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
Demonstration of scale-down dynamic light scattering and determination of osmotic second virial coefficients for proteins, Arun Kumar Parupudi
An investigation of communication technology usage, professional development experience, and anxiety among faculty in a community college setting, Linda Barnes Pates
From conceptualization to implementation :the use of performance measures, funding and accountability systems in the public sector, Barbara A. Patrick
Demographic attributes and economic factors related to low income student participation in online distance learning courses at a Mississippi community college, Wesley Allen Payne
Design, Evaluation, and Applications of an Aerial Survey to Estimate Abundance of Wintering Waterfowl in Mississippi, Aaron Todd Pearse
A Multi-Scale Approach To Evaluate The Effect Of The Invasive Aquatic Plant Hydrilla (Hydrilla Verticillata) On Littoral Zone Habitat Of Juvenile Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides), Alexander James Perret
Relationships Between Volatile Flavor Compounds, Sensory Descriptors And Consumer Acceptability Of American Dry-Cured Ham, Alessandra Julian Pham-Mondala
Occurrence of diseases and insect pests in select soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) rotations in Mississippi, Sergio Tomas Pichardo
Broken and deferred...But I'm here: an exploration of resilence and student involvement of nontraditional students at a historically Black university, Adrell Lawrence Pinkney
Physiologically-Based Toxicokinetic and Toxicodynamic (Pbtk/Td) Modeling of a Ternary Organophosphorus Insecticide Mixture in Rats: Model Development and Validation, Julian Thomas Pittman
An investigation of Mexican immigration in Itawamba and Tishomingo counties, northeast Mississippi, Anna Elizabeth Pounders
Evaluation of forest protection practices on cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.) on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Jon Daniel Prevost
The relationship of diet, stress, intestinal nitric oxide production, and intestinal microflora in chickens, Monticha Putsakum
Development Of A Tungsten Carbide-Nickel Braze Alloy Hardface Coating, Travis Earl Puzz
The Effect of Hand Catching and Machine Catching Methods on Broiler Breast Meat Quality, Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan
Directed Movement of Subterranean Termites to Electromagnetic Frequencies, Kevin W. Ragon
Effect of criminal defendant's history of childhood sexual abuse and personality disorder diagnosis on juror decision-making, Ebony Burrell Ratliff
Growth Responses Of Marigold, Zinnia And Vinca Grown In 288 Plug Trays Coated With Zinc Chloride Compounds, Pamela Gail Reid Rhoades
A desiccant technology instructional module, Matthew Dale Riley
Implementation of the American School Counseling Association National Model:readiness level of Mississippi school districts based on school counselor perceptions, Misty Robertson-Smith
The Influence of Probiotic Lactobacilli on Glucose Uptake by Caco-2 Cells, Arun Kumar Rooj
Flexural And Tensile Properties Of Thin, Very High-Strength, Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Panels, Michael Jason Roth
Aluminum chemistry and its implications on pretreatment and disposition of Hanford waste sludge, Timothy Joe Ruff
Gravity Model to Detect Forest Fire Prone Areas in the Southeast Fire District of Mississippi, Raviraj Sadasivuni
Intelligent placement of meters/sensors for shipboard power system analysis, Sandhya Sankar
Optimal hedging strategies for early-planted soybeans in the South, James Hughes Sayle
Optimizing the Use of Public Transit System in No-Notice Evacuations in Urban Areas, Fatemeh Sayyady
Variations in Diurnal Temperature Range in the Southeast United States Due to Land Use/Land Cover Classification, 1995-2004, Kelsey Nicole Scheitlin
A Wavelet-Based Approach to Primitive Feature Extraction, Region-Based Segmentation, and Identification for Image Information Mining, Vijay Pravin Shah
Sediment Budget Template Applied To Aberdeen Pool, Jeremy A. Sharp
Hydrodynamic Modeling Of Impact Craters In Ice, Jesse Andrew Sherburn
Automated Mapping of Clocked Logic to Quasi-Delay Insensitive Circuits, Lokesh Shivakumaraiah
Professional development in business education: status, needs, motivators, and impact on instruction, Kellie Ann Shumack
Traction-induced Injury of Rat Achilles' Tendon: New in Vivo Biomechanical Model for the Assessment of Tendon Disease and Injury, Edward Brown Silverman
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer: establishing the reliability and validity of the enemy impact inventory, Amanda Gail Smith
The perception of diversity held by county level professional staff of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Kimberly R. Smith-Russ
Sexual Harassment Of Women in the United States Military: Juror Decisions of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Civilian College Students, Catherine Michelle Snell
The effects of silviculture on the wood properties of southern pine, Roger Dustin Snow
Genetic and virulence diversity of Flavobacterium columnare, Esteban Soto
Habitat Characteristics and Fish Assemblage Structure of Deep Pools in the Upper Tombigbee River, Mississippi, Amy B. Spencer
The effect of selected student profile variables in the 2005 American College Test (ACT) on academic performance of Mississippi high school graduates as measured by the sub-scales in the ACT, Gregory Demond Stephens
Juror perceptions in a rape trial :examining the complainant's ingestion of chemical substances prior to sexual assault, Destin Nicole Stewart
Kinetic study of the side-door mutants of the model Carboxylesterase PNB CE, Timothy Michael Streit
Measuring the biological and economic effects of wildlife herbivory on afforested carbon sequestration sites in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Daniel Cole Sumerall
Study of the oxygen reduction reaction on platinum with scanning electrochemical microscopy and rotating disk voltammetry, Xiaojing Sun
Nonindustrial private forest landowner participation in incentive programs and regeneration behavior, Xing Sun
The new guideline for goodwill impairment, Nancy Jewel Swanson
Habitat Alteration By Hydrilla And Its Effect On Macroinvertebrate Community Structure And Bluegill Foraging Efficiency, Heather J. Theel
A 15-year evaluation of the Mississippi and Alabama coastline barrier islands, using Landsat satellite imagery, Ryan T. Theel
The Effect of Changing Government Subsidy Programs: An Analysis of Revenue at the Farm Level, Sarah Elizabeth Thomas
Study of Powder Metal Press and Sinter Process and Its Tool Wear, James Kyle Thompson
The Effects of Changing Technology on Average Costs for Mississippi Cotton Producers: from 1996 - 2005, William Michael Thompson II
Natural Hazards In Mississippi: Regional Perceptions And Reality, Patrick Lee Threatt
Validity and reliability of dynamic virtual interactive design methodology, Renran Tian
An active core fiber optic gas sensor using a photonic crystal hollow core fiber as a transducer, Venkata Satya Sai Sarma Tipparaju
Continuous simulation of groundwater use and effluent discharge in catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) ponds at five locations in the Southeast U.S, Sugeng Triyono
Microstructure-Property Relations Throughout The Powder Metallurgy Process, Laura Arias Tucker
Increasing the efficiency of network interface card, Amit Uppal
Effects of Time Specific F-Strain Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Inoculation Overlays on Pre-Lay Ts-11-Strain Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Inoculation on Performance, Egg, Blood, and Visceral Characteristics of Commercial Egg Laying Hens, Elizabeth Anne Middleton Vance
Non-Equilibrium Surface Growth For Competitive Growth Models And Applications To Conservative Parallel Discrete Event Simulations, Poonam Santosh Verma
Risk assessment of rock surface spillway erosion using parametric studies, Evelyn Villanueva
Risk Factor Analysis of Pre-Harvest Salmonella Status of Broiler Flocks, Victoriya Volkova
Key Distribution for Wireless Sensor Networks, Anupama Voruganti
The vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pick-up and deliveries and a GRASP-GA based solution heuristic, Arif Volkan Vural
A Taxonomy Based Assessment Methodology For Small And Medium Size Manufacturers, Clayton Thomas Walden
Effective Caucasian Female Teachers Of African American Students, Wanda Walker-Bowen
County level suicide rates and social integration: urbanicity and its role in the relationship, Jacob Travis Walker
Morphometric differentiation of flank margin caves and littoral, or sea caves, Willapa James Waterstrat
Adjunct faculty:a boon or burden?, Donald E. Webb Jr
The development of Southern Association for College Student Affairs: setting a new course for success, Bobbie Jean Wescovich-Mann
Economic Impacts Of White-Tailed Deer From Hunting In Mississippi, Micah Whittington Whiteside
Students' Perceptions Of College Technology Programs And Acquired Technology Skills, Ling Ling Yen
Pullout and inclusion programs for ESL students:a study of reading achievement, Lishu Yin
A Bioeconomic Model of Recirculating Shrimp Production Systems, Xia Vivian Zhou
On the Performance of Jpeg2000 and Principal Component Analysis in Hyperspectral Image Compression, Wei Zhu
Enantiomer analysis using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, Cheng-Li Zu
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
We'd Love to Have You on our Show, Alicia Denai Aiken
The Mass Housing Dilemma: An Industrial Design Process in Architecture, Shaima Ghazi Al Arayedh
Cyber-Crime Fear and Victimization: An Analysis of a National Survey, Abdullah Al-Shalan
Development Of A System For The Measurement Of Aerodynamic Forces On Rotating Sports Balls, Amar A. Amin
Large Scale Synthesis and Derivatization of Corannulene: The Smallest Buckybowl, Praveen Bachawala
Writing Individualized Education Plans for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities: Compliance After The No Child Left Behind Act, Robin Richards Ballard
Plugged In: A Case Study of an Exemplary Technology-Using Teacher, Kameron Conner Ball
Selecting Keyword Search Terms in Computer Forensics Examinations Using Domain Analysis and Modeling, Alfred Christopher Bogen
Factors To Consider When Evaluating Horizontal Rotor Aerator Performance, Gregory Allen Brown
A Study Of Genetic Representation Schemes For Scheduling Soft Real-Time Systems, Amit Bugde
SDS-PAGE and western blotting analyses of Internalin A in Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp, Bang-Yuan Chen
Power Electronics Controller Prototyping Tool For Power System Applications, Yong Cheng
Effectiveness of postharvest sanitation treatments on microbial load of blueberries, Wei-Chun Chen
Chemical Incorporation Of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Into Thermoset Matrices, Hosouk Cho
A Bandwidth Estimation Method for IP Version 6 Networks, Marshall Crocker
Statistical Analysis Of The Effects Of Atropine And Propranolol On The Inter-Beat Interval Of Rats, Abdud Dahian
Relationship Between Percent Body Fat As Determined By Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis And Waist-To-Hip Ratio In Children Ages 7 To 9 Years, DeAnna Kay Dahlem
Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted during Kiln Drying of Southern Yellow Pine Lumber, Joseph Martin Dahlen