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Writing As A Reader: The Deserted Village Of Jay Parini, Fred L. Gardaphé

Publications and Research

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Balance In The Taxation Of Derivative Securities: An Agenda For Reform, David M. Schizer

Faculty Scholarship

It is well understood that aggressive tax planning with derivatives threatens the U.S. income tax system. The conventional solution to this threat has been consistency, meaning that the same tax treatment should apply to all economically comparable bets, regardless of the form used. Yet familiar political and administrative barriers stand in the way of achieving this lofty goal.

This Article develops a reform agenda to eliminate tax planning without requiring consistency. Policymakers should strive instead for a new goal, which this Article calls "balance": For each risky position, the treatment of gains should match the treatment of losses. For example, …

Ordeal On The Ice, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Ordeal on the Ice is an article concerning the February 8, 1936 rescue of Clayton Brown by United States Coastguardsman Boatswain's Mate Earl Cunningham (1895-1936) that resulted in his own death and that of Claude Beardsley and the awarding of the Gold Lifesaving Medal to Cunningham posthumously.

Fraud Detection In A Gaas Audit;Fraud Detection In A Gaas Audit: Sas No. 99 Implementation Guide;, Michael J. Ramos, Lori West

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Cpa's Guide To Medical, Dental And Other Healthcare Practices;, Lucy R. Carter, Sara S. Lankford

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Aicpa's Top Technologies 2004, Scott H. Cytron, Anne A. Stanton, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Information Technology Section

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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The Domesticated Liberty Of Lawrence V. Texas, Katherine M. Franke

Faculty Scholarship

In this Commentary, Professor Franke offers an account of the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas. She concludes that in overruling the earlier Bowers v. Hardwick decision, Justice Kennedy does not rely upon a robust form of freedom made available by the Court's earlier reproductive rights cases, but instead announces a kind of privatized liberty right that affords gay and lesbian couples the right to intimacy in the bedroom. In this sense, the rights-holders in Lawrence are people in relationships and the liberty right those couples enjoy does not extend beyond the domain of the private. Franke expresses …

Effect Of Stochastic Dead Space On Noise In Avalanche Photodiodes, Oh-Hyun Kwon, Majeed M. Hayat, Joe C. Campbell, Bahaa E.A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

A stochastic dead-space model for impact ionization is developed and used to study the effect of the soft nature of the ionization capability of carriers on the excess noise factor of avalanche photodiodes. The proposed model is based on the rationale that the gradual, or soft, transition in the probability density function (PDF) for the distance from birth to impact ionization can be viewed as that resulting from uncertainty in the dead space itself. The resulting soft PDF, which is parameterized by a tunable softness parameter, is used to establish the limitations of the existing hard-threshold ionization models in ultrathin …

Change In Diet, Physical Activity, And Body Weight In Female College Freshman, Scott M. Butler, David R. Black, Carolyn L. Blue, Randall J. Gretebeck

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Objective: To examine diet, physical activity, and body-weight changes associated with relocation from home to university.

Methods: Diet, fitness/physical activity, body-weight parameters and self-efficacy were assessed among 54 freshman women upon college entry and 5 months later.

Results: Although caloric intake significantly decreased, a significant increase occurred in body-weight parameters that may be attributed to significant decreases in total physical activity.

Conclusions: Interventions are needed aimed at increasing physical activity; improving diet quality related to consumption of vegetables, fruits, breads and pasta, and meats; and decreasing alcohol consumption.

Using A Schoolwide Faculty Collaboration Model To Improve Reading Instruction At A Middle School, Cheryl A. Mckeever

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation discussed the implementation of a school collaboration model and its effects on reading instruction, academic achievement, and organizational culture in middle grades. The model was designed to present a process that enabled teachers who share a common purpose the opportunity to work together in a supportive, reciprocal, and rewarding relationship. The program was structured into the regular teacher workday.

The model proposed that teachers who are members of a collaborative relationship take the time to understand that knowing themselves is the foundation for understanding and relating to others. A collaborative partnership among teachers and students was essential …

Improving Novice Teachers’ Attitudes About Teaching And Retaining Them In The Teaching Profession, Douglas Hendrix

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to provide psychological and educational support to novice teachers at Morrow High School (MHS). In 2 years, MHS lost a total of 64 teachers. Thirty-four (56%) of those teachers who left MHS were novice teachers. At the end of the 2001-2002 school year, 109 MHS teachers participated in a school improvement survey. Veteran and novice teacher responses were compared. Novice teachers reported more negative responses about their teaching experience at MHS than did their veteran colleagues. Many of those novice teachers left MHS and the teaching profession. Lack of administrative support, an inundation of paperwork, …

Social Skills Strategies And Their Effects On Students With Inappropriate Behavior, Daphne P. Jah

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Discipline referrals were on the rise at West Madison Elementary School in Madison, Alabama. This applied dissertation was designed to explore the effects direct social skills instruction had on the behavior development of disruptive students. The vision of the Madison City School System was to become an educational leader at the state, regional and the national levels. The focus of the Madison City School System was in the area of academic development of students. There was a need to teach the whole child, thus, the need for direct instruction in the area of social skill to promote social competence.

The …

The Effects Of Staff Development Training About Psychotropic Medications On The Way Teachers Discipline Children And Adolescents With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Cynthia P. Ford

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to provide staff members with information regarding psychotropic medications, in order to assist them in improving their discipline procedures with students at a school for children and adolescents with emotional/behavioral disorders. Students with emotional/behavioral disorders were being disciplined inappropriately. A suspected cause was that teachers were unable to differentiate between a true behavioral issue and a behavior that was a result of the side effects from the medication that the student was taking. Even though psychopharmacology has been part of the treatment of students with severe emotional/behavioral disorders, it is still not acknowledged as an …

When The Student Cannot Come To The Classroom, Should The Classroom Come To The Student?, Christine M. Curtin

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this applied dissertation was to demonstrate the effectiveness of interactive communication technology in meeting the unique needs of homebound middle school students by replacing the current 3-hour-a-week tutorial program with a two-way video system. The subjects were 7 middle school aged homebound students in suburban Atlanta, Georgia.

The preliminary project examined archival data concerning 7 middle school students who were participants in the 3- hour-a-week tutorial homebound program. These students, their parents, and their teachers were interviewed about their experience in the 3-hour-a-week tutorial homebound program.

This applied dissertation determined the components and procedures needed to establish …

Development Of A Program Plan For Outreach And Public Service With Plans For Implementation And Evaluation At Virginia State University, Alice F. Joyner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this dissertation project was to identify the components of a comprehensive outreach/public service program and to utilize that information to develop a plan for an institutionally specific outreach program at Virginia State University. Institutional assessments there indicated that the outreach/public service mission and strategic planning goals related to cooperative and shared resources within and outside the university were not currently being met.

The following 5 research questions were addressed: What are the appropriate components for an outreach/public service program? What are the standards and models utilized by selected benchmark institutions? What is an appropriate and valid design …

Intervention Assistance Teams And Centralized Eligibility Staffing Committees: Their Impact On The Prereferral, Referral, And Placement Options For Students With Emotional And Behavioral Needs, Cynthia Ratliff Vasquez

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a series of interventions designed to provide appropriate identification methods and services to emotionally handicapped (EH) and severely emotionally disturbed (SED) students to resolve the problem of uncontrolled growth in the EH/SED program in Hillsborough County Public Schools. This problem posed serious concerns for the school system, including restricted state funding; limited resources, both capital and human; and the potential for serious legal problems due to parents’ pressures for testing and special education services.

Planned intervention processes included (a) designing a unified and standardized format for the documentation of prereferral activities using an intervention assistance team (I-Team) …

Using A Gender-Specific Program Model To Prevent Adolescent Females From Committing Status Crimes And Criminal Offenses, Brenda A. Nelson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The literature consistently references the limited research conducted on adolescent female offenders. Much of the research around juvenile delinquent or criminal behaviors has focused on male offenders, and, as a result, the majority of program models for prevention and treating criminal behaviors of adolescents have been based on a male model. The problem addressed in this applied dissertation was adolescent females committal of status and criminal offenses, with the goal of eliminating status and criminal behavior through the implementation of a gender-specific community-based program for adolescent female offenders. The expected outcomes were that for the sample or target group of …

Design Of A Faculty Development Program For Adjunct Computer Faculty With A Plan For Implementation And Evaluation, Sharon R. Seaton

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this applied research project was to design a faculty development program for adjunct computer faculty at El Centro with a plan for implementation and evaluation. The problem was that a number of adjunct instructors teaching computer courses are ineffective in one or more teaching areas.

There were six research questions in this study. (a) What does the related literature indicate concerning effective teaching skills to be used by college instructors? (b) What are the contents and design of faculty development models in other institutions of higher education? (c) What are the contents of a faculty development program? …

Development Of A Plan For The Implementation And Evaluation Of Programs To Meet The Educational Needs Of Adults On Andros Island, Bahamas, Christina A. Rahming Nwosa

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

There exists a paucity of opportunities for adults on the Family Islands of The Bahamas to obtain higher education, as there is minimal infrastructure on these islands to support the traditional face-to-face mode of educational delivery at the tertiary level. This project was designed to develop a plan for the implementation and evaluation of programs to meet the educational needs of adults on Andros Island, Bahamas. The plan that was developed utilized 14 procedures to answer 4 research questions. The 4 research questions addressed were (a) What are the educational needs of adults on Andros Island?, (b) Currently, what is …

Transport And Urban Environment In Developing Countries : The Situation Is Known, Pragmatic Policies And Understanding Of Related Elements Are Needed, Ali S. Huzayyin, Nermeen F. Ashour

Conference Papers

Environmental impacts of urban transport in developing countries are well known as indicated through many examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Policies and countermeasures are classified and listed as well as the numerous involved actors, variables and effects. A pragmatic approach is needed to ensure success and sustainability of the solutions. The paper discusses main barriers impeding applicability, success and sustainability of mitigation policies and countermeasures. It also outlines the complexity of handling and modelling such multivariate problem of policies, actors, variables and effects. A simplified approach is suggested, which can ensure applicability, implement-ability, success and sustainability of policies …

Evaluating International Agricultural Trade In Central America: Three Analyses, Jose Roberto Andino

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

A case study framework was used to study the competitiveness of Honduran coffee with major importing partners, along with an import demand analysis. Several important points summarize the findings. First, trends in green coffee supply and consumption continue to depress world coffee prices, making the production of coffee less attractive. Since small coffee producing countries, like Honduras, cannot affect the international price, they must improve efficiency, productivity, employ cost reduction techniques, and rely on the promotion of specific product attributes to remain competitive. Second, increased market share of Honduran coffee in major importing markets, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. was …

Psychological And Neuropsychological Correlates Of Postconcussional Disorder, Joy Helena Wymer

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Chronic symptoms of Postconcussional Disorder (PCD) occur in a significant minority of mild brain injury patients. The latest research suggests an interactionistic perspective as the most logical and empirically supported pathogenesis for the development and maintenance of PCD. The interactionistic perspective implicates organic factors in the development of acute symptoms of PCD, and psychological factors in the maintenance of chronic symptoms. Possible psychological factors relevant in the maintenance of PCD symptoms include a grief response, a coping hypothesis, and the development of dysfunctional coping loops. Providing support for a psychological etiology of symptom maintenance is research indicating reduction of chronic …

Design And Fabrication Of Electromagnetic Micro-Relays Using The Uv-Liga Technique, John Dalton Williams

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation reports a research effort to microfabricate an electromagnetic relay for power applications using a multilayer UV-LIGA process. A mechanically wrapped coil was used and very simple design for the magnetic circuit was adopted to increase the design flexibility and performances. The broad material selection and the capability of making high aspect ratio microstructures of the UV-LIGA make the technology best suited for fabricating microelectromechanical power relays. Fabrication of the device required significant advances in the optical lithography of SU-8 negative photoresist. Research proved that aspect-ratios up to 40:1 in isolated open field structures of thickness between 1 and …

The Effectiveness Of Videotape Feedback In Sport: Examining Cognitions In A Self-Controlled Learning Environment, Justin Menickelli

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Providing videotape feedback (VTFB) as a form of knowledge of performance (KP) to learners is a common instructional tool in teaching and coaching. VTFB has attracted renewed attention and various “laundry lists” of recommendations (e.g., provide VTFB immediately following performance, use frequently, vary camera angles) on VTFB implementation (e.g., Franks & Maile, 1991; Trinity & Annesi, 1996). Furthermore, researchers have begun exploring the cognitive variables which serve to mediate the impact of VTFB (e.g., Hebert, Landin, & Menickelli, 1998; Menickelli, Landin, Grisham, & Hebert, 2000). Recent research has focused on two key issues: VTFB provided in a self-controlled learning environment …

Preservation Of Sperm Harvested From The Rat, Caprine, Equine, And Bovine Epididymis, Aida Nioma James

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The interest in preserving endangered species has increased the amount of attention lent to the recovery of functional sperm from the epididymides of deceased males (Foote, 2000). Postmortem specimens have a finite time period before decomposition affects functionality. Determination of this “window of opportunity” to harvest and preserve epididymal sperm would be beneficial for further research in sperm preservation and assisted reproductive technologies. The objective of these studies was to determine 1) the “window of opportunity” to collect viable rat, caprine, equine and bovine epididymal sperm, 2) if epididymal sperm collected could be cryopreserved, 3) to test two common cryoprotectants …

The Effects Of Memory Knowledge On Attributions Of Forgetfulness In Younger And Older Adults, Susan K. J. Brigman

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between memory knowledge and peoples' perceptions of forgetful younger and older adults in two ways. First, using an experimental approach, younger and older research participants were assigned to one of three information conditions: control (received no information about memory and aging), grandparent (received information about grandparent-grandchild relationships), and memory aging (received information about normative age-related changes in memory functioning in later adulthood). One week later, participants read six vignettes describing fictitious persons experiencing everyday instances of forgetting who were either younger (23-35 years of age) or older (63-75 years of age). Following Erber, Szuchman, and …

The Contributions Of Floyd Leslie Sandle To Black Educational Theatre In Louisiana, Ava Marie Brewster-Turner

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Floyd Leslie Sandle appeared on the theatrical scene in 1938 on the campus of Grambling State University. From his humble beginnings in the segregated town of Magnolia, Mississippi, to Dillard University where his passion for theatre was nurtured by Dr. Sheppard Randolph Edmonds, Sandle made significant strides in the dvelopment of Black Educational Theatre in Louisiana. Through his unique approach of presenting plays to the residents of the rural community of Grambling, Louisiana, Sandle was able to establish a state certified Speech and Drama Department at Grambling State University. He trained students in educational theatre though his lectures, laboratory experiences, …

A Theory Of Effective Computer-Based Instruction For Adults, Janis Sue Lowe

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Computer-based instruction (CBI) was considered the technological phenomenon to revolutionize education and training. Today, the Internet and computer technology are reported to have significantly altered the education landscape (Johnson & Aragon, 2002). The rapid advances in technology, the need for lifelong learning, and the growth of non-traditional students have encouraged the use of the computer as a method of instructional delivery. Evaluating the effectiveness of CBI as a whole technology is very difficult. The inability to measure effectiveness is attributable in part to the fact that CBI is not just one component, but a complex range of services and activities …

Application Of Disturbance Theory To Assess Impacts Associated With A Three-Dimensional Seismic Survey In A Freshwater Marsh In Southwest Louisiana, Aaron Stuard Bass

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined various practical and theoretical aspects of disturbance in a coastal wetland marsh in southern Louisiana. A literature review approached disturbance ecology from both practical and theoretical perspectives and assessed its applicability to developing broad predictive models. However, specific knowledge of environmental variables, competitive relationships, and the interactive effects of multiple disturbances are required for meaningful usage of these models. The Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge (LNWR) proved to be an ideal laboratory to test various aspects of ecological disturbance theory. I found that the primary disturbances affecting the LNWR have been hurricanes, droughts, water-level manipulations, prescribed burning, oil …

Numerical Modeling Of Strain Localization In Granular Materials Using Cosserat Theory Enhanced With Microfabric Properties, Mustafa Alsaleh

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Finite element solution in the updated Lagrangian frame is used to investigate the strain localization phenomenon "shear bands" in granular materials. The micro-polar theory was used as the mathematical foundation for the continuum formulations. A laboratory testing results are used for verification and comparison with the numerical simulation. Silica sand and glass beads with different shape indices, size and surface roughness were tested under biaxial and triaxial loading conditions to investigate the physics of the problem. The shape non-uniformity and the irregular surface roughness of the grains were studied carefully to evaluate their effect on shear band characteristics. To this …