Theses from 2009
Comparisons of physicochemical properties of watermelon juice treated with pulsed electric fields and thermal pasteurization, Lauren Nicole Cook
Concepts of freedom: ethical, epistemological, ontological, Marijo Cook
Pulsed electric field influences on acid tolerance, bile tolerance, protease activity and growth characteristics of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-K, Olga Antonina Cueva
Laser assisted friction stir welding: finite volume method and metaheuristic optimization, Shivani Daftardar
An evaluation of endurance and combined endurance and resistance training on fitness and C-reactive protein, Laura A. Daray
Ficta as mentalia: surveying theories of fiction in search of plausible ontology, Joseph John Dartez
A simulation-based evaluation of alternative initial responses to gas kicks during managed pressure drilling operations, Majid Davoudi
The role of Yusef Akbar Azziz Al-Nassar Gamel El-Fayoumy and the construction of specific relationships in the play The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Kaluhath Kenneth De Abrew
A sense of community and community change: an ethnographic study of a contemporary Louisiana juke joint as it compares to historical literature on the subject, Kristopher Ian Debnam
Resiliency of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina: a study of communities three years after the storm, Lauren Marie DeFrank
Development and thermal characterization of cellulose/clay nanocomposites, Christopher D. Delhom
Sialic Acid Conjugated Chitosan for the Attenuation of Amyloid-beta Toxicity, Dhruva Dilip Dhavale
Life history characteristics of alligator gar, Atractosteus spatual, in the Bayou DuLarge area of southcentral Louisiana, Kayla Cheree DiBenedetto
Nutrition and eating habits in adolescent television programs: a content analysis of food and beverage consumption on popular teen television, Carly Nicole Dickson
Using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) to discriminate between children with autism and children with language impairments without autism, Whitney Nicole Dolan
Effects of warming end of lay broiler breeder eggs during the storage period on hatchability, Jennifer Michelle Dowden
City as prison: negotiating identity in the urban space in the nineteenth-century novel, Anita Michelle Dubroc
A Non-Invasive Semiconductor Optical System To Measure Skin Tension, Anna Charron Dugas
Heidegger and Dewey: science in a post-metaphysical world, Michael Allen Dusch
Supercritical fluid extraction and analysis of plant oils, Tianchuan Du
Segmented field electron conformal therapy with an electron multi-leaf collimator, John Gordon Eley
Realtime reservoir characterization and beyond: cyber-infrastructure tools and technologies, Yaakoub Youssef El-Khamra
La música popular como arena de negociación en la literatura caribeña contemporánea, Telba Espinoza Contreras
Jewish identity on the stage: the roles of Saint Matthew and Caiaphas the Elder in Stephen Adly Guirsis's' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Andrew Paul Fafoutakis
Yours, mine, & ours, Mallory Lynn Feltz
Geometric Capacity Studies for DTV Transmitter Identification By Using Kasami Sequences, Xiaoyu Feng
Hydrodynamic response to cold fronts along the Louisiana coast, Zhixuan Feng
A decision making framework for hurricane evacuation and sheltering, Jason Fennell
Self-healing of fiber reinforced polymer compoistes [sic], Nebiyu Fikru
Hearing assessment of forest loggers, Antonio A. Fonseca
Effects of acephate on the distribution of tarnished plant bugs within the cotton plant profile, Kyle Andrew Fontenot
The development of a pore pressure and fracture gradient prediction model for the Ewing Banks 910 area in the Gulf of Mexico, Jeffrey Steven Fooshee
The use of the online tutorial and assessment system, MathXL, in teaching of Algebra I, Darlene Noble Ford
The expedition, Shawn Quincy Foreman
Reflections on pleasure: the fourteenth-century Alhambra, Amanda Sharon Foret
Altering sweet potato starch functionality by amino acids and pH treatments, Jonathan Futch
A systematic investigation into relationships within Mexican pocket gophers, Thomomys umbrinus (Rodentia Geomyidae), Amber Gates
Relationship of maternal serum fatty acids and body mass index, Emily Fontenot Gilbert
Factors affecting the efficacy of feedback use during source monitoring, Stephanie Groft
Intracellular ice formation in adult stem cells in the presence of polyvinyl pyrrolidone, Avishek Guha
A mineral survey of Louisiana beef cow/calf production systems, Kyle Austin Guidry
Advocacy groups in the wake of Hurricane Katrina: who shapes coverage of wetlands loss, Paul Harang
The effects of bait type, trap-soak duration, and trap modification on harvest of red swamp crawfish, David C. Hardee
Rejecting the Epistolary Woman: modern female protagonists in Mariama Bâ's Une si longue lettre and Ying Chen's Les lettres chinoises, Rosemary Michele Harrington
Gas transfer in air-lifts used to recirculate aquaculture systems, Ryan Anthony Hearn
Power capabilities and similarity of interests: a test of the power transition theory, Garrett Alan Heckman
Chondrocyte death in canine osteochondral explants exposed to 0.5 percent bupivacaine, Geoffrey Stuart Hennig
Translocation success of adult red-cockaded woodpeckers, Erin Herbez
Gender differences in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and comorbid psychopathology, Julie Hess
Dosimetric evaluation of a delivery verification and dose reconstruction method for helical tomotherapy, Ricky Hesston
A study of the self-assembly of water-soluble porphyrins in aqueous solution, Javoris Hollingsworth
Moderating effects of knowledge, gender, and education on the relationship between environmental value orientation and support for Louisiana coastal restoration, Meya Voorhies Holloway
Crop coefficients for cotton in northeastern Louisiana, Sean Allen Hribal
Sediment records of modern and prehistoric hurricane strikes in Weeks Bay, Alabama, Yun Huang
My journey: eight thousand miles of clouds and moon, Frances D. Hu
Boxing with shadows: contentious politics, culture jamming, and radical creativity in tactical innovation, David Matthew Iles, III
Impact of intrafraction motion on post-mastectomy TomoTherapy of the chest wall, Shima Ito
High school students' attitudes toward single-sex choir versus mixed choir, Jenna Leigh Jackson
Typewriters typing typist: a performance history, Sarah Kathryn Jackson
Downhole water loop (DWL) well completion for water coning control --- theoretical analysis, Lu Jin
Environmental influences on the mobility and speciation of arsenic in the geothermal waters of El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile, Lindsey R. Johnson
Voice initiation and voice offset patterns in normal females: investigated by high speed digital imaging, Rebecca LeBlanc Jopling
Efficiency of Cellulase Enzyme Immobilized on Magnetic Nanoparticles, Jason Jordan
The effect of participation in performing ensembles on listening practices of adolescents, Katie Kalota
Xavier Gonzalez, Erika Katayama
The Pasquale Amato correspondence at Louisiana State University, Sarah Wells Kaufman
Using demographic models to manage Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.), Metha Martine Klock
A Heideggerian route through Kuhnian revolutions, Ashley Knox
Preparation of the Chinese sweet leaf tea extract and its anti-obesity effect in rodents, Gar Yee Koh
Freeway crash and lane compliance under truck lane restriction and differential speed limit, Murat Korkut
Dynamical investigation of a manned capsule/tether re-entry system, Jeffrey Alan Kornuta
Assessing the silicon status of rice (Oryza sativa), Joseph Eugene Kraska
Heidegger, aletheia, and assertions, Erin M. Kraus
Impact of endorser and message appeal on the success of an online AIDS PSA, Arti Kulkarni
The spontaneous generation of excess and its capitalist capture, Ryanson Alessandro Ku
The correlation between creativity and burnout in public school classroom teachers, Patricia Landeche
Mightier than the sword: writing 19th-century crime, Megan Lawrence
Team task interdependence perceptions: toward an integrative model of teamwork, Jared LeDoux
Numerical investigation of film cooling fluid flow and heat transfer using large eddy simulations, David Houston Leedom
Public opinion and policy liberalism in Louisiana: does political trust have an effect?, Susan Quinn Lemieux
Applying the isotope pairing technique to evaluate how water temperature and habitat type influence denitrification estimates in Breton Sound, Louisiana, Peter L. Lenaker
Biomechanical evaluation of a 6.5-mm headless, tapered variable pitch screw (Acutrak Plus) in equine and synthetic bone, Andrew James Czak Lewis
The efficacy of positive peer reporting procedures for use with neglected-status students in general education classrooms, Lisa Libster
Autonomic response and behavioral performance of avid video game players on a decision-making task, Patrick Clinton Lingenfelter
On the Effects of Peripheral Sliding Velocity and Operating Differential Pressure in Rotary O-ring Seals, Karan Lingerkar
Michael Martin and the moral argument for God's existence, Robert Keith Loftin
Comorbid psychopathology in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities, Santino Vincent LoVullo
Nighthawk Zebradangle, Benjamin Samuel Lowenkron
Rate of change with applications in physics problems, Maria Ludu
Religiosity and Chinese immigrants' marriage, Yaxin Lu
Moppet*Sense, Tyler Rochelle Mackie
Induction of acquired stress tolerance for improving landscape survivability of Petunia x hybrida, Jennifer Margaret Mader
Thermomechanical modeling and optimization of friction stir welding, Manthan Malde
Modification of rice starch properties by addition of amino acids at various pH levels, Rosaly Vallejo Manaois
Populations of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Breton Sound and Barataria Bay, Brian William Matherne