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Wavelet-Based Registration Of Medical Images., Raj Sharman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Registration is the process of spatially aligning two objects and is normally a preprocessing step in most object recognition algorithms. Registration of images and recognition of signatures of objects in images is important for clinical and diagnostic purposes in medicine. Recognizing structure, potential targets for defense purposes and changes in the terrain, from aerial surveillance images and SAR images is the focus of extensive research and development today. Automatic Target Recognition is becoming increasingly important as the defense systems and armament technology move to use smarter munitions. Registration of images is a preprocessing step in any kind of machine vision …

Winter Season Cold Front Variability In The Southern United States., Jeffrey W. Hardy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The variability of southern United States cold fronts was examined for 29 winter seasons, with particular emphasis placed on the identification of the upper-air circulation patterns associated with months when the region experienced extremes in cold front frequencies and intensities. The influence of atmospheric teleconnection patterns on cold front variability was first examined. For the Pacific/North American (PNA) teleconnection pattern, cold front passage frequencies in Florida were found to be significantly higher (lower) during meridional (zonal) months. An examination of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) revealed that cold front passage frequencies were significantly higher (lower) in western and eastern Texas …

The Behavior Of Invert Sugar In Sugar Refining., Jianmei Yu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Alkaline degradation of pure invert and invert in refining materials including washed sugar liquor, melt liquor and affination syrup has been investigated. The pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics of invert alkaline degradation was demonstrated for a pH range of 9.0-11.0 and a temperature range of 70-90$\sp\circ$C. In this range, rate constants of invert degradation increased 5 to 6 times with one unit increase in pH. The effects of pH and temperature on rate constants were quantified and could be expressed as: log k = 19.42 - 6712/T - 0.712pOH. Rate constants of invert alkaline degradation at different pH-temperature-base combinations calculated by this …

Down Upon The Fold: Mercenaries In The Twelfth Century., Steven Wayne Isaac

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Despite the trend in recent medieval historiography which has accepted the presence of paid warriors as no longer an aberration, the role of the mercenary within and outside twelfth-century society has still escaped in-depth analysis. Such an approach, however, has the dual merit of building an understanding of the mercenary phenomenon itself and of highlighting the often overlooked social and cultural relations, structures, and breakdowns that produce men willing to fight for profit. The period 1187-1218 provides one of the earliest, richest backgrounds against which to examine the mercenary. The accelerating return of a money economy, hardening of feudal structures, …

Arthur Miller In Montreal: Cultural Transfer Of American Plays In Quebec (1965-1997)., Bernard Lavoie

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In the 1960s, American plays presented in Montreal were translated in France; the following decade saw the first of American plays translated or adapted in Quebec. In the 1980s, the translative practices employed in the seventies proved the dominant mode. In the 1990s, only exceptionally has an American play been presented in a translation originating outside of Quebec. It is now the rule that all foreign plays produced in Quebec are translated in the Quebecois idiom. This translative situation has stabilized, and the translation of American plays into Quebecois reflects an established practice. The tracing and analysis of this translative …

United States Foreign Policy And Media Coverage Of Uzbekistan: A Case Study., Mardon Nigmatovich Yakubov

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study reviews the impact of U.S. political interests on media coverage of Uzbekistan, a Central Asian republic which became independent after the breakup of the Soviet Union. A content analysis of coverage from 1991 to 1996 in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times was compared to American government documents and pronouncements on Uzbekistan. Striking similarities between U.S. policy towards Uzbekistan and the negative interpretation of events appearing in American newspapers were found. The democracy and human rights agendas advanced by U.S. officials apparently prompted editors and reporters to focus more on these subjects, while overlooking …

Aspects Of Searching And Tunneling Behavior In Resource Utilization By The Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes Formosanus Shiraki., Justin Carl Hedlund

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), were acclimated with different masses of pine or no wood (control) and then allowed access to a thin sand filled tunneling chamber. As available pine increased, termite survival and food consumption increased but search tunnel volume decreased. Increased food size resulted in termites excavating fewer exploratory tunnels due to decreases in secondary and tertiary branch tunnels. An increase in food size also decreased the total length of a search tunnel network, due to decreases in primary and secondary branch order lengths. Search tunnel networks had proportionally more length devoted to primary tunnels …

Spectrum 1998, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Undergraduate Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Harmonization Of Competititon Policies Among Mercosur Countries, Jose Tavares De Araujo, Jr, Luis Tineo

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Shaping Competition Policy In The Americas: Scope For Transatlantic Cooperation?, Shanker A. Singham

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Japan's Big Bang Financial Reforms, Ernest T. Patrikis

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Shareholder Participation In Corporate Decisionmaking Under German Law: A Comparitive Analysis, Bernd Singhof, Oliver Seiler

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Richards V. Lloyd's Of London: The Ninth Circuit Denies Access To The Securities Laws To American Investors, James Gange

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Who Needs Congress? An Agenda For Administrative Reform Of The Endangered Species Act, J.B. A. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article comprehensively examines the history and content of the numerous administrative reforms of the Endangered Species Act program carried out under the tenure of Department of the Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. The assessment is that these reforms provide a tremendous impetus for innovation of species conservation.

Ay 1997/1998 Faculty Senate Roster, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Sec Roster, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1998-02-18, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1997-12-10, Special Meeting, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1997-11-19, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1997-10-15, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1997-09-17, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Sec Meeting Minutes, 1998-04-01, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Sec Meeting Minutes, 1998-02-04, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Integrated Learning Systems In The Public Schools, Mary N. Parker

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of an Integrated Learning System (ILS). This study focused on how public school districts in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa were using the ILS. Eighty-five surveys were sent to public school contact persons whose names were provided by Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC) which produces an ILS called SuccessMaker. Other software providers refused to cooperate in supplying names for the study. The study also asked if the ILS were effective in producing student gains.

While this study did not statistically evaluate the effectiveness of the ILS compared to control groups, or …

William Butler Yeats And The Cuchulain Cycle, Zhibo Wang

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Of What She Lets Go, Amber Dawn Garrison

Masters Theses

Of What She Lets Go is a young-adult novel that focuses on the physical, emotional and sexual development of a thirteen-year-old girl named Emily. Emily is faced with the challenges of becoming a self-respecting and confident young woman despite the social and familial difficulties she encounters.

As the story develops, the problems Emily faces proportionally increase her sense of alienation. She becomes increasingly negative and turns outside her family and long-term friendships to establish a relationship with a rebellious sixteen-year-old male named Steve. Steve is attentive to Emily's need for affection and uses it to move the relationship to the …

An Analysis Of Using Dramatic Activities To Communicate And Stimulate Learning Of Biblical Principles Regarding Drug/Alcohol Abuse Among Teens, Victoria Norton

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Small-Business Exemption Under The Fair Labor Standards Act: The "Original" Accumulation Of Capital And The Inversion Of Industrial Policy, Marc Linder

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

New Battles Between Freelance Authors And Publishers In The Aftermath Of Tasini V. New York Times, Laurie A. Santelli

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Private Religious Choice In German And American Constitutional Law: Government Funding And Government Religious Speech, Ingrid Wuerth

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The sharply contested religion cases from Germany in the late 1990s...point to problems with our growing reliance on private religious choice analysis that demand our attention in both government funding and speech cases. To understand the problems of funding religious groups in neutral programs, we must back up and ask the foundational question: what goals may the government pursue with its funding? The broader those goals are defined, the greater the potential distortion of private religious choice, through either inclusion or exclusion from the programs. To fully make sense of government funding and the Establishment Clause, we must consider its …