Dissertations from 2015
Metamorphoses of the Pygmalion Myth in French Literature 1771 – 1886, Carrie L. O'Connor
Three Year Assessment of Nearshore Crude Oil Contamination in the Gulf of Mexico Using Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia Patronus) as an Indicator Species: Menhaden Watch, Gregory Michael Olson
A Tale of Two Cultures: A Qualitative Narrative of Nigerian Immigrant Parenting in the United States, Chinwe Onwujuba
Risk-Based Wind Loss and Mitigation for Residential Wood Framed Construction, Fatemeh Orooji
Connected Vehicle Technology: User and System Performance Characteristics, Osama Abdulmonaem Thabet Osman
Classification in the Presence of Ordered Classes and Weighted Evaluative Attributes, Forrest Justin Osterman
Examining Electronic Medical Records System Adoption and Implications for Emergency Medicine Practice and Providers, Barbara Cook Overton
Output Consensus Control for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems, Abhishek Pandey
Game Theoretic Analyses of the United States-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade, Rajan Parajuli
Southeast Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra (SEAYCO): A Musical Bridge within the Southeast Asian Region, Paraschos Paraschoudis
Gender Stereotypes and the Strategic Use of Emotions in the 2008 Elections, Newly Paul
Experimental Designs for Model Discrimination and Uncertainty Reduction in Groundwater Modeling, Hai Van Pham
Using GPS Tracking and Long-Term Decomposition Studies to Investigate Vulture Scavenging and Flight Patterns in Relation to a Forensic Anthropology Facility in Texas, Lauren Rebecca Pharr
Design and Validation of a Prototype Collimation System with Reduced Applicator Weights for Elekta Electron Therapy Beams, Garrett Michael Pitcher
Agnes in Agony: Damasus, Ambrose, Prudentius, and the Construction of the Female Martyr Narrative, Eric James Poche'
Product Parameters Optimization for Double Purge of C-Magma Integrated with Conventional Three-Boiling Crystallization Scheme to Improve Raw Sugar Whole Color, Luz Stella Polanco
Caregiver Perceptions of Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) Communication: Examining How SLPs Talk With Caregivers About Child Language Disorders, Karmen L. Porter
The Edible Landscape: Plant Breeding, Farming, and Sustainbility in Northwest Portugal, Joseph Blanchard Powell
Electrochemical Study of Ammonium Interaction with Au,Sn and Cu Electrodes in Nonaqueous Electrolytes, Guoying Qu
The Moderating Effects of Family Management Factors on the Relationship between Violence Exposure and Aggression, Christine Marie Raines
Ambit of Multiphase CFD in Modelling Transport Processes Related to Oil Spill Scenario and Microfluidics, Abhijit Rao
Modeling Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer in Polygonal Microchannels, Sai Sashankh Rao
Exploring Superconductivity in Chiral Structured AuBe, Drew Jared Rebar
Dietary Strategies to Influence Appetite: Effects of Oat Beta-Glucan and Thylakoids from Spinach on Satiety and Reward-induced Eating Behavior, Candida Joan Rebello
The Relationship between Supervision, Job Satisfaction, and Burnout among Live-In and Live-On Housing and Residence Life Professionals, Tracy Latonya Reed
Investigations into Ecogeomorphodynamics of Coastal Embryo Dunes at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, Katherine Anne Renken
Peer Coaching Effects on Targeted Teaching Behaviors and Teacher Self-Efficacy in an Early Field Experience, Deanna Kay Rice
Parental Age at Conception: An Examination of Risk Factors Related to Autism Severity and Comorbid Psychopathology, Robert D. Rieske
Va-et-Vient, The Goin' and Comin' of Infinitival 'TO': A Study of Children with and without Specific Language Impairment in Cajun English, Andrew Mandell Riviere
Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) in Acute and Chronic Renal Diseases, Anand R. Nair
An Ontological (re)Thinking: Ubuntu and Buddhism in Higher Education, David Wayne Robinson-Morris
For the Sake of St. Cecilia: Analysis and Re-Orchestration of Gerald Finzi's For St. Cecilia, Op. 30, Christopher Brent Rosborough
Essays on Sub-national Economic Growth: Evidence from A Global Sample, Dachao Ruan
“Princes upon Stages”: the Theatricalization of Monarchy in the Reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1569, Kimberly Reynolds Rush
Cryopreservation of Domestic Cat Epididymal Spermatozoa, Jesse Ray Saenz
The Role of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Glycoprotein K in Neuroinvasion and Immunopathogenesis of Herpes Keratitis, Ahmad Saied
Development of Disease Resistant Rice Using Whole Genome Sequencing and Standard Breeding Methods, Yamid Sanabria Gongora
Stress Tolerance Enhancement of Rice by Genetic Manipulation of a bHLH-Myc2 Transcription Factor, Luis Eduardo Sanchez Timm
Image-Based Modeling of Porous Media Using FEM and Lagrangian Particle Tracking, Paula Cysneiros Sanematsu
Career Development Among College Students: Determining the Influence of Career Services on Student Persistence to Graduation, Anne Wanjiku Sang
A Market-Based Approach for Valuing Ecosystem Services on Coastal Properties, Michelle A. Savolainen
Magnetic Susceptibility of North American Ordovician Epicontinental Seas: Spatial Variability and Sandbian-Katian Boundary Correlation, Thomas J. Schramm
Rényi Quantum Conditional Mutual Information and Parity Quantum Optical Metrology, Kaushik Parasuram Seshadreesan
Pattern Mining and Events Discovery in Molecular Dynamics Simulations Data, Shobhit Sandesh Shakya
Fabrication and Characterization of Miniaturized Components Based on Extruded Ceramic-Filled Polymer Blends, Khurshida Sharmin
Command Abilities of Captain Career Course Completers in Maneuver, Fires and Effects: A Self-Perceived Assessment, Michael C. Shaw
Seismic Velocity Characteristics of Partially Saturated Unconsolidated Sediments, Jie Shen
The Bioactive Compounds in Agricultural Products and Their Roles in Health Promoting Functions, Yixiao Shen
Effect of Attention Retraining on Pathological Eating Behaviors and Body Dissatisfaction, Jose Silgado
Mark Twain, James Thurber, and David Sedaris: American Literary Humorists, Liz Sills
Estimating Desirable Cattle Traits Using Latent Class and Mixed Logit Models: A Choice Modeling Application to the U.S. Grass-Fed Beef Industry, Isaac Sitienei
Bacterial Xanthine Dehydrogenase Regulators, Smitha Sivapragasam
The Plagues of Colonialism: Representations of Suffering in the Colonial and Postcolonial Francophone Algerian Novel from 1950-1966, Benjamin Jack Sparks
White Manhood in Louisiana During Reconstruction, 1865-1877, Arthur Wendel Stout
CEO Compensation and Tax Loss Carrybacks, Pei-Yu Sun
A Bayesian Approach to Small Area Estimation of Health Insurance Coverage, Zhengjia Sun
Beyond Batterers: A Primary Prevention and Adult Learning Approach to Engage Well-Meaning Men to Prevent Violence Against Women, Lorett Sturgill Swank
On the Thermally Induced Failure of Rolling Element Bearings, Jafar Takabi
Heat Transfer and Film Cooling on a Gas Turbine Blade and Shroud, Onieluan Tamunobere
The Electronic Structure of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Formed on Metal Oxide Surfaces, Chad Allen Thibodeaux
Holocene Palynology of the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea: Using Modern Palynomorph Distribution to Better Constrain Paleoenvironmental Changes, Marie Louise Thomas
Impact of the S.T.R.I.P.E.S. Leadership and Extended Orientation Program on Philanthropic Giving, Beverly Brooks Thompson
Why Mike the Tiger is the Best Mascot Ever, The Mike Tiger
Sensory Perception of Saltiness and Bitterness in Oil-in-Water Emulsions, Damir Dennis Torrico
Mechanisms Controlling Stem Cell Differentiation, Tran Doan Ngoc Tran
An Analysis of Spelling Patterns Produced by Elementary School-Aged Speakers of African American English, Lindsay Meyer Turner
A Trust-Based Relay Selection Approach to the Multi-Hop Network Formation Problem in Cognitive Radio Networks, Brandy Michelle Tyson
Probabilistic Performance-Based Hurricane Engineering (PBHE) Framework, Vipin Unnithan Unnikrishnan
LA Grad Act’s Effects on Developmental Faculty: A Case Study, Patricia Kuhlman Van Brunt
Impact and Management of the Mexican Rice Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Bioenergy Crop Agroecosystems, Matthew Travis VanWeelden
Treatment Efficacy of Manual Therapy on Speech Outcomes in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Single-Subject Experimental Design, Chantelle B. Varnado
Synthetic Methods Development Towards the Total Synthesis of Chlorosulfolipids, Andres Villalpando
Expertise and Disbelief: Post-1945 American Attitudes Toward the Authority of Knowledge, Terry Wagner
Numerical Studies of Liquid-Liquid Segmented Flows in Square Microchannels Using a Front-Tracking Algorithm, Eamonn Daire Walker
Two Essays on Institutional Investors and U.S. Bank Holding Companies, Hui Wang
Development of Satellite-Assisted Forecasting System for Oyster Norovirus Outbreaks, Jiao Wang
Comparative Genomic Studies of Catfish and Zebrafish Strains of Edwardsiella ictaluri, Rui Wang
An Afro-Brazilian Landscape: African Oil Palms and Socioecological Change in Bahia, Brazil, Case Watkins
Synergistic Properties-Driven Synthesis of Aluminides, Antiomonides, and Bioceramics, Pilanda Watkins-Curry
Excavations and Interpretation of Two Ancient Maya Salt-Work Mounds, Paynes Creek National Park, Toledo District, Belize, Rachel Mariah Watson
A Performer's Guide to Richard Danielpour's A Woman's Life, Carline Waugh
Single Molecule Electrophoresis and Optical Detection Using Thermoplastic Nanofluidic Devices: An Experimental and Simulation Study, Kumuditha Madushanka Weerakoon Ratnayake
Skin Color and Social Practice: The Problem of Race and Class Among New Orleans Creoles and Across the South, 1718-1862, Andrew N. Wegmann
Examining The Supervisor-Similarity And Work-Family Conflict Relationship: Is Family-Supportive Supervision A Mediator?, Chela M. White-Ramsey
Trait Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Hierarchical Model, Reanna Elise Whiting
Evaluating and Increasing the Range of Reinforcers for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Megan Kliebert Wiggins
Chaucer's "Naked Text" and the Tradition of the Medieval Sublime, Katherine E.C. Willis
Investigating the Photorecombination Dynamics in Molecular High-Harmonic Spectra, Benjamin Parker Wilson
"Superbly Sterile:" Queer Reproduction in Victorian Literature and Culture, Mary Timothy Wilson
On the Development of Analytical Methodologies to Interrogate the Lipid Dynamics and Phase Transition Resulting from the Reduction of Stimuli-responsive Vesicles, James Edward Winter
Regarding Suicide: A Textually Informed Rhetorical and Psychoanalytic Construct of the State of Disconstituency, Disconstitutive Rhetoric, and the Disconstituent as Related to the Constitutive Rhetorical Structure of the Vanishing Subject, Charles Stowers Womelsdorf
Optimal Location of Biomethane Gas Manufacturing Plants and Allocation of Feedstock and Liquified Carbon Product, Bingqing Wu
Attosecond Transient Absorption in Gases and High Harmonic Generation in Solids, Mengxi Wu
Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Single DNA Nucleotides Transport Through Nanoslits, Kai Xia
New Identification and Decoding Techniques for Low-Density Parity-Check Codes, Tian Xia
Investigating Wave Forces on Coastal Bridge Decks, Guoji Xu