Theses and dissertations produced by graduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's College of Arts and Sciences.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Religion and remarriage among American women: evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth, Susannah Mercedes Brown
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
Structure and function relationship among the peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerases, Vandana Chaturvedi
Capital and punishment:supporting the death of deterrence, Amanda Paige Cook
Individual change and the feminist movement in the early novels of Fay Weldon, Kristen Majors Covington
Where Things Thrive, Tiffany Love Curtis
Structural and functional analysis of metalloproteins in Azotobacter vinelandii, Hanqing Dong
The Effects of the Secondary Carbon Source Glycerol on the Lipid Accumulation and Fatty Acid Profile of Rhodotorula Glutinis, Emily Ruth Echols Easterling
Anglican Church Policy, Eighteenth Century Conflict, and the American Episcopate, Kenneth Ray Elliott
Little people, Angela Adair Fowler
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
Magnolia Star Route, Ryan Lynn Henderson
Factors influencing avian community structure in bottomland hardwood forests of the southeastern United States, Michael Scott Husak
Purification and structural analysis of Newcastle disease virus V protein and flowering locus T (FT) protein, Swapna Jayapalan
The Metaphase Checkpoint in Cells Undergoing Mitosis without Chromosome Duplication, Mary Kathrine Johnson
The ecology and morphological variation of Opuntia (Cactaceae) species in the mid-south, United States, Lucas C. Majure
Fuzzy Logic Techniques Applied To A Switchgrass Ecological Site Suitability Model For The State Of Mississippi, Michele Louise Maxson
Hydrogeologic Assessment of a Proposed Reservoir Site, Smith County, Mississippi, Jason Andrew McIlwain
The geology and hydrology of a proposed impoundment of the upper Sand Creek, Choctaw County, Mississippi, Jonathan R. McMillin
The glass ceiling: an analysis of women in administrative capacities in public universities in the Deep South, Judy Alsobrooks Meredith
"W"- Men: Male Nurses' Negotiation of Masculinity in a Predominantly Female Profession, Deborah Yoder (Deborah Jane Yoder) Miranda
An analysis of the Keetch-Byram Drought Index as a predictor of forest fire potential, John Andrew Morris
The use of geospatial technologies to quantify the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the vegetation of the weeks bay reserve, Adam Wayne Murrah
An Investigation of Thermodynamic Characteristics associated with California Tornadoes and US Landfalling Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes, Gregory James Nordstrom
The Implementation of Drug Court Progams in Selected States: An Examination of Government Influence, Lisa Ann Nored
Tafoni caves in quaternary carbonate eolianites: examples from the Bahamas, Athena Marie Owen
Demonstration of scale-down dynamic light scattering and determination of osmotic second virial coefficients for proteins, Arun Kumar Parupudi
From conceptualization to implementation :the use of performance measures, funding and accountability systems in the public sector, Barbara A. Patrick
An investigation of Mexican immigration in Itawamba and Tishomingo counties, northeast Mississippi, Anna Elizabeth Pounders
Effect of criminal defendant's history of childhood sexual abuse and personality disorder diagnosis on juror decision-making, Ebony Burrell Ratliff
The Influence of Probiotic Lactobacilli on Glucose Uptake by Caco-2 Cells, Arun Kumar Rooj
Gravity Model to Detect Forest Fire Prone Areas in the Southeast Fire District of Mississippi, Raviraj Sadasivuni
Variations in Diurnal Temperature Range in the Southeast United States Due to Land Use/Land Cover Classification, 1995-2004, Kelsey Nicole Scheitlin
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer: establishing the reliability and validity of the enemy impact inventory, Amanda Gail Smith
Sexual Harassment Of Women in the United States Military: Juror Decisions of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Civilian College Students, Catherine Michelle Snell
Juror perceptions in a rape trial :examining the complainant's ingestion of chemical substances prior to sexual assault, Destin Nicole Stewart
Study of the oxygen reduction reaction on platinum with scanning electrochemical microscopy and rotating disk voltammetry, Xiaojing Sun
A 15-year evaluation of the Mississippi and Alabama coastline barrier islands, using Landsat satellite imagery, Ryan T. Theel
Natural Hazards In Mississippi: Regional Perceptions And Reality, Patrick Lee Threatt
An active core fiber optic gas sensor using a photonic crystal hollow core fiber as a transducer, Venkata Satya Sai Sarma Tipparaju
Risk assessment of rock surface spillway erosion using parametric studies, Evelyn Villanueva
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
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
Cyber-Crime Fear and Victimization: An Analysis of a National Survey, Abdullah Al-Shalan
Large Scale Synthesis and Derivatization of Corannulene: The Smallest Buckybowl, Praveen Bachawala
Chemical Incorporation Of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Into Thermoset Matrices, Hosouk Cho
French And Spanish In Contact: Code-Switching Among Spanish Immigrants In France, Anna Michalina Debicka-Dyer
Jobs-Housing Balance & Individual Spatial Choices: A Case Study of Saturn Workers in Spring Hill, Tennessee, Jonathan Del Bosco
Water Supply Potential of the Meridian-Upper Wilcox Aquifer Grenada, Mississippi, Richard Scott Dykes
Validation of Variables for the Creation of a Descriptive Fire Potential Model for the Southeastern Fire District of Mississippi, John M. Gilreath
Endohedral and Exohedral Complexes of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS): Endohedral Clusters of Si12 : a Theoretical Study, Delwar Hossain
Characterization And Property Studies Of Cyanate Ester/Organoclay Nanocomposites, Gang Huang
Diversity in Action: Protesting Abortion in Mississippi, Jonelle Henry Husain
An Investigation of Low-level Thermodynamic Characteristics Associated with Significant and Nonsignificant Tornadoes in the Southeast United States, Justyn D. Jackson
Applying Goodness-Of-Fit Techniques In Testing Time Series Gaussianity And Linearity, Nusrat Jahan
Innovative Scintillating Optical Fibers For Detecting/Monitoring Gamma Radiation, Ashwini Jayaprakash
A Quantitative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Directed-Discovery Teaching Methods and Weekly Quizzes in a Standardized Introductory Earth Science Laboratory Course, Julia Gail Johnston
Monte-Carlo simulation of photoproduction of Omega meson, Parikshit Manoj Junnarkar
Angiotensin Ii Mediated Regulation Of Signal Transduction In Metabolic Syndrome And Cancer, Ravindra Bharatrao Kolhe
Molecular-Genetic and Structural Analyses of the NifHDKX Proteins of the Nitrogenase System, Surobhi Lahiri
A single continuous function as a model for fast rise exponential decay gamma-ray bursts, Daniel B. Logue
Democracy Satisfaction: The Role of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Local Communities, Paulette Ann Meikle-Yaw
Dissolution Caves of Mississippi, Christopher Michael Moore
Examining Interest Group Conflict in River Basin Interstate Compacts in the Southeastern United States, James Allen Newman
An Archaeological Investigation of Four Woodland-period Sites in the North Central Hills Physiographic Region of Mississippi, Jason Lee Parrish
Comparison of the Utility of Regression Analysis and K-Nearest Neighbor Technique to Estimate Above-Ground Biomass in Pine Forests Using Landsat ETM+ imagery, Chitra L. Prabhu
Ab Initio Study of the Rotation around the Carbon-Carbon Double Bond in Push-Pull Systems, Pornpun Rattananakin
Chaucer's Scatological Art in Three Fabliaux, William Brennan Rutledge
Hydrogeologic Conditions Controlling Contaminant Migration from Storage Tanks Overlying Mississippi River Alluvium, Jay N (Jay Nicholas) Santucci
Study Of Spin-Lattice Relaxation Rates In Solids:Lattice-Frame Method Compared With Quantum Density-Matrix Method, And Glauber Dynamic, Lazarus Solomon
GIS Analysis of the Caves and Karst of the Mariana Islands, Kevin Michael Toepke
An Investigation of Violence-Related Trauma at Two Sites in the Pickwick Basin: Dust Cave (1Lu496) and the O'Neal Site (1Lu61), James Harvey Turner II
The Osmotic Second Virial Coefficient as a Predictor of Protein Stability, Kusum S. Verma
Bahamian Cave and Karst Geodatabase, and GIS Analysis of San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Adam Dennis Walker
The Caves, Karst, and Geology of Abaco Island, Bahamas, Lindsay N. Walker
Convex Analysis And Flows In Infinite Networks, Hathaikarn Wattanataweekul
Training Transfer in Human Resources Management: A Field Study on Supervisors, Abdulfattah Yaghi
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Analytical Method For Detecting Pcb Derivatives At Low Levels In Surface Water Samples By Solid Phase Extraction-Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Shannon Recca Alford
Avian Response to Field Borders in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Ross Robert Conover
Deutsche Opposition : Explanations of the German opposition to the 2003 Iraq War, Mark J (Mark Joseph) Ferguson
A Reanalysis of the 1916, 1918, 1927, 1928, and 1935 Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic Basin, David Allen Glenn
Testing The Floristic Quality Assessment Index In Natural And Created Wetlands In Mississippi, Usa, Brook Danielle Herman
Documentation of AD/HD Diagnostic Practices in High Impact Korean Psychology and Psychiatry Journals, Ji Hee Hong
The Caves and Karst of Rota Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Thomas M. Keel
Speleogenesis of large flank margin caves of the Bahamas, Ioan Lascu
Individualistic Roamers Or Community Builders?:Differences And Boundaries Among Rvers, Gloria Anne Mattingly
United States Diplomatic and Military Relations with the Republic of China in the Era of the Vietnam War, 1961-1969, Charles John Pellegrin
Methods of Cultivation of Hyperthermophiles that Utilize Crude Oil, Erin Althaia Propst
The Geology and Hydrology of the Proposed Upper McCurtain Creek Watershed Impoundment Choctaw County, Mississippi, Leonard D (Leonard Dwight) Rawlings
A Study Of Student Use Of An Online Message Board In An Introductory Physics Class, Wenjuan Song
Mineralogy and Engineering Properties of the Yazoo Clay Formation, Jackson Group, Central Mississippi, Angela C. Taylor
A GIS Model for Predicting Potential "High Risk" Areas of West Nile Virus by Identifying Ideal Mosquito Breeding Habitats, Robert Charles Wallis
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Synthesis of a Serially Complete and Homogeneous Evaporation Data set for the Southeastern Region of the United States, Christopher Lee Bell
