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High-Level Test-Driven Learning Using Web Application And Web Service, Se Hun Oh
High-Level Test-Driven Learning Using Web Application And Web Service, Se Hun Oh
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In order to introduce learning cases with real-world contexts to the Computer Science students in their early stage of learning, a set of Web applications that utilize Web services are simplified and customized to demonstrate the core concept of high-level test-driven learning methodology. Four e-commerce Web applications were implemented for this project. These applications show how real-world Web services work and interact with each other. By systematically planting a number of errors into the services, we created a learning environment for the students to understand the system structure and basic programming through their critical thinking. A goal is to keep …
State Estimation With Unconventional And Networked Measurements, Zhansheng Duan
State Estimation With Unconventional And Networked Measurements, Zhansheng Duan
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation consists of two main parts. One is about state estimation with two types of unconventional measurements and the other is about two types of network-induced state estimation problems. The two types of unconventional measurements considered are noise-free measurements and set measurements. State estimation with them has numerous real supports. For state estimation with noisy and noise-free measurements, two sequential forms of the batch linear minimum mean-squared error (LMMSE) estimator are obtained to reduce the computational complexity. Inspired by the estimation with quantized measurements developed by Curry [28], under a Gaussian assumption, the minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) state estimator …
Deconstructing Gender In New Orleans: The Impact Of Patriarchy And Social Vulnerability Before And After A Natural Disaster, Alicia Jencik
Deconstructing Gender In New Orleans: The Impact Of Patriarchy And Social Vulnerability Before And After A Natural Disaster, Alicia Jencik
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans, LA, causing catastrophic damage to the metropolitan area. The hurricane also exposed many of the racial, ethnic, and class-based vulnerabilities experienced by many New Orleanians. However, as is typically the case, gender was ignored in most media accounts in the aftermath of the disaster. This project examines the gendered dimensions of the disaster experience using New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina as a case study. Evidence from University of New Orleans Survey Research data indicates various gender differences from the initial response to the recovery efforts months later. Few gender …
Legal Exoneration: A Case Study Through The Life History Of John Thompson, Celeste Lofton-Bagert
Legal Exoneration: A Case Study Through The Life History Of John Thompson, Celeste Lofton-Bagert
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The term "exonerated"‖refers to a legal acquittal of a former conviction due to the introduction of new evidence. Since 1989, the number of legal xonerations has increased dramatically due to DNA and other new evidentiary technologies that can demonstrate innocence of formally convicted persons. This research focuses on the lived experience of exoneration and its aftermath through a life history of John Thompson (JT), a New Orleans native, convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1985. In 2003, after eighteen years in Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, fourteen on death row, JT was exonerated. Exoneration theoretically removes the official …
Post-Katrina Student Resilience: Perspectives Of Nunez Community College Students, Jacqueline Jones
Post-Katrina Student Resilience: Perspectives Of Nunez Community College Students, Jacqueline Jones
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study examines the phenomenon of student resiliency as it relates to Nunez Community College students who returned to attend school in the community of St. Bernard Parish following Hurricane Katrina. Nunez Community College is located in Chalmette, Louisiana, fifteen miles east of the City of New Orleans. The community is adjacent to the Lower Ninth Ward. This study seeks to answer the questions of why the students returned to a disaster-stricken area to continue their studies and how the students coped in the aftermath. There is a significant gap in the literature on post-disaster resiliency and in particular, the …
Carbon Dioxide And Hydrogen Sulfide Emission Factors Applicable To Wastewater Wet Wells, Madhuri Mudragaddam
Carbon Dioxide And Hydrogen Sulfide Emission Factors Applicable To Wastewater Wet Wells, Madhuri Mudragaddam
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Transport of wastewater in sewer networks causes potential problems associated with gases which include ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and methane, in regard to odor nuisance, irritation, toxicity, and microbially induced corrosion. The extent of these problems depends on the emission rates of gases in the sewer atmosphere. To limit these kinds of problems an estimate of the gases emitted from the sewer network is to be known. In consideration to the above mentioned problems, a research has been taken up to estimate the two gases, namely, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from sewer wet wells. In this …
Land Use Policy In Local Historic Districts And Incentives For Compliance In The Vieux Carrã©, Jane R. Dufour
Land Use Policy In Local Historic Districts And Incentives For Compliance In The Vieux Carrã©, Jane R. Dufour
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The Vieux Carré in New Orleans is the second oldest locally designated historic district and serves as a prominent example of local historic preservation efforts; however, the Vieux Carré has a high vacancy rate. This thesis examines the effects of land use policy, including the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the design review process in the Vieux Carré, on attempts to return vacant buildings to commerce. The author examines three cases of redevelopment attempts of vacant properties in the Vieux Carré. In two of the three cases, constrictions from the Zoning Ordinance not the design review process held up the redevelopment …
Luminescent Quantum Dot And Protein Composite Nanoparticles For Bioanalytical Applications, Arriel Wicks
Luminescent Quantum Dot And Protein Composite Nanoparticles For Bioanalytical Applications, Arriel Wicks
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The first project focused on the preparation, characterization, and application of dual emission quantum dot encoded mesoporous silica microparticles. The quantum dots were added in precisely controlled ratios and were stably encapsulated within the pores of the silica. Several experiments were performed to test the superior stability of the quantum dot-silica composites over dye-loaded silica particles. The composite particles exhibited very high fluorescence, were functionalized with antibodies, and were used as signal transducers for the detection of a protein expressed by breast cancer cells. The second project focused in more detail on the detection capabilities of the quantum dot-silica composites. …
Comprehensive Modeling And Numerical Investigation Of Entrained-Flow Coal Gasifiers, Armin Silaen
Comprehensive Modeling And Numerical Investigation Of Entrained-Flow Coal Gasifiers, Armin Silaen
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Numerical simulations of coal gasification process inside a generic 2-stage entrainedflow gasifier are carried out using the commercial CFD solver ANSYS/FLUENT. The 3-D Navier-Stokes equations and eight species transport equations are solved with three heterogeneous global reactions, three homogeneous reactions, and one thermal cracking equation of volatiles. Finite rates are used for the heterogeneous solid-gas reactions. Both finite rate and eddy-breakup combustion models are calculated for each homogeneous gas-gas reaction, and the smaller of the two rates is used. Lagrangian-Eulerian method is employed. The Eulerian method calculates the continuous phase while the Lagrangian method tracks each coal particle. Fundamental study …
The Feasibility And Idiographic Evaluation Of School-Based Trauma-Focused Intervention Services In The Wake Of Disaster, Leslie Katherine Taylor
The Feasibility And Idiographic Evaluation Of School-Based Trauma-Focused Intervention Services In The Wake Of Disaster, Leslie Katherine Taylor
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Youth traumatized by natural disasters report high levels of posttraumatic stress as well as other types of impairing emotional distress symptoms (e.g., anxiety and depression) for many years post-trauma. Implementing school based screening and treatment programs for these youth eliminates barriers to traditional treatment settings and may provide symptom relief. The current study examines the feasibility of conducting school-based trauma-focused treatment program in the wake of disaster. Idiographic evaluation of the treatment process is incorporated into the treatment evaluation through use of multiple baseline design. Youth reporting at least severe levels of posttraumatic stress on the PTSD-RI were recruited for …
Understanding The Socialization Experiences Of New Technical Faculty: A Transition From Industry To The Technical College, Annette Bordelon Thornton
Understanding The Socialization Experiences Of New Technical Faculty: A Transition From Industry To The Technical College, Annette Bordelon Thornton
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This phenomenological qualitative research study sought to gain insight into the socialization experiences of new vocational technical faculty. Ten Louisiana vocational technical faculty members were interviewed face-to-face. The interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed to discover how these new vocational technical faculty members transitioned from industry to academe. Data analysis revealed that participants in the study experienced a similar transitional process into the technical college as twoyear and four-year faculty into community colleges and universities. Like their two-year and four-year counterparts, the participants experienced similar challenges related to their new teaching positions, such as balancing heavy workloads, maintaining industry contacts, …
The Relationship Between National Board Certification And Teachers' Perceived Use Of Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Nancy Ellen Mckenzie Lowery
The Relationship Between National Board Certification And Teachers' Perceived Use Of Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Nancy Ellen Mckenzie Lowery
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study utilized a causal-comparative design to investigate a relationship between the independent variable, National Board certification, and the dependent variable, perceived use of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP). A self-developed survey, the Early-childhood Teacher Inventory of Practices (E-TIP), was emailed to participants to collect data comparing differences in perceived use of DAP among early childhood teachers. Two hundred and forty-six Non-National Board certified (Non-NBCT) and 135 National Board certified (NBCT) early childhood teachers were surveyed. Inferential and descriptive statistics were used to analyze scores to determine if there was a difference in the mean scores. Descriptives were reported for age, …
Case-Based Learning (Cbl) In Selected Physical Therapy Curricula And Its Perceived Effectiveness By Students, Faculty, And Administrators, Timothy Kirk Nelson
Case-Based Learning (Cbl) In Selected Physical Therapy Curricula And Its Perceived Effectiveness By Students, Faculty, And Administrators, Timothy Kirk Nelson
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Case-based learning (CBL) is commonly used in physical therapy curricula even though not much evidence exists as to the effectiveness of this instructional tool in physical therapy education. Through qualitative evaluation methodology, the researcher investigated the utilization and implementation of this instructional methodology in selected physical therapy curricula, as well as its perceived effectiveness by physical therapy students, faculty, and administrators. Data collection was performed through classroom observations, interviews,and focus group interviews at eight physical therapy programs across the United States that identified themselves as moderate to high implementers of CBL. Through the analysis of the qualitative data gleaned from …
Examining The Influence Of Callous-Unemotional Traits On Outcomes In An Evidence-Based Treatment Program For Delinquent Adolescents, Stuart White
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The current study was an investigation of the effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for improving the mental health, behavioral, and legal outcomes for justice-involved adolescents. A primary focus of the investigation was on whether Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits moderated the effects of treatment and whether therapists tailored the intervention to youths with these traits. The sample was 134 youths (15.34 years) who had been arrested and referred to a community mental health center for treatment by trained FFT therapists. Results indicated modest improvement over the course of treatment in the youths' emotional and behavioral functioning. CU traits were found to …
The Embedded American Artist, Jason Edward Chaffin
The Embedded American Artist, Jason Edward Chaffin
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
As our world ramps up the speed of its connections, our identities merge with increasing speed and angles of confluence. Not only are new identities created, but also the more fringe social and cultural elements of our world are exposed to mainstream consciousness. My work is a product of my own fringe background (namely its sheer breadth of experiences not normally visited upon a single person's life). My aim is to add variables to our social and cultural speed of combination and new variety by creating work that is derived from my own experiences to speak to those who are …
Death And Other Endings, Stephen Leonard
Death And Other Endings, Stephen Leonard
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Inside, Outside, Ann Plicque
Inside, Outside, Ann Plicque
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The thesis ―Inside, Outside is a poetry collection of twenty-five poems organized by themes that fit into chapters titled ―Heart and Mind, ―Family, and ―The World
It Was Almost Pretty, Brooke Southgate
It Was Almost Pretty, Brooke Southgate
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Behind The Banner Of Patriotism: The New Orleans Chapter Of The American Red Cross And Auxiliary Branches 6 And 11 (1914-1917), Paula A. Fortier
Behind The Banner Of Patriotism: The New Orleans Chapter Of The American Red Cross And Auxiliary Branches 6 And 11 (1914-1917), Paula A. Fortier
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Socialite Laura Penrose and a group of wealthy businessmen founded the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1916. The Chapter expanded in 1917 with the addition of two black Auxiliary Branches chartered by nurses Louise Ross and Sarah Brown. Although Jim Crow dictated the division between the Chapter and its Branches within the mostly female organization, racial barriers did not prohibit them from uniting for the cause of national relief. The American Red Cross differed from other forms of biracial Progressivism by the very nature of public relief work for a national charity. American Red Cross relief …
Non-Physical Forms Of Intimate Partner Violence In Lesbian Relationships, Jessica L. Giordano
Non-Physical Forms Of Intimate Partner Violence In Lesbian Relationships, Jessica L. Giordano
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
An extensive review of the existing literature makes apparent that academics who study intimate partner violence focus primarily on physical violence in heterosexual relationships. Non-physical forms of abuse receive secondary attention, despite reported claims from survivors that non-physical forms of abuse are more common, more painful, and have longer lasting effects than physical forms of abuse. The dominant focus on intimate partner violence as a social problem enacted by males on their female partners results in a lack of sufficient literature or conversation pertaining to abuse that exists outside these parameters. Members of sexual minority groups are deliberately excluded from …
Households And Neighborhoods Among Free People Of Color In New Orleans: A View From The Census, 1850-1860, Frank Joseph Lovato
Households And Neighborhoods Among Free People Of Color In New Orleans: A View From The Census, 1850-1860, Frank Joseph Lovato
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Historians have debated to what extent the free people of color in New Orleans were members of a wealthy privileged elite or part of a middle or working class in the South's largest antebellum city. This study steps outside the debate to suggest that analysis of the censuses of 1850 and 1860 shows correlations between neighborhoods, household structures, and occupations that reveal a heterogeneous population that eludes simple definitions. In particular this study focuses on mixed-race households to shed light on this segment of the free colored population that is mostly unstudied and generally misrepresented. This study also finds that …
The "Re-Latinization" Of New Orleans In The Twentieth Century: Multiple Waves Of Hispanic Migration, Carlos M. Martinez Ii
The "Re-Latinization" Of New Orleans In The Twentieth Century: Multiple Waves Of Hispanic Migration, Carlos M. Martinez Ii
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Latin Americans immigrating to New Orleans during the Jim Crow period found New Orleans to be a place where they could assimilate. Several factors produced a tolerant climate for Latin Americans. These included New Orleanians' tolerant attitude, which was possible since Latin Americans arrived in small numbers and different waves. Latinos also helped develop trade with Latin America. Also, unlike other areas in the country, immigrants that came to New Orleans came from all over Central and South America. They were a highly skilled group and acted as cultural and power brokers between Latin America and the city. In spite …
Floating Bath Houses: Public Health And Recreation For The Working Class In Nineteenth-Century New Orleans, Christina Offutt
Floating Bath Houses: Public Health And Recreation For The Working Class In Nineteenth-Century New Orleans, Christina Offutt
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
One seemingly lost aspect of working-class life in antebellum New Orleans stems from the effort of entrepreneurs to provide bathing and swimming facilities for the city's working poor. In exchange for a relatively inexpensive fee per use, working-class New Orleanians served as the customer base for “floating pools†moored along the Mississippi riverfront. Beginning in 1836, these pools represented a transitional phase between the long extant tradition of bathing and swimming for free in the river and the development of commercialized, waterfront pleasure resorts for the masses in the late 1800s. Close proximity of working class neighborhoods to the river …
The Bomb On The Bayou: Nuclear Fear And Public Indifference In New Orleans, 1945 - 1966, Gregory J. Schloesser
The Bomb On The Bayou: Nuclear Fear And Public Indifference In New Orleans, 1945 - 1966, Gregory J. Schloesser
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
At the height of nuclear tension, governments at all levels took steps to both educate and protect their citizens. Plans that included mass evacuations and shelters were put forth to protect the public and prepare for the seemingly inevitable war with the Soviet Union. These efforts faced tremendous obstacles, including a persistent sense of apathy amongst the public. Many authors insist that life under the persistent threat of a nuclear holocaust had a profound effect on the American psyche. The main thesis of this paper argues that while people were undoubtedly aware of the potential danger, those greatly affected and …
"Much Depends On Local Customs:"The Wpa's New Deal For New Orleans, 1935-1940, William A. Sorum
"Much Depends On Local Customs:"The Wpa's New Deal For New Orleans, 1935-1940, William A. Sorum
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The Works Progress Administration came to New Orleans in 1935, a time of economic uncertainty and even fear. The implementation of the relief embodied in the WPA was influenced by local factors that reinforced the existing social order at first but that left a framework through which that order could be challenged. The business of providing WPA relief also was attended by scandal and criticism. In spite of these inherent weaknesses and certain incident, the WPA left behind an enviable physical legacy that is used and enjoyed today by the citizens of New Orleans. This paper explores the roots of …
Object Detection And Tracking Using Uncalibrated Cameras, Ashwini Amara
Object Detection And Tracking Using Uncalibrated Cameras, Ashwini Amara
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This thesis considers the problem of tracking an object in world coordinates using measurements obtained from multiple uncalibrated cameras. A general approach to track the location of a target involves different phases including calibrating the camera, detecting the object's feature points over frames, tracking the object over frames and analyzing object's motion and behavior. The approach contains two stages. First, the problem of camera calibration using a calibration object is studied. This approach retrieves the camera parameters from the known locations of ground data in 3D and their corresponding image coordinates. The next important part of this work is to …
Red Drum (Sciaenops Ocellatus) Habitat Use In An Urban System; Behavior Of Reintroduced Fish In Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Sunny Brogan
Red Drum (Sciaenops Ocellatus) Habitat Use In An Urban System; Behavior Of Reintroduced Fish In Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Sunny Brogan
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Bayou St. John is a degraded water-body located within the City of New Orleans and is the focus of restoration efforts. I tested the ability of reintroduced red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) to survive in this system and assessed their habitat use and behavior. I tracked 29 red drum fitted with external acoustic radio transmitters to determine if they could survive the degraded habitats and determine their general dispersion within the Bayou. All 29 tagged red drum exhibited post-stocking movement (i.e., survival) and occurred primarily in the northern section of the Bayou (nearest Lake Pontchartrain). To assess habitat use and behavior …
Exploring The Moderating Effects Of Cu Traits On The Relationship Between Social Intelligence And Aggression, Gregory Fassnacht
Exploring The Moderating Effects Of Cu Traits On The Relationship Between Social Intelligence And Aggression, Gregory Fassnacht
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential moderating effects of CU traits on the relationship between self-reported social intelligence and aggression in a community sample of boys and girls (ages 14-18). Four subtypes of aggression were measured: reactive overt, reactive relational, proactive overt, and proactive relational. Results indicated that there was not a significant association between social intelligence and any of the aggression subtypes. Neither CU traits nor empathy moderated the association between social intelligence and any of the four subtypes of aggression. Supplementary analyses were conducted to investigate whether level and type of aggression was related …
Hull Shape Optimization For Wave Resistance Using Panel Method, Krishna M. Karri
Hull Shape Optimization For Wave Resistance Using Panel Method, Krishna M. Karri
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A ship must be designed for efficiency and economy, thus there is an everlasting desire for the design of better and better ships. One of the important factors which directly influence the worthiness of a design is its resistance. Throughout decades of ship design, the resistance is given top most importance as a design objective. With the increase in computational speeds of both software and hardware, there has been an opportunity for optimizing ship hulls using iterative methods of design and modification. A method for calculating resistance for a given hull geometry and to optimize it using optimization algorithms are …
Numerical And Experimental Analysis Of A Turbopiston Pump, Jason A. Kent
Numerical And Experimental Analysis Of A Turbopiston Pump, Jason A. Kent
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The TurboPiston Pump was invented to make use of merits such as, high flow rates often seen in centrifugal pumps and high pressures associated with positive displacement pumps. The objective of this study is to manufacture a plastic model 12†TurboPiston Pump to demonstrate the working principle and a metal prototype for performance testing. In addition, this research includes the study of the discharge valve to estimate the valve closing time and fluid mass being recycled back into the cylinder through hand calculations. Furthermore, a transient simulation was performed in CFD using Fluent to provide a better estimate of what …