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Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Filters Based on Ultraspherical Rational Functions., Mohsen David Kashefi
A Pilot Study to Investigate the Procedures Used in the Selection and Evaluation of Missionaries., Pattye Weaver Kennedy
A Mathematical Model for Stream Quality Mangement., Werner Rudolf Ketelhohn
Electronic-Spectroscopy of Highly-Polar Aromatics., Omar Soliman Khalil
Dehumanization in the Works of Alain Robbe-Grillet., Jeri-anne Debois King
The Effect of Selected Background and Performance Variables Upon Certain Types of Hesitations and Syntactic Complexity in Small Group Discussions., Edith Kay Kirkpatrick
The Relation Between Adolescent Creativity and Selected Variables: Sex, Adjustment, Art-Science Preference, Complexity-Simplicity, and Type of School., Marie Guzell Kloss
Stability of Multiple Steady-States in Batch Autothermal Gas Fluidized Bed Reactors., Wayne P. Kraus
Computer-Aided Subsurface Structural Analysis of the Miocene Formations of the Bayou Carlin-Lake Sand Area, South Louisiana., Madhurendu Bhushan Kumar
The Influence of Polyphosphate, Sodium-Chloride and Hydrogen Ion Concentration on Heat Mediated Binding of Crab Meat., Cheng-nan Lai
Excited-State Properties of Amide-Containing Molecules., Donald Bruce Larson
Cognitive Distortion and Locus-Of-Control in Depressive Psychiatric Patients., Terrence James Laughlin
The Office of 'Commissaire Ordonnateur' in French Louisiana, 1731-1763: a Study in French Colonial Administration., Donald Jile Lemieux
Monotic and Dichotic Perception of (0-500 Msecs) Time-Staggered Cv-Monosyllables., Carl Francis Loovis
The Theatrical Productions of Erwin Piscator in Weimar Germany: 1920-1931., Alfred Joseph Loup III
Gehalt Und Funktion Der Bildhaftigkeit in Carl Spittelers Epos "Olympischer Fruehling" (German Text)., Gisela Jungbluth Lozada
An Historical Geography of Industrial Cypress Lumbering in Louisiana. (Volumes I and II)., Ervin Mancil
The Cult of Ideal Friendship in Three Elizabethan Novels., James Arthur Marino
Sex-Typing of Speech of Prepubertal Children., George Matthews Marshall IV
The War of Candia, 1645-1669., Norman David Mason
Estimation of Maternal Heterosis in Preweaning Traits and Prediction of Rotational Crossbreeding Performance in Beef Cattle., Richard Peterson Mcdonald
Friedrich Duerrenmatt's 'Die Stadt': Analysis and Significance of Duerrenmatt's Early Early Prose., Judith Mary Melton
Professional and Technical Competencies Needed in the Pre-Service Vocational Agriculture Curriculum in Puerto Rico., Jose A. Millan-sambolin
The Nucleotide Sequence of "Renaturable" Leucine Transfer-Ribonucleic Acid From Baker's Yeast., Nancy Irene ross Miller
James Weldon Johnson: in Quest of an Afrocentric Tradition for Black American Literature., Arthenia Bates Millican
Normed Koethe Spaces as Intermediate Spaces of L(1) and L(,infinity)., Stuart Edward Mills
A Critical Introduction to the Poetry of Howard Nemerov., William Ward Mills
The Effects of Group Work on the School Adjustment of 'Pre-Delinquent' Male Adolescent Peer Groups., John William Milstead
Letters, Petitions, and Decrees of the Cabildo of New Orleans, 1800-1803: Edited and Translated. (Volumes I and II)., Ronald Rafael Morazan
Employment of the Diagnostic Rhyme Test (Drt) With Normal-Hearing and Sensori-Neural Hearing-Impaired Listeners., Marie Hiern Olroyd
Ausdruck Und Auffassung Staufisch-Christlicher Kultur in Hartmanns "Iwein." (German Text)., Annebert Bender Ory
A Generative - Transformational Grammar of the Kikuyu Language Based on the Nyeri Dialect., Harold J. Overton
Zero Parity: a Demographic Analysis of Childlessness., Thomas R. Panko
The Effect of Syntactic Ambiguity on Judgments of the Comprehensibility and Complexity of Sentences and on Short-Term Memory Capacity., Carol Cunningham Parr
Health Care Patterns, Attitudes, and Resource Utilization of a Predominantly Indigent Population in Three Communities., Robert Allen Perkins
A Numerical Study of Field-Aided Diffusion., Ronald Quentin Perritt
Transition-Metal Complexes of Beta-Furfuraldoxime., Max Earl Pickerill
The Effects of Family Ordinal Position on Managerial Level Attainment in the Petro-Chemical Industry., Gary Eugene Popp
Jean Chapelain Et La Critique Litteraire. (French Text)., George Preda
An Interpersonal Interaction Model of Buyer Behavior., William Morgan Pride
The Finite Union of Ideals in a Ring R., Philip Quartararo Jr
The Songs of Charles Wilfred Orr With Special Emphasis on His Housman Settings., Joseph Thomas Rawlins Jr
Variability and Genesis of Sedimentary Structures of a Mississippi River Bar., Pulak K. Ray
Work as an Indicator of Potential Outdoor Recreation Needs: a Theory of Role and Status-Position Consistency., Joy Bennett Reeves
Spectrophotometric Determination of Average Concentration of Sulfur-Dioxide in Air by Permeation Through Polymer Membranes., Kenneth Dean Reiszner
The 'Cantates Francaises' of Andre Campra., Ronald Ralph Roberts
Nutritive Evaluation of Single-Cell Proteins Grown on Petroleum Fractionsor Cellulose in the Diet of Chicks., Pablo S. Rodriguez
An Investigation of the Fermi Surface of Copper - Nickel Alloys by Positron Annihilation., Lawrence James Rouse Jr
Peer Socialization for Marriage: the Delineation of a Positional Career., Carolyn Matherne Rutledge
Information Input and Performance in Small Decision-Making Groups., Edwin Holman Ryland
Optimum Organization and Operation of Medium and Large Size Farms in the Western Region of the Central Plateau in Costa Rica., Jorge Manuel Salazar
A Study of the Size Distribution of Income: the Case of Louisiana, 1950-1970., Tom S. Sale III
Psychophysiological Parameters of Emotional Expression., Charles Curtis alan Sandman
Test Questions Employed by Science Teachers in Public Junior High and Middle Schools of Louisiana., Guy Von Schilling
Sherwood Anderson's Theory of Art., Dillard Floyd Sebastian Jr
Catalytic Reforming of Methylcyclopentane., Douglas Maurice Selman
The Effects of Thurberia Weevil Genes on Oviposition of Populations of the Boll Weevil, Anthonomus Grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)., Julio Sequeira fernandez
A Study of Leaf Development in Doxantha Unguis-Cati (Rehder)., Dan Richard Sistrunk
Reactions of Hydridoplatinum(ii) Complexes With Acetylenes: a Synthetic and Kinetic Study., Mildred Robertson Smalley
The Effect of Industrial Tax Exemptions on School Board Revenues in Selected Parishes of Louisiana., Lorin V. Smiley
Nonlinear Models of Chemical Processes., Carlos Alberto Smith
Carbohydrases of Alcaligenes Faecalis (Atcc 21400)., Ellen Oliver Smith
Alienation, Anomia and Youth: Selected Correlates., Jerome Vernon Smith
Effects of Postpartum Therapy, Controlled Superovulation and Ova Transplants on Reproduction in Beef Cattle., Luther Edward Smith Jr
The Effect of Coactors Upon the Major Performance of Male and Female Subjects of Different Ages., Theresa L. Smith
The Implications of Early and Career Socialization for Social and Leisure Patterns Among the Elderly., Robert R. Soileau
Socio-Cultural Factors Related to Food Habits and Attitudes in Selected Louisiana Communities., Virginia Purtle Steelman
Anatomical and Physiological Studies of Water Balance in the Millipeds, Pachydesmus C. Crassicutis (Polydesmida) and Orthoporus Texicolens (Spirostreptida)., Thomas Charles Stewart
Effect of Different Levels of Physical Fatigue Upon Motor Learning and Subsequent Motor Performance., Jerry R. Stockard
Techniques of Aural Poetry in the Middle English Lyric., Brenda S. Stockwell
The Effect of Initial Antagonistic Attitudes on the Race Prejudice vs. Belief Prejudice Controversy., Lee Douglas Stokes
Community Structure and Production of the Epiphytic Algae in the Barataria Bay Area of Louisiana., Wilmer Charles Stowe
A Study of the Absorption, Translocation and Metabolism of Two Pyridazinone Herbicides (San6706, San9789) by Cotton, Corn and Soybean., Robert Harry Strang
A Rhetorical Study of Selected Senatorial Speaking of John H. Reagan, 1888-1891., Genie M. joyner Suhr
Clerical Characters in Shakespeare's Plays., Don Robert Swadley
The Political Thought of Jose Ortega Y Gasset., Wilmer Albert Sweetser
Use of Personality and Interest Measures in Predicting Crisis Phone Counselor Effectiveness., James Charles Tanley
Studies Relating to the Ratoon Stunting Disease of Sugarcane and Its Control in Louisiana., I. Dewa made Tantera
Self-Consistent Calculation of Energy Bands in Ferromagnetic Iron., Riad Alfred Tawil
A Telemetric Study of the Red Fox in Agricultural Areas of Southeast Louisiana, George Washington Taylor
Penetration and the Host-Parasite Interface of Phytophthora Infestans on Tomato Leaf Tissue., Alice Sheppard badgett Templet
Lead-Tetraacetate Oxidations of Stereoisomeric 2-Methyl-3-Phenylbutyric Acids., Alice Theine
Combining Ability and Other Factors Affecting Sweet Potato Breeding., Sidney Denis Thibodeaux
Collapsible Silts in Louisiana., Sam Ivy Thornton
Experimental Studies of the Metal-Nonmetal Transition in Nickel-Sulfide., Jeffrey Francis Trahan
The Elastic-Plastic Response of Long Slender Rods Subjected to Impulsive-Type Loadings., Massey Bertie Valentine
Three-Dimensional Flow and Sediment Transport at River Mouths., William Rheuben Waldrop
The Nature and Origin of Caprock Overlying Gulf Coast Salt Domes., Charles William Walker
Agricultural Mechanization Competencies Needed by Selected Louisiana Farmers With Implications for Program Planning in Adult Education., Richard Clarence Weber
The Image of the American Revolution in the United States, 1815-1860., Carolyn Sue Weddington
Multispectral Discrimination of Deltaic Environments., Edward Alan Weisblatt
Some Effects of Ethephon on the Ripening of Tabasco Peppers., Joe Walker White
An Analysis of the Similarities and Disparities of Religiosity Between College Students and Their Parents as Related to Family Solidarity., James Larry Williams
Oscillating Cylinders and the Stokes Paradox., Robert Edgar Williams
A Simulation Study of the Power Efficiency of Certain Nonparametric Statistical Tests for Normal Alternatives., Travis Hillman Willis
Studies in Modes of Romantic Heroism With Special Reference to the Work of Mark Twain., James Darrell Wilson
The Educational and Employment Status of Mathematics Teachers Who Graduated From Louisiana Teacher Education Institutions 1965 - 1969., Elton Lamar Womack
A Study of Mathematics Education in the Public Secondary Schools of Louisiana., Francis Pollard Woods