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 2007
The need for retail shopping convenience: an empirical examination of its antecedents and consequences in Mexican-American consumers and white, non-Hispanic consumers in the United States, Michelle Bednarz Beauchamp
Molecular Processing of Replication Intermediates in Escherichia Coli after DNA Damage, Jerilyn Jalana Belle
Asperger's syndrome and metamemory:how well can one child predict his knowledge of the world around him?, Jacqueline Brooks Bell
A correlational study of adoption of instructional technology by higher education faculty and their social communications network, Amy Huff Berryhill
Development of fuel and valueded chemicals from pyrolysis of wood/waste plastic mixture, Priyanka Bhattacharya
Nmr Structure and Relaxation Studies of Dhfr from Haloferax Volcanii at High Salt, Bulent Binbuga
Effects Of Soil Region, Litter Size, And Gender On Morphometrics Of White-Tailed Deer Fawns, Amy Castle Blaylock
Video coding with 3D wavelet transforms, Joseph Bradley Boettcher
Multifunctional voltage source converter for shipboard power systems, Konstantin A. Borisov
Multi-Objective Design Optimization Using Metamodelling Techniques and a Damage Material Model, Kenneth Eugene Brister
Religion and remarriage among American women: evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth, Susannah Mercedes Brown
The Role Of Expectations On Waterfowl Hunter Satisfaction, Kevin D. Brunke
The Impact of the High-Stakes Mississippi Curriculum Test on Teachers Instructional Practices, John Alexander Buchanan
The Cost of Producing Lignocellulosic Biomass for Ethanol, David Preston Busby
Coordination of inventory and transportation decisions in a two-stage supply chain, Ismail Capar
Postsecondary Transitions Of Mississippi Band Of Choctaw Indians Tribal Scholarship Program Students, Gregory A. Carlyle
Economic freedom and social capital determinants on economic growth of developed and developing nations, Debjani Chakrabarti
The Role of a Non-Microtubule-Based Spindle Matrix in Eukaryotic Cellular Division, Melissa Gwen Chambers
Multiscale Modeling of Hydrogen-Enhanced Void Nucleation, Mei Qiang Chandler
Hybrid Concatenated-Formant Expressive Speech Synthesizer For Kinesensic Voices, Nishant Chandra
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Growth in America: An Investigation at the County Level, Erick Paulo Cesar Chang
Structure and function relationship among the peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerases, Vandana Chaturvedi
LB_Migrate: A DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING LIBRARY FOR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS, Rohit Kailash Chaube
Integrated Management Techniques Used For Cogongrass Control, Zackary B. Chesser
Breeding and cultural practices of chile peppers, Capsicum SPP, Reddy R. Chinthakuntla
Proteome and phosphoproteome dynamic change during cell dedifferentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Brahmananda Reddy Chitteti
Plant and Herpetofaunal Responses to Wetland Restoration on Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, Beaufort County, South Carolina, Sabrina Diane Clark
An Evaluation of a 3D Sampling Technique and LiDAR for the Determination of Understory Vegetation Density Levels in Pine Plantations, Matthew Thomas Clarkson
Subcanopy response to variable-density thinning in second growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, Emily Julia Comfort
Acceptability of a Fruit Slush Product by Individuals that Participate in a Wellness Center, Keri Dyann Connelly
Capital and punishment:supporting the death of deterrence, Amanda Paige Cook
Fate and Transport of Agricultural Chemicals in the Yazoo River Basin, Richard Henry Coupe Jr
Individual change and the feminist movement in the early novels of Fay Weldon, Kristen Majors Covington
Impact of urea injection on NOx emissions for MSU Challenge X hybrid electric vehicle using a green fuel, Kyle Elliott Crawford
The Motivational Readiness to Change Leisure Time Physical Activity Behavior of Mississippi Community College Students, Jerry Phillip Crenshaw
The Implementation of Four Additional Inviscid Flux Methods in the U2NCLE Parallel Unstructured Navier-Stokes Solver, Christopher Cureton
Where Things Thrive, Tiffany Love Curtis
Dielectrophoretic characterization of ABO blood type, frequency and AC field strength of erythrocytes, Prashant Reuben Daggolu
Design and structural analysis of sofa frames, Li Dai
Gas hydrate formation in Gulf of Mexico sediments, Jennifer L. Dearman
A Study To Identify The Effects Of Community College Student Recruitment Marketing By Television On Prospective Students, Raymond Benjamin Denton
Assessment of Uncertainty in Flow Model Parameters, Channel Hydraulic Properties, and Rainfall Data of a Lumped Watershed Model, Jairo Nelvedir Diaz-Ramirez
Adjuvant Effects On Herbicide Absorption And Translocation, Darrin Matthew Dodds
Structural and functional analysis of metalloproteins in Azotobacter vinelandii, Hanqing Dong
Self-Organizing Maps For Classification And Prediction Of Nematode Populations In Cotton, Rushabh Ashok Doshi
Evaluation and development of methods for prediction of reaeration in estuaries, Zhiyong Duan
A Description Of A Gifted Program In A Rural Mississippi County School District Through The Perceptions Of Its Student Participants, Theresa Young Dumas
Energy Storage System Requirements For Shipboard Power Systems Supplying Pulsed Power Loads, Prashanth Duvoor
Improving the formation of virtual enterprises through a systematic approach for managing key broker activities, John Yancey Easley
The Effects of the Secondary Carbon Source Glycerol on the Lipid Accumulation and Fatty Acid Profile of Rhodotorula Glutinis, Emily Ruth Echols Easterling
Attachment Style, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Peer Norms as Predictors of Sexually Risky Behavior among 17-24 Year Old College Students, Susan Harris Eaves
Herpetofauna Communities and Habitat Conditions in Temporary Wetlands of Upland and Floodplain Forests on Public Lands in North-Central Mississippi, Katherine E. Edwards
Socioeconomic Development In The Southeast Region Of The United States From 1995 - 2000: A Structural Equation Modeling And A Gis Modeling Approach, Erdenechimeg Eldev-Ochir
Anglican Church Policy, Eighteenth Century Conflict, and the American Episcopate, Kenneth Ray Elliott
Simulation of microporosity in aluminum plate castings, Enrique R. Escobar de Obaldia
A Study of International Space Station Ground/Crew Communication Methods with Applications to Human Moon and Mars Missions, Jennifer Eileen Esper
New Wall Function Methods for Use with Coarse Near-Wall Meshes in Turbulent Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations, William Landrum Fairchilds
National distribution of feral hogs and related stakeholder attitudes, Edith Parks Fogarty
Little people, Angela Adair Fowler
A Dual-Agent Approach For Securing Routing Protocols, Brian Lee Gaines
Influence Of Habitat Associations And Distance From Low-Order Streams On Amphibian And Reptile Communities On Public Lands In East-Central Mississippi, Sarah Louise Gallagher
The Effect of Pasteurization Temperature on Consumer Acceptability, Sensory Characteristics, Volatile Compound Composition, and Shelf-Life of Fluid Milk, April Lynne Gandy
Full scale instrumented testing and analysis of matting systems for airfield parking ramps and taxiways, Chad A. Gartrell
Modeling of an Adaptive Parallel System with Malleable Applications in a Distributed Computing Environment, Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor
The Relationship Between Food Security Status and Overweight Amongst Women Age 16-85 Years Old, Janice Carol Giddens
Development of a Site-Specific Herbicide Application Decision Support System, Wade Alexander Givens
Monotonic Plasticity-Damage and Fatigue Life Model Correlations on Aisi 4140 Steel, Rodolfo Andres Gomez
Biomechanical And Molecular Characteristics Of 'Hyperelastosis Cutis' In Quarter Horses, Jesse Glennan Grady
Factors That Influcence African Americans To Enroll In Agricultural Science Programs, Levar Desmond Graham
Treatment Acceptabilty Of Teachers Of Adolescents By Level Of Intervention Intrusiveness And Type Of Disorder, Sarah E. Graves
Economic and policy perspectives of biofuel as an emerging use of forest biomass in Mississippi, Zhimei Guo
Movement and habitat use of selected nongame fishes in a Minnesota lake, Michael David Habrat
Level Of Involvement Among Mississippi Community College Workforce Personnel In Community And Economic Development Activities, James L. Haffey
Comparing the Performance of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Swarms, Jason Alexander Hales
Micro-Structural Response Of Dp 600 To High Strain Rate Deformation, Brian Fredrick Hamburg
An Impact Study of DC Protection Techniques for Shipboard Power Systems, Hymiar Hamilton
Birds and small mammals, intensively established pine plantations, and landscape metrics of the Coastal Plain, Brice Bond Hanberry
Dynamic Electron-Phonon Interactions In One Dimensional Models, Rahul Padmakar Hardikar
Understanding the NifM Dependence of NifH in Azotobacter Vinelandii: Functional Substitution of NifH by a NifH-ChlL Chimeric Construct in a NifM- Strain, Kelvin Harris Jr
A case study of the educational reform efforts of former Mississippi Governor William F. Winter, James Klee Hawkins
Feral hogs in central Mississippi:home range, habitat use, and survival, Robert Clay Hayes
Computational methods for monitoring structural damage in metal components, Jesse Loren Hearndon
Magnolia Star Route, Ryan Lynn Henderson
Selection For Reduced Seed Dormancy In Seven Native Grass Species, Kyle Bradley Holmberg
Enhancing Reading Comprehension Rates: Comparing following along and not following along during Listening-While-Reading Interventions in Middle School and Junior High School Students with Disabilities, Constance Elizabeth McDaniel Hoskyn
A study examining the experiences of community college students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa, Teresa Lashone Houston
Design, Fabrication, and Verification of a Miniature Load Frame, Andrew Martin Howard
Digital Phase-Locked Loop Design for Naval Applications, Qinghua Huang
Agronomic performance and beef cattle grazing preference among three prairie bromegrasses, Allen Stewart Hubbard
Knowledge, efforts, and associated expenses of complying with Stormwater Phase II regulations by community leaders in small municipal storm sewer systems (MS4s) of Mississippi, Britt Adam Hubbard
A Simplified Model Of Heat And Mass Transfer Between Air And Falling-Film Desiccant In A Parallel-Plate Dehumidifier, Anna Kathrine Hueffed
Glyphosate Tolerance in Roundup Ready Flex Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), Jonathan Andrew Huff
Understanding the challenges faced by beginning MAT teachers, Li-Ching Hung
Factors influencing avian community structure in bottomland hardwood forests of the southeastern United States, Michael Scott Husak
Effects Of Prescribed Burning And Herbicide (Imazapyr) On The Abundance And Diversity Of Selected Invertebrate Communities In Thinned Pine Plantations Of Mississippi, Raymond Bruce Iglay
Sensory and quality assessment of grazing standing corn versus commercially feed lot finished beef, Husniye Imamoglu
Reading instruction and long term changes in reading test scores, Harriet Elizabeth Jackson
Purification and structural analysis of Newcastle disease virus V protein and flowering locus T (FT) protein, Swapna Jayapalan
Behavioral Outcomes and Molecular Marker Modulation during Learning and Memory Formation following Developmental Exposure to Organophoshorus Insecticides, Frank Orlando Johnson