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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
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
Center of the universe / by Laura Manning Watkins, Laura Manning Watkins
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
Chickamauga / by Bradley Tyler Wilson, Bradley Tyler Wilson
Freedom of expression in Canada and the United States : a comparison of free press / fair trial issues / by Christina Dawne Worth, Christina Dawne Worth
Voyeurism, desire, shame and love : the female nude in the paintings of Lovis Corinth / by John David Wright, John David Wright
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
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