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 2012
Genetic Algorithms Based Feature Selection and Decision Fusion for Robust Remote Sensing Image Analysis, Minshan Cui
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy of Liquid Samples Using Standard Cuvettes at Normal Incidence, Bryan James Culbertson
Manifestations of Arthritis Through Time: Effects of Modes of Subsistence, Sex and Age in the Prehistoric Mid-South, Lacey Elizabeth Culpepper
Students' Perceptions of Entrepreneurship at a Historically Black University in Central Mississippi, Mercidee Curry
Influence of Fresh and Processed Tannic Acid, and Fresh Tannic Acid, and Fresh Tannic Acid Plus Phosphate on Catfish Fillet Color, Microbial Shelf Life and Oxidation, Guilherme Filizzola Cury
Crappie Population Characteristics Relative to Inundation of Floodplain Habitats in Reservoirs, Jonah Dennis Dagel
Synchrophasor Data Mining for Situational Awareness in Power Systems, Nischal Dahal
A Platform Independent Investigative Process Model for Smartphones, Frances Chevonne Dancer
Perceptions of Title IX's impact on Gender Equity within Intercollegiate Athletics: the Mississippi Public Community and Junior Colleges, Roderick Van Daniel
Principals' Perceptions of Factors Associated with the Implementation of School Wellness Policies, Melissa Davis
The Paired Electron Crystal, Exotic Phases and Phase Transitions in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Saurabh Dayal
Socioemotional Wealth and Family Firm Internationalization: The Moderating Effect of Environmental Munificence, Bartosz Jan Debicki
Dental Microwear and Diet Change during the Greek Bronze and Iron Age in Coastal East Lokris, Greece, J Rocco de Gregory
The Lay Conceptualization of Major Depressive Disorder, Chafen S. DeLao
Static and Fatigue Performance of Oriented Strandboard as Upholstered Furniture Frame Stock, Samet Demirel
Economic Evaluation of Biofuel Production through Bio-Gasification Power Facility using Modeling Method, Yangyang Deng
How Attachment Styles Moderate the Impact Social Network Members have upon Romantic Relationships, Jayne Kathryn Denson
Experimental Characterization and Modeling of the Brittle and Ductile Failure of Polypropylene and Copolymer Polypropylene, Brian Edward Denton
Fused-Ring Heterocycle Syntheses from Thiazole, Oxazole, Benzoxazole, and Benzothiazole Derivatives and Trifluoroacetylations of N-Methyl Cyclic Ketene-N,O/S-Acetals: Attempted Syntheses of Functionalized Polymers from Plant-Derived 5-(Hydroxymethyl)Furfural, Hondamuni Ireshika Chathurani De Silva
Rapid Non-Destructive Assessment of Southern Yellow Pine Lumber Properties by Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Ignacio Diaz
Determinants of REIT Ratings: Evidence from the U.S. REIT Market, Charod Dante Dodd
Salmonella Source and Rate of Colonization in Two Newly Constructed Commercial Broiler Houses and the Effect of Used Litter Inoculation in a New House, Lauren Elizabeth Dodds
Evaluation of Field-Scale Soil Organic Carbon and Watershed-Scale Bioenergy Crop Production in Mississippi, Sarah Duffy
Validation of Bioluminescent Escherichia Coli O157:H7 for Use as a Pre-Harvest Food Safety Model, Heather Ann Duoss
Modulation of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Canine Chondrocytes, David L. Dycus
A Study of K-12 Teacher Interns' Incorporation of Multicultural Content and Theory into their Teaching Practices, Edith Mechelle Dzoole
The Impact of Organochlorine Pesticides and Lipid Biomarkers on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Paul Robert Eden
Open Source IPSEC Software in Manned and Unmanned Space Missions, Jacob Edwards
Software Requirements Elicitation, Verification, And Documentation: an Ontology Based Approach, Robert A. Elliott
A Ten-Millennia Lens: Landscape, Culture and History at Russell Cave National Monument, Jesse Randall English
Municipal Government: Does Institutional Structural Reform Make a Difference in Local Government?, Robert Dayle Eskridge
Examining Public Administrators' Perceptions of Welfare Policy Performance, Elizabeth D. Evans
Multi-Scale Response of Upland Birds to Targeted Agricultural Conservation, Kristine Oswald Evans
Is Strong Corporate Governance Associated with Informative Income Smoothing?, Joseph Peter Faello
Cryopreservation of Equine Spermatozoa: Identification of Good and Poor Freezer Stallions and Effect of Sperm Density Per Straw, Abed Sharqy Fahad
Rejection, Rumination, and Revenge: a Test of the Relational Goal Pursuit Theory of Stalking Perpetration, Benjamin A. Fay
An Investigation of the Perception of Professional Development among Mississippi's Secondary Welding Teachers, Douglas Ferguson
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae, Rickettsia Parkeri And "Candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae", Associated With The Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma Maculatum Koch, Flavia Araujo Girao Ferrari
Effects of Preblending and Water Addition on Physical and Sensory Characteristics of Seasoned Pork Patties, Molly Sheppard Field
Work to Live or Live to Work?: The Impact of Gender, Personal Resources, and National Policy on the Importance of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Work Rewards in Post-Industrial Nations, Christy Haines Flatt
Mechanisms and Patterns of Invasion in Macrophyte Communities, Jonathan Paul Fleming
Experiments and Simulation for 6061-T6 Aluminum Alloy Resistance Spot Welded Lap Joints, Radu Stefanel Florea
Lipid Accumulation in Synthetic Wastewater-Grown Oleaginous Microorganisms, Andrew Thompson Ford
How Effective is the 2010-2011 D.A.R.E. Program in the Mississippi Delta?, LaDetra Michelle Forrest
Hearth and Home: Life In and Around A "Kitchen" from Ancient Judah as Excavated at Tell Halif, Tim Frank
Disaster Recovery Funds and Faith Based Initiatives: A Multiple Streams Theory Case Study of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, Natalie Kathleen Fussell
Effects of Sodium Methyldithiocarbamate-Induced Oxidative Stress on Nf-Kappa B Activation, Monica Cherie Gadson
Identification and Characterization of C-type Lectin Genes in Reniform Nematode, Satish Ganji
In Vitro Catalytic Activity and Inhibition Study of PrnB from Burkholderia Ambifaria, Qi Ge
Two Essays in Seasoned Equity Offerings, Sinan Gokkaya
The Prediction of Wellness Factors on Alcohol Consumption and Behaviors Related to Alcohol among College Students, Angela Cole Golson
Ecology and Disease Potential of the Black-Legged Deer Tick, Ixodes Scapularis Say, in Mississippi, Lauren Goltz
Identifying Factors and Quantifying their Impact on Transportation Costs of Pre-Processes Biomass, Daniela Sofia Gonzales
Semantic Integration of Coastal Buoys Data using SPARQL, Rakesh Kumar Gourineni
Improving the Quality of Scheduling Decisions for the Engineering Function, Douglas H. Grabenstetter
The Analysis of the Expression and Phenotype of the at3g02400 Gene in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Will Gray
Development of an Innovative Detection Technology for Escherichia Coli O157:H7, Qian Gu
A Community of Women in Clorinda Matto De Turner's Indole, Cordelea Ann Haecker
Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Giant Miscanthus with Alcohol as Cosolvent, Islam Hassan Hafez
Bacteria and their Effects on Fertility in the Chicken, Melissa Dawn Haines
Cultivation of Oleaginous Microorganism Consortium on Municipal Wastewater for the Production of Lipids, Jacqueline Isonhood Hall
Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles with Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, Changhong Han
Case Study of East Mississippi Community College's plan to assist the Sara Lee Corporation employees due to plant closing, Bruce J. Hanson
Are Self-Protective Behaviors Associated with Sexual and Physical Assault in Women?, Sheridan Hope Hatcher
Blueberry Growers' Willingness to Adopt Alternative Production Practices, Susan Elizabeth Head
Varietal Loblolly (Pinus Taeda L.) Response to Various Management Schemes and Comparison among Genetic Improvement Levels, Billy Landis Herrin
Student Perceptions of the Alternative School, Tina Sabrina Herrington
Effects of Glycine-Arginine-Alpha-Ketoisocaproic Acid Calcium (Gakic) on Maximal Strength and Multiple Bouts of Resistance Exercise, Laura Anne Hilton
Using Mathematics-Curriculum Based Measures to Predict Outcomes on the Mathematics Portion of the Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition., Eutrophia Lenora Hogan-Samuel
Island Karst Classification: Spatial Modeling-Oriented Approach with Multispectral Satellite Imageries, Hung Chak Ho
Survival Processing in the Retroactive Interference Paradigm, Nailah Bessie Horne
Roles of Vitamin D and Calcium in Cancer and Diet History of Vitamin D and Calcium in Cancer Patients and Participants without Cancer, Gwendolyn McNeely Howard
Characteristics of Soil Heterogeneity and Effectiveness of Crop Reflectance on Detection of Corn (Zea mays L.) Nitrogen Status, Ken J. Hubbard
Optimization of Seed Propagation of Seven Native Plant Species, Shane H. Huff
Measurement of Catch-Related Attitudes and their Influence on Angler Preferences, Clifford Patton Hutt
The Origin of Banana Holes on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas, Louis R. Infante
Crop Stress Detection and Classification Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, J Trenton Irby
Analysis of Aerial Multispectral Imagery to Assess Water Quality Parameters of Mississippi Water Bodies, Shane Adison Irvin
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Neat Vinyl Ester and Vapor-Grown Carbon Nanofiber/Vinyl Ester Resin Composites, Changwoon Jang
Evaluating the Mechanism of Oxalate Synthesis of Fibroporia Radiculosa Isolates Adapting to Copper-Tolerance, Katie Marie Jenkins
A Phenomenological Investigation of Ignition and Combustion in Alternative-Fueled Engines, Saroj Kumar Jha
The Sparse-grid based Nonlinear Filter: Theory and Applications, Bin Jia
Enhancing the Residual Efficacy of Wood Phytosanitation using a Silane, Todd Ellis Johnson
Effects of Thermo-Mechanical and Thermal Treatments on the Structure-Property Relationships of Dual Phase (DP) and Transformation-Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels, Matthew Leonard Jones
Geodetic Method to Estimate Mass Balance of Himalayan Glaciers: a Case Study of the Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Kabindra Joshi
Slope Stability Analysis of Spoil Dragline Bench in Lignite Coal Mine, Choctaw County, Mississippi, Maria Laila Jover
Potential of Great Egrets to be Vectors for the Transmission of s Virulent Strain of Aeromonas Hydrophila between Channel Catfish Culture Pond, Madison McCall Jubirt
Asynchronous Design Investigation for a 16-Bit Microprocessor, William Kalish
Development of Alternating Current Scanning Electrochemical Methods to Map Chemical Species, Migelhewa Nidarsha Kaumal
Efficacy and Biodegradability of Pentachlorophenol in Conventional and Biodiesel Amended Carriers, Saeed Keshani Langroodi
Mental Health Service Utilization: Attitudes of Emerging Adults With and Without Disruptive Behavior Symptoms, Ashley Early King-Profit
Sex Differences in How ADHD is Sampled and Studied Across High-Impact Discipline-Representative Journals, Claire Louise Kirk
A Study of the Microstructural Evolution and Static Recrystallization of Magnesium Alloy AZ-31, Harold Michael Kistler
Analysis of Classes of Singular Boundary Value Problems, Eunkyung Ko
Complexities Involving the Role of Gender and Setting on Provoked Interpersonal Violence: Comparing Analytical Approaches on Couple-Level Data, Nikki H. Kraft
Cognitive Dispersion across the Lifespan: Woodcock-Johnson Normative Update and Theories of Intelligence, Daniel Joseph Krenzer