent publications concerning vocal pedagogy and performance practices illustrate an efflorescence of interest in bel canto. The significance of bel canto to contemporary vocal pedagogy has become a topic for theses and dissertations. In view of the revived interest in bel canto and its significance to contemporary vocal pedagogy, it is apparent that the teachings of the old bel canto …

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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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Characterization Of The Bacterium Associated With Ratoon Stunting Disease And The Effects Of The Disease On Water Relations Of Sugarcane., John Kao Jan 1980

Characterization Of The Bacterium Associated With Ratoon Stunting Disease And The Effects Of The Disease On Water Relations Of Sugarcane., John Kao

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Part I. Microcolonies of a filamentous, branched organism were observed by phase-contrast and interference-contrast microscopy in vascular extracts from internodes of sugarcane with ratoon stunting disease. The microcolonies were present in a matrix extracted from the xylem vessels of internodes by negative pressure. Matrices and microcolonies were not found in sugarcane known to be free of the disease. Electron microscopy revealed branched chains of cells with septa and mesosomes. The individual cells of the filaments were characteristic of the previously described coryneform bacterium associated with the disease. Vascular extracts from one- or two-node cuttings of diseased cane did not reveal …

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Adult-Child Motor Performance Differences: A Developmental Perspective Of Control Processing Deficits., Jere Dee Gallagher Jan 1980

Adult-Child Motor Performance Differences: A Developmental Perspective Of Control Processing Deficits., Jere Dee Gallagher

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

What the adult does during the intertrial interval that the child does not to process information was under investigation in this series of studies. Representative ages chosen due to a difference in the utilization of control processes were 5-, 7-, 11-, and 19-year olds. The initial study tested the initial availability of information to the subject prior to processing. The major question was detecting developmental differences in kinesthetic sensory store. Results indicated that the superior performance of the adults is not due to the initial availability of the information. The second study investigated the detriment to performance by increasing the …

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