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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Reality of Utopian and Dystopian Fiction: Thomas More's Utopia and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Casey Holliday
Anchoring the Potential Energy Surfaces of Homogenous and Heterogenous Dimers of Formaldehyde and Thiofomaldehyde, Christina M. Holy
Domain-Specific Probes for Calcium Binding to Neural Cadherin, Charles Ryan Humphries
Chile Se Moviliza: Protest Movements and Inequality in Post-Dictatorship Chile, Shruti Jaishankar
Design Considerations for a Rotating Retractable Stadium Roof, Charles S. Jenkins
The Changing Climate and Adaptation Strategies for the Mississippi Delta, John Jenks
An Analysis of the Media's Coverage of the Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings, Mara Joffe
Validation of a Recurrent Nitroglycerin Migraine Model in the Rat, Ainslee Johnson
The Effect of Auditory Distractions on Working Memory in People Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Kristen Laprade Johnson
The Specter of Franco, Alexandra L. Jones
Identifying Causes of Variation Among Per Capita Incomes of Sub-Saharan African States, Vinod Kannuthurai
Legal Education Reform: An Analysis of the Current State of the American Legal Education System Post MacCrate, Matthew Todd Kiefer
The Chamberlain Estate or: How Investors will Learn to Stop Worrying and Give me Money to Make my Movie, Connor King
Boredom and Memory for Positively and Negatively Valenced Words, James Kirchner
Synthesis and Characterization of a New Bimetallic Catalyst, GJL-46, and Its Use in the Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Phenylacetylene, Gabriel J. LaBonia
Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Aurora Floyd Revisited: an Experiment in Neovictorianism, Vivian Walker Lang
The Dólar Blue: The Black Market Exchange Rate for Dollars in Argentina, Brad Brunson Lanier
The Origins of an Everyday Behavior: Why do People Share Meals?, David Lee
The Fabric Dock: Reeling in the Right Brand for a Sea-Inspired Sewing Shop, Katie Elaine Lee
An Environmentally-Friendly Design to Reduce Energy Loss by Heat Transfer Through Windows, Andrew Li
Corporate Strategy and its Use in Solving Issues in the Accounting Field of the Financial Services Industry, Clark Lisa
Roles and Regulations for Pharmacists in State-Level Disaster Relief Efforts, Rachel Lowe
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