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
Synthesis and Characterization of Pani-Coated Vgcnfs and Evaluation of its Use for Corrosion Inhibition, Maria Concepcion Cebada-Ricalde
Analyzing Predictors of Bullying Victimization at School, Hatice Cecen Celik
Botulinum Associated with Visceral Toxicosis of Catfish: Investigation of a Viral-Vectored Heavy Chain Subunit Vaccine and Development of a Zebrafish Bioassay, Kamalakar Chatla
Model-Based Autonomic Security Management of Networked Distributed Systems, Qian Chen
A Validation Study of Openfoam for Hybrid Rans-Les Simulation of Incompressible Flow over a Backward Facing Step and Delta Wing, Visrant Choudhury
Microtubule Dynamics, Kinetochore Number, and Kinetochore Distribution in Cells Undergoing Mitosis with Unreplicated Genomes, Manuella Rossette Clark-Cotton
Evaluation of Herbicide Formulation and Spray Nozzle Selection on Physical Spray Drift, Jasper Lewis Cobb
Invested or Invasive?: Applying the Investment Model to Understanding Obsessive Relational Intrusion, Katherine E. Collier
The Effect of the July 1, 2012 Federal Student Aid Changes on the Annual Student Debt of Community College Students in Mississippi, Albert Lee Collins
Verification of Post-glacial Speleogenesis and the Origins of Epigene Maze Caves in New York, Max P. Cooper
Evaluation of Management Practices to Mitigate Lodging for 'CL151' Rice (Oryza Sativa L.), Jennifer Leann Corbin
Epidemiological Study of the Factors that Influence Mortality and Economics on a Commercial Catfish Farm, Fred L. Cunningham
Economic Contributions of Forest-Based Industries in the South, Ram Prasad Dahal
Risk Perceptions of Hurricane Track Forecasts, Idamis Del Valle-Martínez
Understanding Racial Differences in College Student Departure, Reid Garber Dickerson
Identification Methods and Chemometric Analysis of Mammalian Volatile Biomarkers, Shamitha Asoka Dissanayake
Understanding the Mechanisms Leading to FSW Property Variations to Aid in Defect Formation Identification via Post-Weld Data Processing, Haley Rubisoff Doude
A Petroleum Energy, Greenhouse Gas, and Economic Life Cycle Analysis of Several Automotive Fuel Options, Matthew Carter Doude
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population dynamics in a multi-predator landscape, Jared Fitzgerald Duquette
Evaluation of Different Dietary Supplements for Cattle Consuming Ryegrass Baleage, Lanna Victoria Durst
Woodrow Wilson's Lasting Impact on the Development of Federal Budget Practice and Theory, Tyson Michael Elbert
Plant community response to reduced mowing regimens along highway right-of-ways in northeastern Mississippi., Edward D. Entsminger
Winter Waterbird Use and Food Resources of Aquaculture Lands in Mississippi, James Stephen Feaga
Analysis of Asthmatic Lung Remodeling in Summer Pasture-Associated Recurrent Airway Obstruction, Claudenir Rodrigues Ferrari
Expression of Facultative Den Behavior in Ursidae, Nicholas Lee Fowler
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