Theses from 2013
Temporal Cycles, Sarah Anne Shearer
The use of classroom demonstrations to improve high school students' ability to understand concepts in chemistry, Jessica Langlois Shelton
Spectral breast CT : effect of adaptive filtration on CT numbers, CT noise, and CT dose, Justin Silkwood
Discrimination of sexual minorities and plans to relocate, Margaret H. Smith
Multitude of needs met by an online mom community, Shannon Alexis Snell
Yogurt cultured milk powder as a substitute for yogurt powder, Lijie Song
Differential effect of 14 free fatty acids in the expression of inflammation biomarkers on human coronary arterial cells, Adriana Soto Rodriguez Gil
The effect of Cajun status on kindergartners' use of five grammar structures, Corrina Spedale
An Analysis of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Admission Rates as a Function of Air Pollutants in the Baton Rouge Five-Parish Area, Heather Elizabeth Spindel
"A simple zeal and earnest love to the truth" : the religious journeys of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, and Katherine Parr, Queen of England, Megan Elizabeth Spruell
Interrelationships of caregiving characteristics, burden of caregiving, depressive symptomology, physical health, self-care, life satisfaction and social support of social workers, Katherine Riker Sternberg
Aggregation of uncontrolled fluids during catastrophic system failures in offshore environments, James Thomas Stiernberg
Temporal and spatial variations in the subsurface salinity of Lake Charles, Louisiana : an investigation of saline sources, Alexandria Suding
The creation of "Trash the Dress" : a solo play, Kristina Sutton
Measuring soluble salts in soils via portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Samantha Lynn Swanhart
The real of the postmodern rabble : Žižek and the historical truth of the Hegelo-Lacanian dialectic, Zachary Nathan Tavlin
Yield Detection for Non-Destructive Testing using Ultrasonic Signal Processing, Bharath Murali Thekkedath
The effects of self-examination to peers on student learning in physical science, Leah Ellis Thompson
Effect of atmospheric boundary layer conditions on agricultural spray drift, William Tollefson
Development of watershed-based modeling approach to pollution source identification, Yangbin Tong
A case history of use and management of the Baton Rouge fresh water aquifer system, A. Hays Town, Jr.
Exploring Student Perseverance in Problem Solving, Angelique Renee (Treadway) Duncker
The effects of the peer instruction technique Think-Pair-Share on students' performance in chemistry, Kathleen Sipos Trent
Characterization of Epibenthic and Demersal Megafauan at Mississippi Canyon 252 Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Marla Maxine Valentine
Influence of "added" whey protein isolate on probiotic properties of yogurt culture bacteria and yogurt characteristics, Luis Alfonso Vargas Lopez
Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblage composition and diversity at revetted banks in the Pearl River and the response of these assemblages to a paper mill effluent spill, Jose Alexander Vazquez
Comprehensive Study of the Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, Gregory Lewis Vick
El uso variable de los pronombres sujetos en el castellano puertorriqueño hablado en Luisiana y Puerto Rico, Lee-Ann Marie Vidal Covas
Entitled, Kimberly Eve Vodicka
Translating the fashion story: analyzing fashion captions in two women's magazines, Ehimwenma O. Vosper-Woghiren
Statistical classification problems in assessment of teachers, Xuan Wang
Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services : a case study of child welfare workers' burnout, Crystal Ward
Faced with faces, Donald E. Watkins
A secondary monitor unit calculation algorithm using superposition of symmetric, open fields for IMRT plans, Adam Michael Watts
Computed tomographic assessment of canine arytenoid lateralization, James Richard Wignall
The Walker Art Center website : a study of cultural administration, Rae Jung Wilburn
The effects of MorphoPhonic Faces as a method for teaching sight words, Ashley Jean Williams
"What do separate and unequal schools look like in the 21st century? The legacy of state sponsored racial segregation in the South", Jerel Williams
Assessment of detection and characterization of simulated lung nodules with low-dose CT, Kendrick J. Williams
Investigating soil property and quality changes from samples submitted to the LSU AgCenter Soil Testing Laboratory, Mark A. Williams
Simple and Fast Reconstruction of 6 MV Radiotherapy Doses to the Whole Body, Lydia Joyce Wilson
The collaged practice : (un)familiar, Raina Beth Wirta
Monsters and men : the life and works of Sascha Schneider, Alice Wolfe
Scientific modeling & scientific realism : a view from biological morphology, Bradley Morgan Wood
Relationship between childhood sexual abuse, weight, and attitudes toward obesity in lesbians, Amy L. Wright
The rebranding of the Brooklyn Nets : a discourse analysis, Michael Shane Wunderlich
The influence of Commerce silt loam soil texture on reproduction and pathogenicity of Rotylenchulus reniformis on cotton, Déborah Magalhães Xavier
Blind LDPC encoder identification, Tian Xia
Adaptive Stochastic Conjugate Gradient optimization for temporal medical image registration, Huanhuan Xu
Hydraulic fracturing and water use in Dallas, Texas, Sarah Yates
Discrete phase simulations of drilled cuttings transport process in highly deviated wells, doguhan yilmaz
Evaluating the effectiveness of a classwide social skills intervention with preschoolers and kindergarteners, Haley E. York
Biofilter Treatment of Gas Phase β-Caryophyllene at Elevated Temperature, Yiying Yue
Inertial oscillations in the Gulf of Mexico during 2005 hurricane season, Fan Zhang
Extending to fashion category: an exploratory study on an auto brand extension, Langchao Zhang
Silver Transport and Adsorption-Desorption in Soils: Influence of Zinc, Liyun Zhang
Performance and power comparisons between Fermi and Cypress GPUs, Ying Zhang
Novel Separation Strategy For Processing Biopyrolysis Liquids, Chuanlin Zhao
Theses from 2012
Measurement of interfacial tension in hydrocarbon/water/dispersant systems at deepwater conditions, Mohamed Abdelrahim
Commuting patterns and labor markets: a new regional classification for Louisiana, Deepa Acharya
Oil-Mediated Mortality and Induced Behavioral Modifications of Coastal Insects, Benjamin Jacob Adams
Lentiviral transduction of epigenetically modified bovine adult stem cells, Meredith Kathleen Addison
Assessing effectiveness of concept map as instructional tool in high school biology, Ritchie Adlaon
Experimental study of the effect of drilling fluid contamination on the integrity of cement-formation interface, Nnamdi Charles Agbasimalo
Predictors of positive adjustment in children exposed to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina, Jamarri Raimon Aikins
Laboratory Evaluation of Geosynthetics to Stabilize/Reinforce the Subgrade/Base in Unpaved Roadways, Imran Akond
A survey of ballistosporic phylloplane yeasts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sebastian Albu
A study of children's musical play at the Little Gym, Alison Elaine Alexander
Development of a frozen yogurt fortified with a nano-emulsion containing purple rice bran oil, Luis Alonso Alfaro Sanabria
Determining impact: using formative evaluation in a professional development program for teachers of mathematics and science, Tiah B. Alphonso
Out of many, one: Glimpses of the USA by Charles and Ray Eames, The Family of Man by Edward Steichen, and universal thought in cold war propaganda, Elizabeth Lane Altimus
Comparing extinction and noncontingent reinforcement under challenging conditions: the discriminative effects of reinforcement delivery, Jessica Pearl Alvarez
Sources of salinization of the Baton Rouge aquifer system: southeastern Louisiana, Callie Elizabeth Anderson
Effects of seeding rates of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) on sediment loading and nutrient transport via surface runoff, Jason Robert Anderson
Ensemble Methods for Malware Diagnosis Based on One-class SVMs, Xing An
An Analysis of Change in Policy Context Regarding COREXIT Dispersant Use Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Kelly Arceneaux
Partnership Representation in Public Communications: An Analysis of Community-Engaged Universities' Websites, Christy Kayser Arrazattee
An electronic architecture for mediating digital information in a hallway fac̦ade, Narendra Nallapeta Aswathanarayana setty
FRP stiffener efficiency coefficient for SBS shear strengthening applications, Hamed BabaizadehRoshanfekr
Effect of instructional methodologies on student achievement modeling instruction vs. traditional instruction, Jacqueline Grace Barker
Using generalized estimating equations to analyze repeated measures binary data from the young adolescent crowd study, Lauren Ashley Beacham
An analysis of tropical storm surge trends for the Atlantic coast of the United States, Stephen Beckage
The effects of oyster harvest on resident oyster reef communities and reef structure in coastal Louisiana proper, Steven Lee Beck
The effects of iodixanol present during equine semen cryopreservation, David Paul Beehan
Hijos de la decadencia: transgressive representations of gender in the works of Emilia Pardo Bazán, Sarah Berard
U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircon in quartzites of the Sawtooth Metamorphic Complex, Sawtooth Range, Idaho, USA, Philip Gerard Bergeron
Development and utilization of molecular markers to study genetic diversity of smooth cordgrass and cold tolerance sugarcane, Lina Bernaola Alvarado
Detection and Characterization of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates: Pentaplex PCR Assay and its Application., Nabanita Bhattacharyya
A cross-sectional study of the relationship between political ideology and state legislative responses to payday lending, Louie Fletcher Bickham III
How level of globalization affects public opinion towards globalization in particular nations, Nickolaus Bizzio
Spatial variability in response of deltaic baldcypress forests to hydrology and climate, Som Bahadur Bohora
Le Nègre Blanc de Bel Air: la construction d'une identité hybride réunionnaise, Jessica Bombard
Shear strength evaluation of an erosional soil system at Fourchon Beach, Jacques Pierre Boudreaux
Design and optimization of 2.5 dimension porous media micromodel for nanosensor flow experiments, Saade Alexis Bou-Mikael
The return to the world: precís of a defense of Heideggerian realism, Graham Charles Bounds
Building the Big Chief: Charles Garnier and the Paris of his time, Paige Bowers