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Reduction Of Endogenous Bacteria Associated With Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) Fillets Using The Grovac Process., Milton Ruben Ramos Jan 1999

Reduction Of Endogenous Bacteria Associated With Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) Fillets Using The Grovac Process., Milton Ruben Ramos

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Fresh catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fillets (CF) can serve as vehicles for spoilage and pathogenic bacteria. Concern for the microbiological safety of chilled CF has grown lately because psychrotrophic pathogens can survive and grow at refrigeration temperatures. The Grovac method, a new, patented (U.S. 5,543,163) process is being used in an attempt to reduce the growth of pathogens and spoilage microorganisms in CF. This process involves the using of a process solution of ascorbic acid (AA) and sodium chloride (NaCl), vacuum and tumbling. Specific objectives of this study included the isolation and identification of endogenous microflora associated with fresh whole catfish …

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Synthesis, Thermodynamic Stability And Enzymic Behavior Of Oligonucleotides Containing Pyrazole Nucleobase Analogs., Andrea Sapp Saurage Jan 1999

Synthesis, Thermodynamic Stability And Enzymic Behavior Of Oligonucleotides Containing Pyrazole Nucleobase Analogs., Andrea Sapp Saurage

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Non-hydrogen bonding nucleosides with iodo, nitro, propynyl and thiazolyl substituted at the 4-position of pyrazole were prepared. These nucleosides were converted to their corresponding nucleoside phosphoramidites and incorporated into a series of complementary oligonucleotides in order to determine the effect that varying size, charge distribution and polarizability has on duplex stability and structure. The self-complementary Dickerson dodecamer sequence 5'-CGCXAATTYGCG-3', as well as the non-self complementary sequence 5'-CAAAATGGTGGCCAAGT-3 ' previously investigated by Brown, were used to determine the duplex stabilization and thermodynamic consequences of placing 5-nitroindole and 4-substituted pyrazole nucleosides across from each natural base. In the pyrazole series, the largest …

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The Search For Senefiance: Contraires Allegories In The "Roman De La Rose", Camilla Rachal Pugh Jan 1999

The Search For Senefiance: Contraires Allegories In The "Roman De La Rose", Camilla Rachal Pugh

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

It is the thesis of this dissertation that there exists in the Roman de la Rose a system of contraires allegories which move in a direction opposed to the traditional readings of three facets of the text. They are (1) Amant's assault upon the statue/sanctuary, (2) his relationship with Bel Accueil, and (3) the advice which Genius gives to Amour's barons. In addition, when taken cumulatively, the readings advanced argue for the identification of the Roman de la Rose with the Evangile eternel of Joachim de Fiore. These readings depend upon the reader's recognition of Faus Semblant as a contraire …

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The Women On/Of The Porch: Performative Space In African-American Women's Fiction., Lajuan Evette Simpson Jan 1999

The Women On/Of The Porch: Performative Space In African-American Women's Fiction., Lajuan Evette Simpson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Mediating Structures in African-American literature are essential in the formation of identity in the lives of the characters. Contemporary theory has moved into a deeper layer of hermeneutics beyond self/other dichotomies to look at the space between binary opposites. Therefore, modern theorists look at sites of play, of exchange, and of transformation. The porch is such a space. A mediating structure is a space that allows the various characters to develop and define themselves. Because of African-Americans, lack of freedom, it was important for them to find a space in which they were able to move and express their ideas, …

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Computational Approach For Determination Of The Hydraulic Conductivity Of Soils Using Continuous Intrusion Piezocone Penetration Test., Chung Rak Song Jan 1999

Computational Approach For Determination Of The Hydraulic Conductivity Of Soils Using Continuous Intrusion Piezocone Penetration Test., Chung Rak Song

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In order to obtain the hydraulic conductivity or the coefficient of consolidation of the soil from PCPT, the pore pressure response during dissipation test is typically used. This method, however, requires the intermittent stopping of the advancement of the piezocone penetrometer for the dissipation test. Also, this method does not fully take into account the pore pressure interaction between near and far fields as pointed out by previous researchers (Kurup and Tumay, 1997). Thus a new rational approach is investigated here. The proposed method utilizes the pore water pressure during the penetration of the piezocone penetrometer. By its nature, the …

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Effects Of The 4 X 4 Block Schedule On Teacher Behavior And Student Engagement Rate At The High School Level., Karen Meredith Soniat Jan 1999

Effects Of The 4 X 4 Block Schedule On Teacher Behavior And Student Engagement Rate At The High School Level., Karen Meredith Soniat

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Numerous educators have suggested that traditional scheduling practices in the nation's schools have contributed to the inability of teachers to utilize "proven" instructional techniques. This study examined the effects of the 4 x 4 block schedule on teaching behavior and student engagement rate in four core curriculum areas in 21 Louisiana high schools. This causal-comparative, ex-post facto study involved three group of schools matched to the extent possible on student population, free/reduced lunch, and community type. The 250 teachers in the Phase I (quantitative study) sample were randomly selected and measured via classroom observations. MANOVA results relating to differences on …

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Sire Selection And Mating Practices In United States Dairy Herd Improvement Association Holstein Herds., Asiye Yilmaz Jan 1999

Sire Selection And Mating Practices In United States Dairy Herd Improvement Association Holstein Herds., Asiye Yilmaz

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Over two million Holstein mating records was used to investigate selection and mating practices. Population statistics revealed non-random mating and selection. Herd production level was associated with higher breeding value sires and price paid per unit of semen. The decision to use an Artificial Insemination (AI) sire or natural service sire was studied and a discriminant function was derived that accurately categorized matings in a test data set of 117,000 observations, with an error rate less than 2.5 percent. Discriminating variables were herd production level, lactation number, service number, breeding month, cow status code, and days in milk at breeding. …

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Hazards To Navigation On The Lower Mississippi River And At -Risk Human Populations., George P. Wooddell Jr Jan 1999

Hazards To Navigation On The Lower Mississippi River And At -Risk Human Populations., George P. Wooddell Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation tests whether known hazards to navigation determine the location of vessel accidents along the lower Mississippi River and describes the human populations most at risk according to predictions. The data are comprised of the relative risk index of river hazards (Forsyth et al. 1996, Gramling et al. 1998), the demographic characteristics of nearby residents, (U.S. Census 1990), and actual U.S. Coast Guard accident reports. Usable predictors of vessel accidents and a knowledge of population characteristics will enable better planning of emergency response, better placement of emergency response equipment, and more effective efforts to prevent vessel. accidents along the …

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Practicing Freedom With Care: The Development Of Warrior-Caregiving In Contemporary Literature From The Americas., Joanna Barszewska Marshall Jan 1999

Practicing Freedom With Care: The Development Of Warrior-Caregiving In Contemporary Literature From The Americas., Joanna Barszewska Marshall

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Taking my cue from Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark, I read three contemporary Black writers in the Americas---George Lamming, Barbados; Michelle Cliff, Jamaica; and Jess Mowry, United States---for signs of a response that was ignored when prevailing conceptions of freedom were formulated in early America. Suggesting that the vision embodied in the name of one plantation, Sans Souci, characterized attempts to deal with the anxieties of a slaveholding free republic, I argue that these writers provide an alternative vision by attempting to reconcile the practices of freedom and care, and I engage their vision in dialogue with several theoretical …

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How The Villanelle's Form Got Fixed., Julie Ellen Kane Jan 1999

How The Villanelle's Form Got Fixed., Julie Ellen Kane

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This work debunks the myth of the villanelle as a "fixed poetic form" dating back to the sixteenth century or earlier and replaces it with a new-historical account of how a semi-improvisatory musico-poetic genre, the choral-dance lyric, was "translated" across ruptures in lyric technology between oral, manuscript, and print cultures. The "fixity" of the villanelle's written form is shown to be not a matter of long-standing "heritage" or "tradition," but the result of deliberate actions taken by one eighteenth- and one nineteenth-century individual who inserted less-than-truthful passages into otherwise "authoritative" prosodic treatises. Chapter 1 identifies the literary sources responsible for …

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The Influence Of Climate For Belief In The Overseas Mission On Cross-Cultural Training Effectiveness., Charles Andrew Handler Jan 1999

The Influence Of Climate For Belief In The Overseas Mission On Cross-Cultural Training Effectiveness., Charles Andrew Handler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study represents the presentation and empirical investigation of a model of cross-cultural training (CCT) effectiveness. This model develops the idea that characteristics of the individual and the organization may influence trainees' motivation to learn and thus may impact the effectiveness of CCT programs. The proposed model is unique in that it suggests trainees, perceptions of a specific climate referent, climate for belief in the overseas mission, may serve as an organizational characteristic that can impact CCT effectiveness. It is proposed that perceptions of a climate for belief in the overseas mission are created via organizational members, shared perceptions of …

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Toward A Taxonomy Of Disputes: New Evidence Through The Prism Of The Priest/Klein Model, Peter Siegelman, Joel Waldfogel Jan 1999

Toward A Taxonomy Of Disputes: New Evidence Through The Prism Of The Priest/Klein Model, Peter Siegelman, Joel Waldfogel

Faculty Articles and Papers

The Priest/Klein model predicts both trial rates and plaintiff win rates as functions of three structural parameters: the decision standard, parties' uncertainty in estimating case quality, and the degree of stake asymmetry across parties. Previous tests of the model are unsatisfactory because most have concentrated on its prediction of a 50 percent win rate, which only obtains as a limiting case. We gather independent evidence that describes the model's three parameters and compare it with estimates from a structural model that simultaneously estimates both trial and win rates. The model fits the data for four of our six case types. …

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Toward An Understanding Of Instructor-Student Interactions: A Study Of Videoconferencing In The Postsecondary Distance Learning Classroom., Thomas R. Atkinson Jr Jan 1999

Toward An Understanding Of Instructor-Student Interactions: A Study Of Videoconferencing In The Postsecondary Distance Learning Classroom., Thomas R. Atkinson Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This qualitative case study examined interactions, the effect of instructional strategies on interactions, participant attitudes, and perceptions that occurred during two courses taught via interactive videoconferencing in higher education. Analysis of coded observational data, field notes, and interviews with students and instructors provided insights about the distance learning environment. Using an interaction model, the classroom interactions were grouped into the following categories: (a) learner-content, (b) learner-instructor, (c) learner-learner, and (d) learner-interface. Results showed that learner-instructor and learner-learner interactions were highest during classes which were organized as discussion sessions with specific guidelines for the content and the nature of questions on …

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Sediment-Air Partitioning Of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals., Guilhem De Seze Jan 1999

Sediment-Air Partitioning Of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals., Guilhem De Seze

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Contaminated sediments that become exposed to the air as a result of dredging or water receding are potential sources of emissions of toxic compounds to the atmosphere. Exposure models are currently being developed to assess the risk associated with this pathway of contaminant release and to design efficient remediation techniques. A critical parameter in these emission models is the equilibrium partition coefficient of the contaminant between the sediment and the air. In this study, the sediment-air equilibrium partitioning of a polymiclear aromatic hydrocarbon (phenanthrene) and a heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (dibenzofuran) was investigated. Both classes of compounds are commonly found in …

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Writers, Illustrators Of Children's Books Invited To Conference At Ole Miss Feb. 26, Adrian Aumen Jan 1999

Writers, Illustrators Of Children's Books Invited To Conference At Ole Miss Feb. 26, Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Adults interested in writing or illustrating children's books can meet with experts in the field and receive valuable critiques of their manuscripts as part of an informative conference dedicated to their interests Feb. 26 at The University of Mississippi.

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Um Announces Summer College Designed For High School Students, Karyn Smith Jan 1999

Um Announces Summer College Designed For High School Students, Karyn Smith

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Project PACE pushed the envelope of achievement for Le'Herman Payton.

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Ole Miss Grants 17 Promotions, Awards Tenure To 17 Faculty, Barbara Lago Jan 1999

Ole Miss Grants 17 Promotions, Awards Tenure To 17 Faculty, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Promotions for 17 and tenure for 17 University of Mississippi faculty members were approved today (May 21) by members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning at its meeting in Jackson.

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Atlas Of Fishes Of The St. Louis Bay Drainage In Southern Mississippi, Royal D. Suttkus, David A. White, Maurice F. Mettee Jan 1999

Atlas Of Fishes Of The St. Louis Bay Drainage In Southern Mississippi, Royal D. Suttkus, David A. White, Maurice F. Mettee

Gulf and Caribbean Research

This atlas presents a comprehensive report on fishes collected in the St. Louis Bay drainage between October 1950 and October 1989, prior to several recent years of accelerated commercial and residential development. A total of 261 samples taken at 126 sites from headwaters of major streams to the mouth of St. Louis Bay resulted in the collection of 75,625 specimens representing 124 species plus 2 hybrid sunfish combinations. Precise locality data are given for each collection site, with number of species and specimens taken at each site, followed by a total list of species taken at each site. A distribution …

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Interest Of Department Of Correctional Education Personnel In Attending Old Dominion University Via The Teletechnet Distance Education System, Dennis D. Traverse Jan 1999

Interest Of Department Of Correctional Education Personnel In Attending Old Dominion University Via The Teletechnet Distance Education System, Dennis D. Traverse

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This study will determine: 1. If Department of Correctional Education full-time academic teachers are interested in taking the courses required to complete the Master of Science in Education degree with a concentration in correctional education programs via the Old Dominion University TELETECHNET Distance Education Program; 2. What content should be included in the concentration courses for correctional education personnel.

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Virginia Beach Middle School Technology Education Teachers Reinforcing Academic Standards, Stephen L. Baird Jan 1999

Virginia Beach Middle School Technology Education Teachers Reinforcing Academic Standards, Stephen L. Baird

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following objectives were established to address this problem: 1. Determine Virginia Beach Middle School Technology Education teachers involvement in assisting students to master Virginia Standards of Learning competencies; 2. Determine the types of assistance that the Virginia Beach Public School system provides to help align the SOL of the academic curriculum with instruction in the curriculum of Technology Education; 3. Determine specific means that teachers have used to integrate the academic curriculum with instruction in the Technology Education curriculum.

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Categories Of Training Problems Being Faced By Hampton Roads Business And Industry Trainers, Delbert W. Gist Jan 1999

Categories Of Training Problems Being Faced By Hampton Roads Business And Industry Trainers, Delbert W. Gist

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To answer this problem, the following goals were developed: 1. Will workforce literacy hamper updating the current employment culture with new technology? 2. Are trainers quantifying costs to determine return on investment? 3. Will companies benefit from using in-house trainers or out-source this training to vendors? 4. Does management share the same visionary outlook as trainers do, the by implementing new technologies, the overall training process will be enhanced? 5. Can projections be made of assistance to elevate challenges faced by industry and business trainers?

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The Effects Of Applied Technology Instruction On Mathematics And Science Achievement Of Eighth Grade Students, John D. Hammons Jan 1999

The Effects Of Applied Technology Instruction On Mathematics And Science Achievement Of Eighth Grade Students, John D. Hammons

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of he Grafton Middle School technology education program's interdisciplinary activities in improving math and science grades of its students.

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A Comparative Study Of The Entry-Level Credentialing Examination Scores Of The Respiratory Therapy Distance Education Students Of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Gay Olsen Jan 1999

A Comparative Study Of The Entry-Level Credentialing Examination Scores Of The Respiratory Therapy Distance Education Students Of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Gay Olsen

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following hypothesis was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the distance education program: Students who study respiratory therapy at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College through distance education will score equally to those who study through traditional methods when taking the entry-level credentialing examination.

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A Study To Determine Faculty Interest In Using Advanced Instructional Technology To Support Course Offerings At Wytheville Community College, Nancy C. Sexton Jan 1999

A Study To Determine Faculty Interest In Using Advanced Instructional Technology To Support Course Offerings At Wytheville Community College, Nancy C. Sexton

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To research this problem, the following goals were established: 1) determine which methods of instructional technology are of interest to faculty; 2) determine the equipment needs of Wytheville Community College faculty; 3) determine the training needs for faculty to integrate technology into course offerings; 4) determine support needs of faculty as they seek new approaches to learning technology.

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An Appraisal Of The Accelerated Medical Laboratory Technician Program At Thomas Nelson Community College, Christine T. Gillerlain Jan 1999

An Appraisal Of The Accelerated Medical Laboratory Technician Program At Thomas Nelson Community College, Christine T. Gillerlain

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The goals of this study were to answer the following questions: 1. Does the accelerated MLT program provide the same educational experiences as the traditional MLT program? 2. Does a change to a more concentrated course schedule change the Navy MLT student's opinions about the program in which they are enrolled? 3. What are the major weaknesses and the major benefits of the accelerated program as indicated by the student? 4. How does the student performance compare in the accelerated MLT program with the traditional MLT program as measured by the final grades in Hematology, Blood Bank, Urinalysis, and Immunology?

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"Through The Eye Of A Needle": The Role Of Pietistic And Mystical Thought Among The Anglican Elite In The Eighteenth Century Lowcountry South, Samuel C. Smith Jan 1999

"Through The Eye Of A Needle": The Role Of Pietistic And Mystical Thought Among The Anglican Elite In The Eighteenth Century Lowcountry South, Samuel C. Smith

Faculty Dissertations

This dissertation examines the transmission and eventual manifestation of Christian pietistic and mystical thought into the Colonial and Revolutionary lowcountry South. The facilitators of this transmission include the Continental Pietists, who were themselves heavily influenced by the mystics, and British Evangelicals such as John Wesley and George Whitefield, who, even in their public denials of mysticism, nevertheless demonstrated its strong influence in their ministries. Mystical and pietistic expressions impacted the religious, social, and political life of the lowcountry more than has been previously recognized. Evangelical Pietism's mid-eighteenth century infusion prompted some to correctly recognize its subjective (i.e. inwardly focused and …

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Spatial Learning Of An Escape Task By Young Corn Snakes, Elaphe Guttata Guttata, David A. Holtzman, Terrence W. Haris, Guillermo Aranguren, Elizabeth Bostock Jan 1999

Spatial Learning Of An Escape Task By Young Corn Snakes, Elaphe Guttata Guttata, David A. Holtzman, Terrence W. Haris, Guillermo Aranguren, Elizabeth Bostock

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Spatial learning is critical to most animals for many behaviours necessary to survival. In vertebrates, most studies on spatial learning and memory have been conducted in mammalian and avian species with few studies on reptiles. We examined spatial learning in the corn snake, Elaphe guttata guttata by training 17 young snakes to find the one open shelter in an eight-hole arena, where the entrance was not visible from the arena surface. Over a 16-trial, 4-day training period, snakes showed (1) a significant decrease in the mean latency to the goal, (2) a significant decrease in the mean total distance travelled, …

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The Effect Of Usage On Degrees Of Constituency: The Reduction Of Don't In English, Joan Bybee, Joanne Scheibman Jan 1999

The Effect Of Usage On Degrees Of Constituency: The Reduction Of Don't In English, Joan Bybee, Joanne Scheibman

English Faculty Publications

In this paper we take the position that there are many degrees of constituency and that these derive in a direct manner from the frequency with which elements are used together: elements that are frequently found next to each other show a tighter constituent structure than those that collocate less frequently. We use both phonological and functional evidence from conversation to argue that repetition conditions chunking (Haiman 1994), sometimes overriding the syntactic and semantic logic of the organization of utterances. Our study examines the reduction of don't in American English conversation. We find that don't is reduced the most in …

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Gendered Jokes: Humor As A Subversive Activity, Janet M. Bing Jan 1999

Gendered Jokes: Humor As A Subversive Activity, Janet M. Bing

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Androgyny Or Catastrophe: Doris Lessing's Vision In The Early 1970s, Nancy Topping Bazin Jan 1999

Androgyny Or Catastrophe: Doris Lessing's Vision In The Early 1970s, Nancy Topping Bazin

English Faculty Publications

Doris Lessing's novels of the early 1970s offer readers a rare kind of wisdom one which has been nourished by Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism, which she admires. Unlike Lessing's earlier fiction which was simply influenced by the ideas of Sufism, three of her novels-Briefing for a Descent into Hell (1971), The Summer Before the Dark (1973), and The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974)-are literally Sufi fables-that is, symbolic stories, each of which "illuminates truth" (qtd. in Shah, The Sufis 14). The Sufi truth illuminated by these novels is that "life is One," and that because we have …

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