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Validation Of The Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, Annette L. Backus Jan 1996

Validation Of The Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, Annette L. Backus

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to validate the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS). This was accomplished by determining inter-rater reliability, the ability to measure pain in infants of any gestational age, and the relationship between the NIPS behavioral scores and physiological parameters of heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation.; Inter-rater reliability on total scores obtained before, during and after the procedure yielded correlations ranging from 0.69 to 0.90, which were significant at p {dollar}<{dollar}.001. All groups showed significant increases in NIPS scores after a painful procedure was started. Total mean scores before, during and after a procedure were 0.44, 3.04 and 0.6 respectively. There were no significant correlations between NIPS scores and heart rate, respiratory rate or oxygen saturation.; The NIPS appears to be a reliable tool for evaluating pain in neonates of any gestational age. Physiological measures were not reliable indicators of pain in neonates.

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Knowledge, Sources Used And Factors Considered In The Surgical Treatment Decisions Of Women With Breast Cancer, Debra J. Bisel Jan 1996

Knowledge, Sources Used And Factors Considered In The Surgical Treatment Decisions Of Women With Breast Cancer, Debra J. Bisel

Masters Theses

The purpose of this replication study was to examine how women with breast cancer reached their decision for surgical treatment (Ward, Heidrich and Wolberg 1989). Twenty-one women who met the surgical criteria, i.e. option for Breast Conserving surgery or Modified Radical Mastectomy, completed four surveys 1 to 7 days post operatively. The women were divided into two groups, 13 who had Breast Conserving surgery and 8 who had Modified Radical Mastectomy. The surveys assessed demographic characteristics of the groups, the level of knowledge regarding breast cancer, factors considered important in reaching the decision for surgery and the sources of information …

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Intuition And The Decision Making Process Of Expert Critical Care Nurses, Kelley A. Hempsall Jan 1996

Intuition And The Decision Making Process Of Expert Critical Care Nurses, Kelley A. Hempsall

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of intuition and the decision making process of expert critical care nurses in providing health care for hospitalized patients. A descriptive correlational design was employed using a non-probability convenience sample of 172 registered nurses working in critical care areas. Data were obtained by a questionnaire developed by the researcher. Ninety five nurses (55.2%) responded. Data analysis included a comparison of the relationship of expert nurses' (n = 49) total scores and the total scores of the non-expert nurses (n = 46). No statistically significant difference was found in either the …

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Role Clarification And The Myocardial Infarction Patient's Primary Support Person, Susan L. Dunn Jan 1996

Role Clarification And The Myocardial Infarction Patient's Primary Support Person, Susan L. Dunn

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of role clarification in reducing anxiety of the myocardial infarction patient's primary support person (PSP). A quasi-experimental design was utilized. A nonprobability convenience sampling method produced a sample of 31 experimental and 38 comparison subjects. During the patient's hospitalization a pretest was given and the experimental group attended a role clarification session. Posttesting was done three weeks later. Both groups had higher trait and state anxiety levels than the norm at pretest and posttest. It was hypothesized that the experimental group would have lower posttest state anxiety levels. This was …

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Crisis Anticipation, Janet A. Tucker Jan 1996

Crisis Anticipation, Janet A. Tucker

Masters Theses

This study builds on two qualitative studies, one by Smith (1988) and one by Rew (1988a) which investigate the characteristics of crisis anticipation as defined by critical care nurses. A convenience sample of critical care nurses from three Midwestern hospitals was shown a random ordered list of thirty characteristics of crisis anticipation identified in the Smith (1988) and Rew (1988a) studies. The nurses scored each characteristic on importance to the concept of crisis anticipation. Nurses were divided into two groups by experience level, and group scores for each characteristic were developed using the Fehring (1986) technique. Group scores were compared …

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Relationships Among Role Strain, Hardiness, And Academic Achievement, Evelyn Clare Rutlin Jan 1996

Relationships Among Role Strain, Hardiness, And Academic Achievement, Evelyn Clare Rutlin

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the relative importance of role strain versus that of hardiness in predicting academic achievement in first semester female ADN students. A convenience sample of 61 students from Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, Michigan, participated in the study.; The Lengacher Role Strain Inventory and the Cognitive Hardiness Scale were used to assess role strain and hardiness. Academic achievement was determined by the grade received in the nursing fundamentals course.; Correlation coefficients were used to determine correlation among the variables. Multiple regression analysis was used to explain the variance. Neither role strain nor …

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Analysis Of The Relationship Between Initial Neurological Status And Adaptation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Margaret D. Carriker Jan 1996

Analysis Of The Relationship Between Initial Neurological Status And Adaptation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Margaret D. Carriker

Masters Theses

Trauma is a major cause of death and disability in the United States. Approximately 4% of victims incur life-long debilitating alterations in physical and personal integrity. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between initial neurological status following traumatic brain injury and adaptation. The study used a retrospective single group repeated measures design. Subjects were patients admitted to an acute care rehabilitation program and completed in patient and outpatient rehabilitation regimes (N=49). All had traumatic brain injuries with Glasgow Coma Scale Scores documented on admission to acute inpatient hospitalization. The Glasgow Coma Scale was used to assess …

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Communities Of Cloacal Bacteria In Tree Swallow Families, Michael P. Lombardo, Patrick A. Thorpe, R. Cichewicz, M. Henshaw, C. Millard, C. Steen, T. K. Zeller Jan 1996

Communities Of Cloacal Bacteria In Tree Swallow Families, Michael P. Lombardo, Patrick A. Thorpe, R. Cichewicz, M. Henshaw, C. Millard, C. Steen, T. K. Zeller

Peer Reviewed Publications

Our aim in this study was to survey the communities of bacteria found in the cloacae of adult and nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), determine if there were familial patterns of prevalence, and determine if there were relationships between bacteria loads and nestling size when 12 days old and fledging success.

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Empiricists And The Collapse Of The Theory-Practice Dichotomy In The Large Classroom: A Review Of Lopucki And Warren's Secured Credit: A Systems Approach, William J. Woodward Jr. Jan 1996

Empiricists And The Collapse Of The Theory-Practice Dichotomy In The Large Classroom: A Review Of Lopucki And Warren's Secured Credit: A Systems Approach, William J. Woodward Jr.

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Contractarians, Community, And The Tort Of Interference With Contract, William J. Woodward Jr. Jan 1996

Contractarians, Community, And The Tort Of Interference With Contract, William J. Woodward Jr.

Faculty Publications

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Twenty Questions On The Status Of Women Students In Your Law School, Jean C. Love Jan 1996

Twenty Questions On The Status Of Women Students In Your Law School, Jean C. Love

Faculty Publications

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Federalizing Crime: Assessing The Impact On The Federal Courts, Sara Sun Beale Jan 1996

Federalizing Crime: Assessing The Impact On The Federal Courts, Sara Sun Beale

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the history of federal criminal jurisdiction and criminal enforcement, and reviews federal caseload statistics. The federal criminal caseload grew dramatically between 1980 and the mid-1990s, but this increase tells only part of the story. The federal criminal caseload has fluctuated widely over the past two decades, and the number of criminal cases today is about the same as it was in the early 1970s. Although criminal cases now account for only one-fifth of the federal caseload, they take a large and disproportionate share of federal judicial resources. In more than one-third of federal judicial districts, criminal cases …

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Why Are There So Few Black Lawyers In Corporate Law Firms? An Institutional Analysis, Mitu Gulati, David B. Wilkins Jan 1996

Why Are There So Few Black Lawyers In Corporate Law Firms? An Institutional Analysis, Mitu Gulati, David B. Wilkins

Faculty Scholarship

Although the number of black students graduating from law schools has increased significantly in recent decades, blacks still make up a very small minority of the lawyers working in large corporate law firms. Available data indicate that these firms hire few blacks, and that those they do hire are more likely than their white peers to leave the firms before becoming partners. Conventional explanations blame the underrepresentation of blacks in corporate firms on either the racism of firms and their clients, or a shortage of qualified, interested black candidates. While acknowledging that in some instances these factors may help to …

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"I Am Contemporary!": The Life And Times Of Penny Arcade., Matthew Sheridan Ames Jan 1996

"I Am Contemporary!": The Life And Times Of Penny Arcade., Matthew Sheridan Ames

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

"I Am Contemporary!": The Life and Times of Penny Arcade explores the career of performance artist Susana Ventura, a.k.a. Penny Arcade, and establishes her position in the American post-war avant-garde and counter-culture performance scene. The document is chronological, examining first Ventura's fifties childhood, moving toward her rebellious sixties, through her introspective seventies, and eventually into a performance career in the New York avant-garde scene of the eighties and nineties. Each main chapter explores three elements of these time periods, first establishing the social background, then moving to an overview of counter-cultural performance, and finally examining Ventura's work within that time …

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Effects Of Organic Waste Amendments, Herbicides, And Weed Hosts On Pythium Root Rot Of Sugarcane., Nimal Mudiyans Dissanayake Jan 1996

Effects Of Organic Waste Amendments, Herbicides, And Weed Hosts On Pythium Root Rot Of Sugarcane., Nimal Mudiyans Dissanayake

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Three objectives that could lead to improved understanding and management of Pythium root rot of sugarcane were addressed. First, the potential of amending soil with different organic wastes to suppress root rot was evaluated, and the biological and chemical properties of wastes that may contribute to disease suppression were identified. Secondly, herbicide interactions with root rot affecting sugarcane growth were assessed. Finally, the role of weeds in disease epidemiology was investigated. Greenhouse and laboratory studies indicated soil amendment with some organic wastes offers a sustainable disease management option through biological control. Amendment with different wastes had variable effects. Sewage sludge, …

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Factors Controlling The Impacts Of South Louisiana Crude Oil On The Vegetation And Revegetation Of Coastal Wetlands., Qianxin Lin Jan 1996

Factors Controlling The Impacts Of South Louisiana Crude Oil On The Vegetation And Revegetation Of Coastal Wetlands., Qianxin Lin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The impacts of south Louisiana crude oil on three types of marsh, salt, brackish, and freshwater, dominated by Spartina alterniflora, S. patens, and Sagittaria lancifolia, respectively, were studied in the greenhouse. The influence of a number of factors such as marsh type, plant species, oil dosage, oil coverage, soil composition, leaf surface structure, season and meteorological conditions, on the impact of crude oil to marsh vegetation and revegetation were investigated. Vegetative sensitivity to south Louisiana crude oil increased in the order of S. lancifolia, S. alterniflora, and S. patens. Photosynthetic rates, stem densities, and the regrowth of aboveground biomass for …

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Use Of Geographic Information System Technology To Assess Vulnerability To Shallow Groundwater Contamination., Brenda G. Bruner Jan 1996

Use Of Geographic Information System Technology To Assess Vulnerability To Shallow Groundwater Contamination., Brenda G. Bruner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Geographic Information System (GIS) technology was used to develop a local scale screening procedure for assessing shallow ground water's vulnerability to nitrate contamination. The procedure was based on the spatial distribution of ten key physical and chemical properties of soils. Both flow characteristics and attenuation capabilities of soils were incorporated into the assessment. Land surface areas were classified by the GIS to show the level of vulnerability present at a site as a result of existing natural conditions. The procedure produced a Vulnerability Index (VI), and resulted in VI ranging from 4.98 to 6.72 for the study area (with ten …

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Magneto-Optical Properties Of Cubic Ferromagnetic Metals., Neeraj Arvind Mainkar Jan 1996

Magneto-Optical Properties Of Cubic Ferromagnetic Metals., Neeraj Arvind Mainkar

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

I present a first principles, all electron, linear combination of Gaussian orbitals calculation of a comprehensive collection of magneto-optical properties of the cubic ferromagnetic metals nickel, iron and cobalt based on density functional theory. Among the many magneto-optical effects, this is the first ab initio study of the equatorial Kerr effect for absorption in the optical as well as the X-ray region, where it is called the X-ray magnetic linear dichroism. I find that in the optical region, this effect is of the order of 2% while in the X-ray region, it is of the order of 1% for the …

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Improved Method For Selecting Kick Tolerance During Deepwater Drilling Operations., Shiniti Ohara Jan 1996

Improved Method For Selecting Kick Tolerance During Deepwater Drilling Operations., Shiniti Ohara

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

One of the most critical aspects in the design of oil and gas wells is the selection of the depths at which steel casing is set. As the length of open borehole increases, the risk of formation fracturing during drilling operations increases. Formation fracture often leads to an underground blowout that can be very expensive to control. Because of the special problems involved in drilling deepwater well, accurately measuring the risk of formation fracture is essential. A calculated parameter called "kick tolerance" is often used to measure this risk. In this study, improved computer software specifically designed for computing kick …

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Reconstructing Educational Experience: A Postmodern Perspective., Jeanne Edwards Robertson Jan 1996

Reconstructing Educational Experience: A Postmodern Perspective., Jeanne Edwards Robertson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Education in America today is dominated by the either/or thinking of modernism. This mode of thought is connected to both the concepts and methods of modern, mechanistic, Newtonian science. However, the attendant reductionistic methodology has been elevated beyond its realm of efficacy to the level of a world view, a metaphysical level. This is demonstrated by the omnipresence of the machine metaphor in all areas of human endeavor. The machine is the root metaphor of modernism. John Dewey speaks of a "new order of conceptions" necessary for significant change. These new order concepts are manifest in the new or postmodern …

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Holocene To Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy Of The Mahakam Delta, Kalimantan, Indonesia., Johan C. Sydow Jan 1996

Holocene To Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy Of The Mahakam Delta, Kalimantan, Indonesia., Johan C. Sydow

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Late Pleistocene depositional cycles of the Mahakam shelf contain stratal geometries that indicate a progradational continuum, from falling stage in sea level through to initial rise. These findings contrast with popular sequence stratigraphic concepts which predict that large, rapid sea-level falls, typical of the Late Pleistocene, should result in sediment bypass of the entire shelf. The Mahakam shelf is a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate depositional setting. Extensive, thick carbonate buildups are produced by prolific green algal Halimeda bioherm accretion during transgression and highstand flooding of the shelf. The 60 by 200 km study area lies within 2$\sp\circ$ of the equator, in the …

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Crystal Plasticity Model With Back Stress Evolution., Wei Huang Jan 1996

Crystal Plasticity Model With Back Stress Evolution., Wei Huang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In this work, two backstress models and a modified yield criterion for crystalline materials are proposed. The proposed work is for the identification of texture development in metals when subjected to large deformation processes such as rolling, extrusion, stamping and deep drawing, etc. These models are incorporated into a numerical procedure similar to the approaches by Asaro (1983), Peirce et al. (1983), Nemat-Nasser (1983), and Rashid and Nemat-Nasser (1992). Also, similar to their approaches, a two-dimensional crystal structure is used for a feasibility study of the model by solving a simple shear problem. More importantly, the proposed formulations are strain …

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Composted Municipal Waste And Fertilizer Effects On Soils And Sugarcane., Xianliang Wan Jan 1996

Composted Municipal Waste And Fertilizer Effects On Soils And Sugarcane., Xianliang Wan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Application of composted municipal waste to agricultural lands has potential benefits to improve soil fertility and crop yield. It may lead to accumulation of heavy metals within soils and leaching of nutrients and heavy metals into the ground water. The objectives of this study were to investigate: (1) the effects of composted municipal waste and fertilizer on soil chemical properties and sugarcane elemental uptake and yield; and (2) the leachability of elements in compost amended soils. Results of three field experiments from a Baldwin silty clay loam and a Memphis silt loam showed that compost application at $\ge$33.6 Mg/ha increased …

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Synthesis Of Uv/X-Ray Sensitive Polymers And Their Applications As Resists., Jack Dean Davies Jan 1996

Synthesis Of Uv/X-Ray Sensitive Polymers And Their Applications As Resists., Jack Dean Davies

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Aliphatic polycarbonates were synthesized by condensation of the bischloroformate of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol with cyclic aliphatic diols. Polycarbonates that lacked flexible methylene units in the backbone processed T$\sb{\rm g}\ >$ 139$\sp\circ$C. Copolycarbonates acted as resists when combined with cobalt(III)-am(m)ine tetraphenylborate complexes which act as photointiators, with tetraphenylborate serving as counter anion. The photoinitiator liberates either ammonia or ethylene diamine base upon UV exposure and the polycarbonate backbone is subject to nucleophilic attack at the carbonyl linkage by the base. Image tone was dependent on the base used. Amine complexes, Co(NH$\sb3)\sb6\sp{3+}$ effected a positive tone due to ammonia induced main chain degradation at …

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Spatial Distribution And Sequential Sampling Of The Rice Water Weevil, Lissorhoptrus Oryzophilus Kuschel, In Louisiana., Mark Alan Muegge Jan 1996

Spatial Distribution And Sequential Sampling Of The Rice Water Weevil, Lissorhoptrus Oryzophilus Kuschel, In Louisiana., Mark Alan Muegge

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Studies were conducted in Louisiana to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of rice water weevil (RWW), Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, adults, eggs, larvae and pupae in drill-seeded rice. In addition, three sequential sampling plans, Kuno's fixed precision sequential sampling plan, the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT), and 2-SPRT, were developed and evaluated to establish an accurate and economically efficient sampling plan for RWW larvae in drill-seeded rice in Louisiana. Values obtained for the aggregation indices, b, from Taylor's power law, $\beta$, from Iwao's patchiness regression and, k, from the negative binomial distribution indicated that RWW larvae were nearly randomly distributed …

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Active Tectonics Of The Northeastern Mojave Desert, California., David F. Macconnell Jan 1996

Active Tectonics Of The Northeastern Mojave Desert, California., David F. Macconnell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study has led to an improved understanding of the active tectonics and seismic hazards of the northeastern Mojave Desert region and has provided a means with which to assess regional strain models proposed by previous workers. Primary data sets include published and unpublished geologic maps, Landsat Thematic Mapper multi-spectral imagery, SPOT panchromatic imagery as well as hand-held ground and aerial photographs (panchromatic, color and color-infrared), color video, digital topography, gravity, seismicity and paleomagnetic data. Prior to analysis, data sets were organized into a geographic information system implemented on a UNIX workstation. This allowed for the simultaneous visualization of combinations …

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Synthesis, Molecular Characterization And Physical Behavior Of Novel Polymers And Polymer Blends: Poly(Aryl Ether)Sulfones, Labeled Poly(Gamma-Stearyl-Alpha, L-Glutamate) And Poly(Gamma-Stearyl-Alpha, L-Glutamate)/Polyethylene Blends., Frederick Harald Roos Jan 1996

Synthesis, Molecular Characterization And Physical Behavior Of Novel Polymers And Polymer Blends: Poly(Aryl Ether)Sulfones, Labeled Poly(Gamma-Stearyl-Alpha, L-Glutamate) And Poly(Gamma-Stearyl-Alpha, L-Glutamate)/Polyethylene Blends., Frederick Harald Roos

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The structures of a number of novel poly(aryl ether) sulfones (nitro, aminomethyl, methyl and ethyl derivatives), which have applications as separation membranes, were determined unequivocally for the first time by applying sophisticated two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods. The degree of substitution (DS) was found to vary among the products from 0.1 percent to about 2 percent (DS: nitro, 2.0; amino, 0.11; aminomethyl, 0.76; methyl, 2.12; ethyl, 2.05). Poly($\gamma$-stearyl-$\alpha$,L-glutamate), PSLG, is a "fuzzy rod" polymer composed of a central backbone that can exist as an $\alpha$-helix. This backbone, a polypeptide, is hydrophilic. The stearyl side chains (the "fuzzy" part of …

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The Cytoplasmic N,N'-Diacetylchitobiase Gene From Vibrio Parahaemolyticus: Sequence Analysis, Protein Secretion, And Secretion System Development., Michael Hongli Wu Jan 1996

The Cytoplasmic N,N'-Diacetylchitobiase Gene From Vibrio Parahaemolyticus: Sequence Analysis, Protein Secretion, And Secretion System Development., Michael Hongli Wu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the cytoplasmic $N,N\sp\prime$-diacetylchitobiase from Vibrio parahaemolyticus has been determined. The deduced peptide sequence surprisingly has minimum evolutionary relationship to two other reported $N,N\sp\prime$-diacetylchitobiases from vibrios, except for highly conserved regions which are also homologous with lysosomal beta-hexosaminidases from eukaryotes including humans. In contrast, the other two sequenced chitobiases from vibrios are much more closely related to each other. This 85 kDa cytoplasmic protein, as revealed from the sequence, appears to be a unique protein, lacking a signal sequence and genetically distant from other known enzymes of similar function. This is consistent with its …

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Scale, Resolution And Resampling: Representation And Analysis Of Remotely Sensed Landscapes Across Scale In Geographic Information Systems., Stephanie Jean Weigel Jan 1996

Scale, Resolution And Resampling: Representation And Analysis Of Remotely Sensed Landscapes Across Scale In Geographic Information Systems., Stephanie Jean Weigel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Earth system scientists are increasingly using the technologies of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) in their analyses of earth system processes and patterns. These investigations take place over a wide range of scales, from the local to the global. Global change researchers focus on both the physical and human dimensions of changes in the earth's landscapes, which occur across a range of scales and may be scale dependent. The way in which landscapes are represented in GIS and RS, using specific spatial data models and data spatial resolutions, affects the subsequent analyses that can be performed. Optimally …

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Factors Influencing Completion Status Of Undergraduate Nursing Students Who Initiate Progression Appeals., Karen Diane Hadskey Blanchard Jan 1996

Factors Influencing Completion Status Of Undergraduate Nursing Students Who Initiate Progression Appeals., Karen Diane Hadskey Blanchard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this descriptive research study was to determine the existence of predictors for success of nursing students who are granted appeals, based on special circumstances, by the University Progression and Retention Committee of Southeastern Louisiana University. This study investigated demographics (age, marital status, gender, race, residence, semester of appeal, and educational background) of 302 nursing students from Southeastern Louisiana University (January 1988, to May 1995) that appealed to the Progression and Retention Committee of the university to continue in the nursing program. Success predictor criteria provided to nursing faculty and students can be used as a positive resource …

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