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Image-Based Calibration Of A Deformable Mirror In Wide-Field Microscopy, Diwakar Turaga, Timothy E. Holy

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Washington University Magazine, October 2010

Washington University Magazine

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The Law As Justification: A Critical Rationalist Analysis, Michael F. Duggan

North Dakota Law Review

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Putting A Price On Child Porn: Requiring Defendants Who Possess Child Pornography Images To Pay Restitution To Child Pornography Victims, Ashleigh Boe

North Dakota Law Review

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Schools—Handicapped Children: The United States Supreme Court Rules That The 1997 Amendments To Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Do Not Categorically Bar Tuition Reimbursement For Unilateral Private-School Placements, Dennis Ingold

North Dakota Law Review

Forest Grove School District v. T.A., 129 S. Ct. 2484 (2009)In Forest Grove School District v. T.A., the United States Supreme Court held the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) do not mandate that a child must have received special education or related services under the authority of a public agency to be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement for a placement in private school. Allowing school districts to avoid reimbursing parents for the cost of their child’s private special education by claiming the child never received special education in public school would create a perverse incentive …

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Sex Segregation And Young Adults' Gender-Typed Attitudes About Occupations, Lisa M. Didonato

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The present study examined the relation between the prevalence of sex segregation, or the division of men and women within social interactions, and young adults' gender-typed attitudes. Specifically, gender-typed attitudes about the occupations that are preferred for the self and viewed as appropriate for others were investigated. The objectives of the current study were partially based on the suggestion that gender-typed attitudes may be a consequence, as well as a cause, of sex segregation (McHale, Kim, Whiteman, & Crouter, 2004). The gender-typed personality traits of expressivity (i.e., traits typically associated with femininity; e.g., being emotional) and instrumentality (i.e., traits typically …

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Imputation Methods For Dealing With Missing Scores In Biometric Fusion, Yaohui Ding

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Biometrics refers to the automatic recognition of individuals based on their physical or behavioral characteristics. Multimodal biometric systems, which consolidate multiple biometric characteristics of the same person, can overcome several practical problems that occur in single modality biometric systems. While fusion can be accomplished at various levels in a multimodal biometric system, score level fusion is commonly used as it offers a good trade-off between fusion complexity and data availability. However, missing scores affect the implementation of most biometric fusion rules. While there are several techniques for handling missing data, the imputation scheme, which replaces missing values with predicted values, …

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Site Characterization Of Hemlock Stands At Allegheny National Forest, Daniel Farcas

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis is a coniferous tree native to eastern North America. It ranges from northeastern Minnesota eastward through southern Quebec, and from the southern Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and Alabama.;This majestic tree is threatened with elimination by an invasive species Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) Adelges tsugae introduced in the USA in 1924, which is believed to be a native of Asia. HWA reduces shoot growth, provokes branch dieback, and eventually tree death.;One strategy to help mitigate the fast spread of HWA is to determine what may cause host potential resistance to HWA and how to use this …

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Mechanical Degradation Of Thermal Properties Of Flexible Aerogel Blankets, Brice G. Gnahore

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Aerogel materials are of significant interest to numerous applications in many areas of engineering such as oil, gas, aerospace, military, construction, building and apparel because they offer insulating properties that outperform traditional materials by a factor ranging from 2 to 8. Although an aerogel can be manufactured in a clamshell, sleeve or sheet shapes, the most versatile form is a blanket. Aerogel blankets are composites of silica aerogel particles dispersed in a reinforcing fiber matrix that turns the brittle aerogel into a durable and flexible insulating mat.;While aerogel blankets exhibit excellent thermal properties, they are still some concerns over dust …

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Use Of Direct Instruction To Teach Reading To Students With Significant Cognitive Impairments: Student Outcomes And Teacher Perceptions, Philip Michael Kanfush Iii

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether students with significant cognitive impairments make measurable gains in reading skills as measured by the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests -- Revised when taught using Direct Instruction reading programs. Additionally, the study explored teacher perceptions of the effectiveness of Direct Instruction for teaching students with significant cognitive impairments, and examined whether a relationship exists between teacher perceptions and student gains on the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test- Revised. Four special education teachers employed at a private licensed school for exceptional children in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania participated in the study. Repeated measures analyses …

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A Case Study Of Universal Design For Learning Applied In The College Classroom, Marie E. Leichliter

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

As the landscape of education and the demographics of the postsecondary classroom continue to evolve, so too must the teaching practices at our nation's institutions of higher education. This study follows an instructor who has evolved to incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) techniques into her classroom, even though prior to participation in this research study, she had not heard of UDL. UDL is a flexible framework used to design curricula that enable all learners to acquire knowledge, skills, and motivation to learn. This qualitative, descriptive case study addressed how and to what extent UDL techniques are being implemented in …

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Mathematical Modeling In Understanding Nfkb Signaling Pathway, Huanling Liu

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Chronic diseases, cancers and diabetes are associated with dysregulation of many biochemical cues. These biochemical cues are proteins that regulate cellular activity migration and death. The synthesis of these proteins is regulated by nuclear transcription factors. One of the most studied transcription factor is nuclear factor kappa B (NFkappaB). Many different proteins have been identified that regulate the activity of NFkappaB. Yet, how these proteins regulate NFkappaB is still unclear.;Understanding the regulation of NFkappaB is important for developing drugs to treat these diseases. Our long term goal is to understand the mechanisms that regulate NFkappaB activity. The goal of this …

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Phospholipid Enhanced Separation With Capillary Electrophoresis, Ruijuan Luo

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Phospholipids were used as an additive in capillary electrophoresis to enhance the separation of glycans derived from alpha1-acid glycoprotein, fetuin, and ribonuclease B. The properties of phospholipid preparations were dependent upon composition, hydration, and temperature. Separation performance was evaluated as a function of these variables. A preparation of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and 1,2-dihexanoyl-snglycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC), with [DMPC]/[DHPC] = 2.5, in 10% lipid/aqueous buffer at 25 °C provided the best separation efficiency at an electric field strength of 400 V/cm. Resolution was enhanced with the additive as well.;Phospholipids were also investigated as an additive for capillary electrophoresis separation of DNA molecules. Lipid preparations …

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Essays On Risk Management Applications To Appalachian Grass -Fed Beef, Maitreyi Mandal

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The study area of this dissertation is the Appalachian state of West Virginia, where pasture-based livestock has traditionally dominated the state's agricultural production sector. Enhanced production risk has been identified as one of the key risk factors in grass fed beef production. This study aims to look into various risk management options that are available to grass-fed beef producers. One such management option is the various livestock insurance and rangeland, forage and grass land protection policies recently introduced and marketed by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) of USDA. The Livestock Risk Protection Plan (LRP) has been available to West Virginia …

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Engendering Meaning Within The High School Experience: A Consideration Of Movement And Dance, Stephanie A. Morris

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Dance, movement, and kinesthetic learning are among the most powerful ways in coming to know, yet they are amid the most ignored processes at the high school level. Dance has the power to change lives as it offers aesthetic ways of viewing and connecting with the world through its creative, reflective, and imaginative embodied experiences. I have observed these valuable outcomes and address the nature and power of them with the following questions: (1) How has dance and movement influenced my journey? (2) How has this influence affected the high school experience of my students? The heuristic method of qualitative …

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Validity And Reliability Of Accelerometers For Examining Vertical Jump Performance, Ryan M. Ruben

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Purpose. The objectives of this study were to determine the validity and reliability of an accelerometer as a device for estimating force-time curve characteristics and examine the effect of reducing sampling frequency.;Methods. Sixty college aged men and women (age=23.63.1 y; height=180.16.3 cm; weight=85.015.2kg; body fat=14.26.5%) performed 10 restricted (no arm swing) zero-load countermovement vertical jumps each for a total of 600 jumps. Peak force, rate of force development, peak power output, peak velocity, flight time and peak vertical displacement were assessed with the use of a tri-axial accelerometer and compared to a force platform + linear position transducer system. The …

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Modeling Of Forest Harvest Scheduling And Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration, Benktesh Dash Sharma

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

It has generally been agreed that forests sequester atmospheric carbon and thus contribute to mitigating anthropogenic emissions in a cost effective manner compared to other available carbon sequestration techniques. With increasing concerns on global greenhouse gases and emerging carbon markets, additional carbon sequestered as a result of sustainable forest management activities can be of significant benefits for forest landowners. Harvesting, an important forest management activity, plays a crucial role in determining the forest's ability in sequestrating carbon. Harvesting modifies the forest carbon sequestration potential depending on time of harvest, age of stands, species composition, and types of harvest. The allocation …

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Power Simulator Upgrade For Smart Grid Algorithm Development And Testing, Michael Joseph Spencer

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis describes the conversion of WVU's analog power simulator into a micro-grid of the future test bed by installing digital relays and intelligent electronic switches. The simulator is a hardware representation of the grid which contains traditional hardware, both digital and analog as well as the recent addition of highly connected, via Ethernet and potentially wireless communication, smart switching and monitoring devices. These new devices were chosen specifically for their cyber security capability to explore that facet of smart grid development. It is important to note that this simulator is a hardware implementation and as such is capable of …

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Heat Balance Analysis Of Annealing And Galvanneal Furnace In Continuous Galvanizing Lines, Senthil Kumar Sundaramoorthy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Galvanizing facilities are highly energy intensive operation with electrical and fuel energy representing a significant share of their total energy usage. Furnaces are extensively used in galvanizing process. Production process expertise along with the energy conservation practices can play a significant role in proper usage of energy at galvanizing facilities. Therefore, benchmarking galvanizing energy consumption and understanding the specific energy consumption by various elements are critical. E-GEPDSS (Enhanced Galvanizing Energy Profiler Decision Support System) was built to identify this specific energy consumption by using heat balance analysis. The use of E-GEPDSS does not hinder the production process and the user …

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Dynamic Bandgap Tuning Of Solid Thin Film Photonic Crystal Structures, Hyma Yalamanchili

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Nanophotonics, specifically photonic crystals (PhCs), offer unique optical bandgap engineering possibilities that has driven the emergence of a variety of device platforms, including: beam splitters, nano-cavity resonators, lasers, fibers, waveguides and highly sensitive optofluidic biosensor devices. The design and fabrication of accurate lattice parameters for a PhC is very important to achieving the desired operating bandgap. The inclusion of tunability in thin film PhCs not only offers a means of adjusting for fabrication errors but also a mechanism to increase device functionality as well as providing a wider range of operating wavelengths. Nitride thin films, specifically Aluminum Nitride (AlN) and …

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Engineering The Endgame, Ellen D. Katz

Michigan Law Review

This Article explores what happens to longstanding remedies for past racial discrimination as conditions change. It shows that Congress and the Supreme Court have responded quite differently to changed conditions when they evaluate such remedies. Congress has generally opted to stay the course, while the Court has been more inclined to view change as cause to terminate a remedy. The Article argues that these very different responses share a defining flaw, namely, they treat existing remedies as fixed until they are terminated. As a result, remedies are either scrapped prematurely or left stagnant despite dramatically changed conditions. The Article seeks …

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Thresholds And Tolerance Of Physical Pain Among Young Adults Who Self-Injure, Katrina Mccoy, William Fremouw, Daniel W. Mcneil

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Prevalence rates of nonsuicidal self-injury among college students range from 17% to 38%. Research indicates that individuals with borderline personality disorder who self-injure sometimes report an absence of pain during self-injury. Furthermore, self-injury in the absence of pain has been associated with more frequent suicide attempts. The present study examined pain thresholds and tolerance among 44 college students (11 who engaged in self-injury and 33 who did not). Pain thresholds and tolerance were measured using an algometer pressure device that was used to produce pain in previous laboratory research. Participants who engaged in self-injury had a higher pain tolerance than …

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Posture Systematically Alters Ear-Canal Reflectance And Dpoae Properties, Susan E. Voss, Modupe F. Adegoke, Nicholas J. Horton, Kevin N. Sheth, Jonathan Rosand, Christopher A. Shera

Engineering: Faculty Publications

Several studies have demonstrated that the auditory system is sensitive to changes in posture, presumably through changes in intracranial pressure (ICP) that in turn alter the intracochlear pressure, which affects the stiffness of the middle-ear system. This observation has led to efforts to develop an ear-canal based noninvasive diagnostic measure for monitoring ICP, which is currently monitored invasively via access through the skull or spine. Here, we demonstrate the effects of postural changes, and presumably ICP changes, on distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) magnitude, DPOAE angle, and power reflectance. Measurements were made on 12 normal-hearing subjects in two postural positions: …

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Three Essays On The Role Of Amenities As An Economic Development Strategy, Junpyo Hong

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

It is well known that an amenity is a key driving engine to regional economic growth. However, the site-specific nature of an amenity can characterize them as public goods. Due to this characteristic, local governments have difficulty optimally supplying amenities. This dissertation tries to find relationships between an amenity and economic growth. Three empirical papers comprise the original research in this dissertation. The findings of the meta-analysis in the first essay suggest little methodological diversity exists among researchers linking amenities to economic growth., I do find that employment growth is more likely related to man-made amenities even in research on …

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Chemistry Of Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes Of Biomedical Relevance, Theshini Perera

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

fac-[Re^I(CO)₃L]ⁿ complexes serve as models for short-lived fac-[^99mTc^I(CO)₃L] imaging tracers. Dangling groups on L, needed to achieve desirable biodistribution, complicate the NMR spectra, which are not readily understood. In fac-[Re^I(CO)₃L]⁺ with less complicated L, NH groups (exo-NH) projecting toward the L face sometimes showed an upfield shift attributable to steric shielding of the exo-NH group from the solvent by the chelate rings. To investigate whether exo-NH groups in six-membered rings exhibit the same effect and whether the …

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The Care Plan As An Indicator Of Change In Nursing Science Instruction: A Textbook-Based Analysis, Lindsay Bratton-Mullins

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Sciences are critical in nursing education to aid the nurse in understanding health and disease processes. Accrediting bodies for nursing education have emphasized that educators teach in ways that encourage critical thinking and, therefore, produce safe-practicing, competent nurse graduates. Nursing care plans best reflect nursing education’s central goals. Because of its longevity of use and familiarity, in this study, the nursing care plan was used as a proxy for nursing science’s learning objectives. This research was a study of the nursing care plan as an indicator for change in nursing science education in the United States to determine if change …

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Perverse Poisson Sheaves On The Nilpotent Cone, Jared Lee Culbertson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

For a reductive complex algebraic group, the associated nilpotent cone is the variety of nilpotent elements in the corresponding Lie algebra. Understanding the nilpotent cone is of central importance in representation theory. For example, the nilpotent cone plays a prominent role in classifying the representations of finite groups of Lie type. More recently, the nilpotent cone has been shown to have a close connection with the affine flag variety and this has been exploited in the Geometric Langlands Program. We make use of the following important fact. The nilpotent cone is invariant under the coadjoint action of G on the …

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Diatom Stratigraphy Defining Ice Sheet Grounding Chronology, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Juan Manuel Chow

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Evidence of Antarctic ice sheet behavior and paleoenvironment is often approached from proxy records because there is a dearth of direct records from Antarctica itself. The studies presented here seek to augment our knowledge of translations of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s (WAIS) marine termination based on direct biostratigraphic evidence. Diatom analyses were conducted from two areas of Ross Sea, Antarctica. In the first study, diatoms were used to constrain the age of diamictons from five seismic units in the Eastern Basin and thus expand our knowledge of WAIS behavior during the Southern Hemisphere Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). All five …

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Method Of Riemann Surfaces In Modelling Of Cavitating Flow, Anna Zemlyanova

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is concerned with the applications of the Riemann-Hilbert problem on a hyperelliptic Riemann surface to problems on supercavitating flows of a liquid around objects. For a two-dimensional steady irrotational flow of liquid it is possible to introduce a complex potential w(z) which allows to apply the powerful methods of complex analysis to the solution of fluid mechanics problems. In this work problems on supercavitating flows of a liquid around one or two wedges have been stated. The Tulin single-spiral-vortex model is employed as a cavity closure condition. The flow domain is transformed into an auxiliary domain with known …

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Oxidation Of Reduced Sulfur Compounds: A Triple-Oxygen-Isotope Perspective, Issaku E. Kohl

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The Earth’s geochemical evolution is recorded in the rocks that compose its lithosphere. Specifically, sulfate minerals have been identified as being repositories of information concerning the past hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. This is due to the non-labile nature of SO42- and its ability to store a record of the oxidative reactions and oxygen sources involved in its formation. Microbial dissimilatory sulfate reduction (MDSR) and sulfide oxidation cause oxygen from H2O and O2 to be trapped to varying degrees in ambient, dissolved SO42-. In order to better interpret the H2O and O2 signals in SO42-, we must deepen our understanding of …

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Image-Based Calibration Of A Deformable Mirror In Wide-Field Microscopy, Diwakar Turaga, Timothy E. Holy

Open Access Publications

Washington University Magazine, October 2010

Washington University Magazine

The Law As Justification: A Critical Rationalist Analysis, Michael F. Duggan

North Dakota Law Review

Putting A Price On Child Porn: Requiring Defendants Who Possess Child Pornography Images To Pay Restitution To Child Pornography Victims, Ashleigh Boe

North Dakota Law Review

Schools—Handicapped Children: The United States Supreme Court Rules That The 1997 Amendments To Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Do Not Categorically Bar Tuition Reimbursement For Unilateral Private-School Placements, Dennis Ingold

North Dakota Law Review

Sex Segregation And Young Adults' Gender-Typed Attitudes About Occupations, Lisa M. Didonato

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Imputation Methods For Dealing With Missing Scores In Biometric Fusion, Yaohui Ding

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Site Characterization Of Hemlock Stands At Allegheny National Forest, Daniel Farcas

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Mechanical Degradation Of Thermal Properties Of Flexible Aerogel Blankets, Brice G. Gnahore

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Use Of Direct Instruction To Teach Reading To Students With Significant Cognitive Impairments: Student Outcomes And Teacher Perceptions, Philip Michael Kanfush Iii

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

A Case Study Of Universal Design For Learning Applied In The College Classroom, Marie E. Leichliter

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Mathematical Modeling In Understanding Nfkb Signaling Pathway, Huanling Liu

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Phospholipid Enhanced Separation With Capillary Electrophoresis, Ruijuan Luo

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Essays On Risk Management Applications To Appalachian Grass -Fed Beef, Maitreyi Mandal

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Engendering Meaning Within The High School Experience: A Consideration Of Movement And Dance, Stephanie A. Morris

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Validity And Reliability Of Accelerometers For Examining Vertical Jump Performance, Ryan M. Ruben

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Modeling Of Forest Harvest Scheduling And Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration, Benktesh Dash Sharma

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Power Simulator Upgrade For Smart Grid Algorithm Development And Testing, Michael Joseph Spencer

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Heat Balance Analysis Of Annealing And Galvanneal Furnace In Continuous Galvanizing Lines, Senthil Kumar Sundaramoorthy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Dynamic Bandgap Tuning Of Solid Thin Film Photonic Crystal Structures, Hyma Yalamanchili

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Engineering The Endgame, Ellen D. Katz

Michigan Law Review

Thresholds And Tolerance Of Physical Pain Among Young Adults Who Self-Injure, Katrina Mccoy, William Fremouw, Daniel W. Mcneil

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Posture Systematically Alters Ear-Canal Reflectance And Dpoae Properties, Susan E. Voss, Modupe F. Adegoke, Nicholas J. Horton, Kevin N. Sheth, Jonathan Rosand, Christopher A. Shera

Engineering: Faculty Publications

Three Essays On The Role Of Amenities As An Economic Development Strategy, Junpyo Hong

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Chemistry Of Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes Of Biomedical Relevance, Theshini Perera

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The Care Plan As An Indicator Of Change In Nursing Science Instruction: A Textbook-Based Analysis, Lindsay Bratton-Mullins

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Perverse Poisson Sheaves On The Nilpotent Cone, Jared Lee Culbertson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Diatom Stratigraphy Defining Ice Sheet Grounding Chronology, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Juan Manuel Chow

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Method Of Riemann Surfaces In Modelling Of Cavitating Flow, Anna Zemlyanova

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Oxidation Of Reduced Sulfur Compounds: A Triple-Oxygen-Isotope Perspective, Issaku E. Kohl

LSU Doctoral Dissertations