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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Best Practices for Disaster Coverage: an Analysis of How the Herald Newspaper and WLOX-TV Covered Hurricane Katrina, Nicole R. Sheriff
Extraction of ontology and semantic web information from online business reports, Lakisha L. Simmons
A Strange Union: Science And Politics In The Loyalty Of Cadwallader Colden, Katherine Smith
Design and Synthesis of Novel Agrofungicides Based on Naturally Occurring PBDEs, Robert Alexander Smith
Calcite Cementation of Sixty-Five-Year-Old Aragonite Sand Dredge Pile, Nathan M. Snyder
Three Essays on Trading and Banking, William Paul Spurlin
Effect of UV-A irradiance on lipid accumulation in Nannochloropsis oculata, Rathy Srinivas
Biopharmaceutic and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Hesperidin and Hesperetin for Ocular Delivery, Ramesh Srirangam
Conservation Genetics and Distribution of the Yazoo Darter (Etheostoma Raneyi), Kenneth Alan Sterling
The Impact of Pre-K Programs on Student Achievement and Instructional Leadership in Rural Mississippi School Districts, Jeremy Eugene Stinson
Freeze-Thawing of Polyester/E-Glass as an Evaluation of an ASTM International Test Standard Proposal, Stefan Mauritz Strandlund
A Study in Texture Segmentation: Investigating the Role of Template Retuning in Perceptual Learning, Kurt Douglas Streeter
Can't You See the Sun's Settin' Down on Our Town?: Decline, Space, and Community in Frisco City, Alabama, Mary Amelia Taylor
Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed: The Thematic Importance Of Doubling In Nineteenth And Early Twentieth-Century American Gothic Literature, Katharine Mclaren Todd
LT Code Equations, Stanley Truitt
The Relationship of Teacher Efficacy, Teacher Experience, and Teacher Grade Level Within the Implementation Process of Behavioral Interventions, Irene Walton Turnage
Nose to Brain Delivery of Therapeutic Agents, Siva Ram Kiran Vaka
Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of a Novel Compound, Sn79, a Putative Sigma-2 Receptor Antagonist, By Intravenous and Oral Administration in Rats, Harsha Vinnakota
Impact of Imagine Learning English in Two Northern Mississippi Schools, Dawn M. Waddell
Three essays on the impact of information and transparency in firms, Lloyd R. Wade
New Synthetic Methodologies for the Construction and Optimization of Natural Products, Amir E. Wahba
Reforming Tastes: Taste as a Print Aesthetic in American Cookery Writing, Sarah Wurgler Walden
Examining the sleep hygiene behaviors of migraineurs in a university setting, Ashli Brooke Walters
Divergence Of Opinion And Share Repurchase, Hao Wang
Behavioral Analysis of Directors of High-Performing Versus Low-Performing High School Bands, Mark Dwayne Waymire
Nutrition Assessment and Intervention Improves Body Composition and Diet in NCAA Female Volleyball Players, Rachel Wenzel
Characterization of the Engineering Properties and Economic Potential of the Transitional Clay Unit of the Ripley Formation, Northeast Mississippi, Richard Christopher Wheeler
Crashsmith Dope: the Role of Media in the Development of Professional Baseball in New York From 1919-1929, Ryan McGregor Whittington
Avian Cerebellum Specialization in Relation to Acrobatic Courtship Displays in Manakins (Pipridae), Steven Ray Wilkening
Corporal Punishment: Opinion Vs. Research, Margaret Williamson
Here on this hill, Jennifer Jean Wilson
Seismic Tomography for the Integrity Assessment of Earthen Dams and Levees., Leti Teklu Wodajo
Ion Transport, Viscoelastic, and Thermal Properties of Several Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and Poly(Propylene Glycol) Based Polymer Electrolytes, Benjamin Jacob Yancey
The Relationship Between Patterns of Relating and Academic Self-Concept, Ji Woong Yang
Improving Sample Collection Of Trace Particles Of Mock Explosive On Nano Coated Sensor, Daniel Woldemichael Yebo
Molecular details of the catalytic activity of carboxylesterases, Xiaozhen Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Testing the Social Processing Advantage in Recognition and Reconstruction Tasks, Stephan Adair
Synthesis of Analogues Based on the Opioid Alkaloid Mitragynine, Marco A. Arribas
Willingness to Influence Indication-Based Off-Label Prescribing: an Investigation of Hospital Pharmacists, Ram Sankar Basak
Approaches Towards the Synthesis of Bradyoxetin, Vanildo Martins Lima Braga
Tiered Market Structures: an Empirical Examination of NASDAQ, Kevin D. Broom
The Economic Impact of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, Randall B. Bunker
Instructors' attitudes toward the use of technology at the University of Mississippi, Julia Emilia Bussade
Using Bayesian Inference in Design Applications, Chung Yong Chan
Alternative weekly and city magazine under one roof: Contemporary Media, Inc.'s “Memphis Flyer” and “Memphis” magazine, Cory Taylor Cox
The Fungal Connection: Characterizing the Ectomycorrhizal Community and Belowground Response to Restoration Treatments in Northern Mississippi., Ashley Jane Craig
The Educational Implications Of Dibels Oral Reading Fluency Assessments And Mississippi Curriculum Test 2 In Reading First Schools, Debra A. Dace
Analysis of periodic structures using finite-difference time-domain method, Khaled ElMahgoub
Differences in Bone Mineral Density Among Adolescent Female Tennis Players and Non-Tennis Players, Kevser Ermin
The Influence of Individual Differences in Emotional Clarity on Sensitivity to Situational Cues, Elizabeth Lauren Foreman
Fungi-derived natural products with binding affinities for human opioid or cannabinoid receptors, Jiangtao Gao
An Analysis of Daily Newspapers in Mississippi That Charge for Online Content, David Hopper
A Single Case Study of a Three Year Coordinated School Health Program at a Rural North Mississippi Elementary School, Sandra Lena Howell
Pharmacological Reversal of Cognitive Bias in The Chick Anxiety-Depression Continuum Model, Kristen Anne Hymel
The Accounting Profession Goes to War: Accounting Contributions to World War II, Mark Ernest Jobe
Determinants Of Bone Mineral Density In African-American And Caucasian College-Aged Women, Andrea K. Johnson
Beyond the sunset : race and ethnicity in Cullman County, Alabama, Miles Laseter
Bicircular Matroids with Circuits of at Most Two Sizes, Torina Deachune Lewis
Glory Stands Beside Our Grief: the Maryland United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Assertion of Their Identity, Amanda Mae Myers
Distributed Turbo Product Coding Techniques Over Cooperative Communication Systems, Esam Ali Obiedat
The Effects of Ecological Restoration on Soil Microbial Enzyme Activities and Leaf Litter Decomposition, Anthony Jason Rietl
Analysis and Design of a Wideband Dual-Polarized Antenna Based on the Principle of Huygens' Source, Hyukjun Seo
Impervious Surfaces Mapping Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery, Tahmina Shirmeen
Type 2 Diabetes in Children: Estimates of Epidemiology, Quality of Care, Costs and Resource Utilization in a Medicaid Population, Vennela Thumula
Pharmacists' Rating of Relevance of Available Information in Deciding the Validity of Opioid Medication Prescriptions, Leonardo Roberto Torres
Preparation and Characterization of Lyophilized Cyclodextrin Complexes of a Hemisuccinate Ester of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol for Transmucosal Delivery, Sampada Bhaskar Upadhye
The Role and Effectiveness of Proactive Behaviors as Coping Strategies in the Stress Process, Laura Anne Williams
The Crescent and the Cross: Islamic Influence in Southern Culture, Jesse Wright
Modeling of Transient Response of an Elastic Beam With Flexible Supports and Variable-Location Impact, Weiping Xu
The Effect of De-Contextualized Multimedia Software on Taiwanese College Level Students' English Vocabulary Development, Yaw-Liang Yan
Detection of Response Bias and Noncredible Performance in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, John Christopher Young
A Web 2.0 Strategy For The Meek School Of Journalism And New Media, Lauren Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
The University of Mississippi confederate cemetery: lost cause ideology, monumentation, and ritual, Allan Lemmon
England’s Exodus: Jewish Readmission and English Identity, Patricia M. O'Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
“Daddy, Tell Me Another Story:” The Drive-By Truckers, Southern History, and Popular Culture, Ellie Campbell
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
A Survey and Analysis of the Implementation of Visual Art Standards in Mississippi Classrooms, Ann D. Ostenson
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Echoes of the lost cause : Civil War reverberations in Mississippi from 1865 to 2001, Sally Leigh McWhite
"So Strangely Misrepresented”: Rethinking John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory, Brian Craig Miller
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Works of Men, Paul N. Akin, Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
How to say "no" without saying "no": A study of the refusal strategies of Americans and Germans, Astrid Maria Beckers
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
A Comparison of Adolescent Drug Use Between Urban and Rural Populations, Randall G. Rhodes
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
The perception of role delineation between Mississippi public school board presidents and superintendents, Glenn Franklin Boyce Jr.
Public Journalism: Attitudes and Practices, Poonkulali Thangavelu
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Mule racing in the Mississippi Delta, 1938-1950, Karen Marie Glynn
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
The Effects of Caffeine and Affective Imagery on Facial EMG in Women, Robert Francis Mirabella
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
A Study of the Atomic Number Dependence of Charmed D Meson Hadroproduction, Eric Matthew Aitala
Development of stereoscopic particle tracking velocimetry for turbulent flow field diagnostics, Veera P. Rajendran
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Best evidence : a social history of the County Court of Lafayette County, 1865-1870, DebbieLee Landi
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
The Rise and Fall of the Great Music Festivals and the Hippie Culture of the 1960’s: Monterey, Woodstock, and Altamont, Charles Anthony Gates
The Effect of Repetitive Midazolam Treatment on Acoustical Startle in Rats, Robert Francis Mirabella
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Hemisphericity and Reading Comprehension: A Study of Black Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds, Linda Hampton Wesson
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Petrology of North Mississippi Bauxite : A Case for Depositional Bauxite and Kaolin, Charles Nelson Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
A methodology for the elucidation of the object-choice phenomenon in drug addiction : a comparison of the Jungian, Castanedan and Laingian paradigms, Michael Jay Sturman
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
The Ecological Patterns of Racial and Socio-Economic Segregation, Riaz Ahmad
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Occupational and Educational Aspirations of Black and White Male High School Students in a North Mississippi County, Melissa Hall Clark
Long-Term Retention of Tritium in Man, Chin-Jen Ou