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A Geological Interpretation Of 3d Seismic Data Of A Salt Structure And Subsalt Horizons In The Mississippi Canyon Subdivision Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Mariela Mejias
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) represents a challenge for exploration and production. Most of the sediments coming from North America has bypassed the shelf margin into Deep Water. In an Attempt to attack this challenge this thesis pretends to break the GOM's false bottom, mainly comprised by diverse salt structures and growth fault families. In this attempt, geological and geophysical data are integrated to find clues to potential hydrocarbons indicator (PHI) that could be of Reservoir Quality (RQ). 3D Pre stack depth migrated data comprised of Mississippi Canyon blocks, were interpreted: Top and base of salt, leading to the identification …
Absolute Midget, Mitchell Sommers
Absolute Midget, Mitchell Sommers
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Fiction Novel
La Rue House, Matthew Peters
La Rue House, Matthew Peters
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
La Rue House is a collection of short fictional stories set in and around a homeless shelter for adolescents.
You Are So Mine, Erica Johnson Debeljak
You Are So Mine, Erica Johnson Debeljak
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Creative Writing
A Faint, Blue Idea Of Order, Philippe Custeau
A Faint, Blue Idea Of Order, Philippe Custeau
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Wells Oliver, a mathematician, and his partner Malin move to Kythera, a remote Greek island, from Canada and Sweden, their respective countries of origin. In doing so, they hope to transform their lives in a way that will allow them to focus on their budding love affair, but they are also running away from obligations and people they are trying to leave behind. On Kythera, they realize that even in the most distant locales, the past is never far below the surface.
The Influence Of Flooding On Contributions Of Spartina Alterniflora Roots To Salt Marsh Soil Volume In A Field Setting, Daniel Gill
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Rapid rates of coastal wetland loss in Louisiana are widely recognized. One important question of wetland sustainability is how volumetric contributions of roots to wetland soils vary under the influence of different hydrologic regimes. The research presented here specifically investigates the spatial and temporal relationships among the specific gravity of live roots, soil chemistry, and flooding regime for the macrophyte Spartina alterniflora Loisel. in natural, salt marsh, field settings located across southeastern coastal Louisiana. The results of this research propose the existence of a stress-tolerance threshold (beyond which root specific gravity modifications are observed), and highlight the importance of micro-scale …
Investigation Of Microcracking And Damage Propagation In Cross-Ply Composite Laminates, Babruvahan Hottengada
Investigation Of Microcracking And Damage Propagation In Cross-Ply Composite Laminates, Babruvahan Hottengada
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The present study investigates microcracking and damage progression in IM7/977-2, IM7/5555, and IM7/5276-1 [0/90/90/0] laminates. For each material system, seven to eight small coupons were axially loaded in a tensile substage. At increments of around 50 MPa the surfaces of the specimens were inspected via optical microscopy so that a history of microcracking damage as a function of applied loading could be charted. In the IM7/977-2 laminates microcracks were found to initiate on average at around 1050MPa; microcracking initiation for the other two systems was around 850 to 900 MPa. Also, the IM7/977-2 system displayed a steeper increase in crack …
Who Owns O. Perry Walker High School?: A Case Study Of Contested Ownership And Survival In The New Orleans Public Schools After Hurricane Katrina, David Hamilton Simons-Jones
Who Owns O. Perry Walker High School?: A Case Study Of Contested Ownership And Survival In The New Orleans Public Schools After Hurricane Katrina, David Hamilton Simons-Jones
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This ethnographic case study examines O. Perry Walker, a New Orleans high school the state of Louisiana had previously labeled "failing," during its closure from August 29, 2005 until December 14, 2005, due to the evacuation of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina. This unprecedented evacuation of a major city closed the school, making its reopening the battleground for diverse actors seeking to shape the future of the school and the school system. This research includes interviews with the stakeholders who worked to control, reopen and reform this urban school: teachers, school administrators, elected officials, the California National Guard and staff …
The Efficacy Of Peer Review In Improving E.S.L. Students' Online Writing, Kathryn Fiddler Butcher
The Efficacy Of Peer Review In Improving E.S.L. Students' Online Writing, Kathryn Fiddler Butcher
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This mixed method study investigated the development of E.S.L. writers' skills in revision when scaffolded by peer reviewers, with Lev Vygotsky's social-interactionist theory as the framework. Repeated-measures ANCOVA analyzed scores of four essay projects (first drafts and revisions) evaluated by blind holistic readings with a pretest score as covariant. Participants came from existing sections at a state university in the South in which the instruction was the same. The experimental group wrote revisions based on peer feedback; the control group received instructor feedback. Qualitative data came from semi-structured interviews with participants. Neither group showed significant improvement (at .05) in revising. …
Mothers' Communication Style And The Development Of Child Compliance And Noncompliance During The Third Year Of Life, Sara Sohr-Preston
Mothers' Communication Style And The Development Of Child Compliance And Noncompliance During The Third Year Of Life, Sara Sohr-Preston
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Learning to comply with parental commands and requests is an important developmental achievement during toddlerhood. Although more responsive parenting often is associated with increases in children's compliance during the toddler years, the role of mothers' and toddlers' language abilities on change in compliance has largely been ignored. The current study addressed this gap using a sample of low-income, primarily African American mothers and toddlers (N = 55). Two models examining the role of receptive vocabulary were evaluated. First, mothers with higher receptive vocabulary scores were hypothesized to display more warm responsive communication in a teaching situation, which would be related …
Salamander Mating Behaviors And Their Consequences For Individuals And Populations, Dean Croshaw
Salamander Mating Behaviors And Their Consequences For Individuals And Populations, Dean Croshaw
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In this dissertation, I report new information that is necessary for future mating system studies in a little studied species, the marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum). I studied female mating behavior, sexual selection, and the consequences of polyandry for individual females and salamander populations. I also compared the performance of several statistical approaches for analyzing genetic mating system data. The first chapter summarizes the characteristics of several novel microsatellite DNA loci as well as cross-amplified loci for marbled salamanders and mole salamanders that may be used for future studies. In the second chapter, I report estimates of sire number for 13 …
Guided Imagery's Effects On The Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Of Elementary Preservice Teachers, Lisa Sullivan
Guided Imagery's Effects On The Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Of Elementary Preservice Teachers, Lisa Sullivan
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Teacher educators continually strive to find ways to improve the preparation of preservice teacher candidates. In the area of mathematics education, methods courses that follow National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for professional development have been successful. This study supports the notion that a mathematics methods course can improve mathematics teaching efficacy in the constructs of personal mathematics teaching efficacy (PMTE) and mathematics teaching outcome expectancy (MTOE). Findings also suggest that mathematics teaching efficacy is developmental in its nature with PMTE developing before MTOE. Employing a quasiexperimental nonequivalent comparison groups pre- and posttest design, the present study examined …
Where To Play?: How Student-Athletes Perceive The College Choice Process, Arrianna Smith
Where To Play?: How Student-Athletes Perceive The College Choice Process, Arrianna Smith
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The study explored the perceptions of thirteen, female student-athletes who chose to participate in intercollegiate athletics, specifically basketball. Each of the participants was enrolled at a Division I institution in the same athletic conference. Both institutions are nationally ranked institutions in their primary (revenue generating) sport (NCAA, 2004). All of the participants were offered full athletic scholarships to other institutions, yet they made their college choice decision based on multiple factors. The data revealed that although student-athletes undergo a similar process as non-athletes, their experience in many ways was different due to the additional factors they have to consider. As …
Louisiana Charter Schools Leading In High Stakes Testing: Teacher's Perspective On Their Charter Schools' Success, David Dutt
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Charter schools allow educators freedom to design and execute innovative curriculum and instruction. The best of educational philosophy is constructive only when it transforms into practice. Today's federal assessment program creates a pressurized educational climate that demands educators respond with systematic improvement of test scores. The purpose of this study is to investigate teacher responses to the question "Why is your charter school leading the district in high stakes testing?" The Louisiana State Evaluation Team has determined that the three charter schools featured in this study have been consistently outperforming their respective districts, and the state, while competing favorably with …
Multi-Reference Pseudo-Random Phase-Encoded Joint Transfrom Correlation, Edward Mwatibo
Multi-Reference Pseudo-Random Phase-Encoded Joint Transfrom Correlation, Edward Mwatibo
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
We propose and demonstrate the superiority of using a phase SLM only in a multi-reference phase encoded joint transform correlator(JTC) compared to an ordinary JTC. Maximal length sequences are shifted to form two dimensional orthogonal arrays referred as m-arrays. The phase mask is used in one step to encode multiple reference images and at the same time eliminate false correlation peaks through power spectrum dispersion. A theoretical model of the implemented JTC is mathematically expressed and explained in this thesis. Basic performance criteria, PSR (peak to side lobe ratio) and PCE (peak to correlation energy), are used for comparative analysis, …
Thermal Infrared Imaging For The Charity Hospital Cemetery Archaeological Survey: Implications For Further Geological Applications, Raymond Heitger
Thermal Infrared Imaging For The Charity Hospital Cemetery Archaeological Survey: Implications For Further Geological Applications, Raymond Heitger
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Recent work by Bob Melia of Real Time Thermal Imaging L.L.C. suggests thermal infrared (TIR) imaging can be used to identify subsurface archaeological features buried as deep as 3 meters but the basis for his work has not been tested. In November of 2002, Bob Melia and I attempted to locate unmarked graves at the Charity Hospital Cemetery using TIR imaging. Unfortunately, shortly after that survey, Bob Melia passed away without documenting his work or preparing the final report. Based on a review of previous research and modeling related to TIR imaging of subsurface features, I conclude that the high …
Power Signal Analysis Of Channel Current Signal Using Hmm-Em And Time Domain Fsa, Anand Prabhakaran
Power Signal Analysis Of Channel Current Signal Using Hmm-Em And Time Domain Fsa, Anand Prabhakaran
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The Nanopore Detector using á-hemolysin channel transcribes kinetics of a single molecule along the nanometer-scale pore. The transcribed data is represented by electrical measurements. We present accurate and computationally inexpensive tools to analyze single molecule kinetics. The HMM-EM level projection method de-noises data, retaining the transitions with very high precision. This approach doesn't require input number of levels. Another advantage is the minimal tuning required. The levels are then identified using Finite State Automata (FSAs). Spike Detector algorithm analyzes spikes characterizing behavior of molecule in pore. No commercial tools available are capable of analyzing spikes in presence of noise. The …
Storing And Indexing Expressions In Database Systems, Raj Jampa
Storing And Indexing Expressions In Database Systems, Raj Jampa
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Expressions are very useful in a number of applications for describing the interest of the user in particular data items. Examples of such application domains include publish/subscribe, ecommerce, web site personalization. In recent work, database techniques have been utilized for efficiently matching large number of expressions with data. These techniques include storing expressions as data in the database and then indexing these expressions to quickly identify expressions that match a given data item. In this thesis a new model for expressions is presented that allows definition of richer expressions than provided in previous work. Implementation of this expression model is …
Investigation Of Different Video Compression Schemes Using Neural Networks, Prem Kovvuri
Investigation Of Different Video Compression Schemes Using Neural Networks, Prem Kovvuri
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Image/Video compression has great significance in the communication of motion pictures and still images. The need for compression has resulted in the development of various techniques including transform coding, vector quantization and neural networks. this thesis neural network based methods are investigated to achieve good compression ratios while maintaining the image quality. Parts of this investigation include motion detection, and weight retraining. An adaptive technique is employed to improve the video frame quality for a given compression ratio by frequently updating the weights obtained from training. More specifically, weight retraining is performed only when the error exceeds a given threshold …
Social Supports Among Parents Of Children Recently Diagnosed With Autism: Comparisons Between Mothers And Fathers, Aaron Deris
Social Supports Among Parents Of Children Recently Diagnosed With Autism: Comparisons Between Mothers And Fathers, Aaron Deris
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Parents are best able to identify their own support needs, and professionals can assist parents in receiving supports to assist with these needs. There has been an increase of children diagnosed with autism, which has resulted in a major concern for education professionals. Teachers, therapists, and medical personnel are better able to assist families of children with autism in obtaining supports because they are able to view the family and child objectively and are not emotionally tied to the situation. The focus of this study was to identify the forms of social support that mothers and fathers of children recently …
Job Satisfaction On The U.S.S. John F. Kennedy: The Impact On First Term Sailors' Decisions To Leave The U.S. Navy, Alex Clarence Baker
Job Satisfaction On The U.S.S. John F. Kennedy: The Impact On First Term Sailors' Decisions To Leave The U.S. Navy, Alex Clarence Baker
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The retention of sailors is paramount to the viability of the United States Navy. While numerous aspects, including pay, benefits, family issues, etc., factor into the decision of each sailor to leave the Navy, job satisfaction is one of the most important. This study examines the extent job satisfaction played in sailors' decisions to leave after their initial enlistment. The Navy's own survey instrument was utilized to gather the data from sailors who were separating from the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CV-67) at the end of their first enlistment contract. The survey questions were broken down into three general areas: …
Eager And Hungry For Music: The Wpa Music Project In New Orleans, 1935-1943, Jason Abate
Eager And Hungry For Music: The Wpa Music Project In New Orleans, 1935-1943, Jason Abate
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Of the millions of American workers who suffered economically during the Great Depression of the 1930s, musicians in particular fell on hard times. The live music profession had begun to decline even before the onset of the Depression due to the introduction of new acoustic technologies. In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in an attempt to put the nation back to work through governmentsponsored work projects. One division of the WPA was Federal Music Project (FMP). A great deal has been written about the WPA, but the Music Project has received little scholarly attention, …
These People Are Not Your People: Class Conflict And Ideology In Faulkner's Sanctuary, Elizabeth Shaye Hope
These People Are Not Your People: Class Conflict And Ideology In Faulkner's Sanctuary, Elizabeth Shaye Hope
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
According to William Faulkner's assessment, the mixing of the classes fails because very different ideologies have emerged and are in competition and conflict with one another. The discourses and therefore the ideologies of the characters in Sanctuary are seen to be in conflict with one another, with persons on opposing sides occupying positions that seem to be growing further and further apart, making communication more and more difficult. In examining the speech and interactions of these characters, the codes and knowledge of the different value systems may be analyzed. Sanctuary, then, is not a novel merely about good and evil; …
Creating The Role Of Dabby Bryant In Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, Tiffany Patrick
Creating The Role Of Dabby Bryant In Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, Tiffany Patrick
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis is to create the character of Dabby Bryant in Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, which was selected for the third production in the University of New Orleans' 2004-2005 theatre season. The steps involved in creating Dabby Bryant's character involve using specific methods as outlined by the Acting Program of UNO as well as the text A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, et. al. I also utilized specific instructions from the director of the production, David Hoover, also my major professor. I also had to use the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally …
Assessing The Efficacy Of Guest Loyalty Programs In The Hotel Industry: A Case Study Of Kimpton Hotels, Keith Brophy
Assessing The Efficacy Of Guest Loyalty Programs In The Hotel Industry: A Case Study Of Kimpton Hotels, Keith Brophy
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Since 2004, several small hotel chains have introduced guest loyalty programs in order to give their guests "big chain perks" while keeping a boutique identity. Recent studies have raised concerns that loyalty programs do not create brand loyalty. By looking at Kimpton Hotel's recently introduced program, Kimpton InTouch, this study examines the potential for operationalizing guest loyalty programs in a small boutique hotel chain setting. The study utilizes guest information gathered through customer surveys and reviews guest visits and spending patterns to see if there is any indication that loyal behavior exists amongst members of the Kimpton InTouch. This study …
Uplink Power Control And Soft Handoff Prioritization In Multimedia Ds-Cdma, Wei Shi
Uplink Power Control And Soft Handoff Prioritization In Multimedia Ds-Cdma, Wei Shi
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In the CDMA cellular networking system, power control is a very important issue because it is an interference limited system. In order to reduce the near-far problem and improve the battery life of mobile station, the transmit power of mobile stations must be controlled to limit interference. In this paper, we study the effect of power control on system performance. Different power control rates may have influence on the performance. Meanwhile, we take the consideration of different call admission control algorithm. By introducing soft handoff waiting queue and guard channel into the soft handoff algorithm, we compare the power control …
Cheetah: An Economical Distributed Ram Drive, Daniel Tingstrom
Cheetah: An Economical Distributed Ram Drive, Daniel Tingstrom
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Current hard drive technology shows a widening gap between the ability to store vast amounts of data and the ability to process. To overcome the problems of this secular trend, we explore the use of available distributed RAM resources to effectively replace a mechanical hard drive. The essential approach is a distributed Linux block device that spreads its blocks throughout spare RAM on a cluster and transfers blocks using network capacity. The presented solution is LAN-scalable, easy to deploy, and faster than a commodity hard drive. The specific driving problem is I/O intensive applications, particularly digital forensics. The prototype implementation …
Selective Attention And Childhood Anxiety: The Associations Among Attention, Memory, Interpretive Biases And Anxiety, Sarah Watts
Selective Attention And Childhood Anxiety: The Associations Among Attention, Memory, Interpretive Biases And Anxiety, Sarah Watts
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This paper examined the links between selective attention, memory bias, interpretive bias, and anxiety problems in a community sample of 81 children (38 females) aged 9-17 years. Cognitive biases were assessed using a word and picture Dot Probe Discrimination task to assess selective attention, a memory task to assess a memory bias, and the CNCEQ to assess interpretive bias. Childhood anxiety was assessed using the parent and child versions of the RCMAS and RCADS. Significant associations were found between the three cognitive biases and childhood anxiety problems. In addition, selective attention was found to be associated with the selective abstraction …
Sediment Transport And Pathogen Indicator Modeling In Lake Pontchartrain, Chandra Sekhar Chilmakui
Sediment Transport And Pathogen Indicator Modeling In Lake Pontchartrain, Chandra Sekhar Chilmakui
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A nested three dimensional numerical modeling application was developed to determine the fate of pathogen indicators in Lake Pontchartrain discharged from its tributaries. To accomplish this, Estuarine, coastal and ocean model with sediment (ECOMSED) was implemented to simulate various processes that would determine the fate and transport of fecal coliform bacteria in the lake. The processes included hydrodynamics, waves, sediment transport, and the decay and transport of the fecal coliforms. Wind and tidal effects were accounted along with the freshwater inflows. All the components of the modeling application were calibrated and validated using measured data sets. Field measurements of the …
Effects Of Cooperative Learning On Motivation, Learning Strategy Utilization, And Grammar Achievement Of English Language Learners In Taiwan, Hui-Chuan Liao
Effects Of Cooperative Learning On Motivation, Learning Strategy Utilization, And Grammar Achievement Of English Language Learners In Taiwan, Hui-Chuan Liao
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
To examine the effects of cooperative learning on EFL students in Taiwan, a 12-week quasi-experimental pretest-posttest comparison group research study was designed. Two college classes (42 students each) in Taiwan participated in the study, one receiving grammar instruction through cooperative learning and the other through whole-class teaching. Three specific research questions guided the study. The first looked at effects of cooperative learning on motivation, the second on out-of-class strategy use, and the third on grammar achievement. Additional exploratory questions examined these results across subgroups within each class as well as the relationships between the dependent variables. Data were collected via …