Dissertations from 2003
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
Water resource management by the ancient Maya of Yucatan, Mexico, Terance Lynn Winemiller
A study and an approach to historical performance practices in the French Baroque based on François Couperin's Treiziéme Concert à 2 instrumens à L'unisson, James Jeffery Womack
Control of transport dynamics in overlay networks, Qishi Wu
Fractal compression and analysis on remotely sensed imagery, Ke Xiao
How to make a girl: female sexuality in young adult literature, Ann Elizabeth Younger
Design and implementation of an ocean observing system: WAVCIS (Wave-Current-Surge Information System) and its application to the Louisiana coast, Xiongping Zhang
Dissertations from 2002
Body and soul: food, the female (in) corporeal, and the narrative effects of mind/body duality, Andrea Adolph
Molecular systematics, phylogeography, and population genetics of Xiphorhynchus (aves: Dendrocolaptidae) in the Amazon basin, Alexandre Aleixo
A factorization approach for solving the Hamilton-Jacobi equations in nonlinear optimal control, Mohammad Dikko Aliyu
Extraction of physically-realistic pore network properties from three-dimensional synchrotron microtomography images of unconsolidated porous media, Riyadh Ibrahim Al-Raoush
Effects of a screening instrument and parent handouts on physicians recognition and intervention of childrens behavioral and emotional problems, Heather Rech Applegate
Neo-onnagata: professional cross-dressed actors and their roles on the contemporary Japanese stage, William Hamilton Armstrong IV
Optimal channel equalization for filterbank transceivers in presence of white noise, Ehab Farouk Badran
The influence of the use of recommended management practices on milk production in southeast Louisiana, Ronald David Bardwell
Feedback seeking in customer service relationships, Aletta Machell Barnard
Narrative patterns of racism and resistance in the work of William Faulkner, Janet Elizabeth Barnwell
Multidemensional goals of farmers in the beef cattle an dairy industries, Aydin Basarir
A comparison of Louisiana secondary career and technical teachers and academic teachers on learning type and perception of school climate, Tracy Andries Beard
A model for evaluation of selected compositions for unaccompanied solo trumpet according to criteria of serious artistic merit, Michael Craig Bellinger
Aspects of the behavioral ecology, life history, genetics, and morophology of the Hawaiian kuhliid fishes, Lori Keene Benson
Does archieving social policy goals insure positive outcomes: from welfare reliance of wage work in rural Louisiana, Lydia Bentin Blalock
Factors influencing the efficacy of delayed auditory feedback in treating dysarthria associated with Parkinson's disease, Paul Gerard Blanchet
Costs and benefits of Daphnia antipredator behavior and consequences on community stability, Wiebke Johanna Boeing
Peroxynitrite-mediated oxidations: nitration and nitrosation, Rachel Bolzan
La poetique du paysage dans l'oeuvre d'Edouard Glissant, de Kateb Yacine et de William Faulkner, Nabil Boudraa
Outcrop to subsurface stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian Hermosa Group southern Paradox Basin U.S.A., Alan Lee Brown
Cognitive Complexity, Transformational Leadership, and Organizational Outcomes, Suzette Plaisance Bryan
Precursors for copper chemical vapor deposition, Muna BuFaroosha
Performing hyphenates: a study in contemporary Irish-American identity and cultural performance, Patrick Michael Bynane
Sorority rituals : rites of passage and their impact on contemporary sorority women, Mari Ann Callais
Space and organizations: the ecology of rural NGOs in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Patricia Marie Campion
On properties of linear control systems on Lie groups, Fabiana Cardetti
Superfetation in beef cattle, Joel Andrew Carter
Evaluation of Bacillus thuringiensis transgenic field corn for management of Louisiana corn pests, Boris A. Castro
Delayed phytotoxicity syndrome in Louisiana rice caused by the use of thiobencarb herbicide, Chiliang Chen
Three-dimensional micromachined on-chip inductors for high frequency applications, Nimit Chomnawang
A potential nutraceutical from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-742 (ATCC 13146); production and properties, Chang-Ho Chung
Bacillus anthracis Spore Concentrations at Various Carcass Sites, Pamala Rose Coker
Effects of fire frequency and the red imported fire ant on native insects in a Louisiana longleaf pine savanna, Deanna M. Colby
"Getting above your raising" : the role of social class and status in the fiction of Lee Smith, Sharon Elizabeth Colley
The effectiveness of managerial leadership development programs: a meta-analysis of studies from 1982-2001, Doris B. Collins
Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase and early embryo development, Michael Gerard Collins II
The role of attention in affect perception: an examination of Mirsky's four factor model of attention in chronic schizophrenia, Dennis R. Combs
The Greek sophists : teachers of virtue, David Dwyer Corey
Text and structure in Schoenberg's Op. 50, and an original composition, symphony #1, Thomas, Jr. Michael Couvillon
Nitrogen use efficiency of cotton following corn in rotation and foliar fertilization of cotton using leaf blade analysis, Charles Chism Craig
Factors affecting the selection of business arrangements by hog producers in the United States, Christopher Gazzara Davis
A catalogue of twentieth-century Spanish music for cello and piano, Gabriel Delgado Morán
Ontogeny and intervals of development in five reef-associated species of blenny from the northern Gulf of Mexico (Teleostei: Blenniidae), James G. Ditty
X-ray spectroscopy of geometrically constrained systems, Edward Earl Doomes
Techniques to explore time-related correlation in large datasets, Sumeet Dua
Essays on international trade and Bayesian forecasting, Dennis S. Edwards
Pathogenic mechanisms of Photobacterium damselae subspecies piscicida in hybrid striped bass, Ahmad A. Elkamel
Synthesis and properties of novel macrocycles and related chromophoric benzenoid compounds, Jorge O. Escobedo Cordova
The ligase detection reaction: the evolution of a mutation detection strategy, Hannah D. Farquar
Pay satisfaction consequences : development and test of a theoretical model, Larry Hugh Faulk II
Beef producer perferences for various livestock revenue protection products: a conjoint approach, Deacue Fields III
Experimental evaluation of control fluid fallback during off-bottom well control in vertical and deviated wells, Fernando Sebastian Flores-Avila
On the stabilization and regularization of rational approximation schemes for semigroups, Simone Flory
Organizational politics and multisource feedbacklh[electronic resource], John M. Ford
Fabricating microfluidic devices in polymers for bioanalytica applications, Sean M. Ford
Prelude to a text : the autobiography of Abdelkebir Khatibi, Ruth Louise Gaertner
Electronic and structural properties of rare gas cation clusters, Jose Alejandro Gascon
Improvement of resonant harmonic filter effectiveness in the presence of distribution voltage distortion, Herbert L. Ginn
Alban Berg's filmic music: intentions and extensions of the Film Music Interlude in the Opera Lula, Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith