Theses from 2010
Kudzu Boy & Lucian Tyro, Tyler Smith
The Erechtheion: deciphering the fragments of the Ionic frieze, Shannon Jenae Smoke
Carprofen-induced oxidative stress in mitochondria of the colonic mucosa of the dog, Lynne A. Snow
The effect of task difficulty on preschoolers' problem-solving and emotion-regulation strategy use, Courtney Marie Snyder
In Stellations, Jordan Soyka
Geological analysis and hydrodynamic modeling of tropical cyclone influence: northeastern Gulf of Mexico inner shelf, Amy Lynn Spaziani
Spatial Variations of Salinity, Temperature and Pressure on the Flank of a Salt Dome, Offshore Louisiana: Implications for Mechanisms of Fluid Flow, Andrew Kevin Steen
Determination of the economic optimal cycle length for major sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) varieties in Louisiana, Juan Steer Nunes
Why they stay and why the go: a study of retention and attrition during the transition from middle to high school in the large-ensemble instrumental music classroom, Kathryn Elizabeth Strickland
Creencias y actitudes populares hacia la mezcla del Español y el Inglés (popular attitudes and beliefs towards the mixing of Spanish and English), Sarah Ward Sullivan
Evaluation of green tea extract as a glazing material for shrimp frozen by cryogenic and air-blast freezing, Srijanani Sundararajan
Evaluating different health communicatioin theories to deter college binge drinking: a look at promising directions for future research, Kristen Meyer Sunde
Investigating the effectiveness of informal science education through quantitative and qualitative analysis: Ocean Commotion, Catherine Angela Sutera
A comparison of soil and corn kernel Aspergillus flavus populations: evidence for niche specialization, Rebecca Ruth Sweany
Comprehensive study of parameters for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment planning, Catharine Elizabeth Talbert
Read Coordinates, Jennifer Tamayo
Stereotype and representation of Near and Middle Eastern peoples in la bande dessinee, Brandon Matthew Thomas
Fraction competency and algebra success, Coretta Thomas
Effects of emulsion coatings on the internal quality and shelf life of eggs, Damir Dennis Torrico
The blame is in the frame: inter-reality comparisons of crime reports and local news crime coverage on the internet, Dana Marie Tumblin
Empirically evaluating and developing alarm rate standards for liquid pipeline control room operators, Glen David Uhack II
Attention is not required to maintain feature bindings in visual working memory, Amanda van Lamsweerde
Resistant starch and sodium butyrate reduce body fat in rodents, Kirk Adam Vidrine
Multi-scale habitat associations of shorebirds during spring migration in southwestern Louisiana rice fields, Rachel K. Villani
"To liberate communication": the Realist and Paul Krassner's 1960s, Terry Joel Wagner
Christian community and the development of an Americo-Liberian identity, 1824-1878, Andrew N. Wegmann
Getting off the ground with AP Calculus, David Frank Woods
Prepartum maternal cortisol concentrations on postnatal cortisol concentration and immunoglobulin absorption in neonatal dairy calves, Dana Nadine Wooley
Play pretty, Brad Wreyford
Experimental study on single cement fracture exposed to CO2 saturated brine under dynamic conditions, Tevfik Yalcinkaya
Copula and default correlation, Dongxiang Yan
Rare earth elements as an investigative tool into the source, age, and ecology of late Miocene to late Pleistocene fossils from the Tunica Hills, Louisiana, Lindsey Theresa Yann
Over the rim where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, Jungrim Yea
Nanomechanics of muscovite subjected to nanoindentation and the pertinent indentation size effect, Hang Yin
Reproduction in female diploid and triploid eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica): comparison of gonadal changes correlated with prostaglandin E2, Esther Faith Young
Rapid microwave-assisted acid extraction of chromate copper arsenate (CCA)-treated southern pine, Bin Yu
A study of the aspectual complements of 'begin' and 'start', Xinzheng Zhao
Design and fabrication of micronozzles for drug delivery applications, Yuxuan Zhou
Speciation of heavy metals in disturbed and undisturbed sediments from Atchafalaya Bay, Houma Navigation Canal, and Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Amanda Jo Zimmerman
Theses from 2009
The effect of stimulus choice on a discrimination task: pictures vs. objects, Kristen Abbondante
Leaving special educators behind?: an analysis of the No Child Behind Act and its impact on special education teachers, Joseph Martin Abel
Do laminated sediment-gravity-flow deposits on the Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf record ice sheet grounding events?, Vincent Clyde Adams
Assessing the Accuracy of Task Time Prediction of an Emerging Human Performance Modeling Software - CogTool, Oluwakemi Damilola Adio
Mechanistic foam modeling and simulations: gas injection during surfactant-alternating-gas processes using foam-catastrophe theory, Ali Afsharpoor
Characterization of endoreplicated nuclei in Arabidopsis thaliana, Rasheed A. Ahmad
Prioritization of safety countermeasures for the state of Louisiana using fuzzy inference systems, Meisam Akbarzadeh
Asynchronous replication of metadata across multi-master servers in distributed data storage systems, Ismail Akturk
Atomistic simulations of lipid bilayers in the presence of dimethylsulfoxide, Raghava Alapati
The Plame Game: framing a political scandal, Misty Dawn Albrecht
Dynamic behavior of unsaturated soils, Prathima Alla
Writers on writing instruction: experiences and advice from professional writers, Sheri Allen
Provenance studies of volcanic clasts from the Santa Fe Group, San Luis Basin, Colorado: a guide to tectonic evolution, Corine Kay Armstrong
A geochemical paleoecological analysis of Miocene mammalian mega fauna of Fort Polk, Louisiana, Travis Lamar Atwood
Fundamental characterization of unbound base course materials under cyclic loading, Aaron Matthew Austin
Certification: implications for sustainable forest management and timber export trade in Ghana, Abraham Baffoe
Mathematics Grade 8 LEAP scores: a predictor of student success in dimensional analysis?, Martha Lauren Baggett
Creating an empirically derived community resilience index of the Gulf of Mexico region, Ariele Nicole Baker
The role of Fabiana Aziza Cunningham in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot: a production thesis in acting, Leigh-Erin Balmer
Integrated technology: does it affect learner outcomes?, Adam Ross Barrett
Markets rising, Philip Bastian
Greedy methods for approximate graph matching with applications for social network analysis, Partha Basuchowdhuri
Thermal characterization of plain and carbon nanotube reinforced syntactic foams, Pratap Chandrashekhara Bhat
Seasonal growth and shading potential of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) and shade response of perennial weeds, Mariana Ferreira Bittencourt
Comparison of brachial artery vasoreactivity in elite athletes and age-matched controls, Paul Joseph Blalock
Comparison of helical tomotherapy and mixed beam treatment plans for superficial head and neck cancers, Olivier C. Blasi
Impact of watershed delineation detail on hydrologic process modeling in low slope areas, Jason Alexander Braud
The stereotypic portrayal of women in slasher films: then versus now, Chad Brewer
Effect of milk replacer composition on growth and rumen development of neonatal Holstein calves, Anthony Joseph Bridges
Fine- to basin-scale distributions of Calanus finmarchicus and its predators in three deep basins of the Gulf of Maine during December 1998 and 1999 from Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) data, Christian Briseño-Avena
Forever New Orleans?: a look back and beyond, Blair Alexis Broussard
Your land is my land: exploring land policy in Tangerang, Indonesia using Kingdon's Multiple Streams Model, Milla Budiarto
Enhancing reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes and ethanes in a natural treatment system, Caroline Burda
Nutrient and sediment losses from surface runoff during bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) establishment on a levee embankment, Robert Wilson Burwell, Jr.
The hyperinsulinemia-hyperleptinemia syndrome in horses: assessment of methods of diagnosis and differential effects of insulin injection on glucose, glucagon and nonesterified fatty acids in plasma, Thomas Joseph Caltabilota
Sociolinguistic characteristics of the Latino population in the Baton Rouge metro area, Dally Campos Molina
Putting a face on prehistory: reconstructing Late-Mississippian faces, Alicia Canfield
A comparative study of geometry curricula, Robyn Williams Carlin
Numerical modeling for long term performance of soil-bentonite cut-off walls in unsaturated soil zone, Sukanta Chakraborty
Determination of minimum safe cooking temperatures for shrimp to destroy foodborne pathogens, Sailaja Chintagari
Functionally gradient syntactic foams, Kanakaji Chittineni
Influence of tick transmission on the host response to Rickettsial infection, Soma Chowdhury
How to Break Article Noun, Carolyn Barlow Chun
The Modification, System Software Development, Validation, and Clinical Trial of a Novel Ankle Stiffness Testing Device, T. Tyler Clement
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