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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The comedy of errors : a farce unmasked, David Andrew Doersch
Bed material size trends in incised channels, Martin Wayne Doyle
Curs'd distraction and wretched consequences : Thomas Otway's use of the sexual deviant as social criticism, David Andrew Duffey
Recent developments in Wisconsin's open records law, John Alton Duff
Factors associated with perception of AIDS risk among college students, Alva Jonathan Dugger
A finite element model with penalty formulation to predict the pressure and velocity behavior in a pultrusion die inlet, Srikanth Elaprolu
Article errors by Taiwanese students at the University of Mississippi : an analysis, Tien-Tung Fan
A comprehensive environmental assessment of a receiving aquatic system near an unbleached kraft mill, David Perrette Felder
Civic journalism as an alternative reporting method, Chaka Ferguson
'The Deadly Space Between' : tragic biblical epistemology in The Piazza Tales, Benjamin D. Franklin
A production study of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, Valerie Galloway
Tartuffe, Sharon Louise Goetz
Musical forms of the classical sonata, Kraig Gary Goreth
Catahoula stories, Marian Christina Hall
The synthesis of analogs of the antimalarial artemisinin lacking the d-ring, Chad A. Haraldson
Coagulation of opposites in space : as related to big shapes, Judith Beavers Harper
Duns Scotus and Leibniz on the principle of individuation, John G. Hartung
Beliefs and behaviors associated with vitamin supplementation, Gail L. Heimer
Equus : a production study, Robert Andrew Heller
The Mississippi Council of the association of southern women for the prevention of lynching, Caroline Beverly Herring
Frozen cats, Christa Michelle Hill
Observation of the charmed meson decay D̊ yields K̄pi+ pi̊, Qiuming Jie
The valley and the ocean : stories, Chad Roberts Johnson
The relationship between percent peak oxygen consumption and percent peak heart rate during deep water running in the adult population - age 50 to 70 years, Joel Christopher Jordan
Scattering of sonic booms by anisotropic turbulence in the atmosphere, Mark C. Kelly
The new Russia : a quest for community development, Marina Koval
Approximation of spin coating with a genetic algorithm based neural network, Ching-Fu Li
Howling the truth inarticulate : a comparative study of D.H. Lawrence and Frank Norris, Jay Anthony Lowrey
Two steps from the muse, Paul Edward Lowther
The life history of the southern two-lined salamander, Eurycea Cirrigera (Caudata: Plethodontidae), with interspecific comparisons to the members of the Eurycea Bislineata complex, Jeremy Lee Marshall
Race relations in a Mississippi delta town : Indianola, Mississippi, Kenith Wayne Matthews
Habitat associations and behavioral analysis of non-breeding waterfowl in the Mississippi Delta, Jonathan David Maul
Breaking stride & other stories, Thomas Scott McKenzie
Examining the validity of computer based test interpretation with interpretive q-sorts, Travis P. McNeal
Inquiries into three minor characters in William Gilmore Simms's The Partisan and Mellichampe, Rosanna Thomas Milner
Rhonda and her children, Christopher Miner
Numerical simulations of the absorption of sound by noise in one dimension, Vivek Mital
Dynamic characteristics of a four-bar linkage coupler fabricated from pultruded composite materials, Meganathan Mohanraj
Computation of higher order modes in dielectric resonators using finite difference time domain technique, Asem Mokaddem
Republican Roman and Athenian democratic criminal justice : people, places and procedures, Jason Ross Nabors
Creating an internet website for the Daily Mississippian, John C. Niederschmidt
Psychometric properties of the rape myth scale : a systematic examination utilizing known and predicted correlates of rape myth acceptance, Brandon Ray Olive
Isolation and molecular characterization of selected PCR-RAPD fragments isolated from the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) genome, Scott R. Olsen
The validity of a MMPI-A scale to assess attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescents, Heather L. Park
From horse hooves to tank treads : the american transition, 1917-1918, Gregory Mercelis Parrish
Development of an immunomodulatory assay : macrophage activation, Kimberly Dee Pratt
Behavior of the pressure rise in a pultrusion die inlet, Kevin S. Raper
A microwave measurement of electrical parameters for lossy fluids / by Mark Wesley Reed, Mark Wesley Reed
William Porcher DuBose : the life and work of a southern theologian / by John William Richter III, John William Richter
Searching for a process : a study of three characters / by Stacey L. Ricketts, Stacey L. Ricketts
The subversive sentimental : subversive narrative techniques of African-American women novelists from the antebellum to postbellum periods / by Christina Riley Brown, Christina Riley-Brown
Playing the situation / by George C. Roberts, George C. Roberts
The Ole Miss Rebellion : Spring 1997 / by Larz G. Roberts, Larz G. Roberts
Investigation of percolation rates of loessal soils in Northwest Mississippi / by Tony S. Rohs, Tony S. Rohs
The Vaughan movement : the musical transformation of the southern rural landscape, 1912-1963 / by Sarah Lynn Sanders, Sarah Lynn Sanders
The poet's changing song : Robert Hass's psychological relationship to language in Field Guide, Praise, Human Wishes, and Sun Under Wood / by Cory Thomas Shaman, Cory Thomas Shaman
In the end, there is the word / by Fara Elizabeth Shook, Fara Elizabeth Shook
The resilience of bottomland hardwood wetland soils following timber harvest / by Rebecca Lynn Smith, Rebecca Lynn Smith
Old Straight: the civil war career of General Alexander Peter Stewart / by Timothy Brian Smith, Timothy Brian Smith
The achievement of Mark Steadman / by Nona Lee Staten, Nona Lee Staten
Aquatic invertebrate responses to A C (12-15 subscript) AE-3S anionic surfactant in laboratory and outdoor stream mesocosm exposures / by Robert Wade Steinriede, Robert Wade Steinriede
Traditional communities versus electronic communities : what are we looking for in online communities / by Lisa G. Stone, Lisa G. Stone
A ceramic analysis of the early and middle woodland components of the Batesville Mounds site / by Rodney T. Stuart, Rodney T. Stuart
Ophelia's cotillion : an invitation to the nightmare years / music score by Clarice La Verne Thompson [lyrics by Elmo Terry-Morgan], Clarice La Verne Thompson
Press criticisms from 1900 to the 1990's / by Terrie Leigh Thompson, Terrie Leigh Thompson
The greenhorn's impasse : is media capitalism spoiling an American dream? / by Don Rodney Vaughan, Don Rodney Vaughan
Athletic amenorrhea and eating disorders among collegiate female athletics / by Lisa M. Vergari, Lisa M. Vergari
Cataclysm and memory : the battle of Franklin / by Mark Hunter Voss, Mark Hunter Voss
Marine magnetics : development and application in placer mineral exploration / by Vijayan Vvrajan, Vijayan Vvrajan
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
Swimming performance of bigmouth, Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes), and smallmouth buffalo, Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque), Steven Reid Adams
Automatic frequency control algorithms for narrowband personal communications systems, Mohammad Afzal
Towards a computerized patient medical record, Temple A. Allen
The tongue of birds : Welty's search for plurality in The Wide Net, Helen Saunders Armstrong
Ophelia, go home ! : the life story of Ophelia Killens, James Fredrick Barger
The darkness of illumination : forbidden knowledge in The Monk, Frankenstein, and The Stand, Jane Ashley Barmettler
A study of the feasibility of the utilization of health-related quality of life instruments in the community pharmacy setting, John Paul Bentley
A measurement of the electroweak asymmetry parameter for the Tau Lepton using the 1993 and 1994-95 SLD data sample, Brett Day Bolen
Charting the process : the development of a practical approach to acting, Janet Clare Vialpando Bond
Stick by the home folks : labor unrest and social formation in Tupelo, 1937-1938, Joseph S. Bonica
A descriptive analysis of the cardiac rehabilitation program at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, Dalson Matthew Borel
Pharmacists' perceptions of herbal medicines : a descriptive study, Alicia Corinne Sanders Bouldin
The perception of role delineation between Mississippi public school board presidents and superintendents, Glenn Franklin Boyce Jr.
Millennial visions : the gay religious quest in modern American drama, Christopher G. Brandom
What is it like to be free?, Stewart West Bryson
Biocell treatment of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soils, Michael R. Burchell
Dixie Rock : the southern rock movement and white male culture in the post civil-rights south, James Michael Butler
Resonant frequency and Q-Factor computation for multi-region dielectric resonators, Fang Chen
Modeling and simulation of aggradation and degradation of straight and meander alluvial rivers, Shihab Ahmed Choudhury
The relationship between monet and oriental art, Hui-Jung Chuang