The Historical Dissertations and Theses collection provides digital access and preservation of the full text of more than 7,700 dissertations and theses submitted by LSU graduate students between 1935 and 2001. As this project is a work in progress, some gaps in years exist. Individual works not present but in the LSU Libraries’ collection may be digitized upon request. While presented for scholarly and research purposes, the works in this collection may not be re-purposed or exploited for commercial gain without permission of the authors. For any questions, please contact ir@lsu.edu or gradetd@lsu.edu.

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Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Applications of Band Ratioing at Fort Irwin, California., Alexander Wright Taylor

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Functions of Liminality in Literature: A Study of Georges Bataille's "Le Bleu Du Ciel", Julien Green's "L'Autre", and Assia Djebar's "L'Amour, La Fantasia"., Malynda Strother Taylor

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Gaining and Controlling Access to the Arena: Stories of Ties in a Technological Dispute., Tobias Albert Ten eyck

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Association of Environmental and Climatic Factors in the Epidemiology of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northeast Brazil Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Methods., Roland Alexander Thompson

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Pseudo Power Signatures for Nonstationary Signal Analysis and Classification., Vidya Venkatachalam

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"To Play With Fixities and Definites": Byron's Fanciful Real World Games in "Don Juan"., Nancy Clark Victory

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The Selective Digital Integrator: A New Device for Modulated Polarization Spectroscopy., Aljosa Vrancic

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Measurement of the Cross Section for Elastic Scattering of Electron Neutrinos on Electrons., Neville Dinyar Wadia

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Components That Should Be Included in an Ethics Enhancement Program for State Legislatures., Kenneth Ward

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Literacy Stories: Attitudes Toward Literacy and Motivation to Read Among African-American Males in an Urban Community., Donna Parham Washington

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Managing Promises and Marketing Activities in the Cultivation of Long-Term Relationship Commitment: The Development of a Model for the Services Industries., John Michael Weber

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The Effect of Participation in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Programs on Injury/Illness Rates., Linda Diane Weems

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Teacher Selection Practices in Effective Elementary Schools Which Differ by Community Type and Socioeconomic Status Context., Amy Barham Westbrook

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Mating System Differences and Genetic Effects for Preweaning Traits in Beef Cattle in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States., Dian Allison Williams

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John Jacob Niles's Settings of the Early Poetry of Thomas Merton in "The Niles-Merton Songs", Opp. 171 and 172., Melanie Boney Williams

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The Solo Piano Music of Violet Archer: A Study of Selected Didactic Works., Angela Sue Willoughby

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Development and Assessment of a Property Rights-Based Measure of State Regulatory Climate., Ferdinand Francis Wirth III

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The Nature of Undergraduates' Conceptual Understanding of Oxygen Transport and Utilization in Humans: Can Cardiopulmonary Simulation Software Enhance Learning of Propositional Knowledge And/Or Diagnose Alternative Conceptions in Novices and Intermediates?, Dennis Robert Wissing

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American Medusa, American Sphinx: The Female Gaze and Knowledge in Modern Fiction and Film., Janet Clare Wondra

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Ecology and Loss Assessment of Selected Homopteran Pests on Sugarcane: Interactions With the Fire Ant, Solenopsis Wagneri Santschi., Andrew Evans Woolwine

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Photoionization Studies of Intramolecular Dynamics: A Closer Look., Chuanyong Wu

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Maximal Circuits in Matroids., Pou-lin Wu

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Spikes in Matroid Theory., Zhaoyang Wu

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Dialogue Between Confucius and Socrates: Norms of Rhetorical Constructs in Their Dialogical Form and Dialogic Imagination., Bin Xie

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Purification and Antioxidant Properties of Rice Bran (Gamma)-Oryzanol Components., Zhimin Xu

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United States Foreign Policy and Media Coverage of Uzbekistan: A Case Study., Mardon Nigmatovich Yakubov

Synthesis of Novel Amino Acids and 3(10)-And Alpha-Helical Alpha, Alpha-Disubstituted Amino Acid Rich Antimicrobial Peptides., Thomas Scott Yokum

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Synthesis of Novel Amino Acids and 310- And Alpha-Helical Alpha, Alpha-Disubstituted Amino Acid Rich Antimicrobial Peptides, Thomas Scott Yokum

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Magnetic Field Evolution in Neutron Stars., Erik Jordan Young

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The Behavior of Invert Sugar in Sugar Refining., Jianmei Yu

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Stress and Strength of Laminated Composite Containing a Circular Hole., Yi Zhao

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Numerical Modeling of Multi-Species Transport in Soils Under Electric Fields., Wenbing Zheng

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A 4,000 Year Pollen Record of Vegetation Changes, Sea Level Rise, and Hurricane Disturbance in Atchafalaya March of Southern Louisiana, Xinyu Zhou

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An Examination of Adult Learners, Learning Outcomes, and Selected Learning Environments at a Land-Grant Research I University., Anne L. Zoeller

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Coupled Field Equations for Saturated Soils and Its Application to Piezocone Penetration and Shield Tunneling., Murad Yusuf Abu-farsakh

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A Study of the Effect of Energetic Flux Bombardment on Intensified Plasma-Assisted Processing., Albert Amatey Adjaottor

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Towards Bimetallic Asymmetric Hydroformylation Catalysis: Separation of the Diastereomers and Enantiomers of a Binucleating Tetraphosphine Ligand., Pia Rosario Alburquerque

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The Role of the Unit as a Cognitive Bridge Between Additive and Multiplicative Structures., Nancy Sutton Alexander

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The Impact of Technological Change on the Economic Viability of Individual Production Centers: The Case of the 1840-1880 British Ocean-Going Iron and Steam Shipbuilding Industry., Daniel Stephen Allen

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Boris Yeltsin's Ascent to Power: Personae and the Rhetoric of Revolution., Matthew Thomas Althouse

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The Role of Binge Eating Disorder in the Estimation of Food Intake of Obese Individuals., Drew Arthur Anderson

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Nature, Culture and Big Old Trees: Human Relationships With Ceiba (Ceiba Pentandra) and Live Oak (Quercus Virginiana) in the Landscapes of Guatemala and Louisiana., Katharine Anderson

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Linguistics and Poetry: Phonological Performance Analysis as Key to Interpretation in Donne's Lyrics., Sara Witsell Anderson

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Efficient Mapping of Neural Network Models on a Class of Parallel Architectures., Behnam Seyed Arad

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Cost Analysis and Air Pollution Impact of Electric Vehicles on a Metropolitan Area., Hector David Arias-varela

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Evaluation of Sampling Gear for Predicting Harvest Size, Yield and Incidence of Stunting in Crawfish Ponds., Jimmy Lee Avery

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The Uptake and Distribution of Diethyltoluenediamine in the Male Sprague Dawley Rat., Michael Charles Babin

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A Vector-Valued Operational Calculus and Abstract Cauchy Problems., Boris Baeumer

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A Qualitative Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Cotton Advisory Committees Using Focus Group Interviews., John W. Barnett

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Characterization of Thin-Bedded Turbidites From the Permian Tanqua Karoo Submarine Fan Deposits, South Africa., Debnath Basu

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Production of Transgenic Channel Catfish., Mark Christian Bates

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The Impact of Training Content Validity, Organizational Commitment, Learning, Performance Utility, and Transfer Climate on Transfer of Training in an Industrial Setting., Reid A. Bates

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The Organ Symphony: Its Evolution in France and Transformation in Selected Works by American Composers of the Twentieth Century., Richard Edward Beckford

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The Florida Chautauqua as Text: Creating and Satisfying a Disposition to Appropriate Cultural Goods in Northwest Florida., Matthew Albert Beemer

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Linear Matrix Inequality Approach to Robust Emergency Lateral Control of a Highway Vehicle With Time-Varying Uncertainties., Robert Edward Benton Jr

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The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Information Processing, New Learning, and Memory in Mildly Head-Injured Subjects With Post-Concussion Symptoms., Brian Betz

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Optimization and Scale-Up of Thiarubrine a Production From Hairy Root Cultures of Ambrosia Artemisiifolia., Santosh G. Bhagwath

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Chemical Vapor Deposition of Copper Films., Narendra Shamkant Borgharkar

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An Integrated Model Predicting Smoking Stage of Change Among a Sample of Government-Insured and Indigent Medical Patients., Edwin Daniel Boudreaux

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The Impact of Early Literacy Intervention Groups in Conjunction With Reading Recovery., Lori Ann Brocato

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Feminist Issues in "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and in "Lois and Clark"., Sharon E. Broussard

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Spectroscopic Analyses of Excited-State Phenomena in Organized Media: Proton Transfer and Photoisomerization and Measurement of Modified Low Density Lipoproteins Using Rapid-Mixing Multidimensional Stopped-Flow Spectroscopic Methods., Eric Lamar Butler-roberts

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Among Women: Toni Morrison's Mothers, Sisters, and Daughters., Hazel Ruth reames Caillouet

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Predictors of Nonadherence Among HIV-infected Outpatients: Psychosocial and Medical Care Factors Associated With Appointment Attendance., Sheryl L. Catz

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Cloning and Expression of Capsid Proteins of Hepatitis a Virus in Escherichia Coli., Lingaiah Chandrashekar

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Use of Informal and Formal Service by Noninstitutionalized Elderly Who Need Assistance., Lih-yun Chen

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Land/Water Interface Delineation Using Neural Networks., Rajabhushanam Cherukuri

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A Double-Hurdle Expenditure Analysis of Nonconsumptive Wildlife-Related Recreation., Yeong-nain Chi

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Etiology and Biological Control of Seedling Disease in Water-Seeded Rice., Se-chul Chun

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Reductive Precipitation of Uranium by Free and Immobilized Cells and Cell Fractions of Facultative and Anaerobic Bacteria., Boyce Lamont Clark

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Personal and Organizational Structure Correlates of Receptivity and Resistance to Change and Effectiveness in Institutions of Higher Education., James Sutherland Clarke

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Atmospheric Neutrino Detection Using a Large Water Cerenkov Detector., Russell Clark

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A Cuban Convent in the Age of Enlightened Reform: The Observant Franciscan Community of Santa Clara of Havana, 1768-1808., John James Clune Jr

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Growth and Mortality of Fish Larvae in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico and Implications to Recruitment., Bruce Henry Comyns

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School Restructuring, Transformational Leadership, and Teacher Participation in Decision-Making., Sherry Fontenot Cormier

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Acute Effects of Passive Muscle Stretching on the Stretch-Shortening Phenomenon., Andrew Cornwell

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Synthesis of Novel Cyclopentadienyl and Pyrrole Compounds., Alfonso Davila

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An Integration of Biographical Data and Personality Research Through Sherwood Forest Empiricism: Robbing From Personality to Give to Biodata., Bruce W. Davis

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Sediment Transport Processes in Coarse Gravel-Bed Rivers: An Example From Costa Rica., Karolien Johanna zita Debusschere

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Intrarow Plant Spacing and Family by Environment Interaction Effects on Sugarcane Cross Evaluation., Orlando De sousa vieira

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Educational Costs and Cost Recovery in Developing Countries: The Case of Mali., Mohamed Cherif Diarra

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Unavoidable Minors of Graphs of Large Type., John Joseph Dittmann Jr

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Family Context and Premarital Sexual Activity in Kinshasa, Zaire., Yanyi Kasongo Djamba

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Feature-Based Models for Three-Dimensional Data Fitting., Gregory Todd Dobson

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Macrofaunal Community Structure in the Introduced and Native Submerged Macrophyte Beds of the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary., Kenneth Charles Duffy

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Relationship of Self-Injurious Behavior and Aggression to Social Skills in Persons With Severe and Profound Mental Retardation., Dee Duncan

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An Empirical Analysis of the Association Between the Intercompany Effects of Electronic Data Interchange and the Level of Computerization and Integration of the Accounting Information System in Small Businesses., Maurice George Durler

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A Micro-Mechanical Fatigue Damage Model for Uni-Directional Metal Matrix Composites., Rainer Echle

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New Developments in Portable Fast Gas Chromatography., Elena Ursula Ehrmann

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Characterization of the Cytochromes P450-Dependent Hepatic Microsomal Monooxygenase System of the American Alligator, Alligator Mississippiensis: Influence of Xenobiotic Chemicals., Robin Parsons Ertl

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Electron Scattering Studies in the Framework of the Symplectic Shell Model., Jutta Escher

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Cellulose-Reinforced Composites and SRIM and RTM Modeling., Mohammad Fahrurrozi

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A Case Study Analysis of the Impact Peer Coaching Has on Assisting First and Third Grade Teachers in the Implementation of Portfolio Assessment., Lila D. Finney

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Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Near-Ir Probes for Bioanalytical Applications., James Henry Flanagan Jr

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Characterization of Bean Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5: Cloning, Sequencing, and Structure-Function Studies., Zelpha Elizabeth Floyd

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The Sugar Masters: Slavery, Economic Development, and Modernization on Louisiana Sugar Plantations, 1820-1860., Richard J. Follett

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The Effects of Augmented Feedback on Students' Perceptions and Performance., Karen Anne buckner Fredenburg

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A Methodological Examination of Naturally Occurring School Improvement in Louisiana Schools., John Albert Freeman

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Representing Shakespeare's "Brave New World": Latin American Appropriations of "The Tempest"., Ximena Gallardo

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Southern Families and Their Daughters: The Self and the System in Selected Texts by Grau, Gilchrist, Welty, Spencer, and Douglas., Jo K. Galle