Theses from 2024
Why Own a Gun? An Ethnographic Perspective on Gun Culture in Louisiana., Kane Aguila
Using Creel and Angler Surveys to Characterize U.S. Recreational Fishing, Anna L. Kaz
Cartografias no contexto da COVID-19 no Brasil/Cartographies in the Context of COVID-19 in Brazil, Renato Emerson Nascimento dos Santos
In-Person, Hybrid, or Remote: Exploring the Effectiveness of Teacher Practices on Student Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ashley M. Segalla
Dissertations from 2023
Vibriosis: An Integrated Study of Ecology, State Policy, and Health Communication, Ruth Akintoye
Cycles and Dynamic Correlations Between Agricultural and Stock Markets, Junior E. Betanco Gunera
Exploring Older Adults' Mobility Challenges and Preferences before and after COVID-19 Pandemic, BERNARD BOAKYE
Explaining Life Through Evolution, Prosanta Chakrabarty
Consumer Behavior and Customer Service on Social Media Platforms, Huai-Tzu Cheng
Black Experiences with Community Gardening in Southeast Louisiana, Kiarah Craft
Effects of Fertigation Versus Palletized Fertilizer on Height and Caliper Growth in Oaks, Zachary M. Davis
A Comparison of Self-Report Measures to Screen for Mental Health Concerns in Youth, Jacob Landon DeBoer
Did the Rapid Transition to Online Learning in Response to COVID-19 Protocols Results in Forced Disclosure by Faculty Members with Invisible Disabilities, Charles Edward Ethridge
Times of Crisis: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of U.S. and Mexican Presidential Rhetoric, Kassandra Gonzalez-Ramos
The Reality of Teaching English Virtually: ESL Teachers' Perspectives and Experiences during the COVID-19 National Pandemic, Natalia Guerrero
Economic Perceptions in the American Public, Moriah Harman
CONSUMER SHIFT: EXAMINING FEMALE GENERATION Y CONSUMERS’ ACTIVEWEAR CONSUMPTION, Lauren LaPorte
QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON PORT CONGESTION, Corey R. Mayeux
The Intersection of Literacy and Nature Place-Based Learning: An Autoethnographic Case Study in A Rural Middle School, Alvera H. McMillan
Family Communication Patterns During Emerging Adulthood: An Investigation of Parent-Child Communication About Vaccine Decisions, Rebecca M. Riccardi
John Henryism Active Coping and COVID-19 policy compliance, Jas M. Sullivan and Moriah Harman
John Henryism Active Coping and COVID-19 policy compliance, Jas M. Sullivan and Moriah Harman
HIGH-DIMENSIONAL PROBABILISTIC TIME SERIES PREDICTION VIA DEEP LEARNING MODELS, Xiuxuan Sun
Monkeypox outbreak: Wastewater and environmental surveillance perspective, Ananda Tiwari, Sangeet Adhikari, and Roger K. Seals
Estimating long-term and short-term impact of COVID-19 activity restriction on regional highway traffic demand: A case study in Zhejiang Province, China, Rui Wang, Zhao Zhang, Stephen K. Formel, Demetra Kandalepas, Kimberly L. Mighell, John Pardue, and Sunshine A. Van Bael
Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium, Ayaho Yamamoto, Peter D. Sly, Keng Yih Chew, Lavrent Khachatryan, Nelufa Begum, Abrey J. Yeo, Luan D. Vu, and Kirsty R. Short
Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium, Ayaho Yamamoto, Peter D. Sly, Keng Yih Chew, Lavrent Khachatryan, Nelufa Begum, Abrey J. Yeo, Luan D. Vu, Kirsty R. Short, Stephania A. Cormier, and Emmanuelle Fantino
COVID-19, traffic demand, and activity restriction in China: A national assessment, Zhao Zhang, Daocheng Fu, Hai Lin, Hussein Alqrinawi, and Nathan P. Lord
Submissions from 2022
Occurrence of multiple respiratory viruses in wastewater in Queensland, Australia: Potential for community disease surveillance, Warish Ahmed and Aaron Bivins
RT-qPCR and ATOPlex sequencing for the sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance, Warish Ahmed, Aaron Bivins, and Rhett W. Stout
Implementation of Multi-level Interventions to Mitigate Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant at a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY in Southern United States, Keena N. Arbuthnot, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Autumn W. Collins, Matthew Rodrigue, and John H. Pardue
Transitioning in a Time of Crisis: Understanding the Impact Students’ Prior Online Learning Experiences Have on Online Course Achievement, Clayton F. Benton
Artificial Intelligence For The Discovery Of Novel Antimicrobial Agents For Emerging Infectious Diseases, A Bess, F Berglind, S Mukhopadhyay, M Brylinski, A Bess, T F. Cho, C Galliano, and K M. Wasan
Artificial intelligence for the discovery of novel antimicrobial agents for emerging infectious diseases, Adam Bess, Frej Berglind, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Michal Brylinski, Nicholas Griggs, Ramakrishna Nemani, and Shreekant Gayaka
Passive sampling to scale wastewater surveillance of infectious disease: Lessons learned from COVID-19, Aaron Bivins, Devrim Kaya, and Kelly A. Rusch
Industrial construction safety policies and practices with cost impacts in a COVID-19 pandemic environment: A Louisiana DOW case study, Brian Briggs, Carol J. Friedland, Isabelina Nahmens, Charles Berryman, and Yimin Zhu
Industrial construction safety policies and practices with cost impacts in a COVID-19 pandemic environment: A Louisiana DOW case study, Brian Briggs, Carol J. Friedland, Isabelina Nahmens, Charles Berryman, and Yimin Zhu
Net-Shaped DNA Nanostructures Designed for Rapid/Sensitive Detection and Potential Inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus, Neha Chauhan, Yanyu Xiong, Shaokang Ren, Abhisek Dwivedy, Nicholas Magazine, Lifeng Zhou, Xiaohe Jin, Tianyi Zhang, Brian T. Cunningham, Sherwood Yao, et al.
Adolescents' Behaviors, Fitness, and Knowledge Related to Active Living before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis, Senlin Chen, Baofu Wang, Stacy Imagbe, Xiangli Gu, Jared Androzzi, Yang Liu, Sami R. Yli-Piipari, Gang Hu, Tina K. Thethi, Phillip J. Brantley, et al.
Adolescents' Behaviors, Fitness, and Knowledge Related to Active Living before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis, Senlin Chen, Baofu Wang, Stacy Imagbe, Xiangli Gu, Jared Androzzi, Yang Liu, Sami R. Yli-Piipari, Gang Hu, Tina K. Thethi, Phillip J. Brantley, et al.
THE EFFECTS OF COVID 19-RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA HATE CRIME ON ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICANS' SELF-ESTEEM, Saachi Chugh
THE EFFECTS OF COVID 19-RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA HATE CRIME ON ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICANS' SELF-ESTEEM, Saachi Chugh
Environmental Impacts on COVID-19: Mechanisms of Increased Susceptibility, Stephania A. Cormier, Ayaho Yamamoto, Kirsty R. Short, Luan Vu, and William A. Suk
Peptides and peptidomimetics as therapeutic agents for Covid-19, Achyut Dahal, Jafrin Jobayer Sonju, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, and Seetharama D. Jois
Peptides and peptidomimetics as therapeutic agents for Covid-19, Achyut Dahal, Jafrin Jobayer Sonju, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, and Seetharama D. Jois
Epidemic time series similarity is related to geographic distance and age structure, Tad A. Dallas, Grant Foster, Robert L. Richards, and Bret D. Elderd
US agricultural university students' mental well-being and resilience during the first wave of COVID-19: Discordant expectations and experiences across genders, Mariah D. Ehmke, Bhagyashree Katare, Kristin Kiesel, Jason S. Bergtold, Jerrod M. Penn, and Kathryn A. Boys
COVID-19 and Traffic Safety: Exploring Exposure, Crash Frequency and Severity, and Roadway and Network Design, Nicholas N. Ferenchak Ph.D
COVID-19 and Traffic Safety: Exploring Exposure, Crash Frequency and Severity, and Roadway and Network Design, Nicholas N. Ferenchak Ph.D
LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF INFLAMMATION IN RESPONSE TO PERCEIVED AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS IN COLLEGIATE FEMALE ATHLETES, Erin Gunther
Ferrets as a model for tuberculosis transmission, Tuhina Gupta, Naveen Somanna, Thomas Rowe, Monica LaGatta, Shelly Helms, Simon Odera Owino, Tomislav Jelesijevic, Stephen Harvey, Wayne Jacobs, Thomas Voss, et al.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Research Participation Among Older African Americans, Kathryn L. Gwizdala, Erika A. Pugh, Leah Carter, Owen T. Carmichael, and Robert L. Newton
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Research Participation Among Older African Americans, Kathryn L. Gwizdala, Erika A. Pugh, Leah Carter, Owen T. Carmichael, and Robert L. Newton
Communicating About Sexual Health with New Partners During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Adam Jade Harvey
Looking Forward: The Role of Academic Researchers in Building Sustainable Wastewater Surveillance Programs, Catherine Hoar and Jill McClary-Gutierrez
LOUISIANA CERTIFIED CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS’ PERSPECTIVE ON THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON CHILD LIFE SERVICES, Abby Johnson
Fostering Student Success: Academic, Social, and Financial Initiatives, Sigrid Kelsey
Utilization of a Gravity Model to Determine the Impact of COVID-19 in US Bilateral Trade, Dacia Lopez Lopez
The hidden minority: Discrimination and mental health among international students in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, Arati Maleku, Youn Kyoung Kim, Jaclyn Kirsch, Mee Young Um, Hanna Haran, and Mansoo Yu
The hidden minority: Discrimination and mental health among international students in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, Arati Maleku, Youn Kyoung Kim, Jaclyn Kirsch, Mee Young Um, Hanna Haran, and Mansoo Yu
Negative schizotypy attenuates the effect of momentary stress on social dysfunction related to COVID-19 social distancing, Michael D. Masucci, Victoria Martin, Thanh P. Le, and Alex S. Cohen
Negative schizotypy attenuates the effect of momentary stress on social dysfunction related to COVID-19 social distancing, Michael D. Masucci, Victoria Martin, Thanh P. Le, and Alex S. Cohen
Returning to School: Teachers' Occupational and COVID-19-Related Stress and Their Perceptions of School Climate, Georgette M. Metrailer and Kelly N. Clark
Returning to School: Teachers' Occupational and COVID-19-Related Stress and Their Perceptions of School Climate, Georgette M. Metrailer and Kelly N. Clark
Global response of conservationists across mass media likely constrained bat persecution due to COVID-19, Veronica Nanni, Stefano Mammola, Nuria Macías-Hernández, Alessia Castrogiovanni, Ana L. Salgado, Enrico Lunghi, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, and Corrado Modica
Narrativas de vida espaciales en el contexto de la Covid-19: Reflexiones desde la ruralidad ecuatoriana, Estefania P. Palacios, Diana V. López, and Dayanara A. Delgado
Teachers, Stress, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis, Luz E. Robinson, Alberto Valido, Anne Drescher, Ashley B. Woolweaver, Dorothy L. Espelage, Scott LoMurray, Anna C. Long, and Ashlen A. Wright
Place, Race, and Case: Examining Racialized Economic Segregation and COVID-19 in Louisiana, Jennifer L. Scott, Natasha M. Lee-Johnson, and Denise Danos
Place, Race, and Case: Examining Racialized Economic Segregation and COVID-19 in Louisiana, Jennifer L. Scott, Natasha M. Lee-Johnson, and Denise Danos
Enabling the Human Perception of a Working Camera In Web Conferences via Its Movement, Anish Shrestha
Impact of COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders on Health Behaviors and Anxiety in Black and White Americans, Joshua R. Sparks, Maryam Kebbe, Emily W. Flanagan, Robbie A. Beyl, Abby D. Altazan, Shengping Yang, and Leanne M. Redman
Application of digital PCR for public health-related water quality monitoring, Ananda Tiwari, Warish Ahmed, Wendy J. Smith, Suzanne Metcalfe, Mikayla Stephens, Amy V. Jennison, and Frederick A. Moore
Mask wearing and self-harming thoughts among international students in the United States during COVID-19: The moderating role of discrimination, Mee Young Um, Arati Maleku, Hanna Haran, Youn Kyoung Kim, Mansoo Yu, and Sung Seek Moon
Mask wearing and self-harming thoughts among international students in the United States during COVID-19: The moderating role of discrimination, Mee Young Um, Arati Maleku, Hanna Haran, Youn Kyoung Kim, Mansoo Yu, and Sung Seek Moon
Ozone exposure upregulates the expression of host susceptibility protein TMPRSS2 to SARS-CoV-2, Thao Vo, Kshitiz Paudel, Ishita Choudhary, Sonika Patial, and Yogesh Saini
Absence of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 N protein in COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases, Luan D. Vu, Shonta Wallace, Anh Tq Phan, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Erik Turner, Sean Parker, Karen Elkind-Hirsch, and Darrell Landry
Absence of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 N protein in COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases, Luan D. Vu, Shonta Wallace, Anh Tq Phan, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Erik Turner, Sean Parker, Karen Elkind-Hirsch, and Darrell Landry
Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Annual Report 2021-2022, Elizabeth Winchester, Jada Thomas-Smith, Harleen Sandhu, Aimee H. Moles, and Judith L. F. Rhodes
Dissertations from 2021
A Continuous Adjustment: The Impact of COVID-19 on International Graduate Students, Carla Albornoz Moraga
Mobility, Control, and the Pandemic Across the Americas: First Findings of a Transnational Collective Project, Soledad Alvarez Velasco
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and governor mandated stay at home order on emergency department super utilizers, Shannon Alwood, Mandi W. Musso, Glenn N. Jones, Joel Mosley, Brittany Wippel, Lauren Theriot, and Diana Hamer
Rapid Exclusion of COVID Infection With the Artificial Intelligence Electrocardiogram, Zachi I. Attia, Suraj Kapa, Jennifer Dugan, Naveen Pereira, Peter A. Noseworthy, Francisco Lopez Jimenez, Jessica Cruz, Rickey E. Carter, Daniel C. DeSimone, John Signorino, et al.
Microglial Implications in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19: Lessons From Viral RNA Neurotropism and Possible Relevance to Parkinson's Disease, Ifeoluwa O. Awogbindin, Benneth Ben-Azu, Babatunde A. Olusola, Elizabeth T. Akinluyi, Philip A. Adeniyi, T. Di Paolo, and Marie-Eve Tremblay
Online-Delivered Group and Personal Exercise Programs to Support Low Active Older Adults' Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial, Mark R. Beauchamp, Ryan M. Hulteen, Geralyn R. Ruissen, Yan Liu, Ryan E. Rhodes, Colin M. Wierts, Katrina j. Waldhauser, Samantha H. Harden, and Eli Puterman
Online-Delivered Group And Personal Exercise Programs To Support Low Active Older Adults' Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial, M R. Beauchamp, R M. Hulteen, G R. Ruissen, Y Liu, M R. Beauchamp, C M. Wierts, K J. Waldhauser, S H. Harden, and E Puterman
Parallel Coordinates-based Visualization of Covid-19 Data, Puja Bhandari
An Improved Earned Value Management Method Integrating Quality and Safety, Brian Briggs
Increases In Distress During Stay-At-Home Mandates During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study, J D. Buckner, C N. Abarno, E M. Lewis, M J. Zvolensky, and J D. Buckner
Reduced turnaround times through multi-sectoral community collaboration during the first surge of SARS-CoV-2 and associated effect on patient care and hospital operations, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Hollis R. O'Neal, Tonya Jagneaux, Catherine O'Neal, Christine S. Walsh, E Handly Mayton, Luan D. Vu, and Abigail I. Fish
Bats And Humans During Thesars-Cov-2Outbreak: The Case Of Bat-Coronaviruses From Mexico, P Colunga-Salas and G Hernandez-Canchola
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Use of Academic Library Resources, Ruth Connell, Lisa Wallis, and David Comeaux
S21RS SGR No. 30 (COVID Vaccinations), Everett Craddock
An Earth-Mass Planet In A Time Of Covid-19: Kmt-2020-Blg-0414Lb, Leandro De Almeida, Andrew Gould, Cheongho Han, Iona Kondo, Chung-Uk Lee, Shude Mao, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee, Weicheng Zang, and Xiangyu Zhang
Examining Intraindividual Variability as a Predictor of Cognitive and Functional Decline in Older Adulthood, Alyssa N. De Vito
Decreased availability of nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide is a hallmark of COVID-19, Paari Dominic, Javaria Ahmad, Ruchi Bhandari, Sibile Pardue, Juan Solorzano, Keerthish Jaisingh, Megan Watts, Steven R. Bailey, A Wayne Orr, Christopher G. Kevil, et al.
The Effectiveness Of Image Augmentation In Deep Learning Networks For Detecting Covid-19: A Geometric Transformation Perspective, M Elgendi, M U. Nasir, Q F. Tang, D Smith, M Elgendi, C Batte, B Spieler, W D. Leslie, C Menon, R R. Fletcher, et al.
Telehealth And Autism Prior To And In The Age Of Covid-19: A Systematic And Critical Review Of The Last Decade, K S. Ellison, J Guidry, P Picou, P Adenuga, and K S. Ellison
Pandemia y autonomía indígena: Territorialización del cuidado en la Amazonia ecuatoriana, Julián García Labrador