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 2009
Flathead catfish stock characteristics in the Pascagoula River following Hurricane Katrina, Russell M. Barabe
Three essays on customer delight, Donald Clay Barnes
Leaching Potential of Metals and Brominated Flame Retardants in Obsolete Notebook Computers, Otho Barnes
Student progress monitoring: teachers' perceptions, Darlene H. Barron
A comparison between middle school and high school teachers' perceptions of empowerment, teaching social skill competency, and participative leadership, Rebecca Jane Beattie
Structure-property relations in porcine brain tissue: strain rate and stress-state dependence, Mark Gregory Tejada Begonia
Fatigue Evaluation Criteria for Aged Hot-Mix Asphalt Surfaces, Haley P. Bell
Machine Learning-Based Ontology Mapping Tool to Enable Interoperability in Coastal Sensor Networks, Shruthi Bheemireddy
An Assessment of Reading Programs in North Mississippi Elementary Schools: A Comparative Analysis, Angela Delentheia Bluitt
The Impact Of Stress, Burnout, And Job Satisfaction On Rural Social Workers, Tracey Michelle Boston
Pictures with a Voice: Understanding the Everyday Lives of Native Americans of the Chickasaw Nation in Developing a Nutrition Social Marketing Campaign, Krystal Rebecca Bowen
Inequality And Body Mass In Young Adulthood: Sex And Age Differences In Associated Effects, Jamie Lynn Boydstun
Analysis of the effectiveness of the Circle of Care Program in increasing life outcomes among teen mothers in Troup County, Georgia, Andrea Michelle Brace
Career paths, barriers, and professional experiences: a comparison study of African American community college presidents and white community college presidents, Cedric Andreas Bradley
The effectiveness of distance education for computer application software instruction versus the cost of development and implementation, Martha Anne Brock
Factors And Perceptions That Affect Enrollment In Career And Technical Education Programs In Rural East Central Mississippi, Aimee Chandler Brown
The low percentage of African American faculty in a southern community college, Annie Lou Brown Burns
An Examination of Crisis Preparedness at Christian-Affiliated Institutions of Higher Education, Stacy M. Burrell
Improving structural and functional annotation of the chicken genome, Teresia Buza
Hyperspectral Image Visualization Using Double And Multiple Layers, Shangshu Cai
Health Care Benefits for State Workers: What Drives the Differences?, Bonnie L. Carew
Use of multi-spectral imagery and LiDar data to quantify compositional and structural characteristics of vegetation in red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) habitat in North Carolina, Joelle Marie Carney
Detection Of Tick-Borne Bacterial Agents In Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma Americanum) And Various Wildlife In Mississippi, Ashley Harris Castellaw
Climatic variability at Modoc Rock Shelter (Illinois) and Watson Brake (Louisiana): biometric and isotopic evidence from archaeological freshwater mussel shell, Sarah Mistak Caughron
Effect of nitrogen, location, and harvesting stage on peppermint (Mentha X piperita L.) productivity, oil content, and composition, Vasile Cerven
Fractionation of soybean meal, cottonseed meal and wheat middlings using combination of sieving and air classification, Ravi Kumar Challa
Design and numerical simulation of a linear shaped charge separation mechanism for first stage separation of the Ares I launch vehicle, Nicholas Roy Chambers
Dynamic simulation and optimal real-time operation of CHP systems for buildings, Heejin Cho
A computational investigation of some polycalicenes as novel nonbenzenoid aromatic molecules and the strange case of the cyclopropenyl anion, Willard Collier
On mesh quality considerations for the discontinuous Galerkin method, Eric M. Collins
Use of high resolution microscopy (FESEM and TEM) to investigate carbonate precipitates in association with organic matter from hot spring, salt pond, and reef environments, Margaret Elizabeth Corley
Evaluation of energy usage in the chemical industry and effective measures to reduce energy losses, Raul Jose Crespo
The attitudes and perceived self-efficacy of Mississippi career and technical educators toward information and communication technology, Jason C. Crittenden
Porosity development in Pennsylvanian core from Table Mesa and Rattlesnake Fields, northwestern New Mexico, Jonathan David Culpepper
Predicting student success in online courses at a rural Alabama community college, Leslie Ann Cummings
Optimization of the production of the lantibiotics mutacin 1140 in modified M9 media, Neeti Dahal
Standards-based sensor web for wide area monitoring of power systems, Nischal Dahal
Deep water, open water, Kelly L. Daniels
Teacher stress in rural middle schools:teachers' perceptions of three contributing factors, Karen Voncille Davidson
Effects of interactive whiteboards and learning styles on MCT2 math scores, Ashley DeShannon Davis
A survey of articulation and transfer issues in Mississippi's community college art programs, Deitra R. Davis
Validated Prediction Of Pressurant Gas Requirements In Cryogenic Run Tanks At Subcritical And Supercritical Pressures, Laurence De Quay
Nutrient Management in On-Site Wastewater Treatment, Ayanangshu Dey
Of all that is seen and unseen, Jordan Adelle Doherty
Factors in the implementation of online courses of study in selected community colleges in Mississippi, Kenneth Lamar Done
In vitro digestibilty of ryegrass supplemented with hay, corn, or soybean hulls, Chadwick Warren Dunaway
Gamma-Ray Bursts: New Parameters For Measuring Energy Dependent Spectral Lag Times, Phillip Jefferson Durst
Mobility and population change in Northeast Mississippi: an object-based seriation of projectile points as a relative paleodemographic indicator, Jason L. Edmonds
Faunal communities of temporary wetlands of upland and floodplain public forested lands in north Mississippi, Katherine E. Edwards
The Role Of Cattle And Gulf Coast Ticks (Amblyomma Maculatum) In The Epidemiology Of Rickettsia Parkeri Infection, Kristine T. Edwards
Changes In Chinese Policy Toward North Korean Refugees Over The Last Two Decades, Shinhea Eom
An investigation of cumulative precipitation trends prior to Mississippi early season wildfires, Heather Sophia Eschete
Laser Induced Incandescence and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy based Sensor Development, Kemal Efe Eseller
CHO-human hybrid cells as models for human chromosome non-disjunction, Elizabeth Balconi Evans
Lysine and threonine responses in Ross X Ross TP16 male broilers, Derrick Lashawn Everett
Characterization of late embryonic B cell stages in chicken bursa of Fabricius, Balazs Felfoldi
The spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi):interactions with cucurbits and its status as a sweetpotato pest in Mississippi, Daniel Edward Fleming
Walking on the wild side: an examination of a long-distance hiking subculture, Kristi McLeod Fondren
Neuropsychological complaints associated with the non-medical use of prescription psychostimulants, Rachel Elizabeth Ford
The future of energy in Mississippi: policy and politics, Nicholas Luke Fowler
Coping Strategies among Religiously Committed Survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the State of Mississippi, Walter Lee Frazier
Social Networking Systems Success Model: Assessment And Validation Of The Is Success Model In Social Context, Aaron Michael French
The Effects of Switching Impulses on the Partial Discharge Activity and Breakdown Voltage of 15 kv XLPE and EPR cables, Jacob C (Jacob Curtis) Fulper
Mathematical Analysis Of The Effect Of Biofilm Upon Porosity And Permeability In Oil-Bearing Sandstone Of The Eutaw Formation In Jasper County, Mississippi, William Keith Funderburk
Nocturnal inversions over the Central Plains of the United States (1960-2009), Karen Marie Galvin
Osteogenic Regulatory Mechanisms Activated By Pressure In Aortic Heart Valve, Carol Andrea Pregonero Gamez
Obstacle array drag coefficient parametric response surface analysis, Mouthgalya Ganapathy
Population genetics study of the imported fire ants (Formicidae: Solenopsis spp.), Rajesh Babu Garlapati
Bioprospection And By-Product Utilization Of Juniperus Virginiana, Archana Jairam Gawde
Relationship between corn stalk strength and southwestern corn borer penetration, Bradley Kyle Gibson
Swinburne and Catholicism: unifying the flesh and the spirit, James Daniel Gillespie
Impacts of city size and vegetation coverage on the Urban Heat Island using Landsat satellite imagery, Gary Daniel Goggins
Dynamic Message Sign and Diversion Traffic Optimization, Jizhan Gou
Verification of a Three-Dimensional Statics Model for Continuum Robotics and the Design and Construction of a Small Continuum Robot (SCR), Ricky (Ricky Lee) Gray
Evaluation of lighter density fraction from dried distillers grains with solubles as a feedstuff for ruminants, Jonathan Michael Greene
Distributed simulation of power systems using real time digital simulator, Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar
A human factors and ergonomics awareness survey of professional personnel in the American furniture industry, Celal Gungor
A Cross Cultural Validation of Perceptions and Use of Social Network Service: An Exploratory Study, Chengqi Guo
The best practices for retention and placement of Associate of Applied Science students at Mississippi public community and junior colleges, Janae Ferguson Hagan
A beginning descriptive profile in mathematics for pre-service elementary education majors at Mississippi State University, Emma Goodloe Haley
An Investigation Of A Rural Community College Meeting The Needs Of Nontraditional Students, Kishki Hall
Watershed-scale sediment movement in relation to in-stream water quality:pre- and post-harvest observations, Bonnie Leigh Hamiter
An Assessment Of Flow Quality In An Open Test Section Wind Tunnel, Christopher Eric Hamm
Effectiveness Of A Time Out From Reinforcement Package For Escape-Maintained Behaviors Exhibited By Typically Developing Children In Head Start, Melissa Marie Harber
Assay of the Efficacy of Novel Pyridinium Oximes for Potential Activity in the Central Nervous System for Reactivating Phosphorylated Acetylcholinesterase, Ashley Renee Harmon
Mammalian herbivory of hardwood seedlings on afforestation areas of the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Tyler S. Harris
Gender-motivated bias crimes: examining why situational variables are important in the labeling of hate crimes, Jordan Thore Hertl
Juror perceptions of a woman who killed her abusive husband:effects of wife's psychological diagnosis, husband's history of alcoholism, and documentation of domestic violence, Amanda Spicer Hester
A proposed walkway system constructed from selected combustion residues, James L. Hillabrand
Effect on children's eating behavior and self-efficacy from participation in Fun with Food summer camp, Alma Land Hill
Growing Ethanol: An Analysis of Policy Instrument Selection in the Fifty American States, Erin J. Holmes
Characterization and Functional Analysis of a Cotton RING-type Ubiquitin Ligase (E3) Gene, Meng-Hsuan Ho
Changing currents: interpreting the promise of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Nathan Horn
Assessing job satisfaction among Alabama's community college faculty, Russell Warren Howton
The perceptions of public school administrators toward technology effectiveness and adequacy in curriculum and instruction in the Golden Triangle Public Schools of Mississippi, Wendy Lynn Hubbard
An evaluation of readiness factors for online education, Delena Rae Lang Hukle
Information Processing System To Security Standard Compliance Measurement: A Quantitative Approach Using Pathfinder Networks (Pfnets), Elaine Hulitt
The Spatial Distribution Of Cn Radicals In The Coma Of Comet Encke, Chandrasiri Albert Ihalawela