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Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Last best place, Jennifer Elaine Malesich
Apparatus and algorithms for acoustic landmine detection, Ghaith Mashhour Matalkah
Fear, faith and the fatherland : the complexities of prejudice in the civil rights movement, Kate Medley
A factor analytic study of the boredom proneness scale and its relationship to meaning in life in a college student sample, Amanda Melton
From king cotton to custom kitchens : revitalization in downtown Greenwood, Mississippi, Mary Margaret Miller
England’s Exodus: Jewish Readmission and English Identity, Patricia M. O'Sullivan
A generalized earth-flattening transformation for sound propagation over irregular terrain, Santosh Parakkal
A survey of object-oriented features in programming languages, Benjamin N. Pharr
The moral argument for God's existence, Chadwich G. Ramsey
Eating pie : digesting food production and consumption in Faulkner / by Katherine Rawson, Katherine Rawson
A comparison of housing unit estimates to the American community survey master address file extract, Andrew J. Reese
Predictors of smoking cessation among college students / by Patrick Riordan, Patrick Riordan
The presence of soulless bodies and bodiless souls in Escapade, Beloved and Light in August / Emily A. Romines, Emily A. Romines
The autobiography of an impersonator / by Jacob A. Rubin, Jacob A. Rubin
Substrate integrated waveguide slot array antenna and its numerical analysis / by Rohit Sammeta, Rohit Sammeta
Some properties of K-trees / by James M. Shook, James M. Shook
Ecocritical perspectives on African literature : place, literary identity, and the natural world / Anna K. Smith, Anna K. Smith
The man who ate Michael Rockefeller, and other stories/ by Christopher Stokes, Christopher Stokes
Fro spot my spyryt per sprang in space : transgressing ineffable boundaries in Pearl / by William Storm, William Storm
Before the Inka to after the Spanish : interpreting different cultural patterns using GPR in Pambamarca, Ecuador / Mary Clarice Sullivan, Mary Clarice Sullivan
Feelings of guilt as a moderator of attributional style in severity of post traumatic / by Amanda Hines Surdock, Amanda Hines Surdock
The community newspaper and the rural public school system : relationship of mutual dependence / by Alana Delise Teague, Alana Delise Teague
Mississippi Mahjar : the history of Lebanese immigration to the Mississippi Delta and the role of the group within a traditionally black-and-white social system / by James George Thomas, Jr, James George Thomas
REM.nants, Melody R. Tiemann
Tribo-diagnostic and power harvesting studies on the nanoparticle coated smart material / Deepak Halenahally Veeregowda, Deepak Halenahally Veeregowda
40 years of Southern Living / by Summer Hill Vinson, Summer Hill Vinson
Treading the threshold of The House of the Seven Gables, Troy Nelson White
Facade, Shawn Whittington
Facade, Shawn Whittington
MAP decoding of variable length encoded sources with symbol re-alignment, Lei Yao
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Context specific applications of ad-hoc networks : a communication network for fire fighters, Mathew Abraham
Complex human behavior and gender categorization, Catherine H. Adams
Look baby, i know you : queering race and coloring sexuality in Giovanni's Room, Cane, and Absalom, Absalom!, Elizabeth Rose Anderson
And they wonder why things burn, Anna Baker
Just beneath the surface : a story about race and football in a southern town, Mary Battle
Use of portable falling weight deflectometer for estimating resilient modulus of subgrade, Biplab Bhushan Bhattacharya
Geologic mapping using remote sensing in the Mountain Pine Ridge area of Belize, Seth Broadfoot
Microbial modification of corn stover to increase ethanol yield, Naresh K. Budhavaram
Examining attributions of blame and consumer trust following market withdrawal of a pharmaceutical product, Suvapun Bunniran
An investigation of the chemistry and antimalarial activity of the marine soft coral Asterospicularia Randalli, S. Duane Burt
“Daddy, Tell Me Another Story:” The Drive-By Truckers, Southern History, and Popular Culture, Ellie Campbell
Daddy, tell me another story : the drive-by truckers, southern history, and popular culture, Ellie Campbell
German culture as reflected through the developments of two children's educational television programs, Tracy L. Case
Mass media convergence : a guide for student and professional media centers, Rima Chaddha
Nonlinear transforms for peak to average power reduction in OFDM, Nishchal Chaudhary
Bridging molecular, particulate and continuum mechanics for geotechnical applications, Hyungrae Cho
An anechoic chamber system for antenna pattern measurements, Aik Min Choong
Analysis of the blind source separator's ability to perform direction of arrival estimations for multiple sources, Robert C. Clark
The use of quantum dots in the detection and measurement of supercoiled DNA using capillary electrophoresis, Justin B. Clisby
The real deal : experiencing authenticity in the music of R.L. Burnside, Matthieu Dessier
The exchangeable multinomial modeling in correlated data, Yuanyuan Ding
A fractal analysis of binding and dissociation kinetics for analytes related to various human diseases on biosensor surfaces, Atul M. Doke
Comparison of the HPLC, Sherif Ismail Elshahawi
Measurement of non-coaxial RF components using the TRL calibration technique, Dalia A. Elsherbeni
The Nocturnal museum, James Everett
Nitrogen use efficiency in Cyperus Haspan, A CΓéâ wetland sedge, in a six-month greenhouse experiment at the University of Mississippi field station, Alison Avery Faulkner
Feeding behavior of Japanese Medaka as a measure of neurological activity for marine natural products, Amanda J. Feldhaus
Design of mixed fuel for heterogeneous reburning, Benson Baari Gathitu
The world of art and all that has got you down, Will Gorham
Effect of clay and organic content on the acoustic behavior of sediment saturated by water or atrazine, Sireesha Gudipudi
Electronic cooling of power amplifier array using nanofluid or zigzag fins, Kapil Gupta
The role of memory, place and identity in four Franco-Maghrebi films, Lydia Hailman
Experimental characterization of environmentally friendly treated wood core pultruded composites, Brittany Hancock
Plant community responses to an extended fire-free interval following frequent fires in two wet pine savannas in southern Mississippi, Sarah E. Hinman
Sound monitoring with wireless sensor networks, Alex V. Jaramillo
Grave goods of early historic Chickasaw burials, Lorrie Whittemore Jerome
Selection of room temperature ionic liquid for separation of COΓéé from atmospheric condition, Ashutosh Jha
Measuring and modeling active and passive devices and RF amplifier design, Lisa Jordan
Pharmacological characterization of brain angiotensin II receptor function and ligand binding, Surinder Kaur
Determination of soil permeability using an acoustic technique, Jin Won Kim
Spatiotemporal variation in methane (CHΓéä) and carbon dioxide (COΓéé) fluxes from a spring-fed forested wetland, Hong-Suk Koh
Central effects of aminopeptidase-resistant analogs of Ang II in the rat, Ranjita J. Kokje
Cultivating the Wild Land : the industrialization of agriculture and Willa Cather's great plains farm novels, Amanda Kuhnel
Mechanisms of the persistence of antibiotic resistant enteric bacteria in freshwater wetland environments, Andrekeus Lee
Predictions of supercritical fluids extraction based on mixing rules derived from matching EOS, Jiangping Liu
Sanctuaries of white supremacy : the story of the Jackson church visit campaign, 1963-1964, part I, Carter Dalton Lyon
Comparing ASTER and Landsat 7 ETM+ for change detection, Taufique Hasan Mahmood
Probing the microenvironment of zeolites NaX, NaY and USY, Deshi Moodley
Walking the tightrope : complicated motherhood in Ernest Gaines's A Long Day in November and The Sky is Gray, Mary Amanda Murfee
The hospitality of Jim Crow : tourist development in Mississippi, 1936-1964, Sara L. Newell
Disillusionment, Kimberly Lockhart Noll
Simplifying resource management in java, Derek Andrew Park
Emotion intensity, emotion regulation, and emotion knowledge in the prediction of reactive and proactive aggression, Kimberly Lynn Parks
Echoes over water, James Michael Piiparinen
The directorial process as applied to Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, Garry Lee Posey
An applied study of Putnam's social capital theory in Pontotoc County, Mississippi / by KaNin L. Reese, KaNin L. Reese
Searching for a place : community as resistance in black literatures / by Jon Matthew Saye, Jon Matthew Saye
The making of a monument : investigating mound stratigraphy in the Yazoo Basin / by Erin L. Stevens, Erin L. Stevens
Coercion and empowerment in the treatment of individuals with serious mental illness / Kristen M.Strack, Kristen M. Strack
Reclaiming identity, reimagining place : characterizations of the white southern underclass in grit lit, Jacob Sullins
The reinvention of the American newspaper through design / by Allen Thigpen, Allen Thigpen
Observation and analysis of expert teaching in beginning band / by B. Lane Thompson, B. Lane. Thompson
Synthesis of manganese oxide coatings for adsorption of trace metals from ground water / Amey S. Tilak, Amey S. Tilak