Theses from 2009
Moving over mountains: a woman on the Appalachian Trail, Jessica Susan Matthews
Lay Her Down, Melinda Mauntel
Effects of fuels, weather, and management on fire severity in a southeastern pine savanna, Mindy Claire McCallum
Oil platforms and red snapper movement and behavior, Michael McDonough
The desegregation of New Orleans public and Roman Catholic schools in New Orleans, 1950-1962, Kristina D. McKenzie
Third order CMOS decimator design for sigma delta modulators, Hemalatha Mekala
Affective reactivity of speech disturbances in schizotypy, Kyle Stuart Minor
The black press as a political institution: how the Chicago Defender portrayed Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama's historical presidential campaigns, Cristina Mislan
Neck muscles activity and upper body extremity angles in dynamic overhead lifting, Mohamed Wassim Mokrani
Everyday, Jill Tucker Moore
A shared silence, Jessica Alice Mowers
Intellectual ability in children with anxiety: a replication and exploration of the differences, Melissa S. Munson
Poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide) and chitosan particles for oral delivery of model lipophilic vitamin, Abitha Murugeshu
A humanistic view of Satan: the role of Satan in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Yohance Myles
Secure distributed detection in wireless sensor networks via encryption of sensor decisions, Venkata Sriram Siddhardh Nadendla
Thermomechanical characterization of a shape memory polymer based syntactic foam, Damon Nettles
A Garden-Based Nutrition Education Summer Program Positively Impacts The Fruit And Vegetable Preferences Of Inner-City High School Students, Emily K. Neustrom
While You Were Looking Elsewhere, Jennifer Marie Nunes
Tropical or colonial?: a reception history of Jean Prouve's prefabricated houses for Africa, Kathleen O'Day
Evaluation of interwell connectivity of Little Creek Field, Mississipii [sic] from production data, Gbemisola Yewande Ogunyomi
Crime and punishment: one act ballet, Ronaldo Cadeu de Oliveira
Infant communicative behaviors and maternal responsiveness, Chinwe Laura Onwujuba
Efforts of coating and testing high aspect ratio microfabricated nickel gas chromatography columns, Arun Kumar K Paga
Effects of physical and mental tasks on heart rate variability, Satya Anasuya Paritala
Public opinion and the Katrina disaster: linking support for rebuilding and perceptions of flood victims in New Orleans, Vincenzo Pasquantonio
Three functions for the fac̦ade of Wells Cathedral: competition for the bishopric, liturgy and processions, and Heavenly Jerusalem, Alexandra Leigh Pearson
Les Mains Désenlaceuses: unlocking the relationship of text and music in the Proses Lyriques, Sacha Alexandra Grace Peiser
Characterization of the common eland (Taurotragus oryx) estrous cycle, Parker M. Pennington
The perception of the Louisiana Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program's ability to improve diet and other lifestyle measures of participants, Melly Suyapa Perez Garay
A taphonomic model of concealment: decomposition and the postmortem interval (PMI) in a 55-gallon barrel, Lauren Rebecca Pharr
The isolation and characterization of bovine adult derived adipose stem cells for the use in nuclear transfer, Alicia A. Picou
Evaluating the influence of educational videos and printed materials on Office of Family Support clients' intentions to select, purchase, prepare, and consume healthier foods, Natasha Dee Pittman
The passion over perpetua: a new approach to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis, Eric Poche
Hydro mechanical behavior of unsaturated soil subjected to drying, Dev Raj Pokhrel
Assessment of target purity difference for a Louisiana sugar mill, Luz Stella Polanco
Dose titration of sericea lespedeza leaf meal on Haemonchus contortus infection in crossbred lambs, Dana Alicia Pollard
Aerodynamic and heat transfer studies in a combustor-fired, fixed-vane cascade with film cooling, James William Post
Holocene Evolution and Avulsion History of the Lower Mississippi River, Yazoo Basin, MS, Eric Prokocki
Biocompatible/ Bioresorbable Polymer Based Silver Nanaomaterial Coatng for Chronic Indwelling Medical Devices and Bioscaffolds for Tissue Regrowth, Ammar T. Qureshi
Inestigation of the energy variation on a TomoTherapy HI-Art II using an aluminum stepwedge, Todd Racine
Fatigue fracture and microstructural analysis of Friction Stir Welded butt joints of aerospace aluminum alloys, Vinay Raghuram
Experimental and numerical modeling of stresses in non-conventional cross-sectioned composite pipes, Prashanth Ramachandran
Processor design space exploration and performance prediction, Balachandran Ramadass
Didacticism and reconciliation: instructive discourse in the novels of Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Christopher M. Ray
Sulpicius Severus and Martin of Tours: defending a mentor, securing a saint, Matthew Ryan Reed
Carotid intima-media thickness and physical and cognitive function in elderly men and women: role of physical activity, John Brent Jr. Rhodes
The context and function of four exceptions to effigial wall tomb patronage in Quattrocento Florence, Katy Gail Richardson
Does acute passive stretching alter the optimum height for drop jumping?, Jonathan Samuel Ritchie
Turn-taking and gaze behavior among Cajun French and Cajun English speakers in Avoyelles Parish, Andrew Mandell Riviere
The additive effect of melengestrol acetate (MGA) priming and sodium monensin on reproductive performance in beef heifers, Jonathan Lance Roberts
Project-based high school geometry, Danica Le'Trice Robinson
Role of shelf morphology in grounding-line stability: a numerical approach, Rhonika Robinson
Catholic missionaries in Africa: the White Fathers in the Belgian Congo 1950-1955, Kathryn Rountree
The changing face of the U.S. military: a textual analysis of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy recruiting advertisements from pre-9-11 to six years into the Iraq War, Maryann M. Rowland
United States propaganda in Iran: 1951-1953, Hakimeh Saghaye-Biria
Polyunsaturated fatty acid content of breast milk from women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus, Julissa Marisel Salguero
Mime, Kristin Diane Sanders
Substituted bis(beta-diketones) for molecular squares, Jace Sandifer
Ternary to binary converter design in CMOS using multiple input floating gate MOSFETS, Josephine Ratna Sathiaraj
Simone Martini's St. Louis of Toulouse and its cultural context, Suzette Denise Scotti
The effect of interactive homework on DIBELS performance, Shelley M. Scott
Characterization and transitions of asphalt cement composite materials, Brent Harper Sellers
These savages are called the Natchez: violence as exchange and expression in Natchez-French relations, Kathrine Seyfried
Phosphorus dynamics in the marshland upwelling system, Dhaval Shirish Shah
Vulgar Remedies, Christopher Randall Shipman
Comparing social skills in children with Autistic disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Mary Elizabeth Shoemaker
Seasonal variability in absorption and fluorescence properties of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana, USA, Shatrughan Singh
Effect of rotational or continuous stocking method of winter pasture on beef heifer performance, David G. Skeans
Historic sediment accretion rates in a Louisiana coastal marsh and implications for sustainability, Rebekah Perkins Smith
Two-dimensional microscanners with t-shaped hinges and piezoelectric actuators, Wenyu Song
A comparison of foreign news coverage in the mercantile and popular press of the 1830s, Virgil Ian Stanford
Passenger car equivalents of trucks under lane restriction and differential speed limit policies on four lane freeways, John Stanley
Dance dance attribution: exploring the relationship between dance and attractiveness in intial perceptions, Kellie St.Cyr
Recollections of Paradise Lost, Japheth Alan Storlie
The Imp of the Perverse, Jane Beverly Stubbs
Effects of exercising with a weighted vest on the output of lower limb joints in countermovement jumping, Behdad Tahayori
Supporting decision making in a complex world, Jonathan Tall
Regulation of adipose tissue metabolism by NFkB P65 in transgenic mice, Tianyi Tang
Effects of processing parameters on the embrittlement of self reacting friction stir welds, David Eric Taylor
Accumulation, Jennifer Terbieten Mayer
Advanced microwave technology for biodiesel feedstock processing, Beatrice G. Terigar
Population characteristics of a white-tailed deer herd in a bottomland hardwood forest of south-central Louisiana, Justin W. Thayer
Wendell Berry and the politics of homecoming: place, memory and time in Jayber Crow, Drew Kennedy Thompson
Effects of clenbuterol on skeletal and cardiac muscle in horses, Jessica Thompson
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in women after Hurricane Katrina: predictors and symptom endorsement, Julia E. Thompson
A novel synthesis and characterization of fluorescein isothiocyanate labeled poly(styrenesulfonate sodium salt), Xiaowei Tong
Teaching level-1 braille reading skills within a stimulus equivalence paradigm to children with progressive visual impairments, Karen Ann Toussaint
Selling the ghetto: rap music and entrepreneurialism, Stuart Lucas Tully
Distribution and habitat associations of breeding secretive marsh birds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley of northeast Louisiana, Jonathon Joseph Valente
Determinants of fluid milk quality, Jose Luis Vargas
Dynamics of vortical structures in a low-blowing-ratio pulsed transverse jet, Clementine Vezier
Ratio and proportion: mapping the conceptual field, Christina Vincent
Towards pragmatic competence in communicative teaching: the question of experience vs. instruction in the L2 classroom, Sarah J. Vitale
TNF-alpha inhibition of adiponectin expression by targeting PPAR-gamma and C/EBP in adipocytes, Yanning Wang