Theses from 2010
Misconceptions on force and gravity among high school students, Jane Ragasa Pablico
Macular pigment optical density during pregnancy and its relationship to the diet, Alicia Page
Off-farm labor supply by farm operators and spouses: a comparison of estimation methods, Mahesh Pandit
Playground in-between, Yoojeung Park
Factors affecting the interface shear strength of pavement layers, Nachiketa Bharat Patel
Itraconazole loaded poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanoparticles for improved antifungal activity, Nipur Rajan Patel
Positron autoradiography for intravascular vulnerable plaque imaging, Peter Petrek
Bioluminescence, Zachary Pfeifer
Modeling and analysis of radial flux toroidally wound twin rotor permanent magnet motor, Ravi Kishore Pratapa
Agenda preference deliberations, David Pulliam
Finding the originals: a study of the Roman copies of the Tyrannicides and the Amazon group, Courtney Ann Rader
Estimated impact of left lane truck restriction on Louisiana highway pavement using MEPDG, Mini Radhakrishnan
Audio watermarking using transformation techniques, Rajkiran Ravula
Operational and safety assessment of joint and conventional lane merge configurations for freeway work zones, Pradeep Rayaprolu
Patterns and mechanisms of the exploitation of mutualisms, Ellen McGrail Reid
The reunification of American Methodism, 1916-1939: a thesis, Blake Barton Renfro
Using Algae to Estimate Postmortem Submersion Interval in a Louisiana Bayou, Sophia Renke
Functional characterization of a non-cytoplasmically localized Dps protein from Deinococcus radiodurans, Brian Reon
Project explorations and student learning in geometry, Verna Marie Richard
Effective lesson planning: field trips in the science curriculum, Cynthia Rau Rieger
The effectiveness of a natural carbohydrate source (sun-dried raisins) versus sports jelly beans on prolonged cycling performance, Helena Rietschier
Dry event trends and frequencies in the south central United States, Michael Roberts
Prototype electron phantom for radiographic and radiochromic film dosimetry, Chad Joseph Robertson
Mixed-race ancestry and its impact on the facial reconstruction process, Jermaine Carl Robinson
Recent advances in glylons science, Cornelia Rosu
An operational policy for a single vendor multi buyer integrated inventory supply chain system considering shipping time, Chiranjit Saha
Surfactant-induced flow behavior effects in gas condensate reservoirs, Bikash Deep. Saikia
A portable phonatory feedback device for patients with speech disorders, Richie Sajan
Integrating lattice space-time codes of highest rank and multiplexing over rayleigh fading channels, Vamshi Krishna Samudrala
The model system C. elegans demonstrates the health benefits of legumes and the potential benefits of legume consumption, Carla Michele Sandlin
Patterns of habitat suitability and abundance trends of current and candidate coastal fish species of concern in Louisiana, Elin Rose Sandy
"Unspottyd lambs of the Lord": Presbyterianism and the people in Elizabethan London, Katherine E. Sawyer
Investigating the ironwood tree (Casuarina equisetifolia) decline on Guam using applied multinomial modeling, Karl Anthony Schlub
Recreating the image of women in Mexico: a genealogy of resistance in Mexican narrative set during the Revolution, Julia Maria Schneider
The interactions between sentence complexity, working memory, and additional working memory load: an on-line measure, Christy Seidel
Communicating conservation: public relations practitioners' communication efforts to inform the public of the detriments of coastal erosion and wetlands loss, Stephanie Ellene Shaddock
Evaluation of a Vegetative Landform Cap to Reduce Water Percolation, Dana Maghee Shaw
Effects of meal timing on anabolic hormone status and energy metabolism in neonatal dairy calves, Katherine Claire Simon
Factors that affect sleep in adults with developmental disability, Megan Sipes
Delineation of a produced water plume in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Matthew C. Smith
Demography, health status, and mortuary rituals of the late Woodland Poole-Rose ossuary, Ontario, Canada: a study of the clavicles, Nicole Elizabeth Smith
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