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
Christopher Marlowe's Ovid's Elegies and the poetics of subjectivity, Joshua Thompson
Exploration Of The Genomes Of Two Diverse Conifers, Supaphan Thummasuwan
Epidemiologic and Economic Study of Hyperelastosis Cutis/HERDA in the Quarter Horse Cutting Industry, Sally Grant Tipton
Artificial neural networks to detect forest fire prone areas in the southeast fire district of Mississippi, Mohan P. Tiruveedhula
Development of fiber optic sensor based on laser Raman spectroscopy, Vidhu S. Tiwari
A study of the chronological placement of selected Mississippian-period occupations within the Ackerman unit of the Tombigbee National Forest, Andrew Mickens Triplett
The continuing ballad of Franco the Kid, Jayson Ming Triplett
Nmr Backbone Chemical Shift Assignments Of The Hvdhfr1:Nadph Binary Complex, Karthikeshwar Vangala
Differential relay model development and validation using real time digital simulator, Vamsi Krishna Vijapurapu
Evaluation Of Chitosan And Collagen As Scaffolding For A Tissue Engineered Aortic Heart Valve, Steven Christopher Waller
Porcine embryogenesis and effects of mycotoxins on early pig development, Hongfeng Wang
Verification and validation using state of the art measures and modular uncertainty techniques, James Boyd Weathers
Nutrient Digestibility And Utilization By Cattle Consuming Cotton Gin Mote As A Replacement For Forage, Cassie Marie Welch
Heuristic approaches for crane scheduling in ship building, Charlie Hsiao Kuang Wen
Antimicrobial effect of yogurt lactic acid bacteria and muscadine products on Enterobacter sakazakii, Weiien Weng
Community college finance: analysis of resource development at Mississippi's community and junior colleges, Fredrick White
Evaluation Of Performance And Maintenance Of Pavement Subdrainage Systems In Mississippi, Jordan S. Whittington
No Child Left Behind and teacher morale among African-American teachers in low-performing middle schools, Kim L Wiley
The impact of a computer-based reading intervention program, "Academy of Reading" on reading achievement of second and third graders, Tammy Bruce Wilkinson
Supply chain security: ban institutional approach to strategies and outcomes, Zachary Williams
The Effect of Used Broiler Litter on the Growth and Persistence of Campylobacter, Zachary Thomas Williams
The Role of Discrimination and Retention Interval on Retrieval Blocking in an Eyewitness Memory Paradigm, Heather Michelle Wolf
The role of implication in eyewitness memory, Jessica Dilan Wood
Financial analysis of turfgrass production in Mississippi, Zhen Xu
Synthesis and reactions of cyclic ketene-N,N-acetals, Guozhong Ye
Criminal profile accuracy following training in inductive and deductive approaches, Katherine Chandler Yonge
The Study of the Life Cycle of Bolbophorus Damnificus and its Pathology in the Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus), Marlena Catherine Yost
College students' perceptions of computer-mediated instruction/learning and its impact on their academic programs, Wei-Chieh Yu
Highly deformed rotational bands and normal deformed high spin structures in p171 and sHF, Yanci Zhang
Part I. Natural Fiber / Thermoplastic Composites: Part II. Studies of Organo-Clay Synthesis and Clay Intercalation by Epoxy Resins, Yongcheng Zhang
Model-based design of a protection scheme for shipboard power systems, Yujie Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Artificial neural network modeling of flow stress response as a function of dislocation microstructures, Osama Yousef AbuOmar
Determination of best practice guidelines for performing large eddy simulation of flows in configurations of engineering interest, Adetokunbo Adelana Adedoyin
Consumer attitudes and acceptability of catfish prepared in a lowat manner, Amanda Emad Al-Turk
Development of an adaptive protection scheme for shipboard power systems, Oluwaseun Adeyemi Amoda
An Examination Of The Implementation Of The Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada) In Mississippi Community Colleges, John Carter Arnold
Central Mississippi teachers' perceptions of effective behaviors of principals trained using the Orientation for School Leaders Training Module (OSL), Spurgeon Banyard
An Investigation Into The Techniques Of Neutralization Theory And Their Effects On Compulsive Consumption Behavior, Collin Z. Barnes
The relationship between NCLB variables and selected variables with high school subject area test scores, Kenyon M. Barron
An Efficient Algorithm and Architecture for Network Processors, Shalini Batra
Climate for sexual minorities in Counselor Education programs, George R. Beals
An examination of thermodynamic and sheared environments associated with cool-season tornadoes in the southeastern United States, Todd Andrew Beal
Measuring Performance within the Private Equity Industry, Charles F. Beauchamp
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