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 2008
Developmental Evolution Of Genetic Regulation And Signaling Of The Dorsoventral Axis Of Protostomes And Deuterostomes, Tammy Lynne Malachowski
An exploration of community college state funding patterns in the Southern Regional Education Board states, James Jeffrey Markham
Results of a user study on 2D hurricane visualization, Joel Paul Martin
Uncertainty analysis of net heat release rate predictions in a single cylinder pilot compression ignited natural gas engine, Brandon T. Marvel
Optimizing The Size And Location Of Distributed Generators To Maximize The Grid Stability, Abhilash Reddy Masanna gari
The Spatial Distribution of Industrial Production and Toxic Releases in the United States, Todd Lee Matthews
Nonlinear Dynamic Invariants for Continuous Speech Recognition, Daniel Olen May
Exploratory Study of the Caregivers' Perceived Barriers to Healthy Eating in the Mississippi Delta, Caroline Ruth McCracken
Morphological And Physiological Changes In Laying Hens In Various Stages Of Non-Feed Withdrawal Molt, Ann Laster McDonald
A Faunistic Survey Of Native Bees In The Mississippi Black Belt Prairie, Beverly A. McGee
Effects of individual and combinatorial electrolyte solutions comprised of various carbohydrates, salts, and stimulants injected into broiler hatching eggs on subsequent late term embryogenesis and post hatch performance through tendays of age, Brenna Mariechen McGruder
Evaluation Of Erosional Forcings Of A Beach/Berm/Wetland System And Applicable Restoration Technologies, Jared Kyle McKee
The impact of principal salary, district wealth, student socioeconomic status and school size on the achievement level of students in selected Mississippi public schools, Michael Henry McNeece
Determination And Compatibility Of Putatively Hypovirulent And Virulent Isolates Of Cryphonectria Parasitica Collected From The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, David Franklin McNeill
Using Web bugs and honeytokens to investigate the source of phishing attacks, Craig Michael McRae
Physiological impact of hematocrit level during stress in broilers, Lindsay Hale McWilliams
Using Rule-based Structure to Evaluate Rule-based System Testing Completeness: A Case Study of Loci and Quick Test, Stephen Charles Medders
Designing a hygrothermally-stable wall featuring multiple evaporative air cavities, Neil Jumamoy Melencion
A survey of Upward Bound Programs on the achievement of rural high school students, Dewayne Middleton
The relationship between graduation and selected variables among five cohorts of community college transfer students at Mississippi State University, Robert Paul Miller
Examination of the shared variance of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory - Revised and the Boredom Proneness Scale, Amanda Jane Millsaps
Model development of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell to predict steady and unsteady behavior, Bikash Mishra
Patterns of fish communities and limnological conditions relative to floodplain landscapes, Seiji Miyazono
The theoretical application of the dichotomy-duality model to the county government budget process, Steve W. Modlin
Investigation of the influence of dielectric charges on passivation efficiency in SiC devices, Meera S. Mohan
Selective ester cleavage in phospholipids, Vijitha Mohan
Foreign Aid, Rent-Seeking and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Takele Tassew Mojire
A comparison of brief experimental analysis and extended intervention analysis for identifying reading interventions for at-risk elementary students, Kristi Westmoreland Mong
Evaluation of the Effects of the Math to Mastery Intervention Package with Elementary School Students in a School Setting, Michael Douglas Mong
Creature comfort: anthropomorphism, sexuality and revitalization in the furry fandom, Matt Morgan
The impact of catfish imports on U.S. wholesale and farm sectors, Sammy Jermaine Neal
Design, Construction, Inverse Kinematics, And Visualization Of Continuum Robots, Srinivas Neppalli
Do community factors influence suicide?an application of strucutral pluralism theory on suicide cases, Rosa Giovanna Nigro
Tutoring instrument flight: patterns of instructor and student communication, Adnan Okdeh
Evaluating Citizen Adoption and Satisfaction of E-government in Mississippi, Craig Paul Orgeron
Development of overcurrent relay model and power system simulator using National Instruments devices in real-time, Sunil Kumar Palla
Headspace solid-phase microextraction of analytes important to biofuels, Maria Cristina Paraschivescu
Design of frozen orbits for lunar navigation and communications missions, Joel Jefferson Konkle Parker
The impact of teacher characteristics on a secondary career and technical education program in Mississippi, Robin Ann Parker
Steam, Dielectric Heating and Copper Sulfate Treatment of Inshell Pecans, Mandar Ranchhod Patel
Electrophoretic And Static Light Scattering Measurements For Equine Serum Albumin, Sapna Bharat Patel
The Characterization and Scale-Up Parameters for a Steam Gasification Process using Wood as Feed, Larry Everette Pearson
Effect of High Temperatures on Adhesive Bond Durability and Toxic Chemical Production for Engineered Wood Products, Yucheng Peng
Intelligent Alternator Control Strategy Development For Hybrid Automotive Applications, Stephen Gordon Phillips
Investigations of the roles of G protein-coupled receptors and receptor tyrosine kinases in metabolic syndrome and cancer, Lakshmi Rajan Pillai
The spatial demography of reported crime: an examination of urban-rural crime articulation and associated spatio-temporal diffusion processes, U.S. 1990 - 2000, Jeremy Reed Porter
An Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Classifying Tree Species with LiDAR and Multi-Spectral Scanner Data, Benedict Kit A Posadas
Multi-Classifiers And Decision Fusion For Robust Statistical Pattern Recognition With Applications To Hyperspectral Classification, Saurabh Prasad
Educational Video Impact On College Student Knowledge, Opinions, And Referral Attitudes Regarding Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Nichol Frances Pritchard
Conservatism & The Cost of Equity Capital: An Information Perspective, Charles R. Pryor
Evaluation Of Propane Fueled Chp Systems For Small Commercial Applications, Justin Byron Ramsay
Revitalization and Initial Testing of a Blowdown Supersonic Wind Tunnel, West Cardman Ratliff
Development of corrective actions for higher order contingencies, Bharath Kumar Ravulapati
Living Without: Stories of Vandler County as told by James Madison Redd, James Madison Redd
Factors Determining Per Acre Market Value Of Hunting Leases On Sixteenth Section Lands In Mississippi, Jacob Daniel Rhyne
Marital Instability In East Asian Societies: A Comparative Study Of China, Taiwan, And South Korea, Susan Lynne Rich
Lessons for a major university: post-Katrina service utilization, needs, and psychological distress in university students, Jessica H. Robbins
Long-Term Trophic Shifts Among Fishes After Extensive Modification Of A Southeastern U.S. River System, Matthew E. Roberts
Review of diagnostic methods in the most cited articles for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, Rebecca Chapman Roberts
Investigation of the influence of an adjacent mast structure on the striking distance to a lightning rod, Bienvenido Rodriguez-Medina
Molecular reprogramming in bovine embryos after serial somatic cell chromatin transfer, Nelida Rodriguez-Osorio
Creating a sense of place or simply a good parking space?:evolution of the historic town squares of Mississippi, Amanda Michelle Rogers
Survivin and p53 expression in feline oral squamous cell carcinoma and correlation with prognosis, Heidi Huffman Rose
Product formulation and sensory acceptance of three soy concept foods utilizing three different soy derivatives, Aditya Samala
Prediction of estuarine morphological evolution, Gaurav Savant
Design of a cyclic pressure bioreactor for the ex vivo study of aortic heart valve mechanobiology, Kimberly Jo Schipke
Use of digital infrared thermal imaging (DITI) for early detection of mastitis and to assess mammary function and lameness in dairy cattle, Stephanie Jean Schmidt
A Comparison Of Repeated Uniaxial Tension And Compression On Bone-Like Cells Over Fourteen Days, Nathaniel David Schultz
A comparison of academic achievement and retention of community college students in college algebra after completion of traditional or technology-based instruction, Jennifer Ferrill Seal
Effect of supercritical water treatment on the composition of bio-oil, Ananda Kumaran Sekar
Teacher Perceptions of the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence: Central Gulf of Mexico Program, Tracie Tingle Sempier
Analysis Of Exhaust Waste Heat Recovery Techniques From Stationary Power Generation Engines Using Organic Rankine Cycles, Devin Krishna Sham
The use of reciprocal interdependencies management (RIM) to support decision making during early stages design, Mona C. Shelton
Functional Analysis of a ModC Homolog in the Azotobacter Vinelandii Nif-Gene Cluster, Sangeetha Shivaji
Study of the dielectric degradation of XLPE and EPR power cables by switching impulses, Prakash Shrestha
Predicting compliance with prescribed organizational information security protocols, Jordan Douglas Shropshire
Development of a heterogeneously catalyzed chemical process to produce biodiesel, Alok Kumar Singh
Developing screening tools for abiotic stresses using cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] as a model crop, Shardendu Kumar Singh
Effects of Imazapyr and prescribed fire on vegetation and bird communities in mid-rotation CRP pine plantations of Mississippi, Lindsey Rae Carpenter Singleton
A case study examining teachers' beliefs toward in-grade retention in a K-2 school, Charles Edward Smith
Physically Motivated Internal State Variable Form Of A Higher Order Damage Model For Engineering Materials With Uncertainty, Kiran N. Solanki
First and Second Law Analysis of Organic Rankine Cycle, Chandramohan Somayaji
Oxidation of lipids in a supercriticalluid medium, Darrell Lynn Sparks
A comparison of the effects of online synchronous versus online asynchronous versus traditional approaches on learner achievement via education of Mississippi child care providers, Carla Caldwell Stanford
Development of a geovisual analytics environment using parallel coordinates with applications to tropical cyclone trend analysis, Chad A. Steed
Social Capital Determinants Of Environmentalism In Spatial Context, Kim Marie Steil
The perceptions of teachers and administrators on teacher absenteeism and use of substitute teachers in a rural northeast Mississippi school district, Andy Burriss Stevens
Availability And Seasonal Use Of Diurnal Roosts By Rafinesque'S Big-Eared Bat And Southeastern Myotis In Bottomland Hardwoods Of Mississippi, Candice LeeAnn Stevenson
A change for the future: presidents' and deans' real and ideal leadership practices at community and junior colleges in Mississippi, Mildred Stevenson
Mississippi counties' unreserved fund balance: what factors influence change?, La Shonda M. Stewart
Crystal plasticity modeling of structural magnesium alloys under various stress states, Joel H. Stinson
Determination of Polyphenol Oxidase (PPO) Activity, Anthocyanin Contents and the Phytonutrient Changes in Blueberry Juice as Influenced by Different Processing Methods, Jelena Stojanovic
Skin picking in a college population :characteristics and comorbidity, Emily Sims Stookey
Separation Of Organic Acids And Lignin Fraction From Bio-Oil And Use Of Lignin Fraction In Phenol-Formaldehyde Wood Adhesive Resin, Badamkhand Sukhbaatar
Parameter estimation in tidally influenced numerical models:determination of an appropriate objective function, Jennifer N. Tate
Semantic construction with provenance for model configurations in scientific workflows, Amritanshu Thakur
An Analysis into Relationships that may Exist between Population and the Reported Number of Tornadoes in the Continental United States, Adam Bundick Thomas
An assessment of suspended sediment in Weeks Bay Reserve, Baldwin County, Alabama, using geospatial modeling and field sampling methods, Jamie Cindi Thomason