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Influence Of Planting Depth And Mulch On The Growth Of Nine Species Of Ornamental Plants In Landscape And Container Settings, Heather Christianne Pecot

LSU Master's Theses

Six different planting depths and mulch treatments were applied to nine different species of landscape plants in a field study beginning July 5, 2001. Plants were maintained for a two-year study period on the effects of improper planting depths and mulch on the following species; Southern Magnolia ‘Little Gem’ (Magnolia grandiflora), Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum), Crape Myrtle (Lagerstromia indica x fauriei ‘Natchez’), Azalea (Rhododendron indicum ‘George L. Tabor’), Indian Hawthorn (Raphiolepis indica ‘Clara’), Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense ‘Burgundy’), Dwarf Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’), Dwarf Nandina (Nandina domestica ‘Fire power’), and Liriope (Liriope muscari ‘Big Blue’). Four growth indexes, and quality ratings …

Volatiles Associated With Formosan Subterranean Termites And Related Methods Development, Paul Mclaughlin

LSU Master's Theses

An investigation was conducted to identify volatiles associated with active Formosan termites. Using a combined technique of short path thermal desorption-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (SPTD-GC/MS), qualitative comparisons were made between compounds detected in treatments containing active Formosan termites versus those detected in controls without Formosan termites. Except for dimethyl disulfide, none of the compounds were consistently detected in the treatments but not the controls for the four termite groups tested. However, in each of the three groups that dimethyl disulfide was detected, dead termites that were decomposing along with active termites were present. Therefore, none of the compounds could be classified …

Country Roads Magazine: Has The Move From The "Country" Influenced Baton Rouge Advertisers' Buying Habits, Arianne Parker Bellizaire

LSU Master's Theses

Country Roads magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary in September of 2003. Founded by Dorcas Woods Brown in 1983, the publication prides itself on offering its readers a cultural events guide showcasing events, festivals and destinations from Natchez, Mississippi, to New Orleans, Louisiana. Readers have watched the magazine evolve over the years. However, nearly two years ago, readers experienced one of the biggest changes. The magazine moved its headquarters from St. Francisville to Baton Rouge. This study evaluated Baton Rouge advertisers' reactions the move. The researcher modified and tested the Country-of-Origin Effects (COO) on a smaller scale by examining City-of-Origin effects. …

Modulation Of Gabaergic Signaling In Retinal Amacrine Cells, Brian Kevin Hoffpauir

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The intricate circuitry formed by amacrine cells in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) of the retina suggests that these interneurons play a major role in shaping the visual message. The majority of amacrine cells in the vertebrate retina are GABAergic. Thus, elucidating how GABAergic signaling is modulated in the IPL is critical in order to understand how the visual message is processed in the retina. The results presented here suggest that GABAergic signaling between amacrine cells can be modulated by the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) or by the production of the second messenger, nitric oxide (NO). A …

Stormwater Diversion As A Potential Coastal Wetland Restoration Method, Jennifer Howard Woods

LSU Master's Theses

The Barataria-Terrebonne estuary has been eroding at a rate of up to 103.6 km2 yr-1 for several decades. If the current rate of loss is not reduced, an additional 2,550 km2 of coastal wetlands will be lost by the year 2050. Currently, stormwater in Terrebonne Parish is pumped into canals, ultimately discharging into the Gulf of Mexico. An opportunity exists to use this stormwater for wetland restoration; however, the ecological impacts of stormwater diversions on wetlands are unknown. The objectives of this project were to 1) to investigate the seed banks of a degraded marsh to determine if a viable …

Properties Of Borate-Treated Strandboard Bonded With Pmdi Resin, Yiqiang Zhou

LSU Master's Theses

Random strandboards from mixed southern wood species were manufactured using calcium borate (CB) and zinc borate (ZB) as chemical additives and polymeric methylene diphenylmethane disocyanate (pMDI) as resin. There were four target levels of borate loading and two levels of resin content. Panel properties, including modulus of elasticity (MOE), modulus of rupture (MOR), internal bond (IB) strength, linear expansion (LE), thickness swelling (TS), leachability, and swelling and strength retention properties under cyclic relative humidity, were measured. The influence of borate content, borate type, and resin content on various properties was analyzed. It was found that the addition of borate negatively …

Botany In Children's Literature: A Content Analysis Of Plant-Centered Children's Picture Books That Have A Plot And Characters, Sheila Lewis Goins

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This content analysis study examined 36 plant-centered children’s science picture books that have a plot and characters published from 1950 to present. Botanical subject matter and learning opportunities offered by these books were analyzed, along with the range and frequency of the National Science Education Standards-consistent and age-appropriate plant science concepts and principles. The science graphics, artistic innovations, and story plot of these books were also examined. Rubrics and research-based recommendations were developed to offer parents, teachers, and librarians assistance in identifying, evaluating, and using such books to help children of ages 4-8 learn about plants and enjoy plant science. …

Isolation And Characterization Of Carbonic Anhydrase From Ostertagia Ostertagi, Andrew Allan Derosa

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The first event in the infection process of Ostertagia ostertagi in cattle is the process of exsheathment. Before trichostrongylid nematodes can transition from a free-living infective stage larva (L₃) on pasture to a parasitic existence within the ruminant host, it must first undergo exsheathment. Exsheathment is the process whereby the L₂ cuticle retained from the previous molt is cast from the L₃. Exsheathment enables the developmental transition from a free-living stage on pasture to a parasitic existence in the bovine host. For those species with a predilection site in the abomasum, such as O. ostertagi, …

Haunted By The Uncanny - Development Of A Genre From The Late Eighteenth To The Late Nineteenth Century, Alexandra Maria Reuber

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation traces the development of the supernatural from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth-century. Since supernatural elements are unknown and unfamiliar, they easily arouse anxiety, fear, and even result in terror. As such they produce the effect of the uncanny and introduce the psychological component into the selected literary corpus taken from the English Gothic novel, the German Schauerroman, and the French littérature fantastique. The analysis of the selected material is based on a psychoanalytical approach using Sigmund Freud’s understanding of the uncanny, his dream analysis, and his view of the conscious and unconscious, but also considers Carl …

Dynamic Performance Of Bridges And Vehicles Under Strong Wind, Suren Chen

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The record of span length for flexible bridges has been broken with the development of modern materials and construction techniques. With the increase of bridge span, the dynamic response of the bridge becomes more significant under external wind action and traffic loads. The present research targets specifically on dynamic performance of bridges as well as the transportation under strong wind. The dissertation studied the coupled vibration features of bridges under strong wind. The current research proposed the modal coupling assessment technique for bridges. A closed-form spectral solution and a practical methodology are provided to predict coupled multimode vibration without actually …

What Are The "Four Roots Of Capacity And Nature"?, Alan Kam Leung Chan

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

During the third century C.E., a debate on the relationship between “capacity” (cai 才) and “nature” (xing 性) captured the imagination of the Chinese elite. Historical sources relate that four views were put forward on the subject, which continued to dominate the intellectual scene during the fourth and fifth centuries. Yin Hao 殷 浩 (306–356), a major statesman and leader of the literati, for example, was known especially for his expertise on the four views of “capacity and nature” (caixing) (Shishuo xinyu 1992, 4.34; cf. Mather 1976, 110).1 Writing in the fifth century, Wang Sengqian 王 僧 虔 (426–485) observed …

Annual Review Of The World Pheasant Association 2003/2004, World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Reports and Other Materials

Chairman of Trustees' report, Dick Potts

Treasurer's report and accounts, Ian Hoggarth

Conservation activities in 2003/2004, Philip J. K. McGowan and Rahul Kaul

WPA around the world: Highlights from the chapters

Cracid Specialist Group report, Dan M. Brooks

Grouse Specialist Group report, Ilse Storch

Megapode Specialist Group report, Rene Dekker, Darryl Jones, and Gillian C. Baker

Partridge, Quail and Francolin Specialist Group report, John P. Carroll

Pheasant Specialist Group report, Peter J. Garson

Conservation breeding in Europe and Gary Robbins and the United Kingdom Census, John Corder

WPA European Conservation Alain Hennache and Breeding Group, Michel St. Jaime

25 years …

Proceedings Of The Symposium On Conservation Of Quail In The Neotropics, Jack Clinton Eitniear, John T. Baccus, Sheldon L. Dingle, John P. Carroll

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

Preface, John P. Carroll

Quail of México and Adjacent Central America: Status and Conservation Concerns, John P. Carroll and Jack C. Eitniear

Changing Densities of Singing Quail (Dactylortyx thoracicus) in El Cielo Biosphere, Tamaulipas, Mexico: 1949-1996, Jack C. Eitniear and Alvaro Aragon T.

Status of the Bearded Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus): With Comments on Its Conservation in Querétaro, John T. Baccus

Aspectos de la Dieta y Anidacon de la Cordorniz Rayata (Banded Quail) Philortyx fasciatus, Fernando Urbina-Torres y Lucila Zaiñhana-Ortiz

Long-tailed Tree-quail (Dendrortyx macroura): Current Knowledge and Research Needs, Gilberto Chavez-Leon

Abundance of the …

Third International Galliformes Symposium 2004 (April 5-10, 2004, Dehradun, India): Abstracts, World Pheasant Association, India Ministry Of Environment And Forests, British High Commission

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

Abstracts

Strategy for Conservation of Pheasants in Himachal Pradesh, India, A. K. Gulati

An overview of Galliformes Conservation in Sikkim, India, T. R. Sharma

Distribution, status and conservation Galliformes in north east India, Anwaruddin Choudhury

Status of Galliformes in Pakistan and prioritising conservation areas, Rab Nawaz

The status and conservation needs of Nepal 's Galliformes, HemSagar Baral

Status of Galliformes in Bhutan, Rebecca Pradhan

Status and conservation of the Galliformes of Bangladesh, M. Sohrab Uddin Sarker

Galliformes of Sri Lanka: Status and conservation needs, Charles Santiapillai and S. Wijeyamchan

A strategy for the conservation of Galliformes of South Asia, Rahul …

Emeritus Faculty And Alumni As Volunteers In A University Archives: Planning For Success, Tamar Chute

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Archivists use volunteers to arrange and describe collections, help with events and donor relations, and assist with reference activities. Volunteers may also work on projects outside the archives, such as oral histories, fundraising, or designing and creating web pages. They are usually enthusiastic and eager to help, and they can be a valuable addition to the archives staff. Volunteers may range from children to retirees, from novices to professionals with archival experience. Regardless of their age or level of knowledge, volunteers require supervision, detailed instructions, and often much patience.

Post-Franco Theatre, Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

In the multiple realms and layers that comprise the contemporary Spanish theatrical landscape, “crisis” would seem to be the word that most often lingers in the air, as though it were a common mantra, ready to roll off the tongue of so many theatre professionals with such enormous ease, and even enthusiasm, that one is prompted to wonder whether it might indeed be a miracle that the contemporary technological revolution – coupled with perpetual quandaries concerning public and private funding for the arts – had not by now brought an end to the evolution of the oldest of live arts, …

Muscle Fatigue And The Mechanisms For Task Failure, Sandra K. Hunter, Jacques Duchateau, Roger M. Enoka

Exercise Science Faculty Research and Publications

An alternative approach in the study of muscle fatigue is to address the question, “What causes task failure during a fatiguing contraction?” This approach is described by considering how variation in the type of load supported and contraction intensity influence both the time to task failure and the centrally mediated adjustments in reflex activity and motor unit behavior

Agency Costs In International Human Rights, David H. Moore

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Buying Back The West, James R. Rasband

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Important” And “Irreversible” But Maybe Not “Unreviewable”: The Dilemma Of Protecting Defendants’ Rights Through The Collateral Order Doctrine, Kristin B. Gerdy

Faculty Scholarship

This articles addresses the collateral order doctrine beginning with its inception in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., and continuing through an overview of theCourt's civil collateral order jurisprudence illustrating the development of the "requirements" for attaining appellate review under the doctrine. It examines the role of "important rights" in the Court's collateral order cases and attempts to determine whether "importance" is an additional requirement of the collateral order test. The author seeks to define what the Court means by an "important" right or issue, and to explain the view that some rights are sufficiently "important" to outweigh costs of …

Introducing Lawrence V. Texas: Some Background And A Glimpse Of The Future, Edward Stein

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article explores the landmark Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas (2003), which overturned the Court's earlier decision in Bowers v. Hardwick and struck down a Texas sodomy law criminalizing consensual same-sex intimacy. The ruling significantly advanced LGBTQ+ rights by affirming privacy rights under the Due Process Clause and laying groundwork for future equal protection challenges to laws discriminating based on sexual orientation. The decision's implications extend beyond privacy rights, influencing debates on same-sex marriage, adoption, and other areas of sexual orientation discrimination.

Lawrence And Garner: The Love (Or At Least Sexual Attraction) That Finally Dared Speak Its Name, Paris R. Baldacci

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article examines the legal evolution from *Bowers v. Hardwick* to Lawrence v. Texas, highlighting how the latter marked a pivotal shift in recognizing LGBTQ+ rights by emphasizing personal autonomy and dignity. It underscores the significance of narrative strategies in shaping judicial decisions, particularly in *Lawrence*, where the plaintiffs' personal stories influenced the Court's ruling.

Reconstructing The Blaine Amendments, Frederick Mark Gedicks

Faculty Scholarship

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision upholding school vouchers in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, school choice proponents have turned their attention to the state Blaine Amendments. Blaine Amendments are contained in 37 state constitutions, and are modeled after a failed federal constitutional amendment sponsored by James G. Blaine in 1876 that would have prohibited the states from allocating state funds and other resources to sectarian organizations. Thus, even though Zelman appears to have removed all federal Establishment Clause impediments to properly structured school choice programs, Blaine Amendments continue to stand in the way of such programs.

The validity of …

A Meta-Analytic Examination Of Decisional Balance Across Stage Transitions: A Cross-Sectional Analysis And Cross-Sequential Cross-Validation, Kara L. Hall

Open Access Dissertations

Interventions to decrease unhealthy behaviors and to increase healthy behaviors are crucial for health promotion and disease prevention. Computerized tailored interventions provide a promising approach for creating positive health behavior change. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) delineates a way to conceptualize behavior change, provides the foundation for developing assessments of an individual's readiness to change, and is utilized in tailoring interventions for actualizing behavior change. To produce optimally tailored interventions: (1) theory that guides interventions needs to be comprehensively tested; and (2) empirical data that drive the tailored interventions needs to be systematically generated. This program of research tests theoretical assumptions …

Using Pharmacy Claims Data To Evaluate Adherence And Persistence With Prescribed Medications In Patients With Diabetes Mellitus, Pamela J. Johnson

Open Access Dissertations

Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus often take prescription medications throughout their lives to maintain glycemic control and/or treat co-morbid conditions such as dyslipidemia. The effect of glycemic control and reductions in lipid levels in the prevention of diabetes-related complications has been demonstrated. However, one important factor affecting the pharmacological management of glycemic control and dyslipidemia is adherence and persistence (i.e., continuous use) with treatment. Objective: The objective of this research was to 1) use measurements of medication availability, gaps in therapy, and surplus medication to assess adherence with sulfonylurea medications, evaluate the relationship between these measures, and examine patient- and …

Ethical Dilemmas In Retrospective Studies On Genital Surgery In The Treatment Of Intersexual Infants, Sharon Sytsma

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Intersexual infants and infants with other genital abnormalities often receive genital surgery for sex assignment or for normalizing purposes. The wisdom and beneficence of these practices have been questioned by intersexual individuals, support groups, some doctors, and the media. Because the practices have been developed without long-term studies to evaluate them, pediatric urologists and parents of such children must face decisions with very little guidance from empirical support. In the face of ignorance about what is really the best medical response to intersexuality or genital abnormalities, some have argued for a moratorium on infant genital surgery until empirical studies are …

Microstructure Studies In Surfacant Systems, Vivek Agarwal

Open Access Dissertations

Microstructures in two mixed surfactants systems that show novel transformations as a function of composition and temperature have been explored. Indirect imaging methods like Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) along with direct imaging methods like Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy (Cryo-TEM) and recently developed Freeze Fracture Direct Imaging (FFDD have been used extensively to characterize and identify the changes in the microstructures in the mixed surfactant systems as a function of composition, temperature and external force fields.

As water is added to a solution of an anionic surfactant, AOT (2 ethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate) and a zwitterionic surfactant, lecithin (phosphatidylcholine) in isooctane, …

Réalisations D'Entreprise En Prévention : La Mise Sur Pied D'Un Répertoire, Denise Chicoine, Michèle Gervais, Élise Ledoux

États de la question, rapports d’expertise et revues de littérature

À la suite d'une consultation réalisée par l'IRSST auprès des différents intervenants de son secteur, l'ASP construction a résolu d'entreprendre avec le support de l'IRSST, la création d'un répertoire de réalisations en prévention. Ce répertoire s'inscrit dans la vague d'intérêt que suscitent les banques de solutions à travers le monde. En effet, les banques de solutions sont reconnues comme d'excellents véhicules pour la diffusion des moyens en prévention au travail développés et adoptés par les entreprises.

L'objectif de cette collaboration était d'amorcer la première phase de la mise sur pied d'un répertoire de réalisations dans le secteur construction. L'IRSST a …

Portée Et Limites Des Données De Surveillance De L'Exposition Des Travailleurs Oeuvrant Dans L'Industrie De L'Électrodéposition : Mise À Jour Des Connaissances, Ginette Truchon, Maliheh Vaziri, Pierre Larivière

États de la question, rapports d’expertise et revues de littérature

L’industrie de l’électrodéposition constitue un milieu de travail complexe par la nature des procédés et des produits chimiques utilisés. Dans ce contexte, la surveillance des travailleurs pose des défis aux médecins responsables, notamment en ce qui a trait à l’interprétation des résultats de surveillance biologique puisque aucun indice biologique d'exposition (IBE) n’est documenté présentement dans la littérature pour les principaux métaux retrouvés dans ce type d’industrie, soit le chrome, le nickel et le zinc. Cette activité a pour objectif d’effectuer une mise à jour des connaissances disponibles sur la surveillance de l’exposition à ces métaux (surveillance biologique et surveillance environnementale) …

"Love From All To All": The Letters Of Peter Taylor To John Anderson Thompson, 1939-1952, Michaux Dempster

Theses and Dissertations

This project consists of the transcription and annotation of a group of letters from the writer Peter Taylor to his friend John Anderson Thompson, a professor of English and literary critic. There are sixty letters, going from 1939 to 1952. They contain important biographical information about Taylor's life, including his relationships with his wife, the poet Eleanor Ross Taylor, his parents, Hillsman and Katherine Taylor, and contemporaries such as Robert Lowell, Jean Stafford, and Robert Penn Warren. The letters also provide a record of the progress of Taylor's novella A Woman of Means. The development of the Creative Writing …