Theses from 2013
Synthesis Of Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Scaffolds From Dioxane/Ethanol Using Control Rate Freezing And Study Of Its Microstructural Properties, George Idicula
Indians and onions : an exploration of the creation of "Curry Bowl" a one-person play, Rani Jessica Jain
Effects of Assorted Coating Materials and Room Temperature Storage on Internal Quality and Oxidative Stability of Shell Eggs, Jinjuta Jirawatjunya
March madness for men, Gabrielle P. Jones
Impacts and recovery of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on vegetation structure and function of Phragmites australis, Chad Robert Judy
Thermal, compositional, and salinity effects on wettability and oil recovery in a dolomite reservoir, Azadeh Kafili Kasmaei
Medical issue or policy? a framing analysis of the medical marijuana issue in U.S. newspapers, Christopher Lee Kaiser
What the Leopard Was Seeking, Rebecca Kaiser
Political activism among Dominican women in literature : imagined experiences and rising voices, Angela Rose Kanney
Discrete time modeling and control of DC/DC switching converter for solar energy systems, Shaghayegh Kazemlou
The Feasibility of Using Vanadium and Nickel to Track Oil Spills in Coastal Environments, Sean Patrick Kenny
Backpacker selves in a hostel: discourse, identity, and existential authenticity, Emley Kerry
Moonlight Sprite, Sungho Kim
Evaluating quaternary glacial till sheet volume and duration of grounding events using sediment flux calculations in the Eastern basin paleotroughs, Ross Sea, Anarctica, Logan Gregory Kirst
On human biological diversity : variation in sexual dimorphism of the skull between African-Americans and European-Americans, Amanda Grace Kittoe
Impacts of artificial reef addition on the nekton community of Louisiana marsh ponds: a before-after-control-impact analysis, Kari Elizabeth Klotzbach
Exploration of comorbid psychopathology symptoms in infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorders, Matthew Jason Konst
The tyrants within us and the thread of history : the creation of "Sic Semper Tyrannis," a one-person play, Benjamin Todd Koucherik
Influence of soil nutrients on reproduction and pathogenicity of Rotylenchulus reniformis on cotton, Herath Mudiyanselage Manjula Thaminda Kularathna
Chronic pain in entertainment media: using empathy to reduce stigma, Rebecca Lang
Placed residue, Thomas LaPann
TOPS Tech Utilization: Systemic Barriers and Facilitators in Louisiana, Melissa Clare Ledoux
Color journal, Meichi Lee
Investigation of Best Practices For Maintenance Of Concrete Bridge Railings, Angel Luis Lence
Monitoring the survival of hatchery-produced spat and larvae on Louisiana public oyster reefs, Erin R. Leonhardt
An evaluation of oyster stocks, grow-out conditions, and off-bottom culture methods for increasing commercial production of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Justin Morgan Leonhardt
The creation of "A Single Revolution of the Sun," a one-person play, Gregory Alan Leute
Community resilience to coastal hazards : an analysis of two geographical scales in Louisiana, Chi Li
An analysis of consumer preferences for grass-fed versus grain-fed beef, Bo Lin
Variability and characteristics of recycled asphalt shingles sampled from different sources, Aaron Lodge
Leadership in environmental and energy design : a true sustainable development model?, Christopher Jay Loser
An examination of the stimuli used in and the theories behind the cross-modal Stroop task, Danielle A. Lutfi-Proctor
An examination of middle school band students' ability to match pitch following short-term vocal technique training, Abby Bush Lyons
Schizotypy: the dynamic relationship between trait and state processes, Rebecca K. MacAulay
A microfluidic bacteria culturing device with MALDI mass spectrometry detection, Pratap reddy machavaram siva
Palate shape and depth : a shape matching and machine learning method for assessment of ancestry from skeletal remains, Christopher Allan Maier
Coastal plants for biofuel production and coastal preservation, Chester Charles Malveaux
stillNoticing, Roberta Ann Massuch
An analysis of the prevalence of the West Nile Virus in relation to health resilience along the Gulf of Mexico, Lillian Patricia Mata
Integrated Technology: Impact of Virtual Labs on Student Achievement Regarding Learner-Content Instruction of Physical Science Concepts (within a High-Needs Middle School), Shekeitra Terel Matthews
you, prey, Sarah Maxwell
Using writing assignments in high school geometry to improve students' proof writing ability, Amanda Choppin McAllister
Energy spectra comparisons for matched clinical electron beams on Elekta linear accelerators using a permanent magnet spectrometer, David McLaughlin
The creation of "Voices in My Head," a one-man show, Anthony Michael McMurray
Emergent irrigation agriculture and settlement patterns in the lower Nepeña Valley, north-central coast of Peru, Caitlyn Yoshiko McNabb
Her voice has life: the myth of echo in psychoanalysis and deconstruction, and the acoustic vision of a new subjectivity, Christian LaCroix Mecham
Segmentation in Hispanic-targeted marketing, Silvia Irene Medrano
Influence of "added" lactose on probiotic properties of yogurt culture bacteria and yogurt characteristics, Behannis Jasmin Mena-Chalas
Corporate use of social media, Viktorya Mirzoyan
Natural Fracture Characterization in the Haynesville Shale, East Texas: A Core Study, Frank Leslie Morgan
Copper oxide wire particles used to control Haemonchus infections : efficacy in giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) at Busch Gardens Tampa and potential mechanism of action, Allyson Kinney Moscona
Changes in anthocyanins throughout the processing of muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) wine, Luke Aaron Mumphrey
Max Neuhaus and the musical avant-garde, Megan Elizabeth Murph
Fault observability in distributed power system, Hamidreza Nazaripouya
A Phylogenetic Analysis of Species Diversity, Specificity, and Distribution of Mycodiplosis on Rust Fungi, Donald Jay Nelsen
Quality of care: analyzing the relationship between hospital quality score and total hospital costs, Jordan Andrew Newell
All-women's flat track roller derby : gender, psychoanalysis, and meaning, Matthew Newsom
The Advertising Exposure Value of Tyrann Mathieu to LSU, Chad Michael Nolan
The effect of frequent quizzing on student learning in a high school physical science classroom, Courtney Bailey Norton
Where do transnational terrorist organizations operate? : the impact of state capacity and civil conflict, Rebecca Noto
Soil organic carbon determination for Louisiana soils via portable x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, Sara Kathryn Nuss
Effect of surface roughness on the efficiency of self-healing polymers, Ifeanyi Janarus Okoro
An examination of the relationship between measurement methods of treatment integrity using the Good Behavior Game classroom intervention, Kristen Colleen O'Leary
Family-related risk factors and their associations with behavior problems of children in foster care, Jena Leigh Ourso
Oxidative stress based response of a transcriptional regulator, OhrR, from Burkholderia thailandensis, Anuja Pande
Erosional resistance of cohesive sediments in coastal saltmarshes, Hem Raj Pant
A Calvinist view of visual art in seventeenth-century Holland : the iconography of Esther in post-Reformation Dutch painting, Sarah Grafton Peaster
Differentiation of voice disorders using objective parameters from harmonic waveform modeling in high-speed digital imaging, Aimee Elaine Perkins
The effects of interactivity and involvement on users' attitude toward and perception of brands and purchase intent on Facebook, Christina Persaud
The Diagnosis of Well Control Complications during Managed Pressure Drilling, Brian Piccolo
Suspensory filaments, Santiago Pineda
The effect of teaching biology concepts with animations compared to static cartoons on content retention, Rebecca Adams Polk
I died I lived : shaping an ecological balance, Shelby Prindaville
Activity of halide-free flux at copper and tin surfaces, Guoying Qu
GPU acceleration of the Variational Monte Carlo Method for Many Body Physics, Kaushik Ragavan Rajagopalan
Effect of Surfactant on Dynamics of a Droplet Released in a Quiescent Medium, Abhijit Rao
Postmemory, feminism, and women's writing in contemporary Spanish novels set in the Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship, Georgia Elena Reagan
Intermix: traditional pre-Columbian art meets contemporary design, Luisa Fernanda Restrepo
Spatial variations in salinity and temperature around the Bay Marchand salt dome, offshore Louisiana, Laurie Richards
Lost in translation : algebraic modeling in the middle school classroom, Danielle Denise Ricks
Constructing geographic areas for homicide research : a case study of New Orleans, Lawrence Keenan Robert
La actitud hacia el castellano en San Antonio, Texas (the attitude towards spanish in San Antonio, Texas), Simone Renee Roberts
Examining the differential effects of the Mystery Motivator intervention using chosen versus unknown reinforcers, Natalie Marie Robichaux
To speak as a human, a modern and as an American : blues rhetoric in Cornel West's prophetic pragmatism, Raquel M. Robvais
Inductivley coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy analysis of heavy metal concentrations in gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) populations in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2011 to 2012, Hannah Paula Rockett
Predicting mechanical properties of southern pine lumber with nondestructive measurements, Jacob Romer
An analysis of femininity : how popular female characters in the media portray contemporary womanhood, Stephanie Ortego Roussell
Invisible Architecture: Underwater Excavation of Site 77, Paynes Creek National Park, Belize, Tekla Chantae Rudie
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry for identificaiton of shrimp, Venkatesulu Salla
Oxygen consumption during exercise: the role of venous occlusion, Tiffany Noel Saltzman
Parallel Suffix Tree Construction for Genome Sequence Using Hadoop, Umesh Chandra Satish
Speak, and speak immediately : the risen subpoena, the executive branch, and the reporter's privilege, Matthew Schafer
Examining the validity and reliability of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales (IT-MAIS) via Rasch analysis, Anne Denise Schubert
Treatments to reduce the risk of Vibrio species in vitro and in shucked oysters, Ronson Renard Scott
Development of a laboratory scale reactor facility to generate hydrogen rich syngas via thermochemical energy conversion, Mandeep Sharma
Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Derived Syngas to Liquid Fuels using Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Pratibha Sharma