Dissertations from 2014
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Check-in/Check-out Intervention for Students Engaging in Relational Aggression and Their Classmates, Emily Patty Corwin
Palatable Foods for a Methionine Restricted Diet, Gabriela Melissa Crespo Gutierrez
Outer Surface Lipoprotein Layer Homeostasis and Gene Regulation in Borrelia burgdorferi, Poonam Dadhwal
Queer Emplotment: Lesbian Caretaking in North American Canonical Fiction from 1980 – 2011., Penelope Gay Dane
Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in Pathophysiology of Hypertension, Rahul Babulal Dange
Bells in tower at evening toll : a performer's guide to the songs of David P. Rossow on the texts of William Shakespeare and A. E. Housman for baritone voice and piano, Matthew Joseph Daniels
Exploring the Implementation of Reading Common Core State Standards in an Elementary School Setting, Lacy Alane Davis
Conical Representations for Direct Limits of Riemannian Symmetric Spaces., Matthew Glenn Dawson
Model-based Tests of Historical Demography and Species Delimitation in the Caribbean Coral Reef Sponge Callyspongia, Melissa Barrett DeBiasse
Robotics and Inquiry: Addressing the Impact on Student Understanding of Physics Concepts (Force and Motion) from Select Rural Louisiana Elementary Students through Robotics Instruction Immersed within the 5E Learning Cycle Model, Bianca Rodrigue Deliberto
Teacher Matters: Teacher Normative Influence and Student Persistence in College, Jonathan Paul Denham
Performance of Active Vibration Isolation in the Advanced LIGO Detectors, Ryan Thomas DeRosa
Diversity and Activity of Bacteria in Basal Ice Environments, Shawn Doyle
On the infinitesimal theory of Chow groups, Benjamin F. Dribus
Constructive aspects of Kochen's theorem on p-adic closures, Evan Michael Eakins
Performance Characterization of the Dual-Recycled Michelson Subsystem in Advanced LIGO, Anamaria Effler
Domestication and Foreignization Strategies in Translating Sinbad of The Arabian Nights, Safa M. Elnaili
An Examination of Secondary English Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Field Experiences: Shaping the Understanding of Teaching and Its Challenges before Student Teaching, Leylja A. Emiraliyeva-Pitre
Scanning Probe Investigations of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Protein Binding and the Synthesis of Rare Earth Oxide Nanoparticles Using Nanoscale Lithography, Lauren Elizabeth Englade-Franklin
Influencing the Allocation of Attentional Resources in Tracking: Evidence for a Combined Parallel and Serial Mechanism, Justin Merrill Ericson
Body Language: Pain in Victorian Literature, Laura Jane Faulk
Evaluating the Efficacy and Acceptability of Videoconferencing in School-Based Behavioral Consultation, Aaron Jason Fischer
Resiliency and Selfless Service Development in Army ROTC Physical Training: A Qualitative Investigation, Molly Voelz Fischer
Understanding the Impact of Motivation on the Effectiveness of Various Content Delivery Methods in Training Program Development: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation, Serena Lynn Fisher
Assessment of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) biotypes and bermudagrass interference with sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids, Dexter Paul Fontenot
The Effect of Modifying the Higher-Order Structure of Plant High-Affinity Phosphate Transporters, Elena Batista Fontenot
The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Vitamin D and Exercise, Laura Ann Forney
More Than Met the Eye: Industry in the Antebellum Gulf South, Michael Sean Frawley
Place, Race, and the Politics of Identity in the Geography of Garinagu Baündada, Doris Garcia
Comparison of Immune Responses During Gastrointestinal Helminth Self-Cure Expulsion Between Resistant Gulf Coast Native and Susceptible Suffolk Sheep, Javier Jesus Garza
The Influence of Selected Factors on the Science Achievement of Eighth Grade Students in Louisiana, John Dana Gaspard
Population Genetic and Hybridization Studies of Three Bornean Bird Species: Mountain Black-eye (Chlorocharis emiliae), White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus), and Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis), Dency Flenny Anak Augustine Gawin Gawin
An introduction to the piano music of Manuel M. Ponce, Luis Francisco Gaytan
Utilization of Carbon Nanofibers Grown on Glass Microballoons (NMBs) in Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices, Emmanuel Gikunoo
The physiological effects of resistant starch on obesity and diabetes, Felicia Robin Goldsmith
Human Perception of Piano Timbre Variations Relative to the Piano's Dynamic Range, Pitagoras Goncalves
Expression of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modified proteins and production and characterization of chlamydia trachomatis CT663, Octavia Y. Goodwin
Changes in Climate and Moisture Availability in the Antarctic Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene: Evidence from Palynological and Stable Isotope Geochemical Analyses of the SHALDRIL and ANDRILL Cores, Kathryn Whitney Griener
Formal Change Processes and Informal Teacher-Initiated Change Processes: A Longitudinal Case Study of Technology Integration at an Elementary School, Candace Michelle Griffin
A Qualitative Study Utilizing Non-Fiction African-American Folktales: Process and Product with Struggling Second, Third, and Fifth Graders in North Louisiana, Gail Guidry Griffin
The Visual Novel: Fictional Space and Print After 1900, Michael James Griffin II
Tomographic imaging of combustion zones using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), Avishek Guha
Coloring Graphs Drawn with Crossings, Daniel Allen Guillot
The Effects of Respiratory Muscle Warm-up on Exercise Performance and Pulmonary Functions, Dennis Jonathan Guillot
The Effect of Innovation on Corporate Tax Avoidance, Peng Guo
Some Numerical and Phenomenological Studies in Loop Quantum Cosmology, Brajesh Kumar Gupt
Hot corrosion behaviour of new candidates for thermal barrier coatings application in turbine simulated environments, Mohammad Hamed Habibi
On Matroid and Polymatroid Connectivity, Dennis Wayne Hall II
Evolving time surfaces and tracking mixing indicators for flow visualization, Farid Harhad
Factor Analysis and Cut-Off Scores for the Autism Spectrum Disorders-Observation for Children, Megan Alice Hattier
Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of Novel BODIPY Dyes With Theranostic Applications, Jaime Suzanne Hayes
Black and Gifted: Hiding In Plain View, Deanna Lynn Hayes-Wilson
Restoring cultural capital through preservation in the Holy Cross Historic District, Jennifer Ann Hay
Music, action, and narrative in film : an energetic and gestural approach to film score analysis, Zachary Hazelwood
Identifying at-risk students : a study of freshmen and the beginning college survey of student engagement, Amy Ponvelle Hebert
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Small Molecule-based, Profluorogenic Activatable Substrate Probes for Detection and Visualization of Human Cancer Enzyme NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase-1, Suraj Uditha Hettiarachchi
Chemistry and Application of Pulses as Value-Added Ingredients in Processed Foods, Darryl Holliday
The Gaussian Radon Transform for Banach Spaces, Irina Holmes
Production of 2-propanol, butanol and ethanol using Clostridium beijerinckii optonii, Adam Hoogewind
Exponentially Convergent Generalized Finite Element Method for Multi-scale Problems, Xu Huang
Characterization of a water soluble, non-ionic, helical poly(α-amino acid), Wayne Huberty
Between nihilism and transcendence : Albert Camus' dialogue with Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, Sean Derek Illing
Performing Joseph Cornell's chronotopes of assemblage, Sarah Kathryn Jackson
A case study of Tracie Morris's Project Princess, Tammie Jenkins
Differential Examination of Disgust in Spider, Blood-Injection, and Contamination Fear: Self-Reported and Attention-Based Assessment of Differences, Whitney Shay Jenkins
Quantum Optical Metrology, Sensing and Imaging, Kebei Jiang
Essays on Dividend Equivalent Rights and CEO Compensation, Zi Jia
Mechanisms of Innate Immunity in Polymicrobial Sepsis, Liliang Jin
An Examination of Louisiana's State Governance Structure in Higher Education and Its Impact on Public State-Funded College and University System Board Members' Voting Behavior: A Case Study, Melanie Smith Johnson
Based on teacher perceptions, would the use of social media via mobile devices in grades 9-12 classrooms increase student engagement in learning activities?, Rodney J. Johnson
Web-based Computational Tools for Studying Plant Biodiversity, Timothy Mark Jones
Local Conjugations of Groups and Applications to Number Fields, Bir B. Kafle
Energy Dissipation and Entropy Generation During the Fatigue Degradation: Application to Health Monitoring of Composites, Ali Kahirdeh
Improved Synthesis, Separation, Transition Metal Coordination and Reaction Chemistry of a New Binucleating Tetraphosphine Ligand, Ekaterina Kalachnikova
Cation Regulation And Proteomic Analysis Of Phase Variation And Biofilm Formation In The Human Pathogen Vibrio Vulnificus, Zelam Mukund Kaluskar
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyester Scaffolds from Sugarcane Industry By-products for Use in Skin and Bone Tissue Engineering, Akanksha Kanitkar
The role of recursive remindings on memory updating of emotional stimuli, Tanya Karam
Subjugated Territory: The New Afrikan Independence Movement and the Space of Black Power, Paul Karolczyk
Advanced Control of Small-Scale Power Systems with Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources, Shaghayegh Kazemlou
Intersections of Race and Class in 1830s Othello Burlesques, Laura Michelle Keigan
A System Approach to Investing In Uncertain Markets, Iman Khademi
Untangling Earth System Responses Recorded in Sulfate's Sulfur and Oxygen Isotopes at the Dawn of Multicellular Life and Today, Bryan Alan Killingsworth
Concerto for Laptop Ensemble and Orchestra: The Ship of Theseus and Problems of Performance for Electronics With Orchestra: Taxonomy and Nomenclature, Jonathan Corey Knoll
Structural and Kinetic Investigations of 15-Lipoxygenase-2, Matthew James Kobe
Why Pass On Fashion Viral Message? The Moderating Role of Consumers’ Fashion Traits, Message Traits and Individual Dynamics Traits in Social Media, Caroline Makena Kobia
Performance Improvement of Distributed Computing Framework and Scientific Big Data Analysis, Praveenkumar Kondikoppa
Extra-Transcriptional Effects of Chromatin Bound RNA Polymerase III Transcription Complexes, Asawari Korde
Toward a Northern Irish Pastoral: Reading the Rural in Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon, Stephanie Jean Osburn Krassenstein
A Contrast of Hunter Characteristics and Attitudes between Random and Convenience Samples in the 2010, 2012, and 2013 Surveys of Louisiana Waterfowl Hunters, Lucien Jr. Paul Laborde
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Coastal Roots Program, Jenna LaChenaye
Supporting your instrument in a body-friendly manner : a comparative approach, Emanuela Maria Lacraru
Invariants of Legendrian products, Peter Lambert-Cole
Leptin Regulates Nutrient Reward via Galanin and Orexin Neurons, Amanda Laque
Essays on Mortgage Securitizations, Hong Lee
Modeling of Foam Flow in Porous Media for Subsurface Environmental Remediation, Seungjun Lee
Peer Bullying of Academically Oriented Students: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and School Context, Brett Lehman
On the Governance of Innovation: Institutional Ownership vs. Stock Price, Huong Thi Thu Le
Addressing the land loss-fish production paradox, Kristy A. Lewis