Dissertations from 2011
Numerical methods for the study of super-Eddington mass transfer in double white dwarf binaries, Dominic Carlo Marcello
Communication-constrained feedback stability and Multi-agent System consensusability in Networked Control Systems, Laurentiu Dan Marinovici
The role of task-appropriate processing, context, and attention allocation in prospective memory: a multinomial modeling approach, Benjamin Anderson Martin, II
The Economics of Discrimination in the Court System: Police, Technology, and Their Interaction, Sarah Marx Quintanar
Crisis management post Hurricane Katrina: a qualitative study of a higher education institution's administrators' response to crisis management, Steven Lee McCullar
The American counter-monumental tradition: renegotiating memory and the evolution of American sacred space, Ryan Erik McGeough
"Baby, dream your dream": Pearl Bailey, Hello, Dolly!, and the negotiation of race in commerical American musical theatre, Charles Eliot Mehler
An African American discourse community in Black & White: the New Orleans Tribune, Kristi Richard Melancon
Exotic Ground States: A Study in the Structural Effects on Frustration and Dimensionality, Melissa C. Menard
Characterization of Triggerable Quinones for the Development of Enzyme-Responsive Liposomes, Maria Fabiana Mendoza
Using curriculum-based measures to predict math performance on a statewide assessment, Keri F. Menesses
Musical allusion to The Rite of Spring in four contemporary works for solo bassoon, Scott Miller
An analysis of the methodological and human error within momentary time sampling data collection, Joslyn Cynkus Mintz
Mapping and modeling of neglected tropical diseases in Brazil and Bolivia, Paula Mischler
Comparison of the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test (DELV-ST) to two other screeners for low-income, African American children, Christy Wynn Moland
Institutional accreditation liaisons in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools region: characteristics, responsibilities, and force field analysis, Tracy W. Molidor
Development of self-determination in youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in 4-H programming: a qualitative study, Myra Jo Monroe
The influence of selected demographic characteristics on the reading ability of fourth grade students in Louisiana, Johnny W. Morgan
Thermodynamic Approach to Fatigue Failure Analysis in Metals and Composite Materials, Mehdi Naderi Abadi
Oceanic Light Absorption Properties: Assessment and Characterization in the Southeastern Bering Sea Using Field and Satellite Observations, Puneeta Suresh Naik
Asians in the American mind: how Americans view Asian Americans politically, Nhung Kim Nguyen
A Biomimic Self-healing Shape Memory Polymer Based Syntactic Foam for Smart Structural Composites, Jones Nji
Integrated modular microfluidic system for forensic Alu DNA typing, Samuel Kimani Njoroge
The effects of Reiki treatment on mental health professionals who are at risk for secondary traumatic stress, Martha P. Novoa
The effect of exopolymers on the compressibility and shear strength of kaolinite, Rick Alton Nugent
An aloha state of mind: performing Hawaiian cultural identities, Kirsten E. Ogden
Droplet motion on miniaturized ratchets, Jeong Tae Ok
The Mentoring Role Of Louisiana High School Girls' Basketball Coaches In The Recruiting Process, Charles Anthony Owen
Small Footprint High Flow Rate Microdevice for Rare Target Cell Capture, Taehyun Park
Providing for the common defense: internal security and the Cold War, 1945-1975, Marc A. Patenaude
An original composition, "Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Wind Ensemble," and a comparative analysis of the concerti for orchestra of Béla Bartók and Witold Lutosławski, Joseph Timothy Patrick
Lillian Fuchs: violist, teacher and composer; musical and pedagogical aspects of the 16 Fantasy études for viola, Teodora Dimova Peeva
Stories of the Proterozoic earth: Paleoproterozoic Chuanlinggou arcitarchs and Neoproterozoic ¹⁷O-depleted Barite, Yongbo Peng
Marketing forest-based ecotourism in Sri Lanka: predicting the ecotourism behavior and defining the market segment through a behavioral approach, Polwattage K. Perera
Effects of ecotourist pre-purchase and external information search behaviors and strategies on forest-based ecotourism travel decisions in Sri Lanka, Rangika T. Perera
Contributors to an enterprising sex: examining the influence of creativity on entrepreneurial intentions and the moderating role of political skill controlling for gender, Simone Trixie Allison Phipps
Analysis of amyloid beta (A [beta]) peptides by capillary electrophoresis and laser-induced fluorescence anisotropy detection, Ryan Andrew Picou
Sacrifice and survival: the historiographic role of indentity and mission in Jesuit higher education of the New Orleans Province, R. Eric Platt
Efficient Substring Discovery Using Suffix, LCP Array and Algorithm-Architecture Interaction, Anindya Poddar
Mobile learning in higher education: a glimpse and a comparison of student and faculty readiness, attitudes and perceptions, Pamela Christine Pollara
Transnational spaces and communal land tenure in a Caribbean place: "Barbuda is for Barbudans", Amy E. Potter
The good, the bad and the unintended: the role of negative self-conscious emotions in marketing, Kathrynn Pounders
A performer's guide to Gwyneth Walker's settings of poetry by Lucille Clifton- No Ordinary Woman! and Three Songs for Lucille, Ebony Darshay Preston
Towards an ethics of otherness: re-considering birth, time, and silence in education, Hillary Procknow
Analytical design method for cold production of heavy oil with bottom water using Bilateral Sink Wells, Wenting Qin
HMO2, a yeast HMGB protein that preferentially binds to DNA ends, Sreerupa Ray
Hear (no) evil, see (no) evil, speak (no) evil: artistic representations of Argentina's "Dirty War", Juliana Theresa Reineman
A C0 Interior Penalty Method for the von Kármán Equations, Armin Karl Reiser
George Enescu's Concertstück for viola and piano: a theoretical analysis within the composer's musical legacy, Simina Alexandra Renea
Regarding Westernization in Central Africa: Hybridity in the Works of Three Chadian Playwrights, Enoch Reounodji
Relationships among the Behavioral Inhibition System, response inhibition, heart rate variability, and anxiety sensitivity between older adolescents with and without significant anxiety, Erin Tarcza Reuther
A comparative study of and performer's guide to selected songs by the Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck, Travis Archie Richter
A mixed methodological assessment of personal development of undergraduate orientation leaders, Kimberly Dottolo Roberts
Biochemical and genetic insights into asukamycin biosynthesis, Zhe Rui
Examination of metabolism in diabetic offspring, Ryan Damion Russell
A new theory of stochastic integration, Anuwat Sae-Tang
Sources of self-efficacy in distance runners, Ashley Ann Samson
Decoupling User Interface Design Using Libraries of Reusable Components, Rajesh Sankaran
The effect of habitat change on nutrient removal in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana, Amy E. Scaroni
Understanding the role of Expectation Disconfirmation Theory on IT outsourcing success, Colleen Schwarz
The Louisiana alternative Career Diploma as institutionalized cultural capital: high school principals' perceptions of its value, Marcil C. Seals
Polymer based microfabrication and its applications in optical MEMS and bioMEMS, Guocheng Shao
Performing selfhoods in U.S. rituals of private and public spheres, Linda A. Shkreli
Crisis management in organizations: an exploratory study of factors that affect strategy formation and selection, Tulika Sinha
Variability in red snapper otolith microchemistry among Gulf of Mexico regions, Michelle Zapp Sluis
Structure-Function Relationships in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)s Formed via Manipulation of Oxidative Coupling Routes, Warren James Solfiell
Oblivious buy-at-bulk network design algorithms, Srivathsan Srinivasagopalan
Advanced semantics for accelerated graph processing, Dylan Thomas Stark
Time of day effects on language discourse in healthy aging and dementia, Amanda L. Stead
Polyfocal structures in Franz Schubert's Lieder, Matthew Steinbron
Smoking topography and smoking-related outcome expectancies in smokers with schizotypy, Diana Williams Stewart
Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO to Higher Alcohols, Nachal Devi Subramanian
The tick response to Rickettsial dissemination during typical and atypical Rickettsial infection, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn
Identification of Novel Core and Accessory Factors Involved in Nucleotide Excision Repair in Yeast, Danielle Marie Tatum
HBCU crises and best practices in the discourse of renewal: a crisis communication case study of three institutions, Erica Courtney Taylor
Calcium-dependent mechanisms in the chicken retina, Merve Tekmen
Diversity gradients at geographic scales: effects of environmental characteristics and stochastic diversification, Juan Sebastian Tello
Redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood): pest status, control strategies, and management in Louisiana soybean, Joshua H. Temple
The Long-term Effect of a Brief Motivational Alcohol Intervention for Heavy Drinking Mandated College Students, Meredith Ashley Terlecki
Comorbid psychopathology in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders - cut-off scores for the Autism Specturm Disorders-comorbidity for children (ASD-CC), Ryan Thomas Thorson
Teaching tactual discrimination of braille characters to beginning braille readers, Karen A. Toussaint
Examining the perceptions of teachers' efficacy in handling student misbehavior (TEHSM) in classroom and physical education settings, Costas Nicou Tsouloupas
Guided modes and resonant transmission in periodic structures, Hairui Tu
The hegemony of language - literary writing and the quest for subjectivity in the works of Michel de Montaigne and Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, Carla Bota Vance
Twisted Frobenius-Schur indicators for Hopf algebras, Maria Vega
Surface functionalization of crystalline silicon substrates, Sri Sai Vegunta
The biological activity of rare carbohydrates and cyclitols in Coptotermes formosanus, Lucas James Veillon
Formation and Stabilization of Combustion-Generated Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals on Transition Metal Oxides Supported on Silica, Eric Warren Pimentel Vejerano
Celiac disease: increasing awareness for a better life, Sheetal Malini Verma-Bueche
Reducing complexity of processor front ends with static analysis and selective preloading, Santhosh Verma
Amino Acid-Supplemented Diets and Amino Acid Requirements in Corn and Soybean Meal Diets for Broilers and Pigs, April Marie Waguespack
Assessment of core stability: developing practical models, Andy Waldhelm
Eight is not enough: a historical, cultural, and philosophical analysis of the flash mob, Rebecca Walker