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 2014
Diet, Lifestyle and Metabolic Syndrome in United States Adults: 2007-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Andrew Dandridge Frugé
An Investigation of Faculty Perceptions of the Use of a Student Evaluation of Faculty Instrument, Julie Cordell Fulgham
Temperature and Soil Moisture Effects on Growth, Development, Physiology, Storage Root Initiation, and Biomass Yield in Sweetpotato, Karande Gajanayake Mudiyanselage Chandana Preethi Bandara Gajanayake
Occurrence of Invasive Mammals and Native Carnivores in Northern Patagonia, Mariela Gisele Gantchoff
Factors Affecting Identity Development and Organizational Involvement among Multiracial College Students, Sheena Kaori Gardner
Multi-Year Trends in Community College Foundation Fundraising: An Examination of the Effectiveness of a State-Level System Foundation led by a Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Leonard Keith Gaskin
Diffusive Gradients in Thin Film (DGT): a Proposed Method to Find Geochemical Predictors of Sediment Oxygen Demand, Jonathon Michael Geroux
Study of Viruses Associated with Blackberry Yellow Vein Disease in Mississippi, Pratibha Ghimire
Intensification as a Survival Strategy for Early Settlers on the Tombigbee National Forest, Jessica L. Gisler
Representing Puertorriquenidad: Puerto Ricans in the New York Times, 1948-1958, Bianca Paola Gonzalez
An Observation of Displaced Manufacturing Workers in their Transition for Successful Reemployment Through Community College Education/Retraining Programs, Christina Granderson
The Importance of Synoptic-Scale Processes in Diagnosing Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification in the Atlantic Basin, Alexandria Danielle Grimes
Comparing Internalizing Behaviors Among Children And Adolescents Using a Brief Teacher Rating And Student Self-Report, Peyton L. Groff
Injection Timing Effects of Diesel-Ignited Methane Dual Fuel Combustion in a Single Cylinder Research Engine, Edward Scott Guerry
Improved Methods for the Analysis of Estrogen Residues in Environmental Aqueous Matrices, Sameera Ranmal Gunatilake
The Effects of an After-School Program: Changing Academic Performance and Promoting Success, Leigh Ann Hailey
In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment of Platelet Function in Healthy Dogs during Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy, Jillian Marie Haines
A Model of Fluid Mud Transport, Christopher Lawrence Hall
Effects of Selected Amino Acids on Resistance Training Protocol during a Selected Hypertrophy Protocol, Elizabeth Hall
Long-Term Stand Dynamics in a Pyrophytic Longleaf Pine Ecosystem, Darcy Helen Hammond
Aerodynamic Analysis of a Tumbling American Football, Daniel Edmundson Hare
The Impact of Academic Self-Efficacy, Ethnic Identity, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status on the Academic Performance of 6Th, 7Th and 8Th Grade Adolescents, Chaiqua Andrette Harris
Livelihood Strategies and Lifestyle Choices of Fishers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Sarah A. Harrison
Use of Standardized Text Scores to Predict Success in a Computer Applications Course, Robert V. Harris
Examining Hepatic Steroid Inactivation and Luteal Function throughout Bovine Pregnancy, Caitlin G. Hart
A Comparison of Auxin Herbicide Volatility When Applied Under Field Conditions, Camille Alyce Hayden
Mechanical and Cultural Practices to Reduce Skinning in Sweetpotato, Bradley Hodge Hayes
A Command and Control Approach to Red Teaming, Kaitlin Britt Haynes
Summer Engineering Academies: Developing Participant Self-Efficacy in Engineering, Nathan Eric Heiselt
Quantifying a Daily Light Integral for Warm-Season Putting Green Species, Benton Prichard Hodges
"Shadow Of My Mind": Women and Nationalism in James Joyce's Fiction, Carolyn Ellen Hogan
Some Chance to Distinguish Ourselves: Junior Officers and the Mexican War, Brady Lamar Holley
Alternative Nitrogen for Subsequent Southern Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.) Production using Cool-Season Legumes, Mitchell Blake Holmberg
The Development of Next Generation Architectures for -N-Heterocyclic Carbene Pincer Ligands, Tyler Owen Howell
The Effect of an Occluder on the Accuracy of Depth Perception in Optical See-Through Augmented Reality, Chunya Hua
Catalytic Conversion of Model Biomass-Derived Syngas to Hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Jin Hu
A Biomechanical Comparison of Unilateral and Bilateral String-Of-Pearls Locking Plates in a Canine Distal Humeral Metaphyseal Gap Model, Richard J. Hurt
Trauma as Evangelical Anti-Abortion Strategy: A Qualitative Study of Post Abortion Groups and the Personhood Amendment in Mississippi, Jonelle Henry Husain
A New Fluid-Structure Interaction Point-Projection Method, Philip Robert Ivancic
The Physical Environment and Runners' Exercise Routes: A Case of Starkville, Mississippi, Robert Thomas Jackson
Guidelines for Developing Flexible Supply Chains in a Stochastic Environment, Seratun Jannat
Individual Tree Growth and Yield Models for Red Oak - Sweetgum Stands on Mid-South Minor Stream Bottoms Producing Volume by Log Grade, Jonathan Paul Jeffreys
Electrical Properties Degradation of Photovoltaic Modules Caused by Lightning Induced Voltage, Taosha Jiang
Guardians of Historical Knowledge: Textbook Politics, Conservative Activism, and School Reform in Mississippi, 1928-1982, Kevin Boland Johnson
Degree Attainment of Students from a Land-Grant University who Matriculated from the Mississippi Public Community College System, Susan Johnson
Growth Implant Timing and Effectiveness in Beef Cattle, Herschel Brad Jones
An Investigation of Geochemical Evidence for Three Paleo-Environments, John Paul Jones
Identification of the Edwardsiella Ictaluri Genes Causing Impaired Growth in Complex Medium, Safak Kalindamar
Influence of Coastal Processes on Speleogenesis and Landforms in the Caribbean Region, Patricia Kambesis
Picture Superiority Effect and its Detrimental Effect in Memory Updating with Road Signs, Eumji Kang
System of Systems Based Decision-Making for Power Systems Operation, Amin Kargarian Marvasti
The Development of Multi-Range Inertial Measurement Units, James Paul Kelly
The Likelihood of Use of Social Power Bases in School Consultation: A Comparison of School Psychologists and School Counselors, Ayesha Khurshid
Wayfinding in a City Environment: Driver Experience and Strategies, Katherine King
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Function of Behavior and a Modified Check-In, Check-Out Intervention using a Daily Behavior Report Card, Christopher John Klein
Improvement of Upholstery Furniture Manufacturing through Efficient Material Utilization for CNC Layout, Arif Caglar Konukcu
3D Scanning Methodology to Characterize Surface Area and Envelope Volume of Poultry, Livestock, and Equine, Emile Joseph Koury
Bounds for the Maximum-Time Stochastic Shortest Path Problem, Anara Bolotbekovna Kozhokanova
Habitat Use of Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Platorynchus in the Lower Mississippi River, Patrick Thomas Kroboth
Biomass to Biofuel: Catalysis, Monitoring, and Utilization of Biochar, Bidhya Kunwar
The Effect of Feeding Native Warm Season Grasses in the Stocker Phase on the Quality of Beef Loin Steaks, Vikram Pandurang Kurve
Metabolic Health and Academic Achievement in At Risk Youth Participating in Studio Based Summer Camp, Mallory Anne Kvasnicka
Efficient External-Memory Graph Search for Model Checking, Peter C. Lamborn
Bahamian Quaternary Geology and the Global Carbon Budget, Erik Bond Larson
Transposable Element Content in Non-Model Insect Genomes, Christine A. Lavoie
Predicting Flank Margin Cave Collapse in the Bahamas, Orry Patrick Lawrence
Risk as a Function of Information Technology Artifact Perceptions, James Lee Jr
Students' Perceptions of the Adult Basic Education General Educational Development Program at a Rural Mississippi Community College, Trena Starlene Lee
Does Experience Overcome Perception Bias for Consumers of Grass-Finished Beef?, Yunkyung Lee
Petroleum Releases from Underground Storage Tanks in Northwest Indiana: Successful Remediation Techniques and Implications of Cost Effectiveness, Richard Jason Lenz
The Renaissance of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, Vu Hoang Le
Teachers' Experiences with Literacy Coaching: Instructional Spaces to Teach Third and Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension, Peggie Joice Liddell
Multihop Cognitive Cellular Networks Optimization, Security, and Privacy, Ming Li
Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Young-Of-Year Fish in Carite Reservoir, Puerto Rico, Michael Clinton Lloyd
Effects of Intercropping Switchgrass in Loblolly Pine Plantations on Bird Communities, Zachary G. Loman
Prediction of Transitional Boundary Layers and Fully Turbulent Free Shear Flows, using Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Models, Maurin Alberto Lopez Varilla
The Effects of Political Disruption on African Agricultural Productivity: A Statistical and Spatial Investigation, Onyumbe Enumbe Lukongo
Catalytic Conversion of Syngas to Higher Alcohols over Cu-Fe Based Catalysts, Yongwu Lu
Thermodynamic Characterization of Linker Histone Binding Interactions with ds-DNA, Venkata Ramana Machha
Load Flow and State Estimation Algorithms for Three-Phase Unbalanced Power Distribution Systems, Chiranjeevi Madvesh
Toward an Effective Automated Tracing Process, Anas Mohammad Mahmoud
Defining Environmental Characteristics of Sea Breezes along the U.S. Gulf Coast, Janice Maldonado Jaime
Phase Field Modeling of Tetragonal to Monoclinic Phase Transformation in Zirconia, Mahmood Mamivand
Consumer Willingness to Pay for Environmental Impacts of Fresh Tomato Production, McKenzie Crabtree Maples
Geologic Controls of Sand Boil Formation at Buck Chute, Mississippi, Seth M. Martin
Models for a Carbon Constrained, Reliable Biofuel Supply Chain Network Design and Management, Mohammad Marufuzzaman
Effects of Resveratrol on Post-Thaw Quality of Stallion Sperm, Kelli Lynn Matheny
Got Shame?, Scott Alden Mathers
Preliminary Investigation of Cellular Lipid Extraction Using Electroporation as an Enhancement Technique, Robert McComas
Data Driven Decision-Making and Principals' Perceptions, Melissa F. McCray
Development of a Flexible Open Architecture Controller for a Six-Cylinder Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine, Robert Dennis McElmurry
Efficient Coupling of Micro/Macroscale Analyses with Stochastic Variations of Constituent Properties, James Keith McWilliams
Teacher Ratings of a Daily Behavior Report Card with or without a Treatment Integrity Measure, Meagan Boyd Medley
The Use of Tonometry as a Diagnostic Tool to Evaluate Intraocular Pressures in Normal and Abnormal California Sea Lion Eyes, Johanna del Carmen Mejia-Fava
Meaning of Justice for Mississippians with Regard to Health Care Pricing, Di Miao
A Comparison of the Success of Community College Graduates Who Entered College with a GED, a High School Diploma, or an Alternative Diploma, April Danielle Miles
Cholangiography Using 64-Multi-Detector Row Computed Tomography in the Normal Dog, Jennifer Wooley Miller
The Utility of Immediate and Delayed Feedback within the Math to Mastery Intervention Package in a School Setting, Marylyn Woods Miller
Interactions of Organothiols with Gold Nanoparticles in Water, Mohamed Siyam Mohamed Ansar