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
A Classification System for Large Reservoirs of the Conterminous U.S, Rebecca Misaye Krogman
The Implementation of a State Monitoring and Surveillance Program: What Factors Influence the State Policy?, Kywaii K. Lawrence-Jackson
Effects of Television Weather Broadcasters on Viewers During Severe Weather: To Be or Not To Be On-Screen, Amanda Marie Lea
Risk Perceptions, Risk Preferences, Risk Ambiguity, and Flood Insurance, Jihyun Lee
Exploiting Spatial and Spectral Information in Hyperdimensional Imagery, Matthew Allen Lee
Protective and Risk Factors associated with Risky Sexual Behavior and Quality of Life Implications for Emerging Adults, Hillary Cheryl Leibold
Comparison of Properties of Pine Scrim Lumber Made from Modified Scrim, Weiqi Leng
A Study of the Gauge Middle School Reading Intervention Program, Karen Shen Letson
Simulation of Multispecies Gas Flows using the Discontinuous Galerkin Method, Lei Liang
Performance-Driven Behavioral Battery Modeling for Large Format Batteries, Jianwei Li
Enhancing Levoglucosan Formation during Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Qi Li
Syngas Production from Biomass Pellets in a Downdraft Gasifier and the Removal of Oxygen from Syngas, Rui Li
Pattern Classification and Reconstruction for Hyperspectral Imagery, Wei Li
Perceptions of Mississippi State University Faculty towards the Use of Course Management Systems, Kimberley LaSha Logan
Effects of Supplemental Citrulline Malate during a Resistance Training Protocol, William Kinnard Luckett
Analysis of Oxygen Transfer at an Activated Sludge Plant: A Procedure for Monitoring Aeration Efficiency, Benjamin Clyde Luke
An Approach for Communities to Assess Stormwater Application and Detention Requirements for Overall Watershed Health, Katherine Therese Lunstrum
Improving the Performance of Hyperspectral Target Detection, Ben Ma
Stalking on the Screen: Examining Media Portrayals of Relational Stalking Behavior, John Robert MacArthur
The Effect of Variable Organic Matter On Site Productivity, Soil Nutrients, and Carbon on a Southern Loblolly Pine Plantation, Jason Craig Mack
Learning Optimal Bayesian Networks with Heuristic Search, Brandon M. Malone
Novel Algorithms for Cross-Ontology Multi-Level Data Mining, Prashanti Manda
Flux and Source of Dissolved Organic and Inorganic Constituents in Managed Headwaters of the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain, Mississippi, Clay Nicholas Mangum
Movement, Space Use, and Cause-Specific Mortality of Translocated Wild Turkeys in the Mississippi Delta, Kyle Marable
Sale Price Relationships to Performance Characteristics and Genetic Merit in Beef Bulls Sold in Beef Cattle Improvement Sales and Tests in the Southeast USA From 1974 To 2011, Marty Landon Marks
The Relationship Between Religion and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Philip B. Mason
Development of a High throughput Surfactant Screening Procedure using Shikimic Acid Analysis, Cody Alan Massey
Biomechanical Evaluation of Locking Compression Plate/Rod Constructs and Limited Contact-Dynamic Compression Plate/Rod Constructs in a Gap Model, Wilburn Maret Maxwell
Structure-Property Relationships of an A36 Steel Alloy under Dynamic Loading Conditions, Adam J. Mayatt
Populus Species and Hybrids for Use on Bottomland and Upland Sites in the Southern United States, Bryce D. May
An Empirical Analysis of Factors that Affect Student Non-Attendance at Mississippi State Volleyball, Kurt Charles Mayer
Numerical Modeling of Mobile Bay, Tate O. McAlpin
Why Can't a Woman Fly?: Nasa and the Cult of Masculinity, 1958-1972, Erinn Catherine McComb
A Ghazal for the Ends Of Things, Jannell Christine McConnell
Artful Warfare: The Soviets Superficial Thaw, 1959, Cadra Peterson McDaniel
Investigation of a Possible Association Between Pon1 Polymorphisms L55M And Q192R with Coronary Artery Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Patients within a Southern Population, Chiquita Yvette McDaniel
Description of Spatial and Temporal Water Quality and Nitrogen Dynamics in a Split-Pond Aquaculture System, Andrew William McDonnell
The Role of Community Colleges in the Global Knowledge-Based Economy: Urban and Rural Differences in Workforce Outcomes, Mike J. McGrevey
Aortic Valve Endothelial Cells and Adhesion Molecules: Implications for a Tissue Engineered Heart Valve, Chelsea Tiller McIntosh
The Influence of Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi on Rabbiteye Blueberry (Vaccinium Ashei), Mark Linneaus McLaughlin
Analysis of Relaxin and Acute-Phase Proteins in Urine and Feces for Canine Pregnancy Diagnosis, Vanna Gail McMillan
I've Been Reading About Disaster Lately, Lisa Catherine McMurtray
The Biology and Management of Phytophagous Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) in Mississippi Soybean Production Systems, James Wesley McPherson
Online Teacher Candidates' Experiences in a Virtual World for the Preparation to Teach Middle School, Nicole C. Miller
Remote Sensing of Cyanobacteria in Turbid Productive Waters, Sachidananda Mishra
Addressing sample bias and representativeness at the Kinlock site (22SU526) a freshwater mussel shell ring in the Mississippi Delta, Joseph Alan Mitchell
Price Pass-through in U.S. Gasoline Markets, Phillip Anthony Mixon
Ecology of the Tick-Borne Pathogen, Rickettsia Parkeri, in its Primary Vector, Amblyomma Maculatum, and Select Vertebrate Hosts, Gail Miriam Moraru
The Effects of National Board Certified Teachers on Student Achievement in Mississippi High Schools, Raymond C. Morgigno
Testing an Experimental Manipulation of Social Desirability and its Impact on Substance Use Self-Report in Late Adolescents, Melanie Catherine Morse
Current Trends in Researcher Methodology Regarding the Asperger's Disorder Diagnosis: Implications for the DSM-5 Revision, Hannah E. Morton
Effect of Hand Pinching, Dikegulac-Sodium, and Gibberellic Acid on Chile Pepper (Capsicum Annuum), Abdulfatah Mousa
Block Compressed Sensing of Images and Video, Sungkwang Mun
Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Habits in College Student Smokers, Social Smokers, and Nonsmokers, Timothy Chad Murphy
Expanding Protection Motivation Theory: The Role of Individual Experience in Information Security Policy Compliance, Leigh A (Leigh Ann) Mutchler
Polycomb Gene Regulation in Rice Endosperm Development and Global Analysis of Protein Acetylation in Rice, Babi Ramesh Reddy Nallamilli
Genetic Analysis of DAWDLE Function in Arabidopsis, Lakshmi A. Narayanan
Mental Schema Accuracy: Investigating the Impact of Schemas on Human Performance and Technology Usability, Kylie Nash
Defining Freedom: a Historical Exploration of Richard Wright's Black Boy, Ernest Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and Alice Walker's Meridian, Natalie Anne Nations
EFFECTS OF SOYBEAN-DERIVED PHYTOESTROGENS ON REPRODUCTIVE TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN NEONATAL MALE AND FEMALE PIGS:, Kevin Wade Necaise
Analysis of Lumber Price Transmission in the United States, Zhuo Ning
The Effects of Sheltered Instruction on Struggling Readers, Stephanie Deneen Norwood
Evaluation of Feeding Varying Levels of Digestible Lysine on Broiler Breeder Male Reproductive Characteristics and Body Weight Changes, Chinwendu Nkechi Obi
Control of Salmonella Biofilms by Essential Oils and Reduction of Salmonella in Ground Turkey by Lauric Arginate and Carvacrol, Ademola Oladunjoye
Improving Commercial Broiler Attic Inlet Ventilation Through Data Acquisition Coupled with CFD Analysis, Jonathan William Wiley Olsen
The Effect of Oil Exposure on the Tissues and Health Status of Gulf of Mexico Fishes, Ahmad Salem Omar Ali
Oil Related Environmental Degradation and Human Displacement: Case Study of Niger Delta Nigeria, Joshua Onyemachi
Is It a Small World after all: An Examination of Scientific Collaborations in Public Administration, James Earl Orr Jr
Effects of Defoliation in Soybeans and Susceptibility of Soybean Loopers to Reduced Risk Insecticides, Lucas Neil Owen
A Stochastic Process Study of Two-Echelon Supply Chain with Bulky Demand Process Incorporating cost Sharing Coordination Strategies, Hossein Parsa
Performance as a Historiographic Process in King John and the Winter's Tale, Joshua Rhodes Parsons
The Effect of Regular Participation in an After-School Program on Student Achievement, Attendance, and Behavior, Andrea Sheree Pastchal-Temple
Response of Listeria Monocytogenes to Bile Salts, Angela Inez Payne
Assessment of Management Factors Prior to Breeding and their Impact on Bovine Fertility, Kathryn Erin Pfeiffer
Mechanical Properties of Porcine Muscle in Compression and Tension with Microstructural Analysis, Renee Brook Pietsch
The Economic Contributions of a Mississippi Rural Community College Utilizing a Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Remedial Education Program., Curtis Ray Poole
Bird, Plant, and Herpetofaunal Associations in Cove Forests and Pine Plantations in Mississippi, Aaron Weston Posner
Safety Counter Measures: A Comprehensive Crashworthiness Study of Out-Of-Position (OOP) Airbag Deployment and Passenger Impact, Suryatej Reddy Potula
A Study of Selection on Microsatellites in the Helianthus Annuus Transcriptome, Sreepriya Pramod
Understanding Managerial Decisions about Global Sourcing: Offshoring and Reshoring of Production, Raymond George Purnell
Assessing the Potential for Increased Capacity of Combined Heat and Power Facilities Based on Available Corn Stover and Forest Logging Residue in Mississippi, Selvarani Radhakrishnan
The Hinterland: Compilation of Nearby Brown Dwarfs and Ultracool stars, Christopher David Ramos
Conceptual Change: The Integration of Geologic Time into the Teaching of Evolution, David L. Ramseyer
Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Silica Supported Homo- and Heterodinuclear Metal Complexes, Ankadage Samantha Ranaweera
The First-Year Principal: An Autoethnography, Michael Burt Ray
Using Cloud to Ground Lightning as a Forecast Tool for Severe Hail, Matthew Reagan
The Role of Cue-Target and Target Relatedness in Metamemory Predictions about Retroactive Interference in Memory, Myra Ann Reid
Generation of Biodiesel and Carotenoids from Rhodotorula Glutinis using Sweet Sorghum Juice, Miriam Llanto Revellame
A Multiscale Modeling Methodology for Composites that includes Fiber Strength Stochastics, Trenton M (Trenton Mitchell) Ricks
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Faith-Based Nutrition Education Program for African American Women, Jenelle Nicole Robinson
The Comparative Effects of Arginine Vasotocin on Reproduction in the Boreal (Bufo Boreas Boreas) and Fowler's (Bufo Fowleri) Toad, Tricia Marie Rowlison
Perceptions of Teachers and Administrators of the Effectiveness of Block Scheduling in Mississippi High Schools, Debra Ann Rush
Evaluation of Wildrye (Elymus sp.) as a Potential Forage and Conservation Planting for the Southeastern United States, Jason Brett Rushing
Establishment Methods of Arundinaria Species for Restoration Purposes, David Pierce Russell
Enhancement and Evaluation of a Rainfall-Runoff Single Event Model, Germania Salazar Mejia
Evidence-Based Uncertainty Modeling of Constitutive Models with Application in Design Optimization, Shahabedin Salehghaffari