Theses from 2009
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
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