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Theses/Dissertations from 1999
How to say "no" without saying "no": A study of the refusal strategies of Americans and Germans, Astrid Maria Beckers
Two essays on making choices moral, Dorie Klein
The effects of multiple chemical exposures on the crayfish Procambarus acutus, Karen Ann Konzen
Variable release of estrogenically active municipal wastewater : a biochemical and chemical characterization, Fred A. Tilton
Costuming the Trojan women, William Alan Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
The other within : Margaret Atwood's vision of female friendship, Jill Elaine Grogg
A Comparison of Adolescent Drug Use Between Urban and Rural Populations, Randall G. Rhodes
Voices of the heart, Daniel Lee Sherman
The evolution of non-collegiate private studio voice instruction in select samplings in the United States, Samuel DeVaughn Shingles
I done made my mind up : the legacy of the providence cooperative farm, Kieran W. Taylor
An interdisciplinary study of selected works by John Cage that employ the I ching as a compositional method, Tammy L. Turner
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Rhonda and her children, Christopher Miner
Development of an immunomodulatory assay : macrophage activation, Kimberly Dee Pratt
African-led slave rebellions in the United States, Jamaica and Haiti, Joseph R. Weinzettle
Information technologies in community pharmacy practice, Donna Sue West
Archaeological investigations of the 15 acre tract for the proposed construction of the Tennessee Valley Authority customer service center, city of Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, Michael James Wild
The synthesis of thiophene-containing compounds as monomer precursors to conducting polymers, Xiaoyun Zhang
Analysis of field test results for NPCS, Yang Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
The perception of role delineation between Mississippi public school board presidents and superintendents, Glenn Franklin Boyce Jr.
Race and receptivity : an initial investigation, Jonathan Craig Durm
A pedagogy of rhythmic concepts and techniques of the common practice period, Martha Prewitt Hitch
A pedagogy of rhythmic concepts and techniques of the common practice period, Martha Prewitt Hitch
The cultural context of elective voice study at colleges and universities, Karen Maiers Sudduth
Public Journalism: Attitudes and Practices, Poonkulali Thangavelu
Copper nucleation, electrodeposition, and alloy formation in the Lewis acidic aluminum chloride-1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium chloride room-temperature molten salt, Brian J. Tierney
From Emerson to Faulkner : affinities of nature symbiosis, Justin Robert Wert
The Jackson Advocate : 1938-1995 a historical overview, Colleen R. White
Shades of white : party politics in Mississippi, 1870-1896, William Bland Whitley
The factors of urban development : cotton brokers and merchants in antebellum Memphis, 1850-1860, Joe Wojak
The effect of collisions on error performance in intelligent tag systems, Xiaowei Zhang
Synchronization for narrowband personal communication systems, Min Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Teaching the piccolo trumpet : from the perspectives of selected university trumpet teachers, Danny Keith Ellis
Mule racing in the Mississippi Delta, 1938-1950, Karen Marie Glynn
A tripartite perspective on reading and interpretation : a reading practice on William Blake's the Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Robert Milton Sea
A tripartite perspective on reading and interpretation : a reading practice on William Blake's the Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Robert Milton Sea
Accuracy of adolescents' self-report in assessing the effectiveness of attentional abilities, Edward Albert Toyer
Effect of cracks on rain infiltration in a Mississippi Delta clay soil, Robert Ray Wells
The case of the reluctant story : the Allain sex scandal, William Franklin West
A way out of no way : African-American culture and empowerment at the Ichauway Plantation baseball diamond and store, Charles McCutchon Yarborough
Performance evaluation of forward error correction for narrowband personal communications systems, Wenxia Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
A Comparative Study of Selected Marches of Kenneth Alford and John Phillip Sousa, Alan Todd Alexander
The Effects of Caffeine and Affective Imagery on Facial EMG in Women, Robert Francis Mirabella
A new view of augmented sixth chords, Martha J. Reeder
Effect of process variables on the vibro-acoustic material characteristics of pultruded glass/epoxy composites, Radesh Vangipuram
Parenting styles and the relationship to symptom reporting in children, Michael E. Walker
A study of the issues involved in teaching singing to prepubescent children, Suzy White-Williams
Exploration of an actor's technique, Kathryn G. Witt
Stochastic modeling of aerosol agglomeration, Zhao-Ping Zhang
The effect of internal diffusion resistance in spin coating, Fengqi Zhou
Chromatography on organic surfaces, Chaowei Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
A Test of Self-Directed Practice and Feedback in the Reduction of a Disturbance in Body Image, Carla Carolyn Adams
A Study of the Atomic Number Dependence of Charmed D Meson Hadroproduction, Eric Matthew Aitala
A survey of recommended procedures and teaching methods for building and maintaining a wind and percussion instrumental music education program grades six through twelve, David Joseph Daigneault
Behind the Barbed Wire: German Prisoners of War in Mississippi, 1943-1946, Edward L. Maier III
Eighteenth century counterpoint : definition of terms and practical exercises, Raymond C. Patrick II
Development of stereoscopic particle tracking velocimetry for turbulent flow field diagnostics, Veera P. Rajendran
Thomas Hardy : transcending the traditional parameters of sensation fiction, Caroline Dale Wilbourne
Problems facing television stations in markets 30-50, Marvin F. Williams III
Problems facing television stations in markets 30-50, Marvin F. Williams III
Writing the Other: desire, language, and sexual ideology in the poetry of William Butler Yeats, Amy Elizabeth Wilson
Ebony's coverage of civil rights activists, 1960-1968, Evangeline Wilson
Automated ultrasonic nondestructive testing, particularly of fiber-reinforced composite structures, Shu-Bao Ye
Analysis of the eccentric annular ring microstrip antenna excited by a coaxial probe using the cavity model, Weidong Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
An overview of the pedagogical philosophies of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze and Zoltan Kodaly with application to early childhood musiceducation, Lydia Duckett Evanson
The Victorian temper : a perspective in microcosm, Rebecca M. Jordan
The Rain God, Emil William Kaul
Best evidence : a social history of the County Court of Lafayette County, 1865-1870, DebbieLee Landi
In the Handiwork of Their Craft is Their Prayer: African-American Religious Folk Art in the Twentieth-Century South, Joyce Ann Miller
Qualitative and quantitative determination of pinenes in gum turpentine, William D. Scott III
Models, G. Lawrence Wells
The prediction of oxygen consumption in cardiac rehabilitation patients during arm crank ergometry, Qian Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Television and the Survival of the Miss Mississippi Pageant, Angela A. Abraham
Governor William Jefferson Clinton : a biography with a special focus on his educational contributions, Charles Flynn Allen
Crises in Black and White: The McComb, Mississippi Enterprise-Journal's Coverage of Racial News, 1961-64, William Lance Conn
The Best of All Breathing: Hunting and Environmental Change in Mississippi 1900-1980, Wiley C. Prewitt Jr.
Statistical and numerical study of the relation between turbulence and sonic boom characteristics, Lixin Yao
Meadowbrook : an eighteenth century Chickasaw village, Jenny Dee Yearous
Measuring permittivities by coaxial line reflection method, Hongming Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
The Use of Orientalism in the Drama of Elizabeth Inchbald, Valerie Denise Adams
Four stories, Daniel Neal Debord
The Rise and Fall of the Great Music Festivals and the Hippie Culture of the 1960’s: Monterey, Woodstock, and Altamont, Charles Anthony Gates
Globe South, a Shakespeare Workshop : an interdisciplinary experiment in classroom dramatics at the University of Mississippi, Rebecca Ileta Moore Jernigan
The Effect of Repetitive Midazolam Treatment on Acoustical Startle in Rats, Robert Francis Mirabella
Concomitant Ordering in First Row Transition Metal Fluorides, Ajay Shah
From honky tonk angels to outlaw women : images of women in country music, 1944-1988, Deborah Carol West
The gothic impulse in three of Sam Shepard's plays, Susan E. Williams
Synthesis and characterization of nickel(II) complexes of a hydrotrispyrazolylborate ligand and of novel phosphinetrithiol ligands, Weihong Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
A History of Today's Christian Woman: 1978-1988, Janet Traylor Addison
Assessment of Male Body Image: Correlates and Components, Patricia Alexander
A Comparison of Two Hypnotic Methods for Achieving and Maintaining Abstinence from Smoking, Ronald Lee Lutz
Fatalism in some plays of Sam Shepard, Harksoon Yim
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
War and The Absurd in Ford’s Parade's End, William Wayne Albright
Opinions of Mississippi Pharmacists on the Prescription to OTC Switch, and the OTC Status of Ibuprofen, Li-ly Emily Chang
Divergent soliloquy : the unfolding of content, James L. Weems