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Volume Cxxviii, Number 26, May 20, 2011, Lawrence University May 2011

Volume Cxxviii, Number 26, May 20, 2011, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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The Cyber Pornography Use Inventory: Comparing A Religious And Secular Sample, John Sessoms May 2011

The Cyber Pornography Use Inventory: Comparing A Religious And Secular Sample, John Sessoms

Senior Honors Theses

While Internet pornography use is becoming increasingly common in today’s society, until recently no instrument existed to measure compulsive use. Consequently, the Cyber Pornography Use Inventory (CPUI) was developed in order to assess Internet pornography addiction. While demonstrating promise as an assessment tool, the CPUI was only tested on a religious population. In addition to being strongly opposed to pornography, religious males experience extreme distress from their usage and often perceive their behavior as addictive, despite no supporting clinical evidence. Therefore, it seemed necessary to explore the psychometric capabilities of the CPUI further by administering it to a secular population. …

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"Throw Me Something, Mister": The History Of Carnival Throws In New Orleans, Lissa Capo May 2011

"Throw Me Something, Mister": The History Of Carnival Throws In New Orleans, Lissa Capo

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Mardi Gras draws millions of tourists to New Orleans yearly, contributing to the economy of the city. Visitors soon discover the thrill of catching "throws" tossed to paradegoers by members of parade organizations' riding floats. For tourists and locals alike, throws become the cultural currency of New Orleans during Carnival. Beads, doubloons, coconuts, cups and other throws develop an inherent value, enticing crowds. People esteem throws enough to compete for them, with varying levels of intensity, along parade routes and on the streets of the French Quarter. The purchase of throws by Carnival krewes also brings revenue into New Orleans. …

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Complexation Of Organic Guests And Coordination Of Metal Ions By Cyclodextrins: Role Of Cyclodextrins In Metal-Guest Interactions, Curtis William Jarand May 2011

Complexation Of Organic Guests And Coordination Of Metal Ions By Cyclodextrins: Role Of Cyclodextrins In Metal-Guest Interactions, Curtis William Jarand

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Nitroaromatic explosives, such as trinitrotoluene (TNT), are of particular environmental concern due to their recalcitrance in soils and their potent toxicity and mutagenicity to both aquatic and mammalian species. TNT was the most widely used military explosive through the era encompassing both the First and Second World Wars. As a result, there is widespread contamination of soils by TNT around weapons manufacture, testing, and disposal facilities. Fenton chemistry (ferrous ion catalyzed generation of hydroxyl radicals) has shown utility in the remediation of TNT in soils but it suffers from non-specificity and the need for acidic conditions to prevent loss of …

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Remolding Mexican Identity: The Wax Art Of Francisco Vargas In 19th Century New Orleans, John Mangipano May 2011

Remolding Mexican Identity: The Wax Art Of Francisco Vargas In 19th Century New Orleans, John Mangipano

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In December of 1915, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported on the death of the patriarch of four generations of Mexican wax figure artists whose artworks demonstrated a century of change in the city of New Orleans. The family's artworks included religious sculptures, representations of indigenous and peasant populations of Mexico, and the merchant populations of the French Quarter. Francisco's artworks represented Louisiana's agriculture at two World's Fairs in New Orleans and Buffalo. Francisco received a contract from Mississippi Commissioner R. H. Henry to produce the 30-foot King Cotton for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase International Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. Though …

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Determining Biological Roles Of Four Unique Vernicia Fordii Acyl-Coa Binding Proteins, Steven Pastor May 2011

Determining Biological Roles Of Four Unique Vernicia Fordii Acyl-Coa Binding Proteins, Steven Pastor

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

High-value industrial oils are essential for many processes and have great economic and environmental impacts. The tung tree produces a high-value seed oil. Approximately 80% of tung oil is α-eleostearic acid, which has a high degree of unsaturation thus giving it properties as a drying oil. The identification of the biological components in tung is imperative to further the knowledge of its processes. Four unique tung acyl-CoA binding proteins, VfACBP3a, VfACBP3b, VfACBP4, and VfACBP6 were identified and the genes encoding them were cloned and analyzed to determine their biological roles. The VfACBPs were observed to be similar to other organisms' …

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Patterns Of Protein Expression In Tissues Of The Killifish, Fundulus Heteroclitus And Fundulus Grandis, Naga Vijayalaxmi Abbaraju May 2011

Patterns Of Protein Expression In Tissues Of The Killifish, Fundulus Heteroclitus And Fundulus Grandis, Naga Vijayalaxmi Abbaraju

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Fundulus is a diverse and widespread genus of small teleost fish of North America. Due to its high tolerance for physiochemical variation (e.g. temperature, oxygen, salinity), Fundulus is a model organism to study physiological and molecular adaptations to environmental stress. The thesis focuses on patterns of protein expression in Fundulus heteroclitus and F. grandis.The patterns of protein expression were investigated using traditional methods of enzyme activity measurements and recent proteomic approaches. The findings of the study can be used to guide future studies on the proteomic responses of vertebrates to environmental stress. Chapter 2 focuses on measurement of the temporal …

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Staging Modernism, Jason Derouin May 2011

Staging Modernism, Jason Derouin

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This thesis, which supports an exhibition of visual art, develops from Jean Baudrillard's philosophy of seduction. I have focused on the representation of the bachelor and his pad in American men's magazines from the mid-twentieth century. During this period, magazines such as Playboy, Escapade and Rogue created features on modern living to reassure an independent and affluent man that a dwelling with style and taste would ensure a happy bachelor life and facilitate intimacy. My photographs and collages add complexity to this portrait by framing this unique space as a stage where an unmarried man encircled by his lusty decor …

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Essays In Which, For The Most Part, A Militant Nerd Has Fun, Erin Grauel May 2011

Essays In Which, For The Most Part, A Militant Nerd Has Fun, Erin Grauel

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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The Best Doctor, Mary Sparacello May 2011

The Best Doctor, Mary Sparacello

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This is a book about the forty-four years my father has spent as a veterinarian. The book begins with his life growing up on a Nebraska farm and describes how he decided to become a veterinarian. I detail some of the most memorable times in his life, such as serving as a veterinarian in the Air Force and starting out in private practice. Readers will be introduced to some of the characters he has met along the way -- both human and animal -- and to controversies in the ever-changing world of veterinary medicine.

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Shadow Of A Memory, Julie Lynn Hindman May 2011

Shadow Of A Memory, Julie Lynn Hindman

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

I have gained control over a whole space through the use of video projections, soundscaping and various other materials including some interactive media, enabling me to give the audience a fuller sensual experience. Multi‐media has made it possible for artists such as myself to create artworks that require more than a visual conversation with the viewer. The manipulation of memory by time became a physical manifestation in the environments that I create with the use of multi‐media installations.

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The Murray Ledger And Times, May 20, 2011, The Murray Ledger And Times May 2011

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 20, 2011, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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2011-05-20, Board Of Regents, Murray State University May 2011

2011-05-20, Board Of Regents, Murray State University

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

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Controlling The Activity Of A Phosphatase And Tensin Homolog (Pten) By Membrane Potential, Jérôme J. Lacroix, Christian R. Halaszovich, Daniela N. Schreiber, Michael G. Leitner, Francisco Bezanilla, Dominik Oliver, Carlos A. Villalba-Galea May 2011

Controlling The Activity Of A Phosphatase And Tensin Homolog (Pten) By Membrane Potential, Jérôme J. Lacroix, Christian R. Halaszovich, Daniela N. Schreiber, Michael G. Leitner, Francisco Bezanilla, Dominik Oliver, Carlos A. Villalba-Galea

School of Pharmacy Faculty Articles

The recently discovered voltage-sensitive phosphatases (VSPs) hydrolyze phosphoinositides upon depolarization of the membrane potential, thus representing a novel principle for the transduction of electrical activity into biochemical signals. Here, we demonstrate the possibility to confer voltage sensitivity to cytosolic enzymes. By fusing the tumor suppressor PTEN to the voltage sensor of the prototypic VSP from Ciona intestinalis, Ci-VSP, we generated chimeric proteins that are voltage-sensitive and display PTEN-like enzymatic activity in a strictly depolarization-dependent manner in vivo. Functional coupling of the exogenous enzymatic activity to the voltage sensor is mediated by a phospholipid-binding motif at the interface between voltage sensor …

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The Nothing, Heather Haudenschield May 2011

The Nothing, Heather Haudenschield

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a description and analysis of work that I produced during my Graduate studies at The University of New Orleans. The central theme of these work is the end of the world. Through prints, sculpture and painting I explore this idea.

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Design And Development Of Nanoconjugates For Nanotechnology, Ashley Dung Quach May 2011

Design And Development Of Nanoconjugates For Nanotechnology, Ashley Dung Quach

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Nanotechnology builds devices from the bottom up with atomic accuracy. Among the basic nano-components to fabricate such devices, semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dots (QDs), metal nanocrystals, proteins, and nucleic acids have attracted most interests due to their potential in optical, biomedical, and electronic areas. The major objective of this research was to prepare nano-components in order to fabricate functional nano-scale devices. This research consisted of three projects. In the first two projects, we incorporated two desirable characteristics of QDs, which are their abilities to serve as donors in fluorescence energy transfer (FRET) and surface energy transfer (SET) as well as to …

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Plowing By Moonlight: Notes From A Food Oasis, Kathleen Alcala May 2011

Plowing By Moonlight: Notes From A Food Oasis, Kathleen Alcala

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Plowing by Moonlight is a creative nonfiction exploration of the relationship between the people of Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the food they grow, eat, and share.

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The Carnivalesque And The Grotesque In Elizabeth Bishop's Poetry, Renee Dombrowski May 2011

The Carnivalesque And The Grotesque In Elizabeth Bishop's Poetry, Renee Dombrowski

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was a Pulitzer-prize winning American poet who did not produce much published work in her career. This was partly due to her low confidence, depression, alcoholism, and difficult personal life, but it was also due to her meticulousness as a poet. Colleagues and critics praised her strong description and mastery of technique, but criticized her early work as lacking depth. While appearing simple, her early works present complex themes of dualism and isolation. Using characteristics of the carnivalesque and the grotesque, her poetry explores these concepts and the need to cover them. This study's close analysis of …

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Transcendence, Holis Hannan May 2011

Transcendence, Holis Hannan

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a description and critical analysis of the processes, concepts and imagery of my artwork. I am interested in creating visual narratives, often figurative, in the form of sculpture, collage, and installation. In my work I attempt to call attention to the human condition, specifically addressing sexuality, mortality, psychological issues and power struggles. I incorporate both cultural and personal references and use traditional and non traditional materials and processes that are intended to conceptually inform the viewer further. My intention is to create distinct embodiments that provoke contemplative emotion and in which the object and the aesthetic experience …

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The Journey To Manhood In Gaines' Bloodline, Shagun Rawat May 2011

The Journey To Manhood In Gaines' Bloodline, Shagun Rawat

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Ernest Gaines collection of five short stories Bloodline, (1968) depicts the effects of racism and its denigrating effects on the lives of the black men. Gaines use of animal imagery furthers the effects of racism on the psychology of the blacks. The resolution comes around in the form of a mentor who helps the protagonists to break through the debilitating mind-set and work towards a new self-identity no longer defined by the white man. Gaines articulates the effects of lack of maturity, responsibility and understanding on the lives of the protagonists, their families and the community as a whole. Gaines …

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Uab Scratch Day Showcases Kids' Computer Programming Skills, Staff May 2011

Uab Scratch Day Showcases Kids' Computer Programming Skills, Staff

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The Cultural Adaptation Of Internet Dating: Attitudes Towards Online Relationship Formation, Corey T. Miller May 2011

The Cultural Adaptation Of Internet Dating: Attitudes Towards Online Relationship Formation, Corey T. Miller

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the social approval of internet dating through the ranking of vignette scenarios. The scenarios are manipulated by the conditions of face-to-face interaction, presence of mutual acquaintance, and use of internet technology. Measures of legitimacy, predicted longevity, and social perception test for changes in attitudes of the varied ways in which a hypothetical couple meets. One of seven randomly distributed scenarios was ranked by a total of 346 undergraduates to disentangle the above conditions and test for an effect on social approval. Situated in the framework of cultural adaptation, script theory and the saturated self, support is found …

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Actionable Visualization Of Higher Dimensional Dynamical Processes, Sravan Kumar Pappu May 2011

Actionable Visualization Of Higher Dimensional Dynamical Processes, Sravan Kumar Pappu

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Analyzing modern day's information systems that produce humongous multi-dimensional data in form of logs, traces or events that unfold over time can be tedious without adequate visualization, thereby, advocating the need for an intelligible visualization. This thesis researched and developed a visualization framework that represents multi-dimensional dynamic and temporal process data in a potentially intelligible and actionable form. A prototype showing four different views using notional malware data abstracted from Normal Sandbox behavioral traces were developed. In particular, the B-matrix view representing the DLL files used by the malware to attack a system. This representation is aimed at visualizing large …

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Transmutational Harmony, Jonathan Mayers May 2011

Transmutational Harmony, Jonathan Mayers

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The work that I have produced during my graduate studies at the University of New Orleans addresses the impact that humans have on the environment in our contemporary world. A primary focus, but not exclusive, includes industrial materials or objects, their overwhelming presence that informs the juxtaposition of economic progress, and the reality of environmental disruption. Humor and metaphor are central themes of my work and reference my personal observations and experiences of living in the midst of these environments. Sources from Contemporary underground art have been filtered through my exposure to studio practice and art history, mainly the autonomous …

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Hitchhiking Through The Fire, Brent Mcknight May 2011

Hitchhiking Through The Fire, Brent Mcknight

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Ten years after the outbreak of an aggressive, fast-acting virus that kills then reanimates those infected, the world has become a bleak, hostile place. Water and food are scarce, valuable commodities, and survivors cluster together for safety in isolated enclaves where life is cheap and debauchery is king. In the middle of this grim hell-on-earth, Huxley, a young boy, lives with his idealistic father. When the father is killed, Huxley falls in with Bracken, a rugged gun-forhire, a desperado in every sense of the word. Against his instincts, Bracken is compelled to deliver Huxley to safety, all the while being …

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"Wood Leoun" . . . "Crueel Tigre": Animal Imagery And Metaphor In "The Knight's Tale", Jennifer Laburre May 2011

"Wood Leoun" . . . "Crueel Tigre": Animal Imagery And Metaphor In "The Knight's Tale", Jennifer Laburre

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The people of the Middle Ages believed animals were disconnected from themselves in terms of ability to reason and ability to resist passions. Humans and animals were created by God, but he bestowed man with a soul and the ability to resist earthly delights. When men were described in terms of their bestial counterparts it was conventionally meant to highlight some derogatory aspect of that character. Chaucer makes use of the animal-image throughout The Canterbury Tales, especially in "The Knight's Tale," to stress a break in each character from humane reason or to emphasize a lean towards a bestial nature. …

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Transforming Researchers And Practitioners: The Unanticipated Consequences (Significance) Of Participatory Action Research (Par), Kristina Peterson May 2011

Transforming Researchers And Practitioners: The Unanticipated Consequences (Significance) Of Participatory Action Research (Par), Kristina Peterson

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Each of us has knowledge but it is not complete. When we come together to listen, we learn, we grow in understanding and we can analyze better the course that needs to be taken. One thing I learned over the past several years is that words and their interpretation have power. Grand Bayou community member This dissertation examines the question of change in the non-community people who have interacted or come into contact with the Grand Bayou Participatory Action Research (PAR) project. Who Changes?, a book on institutionalizing participation in development, raises the issu of "where is the change?" in …

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Monosaccharide-Derived Low Molecular Weight Gelators, Kristopher Aaron Williams May 2011

Synthesis And Characterization Of Monosaccharide-Derived Low Molecular Weight Gelators, Kristopher Aaron Williams

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) are interesting materials whose applications are as diverse and wide ranging as their molecular structures. These materials self-assemble through the formation of non-covelent intermolecular forces and interactions to form supramolecular assemblies that trap solvent within their matrices. Because of the non-covalent nature of the forces of self-assembly, the gelation process is typically thermally reversible. In addition, low molecular weight gelators can also be modified to respond to various stimuli, such as change in pH, presence of enzymes or metal cations, or exposure to light. The design of low molecular weight gelators is often difficult, and …

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6,6’-Dimethoxygossypol: Molecular Structure, Crystal Polymorphism, And Solvate Formation., Carlos A. Zelaya May 2011

6,6’-Dimethoxygossypol: Molecular Structure, Crystal Polymorphism, And Solvate Formation., Carlos A. Zelaya

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

6,6’-Dimethoxygossypol (DMG) is a natural product of the cotton variety Gossypium barbadense and a derivative of gossypol. Gossypol has been shown to form an abundant number of clathrates with a large variety of compounds. One of the primary reasons why gossypol can form clathrates has been because of its ability to from extensive hydrogen bonding networks due to its hydroxyl and aldehyde functional groups. Prior to this work, the only known solvate that DMG formed was with acetic acid. DMG has methoxy groups substituted at two hydroxyl positions, and consequently there is a decrease in its ability to form hydrogen …

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A Guide To The Bancroft Library Collections Pertaining To New Mexico And New Spain (Mexico) On Microfilm At The Center For Southwest Research, University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Nm, Nancy Brown-Martinez, Ramona L. Caplan May 2011

A Guide To The Bancroft Library Collections Pertaining To New Mexico And New Spain (Mexico) On Microfilm At The Center For Southwest Research, University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Nm, Nancy Brown-Martinez, Ramona L. Caplan

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Finding aid for Bancroft Library collections pertaining to New Mexico and New Spain (Mexico).

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