Dissertations from 2015
Knots, Skein Theory and q-Series, Mustafa Hajij
Field Instrumentation and Testing to Study Set-up Phenomenon of Driven Piles and Its Implementation in LRFD Design Methodology, Md Nafiul Haque
Junior Level Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Lived Experiences With Test Anxiety: Can Music Serve As A Means to Reduce Test Anxiety and Increase Self-Efficacy?, Keeley Clark Harmon
Bullying in Schools: The Relationship between Educational Staff Burnout and Staff Response to Bullying, Katherine Marie Harrison
From With–In The Black Diamond: The Intersections of Masculinity, Ethnicity, and Identity–An Epistolary Autoethnographic Exploration into the Lived Experiences of a Black Male Graduate Student, Vincent Tarrell Harris
Comparative Population Genomics of Neotropical Forest Birds, Michael Gaston Harvey
Mishpacha in the American Diaspora: An Exploratory Study of Highly-Involved Jewish Families, Trevan Glen Hatch
Compromising the Craft: A Mixed-Methodological Analysis of the Products and Processes of Storytelling in Local Television and Digital News, Keren Esther Henderson
The Role of Motives and Decision Rules in Restaurant Tipping, Jacob Lee Hiler
Single or Dual Resources: The Role of Working Memory in Syntactic Processing, Rebecca Ann Horn
Just Throw it in the Pot! The Cultural Geography of Hidden Landscapes and Masked Performances in South Louisiana Gumbo Cooking, Corey David Hotard
Insights from Complexity: A Study of the Implementation of a District-Wide Literacy Initiative through the Lens of Complex Systems Theory, Mary Kathryn Hudson
Transmembrane Signaling and Conformational Regulation of Integrin, Ping Hu
High Fedelity Simulation: Its Impact on Self-Confidence and Satisfaction in Learning Among Sophomore and Senior Students, Kim Simoneaux Hurst
Left-orderability, Cyclic Branched Covers and Representations of the Knot Group, Ying Hu
Articulating Situated Knowledge and Standpoints in our Responses to Contemporary Street Fiction: A Book Club Case Study with African American Women, Yvette Rachele Hyde
Factors Affecting Within-plant Variation of Cotton Fiber Quality and Yield, Matthew Oliver Indest
Money, Power, Respect: Philanthropic Giving Of African American Alumni Of Predominately White Institutions, Melvin Jonathan Jackson
Nucleolar Stress Due to Depletion of Nopp140 in Drosophila melanogaster, Allison James
All the Science That Is Fit to Blog: An Analysis of Science Blogging Practices, Paige Brown Jarreau
Political Conspiracy in Napoleonic France, Kelly Diane Jernigan
Essays on Corruption, Chandan Kumar Jha
Delineating Hospital Service Areas in Florida Based on Patients’ Travel Patterns, Peng Jia
Anisotropic Spacetimes and Black Hole Interiors in Loop Quantum Gravity, Anton Joe
Does the PCAOB Inspection have an Effect on Audit Fees and Audit Quality?, Elizabeth Schwartzhoff Johnson
Agricultural Policy, Off-farm Income, and Farmland Values: The Case of South Korea, Hyunjeong Joo
Hybrid Electronic Materials: Characterization and Thin-film Deposition, Kalyan Chakravarthy Kanakamedala
On an Effective Submodeling Procedure for Stresses Determined with Finite Element Analysis, Ajay Ashok Kardak
Supervisory Ratings as a Measure of Training Transfer: Testing the Predictive Validity of the Learning Transfer System Inventory, Vicky Katsioloudes
The Saxophone Symposium: An Index of the Journal of the North American Saxophone Alliance, 1976-2014, Ashley Kelly
Three Essays on Food Demand, Land Use Intensity, and Food Crop Portfolio Choice under Weather Risk, Aditya Raj Khanal
Clinical Probe Utilizing Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) for In-Situ Molecular Imaging Applications, Jeonghwan Kim
Study on the Use of Serious Games in Business Education, Joo Baek Kim
Effects of Mirror Exposure and Brief Mindfulness Interventions in Undergraduate Females with Weight and Shape Concerns, Jessica Abaigeal Esmeier Kinsaul
The Erotics of Race Suicide: The Making of Whiteness and the Death Drive in the Progressive Era, 1880-1920, Madoka Kishi
The Role of Rhizobial Mutualisms in the Establishment and Colonization of Exotic Acacia Species in Novel Ranges, Metha Martine Klock
Three Essays on Land Ownership, Gender, and Agricultural Productivity in The Case of Developing Countries, Krishna H. Koirala
The Baby and Infant Screen for Children with Autism Traits: A DSM-5 Update, Matthew Jason Konst
Alexander Moyzes and His Piano Sonata in the Context of Slovak Music Between the Wars, Ivan Koska
Regulation of the Chloride Store in the Retinal Amacrine Cells, Vijai Krishnan
Functional Motifs in SIAMESE, a Plant Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor, Narender Kumar
The Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies to Improve Pregnancy Rates in White-tailed Deer, Jaclyn C. Lambe-Steinmiller
Biogenesis and Redox Transition of Iron-sulfur Clusters in Proteins, Aaron Paul Landry
Bioplastic Production in Cyanobacteria and Consensus Degenerate PCR Probe Design, Courtney Edward Lane
Fish Assemblage Structure, Distribution, and Trophic Ecology at Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Banks, Todd Langland
Homenaje a García Lorca, A Conductor’s Approach, Alejandro Artemio Larumbe Martínez
Evaluating Technical Adequacy Features of Sentence Verification Technique as a General Outcome Measure of Content Knowledge, Renée E. Lastrapes
A State-Level Analysis of Deinstitutionalization and the Impact of Chlorpromazine, Joni Maria Lee Pow
Well-Quasi-Ordering by the Induced-Minor Relation, Chanun Lewchalermvongs
A Spatial Dynamic Model of Population Changes in a Vulnerable Coastal Environment, Kenan Li
Surface Structure/Property Relationship for (001) Surface of Magnetite, Fangyang Liu
Development and Characterization of a Live-attenuated Vaccine to Combat Equine Herpesvirus Type-1 infections, Shiliang Anthony Liu
Thomas Davis, The Nation, and Songs of Irish Nationalism, Timothy Mason Love
Interpretation of Geochemical Signatures from Modern Carbonate Springs to the Rock Record, Benjamin Maas
Liberty, Community, and the Free Man in Magna Carta, Benjamin L. Mabry
Functional Interplay Between Neurocognitive Decline and Risk Factors in Older Adults: A Multivariate Latent Growth Curve Model of Risk, Rebecca Kathryn MacAulay
Study of Active Vibration Control using the Method of Receptances, Amit Maha
Topological Dynamics On Compact Phase Spaces, Lieth Abdalateef Majed
Study of Factors Affecting Growth and Development of Narrow Brown Leaf Spot of Rice Caused by Cercospora janseana (Racib.) O. Const., kirandeep Kaur Mani
The Use of Geographic Information Systems and Ecological Niche Modeling to Map Transmission Risk for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bahia, Brazil, Moara de Santana Martins
On the Role of Surface Roughness in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Tribological Components, Mohammad Masjedi
Integrated Sustainability and Resiliency Assessment Methodology for the Design of Single-Family Residential Structures Subject to Wind and Flood Hazards, Elizabeth Chisolm Matthews
Essays on Mortgage Debt Payment, Meagan Nicole McCollum
The Devil at Work: Understanding the Dark Side of Personality and its Impact on Performance, Benjamin David McLarty
Diversification and Biogeography of Neotropical Cichlids, Caleb D. McMahan
The Journeys of Humboldt: A Guide to Efrain Oscher’s Composition for Orchestra, Bernardo Virgilio Miethe
Recovery from Exercise: The Influences of Supplementation and Rest Interval, Ryan Miskowiec
Developing Co-current and Counter-current Spray Drying Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation Studies to Predict the Quality of Microencapsulated Fish Oil with Egg White Hydrolysates Powders, Kevin Estuardo Mis Solval
Insights into 5-Lipoxygenase Active Site and Catalysis, Sunayana Mitra
Rhetoric and Food: The Rise of the Food Truck Movement, Bryan W. Moe
The Impact of Financial Knowledge on Student Retention from the Second to the Third Year at a Public Research University, Eric N. Monday
Interorganizational Collaboration and Systemic Change Framework for Building Information Modeling (BIM) Adoption, Rehema Joseph Monko
Olivier Messiaen's Influence in the Violoncello Works of Toru Takemitsu, Susannah Violet Montandon
Pathogenic Enteric Viruses in Louisiana Oysters and Environmental Waters, Naim Montazeri Djouybari
Integrated Multiple-tactic Management of the Redbanded Stink Bug on Soybeans in Louisiana, Miyanda Nzala Moonga
Biostabilization of Lipid Bilayers: Dealing with Water Stress in Embryos of Artemia franciscana, Daniel Steven Moore
The Impact of Therapist Self-Disclosure on Client-Perceived Working Alliance amongst Psychiatrist Inpatients, Sean C. Morrison
Visual Representations of Gender in Engineering Trade Journals of Professional Societies During 1998-2012: A Content Analysis of Hierarchy and Stereotypes, Tracy Ettel Morris
To Culture or Not to Culture: Practices Implemented by Language Immersion Teachers to Teach Culture in Language Immersion Classrooms, Benterah Charles Morton
Coupled Gradient Enhanced Damage - Viscoplasticity Model Using Phase Field Method, Navid Mozaffari
Experiential Learning & Engagement: The Role of Professional Development and Engagement in the Graduate Assistant Experience, Abbey Marie Muetzel
Thermo-Catalytic Upgrading of Pyrolysis Vapors Using Electromagnetic Heating, Pranjali Devidas Muley
Time-Resolved Investigations of Continuous Flow Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Catalysis Using Millifluidic Reactors for Biomass Conversion Reactors, Chelliah V Navin
Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of Small Molecule-based Fluorogenic Probes for the Detection of Cellular Thiols, Rasika Ranatunga Nawimanage
First-principles and Many-Body Methods: Implementations and Applications to Study Spintronic Materials, Ryky Nelson
Boron Functionalization of BODIPY Dyes, and Their Evaluation as Bioimaging Agents, Alex Long Nguyen
A Model of the Tonal-Chromatic System and Its Application to Selected Works of Gustav Mahler, Andrew David Nicolette
Selective Enrichment Through Capture (SEC): A Technology for Retrieving Specific DNA Sequences from Complex Mixtures, Kelley Gwin Nunez
The Effects of Post-Exercise Consumption of a Kefir Beverage on Performance and Recovery During Intensive Endurance Training, Keely Virginia O'Brien