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Teacher Perceptions Of African-American Principal Leadership, Darlene Brown
Teacher Perceptions Of African-American Principal Leadership, Darlene Brown
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study investigated teachers' perceptions of African- American principals' leadership and the extent to which those perceptions varied according to their race, gender, years of teaching experience, and years working with the principal. The results of this exploratory study are intended to enhance the empirical data reflecting the leadership characteristics of the African-American principal and to contribute to the research on leadership in general. The participants in this study consisted of 32 African-American principals and 164 teachers in schools representing 12 states during the 2004-2005 school year. Each teacher participant completed either an electronic or paper version of the Leadership …
Counselor Educators' Perceptions Of The Gatekeeping Process, Jolie Ziomek Daigle
Counselor Educators' Perceptions Of The Gatekeeping Process, Jolie Ziomek Daigle
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this research was to examine counselor educators’ perceptions of the gatekeeping process. To fulfill this purpose, a qualitative methodology using grounded theory procedures was utilized. Eight counselor educators participated in three rounds of individualinterviews. These counselor educators were located in the south-east region of the United States and had five or more years of experience teaching in CACREP-accredited graduate programs. Initial interviews occurred face-to-face and follow-up interviews were conducted via electronic mail. Initial face-to-face interviews were audio taped and transcribed for the purpose of data analysis. Electronic mail interviews were printed for analysis purposes. For each round …
The Impact Of Accountability On School Dropouts: The Students' Voices, Shannon D'Hemecourt
The Impact Of Accountability On School Dropouts: The Students' Voices, Shannon D'Hemecourt
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influenced students of one suburban Louisiana school district to leave school prior to obtaining a diploma. Qualitative methods were used to investigate the reasons that students gave for what influenced them in making their decision to leave school. Additionally, it was the intent of the study to determine if the Louisiana school accountability program had any influence on the students' decisions. Interviews were conducted with 11 students who dropped out of school in the 2003-2004 school year. With-in case and cross-case analyses were performed and themes were developed to …
American Muslim School Leadership: Principal And Teacher Perspectives, Siham Elsegeiny
American Muslim School Leadership: Principal And Teacher Perspectives, Siham Elsegeiny
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study employed a quantitative research design using a mail survey to explore leadership style in Islamic schools in the United States. The purpose of the study was to describe levels of transformational and transactional leadership of American Muslim principals. Correlational analyses were used to determine the relationship between principal and teacher reports of principals' use of transformational leadership and the relationship of demographic variables to perceptions of transformational leadership. Multiple regression analyses showed that none of the six demographic variables were significant predictors of the variance in principal- or teacher-reported use of transformational leadership. Thirty-three principals responded to the …
Exocellular Polymeric Substances, Bioflocculation And Sludge Settling Properties In A Combined Anaerobic/Activated Sludge Process, Jackeline Luque
Exocellular Polymeric Substances, Bioflocculation And Sludge Settling Properties In A Combined Anaerobic/Activated Sludge Process, Jackeline Luque
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Combined anaerobic/aerobic processes for municipal wastewater treatment is quite recent; the studies developed have shown these processes are feasible for the removal of organic, nutrient substances and reduction of sludge produced. Previous studies developed at the Marrero Wastewater pilot plant (fully aerobic system) revealed that the minimum solids contact chamber hydraulic residence (HRT) time in which bioflocculation occurs satisfactorily (effluent SS concentrations < 20 mg/L) is 15 min; however, in the combined anaerobic/aerobic system HRT< 100 minutes resulted in poor floc settling properties and turbid supernatants. Exocellular polymeric substances (EPS) have been found to be the key factor for bioflocculation to occur. Past studies in fully aerobic pilot plant demonstrated that the concentration of EPS increased with mixed liquor concentration and solids retention time. The main purpose of this research is to determine the effect of mixed volatile suspended solids(MLVSS), solids retention time(SRT), and dissolved oxygen(DO) in the production of EPS in the combined anaerobic/ solids contact chamber and its relationship with settling parameters. To carry out the objectives of this investigation three experimental phases were developed : 1) The MLVSS concentration was varied between 1000-4000 mg/l, keeping the SRT and DO as constant as possible 2) The SRT was changed between 2-8 days, keeping the MLVSS concentration between 1500-3500 mg/l and DO between 2-3 mg/l 3) the DO concentration was varied between 0-5mg/l. For a DO of zero, EPS were extracted from the sludge produced in the anaerobic reactor. Analysis of the data showed that the combined system proved to be unstable producing unexpected results such as no clear relationship between MLVSS and EPS. For a DO of zero, no EPS are produced and no flocculation takes place; therefore, effluents with poor quality can be expected from anaerobic treatment units. To meet secondary effluent standards in aeration chamber, capable of promoting the transformation from anaerobic to aerobic biota, and the generation of EPS, high SRT and HRT is required. Under these conditions the system anaerobic/solids contact chamber has an excellent potential for providing secondary treatment for municipal wastewater; nevertheless, the system is not as stable as the conventional aerobic one and bulking problems are common and difficult to content.
A Value-Added Analysis Of Teacher Effects On Student Achievement, Ellen Lusco
A Value-Added Analysis Of Teacher Effects On Student Achievement, Ellen Lusco
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of teachers on student achievement using a longitudinal analysis. The analysis was based on the value-added assessment system implemented in Tennessee. In order to conduct this study, data were collected for two sets of students in one school district. The first set of students began Kindergarten in Spring 2000-Spring 2001 and continued to third grade in the Spring 2003-Spring 2004. The second set began Kindergarten in Spring 2001-Spring 2002 and went through second grade in the Spring 2003-Spring 2004 school year. Using mixed model ANOVAs modeled after Sanders' work, …
Synthesis And Characterization Of Miniaturized Fluorescence Sensors For Aqueous And Cellular Measurements, Aihui Ma
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The objective of this Ph.D. study was to develop new and improved miniaturized particle-based optochemical sensors for the analysis of biological fluid and cellular components. This is highly important because current sensing systems can be biologically toxic and incompatible, invasive, and have limited responsiveness. To accomplish this goal we defined three tasks. The first was to develop lipobead-based sensors for chloride. The halide-specific fluorescence dye, lucigenin, was immobilized into the phospholipid membrane of the lipobeads to enable chloride ion detection. The fluorescence intensity of lucigenin decreases with increasing chloride ion concentration due to dynamic quenching. To stabilize the lipobeads we …
Principals' Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of Alternatively Certified Teachers In New Orleans Public Schools, Jacquelyn Mahatha
Principals' Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of Alternatively Certified Teachers In New Orleans Public Schools, Jacquelyn Mahatha
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In response to increasing attention to the issues of teacher quality, quantity, and the mandate for highly qualified teachers, alternative approaches to teacher certification have become widespread. Alternative certification allows individuals who typically posses an undergraduate degree in a field other than education to participate in shortened training and/or on- the- job learning experiences that lead to full certification. The number of alternatively certified teachers in urban hard to staff schools is growing. There are many debates as to the effectiveness of alternative certification. At the core of the arguments are issues surrounding teacher pedagogy, classroom management, and knowledge of …
Development Of A Swmm-Gis Flood Model For New Orleans Drainage Pumping Station No 4 Basin, Efrain Giron
Development Of A Swmm-Gis Flood Model For New Orleans Drainage Pumping Station No 4 Basin, Efrain Giron
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
An urban flood damage model for the drainage area serve by Pump Station No. 4 (Prentiss, New Orleans, Louisiana) has been completed. This study presents the research effort needed to develop a stormwater management model (SWMM) integrated with GIS that includes a Damage Model to estimate the losses produced by storm events on flood prone areas. The latest LIDAR data are used for the topography. The drainage area for this study covers approximately 3218 acres, with elevations ranging from -9 ft to 6 ft above sea level. The runoff produced is pumped into Lake Pontchartrain via London Outfall Canal. The …
An Investigation Of The Relationship Between The Open-Endedness Of Activities And The Creativity Of Young Children, Leng Yan
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study examined the relationship between the open-endedness of activities and the creativity of young children. Eleven prekindergarten classes were observed and rated twice using a researcher-developed instrument, the Open-endedness of Activities Rating Scale (OARS). Three classes were selected from the 11 based on their cumulative ratings in the first observation (CROBS1): the class with the lowest degree of open-endedness of activities (CLSL), the class with a medium degree of openendedness of activities (CLSM), and the class with the highest degree of open-endedness of activities (CLSH). Fifty-two "atrisk" students in these three classes (24 boys, 28 girls), who had no …
Fifth Graders' Interpretations When Reading Literary Works From Two Different Asian Cultures, Tadayuki Suzuki
Fifth Graders' Interpretations When Reading Literary Works From Two Different Asian Cultures, Tadayuki Suzuki
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Although each Asian culture is unique, many Americans tend to generalize and see "Asian" as one vaguely defined culture. This study explored the use of multicultural literature in assisting elementary school students to become aware of and then develop true understanding of what makes two Asian groups different. This case study assessed whether fifth graders in a public elementary school in the Southeast raised their awareness of similarities and differences between two Asian cultures after reading Journey to Topaz (1971), written by Yoshiko Uchida, and Dragon's Gate (1993), written by Laurence Yep. The use of multicultural literature has become common …
Characteristics Of Effective Expert Witnesses In Rehabilitation Counseling, Crystal Younger
Characteristics Of Effective Expert Witnesses In Rehabilitation Counseling, Crystal Younger
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Vocational expert witnesses are retained to perform vocational assessments and provide vocational rehabilitation counseling services to disabled individuals. They are often required to testify as expert witnesses at trials on cases in which they have evaluated disabled individuals or provided rehabilitation counseling services to disabled clients. The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of effective vocational expert witnesses. Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRCs) who were members of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) were asked to complete the Rehabilitation Counselor Questionnaire and Survey and nominate effective vocational expert witnesses for this study. A total of 346 certified rehabilitation …
Design, Melissa Sue Wilkinson
Design, Melissa Sue Wilkinson
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A work of fiction in which, much to the dismay of her band director father, a 13 year old girl is fired from her acolyting position.
Fed To The Teeth: The Creation Of The Title Role In Brecht's Baal, Michael Aaron Santos
Fed To The Teeth: The Creation Of The Title Role In Brecht's Baal, Michael Aaron Santos
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is an endeavor to accurately document and define my creative process as an actor through the title role in Bertolt Brecht's Baal. My aim is to meet and overcome the challenges that are inherent in creating any role, let alone one with the magnitude and complexity that Baal provides an actor. The following chapters contain a record of the development of my acting process in this production, including research, character analysis, a rehearsal log that provides a daily track of my progress, and an evaluation of my performance and the project.
A Radiant Sky, Bradley Scott Philipson
A Radiant Sky, Bradley Scott Philipson
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
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Design And Implementation Of An Universal Lattice Decoder On Fpga, Swapna Kura
Design And Implementation Of An Universal Lattice Decoder On Fpga, Swapna Kura
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In wireless communication, MIMO (multiple input multiple output) is one of the promising technologies which improves the range and performance of transmission without increasing the bandwidth, while providing high rates. High speed hardware MIMO decoders are one of the keys to apply this technology in applications. In order to support the high data rates, the underlying hardware must have significant processing capabilities. FPGA improves the speed of signal processing using parallelism and reconfigurability advantages. The objective of this thesis is to develop an efficient hardware architectural model for the universal lattice decoder and prototype it on FPGA. The original algorithm …
Information System For Environmental Technologies, Maria Del Carmen Gomez Hernandez
Information System For Environmental Technologies, Maria Del Carmen Gomez Hernandez
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) play an important role in environmental management solutions, and they are being used with increasing frequency in environmental studies. The use of GIS technology in environmental studies provides a better way to manage, analyze, display and share the information. In this thesis, I automated a process for constructing GIS maps of odor complaints and inspections that have been used to study odor complaints in the vicinity of three landfills in Jefferson Parish. I provided an application that integrates daily environmental observation and monitoring data into a GIS and publishes the resulting maps through the Internet. The …
Investigations Of Pile Foundations In Brownfields, Ranjan Satyamurthy
Investigations Of Pile Foundations In Brownfields, Ranjan Satyamurthy
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
"Brownfields" are real estate property with subsurface or surface contamination. The redevelopment of Brownfields is required to clean, improve and protect the environment. Piles foundations are often used in Brownfields to support structures. Regulators are concerned about the environmental safety of pile foundations in Brownfields sites. Piling in Brownfields may lead to transport of contaminants from the contaminated region to the underground aquifers. The purpose of this investigation is to determine the potential for contaminant transport due to pile foundation in Brownfields. This investigation is an extension of previous research conducted at the University of New Orleans and ascertains the …
The Moderating Effects Of Parenting On The Development Of Externalizing Problems In Toddlers, Sarah Robison
The Moderating Effects Of Parenting On The Development Of Externalizing Problems In Toddlers, Sarah Robison
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Clarifying processes associated with emerging externalizing behavior problems during early childhood was the focus of this study. Data were collected from 100 parent-child dyads when children were 2, 3, and 4 years. An incremental risk model was hypothesized to explain the emergence of externalizing behavior problems. Theoretically, children's temperamental propensity towards negative emotional reactivity increases risk for noncompliance, noncompliance that increases risk for externalizing behaviors by age 4. Parenting was identified as the mechanism by which children's progression along the incremental risk pathway is amplified or minimized; progression is only expected under conditions of harsh parenting. No statistical support emerged …
Magneto-Optic Spectroscopy And Near-Field Optical Coupling In Nanoparticle Composite Materials, Damon Smith
Magneto-Optic Spectroscopy And Near-Field Optical Coupling In Nanoparticle Composite Materials, Damon Smith
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The Faraday rotation spectrum of composites containing magnetite nanoparticles is found to be dependent on the interparticle spacing of the constituent nanoparticles. The composite materials are prepared by combining chemicallysynthesized Fe3O4 (magnetite) nanoparticles (8 nm diameter) and poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA). Composites are made containing a range of nanoparticle concentrations. The peak of the main spectral feature depends on nanoparticle concentration; this peak is observed to shift from approximately 470 nm for (dilute composites) to 560 nm (concentrated). A theory is presented based on the dipole approximation which accounts for optical coupling between magnetite particles. Qualitative correlations between theoretical calculations and experimental …
Elementary School Children's Perceptions Of The Process Of Counseling With School Counselors Who Utilize Play Therapy Techniques, Eric Green
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This exploratory research was designed to elucidate elementary school children's perceptions of the process of counseling with school counselors who utilize play therapy techniques. Seven elementary school children who were engaged in a counseling relationship with a school counselor who utilized play therapy techniques were interviewed three different times in person. All three rounds of interviews were audio taped and transcribed for the purpose of data analysis. Throughout each round of data collection, coding procedures, mainly open, axial, and selective, were utilized to extract and organize emergent themes. The data yielded three main categories: (a) therapeutic relationship, (b) emotional expressiveness, …
Utility Stock Splits: Signaling Motive Versus Liquidity Motive, Maria Mercedes Miranda
Utility Stock Splits: Signaling Motive Versus Liquidity Motive, Maria Mercedes Miranda
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Despite the rich literature on theories of stock splits, studies have omitted public utility firms from their analysis and only analyzed split by industrial firms when examining managerial motives for splitting their stock. I examine the liquidity-marketability hypothesis, which states that stock splits enhance the attractiveness of shares to individual investors and increase trading volume by adjusting prices to an optimum trading range. Changes in the regulatory process, resulting from EPACT, have opened a window of opportunity for the study and comparison of the two traditional motives for splitting stock --signaling versus liquidity-marketability motives. Public electric utility firms provide a …
Study Of The Influences Of A High School Career Exploration Program On The Adult Professional Lives Of Former Program Participants, Roger Nadeau
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This phenomenological study documented the influences of a high school career exploration program, Experience-Based Career Education (E.B.C.E.), on the professional lives of nine adults who are former program participants. E.B.C.E. was an experiencebased, student-centered program that helped students develop long-term career goals and then reassessed those goals based on community-based, externship experiences. The findings in this study indicate that the utilization of John Dewey’s experiencebased, student-centered philosophy, the basis for E.B.C.E., effectively enhanced the learning process. The study's data, which was gathered exclusively through an Internet focus group session and follow-up email questions, documented the long-term influence of E.B.C.E. on …
Scholarship, Teaching, Service, And Supervision In Counselor Education: Faculty Members' Ratings Of Importance, Jonathan Orr
Scholarship, Teaching, Service, And Supervision In Counselor Education: Faculty Members' Ratings Of Importance, Jonathan Orr
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The goals of this exploratory study were to: (a) compare counselor educators’ ideal ratings of importance with their perceptions of the institutions’ importance ratings on tasks related to scholarship, teaching, service, and supervision and (b) expand the understanding of the importance that counselor education faculty members assign to those same tasks. Group differences based on characteristics of gender, ethnicity, tenure status, program type, type of institution, and type of college or university in ideal importance ratings for scholarship, teaching, service and supervision tasks were also examined in this study. Participants in this study were counselor education faculty members working in …
How States Are Meeting The Highly Qualified Teacher Component Of Nclb, Jean Pinney
How States Are Meeting The Highly Qualified Teacher Component Of Nclb, Jean Pinney
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
As part of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act the federal government has added the requirement that all schools receiving Title I funds must have "highly qualified teachers" in every classroom. The term "highly qualified teacher" comes from the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. What exactly is a "highly qualified" teacher? This part of the law is widely debated throughout the fifty states, but most agree that a teacher's subject-matter knowledge and experience result in increased student achievement.(Ansell& McCase, 2003) Some states have made progress in meeting the "highly qualified" requirement of NCLB. However, most …
Alternatively Certified Teachers' Perceptions Of Principal Support, Reina Bianca Heron Sorapuru
Alternatively Certified Teachers' Perceptions Of Principal Support, Reina Bianca Heron Sorapuru
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of alternatively certified teachers about the support they receive from their principal, assigned mentor, and other teachers to address the challenges of teaching. The importance of those supports as they correlate to teacher satisfaction was determined. The primary research questions were, 1) Do first and second year alternatively certified teachers perceive that they are supported by their principals, assigned mentors, and other teachers? 2) What are the factors of that support they deem most important? There were two ancillary questions, 1) Is teacher perception of support related to satisfaction with …
Race And Gender Differences In Two Sanctioning Strategies For Juvenile Offenders, Chantrelle Varnado
Race And Gender Differences In Two Sanctioning Strategies For Juvenile Offenders, Chantrelle Varnado
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Research suggests that decision-makers often use demographic characteristics for the purpose of influencing the sanctioning strategy allocated. The research study examines the extent to which the sanctioning strategies allocated are influenced by race and gender. The research is based on data gathered from Jefferson Parish Juvenile Services Department of Probation used to examine how race and gender influence juvenile sanctioning strategy allocation. The results from the discriminant analysis offers support for the argument that due to stereotypical perceptions on the part of decision makers, members of minority groups, in particular females may receive differential treatment than their white male counterparts. …
The Discursive Production Of Subjectivity In Television News: Reflecting The Other On The Obese Child's Body, Elise Chatelain
The Discursive Production Of Subjectivity In Television News: Reflecting The Other On The Obese Child's Body, Elise Chatelain
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In this paper, I expand on poststructuralist and feminist theories of the body, gender, and subjectivity through an analysis of media discourse on childhood obesity. Through textual and narrative analyses of news segments on childhood obesity, I demonstrate that the obese child's body, as an abnormal body, is represented as a text of the 'abnormal' conditions in which that body is produced. Thus, the single-mother family structure and/or nonwhite and working class families -- families saturated with the excessive, out-of-control subjectivity of the Other-- are visible on the excessive, out-ofcontrol body of the obese child. I will argue that the …
So, We Go, Karen Kudej
So, We Go, Karen Kudej
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A collection of eight short stories, which focus on themes of loss and longing, finding and acceptance.
A Multi-Dimensional Width-Bounded Geometric Separator And Its Applications To Protein Folding, Sorinel Oprisan
A Multi-Dimensional Width-Bounded Geometric Separator And Its Applications To Protein Folding, Sorinel Oprisan
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
We used a divide-and-conquer algorithm to recursively solve the two-dimensional problem of protein folding of an HP sequence with the maximum number of H-H contacts. We derived both lower and upper bounds for the algorithmic complexity by using the newly introduced concept of multi-directional width-bounded geometric separator. We proved that for a grid graph G with n grid points P, there exists a balanced separator A subseteq P$ such that A has less than or equal to 1.02074 sqrt{n} points, and G-A has two disconnected subgraphs with less than or equal to {2over 3}n nodes on each subgraph. We also …