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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Nurseries of Morality : collegiate constructions of manhood, Mary K. Clingerman
Motor speech complications of infection with human immonuodeficiency virus, Tammy Marie Collier
Analysis of estrogen receptor and aromatase genes in Japanese Medaka : characterization of promoter methylation, Rooha Contractor
Reactive aggression, social status, and recognition of facial expressions of emotion in children, Lisa W. Coyne
Power, sex, Jesus, and mama : poor-white women in southern literature, Ashley M. Craig
The effect of cultural self-construal priming on responses to value-based scenarios, David Jerome Dalsky
Effect of variable user demand on water distribution system hydraulics and water quality, Harikrishna Didigam
The ABA-NBA merger, 1966-1976, John Richard Duke
A personal iconography, Michael I. Eble
The potlikker papers : an explication and rumination on the potlikker and cornpone debate of 1931 with illustrative asides, John T. Edge
Assessment of the dosing and time parameters of chlordiazepoxide in oral and intraperitoneal routes of administration in the chick social separation-stress procedure, Matthew Wyly Feltenstein
Latin American baseball players and the process of acculturation in the United States, Juan M. Garcia
Enrichment techniques to improve process yield of methanogenic conversion of acetate, Aarti V. Gidh
Toward one Europe : an analysis of individual level support for European integration, Erik Jan Volker Gobel
The effect of time of day on the performance of a child with autism in speech and language therapy, Memorie M. Gosa
The effect of a single bout of indoor cycling on mood states as compared to step aerobics, Larry Thomas Greene
A rock, sword and shield : the history of Tougaloo College, 1960-70, Sharelle Antoinette Grim
Development and characterization of hot-melt extruded polymeric films containing lidocaine, Kavitha Gutta
Airbone remote sensing techniques, digital image processing, and multisensor gis analysis at the Hollywood site, a late Mississippian mound center, Bryan Stanley Haley
Darwin revisited : a naturalistic interpretation of Barbara Kingsolver's first three novels the Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven, and Animal Dreams, Glinda K. Hall
Szemeredi's regularity lemma and applications, Joshua Owen Hanes
The agricultural high schools of Mississippi, David M. Hargrove
Preserving Mississippi : the life and work of Eron Opha Moore Rowland, Marlo Ann Alt. Hendrix
Uses of intelligent agents in the development of online tutoring systems, Timothy L. Holston
An acoustic to seismic coupling survey of the Fragipan Horizon, Wheeler Howard
The role of androgens in pre-nuptial molt progression of the American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), Meredith Joan Graham Hunter
Assessment of malingering in individuals with mental retardation, Kolleen E. Hurley
A survey of the current status of undergraduate graphic design programs offered by colleges and universities in the state of Mississippi, Nailah Jamila Isoke
Electronic cooling of a generic transmitter, Anil L. Jeswani
Structural damage assessment in a wooden wall using vibration modal analysis, Lay Menn Khoo
A lighting design process for Cabaret, Michael G. Knight
Oxygen transfer in stepped cascade aerators, Srikanth Koduri
That's alright mama, any way you do : Elvis, sexuality, and changing southern womanhood, Mary Elizabeth Lasseter
Broadband spatial power combiners : system modeling and antenna design, Milan V. Lukic
The role of the cover as a marketing tool in single-copy sales, Emily Main
A land use history of the Holly Springs National Forest, Michelle R. McAnally
A Land Use History of the Holly Springs National Forest, Michelle R. McAnally
The effectiveness of sound field frequency-modulated amplification on early reading skills in elementary school classrooms, Lindsay Marr McMillan
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
Tidal pool and other stories, Jennifer Barnes Moffett
Interweaving image and voice : creating a story of a family, Sarah Louise Monroe
Characteristics of domestic violence offenders : associations with childhood exposure to violence, Amy Rebekah Epstein Murrell
Detection of surficial failures in high plasticity, compacted clay slopes using remote sensing along the Mississippi River levee, Jessica A. Neuner
Shifting stages : response to William Inge and Picnic, 1953 to the present, Susannah Lynne Northart
Comparative, Kaoru Ochiai
Thermal management of a generic transmitter-receiver (T/R) module/ by Sridhar Palle, Sridhar Palle
Development of ultraviolet post-curing of photoinitiated resin systems to increase throughput in pultrusion, Rahul P. Patki
Age determination of the freshwater mussel 'Amblema Plicata' of the Sunflower river, Dezra M. Peltier
Ground penetrating radar at Hollywood, John Norman Peukert
Predicting treatment outcomes of an inpatient substance abuse program for adolescents : a study of the MMPI-A negative treatment indicator scale, Makenya R. Pringle
Pressure variation and resin flow in injection pultrusion, Sameer S. Rahatekar
Characterization of statistically multiplexed huffman-encoded audio traffic, Venkatesh Ramaswamy
A curriculum model for teaching romantic choral lieder to high school choirs, William P. Rayburn
Magnetic remote sensing and ground truth : some examples from the Hollywood site, Tunica County, Mississippi / by Matthew Douglas Reynolds, Matthew Douglas Reynolds
Reading the impurities : repetition and authorship in the late Warren / by Franklin Wayne Ridgway, Franklin Wayne Ridgway
The mineralogical variations of mined strata of palygorskite clay of Florida and Georgia / by Harold D. Robinson, Harold D. Robinson
A comparative study of vocal dysfunction of kindergarten through sixth grade music and non-music teachers of selected northern Mississippi schools, Thelma Lorraine Rozukalns
Validation and verification of the STAR-3i interferometric synthetic aperture radar digital elevation model of Long Beach, Mississippi / by Julie Marie Sappington, Julie Marie Sappington
An exploration of the acting process through contrasting characters / by Angela Marcella Huwe Schnaible, Angela Marcella Huwe Schnaible
Effect of water content on clay porosity : a microscopic experimental study / by Arunkumar Selvam, Arunkumar Selvam
Child abuse : alternative styles addressed in the concept for and rehearsal of a production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child / by Mary Katherine Simons, Mary Katherine Simons
An introduction to the vocal works of American composer Rosemary Silversteen with an emphasis on pedagogical issues, Calista Jane Sprague
Production of indole-3-acetic acid by plant growth-promoting assemblages of the fresh water macrophyte Juncus Effusus L / by Rama Krishna Subgani, Rama Krishna Subgani
Swallowing deficits in infants and children with Spina Bifida / by Rachel M. Terry, Rachel M. Terry
Restless spirits : ghosts and the supernatural in Edith Wharton's short fiction / by Katharine McLaren Todd, Katharine McLaren Todd
Writing across racial boundaries in American literature : women and cross-racial friendships / by Latonya L. Todd, Latonya L. Todd
An investigation of techniques for improving the efficiency of the use of wavelet-like basis functions in the finite element solution of differential equations / by Suppakiat Tuksinvarajan, Suppakiat Tuksinvarajan
Intentionality and ontology / by Joseph W. Ulatowski, Joseph W. Ulatowski
A laboratory study and comparison of three inversion techniques for single frequency acoustic suspended-sediment measurement / by Srikanth Vadakapurapu, Srikanth Vadakapurapu
Temporal trends in party affect, Justin Paul Wedeking
Coping with college life: the effect of writing on freshman adjustment to college, Peter Wakefield Winslett
Analysis and design of coplanar waveguide fed bow-tie aperture antennas, Guiping Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Gerow : Southern Son, Roman catholicism in Mississippi during the Great Depression, Lance T. Alexis
Computing efficient routes in communication networks having multiple-constrained link costs, Rajesh Bajracharya
A finite-difference time-domain interface for the design and simulation of microstrip antennas, Bradford Nelson Baker
The use of ankle bracing and vibration in the examination of spectral qualities of center of pressure, Stephen P. Beiermann
The effects of moist heat on force production during a concentric and eccentric contraction of the quadriceps, Bart Allan Belew
Optimal interrogation periods for RFID systems under RRCP and RRCPA, Sri Lakshmi Bhamidipati
How pianists memorize and suggestions to enhance the memory process, Lawrence Darwin Brooks
Race and receptivity : a generalizability analysis of the scripted dyadic interaction paradigm, Martha E. Bynum
A study of rapid curing of polyester resin in a heating oven to simulate pultrusion processing, Raghunandan Chaware
Humility, chastity , and the worth of honest fame in Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam the Fair Queen of Jewry, Anna Kidd Clark
Patriots, propaganda and prisoners : the revolutionary POW narratives of Philip Freneau and Thomas Dring, LouAnn Cunningham
Effects of noise and reverberation on echo thresholds in older listeners with essentially normal hearing, Brett W. Davies
Studies in competitive adsolubilization, Jasper Lane Dickson
Vale of paradise : stories, Matthew MacRobert Duffus
Adherence rates of long bouts versus short bouts of exercise in healthy, adult females, Kasey S. Dukes
A survey of North American fungal fruiting bodies with an emphasis on Pulveroboletus Ravenelii and the Genus Morchella, Christine J. Duncan
Commissioning of SLAC SLD 45-degree chambers, Vance Onno Eschenburg
Fiscal decentralization and county finance in five chinese provinces, Qiang Fei
Puritan planters : a community of congregationalists in the colonial south, 1695-1800, Jeffrey Paul Fuller
The roman analogy in three cold war films : Ben-Hur, Spartacus, and the Fall of the Roman Empire, Nathaniel Gee
Asymmetry in reproductive isolation in four populations of Schizocos Crassipes from the southeastern U.S.A. (Araneae Lycosidae), Elizabeth A. Germano
A comparison of the early life stage responses of the Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) to copper sulfate : a metal toxicant, chlorpyrifos, an organophosphorus insecticide, and benzo(a)pyrene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, Raymond Frederic Grenfell
Education in context : a social capital approach to improving student achievement in the Tunica County public schools, Harry Minton Harris