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Locus Of Control, Religious Values, Work Values And Social Policy Choices., Carolyn Kasprzak Falkowski
Locus Of Control, Religious Values, Work Values And Social Policy Choices., Carolyn Kasprzak Falkowski
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Individuals' religious beliefs were examined in terms of their effect on one's positions on various social issues. Beliefs regarding salvation were chosen as beliefs central to a Christian faith. Locus of control and Protestant work ethic were included as related concepts. A sample of Christian (primarily Protestant) seminary students was selected in this study in order to include individuals who are more likely to have actively considered both their theology and their beliefs on social policies. Most of the seminarians expressed a significantly internal locus of control and some acceptance of the concepts included in the Protestant work ethic. Most …
Effectiveness Of Using An Enterprise System To Facilitate Process -Centered Learning In Business Education., Jose H. Noguera
Effectiveness Of Using An Enterprise System To Facilitate Process -Centered Learning In Business Education., Jose H. Noguera
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This research investigates the effectiveness of using a commercial Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) as a supplement tool to teach Enterprise Information Systems concepts in Business Schools. A state-of-the-art ERP System is an integrated enterprise software system that has a windows-based interface, a client-server architecture, and a modular and expandable structure. This complex computer environment provides a rich content domain where students can get exposure to key business, computer science, data communication, and information systems concepts. A significant challenge facing business school educators is to identify how best to deploy a commercial ERP System in their academic environment. Furthermore, an …
Extending The Revelation Effect To Faces: Haven't We Met Before?, Jeffrey Roy Wilson
Extending The Revelation Effect To Faces: Haven't We Met Before?, Jeffrey Roy Wilson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The revelation effect is an episodic memory phenomenon where participants are more likely to report that they recognize an item when it has been revealed in some way than when it has not. Although this effect is robust with respect to words, it has not been demonstrated with faces. The present series of experiments examined whether a revelation effect could be produced in face recognition memory. A revelation effect was found in 2 of 3 experiments using only faces for stimuli. Surprisingly, an anti-revelation effect was found in Experiment 4 when words were revealed before face recognition. The findings are …
Linking Postsecondary Sub -Baccalaureate Institutional Experience To The Career Planning Needs Of Future Workforce., Joycelyn Harrison Brunswick
Linking Postsecondary Sub -Baccalaureate Institutional Experience To The Career Planning Needs Of Future Workforce., Joycelyn Harrison Brunswick
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Recent changes in the labor market and predictions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that many of the jobs available in the 21st century will not require a four-year college degree, in contrast to what many high school students perceive will provide their entree to a successful career. Jobs which will be in demand necessitate highly specialized skills which can be developed at post-secondary sub-baccalaureate (PSSB) institutions. High school graduates who do not have the ability, time, money or inclination to earn a bachelor's degree may well obtain economic security by acquiring those skills in great demand, enabling them …
A Neuro-Expert Approach For Decision -Making In Welding Environment., Vivek Goel
A Neuro-Expert Approach For Decision -Making In Welding Environment., Vivek Goel
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Decision making in welding is very important for achieving a good quality welded joint for the least possible cost. Of particular interest is decision making involving the selection of process, parameters, weld procedure specification, defect analysis and trouble shooting. This research has provided a means of capturing the planning knowledge in a Neuro-Expert System in a form that is capable of learning new information, correcting old information and automating the decision-making process in a welding environment. A strategy is formulated for the representation of knowledge in the form of a neural links and the translation of rules into neural link …
Development And Evaluation Of A Mass Spectrometer -Based Continuous Emission Monitor For Organic Compound Emissions From Combustion Devices., Emmanuel Tijani Wada
Development And Evaluation Of A Mass Spectrometer -Based Continuous Emission Monitor For Organic Compound Emissions From Combustion Devices., Emmanuel Tijani Wada
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The Mass Spectrometer-based Continuous Emission Monitor (MS-CEM) for organic compounds was developed and evaluated at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Pilot-Scale Rotary Kiln Incinerator (RKI). The MS-CEM consists of stack probe, heat traced sampling line, vacuum pump, particulate filter, Nafion dryer and Extrel mass spectrometer. The Nafion dryer is a special type of dryer that has the ability to remove moisture from the gas sample without removing organic compounds of interest. The mass spectrometer is a quadrupole mass filter. The mass spectrometer includes a computer that controls and optimizes the operation of the unit. The MS-CEM was tested by injecting …
Classically Unstable Approximations For Linear Evolution Equations And Applications., Yu Zhuang
Classically Unstable Approximations For Linear Evolution Equations And Applications., Yu Zhuang
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Temporal discretization methods for evolutionary differential equations that factorize the resolvent into a product of easily computable operators have great numerical appeal. For instance, the alternating direction implicit (ADI) method of Peaceman-Rachford for 2-D parabolic problems greatly reduces the simulation time when compared with the Crank-Nicolson scheme. However, just like many other factorized approximation methods that exhibit numerical stability, the ADI method is known to satisfy only the Von Neumann stability condition, a necessary condition that is usually surmised as sufficient in practical cases as pointed out by Lax and Richtmyer. Intensive efforts have been directed to understand the Von …
Extended Topics In The Integration Of Data Envelopment Analysis And The Analytic Hierarchy Process In Decision Making., Tae-Sung Kim
Extended Topics In The Integration Of Data Envelopment Analysis And The Analytic Hierarchy Process In Decision Making., Tae-Sung Kim
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a procedure, which can only consider relative priorities as estimated by decision-makers. A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model is a data-oriented approach for evaluating the relative efficiency of a group of entities referred to as Decision Making Units (DMUs). This research work integrates and combines positive aspects of AHP's estimated qualitative data and DEA's quantitative data. This combination is accomplished by specifying two variants of the DEA methodology for selection of the best DMU. Initially the priority weights of AHP are integrated with the DEA methodology to provide results that are logic based. Next, …
Critical Connections: Meaningful Mentoring Relationships Between Women Doctoral Students And Their Dissertation Chairpersons., Dawn Deann Wallace
Critical Connections: Meaningful Mentoring Relationships Between Women Doctoral Students And Their Dissertation Chairpersons., Dawn Deann Wallace
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The purpose of this research is to explore meaningful mentoring relationships between women doctoral students and their advisors. Specifically, this study examines how graduate women and their advisors navigate and perceive their mentoring relationships during the doctoral program of study. Although research in higher education has addressed the lived experiences of women doctoral students, few have examined the doctoral student/advisor mentoring dynamic from both the student and advisor perspectives. This study provides an understanding of the mentoring experiences of women doctoral students and advisors through qualitative conversation. The participants in the study are 6 women post-doctoral students and their advisors, …
Origin, Distribution, And Degradation Of Sedimentary Organic Matter In A Modern Tropical Deltaic System (Mahakam Delta, Borneo, Indonesia)., Martine Joelle Hardy
Origin, Distribution, And Degradation Of Sedimentary Organic Matter In A Modern Tropical Deltaic System (Mahakam Delta, Borneo, Indonesia)., Martine Joelle Hardy
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The modern, tidally influenced Mahakam Delta progrades onto the eastern Borneo continental shelf. The processes controlling the occurrence and preservation of sedimentary organic matter in a tropical deltaic setting are unknown. Understanding these processes has direct application in explaining the unusual origin of oil and gas generated from terrestrial plant debris (rather than typically from algal remains) in many tropical Miocene basins. Water salinity and dissolved oxygen, and sediment pH, Eh, and TOC were measured. Organic matter was extracted by acid digestion from 200 surface sediment samples collected from the Mahakam River, the delta, and the continental shelf. Seventeen types …
A Canonical Description Of The Plancherel Measure For A General Two-Step Free Nilpotent Lie Group., Chin-Te Chu
A Canonical Description Of The Plancherel Measure For A General Two-Step Free Nilpotent Lie Group., Chin-Te Chu
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
In this work on g=Fn,2 , free 2-step nilpotent Lie algebra on n generators, we use the group of automorphisms to give a basis-free description of the Fourier Inversion Formula, thereby generalizing and strengthening an example discussed by Corwin & Greenleaf. In the Introduction we discuss Example 4.3.14 in Corwin & Greenleaf's book. It demonstrates how different bases of F3,2 lead to different inversion formulas. But the third "more" invariant formula describes Plancherel measure on a support expressed in terms of rotations, dilations, and translations. Actually it is not canonical since it still depends on choices of bases for F3,2 …
On Stochastic Integration For White Noise Distribution Theory., Said Kalema Ngobi
On Stochastic Integration For White Noise Distribution Theory., Said Kalema Ngobi
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This thesis consists of two parts, each part concentrating on a different problem from the theory of Stochastic Integration. Chapter 1 contains the introduction explaining the results in this dissertation in general terms. We use the infinite dimensional space S'R endowed with the gaussian measure mu. The Hilbert space ( L2) is defined as (L2) (L2) ≡ L2( S'R , mu) and our results are based on the Gel'fand triple ( S )beta ⊂ (L2) ⊂ S* b . The necessary preliminary background in white noise analysis are well elaborated in Chapter 2. In Chapter 3 we present a generalization …
A Class Of Stable, Globally Noniterative, Nonoverlapping Domain Decomposition Algorithms For The Simulation Of Parabolic Evolutionary Systems., Yu Zhuang
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Parabolic systems are governed by time dependent partial differential equations. To obtain a high simulation quality that captures important features of a parabolic system requires solving the governing equation to an adequate accuracy, which necessitates a large sampling size in the spatial and temporal dimensions, and hence a large amount of simulation data and high computing cost. Domain decomposition is an effective method of divide-and-conquer paradigm that divides the problem domain into several subdomains, reducing the original problem into several smaller interdependent problems which can be solved in parallel. In this dissertation, we propose a class of stabilized explicit-implicit time …
Transport And Magnetic Measurements Of Mono -Silicides., Ncholu Ignatius Manyala
Transport And Magnetic Measurements Of Mono -Silicides., Ncholu Ignatius Manyala
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the magnetic and transport properties of the dilution series connecting the mono-silicides FeSi, CoSi, and MnSi. We have focused on these materials since they allow the exploration of carrier doping of an unusual insulator, FeSi, whose properties are dominated by strong Coulomb interactions. These monosilicides all have the same cubic B-20 crystal structure making them ideal for an exploration of Fe1--x MnxSi and Fe1--yCoySi for all x and y between 0 and 1. The carrier sip and densities, as well as the proximity to magnetic phases can be controlled by the level …
The Voice Of The People: Reasons Laypersons Support K--12 Art Education., Lucienne Bond Simon
The Voice Of The People: Reasons Laypersons Support K--12 Art Education., Lucienne Bond Simon
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
In the midst of generating theory for classrooms, philosophizing on the meaning and relevance of art education, determining policy and practices for classrooms, even providing advocacy literature in favor of art education, few references have been made to laypersons' ideas about art education. Lest the layperson (non-art education professional)---the "human element" [Pinar, Reynolds, Slattery, & Taubman, 1995, p. 102)---be overlooked, disregarded, and/or marginalized from considerations about art education, their ideas must be solicited, honored, and respected. Since the mission of art education is to educate future laypersons and not (necessarily) future artists, members of the profession as well as policymakers …
The Financial And Operational Performance Implications Of Compensation Practices: A Study Of Relative Wage Practices And Pay Structures., Mark Patton Brown
The Financial And Operational Performance Implications Of Compensation Practices: A Study Of Relative Wage Practices And Pay Structures., Mark Patton Brown
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This research examines the organizational performance implications of relative wage strategies and pay structures. Organizations' relative wage strategies and pay structures are key characteristics useful in describing and delimiting various compensation systems, and are therefore particularly relevant for evaluation at the organizational level. The organizational performance implications of organizations' relative wage strategies and pay structures are investigated in terms of both operational and financial indicators of organizational performance. Initially, relevant theory and past research on relative wage strategies and pay structures are discussed. Following this, hypotheses are developed that predict the operational and financial performance implications of pay structures and …
Regional Differences In Understanding Between Two Groups Of High School Science Students On A Complex Environmental Science Concept Known As The Dead Zone Of The Gulf Of Mexico: A Web -Based Approach., Sharon Ann Flanagan
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The main research focus of this study was on the regional differences in understanding of two groups of high school science students for a complex environmental scientific phenomenon known as the Dead Zone of the Gulf of Mexico. Participating high school students were drawn from Dead Zone source and effect areas---Iowa chemistry students and Louisiana environmental science students. Students were given a pre- and postinstructional survey concerning environmental issues---including the issue of the Dead Zone or hypoxia of the Gulf of Mexico. The treatment group visited a web site on the Dead Zone constructed for this study, and interacted with …
A Case Study Of The Developing Literacy Of African -American Learners Attending A Tutoring Program At An Urban African -American Church., Gayle Williams Duskin
A Case Study Of The Developing Literacy Of African -American Learners Attending A Tutoring Program At An Urban African -American Church., Gayle Williams Duskin
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study describes the literate abilities of a group of upper level elementary African-American school children who participated in an urban, African-American, church-sponsored, after-school tutorial program. Using an ethnographic research method, I relied on field notes, audio-taped interviews, and writing samples to collect and analyze the data. The participants in the study were six subjects (five females and one male, ages 10 to 12) who were enrolled in the tutorial program. Over the course of seven months (October, 1997 to May, 1998), I observed all activities in which writing literacy took place at the tutorial program. From this observation three …
An Investigation Of Intra -Strategic Group Profiles, Performance And Reputation., Tamela Dawn Ferguson
An Investigation Of Intra -Strategic Group Profiles, Performance And Reputation., Tamela Dawn Ferguson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Current strategic group research generally provides collectively meaningful assessments of strategic group averages or median-based profiles. While this approach facilitates inter-group contrasts and performance predictions, potentially valuable information contained in intra-group differences (i.e., core-periphery-fringe zones) typically is overlooked. This multi-study research adopts a more fine-grained approach to strategic group analysis by investigating intra-group competitive profile and performance differences across such zones, both within and across groups. Study I of this series identifies intra-strategic group zones that differ in strategic competitive profile and performance. Study II assesses how strategic groups and related intra-group zones might change over time, the stability of …
Behavioral Outcome Of Preschoolers Exposed Prenatally To Cocaine: The Role Of The Caregiving Environment., Veronica L. Haynes
Behavioral Outcome Of Preschoolers Exposed Prenatally To Cocaine: The Role Of The Caregiving Environment., Veronica L. Haynes
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study evaluated the long-term effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on child behavioral outcome at age 5 years, while considering the influence of the postnatal caregiving environment indicated by maternal drug use, maternal psychological functioning, and parenting quality. Behavioral outcome was measured by parent-reported behavior problems on the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist. Subjects were 210 preschoolers (107 cocaine-exposed and 103 nondrug-exposed) and their biological mothers drawn from a larger cohort of mother-child pairs enrolled at birth in a longitudinal study evaluating the neurodevelopmental outcomes of children prenatally exposed to cocaine. The relationships among prenatal cocaine exposure, maternal adaptation (i.e., maternal …
Environmental Voting In Congress., John Christopher Howell
Environmental Voting In Congress., John Christopher Howell
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This research project is designed to explore the field of voting on environmental issues in the House of Representatives. A variety of factors are considered in determining why representatives vote as they do; among those factors are party identification, ideology, gender, and region of the country. Special attention is devoted to the difference between those environmental issues in which private property rights are involved and those in which property rights are not at issue. The research project consists of four case studies, each one of an environmental issue. Each case study describes the issue and explains why it is pertinent …
The Early Local And Regional Immune Response To Recall Inoculations Of Mycobacterium Leprae In The Skin Of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta)., Thomas Xavier D Lemarchand
The Early Local And Regional Immune Response To Recall Inoculations Of Mycobacterium Leprae In The Skin Of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta)., Thomas Xavier D Lemarchand
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Epidemiological studies have failed to show any important impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and disease on leprosy, in contrast to the well documented increase in incidence and morbidity with other mycobacteria in these patients, notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The early events following exposure and repeated exposure to Mycobacterium leprae (ML) have not still been studied. Previous studies of first inoculations of ML in the skin of rhesus monkeys have indicated delayed recruitment of CD4+ cells and delayed interleukin (IL) 2 secretion in skin inoculation sites in simian immunodeficiency (SIV) positive animals. The development of the secondary immune response against …
Developing Students' Understanding Of Similar Figures: A Perceptual Approach., Danny Ray Mcnabb
Developing Students' Understanding Of Similar Figures: A Perceptual Approach., Danny Ray Mcnabb
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Children encounter and recognize similar figures in their everyday experiences with such things as basketballs, soccer balls, tennis balls, ping-pong balls; or a candy bar that comes in various sizes of the same shape. Yet their school experience with the mathematics of similarity generally does not build on these perceptual intuitions. Traditional mathematics curricula bypass students' visual intuitions and their quantitative understandings, proceeding directly to set piece problems solved by formal algebraic methods. The result for many students is that the topic of similarity contributes to their evolving view of mathematics as a domain of complex procedural methods divorced from …
Shaping The Subject In "La Chanson De Roland" And In Hermann Broch's "Der Tod Des Virgil", Thomas Lee Miller
Shaping The Subject In "La Chanson De Roland" And In Hermann Broch's "Der Tod Des Virgil", Thomas Lee Miller
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation explores two texts, each of a different era, language and culture, to discover what they may each tell us about the role played by writing in the construction of subjectivity. Accordingly, the first part of the dissertation departs from custom in treating La Chanson de Roland less as a repository of accumulated oral performance than as a document of singular textual integrity. Militating against the premise of textual unity is the uncontested fact that the Roland is clearly divided into two distinct narrative panels. This reading reveals the manner in which the writer of the Roland integrates the …
Using A Behavioral Economic Assessment To Evaluate Stimulus Preferences And To Predict Treatment Outcomes For Aberrant Behavior., Henry Stanley Roane
Using A Behavioral Economic Assessment To Evaluate Stimulus Preferences And To Predict Treatment Outcomes For Aberrant Behavior., Henry Stanley Roane
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Problem behavior (e.g., self-injury, aggression, and disruption) may impede the development of many individuals with disabilities. These behaviors may occur for many reasons (Iwata et al., 1994). Most problem behaviors are controlled by social stimuli; however, for some individuals, problem behavior occurs independent of the social environment (i.e., by automatic reinforcement). That is, an individual may engage in these behaviors regardless of what is occurring around them. Presumably the behavior persists because the behavior produces (or alleviates) some type of stimulation. As such, the reinforcer for the behavior can not be controlled directly, making behaviors maintained by automatic reinforcement difficult …
Individualized Levels Treatment Packages For Severe Problem Behaviors In Persons With Developmental Disabilities., Karena Suzanne Rush
Individualized Levels Treatment Packages For Severe Problem Behaviors In Persons With Developmental Disabilities., Karena Suzanne Rush
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Levels treatment packages are widely used across many populations and settings. Most packages involve standardized procedures implemented across multiple participants. The current investigation examined the treatment efficacy of individualized levels treatment packages based on the results of functional analyses and systematic preference assessments. Three individuals with developmental disabilities participated in the study. Destructive behaviors for each participant were maintained by positive reinforcement. For one participant, destructive behaviors were maintained by negative reinforcement as well. The levels treatment packages consisted of two or three levels in which the density of attention and access to preferred materials were altered based on the …
Resource -Based, Strategic Group, And Industry Influences On Firm Performance., Jeremy Collin Short
Resource -Based, Strategic Group, And Industry Influences On Firm Performance., Jeremy Collin Short
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This dissertation examines resource-based, strategic group, and industry influences on firm performance. The resource-based view of the firm and strategic groups research are two areas of organizational inquiry that have lacked both theoretical as well as empirical integration. This dissertation provides a critical first step towards that end. Three papers are presented that first develop---and then test---resource-based and strategic group influences on organizational performance. The primary findings of this dissertation are threefold. First, variance in organizational performance exists both within and between strategic groups. Second, the degree to which firm, group, and industry explained variance in organizational performance varied based …
Country Of Origin, Date Of Entry, And English Speaking Ability As Predictors Of Immigrant Afdc And Ssi Usage., Rebel Mary Reavis
Country Of Origin, Date Of Entry, And English Speaking Ability As Predictors Of Immigrant Afdc And Ssi Usage., Rebel Mary Reavis
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Immigration flows into the United States have changed over the last few decades. Before the 1960s, immigrants came mainly from European countries. Since the 1960s, immigrants coming from third world countries have increased while those from European countries have relatively decreased. This changing immigration pattern has sparked passionate debate over immigration policy and its role in adding members to welfare recipient rolls. Researchers have not come to an agreement on how to best examine immigrant welfare receipt. There is disagreement about immigrant status definitions, unit of analysis choices, and welfare measurements. These theoretical and methodological choices influence research results and, …
Dna Alkylation And Its Repair In Small Fish Species., Thomas James Vicek
Dna Alkylation And Its Repair In Small Fish Species., Thomas James Vicek
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Mechanisms of DNA alkylation and repair were investigated in 3 small fish species. Following aqueous exposure to either N-methyl- N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine or ethyl methanesulfonate, the hepatic DNA from the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, was analyzed for alkyl-DNA adducts via high performance liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry. Although potential tissue detection limits ranged from 14--101 fmoles of alkyl adducts/mg tissue, no alkyl-DNA adducts were detected in the exposed tissues. To assess the potential repair of alkyl-DNA adducts in 2 other small fish species, alkyltransferase activities within hepatic protein extracts of the Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis, and Gambusia affinis were determined using …
Biometrical Models For Predicting Future Performance In Plant Breeding., Monica Graciela Balzarini
Biometrical Models For Predicting Future Performance In Plant Breeding., Monica Graciela Balzarini
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The plant breeding process begins with the selection of parents and crosses. Promising progeny from these crosses progress through a series of selection stages that typically culminate in multi-environment trials. I evaluated best linear unbiased predictors (BLUP), other predictors and prediction models at the initial (cross prediction), early replicated testing and late (multi-location) stages of a sugarcane breeding selection cycle. Model and predictor accuracy was assessed in the first two stages by using cross-validation procedures. I compared statistical models of progeny test data in their ability to predict the cross performance of untested sugarcane crosses. Random parental effect predictors and …