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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Peripheral and Placental Immunology in the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)-Infected Cat Model, Crystal Elizabeth Boudreaux
Testing the generalizability of informal social control theory: change and stability of illicit substance use across the life course among various racial and gender subgroups, Christopher W. Bounds
Multispectral/Multitemporal Aerial Detection And Mapping Of Red Imported Fire Ant Colony Mounds In Two Monocultural Grass Types, Mark Ellis Carruth
Stratigraphic Architecture of the Floyd (Neal) Shale in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama and Mississippi: Implications for Regional Exploration Potential, Matthew MacGregor Caton
Reactions of in Situ Generated Cyclic Ketene-N,N-,-N,O- and -N,S-Acetals: Acid Catalyzed Olefinations of Bio-Oil, Sabornie Chatterjee
Genetic variation and leprosy distribution in nine-banded armadillos, Leah Chinchilla
Along the diminishing stretch of memory, Christina C. Collins
The Legacy of Cotton: A Geographical Perspective on the Influence of Traditionalist Politics in Mississippi, William Edward Stephen Cottrell
Biophysical Studies of Gene Sequence G-quadruplexes and i-Motifs, Jamie Marie Dettler
Measuring the salience of the economy : the effects of economic conditions on voter perceptions and turnout in Mississippi, Brad Thomas Dickerson
The Effect of Context on Retrieval Blocking and Source Misattribution in an Eyewitness Memory Paradigm, Matthew Reed Douglass
Genomic instability may be a signal of human embryonic stem cell differentiation, Clara Ines Esteban-Perez
Extent Of Cluster-Based Economic Development Policies And The Political/Institutional Context: A Collective Case Study, Roberto Gallardo Estrella
The Influence of Social Determinants on Late Stage Breast Cancer and the Impact of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Program on Late Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Melody L. Fortune
Classes of reaction diffusion equations with nonlinear boundary conditions, Jerome Goddard
First-Principles Study of the Site Occupancy and Magnetic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Substituted Strontium Hexaferrite, Serkan Guldal
Major Depressive Disorder, negative life events, and parenting:their relationship with disruptive behavior disorders, Laura Haines
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Thiobarbituric Acid (TBA) and TBA Reactive Compounds, Pravindya Rukshani Haputhanthri
The American dream and other fiction, Raquel Hollingsworth
Analysis Of Conservation Practices In The Blackland Prairie Region Of Mississippi And Construction Of A Predictor For Locating New Sites For Conservation Efforts, Steven Cameron Hughes
Calorimetric studies of histone H1 interactions with calf thymus DNA, Sarah Elizabeth Jones
Disturbance and its effects on archaeological significance and integrity, Jason Alan Kennedy
Miniature Gas Chromatography Development, Testing and Applications, Bidhya Kunwar
Impact of husband's and wife's alcohol use on juror perceptions of a woman who killed her abusive husband, Chelsea Aileen Lawson
Exploring the 'Moment Of Knowing' and Double-Consciousness in Nella Larsen's Passing, Carina Lewis
A web-based application for assessing jurisdictional geospatial readiness, Bailey D. Lipscomb
Oxidative Transformation of Antimicrobial Compounds by Ferric-Modified Montmorillonite, Chamindu Liyanapatirana
Creating Resilient, Sustainable Local Governments: Merging Human Resource Management and Emergency Management, Stacey Cole Mann
Advancing Li/CFX Battery Chemistry: A Study On Partially Reduced CFx As A Primary Li/CFx Cell Cathode Material, Martin Mathews
Reinvestigation of a Hydrogeologic Feasibility Study for a Proposed Surface Water Reservoir in Smith County, Mississippi, William Dennis McBryde
A Terrain And Meteorological Analysis Of The Battlefield At Shiloh, Tennessee, Charles Blakely McClendon
State business climate policies and the economic well-being of children, John Stephen McCown
The Absence, Josiah Philip-David Meints
Formation of geomorphic features as a response to sea-level change at Ritidian Point, Guam, Mariana Islands, Blaz Miklavic
Spectroscopic Investigations of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT), Tracy Stevens Miller
Shrewish Behavior: Gender Competition in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Emily Mills
Empirical Studies of Arundinaria Species for Restoration Purposes, Mary Catherine Mills
Oxidative stress induces DNA strand breaks may lead to genomic instability in ovarian tumorigenesis, Harold-Humberto Moreno-Ortiz
Asperger's Syndrome and Learning Strategies: Are Difficulties Due to a Production Deficit or to a Utilization Deficit?, Miranda Lee Morris
Perceived parenting, psychopathology, and environment:what influences projected parenting?, Ashley Kathleen Norwood
Research Universities as Engines of Economic Growth: How Do Research Universities Impact Regional Economic Growth?, Stephanie Arnette Pink
The effects of personal and parental religiosity on psychopathology, Leah Ferrari Power
Soil-microbe-volatile organic compound (SMVOC) analysis and authentic science inquiry into gas chromatography for a general chemistry laboratory class, Christopher Vincent Ruhs
Bobbie Ann Mason's Postsouthernism: The Decline of Religion in Four Stories from Shiloh and Other Stories, Katherine Brantley Salter
Antipathies and attribution:the effects on self-esteem, self-efficacy, and task persistence, Caroline Ruth Saxon
Measurement of Trace Environmental Contaminants Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy, Susan Theresa Scherrer
Chemistry of Cyclic Ketene-N,O-Acetals, Yingquan Song
Knights, Puritans, and Jesus: Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and the archetypes of American masculinity, Wilm K. Strawbridge
A Drawing in of Air, Jessica Jane Temple
Dr. Johnson's novel influence: Jane Austen illuminates Concordia Discors, Heather Ann Tucker
A GIS model to rapidly predict probability of hurricane damage, Ryan Christopher Vaughan
Metamemory and Eyewitness Memory: Will the Accessibility Heuristic be used to predict Memory for Details of a Complex Event?, Kathryn Meredith Webster
Role of reactive oxygen species in Glioblastoma multiforme microsatellite instability, Kortney Lynnette Wilkinson-Busha
A study of structural integrity of type A (I) lantibiotics via chemical modification and mutagenesis, Shawanda Wilson-Stanford
Factors affecting late adolescent delinquent behavior, Tiffany R. Woodcock
Welfare-to-work transition in the TANF era: evidence from Mississippi, Xuhui Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Exceptionally well-preserved quaternary fossils from Sawmill Sink blue hole, Abaco, The Bahamas, Nancy Ann Albury
Noise Characteristics And Edge-Enhancing Denoisers For The Magnitude Mri Imagery, Aisha A. Alwehebi
The Effect Of Vapor Grown Carbon Nanofiber-Modified Alkyd Paint Coatings On The Corrosion Behavior Of Mild Steel, Sahar Mohamed Hassan Atwa
The development of severe weather phobia and posttraumatic stress disorder following weather-related trauma, Marilyn Brodeur St-James
Soil modification and potential allelopathy: an investigation into how the invasive Casuarina equisetifolia L. (Australian pine) modify their environment, Charlotte P. Buehler
Temporal and spatial patterns of fish distribution and diversity in the Noxubee river, Mississippi and Alabama, Michael Thomas Calloway
The social structural and gender attitude effects on job satisfaction for U.S. physical therapists, Carol Ruth James Campbell
A more convenient truth: using social influence to promote pro-environmental beliefs and behaviors, Brecken Quinn Cardinal
We are Clay People: The Struggle against Choctaw Communal Dissolution, 1801-1861, Gary Coleman Cheek
An exploration of amniotic fluids as a possible source of fetal infection in the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-infected cat model of pediatric aid, Brittany Tenille Clay
The effect of combined inductive and deductive training on profile accuracy, Annaliese Simms Cothron
Investigating the neural correlates of insight with the compound remote associate task, Edward Andrew Cranford
William Faulkner's "Lizards in Jamshyd's Courtyard": a critical and textual study, Seth William Dawson
Spatio-Temporal Characteristics Of Mississippi Wildfires, Saranee Dutta
Nigeria-Chinese relations: the frontier for economic growth and development within Nigeria, Maureen C. Erinne
The Sediment and Water Column Biogeochemistry of Weeks Bay during Bottom Water Hypoxic and Norm-Oxic Events, John Eric Ezell
Evaluating interactions of task relevance and visual attention in driver multitasking, Teena Marie Garrison
Your heritage will still remain:southern identity formation in Mississippi from the sectional conflict through the lost cause, Michael J. Goleman
Effects of aging on feeling-of-knowing predictions for semantic and episodic memory, William Daniel Harris
Planners' perceptions of their communicative roles in the implementation of local comprehensive plans: a Q-methodology study, William Scott Hatcher
The decline of the belle in Southern poetry: from Edward Coote Pinkney to Robert Penn Warren, Margaret Jean Henderson
Fiber Loop Ringdown Evanescent Field Sensors, Chamini Saumya Herath
Investigating The Relationship Between The Policy Implementation Process And The Utilization Of Information Technology In A Constitutional Republic: The Case Of I-269 Nepa Process, Joseph Hampton Holland
An investigation of warm-season cloud patterns and related precipitation across Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula, Heather Richelle Hyre
The [Beta] and [Beta]-delayed neutron decay studies of 75CU and 77CU, Sergey V. Ilyushkin
Changes in occupation at Lyon's Bluff (22OK520), Thomas Reuben James
Comparison and Analysis of a Lignite Seam in the Wilcox Group, Choctaw and Kemper County, Mississippi, Joshua M. Johns
The influence of international aid allocations on mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, Chelsea Wilson Kellum
Factors Influencing Juror Decision Making In Criminal Trials Involving Recovered Memory Of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Ayesha Khurshid
Education in the New South: efficiency, philanthropy, and women in the creation of Tallulah Falls School in southern Appalachia, 1880-1909, Andra Mari Knecht
Abandonment of historic sites in Kemper and Lauderdale counties, Mississippi, William Langley MacNeill
Effects of defendant and complainant alcohol consumption and type of rape on mock juror decisions after group deliberation, Amanda Jayne MacQuoid
WHEN DOES CHILDHOOD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE LEAD TO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN YOUNG ADULTS?, Audrey Grace Masilla
Prevalence of Severe Weather Phobia in High School Students Who Experienced a Traumatic Weather Event, Tera Cecile Mason
My home, Courtney McCreary
Exploration of microbial deposits known as giant hams from the Lower Permian Laborcita Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, Kevin Martin Moore
Evolution Of The Protein-Coding Genes In The Genomes Of The Mycoplasmatales, Dipaloke Mukherjee
Effective kaon-nucleon cross section from nuclear transparency measured in the mass number of the nucleus (electron, scattered electron, kaons) reaction, Nofirstname Nuruzzaman
Earthquake risk assessment of Mississippi State University, Inoka Peiris
Understanding the winter urban heat island of Minneapolis-St. Paul : a radar analysis of snowfall modification, Nyssa Marie Perryman
Fighting the blues with blues:how Indianola, Mississippi used Delta Blues tourism to develop a new identity, Forrest Ansel Prichard
The Conditioning Effects Of Religiosity On The Relationship Between Strain, Negative Emotions, And Delinquency: A Longitudinal Assessment Of General Strain Theory, Christopher W. Purser
