Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Sympathy for the devil: A character analysis of Gibreel Farishta in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses, Catherine Mary Lafuente
Numerical heat transfer during partially-confined, confined, and free liquid jet impingement with rotation and chemical mechanical planarization process modeling, Jorge C. Lallave-Cortes
First-principles studies of shock-induced phenomena in energetic materials, Aaron Christopher Landerville
Shadows fall on main street: Film noir travels out of the city, Anthony LaPorte
"You're going to Hollywood"!: Gender and race surveillance and accountability in American Idol contestant's performances, Amanda LeBlanc
An Exploratory Analysis of the Ecological Validity of a Performance-Based Assessment of Attention, Eun- Yeop Lee
Social network web sites and intra-organizational relationships: Using Facebook to build employee relationships at Serena Software, Rianna K. Lee Sing
Statistical and Data Mining Methodologies for Behavioral Analysis in Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease: Parallels with Human AD Evaluation, Ralph E. Leighty
Investigation into the rate-determining step of mammalian heme biosynthesis: Molecular recognition and catalysis in 5-aminolevulinate synthase, Thomas Lendrihas
Student reflections: The impact of dual enrollment on transitions to a state university, Theresa Lyvette Lewis
The political ecology of intestinal parasites among Nicaraguan immigrants in Monteverde, Costa Rica, Jason D. Lind
Detailed Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of Lower Mount Rogers Formation Metavolcanic Units Exposed on Elk Garden Ridge, VA, Meghan Marie Lindsey
Initial identity level and cooperation in face-to-face and computer-mediated contexts, Matthew C. Lineberry
Growth of 3C-SiC on (111)Si using hot-wall chemical vapor deposition, Christopher Locke
A new understanding of sophistic rhetoric: A translation, with commentary, of Mario Untersteiner's "Le origini sociali della sofistica", Elisabeth LoFaro
Condition / recondition: Reconstruction of the city and its collective memory, C Lopez
From maiden to whore and back again: A survey of prostitution in the works of William Shakespeare, Tiffany Lowden Messerschmidt
At what cost?: Spanish neutrality in the First World War, Carolyn S. Lowry
Multiple approaches to the validation of the scores from the study anxiety inventory, George Douglas Lunsford
The neoconservative war on modernity: The Bush Doctrine and its resistance to legitimation, Ben Luongo
Mixture distributions with application to microarray data analysis, O'Neil Lynch
Correlates of attitudes toward behavioral health services among older primary care patients, Nancy Bridger Lynn
The Babel paradox, Michel Machado
Architecture of materialism: A study of craft in design culture, process, and product, Logan Mahaffey
Advanced Transceiver Algorithms for OFDM(A) Systems, Hisham A. Mahmoud
Photography's creative influence on Lewis Carroll's Alice's adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking glass and what Alice found there, Bridget Mahoney
Cardiovascular risk factors for mild cognitive impairment, Michael Malek-Ahmadi
Agricultural nonpoint source pollution management: Water quality impacts of Balm Road Treatment Marsh, Hillsborough County, Florida, Sarah J. Malone
Functional characterization of cytochrome b5 reductase and its electron acceptor cytochrome b5 in Plasmodium falciparum, Lucio Malvisi
Incorporating solar technology to design in humid subtropical climates, Andres Mamontoff
Facial skin motion properties from video: Modeling and applications, Vasant Manohar
The Preference of Protein Powders Among Adult Males and Females: A Protein Powder Taste Study, Joshua Manter
Heat transfer enhancement of spray cooling with nanofluids, Christian David Martinez
Program satisfaction, school climate perceptions, and psychoeducational experiences in college preparatory programs: A comparison of Caucasian and ethnic minority students, Yanique T. Matthews
Cars, collisions, and violence in Southern literature, Bryan Thomas McCabe
A novel antibody based capture matrix utilizing human serum albumin and streptococcal Protein G to increase capture efficiency of bacteria, Christie Renee McCabe
The daily show: Journalism's jester, Mark R. McCarthy
The Daily Show: Journalism’s Jester, Mark R. McCarthy
Goal Attainment On Long Tail Web Sites: An Information Foraging Approach, James A. Mccart
Foraminiferal responses to arsenic in a shallow-water hydrothermal system in papua new guinea and in the laboratory, Bryan McCloskey
"Desirable images": Sexual mapping in William S. Burroughs's Naked lunch and Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren, Patrick McGowan
The financial literacy of university students: A comparison of graduating seniors' financial literacy and debt level, Vandeen M. McKenzie
"RE-Homing": Sustaining housing first, Jennifer McKinney
