Dissertations from 2011
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
From Native to Nation: Copway’s American Indian Newspaper and Formation of American Nationalism, David Shane Wallace
Understanding the selective detection of Homocysteine and studies toward the synthesis of vinigrol, Dong Wang
Structural and electronic properties of noble metals on metal oxide surfaces, Fei Wang
Simplicillium lanosoniveum, a mycoparasite of Phakopsora pachyrhizi and its use as a biological control agent, Nicole A. Ward
Some classes of graphs that are nearly cycle-free, Lisa Warshauer
The attitudes of African American students towards the study of foreign languages and cultures, Katrina Watterson
Landscape, mobilities, and performance: an autoethnographic and visual engagement with public protests in Washington, DC, Paul Ronald Watts
Birth matters: discourses of childbirth in contemporary American culture, Jennifer Ellis West
Cognitive Radio Network with a distributed control channel and quality-of-service solution, Urban Terrell Wiggins
The influence of selected demographic and biographical characteristics on the level of cultural intelligence among mid-level managers of home health care systems in the United States, Martha Stuart Williams
An Historical Study of Teaching Biology to Science-Illiterate Students in Eighteenth-Century France: Instructional Strategies Employed by Madame du Coudray - Royal Midwifery Educator, Trudy Lynn Gammill Witt
The impact of oral fluency and silent fluency on the comprehension of fourth graders, Julie Adele Wright
Essays on risk and volatility, Junyue Xu
Next generation multi-scale quantum simulations for strongly correlated materials, Shuxiang Yang
Thermodynamics of DNA binding and break repair by the Pol I DNA polymerases from Escherichia coli and Thermus aquaticus, Yanling Yang
Molecular Mechanisms of Bacillus thuringiensis Resistance in the Sugarcane Borer, Yunlong Yang
Molecular mechanisms of Bacillus thuringiensis resistance in the sugarcane borer, Yunlong Yang
Data-aware workflow scheduling in heterogeneous distributed systems, Dengpan Yin
Purification of Fish Oils and Production of Protein Powders with EPA and DHA Enriched Fish Oils, Huaixia Yin
Large-scale influences on tropical cyclogenesis for selected storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Jinwoong Yoo
A study of horn fly, Haematobia irritans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae), target-site sensitivity, susceptibility, and resistance management at selected sites in Louisiana, Cole David Younger
Integrating multiple clusters for compute-intensive applications, Zhifeng Yun
Characterization of Novel Akermanite:Poly-E-Caprolactone Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering Aapplications Combined with Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells, Andre S. Zanetti
Essays on the Random Parameters Logit Model, Tong Zeng
Chinese influence on western women's dress in American Vogue magazine, 1960-2009, Yao Zeng
Three essays on real estate finance, Shuang Zhu
Historical études for oboe: 17th-20th centuries, Linwood William Zoller IV
Dissertations from 2010
Point-of-care immunoassay system using carbon nanotube labels, Adeyabeba Abera
Analysis of Teacher Efficacy and Perspectives about Literacy Implementation in Selected Elementary Schools, Joy Rene' Abernathy-Dyer
Elastohydrodynamic Analysis of Spur Gears Using Load-Sharing Concept: Running-In and Steady-State, Saleh Akbarzadeh
The interdependence of modality and Theory of Mind, Danielle Rachel Alfandre
Modeling thermal phenomena and searching for new thermally induced monitor signals in large sale gravitational wave detectors, Rupal Shashikant Amin
Structure and organization of canopy bird assemblages in lowland neotropical rainforests, David Lawrence Anderson
Land use, individual attributes, and travel behavior in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Anzhelika Antipova
Predator-prey interaction in estuarine bivalves: size selection, effects of salinity, and indirect interactions, Barry Richard Aronhime
Antioxidant Nanoparticles as Delivery Systems, Carlos Ernesto Astete R.
The illumination of E. E. Cummings' poetry in J. A. C. Redford's "love is the every only god", Amy Louise Aucoin
Characterization of quantitative traits using association genetics tetraploid and genetic linkage mapping in diploid cotton (Gossypium spp.), Ashok Badigannavar
Supercritical Pyrolysis of n-Decane, Sean Bagley
Data transfer scheduling with advance reservation and provisioning, Mehmet Balman
Other tomorrows: postcoloniality, science fiction and India, Suparno Banerjee
Cross-race advising relationships: the role of race in advising relationships between Black doctoral student protégés and their White faculty advisors, Marco Javon Barker
Hamilton-Jacobi theory for optimal control problems on stratified domains, Richard Charles Barnard
Examination of the relationship between academic achievement and traumatic stress following Hurricane Katrina, Audrey Baumeister
Person or place? A contextual event-history analysis of homicide victimization risk, Emily R. Berthelot
Transient Study of the Wetting Films in Porous Media Using 3D X-Ray Computed Micro-Tomography: Effect of Imbibition Rate and Pore Geometry, Pradeep Bhattad
Essays on three price judgments: price fairness, price magnitude, and price expectation, Sandeep Bhowmick
Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 80,by Sergei Prokofiev: A Guide to Interpretation, Boris Blagoev
Study of microstructure effect on the thermal properties of Yttria-stabilized-Zirconia thermal barrier coatings made by atmospheric plasma spray and pressing machine, Monica Bohorquez de Silva
A taxometric analysis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in toddlers, Jessica Ann Boisjoli