Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Computational Modeling and Simulations of Condition Deterioration to Enhance Asphalt Highway Pavement Design and Asset Management, Zul Fahmi Bin Mohamed Jaafar
The Relationship of Supervisory Styles and Differentiation of Self to the Counseling Self-efficacy of Counselors-in-training in the Masters' Level Practicum, Amelia Binti Mohd Noor
Ecological Factors Associated with Habitat Use of Baird’s Tapirs (Tapirus Bairdii), Victoria Diane Monette
A Descriptive Study of the Faber Series Piano Adventures and Its Implications for Piano Pedagogy, Martha Frances Monroe
Institutional Factors That Affect Transfer Student Success At A University In The Mid-South Region Of The U.S., Elizabeth Moore
Building an Automated Q-A System Using Online Forums as Knowledge Bases, Kyle Moore
Courtroom Wars: Constitutional Battles over Conscription in the Civil War North, Nicholas Matthew Mosvick
Examining Sleep as a Moderator of Physiological Response to Stress Among Migraineurs, Vanessa Moynahan
Continuous Production Of Raloxifene Hydrochloride Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers Using Hot-Melt Extrusion Technology, Derick Muhindo
Increasing Instructional Leadership: An Applied Research Study on the Effects of Developing Principals as Instructional Leaders in the Magnolia County School District, Leigh Anne Newton
Decolonial resistance in latinx writings from Peru to the United States: a portfolio, Isabel Norwood
End Of Life Costs In Medicare Beneficiaries With Parkinson’s Disease, Sasikiran Nunna
Road Trippin': Twentieth-Century American Road Narratives from On The Road to The Road, Scott M. Obernesser
Use of seismic refraction in determining rock mass anisotropy, Mohammad Najmush Sakib Oyan
Identifying Transcription Co-Regulators of Gcm/Repo in the Development of Glia in Drosophila Melanogaster, Glendin Kostantinos Pano
Connecting Thread, Christen Parker
Stabilization of DNA i-motif structures by 7-aminoactinomycin D, an anti-tumor drug, Justin Lane Parmely
African Americans and the Honors College Experience at the University of Mississippi, Jennifer Lynn Parsons
Comparative assessment of safety and quality of tinospora species-tinospora crispa and tinospora sinensis, Abidah Parveen
Meaning, Purpose, and Experiential Avoidance as Predictors of Valued Behavior: An Application of Ecological Momentary Assessment, Jeffrey Pavlacic
Bacterioplankton biogeography of the Mississippi river basin, Jason Taylor Payne
Organic Sensitizers for High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Adithya Peddapuram
Behavioral Similarities And Differences Among Symptoms Of Emetophobia, Disordered Eating, And Disgust, Jennifer Arden Petell
Structural Controls and Depositional Environments of the Glen Rose Subgroup in Pelahatchie Field in Rankin County, Mississippi, Chesney Petkovsek
Apply Now!: Utilizing Application Date to Predict College Enrollment, Jennifer Leigh Phillips
Synthesis of a Novel Surface Active, Light Sensitive Polymer for Encapsulation and Delivery of Paclitaxel, Amit Raviraj Pillai
Behavioral Inhibition and Avoidance: Identifying Vulnerabilities to Avoidant Behavior, Daniel Pineau
Allodynia and Self-Efficacy in Migraineurs, Ashley N. Polk
Creating a Space for STEAM, Felicia Brown Pollard
Exploring the Impact of Mississippi Virtual Community College Academy Professional Development for Online Teaching, Terry Woodrow Pollard
A Numerical Study of Granular Dam-Break Flows, Nuttita Pophet
Whistle Before You Work: Defining Paid Labor in the New Deal State, 1938-1947, Thomas Porter
Performance Evaluation of Blocking and Non-Blocking Concurrent Queues on GPUs, Hossein Pourmeidani
Find the MOST Here: The Academic Success of First-Year African American Students at the University of Mississippi, Earl Presley
Intelligence-Led Policing: Linking Local and State Policies to Establish a ComDefinition, Chad B. Prosser
Optimizing the performance of complex engineering systems aided by artificial neural networks, Khalil Qatu
Twin Text In The Secondary Social Studies And English Classroom, Sarah Booth Quong
Ligand Effect on Gold Nanomolecules Demonstrated Using Aliphatic, Aromatic and Bulky Thiolate Ligands, Milan Rambukwella
FLEX, Julian Randall
Implementing mass spectrometry for the structural and compositional analysis of proteins, Mohammad Riaz
Interpreting Vegetation and Soil Anomalies in the Guarumen Area of Northwestern Venezuela Using Remote Sensing Applications, Tyler Edward Ricketts
My Feet Are Chained: Settler Colonialism and Mobility in the Florida Borderlands, 1812-1866, Christine Antoinette Rizzi
Identity, Dissent, and the Roots of Georgia’s Middle Class, 1848-1865, Thomas Robinson
High Voltage Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells And Molecular Photocatalysis For Co2 Reduction, Roberta Ramalho Rodrigues
Is it racism, colorism, or a pigment of your imagination? A study on the invisible color line, Yolanda Rodriguez
Constructing and Crossing Color Lines: Race and Religion in the Southern Confluence, 1810-1865, Justin Isaac Rogers
Towards Misleading Connection Mining, Md Main Uddin Rony
Innovation through instructional renovation: an applied research study on building capacity of mathematics teachers in bark county schools’ excel department, LaShonda Quina Ross-Ivory
Relationship of Expected Family Contribution to Student Success at Belhaven University, Kevin Alexander Russell
Variations in the Dragonfly Microbiome Through Life stages and Its Ability to Harbor Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, Sarah Russell
The Influence Of Site Connectivity On Zooplankton Assemblage Dynamics Within The Lower Mississippi River Floodplain, Jarrod Sackreiter
Moral agency: a philosophical inquiry into its scientific foundations, MaKensey Sanders
Emotion regulation as a predictor of pediatric obsessive-compulsive symptoms, Brittany Spence Sapp
Validation of a brief screening instrument for psychopathology in adults, Adam Sattler
The Influence of The Industrial Revolution on Nineteenth-Century Literary and Artistic Movements, Warisara Emily Sawin
Historical Groundwater Data Analysis of the Wilcox Aquifers in Lafayette County, Mississippi, Adam Schildhammer
Patient Empowerment in Modern Medicine: A Personal Account of Endometriosis and Being an Equal Partner in My Healthcare, Jacqueline Schlick
The Carolina Gay Association, the Southeastern Gay Conferences, and Gay Liberation in the 1970S South, David Hooper Schultz
Explication of moral disgust: assessing physiological and behavioral responses to disgust eliciting videos, Sarah Michelle Scott
Factors That Influence the Pronunciation of Interdentals in Modern Standard Arabic and English by Egyptian Arabic Speakers, Yasmine Mohamed Dahy Sedeek
In-Situ Gel of Cyclosporine A – Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Topical Occular Delivery for Dry Eye Disease, Samir Shyambabu Senapati
Former African-American Male Football Student-Athletes at Southeastern Conference Institutions and Their Transition From Athletics to Non-Athletic Careers, Deterrian L. Shackelford
Effect Of Sulfobutyl Ether Β-Cyclodextrins On Oral And Dermal Pharmacokinetics Of Drugs, Vijay Kumar Shankar
Impact Of Quality Attributes Of Topical Products On Their Performance, Purnendu Kumar Sharma
Development Of Topical Oil/Peg Creams Of Voriconazole, Abhishek Shivashankar Shettar
Hurricane Landing: An Analysis of Site 22LA516 in Sardis Lake, Lafayette County, Mississippi, Joshua John Shiers
Food Insecurity and Produce Behaviors of Adults with Children in Rural, Appalachian Mississippi, Tiffany Shirley
Mefenamic Acid – HPMC AS HG Amorphous Solid Dispersions: Dissolution Enhancement Using Hot Melt Extrusion Technology, Ashay Shukla
Écriture Féminine Africaine Au Vingt-Et-Unième Siècle: Une Proposition De Cours De Littérature Africaine Pour Les Étudiants De Master Et Doctorat, Anaïs Louise Siewe Deuga
Content Analysis Of The Journal Of Historical Research In Music Education: 1980-2019, Gail Simpson
A mechanistic study of the teratogenic potential of 4-o-methylhonokiol (MH) on Japanese medaka (oryzias latipes), Santu Kumar Singha
An Approach to Semi-Autonomous Indoor Drone System: Software Architecture and Integration Testing, Shobhan Singh
Intramoleculer Hydrogen Bonding In Epoxide, Thiirane, Aziridine And Phosphirane Containing Cyclopentanols, Ben Edward Smith
Silence Descends: Lynchings and Their Aftermath in Lafayette and Union Counties, Mississippi, Jonathan Smith
Populism and Democratization in the Presidential Election of 1832, Laura Ellyn Smith
A computational approach to predicting and understanding new psychoactive substances (NPS) for developing a database for state and federal crime laboratories, Caroline Amelia Spencer
Analysis of Brevundimonas Subvibrioides Developmental Signaling Systems Reveals Unexpected Differences Between Phenotypes and c-di-GMP Levels, Lauryn Anne Sperling
Investigation of Theophylline Nicotinamide Pharmaceutical Co-Crystals Utilizing Hot Melt Extrusion, Priyanka Srinivasan
Minimum Number of Individuals: A Methodological Comparison using Human Remains from Caves Branch Rockshelter in the Cayo District of Belize, Caitlin Elizabeth Stewart
Disturbing the Ecological Pastoral: An Examination of Willa Cather's Fictional Spaces in My Ántonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop, Anne Carter Stowe
Mandated representation: the effect of legislative gender quotas on attitudes toward gender equality, Rustin Suray
What’S Going On? The Disproportionate Discipline of Upper Elementary Male Students in Little Tiger Elementary School, Amy Katrise Sutton
Social Cognitive Theory as a Framework for Understanding the Relationships Between Competition and Cooperation: A Three Essay Story of Emerging Coopetition and Entrepreneurial Team Outcomes, Rebekah Gabrielle Swab
Formulation Development, Preclinical Testing, and Primary Packaging Optimization for Cannabinoids and Other Therapeutics, Pranjal Taskar
Optimization and Characterization of Hot-Melt Extruded Anti-Inflammatory and Local Anesthetic Bio-Adhesive Semisolid Formulation Using Design of Experiments (DoE), Rishi Chinmay Thakkar
The relationship between intra-cultural factors and feedback seeking behavior in supervision among counselors-in-training in counselor education programs, Sumedha Therthani
Application of Quality by Design and Process Analytical Technology towards Hot-Melt Extrusion Processes, Priyanka Thipsay
Story Reading As A Method For Cognate Vocabulary Learning In Preschool Children, Patricia Thomasio Quinelato
Virtually There: A Phenomenological Study of Secondary Students and Their Engagement with Virtual Reality Field Trips, Melissa Sonta Thomas
Validating Military Culture: The Factor Analysis of a Military-Related Adaptation of Acculturation, Mathew A. Tkachuck
Predictors of Behavioral Health Among Firefighters in Their Third Year of Fire Service, Victoria Alicia Torres
Differences in Complete 2 Compete Participant Characteristics: What Can They Tell Us?, Audra Joan Trnovec
Scheduling Irregular Workloads on GPUs, David Arthur Troendle
Teaching kids to say "Ew!": parent-child disgust transmission, Brooklee Lightsey Tynes
Cognitive Influences On Preschoolers’ And Adults’ Eyewitness Memory In Response To Misleading Questions, Tonya M. Vandenbrink
Limited negotiation in embedded ultimatum games, Alexandros Vasios Sivvopoulos
The Synthesis of New Donor-sigma-Acceptor Compounds as Potential Current Rectifiers, Trey Gautier Vaughan