Theses from 2005
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco: her press strategies and the local press, Brecke Megan Latham
"Is there a translator in teh [sic] house?": cultural and discourse analysis of a virtual speech community on an internet message board, Tracy Rene LeBlanc
Oxidation of sugarcane bagasse using a combination of hypochlorite and peroxide, Yong-Jae Lee
Associations of avian and herpetofauna communities with forest management at multiple spatial scales, Holly Grace LeGrand
Molluscan taphonomy as a proxy for recognizing fossil seagrass beds, Jill Suzanne Leonard-Pingel
Water quality modeling for unconventional BOD, Trieu Van Le
Cryopreservation of reproductive cells and tissues, Guanglei Li
A crisis of opportunity: the example of New Orleans and public education in antebellum Louisiana, Sarah Elisabeth Lipscomb
The role of Sylvester Brown in August Wilson's Ma' Rainey's Black Bottom: a production thesis in acting, Eric Jerard Little
Environmental factors influencing incubation constancy and recess frequency in Gadwall (Anas strepera) in the prairie pothole region of North Dakota, Nicole F. Lorenz
American disillusionment and the search for self-fulfillment in the 1970's: a cultural history of Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, and Saturday Night Fever, Joshua Elliot Lubin
The role of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth: a production thesis in acting, Taralyn Adele MacMullen
Dental evidence for division of labor among the prehistoric Ipiutak and Tigara of Point Hope, Alaska, Felicia Madimenos
Simulations and Experimental Analysis of High-Aspect-Ratio Diffusive Micro-Mixers, Amit Maha
Heuristics for offset assignment in embedded processors, Satya Swaroop Mahapatra
Target tracking in wireless sensor networks, Tarun Anand Malik
Sensorsimulator: simulation framework for sensor networks, Cariappa D. Mallanda
Riding out the risks: an ethnographic study of risk perceptions in a South Louisiana bayou community, Susan Camille Manning
Advanced Grid Stiffened composite structures, Dinesh Maricherla
Modeling of chemical fate and transport in the environment, Andre Marquette
The purpose of magazine Web sites, Mark Marquez II
Comparative Analysis of Conventional and ICI-Self-Cancellation Digital Video Broadcasting Transceivers, Khaled Z. Matarneh
Java as a Western construct: an examination of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' "The History of Java", Natalie A. Mault
Purification and structural characterization of caged DNA oligonucleotides, Brendan Michael McAdams
Press Street: a concept for preserving, reintroducing and fostering local history, Brian J. McBride
The roles of Melibea/Isabelle/Hippolyta in Tony Kushner's adaptation of The Illusion: a production thesis in acting, Michelle Elain McCoy
Fashion involvement of affluent female consumers, Robin Danielle McFatter
Sufficient to make heaven weep: the American army in the Mexican War, Brian M. McGowan
Palimpsest encounters: a baseline study of Federal, Antebellum, and Postbellum New Orleans gardens using the Notarial Archives drawings, Cecilia L. McNab
Petite women: fit and body shape analysis, Lisa Barona McRoberts
The 17 kDa protein in photosystem II, purification and interaction with the photosystem, Glen Meades
Improving homework in adolescents with ADHD: comparing training in self- vs. parent-monitoring of homework and study skills completion, Kara J. Meyer
Sediment TMDL calculations for Amite River, Pradeep Kumar Mishra
Modeling and experimentation of drying of adipose derived adult stem cells, Surbhi Mittal
Four dimensional presentations as a new representation method: a proposal for the use of interactive multimedia presentation in landscape architecture, Kinoto Miyakoda
Modeling destination choice and measuring the transferability of hurricane evacuation patterns, Naveen Kumar Modali
Mordred: treachery, transference, and border pressure in British Arthurian romance, George Gregory Molchan
Simulation of a micro jet cooling array, Pierre Montanier
La madame et la mademoiselle: Creole women in Louisiana, 1718-1865, Katy Frances Morlas
Identification of 'structural alerts' and associated mechanisms of action of mammary gland carcinogens in female rodents, Shanna Tommika Moss
Defining modernity: mentality and ideology under the French Second Empire, Gavin Murray-Miller
The role of heparanase in malignant melanoma and the development of a brain slice model to study mechanisms of brain metastatic melanoma in vivo, Brian Paul Murry
Image processing techniques to identify predatory birds in aquacultural settings, Uma Devi Nadimpalli
Scalable schemes against Distributed Denial of Service attacks, Kishori Nanduri
Herbicide retention as affected by sugarcane mulch residue, Brian J. Naquin
A study of distributed clustering of vector time series on the grid by task farming, Arun B. Nayar
An application of parallel computation to Collaborative Optimization, Shahab Nayyer
Functionalization of gold and glass surfaces with magnetic nanoparticles using biomolecular interactions, Bala Sesha Giri Rao Nidumolu
Stability of stochastic pricing models under volatility fluctuations, Krassimir Zhivkov Nikolov
Effect of back belt on inter-joint coordination and postural index value under self selected manual lifting technique, Ashish Dashrathrao Nimbarte
Modeling the fate and transport of chlorinated benzenes in Baton Rouge Bayou, Sudheer Nimmagadda
Evaluation of vetiver oil and alate biology as preventative measures against the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Karen Elizabeth Nix
Modification of CT quality assurance phantom for PET/CT alignment and PET resolution, Prashanth K. Nookala
The still beat, John Harlan Norris
Une Société Nouvelle: the decline of the Gaullist party and France's move to the left, Neal A. Novak
Platform recruited reef fish, Phase I: do platforms provide habitat that increase the survival of juvenile reef fishes?, Lauren Kay Nowling
Liquid feeding in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Kathryn Shea O'Brien
Finite element modeling approach and performance evaluation of fiber reinforced polymer sandwich bridge panels, Stanley Onyema Oghumu
This is what I meant when I told you, Ryan David O'Malley
Skepticism about contextualism, William Galloway Osborne III
Vernacular exposures at the Aillet House: anthropological interpretations of material culture and cultural change, Kelli Ostrom
The impact of training on caregiver responsiveness, Carrie Lou Ota
A bioeconomic supply model for Louisiana nutria and impacts on wetlands conservation associated with economic incentives, Cheikhna Ould Dedah
Diagenesis of Mudstones, Offshore Texas and Southwestern Louisiana, Maria Antonieta Pacheco
Relative efficacy of school-home notes and classroom based contingencies in low-income elementary school students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Jennette Lea Palcic
Black Catholicism: religion and slavery in antebellum Louisiana, Lori Renee Pastor
Thermal management of the LSU micro gas chromatograph, Praveen K. Pasupuleti
Evaluation of Beauveria bassiana and host plant resistance for the management of rice stink bug in rice agro-ecosystem, Dilipkumar Thakorbhai Patel
Relationships among performance on simulated tasks of decision-making, positive outcome expectancies for MDMA, and age of first MDMA use, Scott Michael Patterson
Master planning communities with wildlife in mind, Helen A. Peebles
Models for ancient Maya coastal site development and economy: examination of Pork and Doughboy Point, Port Honduras, Belize, Kevin Michael Pemberton
Experimental Sloshing Studies in Sway and Heave Base Excited Square Tanks, Wei Peng
Analysis of the talus and calcaneus bones from the Poole-Rose Ossuary: a Late Woodland burial site in Ontario, Canada, Adrienne Elizabeth Penney
Comorbid childhood sexual abuse and substance abuse among women: knowledge, training, and preparedness of graduate counselor education and social work students, Laurie Elizabeth Pennington
Augmented watermarking, Kiranmayi Penumarthi
Failing the race: a historical assessment of New Orleans Mayor Sidney Barthelemy, 1986-1994, Lyle Kenneth Perkins
Flame synthesis of carbon-nanostructures, Saritha Perla
Transforming the hood: faith-based organizations in New Orleans and community development, Jaime Beth Petenko
Hosni and the Lamb, Kevin Phillips
L-glutamine supplementation: effects on recovery from exercise, Tavis Joseph Piattoly
Molecular dynamics simulations of biological membranes in the presence of cryoprotectants, Dinesh Pinisetty
Transform techniques and non-stationarity with an emphasis on network applications, Phat Piron
Musculoskeletal disorders in dentistry, Frank Maurice Pitts
Zeolite and metal oxide catalysts for the production of dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol, Craig Plaisance
Development of software to process aerial images for agricultural purposes, Sirisha Polsapalli
Strategies and beliefs about conflict resolution: comparing children with language-learning disorders to children with typical language development, Karmen Louise Porter
Women's uses of the Internet, Rachelle Powell
A radiographic study of the impact of race and sex on 1st and 2nd molar development, Suzanne Price
Power supply current [IPS] based testing of CMOS amplifier circuit with and without floating gate input transistors, Vanikumari Pulendra
Effect of estradiol-17B on the gonadal developemnt of diploid and triploid female eastern oysters, Roberto Quintana
Do you speak English?: a study on English language proficiency testing of Hispanic defendants in U.S. criminal courts, Jana Anette Radmann
Mesoscopic simulation of grain boundary diffusion creep in inhomogeneous microstructures, Kanishk Rastogi
A tale of two champions: LSU and Southern University compete for coverage in Louisiana newspapers, Damiane Christopher Ricks
Adoption in New Orleans: what agencies are doing to promote it, Emily Barbara Rivers
Digging through discarded identity: archaeological investigations around the kitchen and the overseer's house at Whitney Plantation, Louisiana, Erika Sabine Roberts
The influence of presidential operational code beliefs on U.S. foreign policy actions in the Middle East, Samuel Robison
Three views of anomaly and their heuristic utility, Robert Rose
The effect of emotion on witness suggestibility, Cristine Carmen Roussel
Experimental investigation of stick-slip behavior in granular materials, Lynne E. Roussel