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Theses/Dissertations from 1982
The role of city and regional magazines and their publishers insociety today, Anita Grant McGraw
On the horns of a dilemma : the treatment of British Loyalists in South Carolina, Allison McNeese
On an analytical approach for coupling hydrologic response and geomorphology, Oscar Jose Mesa
Chaucer's colorful companions : animal images in Troilus and Criseyde, Lofton Sturgis Monteith
The setting and lighting design for Death of a Sale sman, Stanley Layman Moore
A quantitative comparison of two operant response topographies in laboratory rats, Betsy Jane Morgan
A probabilistic approach to fatique design of flexible pavementsand evaluation of structural layer coefficients, Sukumar K. Nair
The sense of place --a characteristic of Southern regionalist art, Frank Wingfield Neal
Quantitative modeling of Pliocene depositional features in coastal Mississippi, John Baldwin Nelson
Paul Gauguin's Eve theme, Sri Kothandapani Nelson
Dynamical polarization in selected pionic atoms, Michael Nicholas
Subsurface lignite distribution within the Wilcox Group (Lower Eocene) of southeastern Mississippi, Walter L. O'Niell
Regional geomorphic expressions of subsurface structure on poorly consolidated surface sediments, coastal Mississippi / by Garry Carter Owen, Garry Carter Owen
Cultural resource management : a summary of its legal basis / by Judith Lavann Pace, Judith Lavann Pace
A brief history of Southeastern Conference women's basketball and a compilation of those schools' statistics and records, George T. Pearson
Lithology and clay mineral variation in the middle phase of the Paleocene Porters Creek Formation of Mississippi, Simms O'Neal Raybon
A rhythm pedagogy for freshmen and sophomore music students / by Sue Ann Reuter, Sue Ann Reuter
The effect of dosage form and route of administration on - PDC acetate pharmacokinetics in rats / by Peggy Hester Rider, Peggy Hester Rider
Kinetic study of hydrolysis of N-methyl glucamine salt of [delta8] - tetrahydrocannabinol hemisuccinate in semi-aqueous solvent/ by Boladale Olanrewaju Silva, Boladale Olanrewaju Silva
Patterns of buildings and aspects of cities as subjects / by Timothy William Smith, Timothy William Smith
Imaginary landscapes : interactions occurring between organic and inorganic imagery / by Carolyn Fay Taylor Sparks, Carolyn Fay Taylor Sparks
Performance in the Beats / by Billy Hugh Stewart, Billy Hugh Stewart
A lifestyle study of newspaper usage of the Oxford Eagle in Oxford, Mississippi / by Karen Crossno Streit, Karen Crossno Streit
The assessment of sex roles and stereotypes : objective behavioral tasks and self-report inventories / by Susan Cherie Sult, Susan Cherie Sult
Extravagant gestures : the world as spectacle in the works of Annie Dillard / by Patricia Anne Taylor, Patricia Anne Taylor
An IgM specific hemagglutination test for Toxoplasma gondii / by R. Kelley Thueson, Rosse Kelley Thueson
Coverage of Reagen's economic program by the prestige press before and after the 1981 assassination attempt / by Joy Elaine Tiffin, Joy Elaine Tiffin
The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Wistar rats / by Margaret Ruth Youngblood Todd, Margaret Ruth Youngblood Todd
Identification of organic end products of Cellulommonas sp. / by Ching-Liang Tseng, Ching-Liang Tseng
Women's portrayals in business magazine ads, Julia Wynette Wallace
Henri Bergson's theory of duration in its cultural context, Edwin Coulter Ward III
Extrapyramidal effects, task deficits, and symptomatology in schizophrenia, Chris M. Warrington
A comparison of videotape and line voice teaching of blissymbols, Hilda Elizabeth Welsch
Graceful trees and the Ringel-Kotzig conjecture, Cathy Ann Wills
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Electrochemical nitration of aromatic hydrocarbons in aprotic media, James Michael Achord
M. P. Belaieff : an episode in Russian music, Maureen Blackburn Adkins
M. P. Belaieff: An Episode in Russian Music, Maureen Blackburn Adkins
Length of marriage as a factor in marital satisfaction, communication, and performance on the prisoner's dilemma game, Joseph Morris Alexander
Length of Marriage as a Factor in Marital Satisfaction, Communication, and Performance on the Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Joseph Morris Alexander
Differences in the relative efficacy of parent reinforcement skills training as a function of type of media employed, Brad A. Alford
Didactic versus behavioral immunization against learned helplessness in man, John Maury Allin
An experimental comparison between two radio newscaster styles : hard-hitting and soft, Sandra Avant
A study of farmland conversion and preservation efforts, Wayne Edward Bass
An analysis of newspaper uses and gratifications by blacks and whites in Greenwood, Mississippi, Karl Michael Baymor
Methods and materials for teaching class piano / by Robert Dennis Bean, Robert Dennis Bean
A comparison of high pressure liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay in the determination of content uniformity of digoxin tablets, Martin Wade Beasley
The incidence of speech and hearing disorders in a state penitentiary population, Theresa Amelia Belenchia
Computation of electrical characteristics of asymmetric microstrip multiconductor transmission lines, Srinivas Bokka
The effect of polymer additives on the cavitation threshold of water, James Eugene Brosey
The effects of alcohol and the expectancy of alcohol on smokingrate, Ricky Clyde Brown
The effects of perspective on narrative technique in William Styson's Sophie's choice, Linda Kathryn Campbell
Western Mississippi Sound : analysis of sedimentary responses and recent deposition in a semi-enclosed brackish water basin, northeast Gulf of Mexico, David Lawrence Chastain
Stochastic structure of the occurrences of flood peaks, Chen Yu Chiang
The Federal Republic in the political theory of John Taylor of Caroline, Harold Brantley Cline Jr
How Alabama radio news directors view importance of writing, Stephen Edward Cobb
Contributions to the life history of the southern kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus), in Mississippi, Barbara Jean Crowe
The effect of capital punishment attitude on jury verdict, Juliet Wilkins Dantin
Yeat's Mythologies : a glossary and index of Celtic and occult terms, Jackie Lou Darr
The superimposition : implications for visual expression, James Theron Davis
The effectiveness of a nutrition education program using the mastery learning technique for normal and moderately retarded children, Carol Elizabeth Denney
A sociological study of celibacy, William Mark Franks
The effects of picrotoxin, haloperidol and fluphenazine upon operant behavior in rats, Bela Geczy
Evaluation of a parent-training manual for reducing children's fear of the dark, Jean Elizabeth Giebenhain
A faunistic and ecological survey of the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of northern Mississippi, Jerome Goddard
Explorations in visual thinking, Susan Beam Goff
Sedimentologic modeling of Lake Borgne : an example of Holocene marine deposition on the deltaic plain, north central Gulf of Mexico, Walter Scott Guidroz
Tranquility lies in Rome : Lucretian influences in the works of Matthew Arnold, James Edward Hall
The American theme in the works of Royall Tyler, Janet Lee Herold
The relationship between conceptions of intelligence and intellectual ability, Martha Ruth Holmes
The male, Karla Robbins Hornsby
Twentieth century composition : techniques and sequential exercises for beginning students, Patrick George Houlihan
The effect of vegetation on open channel flow, Jean Tanios Jarjoura
Mathematical dead time calculations, David Michael Johnson
Investigation of a burial erosion surface by surface resistivity methods, Little Tallahatchie River Valley, Panola County, Mississippi, David M. Jones
A production study of Barefoot in the park, Mary Louise Jordan
William Faulkner and man's relationship to the land, Rodney Eugene Kidwell
The Moondance of Schlaraffis : a translation with an introduction and critical notes to Ricarda Huch's Der Mondreigen von Schlaraffis, Georgina Kraus
Chretien de Troyes' Yvain : coming of age in medieval France, Amy Mary Lapwing
Charles Dickens's use of folklore : a study of elements in Bleak house, Alton P. Latimer
A study of Alexander Pope's color sensibility and his color application in The rape of the lock, Angela Pui-Yin Liong
Portrait of Fanny Kemble : a one-woman show, Judith Rae Loewen
Wind band scoring practices of Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Percy Aldridge Grainger / by Russell Mahlon Logan, Russell Mahlon Logan
Analysis of two-conductor microstrip transmission line with dielectric overlay, Branislav Majkic
A comparative evaluation of the intragranular effect of a new disintegrating agent on the dissolution of nitrofurantoin and tolbutamide granules, Ana de Mendoza
The effect of the personnel incentive grants program on Mississippi public library administrative units, Kathryn Graham Merkle
Genesis of bentonite in the Upper Cretaceous strata of Monroe County, Mississippi, Robert K. Merrill
Improving the use of the literature textbook in the high school, Marilyn Majors Monroe
The effect of an extrinsic incentive on physiological response during free recall performance, Michael Tennis Oliver
Clothing designs for physically handicapped women in wheelchairs, Janice Marie Causey Park
A scenic and lighting design for The Lion in Winter, William Ray Peeler
The Adamic myth and the American dream in the Leatherstocking novels of James F. Cooper, Michael Stephen Petrof
Petrography, environments of deposition, and provenance of the lower Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation sandstones in the Warrior Basin of Alabama, William Thomas Pfleeger
The degradation of ethylene oxide in the presence of chloride ion at pH 7.4 in aqueous media, Benjamin Alexander Quintana
Conductor losses in microstrip multiconductor transmission lines, Zoran Ratkovic
Chicago Tribune editorials : an analysis of the opinion of Robert McCormick, Don Maxwell, and Clayton Kirkpatrick / by Carlton M. Rhodes, Carlton M. Rhodes
Realism and naturalism in painting : a measure of congruity / by Michael Rogers, Michael Rogers
The effects of extrinsic reward upon novel and familiar tasks / by Sherry Lee Roth, Sherry Lee Roth