Theses and Dissertations

 

This collection assembles the theses and dissertations of Mississippi State University graduate students. The majority of the documents are born digital from 2001 to present; however, there are a few documents that have been digitized with the author's permission and added to the repository.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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The Cinderella Experience Exploring the Psychological Consequences of Temporary Aspirational Brand Access, Jennifer Lynn Stevens

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Examining the Stigma of Sex Offending in the Media, the Community, and the Prison, Kristen Lynn Stives

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A Case Study To Identify How Shared Decision Making and Collaboration between General and Exceptional Education Teachers Impact Effective and Ineffective Inclusion Practices, Faith Renee Strong

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Making a Decision to Retreat, Relate, or Retaliate: An Examination of Theoretical Predictors of Behavioral Responses to Bullying in a High School Setting, Megan Suzanne Stubbs-Richardson

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The Effect of Environment and Nutrients on Hydroponic Lettuce Yield, Quality, and Phytonutrients, William Louis Sublett

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A Software Vulnerability Prediction Model Using Traceable Code Patterns And Software Metrics, Kazi Zakia Sultana

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Do People Change their Behavior when the Handler is next to the Robot?, Yu-Wei Sun

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Stress-buffering of social support on depressive problems: Moderation by parental depressive problems, Erica Marie Szkody

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Effects of Tai Chi Exercise on Fine and Gross Motor Function in Older Adults Residing in Independent Living, Saira Talwar

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Temperature Prediction of Bioinspired Leaves-On-Branchlet Carbon Nanostructure Based Electric Double Layer Capacitors under Constant Current, Karnpiwat Tantratian

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Extraction Kinetics, Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Proteins Isolated from Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) By-Products, Yuqing Tan

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Obstacle Avoidance for a Quadrotor using A* Path Planning and LQR-based Trajectory Tracking, Amine Taoudi

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Investigation of a Control-Driven Design Style for a 16-Bit Microprocessor Implementation, Ryan Taylor

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An Elastic Constitutive Model of Spacetime and its Applications, Tichomir G. Tenev

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Perceptions Regarding Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration using Prescribed Fire, Samrajya Bikram Thapa

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Use of Pre-Rigor Deboned Beef from Holstein Cattle for Sausage Production, Anuraj Theradiyil Sukumaran

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Wholesale Beef Futures Contract, Robert Stanley Thompson

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Effect of Maternal Melatonin Levels during Late Gestation on the Programming and Metabolic Disposition of Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle in Bovine Offspring, Robyn Carl Thompson

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Impact of Integrated Vegetation Management Practices on Green Antelopehorn Milkweed (Asclepias Viridis Walter) in Right-Of-Ways and Forages, Nolan Hendrix Thorne

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Evaluation of Soybean Production Practices that Impact Yield Losses from Simulated Insect Defoliation, Benjamin Carroll Thrash

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Safeguarding the health of mothers and children: American democracy and maternal and children's healthcare in America, 1917-1969, Nancy Jane Traylor-Heard

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Improving Dropout Rates in Mississippi Schools: A Case Study Examining Effective Dropout Prevention Programs in Mississippi High Schools, Shevonda Williams Truman

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Perceptions and Attitudes of College and University Administrators towards Secondary Agricultural Education Programs and the FFA, Karla D. Turner-Bailey

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Effect of the Spray Droplet Size and Herbicide Physiochemical Properties on Pre-Emergence Herbicide Efficacy for Weed Control in Soybeans, Pedro Henrique Urach Ferreira

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Copper(II) Complexes for Olefin Aziridination and Cyclopropanation: Towards Asymmetric N- and C- Transfer Catalyst, Henry U. Valle

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Smoke signals: New Contexts for the Emergence, Spread, and Decline of Effigy Pipes in Southeastern North America, A.D. 1000-1600, Charles Van De Kree

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Advisory Councils in MSU Extension, Jamie Varner

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Characterizing the Groundwater Quality of the Upper Pearl River Watershed in Central Eastern Mississippi, Shannon Kirk Vattikuti

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Investigating the Influence of Herd Behavior on Protection Motivation: A Multi-Stage Experiment, Ali Vedadi

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Goodness-Of-Fit Test for Hazard Rate, Ralph Antoine Vital

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Assessment of On-Arrival Vaccination and Deworming on Health and Growth Performance in High Risk Stocker Cattle, Richard Tucker Wagner

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Geological Data Assessment for Reservoir Characterization and Modeling in Siloam field, Clay County, Mississippi USA, Mahnaz Wahidi

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All or Nothing: An Investigation of the Interconnection between Social and Environmental Sustainability, Stacie F. Waites

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Parental Discipline in Emerging Adulthood: The Creation and Validation of the Domains of Young Adult Discipline Scale (Dyads), Courtney S. Walker

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Utilizing Enhanced Acetolactate-Synthase Tolerant Soybean (Glycine max L.) to Mitigate Off-target Deposition of Penoxsulam and Bispyribac-Sodium, David Charles Walker

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Effects of Bacillus Subtilis-Based Probiotics on Broiler Growth and Intestine Health, Xi Wang

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Prediction of bending moment carrying capacity of layered particleboard based on its tensile and compression properties, Yan Wang

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The Relationship of Student Demographic and Academic Characteristics on Students' Success in High School Online Courses, Jerri Luemora Ward

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Hypervelocity Impact Experimentation of a Novel Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris Shielding Concept Imbibed with Rheologically Characterized Shear Thickening Fluids, Justin Marshall Warren

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Fusion for Object Detection, Pan Wei

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Characterization of mutations in the receptor binding site of influenza A viruses determining virus host, tissue, and cell tropisms using systems biology approaches, Feng Wen

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Influence of Winter Annual Cover Crops and Insect Management Strategies on Insect Pests of Mississippi Soybean, Daniel Adam Whalen

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The Structure-Property Relations of Fetal Porcine Brain under Compressive and Tensile Loading, Courtney Jo White

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Peer Counseling/Mentoring and its Impact on the Academic Success and Retention of African American Students at a Predominantly White Institution, Eva Maria White

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Adaptability and Management of Alfalfa Overseeded into Warm-Season Perennial Grasses in Mississippi, Joshua Andrew White

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An Analysis of Grain Corn Nutritional Supplements and Relative Maturity in Mississippi, Joseph Bryan Whittenton

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Soil moisture stress effects on soybean vegetative, physiological, and reproductive growth and post-harvest seed physiology, quality, and chemical composition, Godakande Chathurika Wijewardana

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Sensitivity Analysis of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario Lake Effect Snow Events using the Weather Research and Forecast Model, Jacob Wiley

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Impact of a Regulatory Threat toward Agricultural Water Use in the Mississippi Delta: An Experimental Approach, Steven Christopher Wilhelms

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A Geotechnical Perspective on Carbon Sequestration in Clay using Gasifier Biochar, James Michael Williams

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Drought-Tolerant and Short-Season Corn Hybrids to Mitigate Risk, Optimize Yield and Profit, while Increasing Water Use Efficiency, John Joseph Williams

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Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Predict Severe Weather Outbreak Severity in the Contiguous United States, Megan Spade Williams

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Evaluation of Nematode Control Practices on Cotton Growth and Yield in Nematode Infested Soils, and the Effect of Bacterial Inoculation Timing on Bacterial Blight Incidence and Cotton Yield, Bradley Reagan Wilson

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The "Split Gaze" of Refraction: Racial Passing in the Works of Helen Oyeyemi and Zoë Wicomb, Allison Wiltshire

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Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Understand Speciation and Solvation Structure of Common Herbicides, Zachary W. Windom

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An "[Un]Readiness To Be Touched": The Critique of Sentimentalism in Sensation Fiction, Rachel Vernell Wolfe

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Behavior Plasticity Mitigates the Effect of Climate Warming in White-Tailed Deer, Carter L. Wolff

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Agronomic Practices and Irrigation Water Management Tools that Improve Water Use Efficiency in Mid-South Soybean Production Systems, Clinton Wilks Wood

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Structure-Property Relationships And Morphometric Effects Of Different Shark Teeth On Shearing Performance, John Watkins Wood

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The Trans-Historicity of the Nineteenth-Century New England Novel: Social Injustice and the Puritan Ideological Legacy, Benjamin Michael Woods

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Land Cover Types Associated with Warm-Season Convective Cloud Enhancement in Northeastern Mississippi, Crystal Francis Worley

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Effects of X-ray irradiation on Quality and Shelf Life of Seafood Products, Yuwei Wu

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Microstructural Effects on the Effective Piezoelectric Responses of Additively Manufactured Triply Periodic Co-Continuous Piezocomposites, Wenhua Yang

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Pathogenicity of Clostridium Perfringens and its Relationship with Gut Microbiota in Chickens, Wenyuan Yang

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Effects of Dietary Supplementation of L-Methionine vs Dl-Methionine on Performance, Plasma Concentrations of Free Amino Acids and Other Metabolites, and Myogenesis Gene Expression in Young Growing Pigs, Zhongyue Yang

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Measurement of Compton Scattering Cross Section at a few GeV Electron Energy, Li Ye

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Genetic Assessment of Native and Non-Native White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) in the Southcentral U.S., Jordan L. Youngmann

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Structure-Property Relationships of Polymer Gels and Concentrated Suspensions Modified with Anisotropic Nanoparticles, Mahla Zabet

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Development of a 2U CubeSat for Imaging the 2017 Solar Eclipse, Sepehr Zangeneh

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Techno-Economic Analysis and Optimization of Distributed Energy Systems, Jian Zhang

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Network Wide Signal Control Strategy Base on Connected Vehicle Technology, Lei Zhang

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Synthesis, characterization, and photophysics of symmetric and unsymmetric -NHC pincer platinum halide complexes and derivatives, Min Zhang

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Temporary Trade Barriers Investigation and Duty Imposition in the Forest Products Industry, Xufang Zhang

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Distributed Predictive Control for MVDC Shipboard Power System Management, Nasibeh Zohrabi

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Improved Heuristic Search Algorithms for Decision-Theoretic Planning, Ibrahim Abdoulahi

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Perceptions of Quality in an Online Learning Environment: A Faculty Outlook, April Michele Adams

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Strategies for Passing School Bond Elections, Christy Harris Adams

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Analysis of Near-Surface Relative Humidity in a Wind Turbine Array Boundary Layer Using an Instrumented Unmanned Aerial System and Large-Eddy Simulation, Kevin Allan Adkins

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On-Farm Water Storage (OFWS) as Tool to Reduce Risk, Domena Attafuah Agyeman

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The Role of Universal Stress Proteins in Edwardsiella ictaluri Virulence, Ali Akgul

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Control of Görtler Vortices in High-Speed Boundary Layers, Radwa Alaziz

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Regulation of Stomata Opening in the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant Kalanchoe Laxiflora, Anoud Abdulmalik Albader

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Investigations into the Life Cycle of Drepanocephalus Auritus with Notes on the Discovery of a New Snail Host Biomphalaria Havanensis in Mississippi, Neely Rae Alberson

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Feasibility of CNT Epoxy Thermoset Based Strain Sensors for Sensing in Structural Applications, Jamel Hill Alexander

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Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes using Gene Manipulation and Biological Nematicides Biological Nematicides, Weasam Adnan Radhi Aljaafri

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Understanding molecular mechanisms of host-Edwardsiella ictaluri interaction, Nawar Hadi Al-Janabi

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Efficacy of Bentonite and Calcium Montmorillonite Clays at Reducing Aflatoxin M1 Transfer in Lactating Holsteins, Sarah Caitlin Allen

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Digital Holographic Microscopy of Microparticles, Satam Fahad Alotibi

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Measurement of Material Thickness using X-Ray Attenuation, Abdullah Riyad Altayar

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Engendering Landscape: A Gendered Analysis of Migration to the Buffer Zone of Carara National Park, Costa Rica, Jessica Ann Arends

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An Examination of Job Satisfaction among Full-time Faculty in a Selected Mississippi Community College, Dana Martin Arnold

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Time Scale Analysis of a Mathematical Model for Alzheimer's Disease based on the Metal Hypothesis, Eda Asili

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Microstructural Behavior And Multiscale Structure-Property Relations For Cyclic Loading Of Metallic Alloys Procured From Additive Manufacturing (Laser Engineered Net Shaping -- LENS), Mohammad Ali Bagheri

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Cognitive Processes of Prioritization in Multitasking, Hao Bai

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Bayesian Network Analysis for Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, Marc D. Banghart

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Skeletal Blast Trauma: An Application of Clinical Literature and Current Methods in Forensic Anthropology to known Blast Trauma Casualties, Petra Banks

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Listeria Monocytogenes Response to Sublethal Sodium Hypochlorite Induced Oxidative Stress on its Biofilm Forming Ability and Antibiotic Resistance, Mohit Bansal

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Dry Reforming of Methane to Produce Syngas over Ni-Based Bimodal Pore Catalysts, Zhenghong Bao

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The Perceptions and Usage of Social Media in Higher Education, Nancy B. Bardwell

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Stand Level Growth and Survival Equations for Cutover Sites Loblolly Pine Plantations in the Mid-Gulf Region of Southern United States, Binayak Bartaula