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Two Minute Training In Class Significantly Increases The Use Of Professional Formatting In Student To Faculty Email Correspondence, Nancy Aguilar-Roca, Adrienne Williams, R Warrior, Diane O’Dowd Jan 2009

Two Minute Training In Class Significantly Increases The Use Of Professional Formatting In Student To Faculty Email Correspondence, Nancy Aguilar-Roca, Adrienne Williams, R Warrior, Diane O’Dowd

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Many university faculty value email as an important tool for communicating with colleagues, but express frustration with a high incidence of unprofessional email correspondence from students. The goals of this study were to document the frequency of specific formatting mistakes that contribute to faculty’s unfavorable perception of student emails and to determine if training could reduce these errors. We analyzed emails from students to three instructors of different rank and gender co-teaching two sections of a large introductory biology class: one section received two minutes of basic email etiquette training, the second section served as the control. We report a …

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Learning From Their Own Learning: How Metacognitive And Meta-Affective Reflections Enhance Learning In Race-Related Courses, Nancy L. Chick, Terri Karis, Cyndi Kernahan Jan 2009

Learning From Their Own Learning: How Metacognitive And Meta-Affective Reflections Enhance Learning In Race-Related Courses, Nancy L. Chick, Terri Karis, Cyndi Kernahan

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This interdisciplinary project examined how students think and feel about their learning in race-related diversity courses. Students in four classes (literature, psychology, geography) reflected on cognitive and affective dimensions of their own and their classmates’ learning. The Color Blind Racial Attitudes Scales (CoBRAS) confirmed qualitative analyses of learning patterns in three of the classes that resulted in moving from lack of awareness about racism to increased understanding and in the fourth class that lacked this movement. Findings include what helped students learn, cognitive and affective obstacles to learning, and the benefit of exposing students to multiple perspectives, empathy-enhancing activities, and …

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Operationalization Of Innovative And Traditional Pedagogical Practices Within Undergraduate Bioengineering Courses, Monica F. Cox Jan 2009

Operationalization Of Innovative And Traditional Pedagogical Practices Within Undergraduate Bioengineering Courses, Monica F. Cox

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This study operationalizes pedagogical practices using classroom observation data collected in twenty-eight bioengineering courses at a southeastern research university over five semesters. Using an index that distinguishes pedagogy reflecting principles of the “How People Learn” framework and pedagogy representing traditional, lecture-based instruction, the author presents five “How People Learn” instructional practices (i.e., guidance by the instructor, comments, praise, monitoring, and question and response) and four statistically significant subcategories representing traditional instructional practices (i.e., instruction by media, lecture, praise, and no response) that were most likely to occur within observed How People Learn-oriented classes and traditional, lecture-based classes, respectively. Included are …

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The Mis-Characterization Of The Negro: A Race Critique Of The Prior Conviction Impeachment Rule, Montre D. Carodine Jan 2009

The Mis-Characterization Of The Negro: A Race Critique Of The Prior Conviction Impeachment Rule, Montre D. Carodine

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Theory, Identity, Vocation: Three Models Of Christian Legal Scholarship, William S. Brewbaker Iii Jan 2009

Theory, Identity, Vocation: Three Models Of Christian Legal Scholarship, William S. Brewbaker Iii

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Recognizably Christian scholarship is becoming more commonplace in the American legal academy yet little systematic attention has been given to fundamental questions of approach This article highlights moments of continuity and discontinuity between Christian legal scholarship and its secular counterparts Contrary to the expectations generated by contemporary political debate the distinctive contribution of Christian legal scholarship is not primarily to provide ammunition for political programs of the right or the left but to situate law and human legal practices within a larger story about the worldThis article develops three models of Christian legal scholarship theory identity and vocation I employ …

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Improving Healthcare Supply Chains And Decision Making In The Management Of Pharmaceuticals, John Michael Woosley Jan 2009

Improving Healthcare Supply Chains And Decision Making In The Management Of Pharmaceuticals, John Michael Woosley

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The rising cost of quality healthcare is becoming an increasing concern. A significant part of healthcare cost is the pharmaceutical supply component. Improving healthcare supply chains is critical not only because of the financial magnitude but also because it impacts so many people. Efforts such as this project are essential in understanding the current operations of healthcare pharmacy systems and in offering decision support tools to managers struggling to make the best use of organizational resources. The purpose of this study is to address the objectives of a local hospital that exhibits typical problems in pharmacy supply chain management. We …

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Development And Application Of An Optimization Model For Elite Level Shot Putting, Michael Young Jan 2009

Development And Application Of An Optimization Model For Elite Level Shot Putting, Michael Young

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Shot putting is one of the most ancient forms of athletic competition. Considerable research has been performed on the event. Despite this fact, research examining performance in the women’s shot put and using the spin technique is very limited. Also, only one attempt has been made to optimize the movement of elite shot putting and no attempts have been made to use the optimization model as a standard for technical training intervention. A series of three experiments were used to explore the development of an optimization model for shot putting and its application as a basis for technical intervention for …

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Production And Application Of Antibodies Produced Against The Flagella And Hemolysin Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Shreya Datta Jan 2009

Production And Application Of Antibodies Produced Against The Flagella And Hemolysin Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Shreya Datta

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium which is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis due to consumption of raw or undercooked bivalve molluscan shellfish in United States and is considered an important seafood-borne pathogen throughout the world. The conventional methods for enumerating this bacteria from seafood is laborious and time consuming, hence the objective of our study was to develop antibody based method which would be sensitive, user-friendly and less time consuming to detect and enumerate Vibrio parahaemolyticus from oysters. In order to condense time and material two rapid and specific antibody based test methods were developed. In the first …

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Sedimentation On A Mixed Siliciclastic/Carbonate Continental Margin Over Decadal To Millennial Timescales: Gulf Of Papua, Zahid Muhammad Jan 2009

Sedimentation On A Mixed Siliciclastic/Carbonate Continental Margin Over Decadal To Millennial Timescales: Gulf Of Papua, Zahid Muhammad

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Sediments from the Gulf of Papua were examined to estimate particle flux and sediment mass accumulation rates on multiple timescales. Patterns of sediment mass accumulation and inventory-derived 210Pb fluxes display regional variations, decreasing seaward, and along isobaths seaward from the northeastern shelf edge. The amount of terrigenous sediment load being discharged annually from the shelf and accumulating in Pandora Trough is approximately 7-14×106 tonnes. The existence of possible turbidity-current transport and deposition have been documented in deeper parts of the Gulf of Papua. High excess 210Pb fluxes estimated from seabed inventories at the shelf edge and upper slope are consistent …

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Divide And Conquer: Sec Discipline Of Litigation Attorneys, Julie Andersen Hill Jan 2009

Divide And Conquer: Sec Discipline Of Litigation Attorneys, Julie Andersen Hill

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The Securities and Exchange Commission "SEC" can investigate and discipline attorneys for "unethical or improper professional conduct" Although the SEC's disciplinary authority extends to all attorneys for more than 70 years it only investigated transactional attorneys Recently however the SEC announced that it is now investigating litigation attorneys for professional misconductThis Article examines the problems that arise because the SEC staff that is investigating and prosecuting a client is also allowed to investigate the professional conduct of the litigator representing that client The Article explains that the SEC's rules governing litigator conduct are unclear and therefore susceptible to agency abuse …

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Entrepreneurship And Law: Accessing The Power Of The Creative Impulse Foreword, Steven H. Hobbs Jan 2009

Entrepreneurship And Law: Accessing The Power Of The Creative Impulse Foreword, Steven H. Hobbs

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Proxy Records Of Paleohurricanes For The Western And Southern Caribbean, Terrence Allen Mccloskey Jan 2009

Proxy Records Of Paleohurricanes For The Western And Southern Caribbean, Terrence Allen Mccloskey

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation evaluates the hypothesis that hurricane activity levels in the North Atlantic during the late Holocene have been driven by latitudinal movements of the North Atlantic circulation system. Multi-millennial sedimentary proxy records, based on the occurrence of overwash clastic layers, provide clear evidence of abruptly alternating periods of hurricane landfall frequency for Nicaragua and Belize. Three Belizean transects exhibit an Active period (hyperactivity) occurring from ~2000-6000 cal yr BP, although dating is inconsistent across the transects. An Active period covering the last 500 years is found at one location. The Nicaraguan record, derived from three transects covering >90 km …

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The Effects Of Performance Feedback Plus Graphing On The Treatment Integrity Of A Parent Implemented Reading Intervention Program, Lacey Leblanc Jan 2009

The Effects Of Performance Feedback Plus Graphing On The Treatment Integrity Of A Parent Implemented Reading Intervention Program, Lacey Leblanc

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Repeated reading is an effective intervention that has been demonstrated to remediate reading problems in children. The parent tutoring literature has shown that this intervention is effective in the home environment as well as the school environment. One primary difference between home-based and school-based interventions is that a consultant is often available to work with teachers, whereas parents are not always offered this resource. However, research has demonstrated that behavioral consultation in the home environment, in which a parent serves the role of the consultee, is an effective method for addressing academic concerns. In order to make sound conclusions regarding …

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Three Essays On Environmental Issues Associated With Broiler Production In Louisiana, Nirmala Adhikari Devkota Jan 2009

Three Essays On Environmental Issues Associated With Broiler Production In Louisiana, Nirmala Adhikari Devkota

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The increasing trends of integrated and concentrated broiler production results in a serious threat to environment through excessive litter production and lack of its proper disposal. Production concentration in limited area is a major source of surface as well as ground water pollution. Nonpoint source pollution from broiler litter applied on land remains a major concern in Louisiana and elsewhere in Southeastern USA. This study examines alternative approaches to reduce pollution originating from broiler production. First, I evaluate why some producers adopt BMP faster than others and what kind of factors affect the time to adoption decision. The duration model …

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Assessing The Development Of High School Chemistry Students' Conceptual And Visual Understanding Of Dimensional Analysis Via Supplemental Use Of A Proprietary Interactive Software Program, Jennifer Tennille Pinder Ellis Jan 2009

Assessing The Development Of High School Chemistry Students' Conceptual And Visual Understanding Of Dimensional Analysis Via Supplemental Use Of A Proprietary Interactive Software Program, Jennifer Tennille Pinder Ellis

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study was designed to evaluate the effects of the proprietary science education software, “Conversionoes,” on students' conceptual and visual understanding of dimensional analysis. The participants in the study were high school general chemistry students enrolled in two public high schools with different demographics (School A and School B) in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, metropolitan area. A mixed methods design was used in the data collection and analysis to provide a holistic view of the impact of the software on student learning, via a value-added design. The resulting qualitative and quantitative data indicated that the Conversionoes software enhanced the treatment groups’ …

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A Revaluation Of Cy Press Redux, Alberto B. Lopez Jan 2009

A Revaluation Of Cy Press Redux, Alberto B. Lopez

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With its enactment in 2, Section 413 of the Uniform Trust Code (UTC) introduced the most recent, and important, revision to a court's cy pres power since the nineteenth century. Section 413 expands the court's power to redistribute the assets of failing charitable trusts by transforming one of the traditional elements of cy pres into a presumption, abandoning the traditional cy pres redistribution standard, and providing an additional justification for the exercise of the power. Although scholars have scrutinized other portions of the UTC, the UTC's reconfigured cy pres has failed to provoke scholarly discussion even though it has been …

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The Interactive Effects Of Phosporus And Calcium On Phosphorus Requirement, Utilization, And Phytase Efficacy In Poultry, Syrena Powell Jan 2009

The Interactive Effects Of Phosporus And Calcium On Phosphorus Requirement, Utilization, And Phytase Efficacy In Poultry, Syrena Powell

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This research was conducted with broilers to investigate the interactive effects of P and Ca on P requirement, digestibility, utilization, and phytase efficacy. Each treatment had a minimum of 6 replications. One experiment with 3 trials was conducted to identify the nonphytate P (nPP) requirement of 0 to 14 d old broilers. The nPP levels fed ranged from 0.30 to 0.60% with a Ca:nPP of 2.22:1 or 1.9:1. Requirement estimates for 0 to 14 d ranged from 0.52 to 0.60% nPP. One experiment with 2 trials was conducted to identify the nPP requirement of 14 to 28 d old broilers. …

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"It Takes A Lot Out Of You": Ethnography Of Secondary English Teachers' Writing Pedagogy, Lisa F. Morales Jan 2009

"It Takes A Lot Out Of You": Ethnography Of Secondary English Teachers' Writing Pedagogy, Lisa F. Morales

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study was conducted in two case-study teachers’ public middle school classrooms in south Louisiana and a survey in three public school districts. A qualitative research focus with the research design taken from work of Michael Patton’s (2002) Qualitative Research Evaluation Methods and James Spradley and David McCurdy’s (1975) Anthropology: The Cultural Perspective. The survey was developed from the work of Tourangeau, Rips, and Rasinski’s (2002) The Psychology of Survey Responses. The researcher assumed the role of participant observer for three months which resulted in two themes: first, traditional teaching methods in the teaching of writing, and secondly, teacher perceptions …

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The Structural Case For Vertical Maximalism, Tara Leigh Grove Jan 2009

The Structural Case For Vertical Maximalism, Tara Leigh Grove

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Many prominent jurists and scholars including those with outlooks as diverse as Chief Justice John Roberts and Cass Sunstein have recently advocated a "minimalist" approach to opinion writing at the Supreme Court They assert that the Court should issue narrow factbound decisions that do not resolve much beyond the case before the Court I argue that minimalism as employed by the current Supreme Court is in tension with the constitutional structure Article III and the Supremacy Clause along with historical evidence from the founding era suggest that the Constitution creates a hierarchical judiciary and gives the Court a "supreme" role …

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A Modular Approach To High Throughput Microsystems, Pin-Chuan Chen Jan 2009

A Modular Approach To High Throughput Microsystems, Pin-Chuan Chen

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

A modular high throughput microsystem was developed using microfabrication technology and nucleic acid analysis. The purpose of developing this microsystem is to identify acute infectious disease and prevent contagious outbreak in a matter of time. This microsystem included three major components, a reagent distribution device, a 96 CFPCR array, and a multi-zone thermal system, to efficiently amplify specific DNA fragments to determine the disease status or precisely pinpoint a disease from multiple patients. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the key component in the nucleic acid analysis for disease because it can be used to amplify interested DNA fragments by repeatedly …

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Effects Of Network Capital And Social Support On Mental Health By Race And Class, Claire Norris Jan 2009

Effects Of Network Capital And Social Support On Mental Health By Race And Class, Claire Norris

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigates race and class differences in the stress-support-distress process. Incorporating the social support strand of network analysis in the stress-support-distress model allows social support theorists to understand better what network sectors enhance/restrict access to such resources as social support and, in turn, affect such outcomes as mental health. I used data collected in a 2003 study of residents in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, to construct measures used in my analyses. Using independent samples t-test and ordinary least squares regressions, I addressed five general research questions: (1) whether and how there are variations in network capital forms – the structure …

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Computational Studies Of The Properties Of Copper Oxide Clusters And The Reactions Of Phenol And Chlorinated Phenols With Copper Oxide Clusters, Gyun-Tack Bae Jan 2009

Computational Studies Of The Properties Of Copper Oxide Clusters And The Reactions Of Phenol And Chlorinated Phenols With Copper Oxide Clusters, Gyun-Tack Bae

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

We used ab initio simulations and calculations to study the structures and stabilities of copper oxide clusters, CunOn (n=1-8) and CuOn (n=1-6). The lowest energy structures of neutral and charged copper oxide clusters were determined using primarily the B3LYP/LANL2DZ model chemistry. In CunOn clusters with n=1-8, a transition from planar to nonplanar geometries occurs at n=4. In CuOn clusters with n=1-6, all geometries of neutral, positively, and negatively charged clusters are planar or near planar structures. Selected electronic properties, including binding energies, ionization energies, and electronic affinities, were calculated and examined as a function of n. Stabilities were examined by …

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Benthic Microalgae On The Louisiana Inner Continental Shelf: Biomass, Distribution, And Contribution To Benthic Food-Webs, Mark Alan Grippo Jan 2009

Benthic Microalgae On The Louisiana Inner Continental Shelf: Biomass, Distribution, And Contribution To Benthic Food-Webs, Mark Alan Grippo

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Phytoplankton and benthic microalgae (BMA) may both contribute to the sediment organic matter pool available to benthic consumers. Recent studies have highlighted the presence and ecological roles of benthic microalgae (BMA) on the continental shelf but studies from the north-central Gulf of Mexico are limited. Here we use photosynthetic pigment analysis and microscopic examination of sediment microalgae to investigate how the biomass, composition, and degradation state of sediment-associated microalgae varies along the Louisiana inner shelf across a continuum of water column and sediment conditions. The contribution of microalgae to higher trophic levels was also examined. Three sandy shoals and surrounding …

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Testing Of Gdcl3 Doping In Water Cherenkov Antineutrino Detectors, William Fitzgerald Coleman Jan 2009

Testing Of Gdcl3 Doping In Water Cherenkov Antineutrino Detectors, William Fitzgerald Coleman

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Improved neutron and neutrino detection using water Cherenkov detectors loaded with gadolinium has been proposed for potential application in both large and small volume detectors. In this thesis, work performed to determine the effect on transparency resulting from use of GdCl3 in stainless steel constructed water Cherenkov detectors is presented. In addition, results of an experiment performed using a small volume water Cherenkov de- tector are reported. This was the first use of gadolinium loaded water to detect reactor antineutrinos.

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The Perils And The Promise Of Comparative Constitutional Law: The New Globalism And The Role Of The United States Shaping Human Rights, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. Jan 2009

The Perils And The Promise Of Comparative Constitutional Law: The New Globalism And The Role Of The United States Shaping Human Rights, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.

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A Man For All Seasons: Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. And The Quest To Secure The Rule Of Law Essay: John S. Stone Chair Inaugural Lecture, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. Jan 2009

A Man For All Seasons: Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. And The Quest To Secure The Rule Of Law Essay: John S. Stone Chair Inaugural Lecture, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.

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The Pleading Problem, Adam N. Steinman Jan 2009

The Pleading Problem, Adam N. Steinman

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Federal pleading standards are in crisis The Supreme Courts recent decisions in Bell Atlantic Corp v Twombly and Ashcroft v Iqbal have the potential to upend civil litigation as we know it What is urgently needed is a theory of pleading that can bring Twombly and Iqbal into alignment with the text of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and a halfcentury worth of Supreme Court precedent while providing a coherent methodology that preserves access to the courts and allows pleadings to continue to play their appropriate role in the adjudicative process This Article provides that theory It develops a …

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Nestablishing Soil Compaction Thresholds For The M1a1 Abrams Tank At Camp Minden, Louisiana, Michael Ray Lindsey Jan 2009

Nestablishing Soil Compaction Thresholds For The M1a1 Abrams Tank At Camp Minden, Louisiana, Michael Ray Lindsey

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Soil compaction is a primary impediment to vegetation regeneration on military land used for M1A1 Abrams tank training. As such, there is a need to identify soil compaction thresholds and develop guidelines with which military range managers can determine appropriate timing and intensity of training exercises using the 63-ton M1A1 tank. A study was initiated at the Camp Minden Louisiana Training Site (CMTS) to develop guidelines which will allow for maximum utilization of the land resource with minimum degradation. The study was designed to evaluate soil moisture content and traffic rates as experimental variables using a replicated 3 x 3 …

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Rodrigo's Portent: California And The Coming Neocolonial Order, Richard Delgado Jan 2009

Rodrigo's Portent: California And The Coming Neocolonial Order, Richard Delgado

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I analyze developments in California as that state approached the tipping point at which its population would contain 50 percent minorities of color I showed that elite whites were making consciously or not efforts to hang onto power beyond the point at which sheer numbers would suggest that they ought to be sharing it with citizens of color

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The Agricultural Industry As Percieved By Members Of The General Public Of Louisiana, Julie Baker Richard Jan 2009

The Agricultural Industry As Percieved By Members Of The General Public Of Louisiana, Julie Baker Richard

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and perceptions of the animal, plant, environmental, and food sciences by the adult residents of Louisiana. This study was conducted using a survey research design. This survey utilized random telephone dialing techniques in order to survey 547 residents of Louisiana. The survey instrument consisted of fifty-five questions divided into three sections: demographic characteristics, agriculture knowledge, and perception of agriculture. The overall mean agriculture knowledge score of adult residents of Louisiana for the twenty items included in the survey instrument equaled 13.60 (SD = 2.743) or 68%. Perceptions of agriculture results …

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