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Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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A Spatial Inquiry of Infant Low Birthweight and Cancer Mortality in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana., Esra Ozdenerol

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Sociomathematical Norms of Elementary School Classrooms: Crossnational Perspectives on the *Reform of Mathematics Teaching., Jeongsuk Pang

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Influence of Weed Control Programs in Glyphosate -Resistant Cotton on Insects and Seedling Disease., Joseph Harry Pankey

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The History of Our Lady of the Lake College, 1923--2000: a Study of Organizational Change., Linda Carol rakestraw Pendergast

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Hydrodynamics, Bottom Boundary Layer Processes and Sediment Transport on the South-Central Louisiana Inner Shelf: the Influence of Extratropical Storms and Bathymetric Modification., David Alton Pepper

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Suspended Sediment and Nutrient Flux Dynamics in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana: the Role of Winter Cold Fronts and Atchafalaya River Discharge., Brian Christopher Perez

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Subsisting on Non-livable Wages: Women in Pittsburgh's Public Housing, Laurel Jeanne Person

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Virtual Teams: an Investigation of the Determinants of Team Effectiveness and the Contribution of Managerial Behavior Control., Gabriele Piccoli

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Masked Criticism: the Whore and the Breeches Role as Articulators of Sexual Economic Theory in the Intrigue Plays of Aphra Behn., Mary Katherine Politz

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Children's Identity Construction in a Multicultural Setting., Edith Taylor richardson Powers

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Sabine River Spanish: Survival of a Threatened Dialect., Comfort Pratt-panford

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The Effect of Negative Events and Firm Responses on Brand Associations, Organizational Associations, and Brand Evaluations., Chris Patrick Pullig

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A Spatial Inquiry of Infant Low Birthweight and Cancer Mortality in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Esra Qzdenerol

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Half -Cycle Pulse Ionization of Diamagnetic Zeeman States in Rydberg Atoms., Chitra Rangan

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Evaporative Mass Transfer of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds From Exposed Contaminated Sediment and Dredged Materials., Raghunathan Ravikrishna

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Francis Hayman: an Artist Reading British Literature in the 1740s., Stephen Alan Raynie

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American Alligator Nesting Ecology in Impounded Marsh Habitat, Louisiana., Steven Richard Reagan

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Country of Origin, Date of Entry, and English Speaking Ability as Predictors of Immigrant AFDC and SSI Usage., Rebel Mary Reavis

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Host and Parasite Interactions Among Three Symbionts: Pocket Gophers, Chewing Lice, and Endosymbiotic Bacteria., David Lee Reed

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Prospective Memory: Contributions of Age, Individual Differences, and Metamemory., Celinda M. Reese

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"Awakenings" on Relational Ways of Knowing: an Ecological Perspective on Curriculum., Elaine Kent Riley

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Using a Behavioral Economic Assessment to Evaluate Stimulus Preferences and to Predict Treatment Outcomes for Aberrant Behavior., Henry Stanley Roane

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An Inquiry Into the Impact of the REGROW Reading /Writing Strategy on Comprehension in a Community College Setting., Angel Michele Royal

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Pathogenesis of Bartonella Henselae in the Domestic Cat: Use of a PCR-based Assay for the Detection and Differentiation of B. Henselae Genotype I and Genotype II in Chronically Infected Cats., Alma Faye Roy

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A Longitudinal Study of Students Academic Achievement Change: a Multilevel Structural Equation Model From a Multiple Group Perspective., John Kipngeno Rugutt

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Amy Beach's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C -Sharp Minor, Op. 45: a Historical, Stylistic, and Analytical Study., Katrina Carlson Rushing

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Individualized Levels Treatment Packages for Severe Problem Behaviors in Persons With Developmental Disabilities., Karena Suzanne Rush

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Linear Codes Defined From Higher -Dimensional Varieties., Gary Lynn Salazar

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Constitutive Modeling of Cohesionless Granular Materials Using Disturbed State Concept., Prasad Madhava Samarajiva

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Synthesis and Characterization of Alkoxyaniline-Terminated Monomer Monolayers on Gold Surfaces., Keith Cory Schomburg

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Evaluating Alternative Instructional Strategies to Improve Sixth Graders' Reading Comprehension., Emma Mccall Schorzman

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School Life on the Mississippi: an Inquiry Into the Impact of the Louisiana Reform Movement Related to Standards in World History Instruction in Three Secondary School Settings., Michael Joseph Schramm

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Effects of a Low -Protein Diet Supplemented With Coated and Uncoated Methionine on Methionine Metabolism in the Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus., Manuel Alberto Segovia-quintero

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Reengineering of Legacy Systems to Distributed Environments., Miguel Angel Serrano-vargas

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Resource -Based, Strategic Group, and Industry Influences on Firm Performance., Jeremy Collin Short

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Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Flame -Generated Agglomerates Using Light Scattering., Guocai Shu

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A Method to Discriminate Species From Hydroacoustic Fish Sampling Systems., Rui De paula e Silva

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The Voice of the People: Reasons Laypersons Support K--12 Art Education., Lucienne Bond Simon

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Response of Granular Layers in Flexible Pavements Subjected to Aircraft Loads., Donald Mark Smith

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Slain in the Spirit: a Vodun Aesthetic in Selected Works of Simone Schwarz -Bart, Zora Neale Hurston, and Paule Marshall., Maria Thecla Smith

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Water Quality Model for Evaluation of Nonpoint Source Impacts of Rice Field Runoff., Elizabeth Deette Smythe

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The Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids and Non -Steroidal Anti -Inflammatory Drugs on Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression., Kyung-hee Sohn

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Locally Owned and Operated: Opposition to Chain Stores, 1925--1940., Cory Lewis Sparks

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Structuring Work and Family Lives: Flexible Employment Patterns Among United States Families., Melissa Oliver Stainback

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Insecticide Resistance and Resistance Mechanisms in the Southern House Mosquito, Culex Quinquefasciatus., Jeffrey Dwayne Stancil

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Non -Intrusive Characterization of a Dispersed, Bubbly, Axisymmetric Jet., Kevin Nathaniel Stanley

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The Impact of Implementing Metacognitive Strategies on Instructional and Experiential Scaffolding., Frances Ann Steward

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What Goes on in Cross -Language Encounters: the Tactics and Strategies of Interactional Grammar., Stuart Lee Stewart

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Development of an Instrument for Predicting Success of Persons in Real Estate Sales Careers., Carmel O. Streater

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Visual and Semiochemical Disruption of Host Finding in Pine Bark Beetles., Brian Lee Strom

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"A Secret! a Secret!": Confession and Autobiography in the Poetry of Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and Ted Hughes., Helen Lynne Sugarman

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Magnetic Measurements of Rare Earth Hexaborides., Alem Abraha Teklu

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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and High Temperature Susceptibility Measurements in Cesium Hexabromide., Cabir Terzioglu

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Active Site Interactions and Kinetic Characterization of C- And N-Nitroso and Peroxidic Substrates With Alcohol Dehydrogenase: Mechanistic Insights From Studies of the Cobalt -Substituted Enzyme., Alexander Gregory Tkachenko

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Comparative Efficacy and Quality Characterizatin of Mayhaw (Crataegus Opaca) Juice Extraction., Alfred Francois Trappey II

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An Examination of the Baby Boom Generation's Financial Preparations for Retirement., Jeanette Adcock Tucker

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Cultural Adjustment of Foreign Students in an Institution of Higher Education., Bridget Oscar Udoh

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General Studies in Mass Spectrometry. Part A: Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) Analysis of Oligonucleotides. Part B: Electrospray Ionization (ESI) Studies of Metalloporphyrins., Victor Ewell Vandell

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DNA Alkylation and Its Repair in Small Fish Species., Thomas James Vicek

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Development and Evaluation of a Mass Spectrometer -Based Continuous Emission Monitor for Organic Compound Emissions From Combustion Devices., Emmanuel Tijani Wada

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The Design and Construction of Novel Near -Infrared Time -Correlated Single Photon Counting Devices for the Identification of Analytes in Multiplexed Applications., Emanuel Austin Waddell Jr

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A Matter of Life and Death: Jose Maria Arguedas, Mario Vargas Llosa, and the Postmodern Condition., Lynn Marie Walford

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Critical Connections: Meaningful Mentoring Relationships Between Women Doctoral Students and Their Dissertation Chairpersons., Dawn Deann Wallace

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Personal Factors Affecting Sales Performance: Modeling the Effects of Experience, Competitiveness, Self -Efficacy, Effort, and Creativity., Guangping Wang

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Structure, Expression and Promoter Activity of Ubiquitin Genes From Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)., Jianlin Wang

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Anxiety and Orange Blossoms: Sexual Economics in Wedding Texts by Grace Lumpkin, Eudora Welty, and Alice Childress., Ida Maxwell Wells

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Education as Prison Reform: a Meta -Analysis., Ronald Edward Wells

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Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling the Early Height Growth of Longleaf Pine and Slash Pine., Changren Weng

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Silencing Dreiser: Textual Editing and Theodore Dreiser's "Jennie Gerhardt"., Annemarie Koning Whaley

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Stratigraphy, Petrology, and Geochemistry of a Mid-Oceanic Carbonate Platform: Niue Island, South Pacific., Christopher Waldo Wheeler

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Efficient Iterative Synthesis of Oligophenylene Rods and Methodology Studies Involving Aryldiazonium Tetrafluoroborate Salts and Arylboronic Esters., Douglas Macarthur Willis

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Extending the Revelation Effect to Faces: Haven't We Met Before?, Jeffrey Roy Wilson

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Kate Chopin's Contribution to Realism and Naturalism: Reconsiderations of W. D. Howells, Maupassant, and Flaubert., Jean Ann Witherow

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Effects of Reading Styles on African-American Preschoolers of Disadvantage., Elizabeth Nowlin Witt

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Interaction of Antimicrobial Peptides With Model Cell Membranes., Lucille Dionne smith Wright

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Consumers' Reasoned Behavior Toward American Alligator Leather Products., Yingjiao Xu

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The Effects of Comparative Advertising Format on Consumer Responses: the Moderating Effects of Brand Image and Attribute Relevance., Mehmet Ismail Yagci

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Effects of Dietary Phytase Supplementation on Growth, Nutrient Utilization, and Phytate Degradation in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus., Weibing Yan

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Ice -Core Pollen Studies From the Dunde and Guliya Ice Caps, Qinghai -Tibetan Plateau, China., Zuju Yao

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Studies in Organized Media: Part I. Characterization and Use of Polymeric Chiral Surfactants as Pseudo-Stationary Phases for Separation in Capillary Electrophoresis. Part II. Use of Cyclodextrins in Capillary Electrophoresis and in the Formation of Linear Aggregates., Houphouet Hyacinthe Yarabe

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The Power of Ethnicity: the Preservation of Scots -Irish Culture in the Eighteenth-Century American Backcountry., Kevin Lee Yeager

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A Study of the Potential Use of Asphalt Containing Synthetic Polymers for Asphalt Paving Mixes., Pei-hung Yeh

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Isang Yun: His Compositional Technique as Manifested in the Two Clarinet Quintets., Youngdae Yoo

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Oxidation -Reduction Chemistry of Methane and Nitrous Oxide in Soils and an Approach to Minimize Their Emissions From Irrigated Rice Fields., Kewei Yu

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Boron -Uptake Mechanisms and Boron Nutrition of Rice., Xiaohe Yu

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Effects of Dietary L -Carnitine on Female Retired Breeder Rats Fed High Protein and High Fat., Erika Maria Zablah-bendeck

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An Information Theoretic Approach to Content Based Image Retrieval., John Morris Zachary Jr

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Performance Assessment and English Skill., Zhenghe Zhang

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Homflypt Skein Modules., Jianyuan Zhong

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Well Integrity Mechanism, Failure, and Testing in Shallow Marine Sediments., Desheng Zhou

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A Class of Stable, Globally Noniterative, Nonoverlapping Domain Decomposition Algorithms for the Simulation of Parabolic Evolutionary Systems., Yu Zhuang

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Classically Unstable Approximations for Linear Evolution Equations and Applications., Yu Zhuang

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Computer -Assisted Instruction and Sequencing Within the Studio: a Focus on Halsey Stevens' "Sonata for Trumpet and Piano", Timothy James Zifer

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Decomposition Strategies for Process Identification and Control Using Neural Networks, Olufemi Adebiyi

Decomposition Strategies for Process Identification and Control Using Neural Networks., Olufemi Adeniyi Adebiyi

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An Engineering Equation of State: Square-Well Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT)., Hertanto Adidharma

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Territoriality and Commerce: Political Conflict Over the Panama Canal in Geographic Perspective., Robert William Aguirre

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Effectiveness of Web-Based Virtual Learning Environments in Business Education: Focusing on Basic Skills Training for Information Technology., Rami Mahmoud Ahmad

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The Effect Of Hot Spots On The Performance Of Mesh--Based Networks, Yazan M. Al-Issa

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The Effect of Hot Spots on the Performance of Mesh-Based Networks, Yazan M. Al-Issa