Dissertations from 2014
Never Forget Where You Came From: An Oral History of the Integration of a Rural Community, Heather N. Stone
Educational aspirations of middle and high school students : a focus on Turkish - American youth, Dilek Atmaca Suslu
Examining the boundary conditions between cognitive control and interference derived from stimulus-based and response-based conflict, Jonathan D. Tall
New Approaches to Smart Grid Security with SCADA Systems, Bixiang Tang
Crack Self-Healing in SiC/Spinel Nanocomposite, Fariborz Tavangarian
Coworking: Crafting Lives Alongside Each Other, Claire Frances Taylor
Selected Problems on Matroid Minors, Jesse Taylor
Bande Dessinée Récit de Voyage: Shifting History, Semiotics, Authorship, and Representation in Autobiographical Francophone Comics Travel Narratives, Brandon Matthew Thomas
Longitudinal predictors of school problems in youth affected by Hurricane Katrina, Julia Elizabeth Thompson
The World of Tan Dun: The Central Importance of Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1, Lin Tian
Essays on technology and international trade, Xianliang Tian
The Ebony Seven: A Presidential Blueprint for Private Black College Achievement of Global Competitiveness, Walter T. Tillman Jr.
Measurement of Working, Reflected, and Detrimental Active Power in a Three Phase System, Tracy Toups
Substitution and Disorder Effects in Ternary Intermetallics, LaRico Juan Treadwell
The rules of engagement : what formats, moderators, and news values tell us about the content of electoral debates, Jason Marc Turcotte
A mixed methods investigation of post-secondary students' long bone anatomy knowledge retention through constructivism and the works of Vesalius, Jennifer F. Tynes
Robust Preconditioners for the High-Contrast Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, Zuhal Unlu
Essays on incentives, economic conditions, and educational choices, Gregory Brian Upton Jr.
Application of Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis to Determine Consumers' Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Grass Fed Beef in the United States, Franklin Fernando Vaca Moran
Space-efficient data structures for string searching and retrieval, Sharma Valliyil Thankachan
Evaluating Alternative Techniques for Forecasting Industrial and Occupational Employment, Drew A. Varnado
Application of Scanning Probe Microscopy to Characterize Physical Properties of Polymer Brushes, Photoactive Polymers and Rare Earth Oxide Nanostructures, Susan Denise Verberne-Sutton
The (In)Visible Road Map: The Role of Mentoring for First-Generation Black Female Doctoral Students at Predominantly White Institutions, Takea Vickers
Split-Intransitivity in Swahili and Hittite: An Optimality-Theoretic Perspective, Tina M. Villa
Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices - Mixed Scale Systems For Bioanalytical Applications, Michael David Vincent
Essays on corporate innovation, Lai Van Vo
Accountable Actors: Politics and Poetic Imagination in Huxley, Lewis, and Orwell, Sarah Beth Vosburg
Research in Biological Control of the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Cai Wang
Syntheses and characterization of isoporphyrins and BODIPYs for PDT and imaging, Haijun Wang
Estimating U.S. household seafood demand based on longitudinal and cross-sectional data, Huabo Wang
Thermodynamics of DNA Binding by DNA Polymerase I and RecA Recombinase from Deinococcus radiodurans, Jaycob Dalton Warfel
Screening TED: A rhetorical analysis of the intersections of rhetoric, digital media, and pedagogy, Joseph Alan Watson
Presidential Profiles: Race, Leadership Orientation, and Effectiveness, Jerry M. Whitmore Jr.
The Imagined After: Re-Positioning Social Memory Through Twentieth-Century Post-Apocalyptic Literature and Film, Amanda Ashleigh Wicks
An Analysis of a University Reclassification Effect on Applications Following a Move to a New Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Dylan P. Williams
The Roles of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Neurotransmitters in an Animal Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Carl Brad Wilson
Interpreting Blackness: A Phenomenological Case Study of African American Young Adult Literature, Deleon Miriam Wilson
Giftedness and overexcitability : investigating the evidence, Daniel Lawrence Winkler
Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Central Amazonian Bird Demography, Jared Desmond Wolfe
Mental Mapping the Transformation of Social Space in Rio's Oldest Favela: Morro da Providência, Jamie Lauren Worms
Innovative Heat Transfer Augmentation Techniques in Mechanical Face Seal, Nian Xiao
In Utero Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke Aggravates Adult Responses To Inhaled Irritants, Rui Xiao
A study on fairness and latency issues over high speed networks and data center networks, Lin Xue
Built Environment and Risk of Obesity in the United States: A Multilevel Modeling Approach, Yanqing Xu
A Persistent Storage Model for Extreme Computing, Shuangyang Yang
Poised between two worlds : Nikolai Kapustin's Piano Sonata No. 1 and the classical and jazz tradition, Kit Loong Yee
Safer to steal than score : press coverage of financial and sexual scandals, and electoral outcomes, Chance York
Clarinet Thumb-rest Function: The Pedagogy of Positioning and Electromyography Evidence, Kathryn Elise Young
Advanced Statistical Signal Processing Methods in Sensing, Detection, and Estimation for Communication Applications, Hongting Zhang
The effects of peripheral nerve impairments on postural control and mobility among people with peripheral neuropathy, Shuqi Zhang
Piezoelectric based energy harvesting on low frequency vibrations of civil infrastructures, Ye Zhang
Development of Remote Sensing Assisted Water Quality Nowcasting and Forecasting Models for Coastal Beaches, Zaihong Zhang
Surface chemistry and growth of oxide supported metal nanoparticles, Ziyu Zhang
Novel Syntheses and Surface Modifications of Electrode Materials for Superior Lithium-Ion Batteries, Jianqing Zhao
Pro-inflammatory cytokines induce lipocalin-2 expression in vivo and in vitro, Peng Zhao
A tale of lovers : Chopin's Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2 as a contribution to the violist's repertory, Rafal Zyskowski
Dissertations from 2013
The relationship between faculty salary outlays and student retention in public four-year universities in the sixteen states of the Southern Regional Education Board, Belinda Powell Aaron
Measurement of Continuum Breakdown Using a Disc Spin-Down Experiment in Low Pressure Air, Tathagata Acharya
Development of a framework for scaling surfactant enhanced CO₂ flooding from laboratory scale to field implementation, Gbolahan I. Afonja
Toward a redefinition of musical learning in the saxophone studios of Argentina, Mauricio Gabriel Aguero
Bioremediation of chlorinated ethanes and ethenes in vertical flow engineered wetland systems, Christopher Akudo
Interactive Musical Partner: A System for Human/Computer Duo Improvisations, Jeffrey Vernon Albert
Consistency between earnings forecasts and stock recommendations : the effect of political connections, Elio Alfonso
"Feels Like Racial Battle Fatigue": Managing Divesity Crisis Moments in Higher Education, Chaunda Myretta Allen
The investigation of valve operators' torque production capabilities and optimal handwheel height, angle, and opening technique, Saif K. Al-Qaisi
Feedback control of sector-bound nonlinear systems with applications to aeroengine control, Luis Donaldo Alvergue
Induction Motors With Rotor Helical Motion, Ebrahim Amiri
Developing defect-tolerant demolding process in nanoimprint lithography, Alborz Amirsadeghi
"Cinematic Suite for Orchestra" and notable composers in the evolution of film music from Hollywood's golden age to the present, Edward C. Anderson
Automated Semantic Content Extraction from Images, Mahdi Arab Khazaeli
Utilizing community media to facilitate cross-cultural communication between LSU AgCenter field and state agents and Louisiana agricultural producers, Ava Denise Attaway
Analysis and optimization of film cooling effectiveness, Hessam Babaee
A hybrid framework of iterative MapReduce and MPI for molecular dynamics applications, Shuju Bai
Sustainable natural resource management in regional ecosystems : case studies in semi-arid and humid regions, Noura Bakr
Volatile congregations : crisis sensemaking in a Southern Baptist Church, Brandon Douglas Bannon
Microfluidics for the Analysis of Integral Membrane Proteins: A Top-down Approach, Katrina Nychole Battle
Physical self-concept and gender : the role of frame of reference and social comparison among adolescent females, Emily Kristin Beasley
Characterization, prevalence, and risk factors of spontaneous and experimental atherosclerosis and vascular imaging in psittaciformes, Hugues Beaufrère
Multiscale Analysis of Contact in Smooth and Rough Surfaces: Contact Characteristics and Tribo-Damage, Ali Beheshti
Musical achievement and attitude of beginning piano students in a synchronous videoconferencing lesson environment, Rebecca Carter Bellelo
Incorporating science-based approaches into the rapid assessment of wetlands and streams : validation, restoration trajectory, and method development, Jacob Franklin Berkowitz
Synthesis, characterization and biological studies of carboranyl-porphyrin bioconjugates for treatment of brain tumors, Naga Venkata Satya Dinesh Kumar Bhupathiraju
Mechanistic analysis and reduced order modeling of forced film cooling flows, Guillaume Francois Bidan
Geodatabase-assisted storm surge modeling, Sait Ahmet Binselam
Beach-dune interactions and a new cycle of foredune evolution, Gulf County, Florida, Michael Bitton
Classroom observation, self-assessment of efficacy, and student perceptions of engagement as predictors of value-added scores, Leslie Davis Blanchard
The influence of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and employee engagement on intent to leave among public school teachers in south Louisiana, Stephen T. Bond
Ain't I Cool: Investigating the Lived Experience of Cool for Black Male Collegians, Kyle Nathaniel Boone
Organization benefits - the panacea for all that ails you? A dyadic, dual-earner investigation of organization-offered benefits and their effect on individuals and their partners, Suzanne Marie Booth-LeDoux
An exploration of the lived experiences of returned Mormon missionaries, Errol Douglas Bordelon
Group 3 late Embryogenesis abundant proteins from embryos of Artemia francisana : molecular characteristics, expression and function, Leaf Chandra Boswell
Using a multi-level model to examine the fidelity of implementation of school-wide positive behavior intervention support and its relationship to academic achievement in Louisiana, Michelle Farnsworth Botos
Investigations on the essentiality of the Escherichia coli DedA membrane protein family, Lisa A. Boughner
Addressing the Higher Level Language Skills for the Common Core State Standards in Kindergarten, Ashley Bourque Meaux
Sites of indigenous language practice : geography of American Indian language policy, Thomas Pierre-Yves Brasdefer