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Theses/Dissertations from 1996
The funeral ritual and the grotesque : in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter, Cristen Carroll Coker
The tempest : a mystical experience on an enchanted island, Yvonne Michelle Collyar
Gypsybaby, Katharine Lynn Cook
Considerations of data compression and symmetric encryption techniques for a personal communications service, Richard Craig
The effects of physical travel and haloperidol on choice behavior, Kirk Lee Davis
Communication attitudes of African-American and White elementary school children, Anthony Di Lollo
Cartoon people : a collection of fiction, Albert Vernon Dixon
Selected timing and demographic factors in completed fertility : an analysis of 1990 current population survey data, Jeannie R. Douglas-Sevier
Specimens from the edges : the historicity of language as demonstrated in a comparative analysis of twentieth century American and Soviet literature, Michael E. Doyle
Race and receptivity : an initial investigation, Jonathan Craig Durm
The synthesis of quinone-type acceptor molecules with methyl sulfide functional groups for self-assembled monolayers on gold, Peter Wei-Jen Fan
Parallel implementation of the finite difference time domain method for the determination of the cutoff frequencies of two-dimensional waveguides, David W. Fortenberry
The Delta Blues education program, Ari Frede
The political epistemology of the book of Job, William K. Funderburk
Moral theory and the early moore, Ray A. Furr
Portraits of residents of Lafayette County, Mississippi, John Barton Galloway
Global analysis using a stopped-flow fluorescence - circular dichroism instrument for the unfolding, Ronald Kent Gartin
Fossil shell resources in the northern Gulf of Mexico : history, exploration, and economics, Cathy Ann Grace
Top Girls: a production study, Sandra L. Greenway
Interactive design of cascaded microwave two-ports using personal computer, Ibrahim Barkal Hajaj
Writing about one's emotional reactions to upsetting life events : does writing style make a difference?, Amy R. Harrington
Embodying the Texas frontier : notes toward a somatic reading of captivity narratives, Joy Colleen Harris
Finite element analysis of one dimensional elliptic problems using wavelet-like basis functions, Lee A. Harrison
Feeling the Pulse : a portrait of Junior Kimbrough, Steffen Hartleib
Postmodernizing the composition classroom : dialogue and electronic community, Cecilia Anne Hartley
Does the causal theory of reference entail essentialism?, Hunter B. Hatfield
Constructed wetlands for decreasing concentrations and bioavailability of zinc in water : design and evaluation, William Bradley Hawkins
A pedagogy of rhythmic concepts and techniques of the common practice period, Martha Prewitt Hitch
Isabel Allende and the feminine voice, Deborah J. Griffin Honnoll
The perfect good time, Theron J. Hopkins
Polymer phase transition studies by stepwise temperature programming inverse gas chromatography, Brian Jian Huang
The application of two dimensional cylindrical finite difference time domain method to waveguides and scattering problems, Chun-Wen Paul Huang
The commodification of women in Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, Sherry Gayle Jeffries
Mass media law and the photojournalist : a survey of the major cases, David Shawn Jenkins
A study of the Republican party in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Judith Bouchelle Jones
Rapid screening of crude plant extracts for anticancer activity using a Lambda prophage induction assay, Kenneth Jones
Auditory brainstem and middle latency responses in tinnitus sufferers, Elizabeth Emma Ferry Kadlec
Studies of the pH dependence of ligand binding to TRP aporepressor, Mythrei Kavanoor
Fertility and women's living conditions : an examination of Soviet Russia and Central Asia, Jill Keesbury
Identity and the Vietnam War : the narratives of Larry Heinemann, Tim O'Brien, and Tobias Wolff, Andrew Leyman Kelsey
A historical overview of newspaper development in the Republic of China on Taiwan since World War II, Shuling Ke
The elements of The Tempest : a set design, Ella Ruth Kinney
Posttraumatic stress disorder and dissociation in a sample of rural law enforcement officers, Russell L. Kolts
The search for the sacred : a study of Cormac McCarthy's Child of God and Outer Dark, Sean Stanley Krause
Southerners against themselves : modernism, postmodernism, and the search for southern identity, John J. Langdale III
Semi-synthesis and characterization of novel derivatives of the carbomycin class of 16-membered macrolide antibiotics, David C. Limburg
Synthesis of ferrocene-type organosulfur compounds with two different redox centers, Lang Lin
The union of mythology and theology in Sor Juana's El Divino Narciso, Sharice Ann Long
The New Americans : Soviet Jews in Memphis, Travis Wesley Loy
Parameters and kinetics of heterogeneous reburning, Te-Chang Lu
Discriminant validity of subscales of the MMPI-2 S scale, Erica D. Marshall
Speech perception testing using high frequency word lists, Caroline Rose Merwin
A set & lighting design for A Chorus Line, John Edward Miller
The great american dream house, Jean Margaret Nichols
Performance analysis of random access protocols for radio frequency identification systems, Xiang Ni
The relationship between oxygen consumption and heart rate in college-aged males and females during non-supported deep water running, Dana K. O'Donnell
The creation of characters, Ginger Alison Parker
The role of myth in ancient treaties, Lee Everett Patterson
Special messages from God : the life and art of Joe Light, Dannal Perry
The effectiveness of grass strips in preventing sediment loss, John Bott Raffaelle
The Calendrical cycle in the pre-christian religion of the croats, Melko Rašica
Overhead for simulcast and cellular architectures in narrowband personal communications systems, Nilesh Ranjan
Faulkner's Sanctuary : a review of the literature, Mark Taylor Razor
Analysis of aperture coupled microstrip antennas using the finite difference time domain technique / by Vicente Rodriguez-Pereyra, Vicente Rodriguez-Pereyra
Valuable captives : Louisiana slaves among the Choctaw Indians during the early 1730s / by Stephen Michael Rosecan, Stephen Michael Rosecan
A magazine concept meets the real world / by Steven C. Russell, Steven C. Russell
The use of PCR-RAPDS and similarity indices to assess genetic intergradation of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) subspecies in 15 Mississippi populations / by Leslie L. Rutherford, Leslie L. Rutherford
An actor's consciousness / by Christopher James Schager, Christopher James Schager
The impact of checkbook journalism on the current journalism climate / by Nirmalya Sen, Nirmalya Sen
Prediction of pressure behavior in a pultrusion die inlet utilizing a finite element model / by Deep Sharma, Deep. Sharma
Effects of type of experience and status of counselor on observer perception / by Carman F. Sherer, Carman F. Sherer
Soil effects on earthquake ground motions at the University of Mississippi / by Robert Kimbell Stewart, Robert Kimbell Stewart
The cultural context of elective voice study at colleges and universities, Karen Maiers Sudduth
The use of creative activities in the secondary music classroom / by Spring M. Taylor, Spring M. Taylor
Effect of cyclodextrin complexation on solid state and solution stability of cholecalciferol / by Ravindra W. Tejwani, Ravindra W. Tejwani
Public Journalism: Attitudes and Practices, Poonkulali Thangavelu
Dynamics and control of feed/effluent heat exchangers / by Prabhuram Thiagarajan, Prabhuram Thiagarajan
Copper nucleation, electrodeposition, and alloy formation in the Lewis acidic aluminum chloride-1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium chloride room-temperature molten salt, Brian J. Tierney
Eye dominance and pitch recognition : a comparison of the curveball recognition times of ipsilateral and contralateral collegiate baseball batters / by Christopher N. Troyer, Christopher N. Troyer
Liquid-phase absorption of toluene vapor from air / by Arun Ubale, Arun Ubale
The excavations at Walton-Young House, Oxford, Mississippi / by John Charles VanHecke, John Charles VanHecke
The effect of a woman's explanation for refusal on males's ability to discriminate unwanted sexual behavior in a date rape scenario / by Victoria Elizabeth Van Wie, Victoria Elizabeth Van Wie
The effect of macromolecular stability and role of protein polymer interaction on sustained release of macromolecules from preformed porous microspheres / by Sridhar Venkatesan, Sridhar Venkatesan
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
A study on digital IF filters for NPCS receivers, Liping Ai
The Lambda-Prophage induction assay as a natural product screening tool, Mopelola Olubunmi Akeju
A comparative study of selected marches of Kenneth Alford and John Phillip Sousa, Alan Todd Alexander