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Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Remedial English Ten Years After: Former Basic Writers in the Workplace., Eleanor Agnew
Measuring Actual Evapotranspiration From Sweet Corn With Lysimeters in a Warm, Humid Climate., Faisal Kasim Ahmed
A Study of Metacognitive Skill as Influenced by Expressive Writing in College Introductory Algebra Classes., Naomi Barbara r Allen
The Use of Supertitles by American Opera Companies., Christina Margaret Alves
Poly(arylene Ether Sulfones): Synthesis, Modifications and Applications., Marietta Navarro Aniano-ilao
Novel Alumina-Based Stationary Phases for Liquid Chromatography., Rene V. Arenas
An Ethnographic Investigation of the Integration of Disabled and Nondisabled Two-Year-Old Children., Mary Beth Armstrong
The In-Store Retail Experience: A C-E-V Approach to Consumer Shopping Activity., Barry James Babin
Cooperation in the Liberalization of Soviet-Western Trade? A Transaction-Cost Analysis of Soviet Joint Ventures With the West., Elza Perry Ballard
Implied Volatility and Risk Preference From Option Prices., Kenneth Steven Bartunek
A New Construction of Subgroups Inducing Isomorphic Representations., Patricia Wright Beaulieu
Distribution and Management of and Soybean Resistance to Calonectria Crotalariae, the Causal Pathogen of Red Crown Rot of Soybean., Dana Kent Berner
The Immunoepidemiology of Lung Cancer and Smoking: Lymphocyte Subsets., Joan Peters Blackmon
The Effect of Work and Non-Work Influences Upon the Relationships Between Role Stress and Selected Work Outcomes., James Sanders Boles
The Federal Writers' Project's Mirror to America: The Florida Reflection., Pamela G. Bordelon
Three Essays in the Economics of the Physician Firm., William David Bradford III
An Investigation of the Determinants of the Municipal Decision to Privatize Residential Sanitation Collection., Richard C. Brooks
Self and Power: Political Reconstruction in the Drama of Christopher Marlowe., Patricia A. Brown
Toward a Phenomenology of Curriculum: The Work of Max Van Manen and T. Tetsuo Aoki., Robert Kent Brown
A Quest for Legitimacy: Impression Management Strategies Used by an Organization in Crisis., Rachel Harris Caillouet
The Differential Effects of Either X-Irradiation or Thermal Stress on the Two Major Cell Types of the Blastocyst Stage Murine Embryo., Joe Steve Capehart
A Multidimensional Career Commitment Measure (MCCM) Gauging Motivation to Work in One's Career Field., Kerry D. Carson
Prediction of Sugarcane Cross Potential at Early Selection Stages., Yih-shiow Chang
Three Essays on Sampling Techniques: Small Sample Performances of Estimators and Predictors., Parisun Chantanahom
Dominance, Marginality, and Subversion in French (Post)colonial Discourse., Suzanne Mary Chester
A Reading of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and "A Curtain of Green": The Influence of Parable on Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty., Allison Carol Chestnut
The Relation Between Categorization and Recognition in Ill-Defined Categories., Jeung-ryeul Cho
A Syntactic Language Computer Analysis of Depressed Versus Non-Depressed Females., Daniel Merton Christy
A Blackboard Architecture for the Integration of Manufacturing Systems., Calvin Michael Collins
Systematics of Rudbeckia Subgenera Macrocline and Laciniata (Asteraceae: Heliantheae: Rudbeckiinae)., Patricia Blackwell Cox
Techniques for the Optimization of Supercritical Fluid Chromatographic Separations., Jeffrey Alan Crow
A Multivariate Analysis of Voter Turnout in Louisiana Contested Nonpartisan Judicial Elections, 1981-1988., Olethia Davis
Perceptions of Performance Appraisal by Cooperative Extension Service Agents in Selected Southern States., William L. Davis
Timed Daily Thermopulses Alter the Circadian Hormonal Regulation of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism., Christopher Joseph De souza
The Introduction Into Tobacco Plants of Genes Which Encode Some of the Natural Components of the Humoral Immune Response of Hyalophora Cecropia., Luis Julio cesar Destefano beltran
An Investigation of the Laryngeal System as the Resonance Source of the Singer's Formant., Rebecca Finley Detweiler
Structural and Functional Studies of Carbohydrates., Shirish Trymbak Dhume
Partial Sequence and Characterization of a Growth Hormone Gene of the Red Drum (Sciaenops Ocellatus)., Carol Marie Dorworth
The Rhodobacter capsulatushemA Region: Nucleotide Sequence and Functional Analysis., John Joseph Eckert
Comparative Evaluation of Exact Extreme Value Stochastic Flood Model for Mixed Populations., Senarath T. b Ekanayake
Effects of Chronic Administration of Phenylbutazone on Reproduction in the Mare., Mareth Ellsworth
Quantitation of Phenolic Acids and Effect of Controlled Atmosphere Storage on Peach Fruit Quality., Ahmed Fathallah El-shiekh
An Examination of Semiotic Theories of Accounting Accruals., Harlan Lynn Etheridge
In Vitro Studies on Cigarette Smoke-Mediated Damage to Human Alpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor., Mark Dennis Evans
The Making of Meaning: Three Children's Responses to Three Researcher-Composed Narratives., Mary S. Everett
Directed and Spontaneous Transfer of College Developmental Reading Students' Textmarking Strategies., Deidra Williams Frazier
A Brooding Eloquence: Amplification and Irony in Marlowe's Dramas., Jeffery Galle
The Pirates' Wake: A Geography of Piracy and Pirates as Geographers in Colonial Spanish America, 1536-1718. (Volumes I and II)., Peter Reppert Galvin
Coupling of Electronic and Nuclear Degrees of Freedom in Diatomic Molecules: A Quantum Defect Study., Hong Gao
Factors Influencing Training and Human Resource Development Certificate Programs in the United States., Cynthia Huff Gaudet
On Bubble Columns. (Volumes I and II)., Nicholas William Geary
Study on Two Chitin-Binding Proteins From Vibrio Parahaemolyticus., Otto Silva Gildemeister
Biosynthetic Studies of Hairy Root Constituents of the Heliantheae (Asteraceae) and Phytochemical Screening of Members of the Magnoliaceae., Marco Luis Gomez-barrios
The Rhetoric of Community Ritual: The Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet at Chauvin, Louisiana., Barbara Elizabeth Gordon
Genetics of Resistance to Preharvest Aflatoxin Accumulation in Maize Containing the Lfy Gene., Daniel Preston Gorman
A Comparison of Models of Parole Outcome., Larry Allen Gould
An Analysis of Syntactic Skills Used in Translating Natural Language Sentences Into Algebraic Equations., Elizabeth Devalcourt Gray
Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy of Sabinian Palynomorphs From the Wilcox Group (Paleocene-Eocene Epochs) of Southwestern Louisiana., William Andrew Gregory Jr
Mechanism and Enhancement of Phase Segregation in Drilling Fluids., John Marvin Griffin
A Neural Network Truth Maintenance System., Suresh Guddanti
Low-Pressure Phase Equilibria of Heavy Aromatic Compounds., Ajay Gupta
Metabolism and Mutagenicity of Dinitropyrenes: Effect of Chronic Ethanol Ingestion and Aroclor 1254 Pretreatment., Antal Karl Hajos
Prewriting, Drafting, and Revision in Large Scale Writing Assessment. (Volumes I and II)., Arthur Marshall Halbrook
The College Participation of the 1982 Undergraduate Cohort in Louisiana Public Higher Education: A Longitudinal Analysis., Margaret Blanchard Hargroder
Comparative Inflorescence and Floral Development in the Asteraceae. (Volumes I and II)., Elizabeth M. Harris
Solution Adaptive Grid Procedures for High-Speed Parabolic Flows., Albert Destrehan Harvey III
An Analysis of Educational Films: An African-American Perspective. (Volumes I and II)., Brenda Garibaldi Hatfield
School Administration as Brinkmanship., Eddy A. Haynes
Discriminating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) From Major Depression and Refining Diagnostic Criteria for BPD., Betty Susan Head
Radial Flow Chromatography in Compressed Pancake-Shaped Beds., Brian Keith Heft
Fatigue Failure of Composite Bolted Joints., Paul Douglas Herrington
Isolation and Characterization of Macrophage Inhibitory Compounds From Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis., Murray Elison Hines II
Family Support for Persisters and Non-Persisters in Louisiana's Adult Basic Education Programs., Geraldine Hargrove Holmes
Louisiana Principals' Perceptions of Nontraditional Vocational Teachers and the Importance of Vocational Education., Moo Yul Huh
Specific Cell Adhesion and Its Application in Mixed Culture Fermentations., Yeou-fu Hwang
Arcadia Disjointed: Confrontations With Texts, Polemical, Utopian, and Picaresque., Deborah Ann Jacobs
The Impact of Latin American Debt Crisis on U.S., U.K., and Canadian Bank Stocks., Subbarao Venkata Jayanti
An Empirical Analysis of Ricardian Equivalence and Macroeconomic Interdependence in Korea., Jang Cheon Jin
School Centralization and Organizational Effectiveness: The Role of Teacher Alienation., Bobby L. Johnson Jr
Valuation of Firm-Bank Relationships: A Test of the Delegated Monitoring Hypothesis., Shane Alan Johnson
PCR Amplification of Chlamydial MOMP Genes: Detection, Sequence Analysis and Evolution., Bernhard Kaltenboeck
The Evaluation and Comparison of Aquatic Methodology for Measurement of Bacterial Population Dynamics and Grazing Activity in Diverse Aquatic Ecosystems., Richardus F. Kaswadji
Ruminal Distribution and Utilization of Zinc and Magnesium as Influenced by Dietary Source and Energy Level., Donald Wayne Kennedy
Characterization and Potential Utilization of Proteases From the Hepatopancreas of Crawfish, Procambarus Clarkii., Hyeung-rak Kim
Fluorescence Studies of Phosphofructokinase From Bacillus Stearothermophilus., Soon-jong Kim
Modeling of Physical Database Design and Performance Analysis With Emphasis on VSAM Files., Sung-eon Kim
Feedback Linearization of Nonlinear Systems: Robustness and Adaptive Control., Weon Ho Kim
Comparison of Rhizoctonia Foliar Blights of Soybean With Respect to Infection Process, Double-Stranded RNA Components, and Evaluation of Resistance., Chandrasekar S. Kousik
Parallel Computation on Hypercube-Like Machines., Kyung Hee Kwon
Effects of Alternative Protein and Fat Payment Plans on Production Variables and Returns in Louisiana Dairy Herds., Leonder Labbe
Functional Morphology of Gustatory Centers in the Brain of the Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus., Charles Franklin Lamb IV
Effective School Status: A Methodological Study of Classification Consistency., Michael Hansen Lang
The Frost Tolerance of Tobacco Plants Transformed With the Gene Encoding the Antifreeze Protein From Winter Flounder., Jung-sook Lee
Characterization of Double-Stranded RNA and Fungal Virus From Diaporthe Phaseolorum Var. Caulivora., Yong-hwan Lee
George Price Boyce and the Consolation of Landscape, Julia Chandler L'Enfant