Dissertations from 2005
Integrated pest management of the Mexican rice borer in Louisiana and Texas sugarcane and rice, Francis P. F. Reay-Jones
The effects of sex and context on student's interpretation of teachers' high immediacy messages, Carolyn Hornsby Rester
Dissipative Lipschitz dynamics, Vinicio Rafael Rios
La Grande Force est le D'sir: Guillaume Apollinaire's Rewriting of Merlin's Mother and the Dame du Lac in L'Enchanteur Pourrissant, Allison Bateman Roark
A corpus-based approach to infinitival complements in early Latin, Sarah Hawkins Ross
The role of teachers' self-efficacy in increasing children's physical activity, James Frederick Roth
Alice's shadow: childhood and agency in Lewis Carroll's photography, illustrations, and Alice texts, R. Nichole Rougeau
Verbal and nonverbal immediacy: sex differences and international teaching assistants, Tiwa Saechou
Development, evaluation and characterization of protein-isoflavone enriched soymilk, Janette Ethel-Pessi Saidu
When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead: The Poetry of Bob Kaufman, Mona Lisa Saloy
Enantioselective Syntheses and Chemical Investigations of Plant-Derived Bioactive Volatile Compounds, Anne Marie Sauer
Virtual strings for closed curves with multiple components and filamentations for virtual links, William Schellhorn
Conceptualizing describing and contrasting school cultures: a comparative case study of school improvement processes, La Tefy Schoen
Regulatory intricacies that confer temporal control of conjugation and antibiotic production functions in Streptomyces: new variations on old themes, Kevin Lee Schully
The evolution of prezygotic reproductive isolation in the Drosophila pseudoobscura subgroup, Sheri Dixon Schully
Temporal and spatial harvest patterns of river otter in Louisiana and its potential use as a bioindicator species of water quality, Daniel Gustavo Scognamillo
Common sense philosophy and politics in America: John Witherspoon, James McCosh, and William James, Scott Philip Segrest
Public sexuality: a contemporary history of gay images and identity, Shaun Erwin Sewell
Illinois legislators revisited: a comparison of legislators' perceptions and attitudes toward constituent e-mail, Mary Louise Sheffer
The stereoselective synthesis of the butyrolactone-bridged [8-5-5] tricyclic ring systems of (+/-)-asteriscanolide via the titanium-mediated Hetero-Pauson-Khand reaction, Mohamed G. Sherriff
Isolation, characterization, and expression analysis of [beta]-1, 3-glucanase genes from strawberry plants, Yanlin Shi
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) response to plant density, insect pest management, and harvest-aid application strategies, Jonathan Daniel Siebert
Designing online instruction for postsecondary students with learning disabilities, Andrew Patrick Simoncelli
Molecular recognition and its underlying mechanisms in molecularly imprinted polymers, Ryan Simon
Food safety and sanitation issues in day care centers, Elizabeth Katherine Smith
"To the latest generation": Cold War and Post Cold War U.S. Civil War novels in their social contexts, Jeffrey Neal Smithpeters
Laterally Movable Gate Field Effect Transistor (LMGFET) for microsensor and microactuator applications, In-Hyouk Song
Automatic segmentation of magnetic resonance images of the brain, Kirk V. N. Spence
Regulation of glucose metabolism in dairy cattle, Christie Cheatham Stanley
The establishment, expansion and ecosystem effects of Phragmites australis, an invasive species in coastal Louisiana, Lee Ellis Stanton
Arthur Koestler's hope in the unseen: twentieth-century efforts to retrieve the spirit of liberalism, Kirk Michael Steen
Health and Growth, Petia Stoianova Stoytcheva
Boston's settlement housing: social reform in an industrial city, Meg Streiff
Associations among mothers' reports of family daily hassles and family resources and children's cognitive ability: an exploratory study, Troy D. Stuart
Risk properties of a Stein-like estimator for multinomial choice models, Vera Alexandrova Tabakova
Effectiveness of the 4-H advisory committee process as perceived by 4-H professionals and advisory committee members, Mark Gerard Tassin
Phylogenetic revision of the genus Mesynodites Reichardt (Coleptera: Histeridae: Hetaeriinae), Alexey K. Tishechkin
Medical image enhancement, Alina Monica Trifas
Complexifying the poetic: toward a poiesis of curriculum, Donna Lynn Trueit
Denitrification and greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated and wetland alluvial soils, Sami Ullah
Serotonin and stress responding in animals: role of 5-HT.2A/C receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems, Sarah Mathews Uzelac
An evaluation of the enantiomeric recognition of amino acid based polymeric surfactants and cyclodextrins using spectroscopic and chromatographic methods, Bertha Cedillo Valle
Rights of humans, rights of states: the academic legacy of St. George Tucker in nineteenth-century Virginia, Chad Vanderford
The effects of discrimination training on choice-making accuracy during symbolic perference assessment formats, Christina Marie Vorndran
Long term pressure behavior in turbidite reservoirs, Feng Wang
On the stability of rotor bearing systems based on Hopf bifurcation theory, Jianke Wang
Chemical vapor deposition of thin films for ULSI interconnect metallization, Lidong Wang
Advising perceptions in Student Support Services programs, Kim Andrepont Warren
The diffusion of GIS in journalism, Ben S. Wasike
This corner of Canaan: curriculum studies of place and the reconstruction of the South, Reta Ugena Whitlock
Uric acid-mediated modulation of the transcriptional regulator HucR from Deinococcus radiodurans, Steven P. Wilkinson
A test of andragogy in a post-secondary educational setting, Lynda Swanson Wilson
Development and validation of child routines questionnaire: preschool, Molly Murphy Wittig
Computational model for elasto-plastic and damage analysis of plates and shells, Pawel Benedykt Woelke
Marching masters: slavery, race, and the Confederate Army, 1861-1865, Colin Edward Woodward
Long-term freshwater input and sediment load from three tributaries to Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Kangsheng Wu
Mobile elements and primate genomic variation, Jinchuan Xing
Boundary effects on non-equilibrium localized structures in spatially extended systems, Aniruddha Yadav
The role of trust in organizations: do foci and bases matter?, Jixia Yang
Stability, transport and applications of polyaphrons in porous media, Le Yan
An empirical study of imputation techniques for software data sets, Sumanth Yenduri
Broadcast in sparse conversion optical networks using fewest converters, Tong Yi
Impulsive systems, Stanislav Zabic
Techniques for low power analog, digital and mixed signal CMOS integrated circuit design, Chuang Zhang
Multivariate hydrological frequency analysis and risk mapping, Lan Zhang
Risk assessment of the transfer of imazethapyr herbicide resistance from Clearfield rice to red rice, Weiqiang Zhang
STM and ARPES studies of epitaxial multilayer Ag on Cu(110) and Ni(110), Weichang Zhao
Adaptive remote visualization system with optimized network performance for large scale scientific data, Mengxia Zhu
Dragos Tanasescu's Treaties of Pianistic Technique, Lucian B. Zidaru
Dissertations from 2004
Material length scales in gradient-dependent plasticity/damage and size effects: theory and computation, Rashid Kamel Abu Al-Rub
Molecular, genetic and physiological characterization of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii insertional mutant, James Edward,IV Adams
A qualitative exploration of students' experiences with tutorial learning, Angela Alexander
From Oklahomans to "Okies": identity formation in rural California, Toni Ann Alexander
Numerical modeling of strain localization in granular materials using Cosserat theory enhanced with microfabric properties, Mustafa Alsaleh
Evaluating international agricultural trade in Central America: three analyses, Jose Roberto Andino
Integrating a technology-enriched curriculum: ethno-case study, Juliette D. Angers
Characteristics of an effective teacher of reading in an elementary school setting, Jennifer Aby Archer
Protein aggregation studies: inhibiting and encouraging β-amyloid aggregation, Jed Paul Aucoin
Students' construction of the body in physical education, Laura Azzarito
A national set of competencies for paraprofessionals in residential college or living/learning programs, Debora Elise Baker
Against biopoetics: on the use and misuse of the concept of evolution in contemporary literary theory, Bradley Bankston
Application of disturbance theory to assess impacts associated with a three-dimensional seismic survey in a freshwater marsh in southwest Louisiana, Aaron Stuard Bass
Applying the transtheoretical model to promote greater fruit and vegetable consumption: a successful approach to maintaining behavioral change, Hiba Ahmad Bawadi
The mitigation of asymmetric information through the use of earnouts, David Robert Beard
African American women administrators in higher education: exploring the challenges and experiences at Louisiana public colleges and universities, Germaine Monquenette Becks-Moody
Effective literacy instruction in the elementary grades, Marie Laurent Bergeron
The control, survival, and growth of Listeria monocytogenes on food products, Richelle Lynn Beverly
The diagnosis of dementia in persons with mental retardation: validating methods of assessment, JoAnne Bielecki
Adult attachment styles, children's self-competence, and children's cognitive ability: an ecological study, Elizabeth Benchea Block
William Faulkner and the oral text, Gregory Alan Borse
Development of a predictive model for student-athlete retention and graduation at Louisiana State University, Mary Allyn Boudreaux
The effect of program commitment on the degree of participative congruence and managerial performance in a budgeting setting, Kevin T. Breaux