Dissertations from 2003
Immunological, hematological, and serum biochemical effects of high level dietary fish oil and vitamin E supplementation in the dog, Casey J. LeBlanc
Fundamental properties of borate-modified oriented strandboard manufactured from southern wood species, Sunyoung Lee
Of fathers and sons: generational conflicts and literary lineage--the case of Ernest Hemingway and Ernest Gaines, Wolfgang Lepschy
Design of optimal equalizers and precoders for MIMO channels, Lijuan Li
Dynamic modeling and parameter estimation for an ethlyene-propylene-diene polymerization process, Rujun Li
Chemical coupling in wood-polymer composites, Ziqiang Lu
Beyond boundaries: political dictates found in minstrelsy, Florence Lyons-Fontenot
Manufacturing and analysis of a LIGA heat exchanger for the surface of a tube: a cooling simulation of the leading edge region of a turbine blade, Christophe Marques
Radical dialectics in the experimental poetry of Berssenbrugge, Hejinian, Harryman, Weiner, and Scalapino, Camille Martin
Optimization and automation of a thermal oyster shucking process, Daniel Edgar Martin
A comparison of life histories and ecological aspects among snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae), Fernando Martinez-Andrade
The solo style of jazz clarinetist Johnny Dodds: 1923 - 1938, Patricia A. Martin
Empirical analysis of economic growth, Winford Henderson Masanjala
Hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling of deltaic sediment processes, Hassan Shahid Mashriqui
The relationship between depression and feeding disorder symptoms among persons with severe and profound mental retardation, Stephen Bradley Mayville
Barriers to adherence in a free medication program for low income individual with type 2 diabetes, Bhrett A. McCabe
Barriers to participation in educational programs as perceived by first-time enrolling freshmen in higher education, Julie Cason McDonald
Abundance trends and environmental habitat usage patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in lower Barataria and Caminada Bays, Louisiana, Cara Edina Miller
Carbonic anhydrase and carbonic anhydrase like genes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Mautusi Mitra
Program participants' knowledge and perceptions of effectiveness of the French Quarter Formosan Termite Program, Alan L. Morgan
A comprehensive analysis of recently integrated human LINE-1 mobile elements, Jeremy Shawn Myers
Evolution of ecological diversity in the neotropical tanagers of the genus Tangara (Aves: Thraupidae), Kazuya Naoki
"Science in skirts": representations of women in science in the "B" science fiction films of the 1950s, Bonnie Noonan
Quantitative inheritance of calpastatin activity as an assessment measure for meat tenderness in Brahman steers, Fuad Mohammad Tawfiq Odeh
Design and synthesis of constrained dipeptide units for use as β-sheet promoters, Umut Oguz
Adherence to medical regimens in low-income adults with Type 2 diabetes: the influence of perceived control constructs, Erin L. O'Hea
Expert assessments of e-commerce in Sub-Saharan Africa: a theoretical model of infrastructure and culture for doing business using the internet, John Chituanya Okoli
Analyzing the impact of changing software requirements: a traceability-based methodology, James Steven O'Neal
Analytical study on flood induced seepage under river levees, Senda Ozkan
Electrodeposition of nickel-copper alloys and nickel-copper-alumina nanocomposites into deep recesses for MEMS, Amrit Panda
Collective efficacy: a framework for understanding classroom teacher's perceptions of integrating physical activity, Melissa Ann Park
Proportional assessment of X and Y chromosome-bearing spermatozoa in bull and boar ejaculates using conventional and real-time PCR techniques, Julius Braden Paul
Oocyte production in the early postpartum cow, Oscar Perez
Improved bottomhole pressure control for underbalanced drilling operations, Carlos Perez-Tellez
Wood laminated composite poles, Cheng Piao
High carbon dioxide requiring mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtti, Steve Vincent Pollock
Off road vehicle soil suitability analysis within the Kisatchie National Forest, Jacqueline Avellanoza Prudente
An old form newly clothed: exploration and conductor's analyses of Morten Lauridsen's Madrigali: Six "Fire-Songs" on Italian Renaissance Poems, C. Leonard Raybon, Jr.
Pollen dispersal and deposition in the high-central Andes, South America, Carl A. Reese
Psychosocial predictors of visceral adiposity, Paula C. Rhode
Staying in or getting out: social capital and occupational decision-making among Louisiana's Croatian oyster harvesters, Carl Marie Riden
Assia Djebar. Le corps invisible: voir sans etre vue, Anna Rocca
High school chemistry students' learning of the elements, structure, and periodicity of the periodic table: contributions of inquiry-based activities and exemplary graphics, Knight Phares Roddy
The nature of trust: conceptual and operational clarification, Donna M. Romano
Massively parallel molecular dynamics simulations of crack-front dynamics and morphology in amorphous nanostructured silica, Cindy Lynn Rountree
Imagining corporate culture: the industrial paternalism of William Hesketh Lever at Port Sunlight, 1888-1925, Jeremy David Rowan
The effect of scaffolding movement challenges on students' task-related thoughts and performance, Paul Bernard Rukavina
The influence of selected factors on burnout among faculty in higher education, Ronald R. Rush
Agronomic and molecular characterization of Louisiana native Spartina alterniflora accessions, Alicia Beatriz Ryan
Marginal income tax rates and the U.K. economy: three essays, Eon-Seon Rym
So-journeying: creating sacred space in education, Tayari kwa Salaam
Computer assisted screening of digital mammogram images, John Terry Sample
Narrative immediacy and first-person voice in contemporary American novels, Amy Faulds Sandefur
Gravitational radiation detectability of supernova 1987A's remnant fully matched filter for double resonant gravitational detector, Giovanni Santostasi
Block-level discrete cosine transform coefficients for autonomic face recognition, Willie L. Scott, II
Cultural competence of faculty of baccalaureate nursing programs, Lorinda J. Sealey
Studies on rice transformation and the use of transformed plants [electronic resource], Qiming Shao
Millennial-scale variations and centennial-scale events in the Southwest Asian monsoon: pollen evidence from Tibet, Caiming Shen
Design, synthesis, and applications of bio-derived crosslinking monomers for molecular imprinting, Martha Sibrian-Vazquez
The transcendental eigenvalue problem and its application in system identification, Kumar Vikram Singh
Empirical study of attributes and perceived benefits of applications integration for enterprise systems, Lester A. Singletary
Market timing and cost of capital of the firm, Kyojik Song
Influences of selected demographic variables on the career decision-making self-efficacy of college seniors, Mary Edith Whitehead Stacy
Toward a global microscopic theory for nuclear structure: mean field plus random phase approximation vs. shell model, Ionel Stetcu
Gender inequality, concentrated disadvantage, and homicide victimization: a sex and race specific analysis of homicide victimization rates in large U.S. cities, Ginger Donise Stevenson
Role of endothelin in the pathogenesis of acute laminitis in horses, Ashley Michelle Stokes
Development of the neonatal rat as a model for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: cardiorespiratory effects of ethanol, Rhett Whitman Stout
The impact of a Life-Application Learning Instructional Program on struggling readers at the middle school level, Angelle Rae Stringer
The ecology of two estuarine-dependent tonguefishes, the blackcheek tonguefish (Symphurus plagiusa) and the offshore tonguefish (S. civitatium), in coastal Louisiana, Theodore Scott Switzer
The contribution of the alpha subunit of the Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase in the enhancement of transcription by curved DNA, Caroline Telles
Effects of fire intensity on groundcover shrubs in a frequently burned longleaf pine savanna, Jarrod Matthew Thaxton
A critical analysis of female doctoral student advisement: implications for program satisfaction, Angele Marie Thibodeaux
Subversive bodies: embodiment as discursive strategy in women's popular literature of the long eighteenth century, Phyllis Ann Thompson
The impact of Louisiana's School and District Accountability System on students' performance on the state mandated criterion referenced test, Linda B. Tolbert
Characterization of protein secretion in Mycobacterium leprae using phoA fusions in Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium smegmatis, Marina Noemi Torrero
The history of Russian vaudeville from 1800 to 1850, Alexander V. Tselebrovski
Large Eddy Simulations of complex turbulent flows, Mayank Tyagi
The extinction properties of reddened Galactic OB sightlines, Lynne Angela Valencic
Louisiana sugar: a geohistorical perspective, Elizabeth Vaughan
Molecular-dynamics simulations of self-assembled monolayers (SAM) on parallel computers, Satyavani Vemparala
Following the LINEs (Long INterspersed Elements): human specific L1 elements and their orthologous loci in non-human primates, Bethaney June Vincent
Social sector participatory development in Honduras: a process across institutions, culturesval and continents, Denese Ashbaugh Vlosky
Ultrasonic characterization of engineering performance of oriented strandboard, Ronnie Yunheu Vun
Genome analysis: mutation analysis using near infrared laser-induced fluorescence (NIR-LIF) and single molecule detection in microfluidic devices, Musundi Ben Wabuyele
Developing landscape-scaled habitat selection functions for forest wildlife from Landsat data: judging black bear habitat quality in Louisiana, Robert Owen Wagner
Perceived fairness of and satisfaction with employee performance appraisal, Marie Burns Walsh
Equations of parametric surfaces with base points via syzygies, Haohao Wang
From gamete collection to database development: development of a model cryopreserved germplasm repository for aquatic species with emphasis on sturgeon, William Rittenhouse Wayman
Investigation of bond slip between concrete and steel reinforcement under dynamic loading conditions, John Henry Weathersby
Systematics and cophylogenetics of toucans and their associated chewing lice, Jason David Weckstein
Parents whose attitudes do not support corporal punishment: descriptives, correlates, and predictors of parents who spank and parents who do not spank, Ruth Thornhill Weinzettle
Mediators of weight loss in an internet-based intervention for African American adolescent girls, Marney A. White
Biomechanical reconstruction of the appendicular skeleton in three North American Jurassic sauropods, Ray Wilhite
A mediated hierarchical regression analysis of factors related to research productivity of Human Resource Education and workforce development postsecondary faculty, Heather Anne Williams