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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Organic Farming in France: À La Mode or A Mode of Life?, Ellen L. Mallette
Physicians, Patients, and Poets, Mary Ball Markow
Down Creek A Screenplay, Elizabeth Britt McClure
Gravity in a Jar: A Poetic History of the People, Places, and Events of Detroit, Morgan McComb
Effects of Globalization on the Use of the Mediterranean Diet in Spain, Jacob J. McGee
Dynamic Feature Extraction and User Classification using TouchAnalytics™, Clay McLeod
Developing the Marine Energy Sector in Scotland: A View from the Islands, Thomas Neal McMillin
The Effects of Population Disbursement, Percentage of Medicare Beneficiaries, and Per Capita Income on Medicare Fee Schedule Prices, Ann Marie Mercier
The Currency Union Effect on Trade: The Role of Financial Development, Walker Lee Messer
Life After Nursing School: A Qualitative Study Examining the Traditional B.S.N. Student's Experience of Choosing an Initial Area of Practice, Charlsie Nicole Murphy
Life After Nursing School: A Qualitative Study Examining the Traditional BSN Student’s Experience of Choosing an Initial Area of Practice, Charlsie Nicole Murphy
Public Arguments Concerning Women's Citizenship Rights in Jordan, Saadiah Naimat-Brennan
Money and Fire: The Story of the Men and Women Who Fight Fire and Those That Insure Against it., John Netherland
Raman Spectroscopic and Computational Analysis of the Effects of Noncovalent Interactions on DMSO, Ashton T. Nicholson
The Morality of Scottish Independence, Hunter Nicholson
The Role of Earmarking in Modern Day Congress, Charles Owen
How Do They Stay: An exploration of the factors contributing to college completion amongst African-American Women at the University of Mississippi in the 21st century., Hope Myriah Owens-Wilson
Investigation into the Synthesis of Dodecahydro-3a,9a-diazaperylene, Andrew Palmer
Octocoral Physiology: Calcium Carbonate Composition and the Effect of Thermal Stress on Enzyme Activity, Hadley Pearson
Perceptions of Cold Case Work in Mississippi Law Enforcement, Lindsey Pittman
Meta-analysis of melanoma incidence in the United States: demographic variation and relationship with UV index and latitude, Charles Thomas Pritchard
Electromyography of mastication muscles in college athletes, John Ratliff
In Another Day: The Historical and Cultural Relevance of Gone With The Wind, Cody Rentz
Perceptions of Health Information on General and Medical Social Media Sites, Brea Hope Rich
The Smoke Free Campus Movement, Daniel Roberts
The Eurozone: Effects on Spain After the Implementation of the Euro, Caroline Mürer Rohde-Moe
An Analysis of New Performance Metrics in the NBA and Their Effects on Win Production and Salary, Daniel Rust
Explaining the Decline in Fertility Rates in Post-War Italy, Susanna Rychlak
The Performer's Journey as a Student of Music, Rachel Saliba
Glimpse, Daria Katherina Schwartz
Financial Reporting in Division I College Athletics, Anish Sharma
The Effectiveness of Basel II, Rachel Shaw
Directing the Oxford Children's Chorus: Observations and Advice for Directing an Extracurricular Children's Choir, Kathryn E. Shuford
An Investigation of the Effects of Hysteresis on the Rotation Percept, Maximilian James Shumake
A Yen Saved is a Yen Earned: Deconstructing the Japanese Savings Rate, James Smith
Changes in United States Foreign Assistance Allocation and its Effect on Terrorism, Mary Anna Smith
Disaster, Displacement, and Voluntourism: Helping Narratives of College Student Volunteers in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Mary Elizabeth Smithson
Utilizing Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transer for the Synthesis of Polymeric Gene Delivery Vehicles, Jared Spoons
Synthesis of an Unsymmetrical CCC-NHC Pincer Ligand Precursor, Brian Spurlock
Modeling Nitroglycerin-Induced Migraine in Rats, Stephanie Staszko
An Evaluation of Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Response to Burning as a Forest Restoration Technique, William M. Steward
New Propaganda: Remnants of Soviet Mass Media in Pro-Kremlin Popular Culture, Sylvia M. Stewart
Evaluation of microbial diversity present in herbal supplements as revealed by PCR-based 16S sequence analysis, Stephen Stone
Prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex: Comparing low and high trait anxious individuals, Krista Sturm
Performance and Stability for Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Membranes for the Dehumidification of Methane, Dora Frances Sullivan-González
Investigation of Bax VDAC Interactions and Their Relationship Regarding Apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster, John Sullivan
Festivals and Revelry: a Study of Identity in the Cantons of Modern Switzerland, Courtney Gayle Taylor
La Alegría Ya Viene: How Chile's Youth are Reshaping History, Anna Terry
A Comprehensive Review of Malaria with an Emphasis on Plasmodium Resistance, Lindsay O. Thomas
We Live like the Poor, but We Die like the Rich: Cuban Biomedical Implementation and its Implementation within Ecuador, James Drew Toppin
Energy Drinks And Caffeine: The Science Behind The Billion- Dollar Industry, Eric Villarreal
How the Case United States v. Windsor Paved the Way for Same-Sex Marriage Legalization in the United States, Olivia C. Watkins
Reshaping The Message: Marketing The Quest For Marriage Equality In Mississippi, Nathaniel Weathersby
North-African Immigration to France: Economic Benefit or Burden?, Adam Weaver
Promotion of Environmental Engagement Through Positive Youth Development in Tanzania, Katherine Westfall
Reproductive and Multigenerational Effects of Dietary Benzo[A]Pyrene Exposure in Zebrafish, Mallory White
The Cooling Effect of Cryotherapy on Power and Accuracy in the Pitching Arms of Baseball Players, David Kimble Wilbanks
Payday Lending in America: Profitability and Regulation in the Payday Lending Market, Orion Wilcox
University of Mississippi Prepharmacy and Early Entry Students' Professional Commitment and Perceptions of the Professional Role of Pharmacists, Blake A. Williams
Observing Academic Performance Based on Increased Educational Spending: An Assessment of the FedEx Center at the University of Mississippi, Matthew Williams
The Effects of Adrenergic Antagonists on Spatial Memory in the Zebra Finch (taeniopygia guttata), Taylor Williams
Can We Institute Medical Trust? An exploratory case study of patient-staff relations at a community health center in the Mississippi Delta, Emma L. Willoughby
Bacteria con leche: Bacterial populations and antibiotic resistance within conventional, USDA organic, and local milk, Kristen M. Wilson
Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis for Activision-Blizzard, Inc., Stephen Wittmann
Mercury in Fish in North Mississippi Reservoirs: Statistical Analysis and Risk Assessment, Stacy Wolff
Ja, Ich Will: Framing the Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the 17th Session of the German Bundestag, Stephen Colby Woods
Role of speech-language pathologists in aphasia therapy and rehabilitation as reported by practicing speech-language pathologists, Meredith Wooley
Bolivian Public Health Care: Interculturation for Indigenous Rights, Kendra Leigh Wright
French Ideology of English as a World Language and American Second Language Speakers, Sarah Price Wright
Parasitism and feather reflectance in mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), Wesley Youngblood
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The World of Shadow Banking: An Examination of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries and Their Contribution to the 2008 Financial Crisis, Colin Peter Applewhite
Is Cutinase The Smallest Possible Alpha/Beta Hydrolase? Insights Into Structure And Function Using Deletion Mutants, Mary Elizabeth Barrack
The Prospect of Reform in North Korea: Will China Play a Role?, Emily Victoria Bennett
Recycling Behavior in Germany in the Early 1990s: Person-Level and Contextual Determinants of Recycling, Jacqueline Grace Boyce
Shifting Local Ecologies: Biocultural Interactions and Ecuadorian Public Health, Sabrina Bradford
Thematic Transformation in the Operas of Francis Poulenc: Gender, Spiritual, and Psychological, Elizabeth Brooks Bruening
Casinos In Mississippi: A State and Regional Analysis, Norma Katharine Butts
Nuove Esplorazioni In Ognina, Sicily, Gabrielle Dianne Coggin
An Analysis of the Internal and External Motivations of Hispanic Employees and the Corresponding Management Techniques, Taylor Alexander Cook
Liberal Policy and the Peasant Condition in Garibaldi's Sicily, 1860, Robert Corban
Liberal Policy and the Peasant Condition in Garibaldi's Sicily, 1860, Robert Liming Corban
Shame on You: How Media Affects the Formation of Negative Body Image in Adolescent Women, Brittany Lee Cosenza
A Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Effects of Hydrogen Bonding on 1,2,3-Triazole, Anna Craig
The Art of Peking Opera: Chinese and European Operatic Traditions: Commonalities and Divergences, Portia Nicole Davis
An Exploratory Study of Automated Tools to Support SCRUM-Based Project Management in Agile Software Development Teams, Nirmal Dharmaratne
Containing The Dragon: The Rise of Chinese Military Power and its Effect on US Foreign Policy, Robert William Eberhart
Human Rights In Transit: Nationality, Anti-Haitianism, and the Reactionary State in the Dominican Republic, Ryan Keith Ezelle
The Extension Process of National Panhellenic Conference Sororities on Southeastern Conference College Campuses, Stevie Farrar
Enlightenment Science and Nano-Science: Creating Order out of Magic, Elizabeth Ramsey Frey
Tax Credits in The Film Industry: Friend or Foe? An Analysis of The Cost-Benefit Relationship Between Tax Incentives and the States That Provide Them, Virginia Anne Gamble
Parallels in Plight: Finding Commonalities in African American and Latino Experiences in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Caroline Elliott Gillespie
The Refuge of Fools, Merrill Lee Girardeau