Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Out To Get Us: Contemporary Evangelical Expressions Of Identity In Interaction, Pace Tyler Ward
Implementing Read 180 To Increase Reading Achievement And Improve Organizational Learning, Debra Ashe Ware
Labor In The Field Is Much Changed: The Chickasaws And The Civilization Plan, 1790-1837, Jeffrey D. Washburn
The Killing Fields, Tyriek White
On Southern Soil: The Art And Ecology Of Racial Uplift, 1895-1950, Laura Wilson
Post-Soul Speculation: An Exploration Of Afro-Southern Speculative Fiction, Hilary Word
Aproaches To Develop Acyclovir Gastro-Retentive Formulations Using Hot Melt Extrusion Technology, Peilun Zhang
Development Of A Liposomal Formulation For Brain Targeting, Ziru Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Geographic Variations of Sound Channel Axis in the Global Ocean, Mukunda Kumar Acharya
E-cigarettes and conventional cigarettes: perceived risks and benefits among college students, Evi Addoh
A Study To Regioselectively Access Fluorinated Triazoles And Isoxazoles, Sweta Adhikari
Dynamic Code Selection Method for Content Transfer in Deep Space Network, Rojina Adhikary
Manifoldlike Causal Sets, Miremad Aghili
The Plantation Pull: Modernities and Genre in the Anglo-Hispanic-Dutch Caribbean-Atlantic, 1831-1935, Natalie Magdalena Aikens
Cellulose Nanocrystals as 'Green' Emulsifiers Stabilized Crude Oil in Water Emulsions, Omayma Alazzam
Watershed, Nadia Alexis
Cheminformatic Approach for Deconvolution of Active Compounds in a Complex Mixture - phytoserms in Licorice, Manal Mohammad Alhusban
Role Of Cardiolipin Remodeling In The Malignant Progression Of Breast Cancer, Jawaher H. Alkhamisy
Progress Toward the Synthesis of 3-Methoxyflavones as Potential Antioxidants, Neuroprotective Agents, and Trifluoromethylated 19F NMR Probes, Reem Alkhodier
Fabrication of topical film forming polymeric solution for pain management, Maha Hani Alkurdi
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Reasons for Use and Associated Factors in Self-Selected Nicotine Concentrations, David D. Allen III
A Study Of Contingent Faculty Representation In Governance At The University Of Mississippi, Mariana Rangel Allushuski
Phytochemical Investigation and Drug Interaction Potential of Cyanotis vaga, Ibrahim Almarabi
Utilizing of Magnesium Oxysulfate Binders for Additive Construction Applications, Hatem Hashem Al-masaeid
Decoding and Optimizing Magnesium Phosphate Binders for Additive Construction Applications, Hashem Khaled Almashaqbeh
Characterization of Drug-Loaded Milled Extrudate Particles Produced by Hot Melt Extrusion Technology for Dry Powder Inhalers, Ahmed Almotairy
Development and Characterization of Sustained-Release Formulations via Novel Hot Melt Extrusion Techniques, Bjad Khalaf Almutairy
Quadratic Reciprocity: Proofs and Applications, Awatef Noweafa Almuteri
Synthesis of Fluoroflavones as Potential Neuroprotective Agents, Maali Alshammari
Zeros of the Dedekind Zeta-Function, Mashael Alsharif
Shifting Power, Status Quo Dissatisfaction, And Power Parity: Their Effect On The Use Of Coercive Foreign Policy In International Relations, Nathan Alvin Andrew
Utilizing Various Neural Network Architectures To Play A Game Developed For Human Players, Michael Blake Arender
Two Way Street: An Applied Research Study on the Effects of Increased Parent and Community Involvement Activities on Student Academic Growth in Mathematics at South Lee Middle School, Jason Clifton Arledge
Characterization of hydrogen bonding, halogen bonding and argyrophilic interactions using computational modeling, Sarah Nicole Arradondo
We know where you belong at: Institutions and Marginalized Bodies in the Literature of Charles Chesnutt, William Faulkner, and Eudora Welty, Michelle Lynn Ayers
The Influence of Recall Instructions on the Verbal Overshadowing Effect, Melissa Ann Baker
Hitting the Bullseye: The Influence of Technical Debt on the Accuracy of Effort Estimation in Agile Projects, James Ball
Investigation of narrow bipolar events in Mississippi thunderstorms, Sampath Asiri Bandara
The Independent And Combined Effects Of Hypoxia And Tributyltin On The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Ann Fairly Barnett
Effects of Impoundments on the Community Assemblage and Gene Flow of Stream Crayfishes, Zanethia Choice Barnett
A bargain at any cost: the rise of dollar general, Frances Evelyn Barrett
Effects Of Halogen Bonding And Nir Tuning Of Dyes For Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Alexandra Baumann
Cramer type moderate deviations for random fields and mutual information estimation for mixed-pair random variables, Aleksandr Beknazaryan
Evaluating the effects of water influx on the Mississippi sound: current vs. Historical relationships, Jarett Lee Bell
Food Insecurity and Health of International Students, Jamie Nichole Benefield
Charlotte the Assassin: A Novel, Mary Berman
Youth Screening Protocol For General Psychopathology, Steven Bishop
Physical and chemical trace evidence from 3d-printed firearms, and use of a quadcopter for targeted sampling of gaseous mercury in the atmosphere, Oscar Beauchamp Black
Evaluation of Best Practices in Child Nutrition at Child Care Centers in Mississippi, Whitney Clara Black
Truth Marching On: Documenting the Plan to Bring Robert F. Kennedy to the University of Mississippi in 1966, Mary Paige Blessey
Groundwater transfer and injection pilot project: construction of a three dimensional groundwater flow model, Wesley Bluvstein
Essays On Money And Labor, Kwabena Okyere Boateng
The Effect of Magnesium Supplementation on Physical Performance of Collegiate Football Players, Shannon Marie Boguth
Extended Adolescence: The Ecology and Endocrinology of Facultative Paedomorphosis, Jason R. Bohenek
Developing a calibrated seepage meter to measure stream-aquifer interaction in the Mississippi delta, Wesley J. Bolton
Recall Reading Intervention for Children in Preschool and Kindergarten with Moderate to Severe Language Delays, Rebekah Christine Bosley
We Gotta Work with What We Got: School and Community Factors That Contribute to Educational Resilience Among African American Students, Denae Bradley
Culture Clash: An Applied Research Study on Transforming Student Behavioral Culture in a Failing School, Lindsay Carol Brett
The relationship between participation in the emerging scholars program and academic performance at Mississippi valley state university, La Shon Fluker Brooks
Crafting stone discoidals on the frontier: production and identity in southwest Virginia, Hamilton Hastie Bryant
Application and refinement of molecular ecology techniques for amphibian conservation, Stephanie Marie Burgess
Measures of music teacher effectiveness in three early career levels, Alicia L. Canterbury
A Corpus-Based Study on the Portuguese Translations of English Adversative Coordinating Conjunctions and Adverbs in News Texts, Marcella Cerqueira Cascione Cerqueira Netto
Vicar Victoria: Writing the Church of England in Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Rachel Elizabeth Cason
Factors Affecting Perceptions of Cybersecurity Readiness Among Workgroup IT Managers, Thomas A. Chapman
Alaska and the arctic in the U.S. Imaginary, Ryan Charlton
Institutional Factors That Affect Transfer Student Sucess At A University In The Mid-South Region Of The U.S., Patricia Ann Coats
Cultural Influences on Body Size Ideals Among African American Women in the Mississippi Delta, Lois Marie Coleman
African American students in physical therapy: enhancing diversity, Sherry T. Colson
Social Identity, Economic Interest, and the Formation of Host Attitudes Toward Refugees, Jeremy Cox
The Effects of Market Fragmentation Around Corporate Events, Justin Steven Cox
Valuation of mentorship in pharmacy education and the impact of perceived personal relevance, Ashley Stubblefield Crumby
Evaluation Of Confidential Informant Programs In Legal Settings: Why Do 10 When You Can Send A Friend?, Kennedy Marie Cuevas
A Descriptive Analysis of Rehearsal Techniques of Expert Middle School Band Directors from Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee, David John Culp Jr
Looking into the Past: The Diversification of Amphibians in the Neotropical Savannas, Ísis da Costa Arantes
Unraveling Anticancer Activity And Pharmacokinetics Of Dihydroartemisinin Dimer Oxime, Lu Dai
Do Individual Responses to Resistance Exercise Exist to an Extent That Can be Detected Beyond That of Measurement Error/Random Biological Variability?, Scott J. Dankel
Damage Detection Using Destructive Testing of a Reinforced Concrete Slab, Michael Edward Daves
A balm for the times: the origins and evolution of the lost cause in the South Carolina low country, 1830-1876, Andrew Patrick Davis
Households and Changing Use of Space at the Transitional Early Mississippian Austin Site, Benjamin Garrett Davis
Ni and Au Transition Metal Complexes in the Photocatalytic Co2 Reduction Reaction, Shakeyia Davis
Three Essays on Corporate Bonds Issuance and Trading, Violetta Y. Davydenko
The Doubting Chain, Eric Delp
Developing Zebrafish as an In Vivo Model to Screen Compounds for Anti-Cancer Activity in Human Breast Cancer, Trisha Dhawan
Evaluating the Use of sUAS-Derived Imagery for Monitoring Flood Protection Infrastructure, Eleanor Mei Dietz
Dialogic feedback and its effects on English language learners’ writing development: a case study, Shokhsanam Djalilova
Jumping to Conclusions: The Effects of Hydration Status on Kinetics and Electromyography in the Vertical Jump, Paul Tyler Donahue
Probing atypical noncovalent interactions using electronic structure theory, Katelyn Mae Dreux
Care in the Workplace:The Employer’s Role in the Alleviation of the Eldercare Problem, Joseph Michael Duda
A First-Year Teacher’s Implementation of Short-Cycle Formative Assessment Through the Use of a Classroom Response System and Flexible Grouping, Adrienne Irving Dumas
A first-year teacher’s implementation of short-cycle formative assessment through the use of a classroom response system and flexible grouping, Adrienne Irving Dumas
Collegiate Equity Mentoring Matrix: A Culturally Relevant Framework for the Meaningful Mentoring of Black Male Students, Norris Allen Edney
Improving the quality of teaching: an applied research study on improving the quality of teaching in third-grade reading at Tigerville elementary school, Valeree Ellis-Barnes
Healthy Eating Opportunities and Choices for University Faculty, Selby Rebecca Entrekin
Consumer Well-Being: A Typology and Examination of Voluntary Simplicity, Derek Ezell
Raptor Codes for BIAWGN Channel: SNR Mismatch and the Optimality of the Inner and Outer Rates, Hussein Fadhel