Dissertations from 2006
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Methylaluminoxane (MAO) Synthesis by Hydrolysis of Trimethylaluminum, Lacramioara Negureanu
Gamete and cell technologies for use in biological resource banking, Liesl Nel-Themaat
Understanding an indigenous curriculum in Louisiana through listening to Houma oral histories, Nicholas Anthony Ng-A-Fook
The influence of a school-based substance abuse prevention program in reducing smoking among sixth grade African American students in Louisiana, Alan J. Nichols
Biomechanical characteristics of low back tissues during trunk flexion-extension, Michael William Olson
Mindfulness meditation: creative musical performance through awareness, Sheri Oyan
Phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of sweetpotatoes [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam], Malkeet Singh Padda
Examination of the constructs of the Transtheoretical model in patients with heart failure: a focus on physical activity readiness, Tracie Rena Parish
Adaptive scalable protocols for heterogeneous wireless networks, Vamsi Krishna Paruchuri
Optical control plane: theory and algorithms, Stefan Alexandru Pascu
The Musical Journey of Opera Singer Lenora Lafayette: A Louisiana Treasure, Kyla Dean Pitcher
Detection and survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle water troughs and the effects of cetylpyridinium chloride against Escherichia coli O157:H7 biofilms on the surface of stainless steel, Sajida Begum Plauche
Characterization of equine pulmonary endothelin receptors in health and disease, Sumanth Polikepahad
Leadership for scholarly excellence: a qualitative examination of department chair facilitation methods to promote research productivity in pre-tenure biological sciences faculty, Todd Anthony Pourciau
Suicide and community traumatic events: is there a connection?, Regina T. Praetorius
Grammatical morphology of children reared in poverty: implications for specific language impairment, Sonja L. Pruitt
Topics in quantum topology, Khaled Moham Qazaqzeh
Tropical Pyramids: Dung Beetle Richness, Abundance, and Biomass, Meghan Gabrielle Radtke
A historical examination of the tradition of experience in the teaching of literature in English education, Deborah Davis Reed
Applying intellectual development theory to college student drinking, Linda Marie Regira
Once proud princes: planters and plantation culture in Louisiana's northeast Delta, from the First World War through the Great Depression, James Matthew Reonas
Evaluation of cost effective preference assessments for use in general education settings, Jennifer Luella Resetar
A performer's and conductor's analysis of Ingolf Dahl's for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra, Christopher Scott Rettie
Development of analytical techniques for the analysis of submicron particles and protein aggregates, Yohannes H. Rezenom
Applying appraisal theories of emotion to the concept of emotional labor, Erin Michele Richard
Racial disparities, birth outcomes, and changing demographics of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Misty D. Richard
Separation anxieties: representations of separatist communities in late twentieth century fiction and film, Brett Alan Riley
The impact of masking of persuasive intent on persuasive message effectiveness, Christina Simmers Rodrigue
Rethinking representations of slave life a historical plantation museums: towards a commemorative museum pedagogy, Julia Anne Rose
The effects of contextual interference on the acquisition, retention, and transfer of a music motor skill among university musicians, Leslie Paige Rose
Using the Rod: Education, Punishment, and the New Woman in fin de siècle British Literature, Kristin C. Ross
Statewide public affairs television: expanding the C-SPAN model to the state level and achieving institutional status in the process, Karen M. Rowley
The scent of a new world novel: translating the olfactory language of Faulkner and García Márquez, Terri Smith Ruckel
Consumer expectation formation in health care services: a psycho-social model, Kenneth Randall Russ
The other side of the tracks: railroads, race, and the performance of unity in nineteenth-century American entertainment, Elissa Sartwell
Monoclonal and phage-displayed antibodies as lipopolysaccharide serotyping reagents and their use in typing colony variants of Vibrio vulnificus, Randall M. Schulz
Determinants of local calcium signaling in retinal amacrine cells, Madhumita Sen
GENERATION "X" PROFESSIONAL WOMEN LEAVING THE WORKFORCE TO BECOME FULL-TIME, STAY-AT-HOME MOTHERS: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MOTIVATION, MEANING, AND MINDFUL PARENTING, Monisa Shackelford
Two-Dimensional and High-Throughput Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins Using Polymeric Microchips, Hamed Shadpour
Between representation and practice: contesting public space in New Orleans' Jackson Square, Rebecca A. Sheehan
Structural performance of approach slab and its effect on vehicle induced bridge dynamic response, Xiaomin Shi
Effects of diesel-fuel and copper contaminants on benthic microalgae, Soraya Silva
Louisiana's Comprehensive Curriculum: an analysis of impact on gifted instruction during its primary implementation year, Cathy J. Singletary
Reflections on teaching a mathematics education course, Sarah Elizabeth Smitherman
Biology and chemical ecology of the sugarcane beetle and integrated pest management of sweet potato soil insects in Louisiana, Tara Parker Smith
River, tidal and wind interactions in a deltaic estuarine system, Gregg Snedden
Money and tragedy in the nineteenth-century novel, Clany Soileau
Louisiana cotton, rice, soybean and sugarcane farmer stakeholders: who are they and what are their perceptions of farming practices as related to the environment, Robert James Soileau
Structural and forecasting softwood lumber models with a time series approach, Nianfu Song
Substrate utilization in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, Lauren M. Sparks
An introduction to the music of Tania León and a conductor's analysis of Indígena, James Spinazzola
The multiple dimensions of the interfirm network: the critical sources of product innovation, Thongchai Srivardhana
How cue-dependent is memory?: Internal reinstatement and cueing effects in recognition and source memory, Jeffrey Joseph Starns
Evaluation of a plasmid delivery system for production of GnRH and GHRH in the horse and goat, William Andrew Storer
An inverse homogenization design method for stress control in composites, Michael Stuebner
Econometric essays on specification and estimation of demand systems, Anil Kumar Sulgham
Self-Assembly and Its Inhibition in Bolaform Amphiphilic Dendrimers, Jirun Sun
Measuring the degree of market power in the export demand for soybean complex, Dwi Susanto
Spectral analysis of total suspended solids mixtures for solids composition determination, Curtis W. Sutherland
Crystal growth and the search for highly correlated ternary intermetallic antimonides and stannides, Evan Lyle Thomas
The meaning of masculinity for male baccalaureate nursing program graduates, Kenneth Tillman
Jack Kerouac's spontaneous prose: a performance genealogy of the fiction, Justin Thomas Trudeau
Investigation of Protein-DNA Contacts in the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae RNA Polymerase III Recruitment Factor (TFIIIB) Complex and Effects of Promoter Topology on Transcription, Nick Dimitrios Tsihlis
Active control of spray combustion, Onur Tuncer
How principal participation in an online community of practice impacts the professional development experience of middle school teachers, Cynthia Beatty Vavasseur
Socioeconomic characteristics of cancer mortality in the United States of America: a spatial data mining approach, Srinivas Kumar Vinnakota
SVA elements: hominid specific retrotransposons, Hui Wang
Compiler Optimization Techniques for Scheduling and Reducing Overhead, Tong-Chai Wang
Direct detection of homocysteine and syntheses of lanthanide complexes as biosensors, Weihua Wang
An adaptive multi-scale computational method for modeling nonlinear deformation in nanoscale materials, Wenming Wang
Residue coevolution: modeling and interpretation, Zhengyuan Wang
Learner-centered e-learning: an exploration of learner-centered practices in online and traditional instruction in higher education, Helen Bourgeois Ware
Do accruals exacerbate information asymmetry in the market?, Sonia Wasan
Interior revolutions: doing domesticity, advocating feminism in contemporary American fiction, Kalene Westmoreland
"To Live Outside the Law, You Must Be Honest" -- Words, Walls, and the Rhetorical Practices of the Angolite, Scott Howard Whiddon
Training parents in consequence delivery and to initiate school communication using an electronic home-based reinforcement program to modify students' classroom behaviors, Kashunda Lynn Williams
Synthesis, crystal growth, magnetic and transport properties of Ln-M-X (Ln=lanthanide, M=transition metal, X=In, Ga) compounds, Willa Maria Williams
Investigating the influence of anti-racist education in achieving prejudice reduction among secondary education students, Joseph Edward Wilson
Performing citizenship: tensions in the creation of the citizen image on stage and screen, John William Wright
Limit theorems for weighted stochastic systems of interacting particles, Jie Wu
Theoretical and experimental study on cable vibration reduction with a TMD-MR damper, Wenjie Wu
MIMO-OFDM communication systems: channel estimation and wireless location, Zhongshan Wu
Simulating protein evolution via thermodynamic models, Yanlong Xu
A distribution kinetics approach for polymer crystallization and phase separation, Jiao Yang
Ultra-violet lithography of thick photoresist for the applications in BioMEMS and micro optics, Ren Yang
Dynamics of globalization in Philippine scientific communities, Marcus Antonius Hidalgo Ynalvez
Do overweight inactive parents raise overweight inactive children? Examination of the influence of the home environment on weight status of children over time, Emily York-Crowe
A study of phase noise and jitter in submicron CMOS phase-locked loop circuits, Chi Zhang
Retention and Transport of Arsenic in Soils, Hua Zhang
Theory of Curvature-Dependent Disjoining Pressure and Its Application to Liquid Films, Jin Zhang
Association Genetics for Agronomic Traits in Rice and Cloning of ALS Herbicide Resistant Genes from Coreopsis Tinctoria Nutt, Nengyi Zhang
Experimental and computational analysis of random cylinder packings with applications, Wenli Zhang
Porous Inorganic-Organic Materials Based on Beta-Diketone Ligands, Yixun Zhang