Dissertations from 2017
Incorporation of Biorationals and Trap Crop for Stink Bug Management in Soybeans, Kukuh Hernowo
Sweetpotato Virus C and Its Contribution to the Potyvirus Complex in Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas), Favio E. Herrera Eguez
Nanoscale Studies of Proteins and Thin Films Using Scanning Probe Microscopy, Zachary Lane Highland
On the Skein Theory of 0-framed Surgery Along the Trefoil Knot, Andrew Robert Holmes
Socio-Ecological Approaches to Obesity Prevention: A Collection of Exploratory Studies, Denise Marie Holston
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship: The Words and Faces of the Chinese of North America, Pengyi Huang
Friction Stir Welding Manufacturing Advancement by On-Line High Temperature Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing and Correlation of Process Parameters to Joint Quality, Daniel James Huggett
Joshua: Symphonic Suite No. 2 and James Aikman, The Violin Concerto, and the Principle of Limited Economy, Chad Edward Hughes
Manifestations of Symmetry in Polynomial Link Invariants, Kyle Istvan
Kinetic and Kinematic Variables Related to Medial Elbow Joint Space in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers, Meghan Reid Jackson
Quaternary River Erosion, Provenance, and Climate Variability in the NW Himalaya and Vietnam, Tara Nicole Jonell
Precarious Democracy: "It Can't Happen Here" as the Federal Theatre's Site of Mass Resistance, Macy Donyce Jones
Estuarine Water Quality and Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Field and Satellite Observations, Ishan Joshi
Essays on Economic Growth In India, Sujana Kabiraj
Numerical Simulations of Mass Transfer in Close and Contact Binaries Using Bipolytropes, Kundan Vaman Kadam
Elephants, Local Livelihoods, and Landscape Change in Tsavo, Kenya., Peter Ngugi Kamau
Symbolic and Deep Learning Based Data Representation Methods for Activity Recognition and Image Understanding at Pixel Level, Manohar Karki
Descendants of Abraham: A Comparative Approach to Jewish and Islamic Rhetorics, Brandon Katzir
Characterization of Dehalogenimonas Strains from a Louisiana Superfund Site that Reductively Dehalogenate Polychlorinated Alkanes, Trent Anthony Key
Virulence Phenotypes of Rotylenchulus reniformis: Evaluation of Host Status of Cotton and Utility of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) for Identification, Churamani Khanal
Non-centrosymmetric Superconductivity and Magnetism in the Presence of Broken Symmetries, Mojammel Alam Khan
Compiler and Runtime Optimization Techniques for Implementation Scalable Parallel Applications, Zahra Khatami
Branch and Stem Growth as Affected by Loss of Leaf Area on Selected Branches in Loblolly Pine, Shannon Dumo Kidombo
Northern Music Culture in Antebellum New Orleans, Warren Keith Kimball
American Crusade: The Political Thought of Dwight Eisenhower, John Kitch
A Political Theory of the Chinese Stock Market, Liang Kong
Pathogenicity and Reproduction of Isolates of Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus Reniformis, From Louisiana on Soybean and Utility of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms to Evaluate Genetic Variability, Herath Mudiyanselage Kularathna
Nanoparticle-Based Drug-Delivery Systems Studied by Second Harmonic Generation, Raju Ram Kumal
Symphony No. 1 and The Development of New Techniques in Contemporary Music Composition, Eric Lacy
Multiphase Flow Modeling for Design and Optimization of a Novel Down-flow Bubble Column, Mutharasu Lalitha Chockalingam
Pre-College credit and Examination Programs: One Size fits All?, Guadalupe M. Lamadrid
Rescuing Relationships: Toward an Understanding of Exchange Relationship Disruption and Recovery, Matthew Mark Lastner
Studying the Reaction 34AR(ALPHA,P)37K and Its Impact on XRB Nucleosynthesis and Observables, Amber C. Lauer
Thoreau's Melancholia, Walden's Friendship, and Queer Agency, Julia Morgan Leslie
N-Donor Ligands as Potential Linkers For Bioconjugation, Nerissa Abigail Lewis
In Support of Nikolai Medtner: An Examination of Five of his Art Songs, Daniel J. Liebeskind
Polynomial Regression Analyses of Parental Desirable Responding, Megan Elizabeth Lilly
Tribological And Dynamical Study Of An Automotive Transmission System, Meng Li
DNA Base Excision Repair and Double Strand Break Repair in Human Fibroblast, Mingyang Li
Poetics of Integration and the Making of Modern Chinese Drama: Cao Yu amongst Playwrights, Jingyuan Liu
Moduli Spaces of Flat GSp-Bundles, Neal David Livesay
Optimizing Stabilized Fluorogypsum to Decrease Dissolution Potential in Aquatic Environments for Construction of Artificial Reefs, Charles Davis Lofton
Biased Genetic Screen Identifies Novel Genes Involved in Antiviral Defense, Tianyun Long
Unfriend Me! Applicant Reactions to the Use of Social Networking Information During the Hiring Process, Byron Shane Lowery
A Presynaptic Role for Nitric Oxide at a GABAergic Synapse, John Wesley Maddox
A Phenomenological Investigation into the Experiences and Perceptions of Teachers Education Program Graduates at Public Historically Black College and Universities in Louisiana, La'Quita Maya Magee
Development and Applications of a Real-time Magnetic Electron Energy Spectrometer for Use with Medical Linear Accelerators, Paul Ethan Maggi
Performance Evaluation and Development of Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Procedure of Thin RCC Pavements, Moinul Islam Mahdi
Structure-based Prediction of Protein-protein Interaction Networks across Proteomes, Surabhi Maheshwari
The Influence of Social Support and Mental Illness on Punishment for Rule Violations Among Male Prisoners, Missy T. Malone
A New Computational Framework for Efficient Parallelization and Optimization of Large Scale Graph Matching, Sahar Marefat Navaz
Chaucer's Divided "I": Narrative Voice and Performance Dynamics in Late Fourteenth-Century English Literature, Isaac McDuffie
Electromagnetic Resonant Scattering in Layered Media with Fabrication Errors, Emily Anne McHenry
Archbishop Rummel's Leadership in Troubled Times: Spiritual and Secular Discourses to Integrate Parochial and Public Schools in New Orleans, Kristina McKenzie-Hudson
Activity of benzobicyclon herbicide in common Louisiana rice production practices, Benjamin M. McKnight
Social Work Practitioners Working in End of Life Care:Learning to Provide Culturally Appropriate Care to Clients of Middle Eastern Descent, Laura Shafica Meiki
Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Near Infrared BODIPY Dyes for Various Applications, Qianli Meng
The Economic Costs to Audit Firms of Ethical Violations and the Resulting PCAOB Disciplinary Orders, Stephanie Ann Merrell
Examining the Impact of Participating in a Nutrition-Education and Culinary Skills-Building Program on Intrinsic Motivation to Prepare Healthy Foods and Diet Quality in High School Adolescents, Derek Charles Miketinas
Performance Evaluation and Characterization of Encapsulated Calcium Nitrate for Self-Healing Concrete Applications, Jose Eduardo Milla
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra and a Comparative Study of the Pedagogical Methods of Nadia Boulanger and Dr. Dinos Constantinides, Harold Curtuss Mims
Two-Part Invention for Vibraphone by David Stock: An Analysis and Performance Guide, Gustavo Henrique Miranda
The Shining School Upon the Hill: Teacher Subjectivity in a "Successful" Charter School, Gareth David Connor Mitchell
Protection Challenges of Distributed Energy Resources Integration In Power Systems, Pooria Mohammadi
Information Theoretic Study of Gaussian Graphical Models and Their Applications, Ali Moharrer
Modeling of Thermally Aware Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Based Post CMOS VLSI Interconnect, K M Mohsin
Performance Evaluation of Virtual Flow Metering Models and Its Application to Metering Backup and Production Allocation, Kahila Mokhtari Jadid
Development and Evaluation of Environmentally-Sensitive Genetic Male Sterile Lines for Louisiana Hybrid Rice, Federico Molina Casella
Exact Numerical Study of Disordered Systems, Conrad Wilson Moore
Ports Resilience Index: Participatory Methods to Assess Resilience, Lauren L. Morris
Hydroformylation and Aldehyde-Water Shift Catalysis by Dirhodium Tetraphosphine Complexes, Marshall Douglas Moulis
The West as Fiction in First-Generation Arab Immigrant Literature, Rimun Murad
The Role of Surface Active Compounds in Crude Oil on Reservoir Wettability., Paulina Metili Mwangi
Evolutionary History of a Large-Genome Salamander Across Five Disjunct Regions of the Southeastern United States, Catherine Elizabeth Newman
Finding Voice in the Academy through Yellow Storytelling: An Asian American Autoethnography on Suffering in Higher Education, Thuong Thi Nguyen
Attenuating Dysbiosis with Diet, Resistant Starch and Microbiota Transplant., Diana Obanda
Sediment Transport and Slope Stability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Jeffrey Blake Obelcz
Evaluation of a Role for Prolactin in the Recrudescense of Ovarian Activity in Seasonally Anovulatory Mares, Erin Lea Oberhaus
Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Evaluation of Monoisomeric Zinc Phthalocyanines for Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy, Elizabeth Judith Akinyi Okoth
Diagenesis and Formation Stress in Fracture Conductivity of Shaly Rocks; Experimental-Modelling Approach in CO2-Rock Interactions, Abiola Olukola Olabode
Differential Effects of Gratitude and Positive Peer Reporting Interventions on Student Subjective Wellbeing, Classroom Behavior, and School Connectedness, Rachel Marie Olinger Steeves
Essays in Health and Public Economics, Sara Oloomi
Essay on Incentives, Economic Conditions, and Human Capital Formation, Masayuki Onda
Questing with Grandma: Building Closer Families Through Intergenerational Video Gaming, Sanela Osmanovic Vukelic
Exploring Social Indicators of Situational Interest in Physical Education and Activity Classes: Integration of Interest and Self-Determination Theories, Joseph Opiri Otundo
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Using Coral Microatolls (Sp. Siderastrea siderea) From the Gulf of Gonâve, Haiti, Gilman Reno Ouellette Jr.
How I Got Over: A Study of the Tenure Experiences of Black Female Professors at Predominantly White Institutions, Veta E. Parker
The Pricing of IPO Audit Expertise and Subsequent Issuer Underpricing, Jung Eun Park
GIS Analysis of Dvāravatī Dharmacakras and the Rise of Buddhism in Thailand, Areerut Patnukao
Motivation for Tobacco Cessation Among Nicotine Dependent Postmenopausal Females, MacKenzie Rae Peltier
Pragmatic Comprehension of English Refusals by Spanish-English Bilinguals, Clevia Josefina Perez
Francolouisianais in the 21st Century: Redrawing Identity Lines in a Community Experiencing Language Shift, Marguerite L. Perkins