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
An ecological examination of dropout rates and multiple level measures of social integration in Mississippi school districts 2005-2008: does career and technical education play a part?, Jacob Travis Walker
A Study On The Progress Toward Implementation Of Learning-Centered Approaches At A Large Urban Community College, Carmen Hawkins Walters
Improved Algorithms for Discovery of New Genes in Bacterial Genomes, Nan Wang
Measuring the Effects of Supranational Governing Structures on Corruption through an Economic Experiment, Wenshuang Wang
Juror Perceptions in a Rape Trial: Influence of Complainant Substance Use and Juror Education about Consent Laws and Rape Myths, Anna Catherine Warren
Development of a decision support system framework for the improvement of a surface transportation security training program, Justin Marshal Warren
Models that predict competitive employment outcomes in the United States Federal/State Vocational Rehabilitation program for clients who are blind and clients with other disabilities, Paula R. Warren-Peace
Customer satisfaction perceptions of dislocated workers served by WIN Job Centers in the Mississippi Corridor Consortium, Dava Michelle Washburn
Evaluation of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) feeding habits after eradication of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Krisan Marie Webb
Movements, relatedness and modeled genetic manipulation of white-tailed deer, Stephen Lance Webb
Sanitization of broiler breeder hatching eggs using ultraviolet light and hydrogen peroxide, Jessica Benoit Wells
Effects of climate and density on the survival of whiteooted mice (Peromyscus leucopus), Eric Richard Wengert
The effect of looping and teaming on rural black middle school students' sense of belonging, Tanisha Shantelle Westerfield
Incorporating Multiresolution Analysis With Multiclassifiers And Decision Fusion For Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Terrance Roshad West
Blood knot, William Nicholas White
Optimization of combined cooling, heating, and power systems (CCHP) operational strategies for different climate conditions, Brian Edward Whitmire
Determination of induction of Nur77 (NR4A1), Nor1 (NR4A3), and Nurr1 (NR4A2), Josiah Wilcots
Ultra stiff wood composite: a comparison of strength properties against existing products in the forest products market, Justin A. Wilkes
Change decision support:extraction and analysis of late architecture changes using change characterization and software metrics, Byron Joseph Williams
Predictors of paternal commitment and paternal involvement among low-income African American fathers, Deadric Treandis Williams
Evaluation of fatigue crack growth software for use on cracks in complex geometries, Joshua Marc Williams
Stress analysis of a glued timber beam, Walter Ray Williams
Workforce gap analysis of a rural community college's training and local business & industry needs, Delfina Acosta Wilson
Reasons for Volunteering, Experiences, and Outcomes for Mississippi State University Extension Service Master Gardener Volunteers, Jeffrey Claude Wilson
Waterfowl foods and use in managed grain sorghum and other habitats in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Alicia Joy Wiseman
Investigation of discretization methods for the volume fraction equation in two-phase flows, Brandon Wesley Witbeck
Analysis of extratropical transition of cyclones in the north Atlantic Ocean using geostationary satellite imagery, Amy Rebecca Wood
Balancing Opinions: The Effects on an Individual's Romantic Relationship When Third Parties' Opinions Collide, Brittany Lauren Wright
Campus emergency evacuation traffic management plan, Di Wu
Essays concerning the directors of Taiwanese corporations :their turnovers and their influence on firm performance, Tsung-Che Wu
Microbially Induced and Disrupted Memory Phenomena during Gas-Hydrate Occurrences in Seafloor Sediments, Shangmin Xiong
High-spin triaxial strongly deformed structures and quasiparticle alignments in 168Hf, Ram Babu Yadav
Experimental Investigations On Near-Threshold Events On Fatigue Crack Growth, Yoshinori Yamada
Infinite semipositone systems, Jinglong Ye
Characterization of tissue mimicking materials for testing of implantable and on body antennas, Tuba Yilmaz
Identification of strobilurin and benzimidazole resistance in Colletotrichum cereale isolates causing anthracnose on creeping bentgrass putting greens in Mississippi and Alabama, Joseph Ronald Young
Development And Validation Of A Grade Adaptive Regeneration Strategy For A Parallel Hybrid Vehicle, Matthew Tyler Young
The application of the key-value-reference model in dynamic irregular parallel computation, Yang Zhang
Incentives For Poultry Integrators To Contract Bio-Secure Producers And Implication For Government Indemnification Program, Yichen Zhang
Analysis of multi-attribute multi-unit procurement auctions and capacity-constrained sequential auctions, Zhuoxiu Zhang
The Effects of Ethanol Production on the U.S. Catfish Sector, Hualu Zheng
Long-term trend analysis of climatic factors influencing autumn-winter migration of mallards in the Mississippi flyway, Christina Elizabeth Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
An Examination Of Adult Age Differences In Implicit And Explicit Memory For Prescription Drug Advertisements, L Ty Abernathy
Ecology Of Larra Bicolor (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) In The Northern Gulf, Cheri Muthirakalayil Abraham
Music despite everything, Leslie Elizabeth Adams
Steam Reforming of Oxygenated Hydrocarbons for Hydrogen Production over Metal Catalysts, Sushil Adhikari
Lateral transshipment of slow moving critical medical items, Gozde Agirbas
Development of a multi-scale management perspective for wadeable stream fisheries in Mississippi, John Brian Alford
The Wood Supply System of the Eastern United States: An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Impacts on Local and Regional Value Chains, Clayton Bruce Altizer
Factors affecting pesticide runoff from warm-season turfgrasses, Peter Agbeehia Yao Ampim
SNP characterizaiton and genetic and molecular analysis of mutants affecting fiber development in cotton, Chuanfu An
Use of empirically-based reading interventions to address the academic skills deficits and escape-maintained target behaviors exhibited by elementary school students, Melissa S. Anderson
Three essays on the mutual fund marketplace: the use of distribution channels and market segmentation, Nancy Lottridge Anderson
Determination of a quantitative descriptive language for freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and consumer acceptance based on a willingness-to-pay model, Robert Scot Anderson
Categorization of soil suitability to crop switchgrass at Mississippi, US using geographic information system, multicriteria analysis and sensitivity analysis, Eduardo Fernando Arias
Predicting Southeastern Forest Canopy Heights and Fire Fuel Models Using Geoscience Laser Altimeter System Data, Andrew Lee Ashworth
Development Of A Fish-Based Index Of Biotic Integrity For Oxbow Lakes Of The Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi, Nathan Aycock
Synoptic conditions necessary for convective extreme precipitation training events, Ryan Patrick Aylward
Elemental analysis of Marksville-style prehistoric ceramics from Mississippi and Alabama, Keith A. Baca
The selection for sedentary settlement patterns in east-central Mississippi, Weston Everett Baconchulte
Guest Intercalation Into Metal Halide Inorganic-Organic Layered Perovskite Hybrid Solids And Hydrothermal Synthesis Of Tin Oxide Spheres, Nilantha Bandara
Recreation As Destination: How A Public Recreation Space Influences Physical Activity In A Low-Income Neighborhood In A Small Mississippi Town, Frank Shaw Barbour
Determination Of Ricin Content In Castor (Ricinus Communis L.) Tissues And Comparison Of Detoxification Methods, Daniel Joseph Barnes
The effects of low atmosphere stunning and deboning time on broiler breast meat quality, Vamsidhar Battula
A study of translunar trajectories for a small satellite navigation and communications mission, Christopher Matthew Becker
Elucidation of reaction pathways for catalytically cracked unsaturated lipids, Tracy John Benson
A 17-year assesment of changes in biomass in the south of Chile, using Landsat satellite images, Fredy A. Bernales
Terminal-occupation community patterns at Lyon's Bluff (22OK520) in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi:sedimentological, molluscan, artifactual, and geophysical evidence, S Marshall Bierly
Productivity of raised seedbeds for soybean [Glycine max. (L.) Merr.] production on clayey soils of the Mississippi Delta, James Brewer Blessitt
Secondary Career And Technical Student Achievement Measured By The Mississippi Career Planning And Assessment System, Shelley Hemphill Bock
NMR Structure Calculation of the Halophilic Binary hvDHFR1:folate Complex, Arezue Fatemeh Bekrai Boroujerdi
Faculty Mentoring and its Impact on Freshmen Students' Success, Thomas Loor Bourgeois
Attitudes of agriscience teachers, counselors, administrators, and students toward selected agriscience programs in Mississippi, Mary Hitchner Brister
Effects of offender/victim alcohol consumption and type of rape on mock juror decisions, Megan Glenn Brown
Molecular Based Identification of Wood Decay Fungi from Two Field Sites in Mississippi, Robert Joseph Bucci
Derivitives of petroleum hydrocarbons upon reaction with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in a laboratory environment, Nancy Rebecca Buell
An investigation of the relationship between class I railroad employment and TEU traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, California: 1997-2006, James Augustus Burt
Descriptive study of parents' and guardians' perceived barriers to physical activity in the Mississippi Delta, Julia Parrott Callahan
Using Self Determination Theory to Predict Employee Job Satisfaction in a State Psychiatric Hospital, Paul A (Paul Anthony) Callens
Structure-property quantification and modeling related to crashworthiness, Isha C. Carrasquel Romero
Assessing impact of instruction treatments on positive test selection in hypothesis testing, Daniel Wade Carruth
Design and Construction of a Liquid-Cooled Solid-State Digital Television Transmitter, Geoffrey Ewald Carter
Characterization of Johne's disease in Mississippi cattle, Jesse Lee Carter
A New Technique for Structural Reliability Analysis, Bulakorn Charumas
Population characteristics of interior double-crested cormorants breeding across the southern border of Ontario, Jennifer Erin Chastant
Nitrogen doping in low temperature halo-carbon homoepitaxial growth of 4H-silicon carbide, Kritsa Chindanon
On A Slow Boat To Democracy: The Democratization Of Hong Kong And The Factors Hindering It, James Clapper
Aggressive responses to provocation in a relationship context, Kellie Nichole Clark
John Calvin: an educational innovator or a reflector of society, Jim Llewellyn Codling
Petrography of the Cook-Mccormick core, Eutaw Formation, Heidelberg field Mississippi and relationship to Microbial Permeability Profile Modification, Krystal Marie Collins
Two particle studies: 1) a microscopic evaluation of "clay mimics" + their intercalates, and 2) synthesis and characterization of metal halides with ammonium cations, Christina Elizabeth Costinogan
A study of K-8 preservice teachers' use of digital technologies when student teaching, Richard Francis Coughlin
Protocols For Preconditioning Of Patellar Tendon For Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Richard Lee Crawford
Potentiation of microglial toll-like receptor stimulated inflammatory cytokine output by manganese: a role for p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, Patrick L. Crittenden
The impact of an auditory task on visual processing:implications for cellular phone usage while driving, Ginger Wigington Cross