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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Buffering..., Nicholas B. Vialpando
Detrital Zircon Provenance and Correlation of Two Newly Discovered Ripley Formation Bentonites: Pontotoc County, Mississippi, Elizabeth Jayne Vitale
The Role Of Dunc13 In Ethanol Tolerance, Yusuke Wachi
Analytical Modeling And Life Cycle Assessment Of A Solar Powered Vapor Absorption Cooling System, Harold A. Walters
Development of Continuous Manufacturing Process of Acyclovir Ointment Using Hot-Melt Extrusion, Rui Wang
X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Cuttings from Horizontally Drilled Wells, Xiaotian Wang
On the relationship between resilience, meaning, and hardiness: a bi-factor exploratory and confirmatory analysis, Lauren Weathers
Increasing teacher retention: an applied research study on the effects of mentoring and culture in the ABC county school district, Jimmy Holland Weeks
Increasing Teacher Retention: An Applied Research Study on the Effects of Mentoring and Culture in the ABC County School District, Jimmy Holland Weeks
Find the MOST Here: The Academic Success of First-Year African American Students at the University of Mississippi, Alexandria White
Essays on bubbles, production, and anti-bubble policy, Joseph Sebastian de Souza White
The Impact of Technology on the Implementation of Formative Assessment Lessons in Eighth Grade Math Classrooms, Lavonda White
Going to BAT: Assessing Disgust Sensitivity and Related Factors in Behavioral Avoidance, Molly E. Wickenhauser
Theranostics Based On Linear Dendritic Block Copolymers, Jon Williams
African American students in physical therapy: enhancing diversity, Kimberly Renee Willis
Leading Learners to Level Up in a High School Mathematics Classroom, Jennifer Carnes Wilson
A Case Study of the Relationship between Student Motivation Type, Performance, and Task- Based Instruction in a Second Language Classroom, Charlie Winnick
Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs Among Young Adults: An Examination of Anxiety Sensitivity, Distress Tolerance, and Emotion-Driven Impulse Control Difficulties, Sara Michelle Witcraft
Decentralized Detection With Correlated Gaussian Observations: Parallel And Tandem Networks With Two Sensors, Shailee Yagnik
Electro- and photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction and thermal isomerization of highly strained tricyclocompounds, Weiwei Yang
Subverting the patriarchal panopticon: challenges to eugenics rhetoric in the novels of McCullers and Welty, Regina Marie Young
Archaeological investigations at a Mississippian platform mound site in Lowndes County, Mississippi, Hannah Danielle Zechman
Novel Application of Melt Extrusion and Additive Manufacturing on Developing Diverse Dosages, Jiaxiang Zhang
Improving random forests by feature dependence analysis, Silu Zhang
Near-Infrared High Efficiency Organic Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs) and Biological Fluorescent Imaging Dyes, Yanbing Zhang
Petrology, Provenance, and Depositional Setting of the Lower Tallahatta Formation (Meridian Sand) in Grenada County, Mississippi, Husamaldeen Zubi
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Mcdonald’s Users’ Perceptions Of Health And Nutrition, Quality, And Value On Visit Frequency, Claire Adams
Variables Governing the Initial Stages of the Synergisms of Ultrasonic Treatment of Biochar in Water Saturated with Carbon Dioxide, Adedapo Reuben Adeniyi
A Teleosemantic Theory Of The Deep-Unconscious: A Response To John R. Searle's Account Of The Unconscious, Kelly Adkins
A Comparative Case Study of Reflection Seismic Imaging Method, Moones Alamooti
She is Right to Behave Thus: Implications of Illicit Rendezvous in Medieval Narrative, Catherine Albers
Sillage, Brooke Alexander
Cumulative Disadvantage, Poverty, And The Role Of Community Capitals: A Spatial Analysis Of Uneven Development In The Multi-State Delta Region, Katrina Danielle Alford
Feasibility of AquasolveTM HPMC-AS Lg via Hot-melt Extrusion: Effect of Pressurized CO2 on Physico-mechanical Properties, Mashan Almutairi
Un/Veiling, Marisa Andropolis
Food Insecurity And Child And Parent/Caretaker Overweight/Obesity In A Rural, Appalachian Mississippi Community, Sydney Antolini
A Relational Study Of International General Certificate Of Secondary Education (IGCSE) Scores To The American College Test (Act) Scores In A Mississippi Innovative High School, Dane Nicholas Aubé
Creating Divergence: Examining The Development Of Creativity Through Executive Function, Language And Mindset, Brittany Nielsen Avila
African American And First-Generation Students’ Perceptions Of And Experiences With An Academic Cohort, Kim Barnes
A Critical Examination Of Understanding’s Characteristics: Why, In A Sense, Understanding Is Unique, Christopher Becker
Experiences Of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Mississippi Community Colleges, Krystal Michelle Berry
Novel Applications of Hot-Melt Extrusion Technology, Ajinkya Moreshwar Bhagurkar
Functionality And Role Of Different Fatty Alcohols In Topical O/W Cream Formulation, Supriya Bhide
A Church Adrift: Virginia's Church Of England, 1607-1677, Katherine Gray Blank
Experimentally Investigating the Joint Effects of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jeremiah Blough
Crystalline Salt Formation of an Acidic Drug Indomethacin Using Hot Melt Extrusion Technology, Mustafa Bookwala
Experiences Of Mississippi Community College Students Who Are Deaf And Hard Of Hearing, Ronda Bryan
Invisible Labor: A Mixed-Method Study Of African American Women And Their Emotional Labor In The Academy, Danielle Buckingham
Acute and chronic skeletal muscle response to very low load resistance exercise with and without the application of blood flow restriction in the upper body, Samuel Louis Buckner
Searching Through Debris: A Mass Analysis From The Carter Robinson Mound Site In Lee County, Virginia, Robert Capps
Experimental Investigation Of Impurities And Their Effect On Acousto-Electric Properties Of Lithium Niobate, Chandrima Chatterjee
Comparison Of Air Displacement Plethysmography And Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry For Estimation Of Body Fat Percentage In National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Athletes, Caitlyn Rose Chenevert
The Effect Of Using Board Games In Reducing Language Anxiety And Improving Oral Performance, Yi-Chun Cheng
Three Essays On Insurance Asset Management, Xin Che
A Body a Day: Constructing Deviance at the Mississippi State Asylum, Rachel Christine Childs
Home Is Where the Hot Tamale Is: Rediscovering the Delta, Georgia Corinne Clarke
How Sweet It Is: Swamp Pop Soda And Modern Day Sugar, Rebecca Lauck Cleary
Abstinence Based Sex Education: A Mixed-Method Evaluation Of Experiences With And The Effectiveness Of Sex Education In The Deep South, Heather Costa-Greger
The Use And Effectiveness Of Warm-Downs By Brass Students From The University Of Mississippi And Band Directors From Mississippi, David Matthew Cuevas
Synthetic Investigation of Natural Products Causing Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration, Michael John Cunningham
Medium Extra Vlue, Andrew Ryan Dally
Social Media Adoption Among Small-Market Mississippi Newspapers, William Dejournett
Small Batch: Women's Positions In Southern Craft Beverages, Victoria De Leone
Perceptions of University Students toward Bilingualism in Fribourg, Barcelona, and Oxford, Madison Densmore
Predictors Of Dental Opioid Analgesic Prescribing, Opioid Use And Dental Emergency Department Visits In The Mississippi Medicaid Population, Chukwuebuka Dibie
Food Insecurity And Physical And Mental Health Of Elementary School Children In A Rural, Appalachian Mississippi Community, Kelsey Reece Dismukes
The Effects Of Acidic Conditions And Tannins On The Survival, Development, And Behavior Of Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla Chrysoscelis), Caleb E. Dodd
Topical Formulation For Stimulating Sweat Secretion as an Alternative to Iontophoresis, Tasnim Fatima
RiverRoad, Reginald Fontenot
The Impact Of Chinese Air Pollution On Match Attendance Of Chinese Super League, Wantong Fu
In Search Of Marketing's Genie: Essays On The Impact Of Ceo And Corporate Governance Factors On Marketing Strategies, Prachi Gala
How Do Specialist Expertise, Auditor-Specialist Communication, And Time Pressure Affect Auditors’ Use Of Specialists’ Valuations?, Sara Gochnauer
Building An Autonomous Indoor Drone System, Hunter Gossett
The Relationship Between Note-Taking Method And Grade Point Average When Controlling For Act Score And Self-Regulation Ability In Undergraduate Students, Donna Lee Gurley
Depending On Twitter For Breaking News: A Comparison Between American And Saudi Students, Maria Zoheir Hamdan
Effects of Hydrological Connectivity on the Benthos of a Large River (Lower Mississippi River, USA), Audrey B. Harrison
Impact of Human Disturbance on the Behavior and Physiology of the Endangered Ringed Sawback Turtle (Graptemys oculifera), Jessica Mary Heppard
Armatures For Success: Advancing Racial Equity For Funeral Service Technology Students, Angela Massey Hopper
College Wheelchair Basketball Players' Construction Of Identities: A Symbolic Interactionism Approach, Alison Hovatter
Energy Harvesting Nanocoated Piezoceramics For Low Power Systems, Quinten Humphrey
How Newspapers In China, India And Bangladesh Framed The Rohingya Crisis Of 2017, Md Khadimul Islam
Paper Chase: Perceptions Of The Pursuit Of Academic Scholarly Productivity Among Faculty Writing Group Participants, Deidra Jackson
L2 Teachers' Efficacy: The Impact Of Professional Development, Nino Jakhaia
Comparisons Of Time To Task Failure And Muscle Activity For Two Different Submaximal Fatiguing Contractions, Sunggun Jeon
Perceptions Of Executive Female Leaders In Athletics, Lynnette Y. Johnson
On The Design Of Physical Layer Rateless Codes, Amrit Kharel
Preparation and Evaluation of Cefuroxime Axetil Gastro-Retentive Floating Drug Delivery System for Improved Delivery via Hot-Melt Extrusion Technology, Rahul Madhukar Lalge
Impacts And Implications Of Polytypism On The Evolution Of Aposematic Coloration, Justin Philip Lawrence
Slavery's Holy Profits: Religion and Capitalism in the Antebellum Lower Mississippi Valley, John Lindbeck
The Influence of Self-Prescribed Knee Bracing on Walking in Healthy Adults, Lauren Luginsland
A Study Of Computational Problems In Computational Biology And Social Networks: Cancer Informatics And Cascade Modelling, Christopher Ma
Identifying Predictors of New Teacher Retention, Bonita Lanoza Maready
The Blood Flow and Perceptual Response To Lower Body Resistance Training With and Without Blood Flow Restriction, Kevin Mattocks
Freedom At The Freak Show: Carnivalesque Imagery In The Fiction Of Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor And Katherine Anne Porter, Virginia Mccarley
Engagement Strategies And Their Impact On Underserved Students, Marquis Mccloud