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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Plight of Valinor: A Historically Informed Perspective on the Future Development of Space Law and Potential Exercise of Self-Determination by Human Settlements on Mars, Marshall David Mckellar
DO BEARS PREFER THE WEAK AND THE DOWNTRODDEN? THE EFFECTS OF THE 52-WEEK LOW AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH ON SHORT-SELLER BEHAVIOR, Christopher Alan Miller
The Value of Participating in Cooperative Education, Megan Upchurch Miller
THE ROLE OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN ATTENTION AND LAPSES IN ATTENTION IN RATS USING THE MODE AND DEVIATION FROM MODE OF REACTION TIME LATENCY, Scott Lee Mitchell
EXPLORING COPPER ACTIVE SITES IN BIOLOGY WITH RELEVANCE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DE NOVO DESIGNED BIOCATALYSTS, Suchitra Mitra
Revitalization in the Alabama Black Belt: Cultivation of a New Civic Hegemony in Rural Main Street America, Martha Grace Lowry Mize
BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY AS A PATHWAY TO EQUITY FOR FIRST-GRADE SPANISH-SPEAKING ENGLISH LEARNERS: AN APPLIED RESEARCH STUDY, Mary Greenlee Moak
Fabrication and Characterization of Ocular Inserts by Hot Melt Extrusion and 3D Printing, Meghana Mokashi
COME AS YOU ARE: ISLAMIC RELIGIOUSNESS AS A CONTEXT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS BELIEFS AND TREATMENT, Elijah Phoenix Mudryk
The Black Petromodernism of Zora Neale Hurston: Energy, Race, and Mobility, Stuart Mullet
Nonreciprocity Applications in Acoustics and Microfluidic Systems, Masoud Naghdi
A CASE STUDY CORRELATING CARDIOMETABOLIC MARKERS AND T HELPER INFLAMMATORY PATHWAYS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS, MOHAMMAD SHAHEED NAZRUL
Prototypically American: The Influence of Accent and Race on Hiring Evaluations, Tuong-Vy Cac Nguyen
Subcutaneous Delivery of Albumin, Vy Nguyen
Implementation of the Michael Heggerty Model to Increase Student Achievement of At-risk Readers in Kindergarten, Michelle White Nowell
GRAPHENE SAND COMPOSITES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN WATER TREATMENT, Abdulla Nusair
DEPENDENCY-BASED REACTIVE CHANGE PROPAGATION DESIGN PATTERN APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENTS WITH HIGH UNPREDICTABILITY, João Paulo Oliveira Marum
EFFECTS OF NONNATIVE PHONOTACTIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE PERCEPTION OF NASAL-INITIAL CONSONANT CLUSTERS, Msafiri Otonya
JUST SOUTHERN FOOD: FOOD JUSTICE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, Christian Tabor Owen
Your Presence Threatens Me! Experimental examination of intergroup threat theory to assess prejudice towards Muslims, Sukhmani Pal
UNDERSTANDING WILLINGNESS TOWARDS DEPRESCRIBING AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS, Queenie Paltanwale
Essays on Female Labor Supply, Hyerim Park
The Relationship Between Head Coaching Change and Donations to Intercollegiate Athletic Departments, Michael Paulus
On Domination and Bondage Numbers of Some Classes of Graphs, Andrew Pham
Visual Tracking Speed and Soccer Performance Metrics, Julia Paige Phillips
THE ACCURACY OF SUBJECTIVE LOAD PARAMETERS IN COMPARISON TO ANALYTICAL LOAD MEASURMENTS IN NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL, Katherine Pierce
Dynamics for Discretized Gravity in the Causal Set Approach, Benjamin Pilgrim
Lessons Learned Through Time: An Examination of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the COVID-19 Crisis, Stephanie Lee Poiroux
CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT OF A CHANNEL-FLOW USING SYNTHETIC JET, Pravesh Pokharel
EQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: VOICES OF BUSINESS STUDENTS AT A PERVASIVLEY SECTARIAN UNIVERSITY, Van Brooks Poole
Analysis of Bundle Protocol with Turbo Code, Babita Pradhan
The Validity of Transracialism, Samantha Nichole Priest
Abuse deterrent formulation using Hot Melt Extrusion Technology, Vishvesh Raje
Experimental investigation of granular dam-break flows and their rheological properties, Luc Remi Rébillout
Pharmacological manipulation of NMDA receptor activation and synaptic norepinephrine levels: Effects on sustained attention in male rats, Zach V. Redding
EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXERCISE INTENSITY ON SOURCE EPISODIC MEMORY: CONSIDERATIONS BY CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS, Brandon Thomas Rigdon
INTERICTAL AVOIDANCE OF SENSORY STIMULI AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH MIGRAINE, Daniel Rogers
The Efficacy of Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Individuals with Anxiety-Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-Analysis, Gordon Michael Russo
Autonomy and Higher Education: Insight into the Autonomy System in the Commonwealth of Virginia, George Lamar Rutherford, II
Psychometric Evaluation of Memory and Concentration Sections in the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Seungho Ryu
COPING WITH PAIN AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ADULTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Monika Salkar
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AGROGEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SOIL PIPES, Md Abdus Abdus Samad
Exploring Current Community College Transfer Students’ Perceptions of The University of Mississippi Brand and Potential Connections To College Choice, Sarah Christopher Sapp
Group Sandtray Therapy with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault: A Single-case Research Design, Jana Elaine Scott
RESONANT ULTRASOUND SPECTROSCOPY: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS WITH HEXAGONAL SYMMETRY, Christopher Lee Sevigney
APPLICATIONS OF HOT-MELT EXTRUSION (HME) TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTIGATION OF A SCREENING TOOL FOR HME, Gauri Deepak Shadambikar
Enzyme-Initiated Admicellar Polymerization, Elaheh Shakeri
ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY DESIGN USING ARTIFICAL NEURAL NETWORKS, SHARIFUL ISLAM SHARIF
Stress, Depression, and Anxiety, Oh My: Examining the effects of a single-session seminar on depression and anxiety symptomatology, Katelyn Sharpe
Constructing and Validating Feature Models Using Relational, Document, and Graph Databases, hazim shatnawi
Chronology of the Fatherland Site, Daniel Shawl
Three Essays Exploring Diversification Strategies in Family Firms: Evidence from the S&P 1500 on Acquisitions and Exits., Chelsea Sherlock
Advancements Toward Sustainable Solar Fuel Production Utilizing Reductive Homogeneous Electro- and Photocatalysis, Hunter Pratt Shirley
Philophilia, Andy Sia
Elucidating the interfacial interactions between biomacromolecules and functionalized PAMAM-based materials for biomedical applications, Briana L. Simms
ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL AND LIGHT-DRIVEN CO2 REDUCTION BY INCOPORATING PENDANT FUNCTIONALITY IN THE SECOND-COORDINATION SPHERE OF MOLECULAR CATALYSTS, Sayontani Sinha Roy
Woman Enough?: Transgender Women and Intimate Partner Violence Shelters, Parker Smith
MIDWIFERY AND MEDICINE IN BRITAIN: A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF MIDWIFERY AND CHILDBEARING IN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND, 1650-1780, Summer Smith
MEASURING THE VALUE OF INTERNAL CORPORATE EVENTS FROM ATTENDEES’ PERSPECTIVE: MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE DEVELOPMENT, Inna Soifer
African American College Students First Experiences in Counseling, Melissa Denise Spencer
The Bake Sale: Fundraising and Social Justice in the 21st Century, Kelly E. Spivey
Blood Money: 12th Century Trade Wars and the Fourth Crusade, Alexander Evgeniy Stalowski
REDUCING DISPARITES IN ACT RESULTS ACCORDING TO RACIAL IDENTITY: AN APPLIED RESEARCH STUDY INTO THE WeACT PROGRAM IN TINLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, Marcus Stewart
Dynamic Characterization of Bio-Inspired Functionally Graded Polymer Infused Metallic Foams for Blast and Impact Hazard Mitigation, Damian Stoddard
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF CLIMATE ATTRIBUTES AND CONDITION DETERIORATION OF CONCRETE HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS, Salma Sultana
Decentralized Narrowband and Wideband Spectrum Sensing with Correlated Observations, Xingjian Sun
Absurdity is a Distinct Aesthetic Category, Sarah Jean Szopinski
Elementary School Counselors' Experiences Working With Children Who Self-Harm, Maegan Tatum
SUSTAINED DELIVERY OF MOXIFLOXACIN FOR OCULAR APPLICATIONS., Ruchi Amit Thakkar
CAN NOSTALGIA DEFEND AGAINST STEREOTYPE THREAT?, Justin Leroy Thibault-Anderson
Soul Liberation: Black Christian Intellectual Engagement with Black Power, Jemar Tisby
CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT OF A CHANNEL-FLOW USING HORIZONTALLY-ORIENTED PIEZOELECTRIC FANS, Janak Tiwari
From Goethe to Godel: Against the Language of Thought Hypothesis, Berit Turnquist
Development of an Ophthalmic Nanoemulsion Containing Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Valine-Hemisuccinate (THC-VHS; NB1111) for Management of Glaucoma, Corinne Varner
RECLAIMING APOLOGETICS AS SERIOUS SCHOLARSHIP: A METHODOLOGY FOR AN OPEN–ENDED EXPLORATION OF CHRISTIAN INCLUSIVISM, Lonnie Marvin Vining
Engineer Micro- and Nano-Sized Polymeric Particles for Drug Delivery Using Advanced Multivariate Statistical Tools, Bhavani Prasad Vinjamuri
PERCEPTIONS OF ROLE CONFLICT AND ROLE AMBIGUITY AMONG FRATERNITY AND SORORITY ADVISING PROFESSIONALS, Anthony E. Vukusich
THE PERCEPTIONS OF RURAL COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THE IMPACT OF HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE COUNSELING ON COLLEGE CHOICE, Tommy Glen Walker
The Perception and Strategies of Building Rapport with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder via Telepractice, Anna Cathryn Wall
A Novel Approach Toward High Accuracy Indoor Localization}{Masters of Science, Yunshu Wang
Cross-Layer Optimization on Wireless Visual Sensor Networks for 3D Indoor Monitoring: A Top-Down Approach, Zhonghui Wang
The Trajectory of Resilience, Meaning in Life, Social Support, Posttraumatic Growth, and Posttraumatic Stress for Emerging Adult Trauma Survivors, Marcela C. Weber
MICROBIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO SALINIFICATION: APPLICATIONS IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, Eric Weingarten
A Spectroscopic and Quantum Chemical Investigation into the Noncovalent Interactions and Charge Accommodation of Biomolecules and Their Building Blocks in Various Environments, Ashley Elizabeth Williams
RELEVANCE OF PERSONALITY IN PERCEPTIONS OF ABUSIVE SUPERVISION: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS, Jaime Leigh Williams
The Impact of Market Fragmentation on Stock Exchange Events and Thinly Traded Securities, Donovan Woods
Masculinity and Cold War Fairy Tales: Eudora Welty, Vladimir Nabokov, Donald Barthelme, and Ross Macdonald, Susan E. Wood
Ceramic Analysis of the 2019 Excavations of Ely (44LE12) Mound Site, Lee County, Virginia, Shannon Medah Wooten
The Undoing, Mason Wray
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION, AND OPTIMIZATION OF ANTIMALARIAL AND ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS, Kai-Wei Wu
Designing For Democracy: How Democratizing States Design International Organizations, Marissa Wyant
The value relevance of retail strategy, Kexin Xiang
The Current Treatment of English Phrasal Verbs in MEXT-authorized textbooks for Japanese Junior High School Students, Natsuko Yamada
Development or Detriment? The World Bank and Economic Disincentives to Water Conservation: Jordan in the 1960s and 1970s, William Chase Young
QUALITY AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER CARE, Yiqiao Zhang
DACHash: A Dynamic, Cache-Aware and Concurrent Hash Table on GPUs, Hao Zhou