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Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Investigating the presence of stellar companions around hot Jupiter host stars using MagAO., Farzaneh Zohrabi

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Stratigraphic Characterization of the Pleistocene Paleodrainage Network in the Western Mississippi Sound, Daniel Adcock

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Mississippi Mosquito Blood Meals and Haemosporidians, Jessica Aycock

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Human behavioral response to the Younger Dryas in North Alabama: An analysis of the Richard L. Kilborn collection, Robert A. Barlow

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Strategy, Implementation, and State-Building Why Governance Failed after the Post-2011 Drawdown of US Forces From Iraq?, Charles Allen Baxter

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Run from Cover, Vanessa Wells Beeson

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The binding modes of diminazene aceturate with c-MYC G-quadruplexes, Jerrano Bowleg

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Revising Women's Agency in a Curtain of Green, Caroline Rebecca Brandon

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The Effects of Heteroatoms on Energy Gaps of Conjugated Polymers, Hao Chang

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Inferences on the power-law process with applications to repairable systems, Jularat Chumnaul

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Drivers of Genomic Divergence during Speciation in Heliconius Butterflies, Jared Cole

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Is endorsement of fear of happiness associated with behavioral aversion to reward?, Amanda Collins

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Reclaiming feminism in the Shakespearean films of Julia Stiles, Sara Ann Creel

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Municipal and agricultural wastewater remediation using modified biochars, Glenn Crisler II

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Relationship between air mass type and emergency department visits for different forms of pain across North Carolina and assessing the potential for weather-based pain forecasts, Christopher Elcik

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Aziridinations in aqueous solutions using DNA templating; Towards sustainable asymmetric catalysis, Sydnee Elmore

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Characterization of the fungicidal activity and biochemical impact of occidiofungin, a novel antifungal compound derived from Burkholderia contaminans, Dayna Emrick

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Synthesis of Lignin derived biochar and its applications, electromembrane technique for determination of Ampicillin in cow milk, and synthesis of Fluorenone based polymers and their applications, Mehdi Erfani Jazi

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How the Dogface got its color: How genetics and the environment influence color variation within and between species in the Zerene butterfly, Jennifer Fenner

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Remote sensing of colored dissolved organic matter using unmanned aerial systems and assessment of the influence of dissolved organic matter on the oyster reefs in the western Mississippi sound, Sudeera Wickramarathna Galapita Pallayapelage

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Assessment of new catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, Ekta Goel

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Prediction enhancement through machine learning of North Atlantic tropical cyclone rapid intensification: Diagnostics, model development, and independent verification, Alexandria Grimes

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Native to the Soil: Twentieth-Century Agrarian Thought in the Upland South, Alan Harrelson

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Illusionary success: modern failures in child welfare, Courtney Harris

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The silent epidemic: Disparities and obstacles in obtaining oral care, Heather Hicks

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“These Sculptur’d Lines”: An analysis of Protestant burial practices on St. Croix during the Danish Colonial Period (1733-1917), Brittany Higgs

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Functional Identity Mediates the Net Effects of Experimental Mass Mortality Events, Mariah Ellen Hodge

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How sea surface temperature gradients contribute to tropical cyclone weakening in the eastern north Pacific, Brian Matthew Holliday

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Purification and characterization of CopR, a copper(II) dependent transcription factor, Prakash Khanal

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Does Grit Protect against the Adverse Effects of Depression?, Jenna Kilgore

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Adaptation, accessibility, and creative autonomy in Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones series, Karleigh Elizabeth Welch Kimbrell

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Effect of occidiofungin on morphogenic transformation of Candida albicans, Rabina Kumpakha

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An analysis of the effects of climatic oscillations and hurricane intensification on the destructiveness of Gulf Coast hurricane landfalls, Michelle Lewis

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Geospatial analyses of groundwater depletion and contamination: Multiscale - global, regional and local analyses, Aynaz Lotfata

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Characterization of dissolved organic matter and determination of its biogeochemical significance in coastal and inland water bodies, Sankar Manalilkada Sasidharan

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Service and empathy: a comparison study of intercultural experiences among students at Mississippi College, Victoria Rose Marshall

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On gamma kernel function in recursive density estimation, Xiaoxiao Ma

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The impact of custodial grandparenting on levels of cognition in a longitudinal sample of grandparents raising grandchildren, Ian Timothy McKay

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Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Genetics of the Sister Islands Rock Iguana, Jeanette Blair Moss

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Application of Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy to detect changes in the chemical profile of water subject to polarization, vegetation under stress, and murine blood components, Supriya Nagpal

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Racial and Gender Differences in Perceptions of Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants, Kara Lynn Nayfa

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A functional analysis of the defense response of Glycine max as it relates to parasitism by the plant parasitic nematode Heterodera glycines, Prakash Mani Niraula

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An Evaluation of Self-Perceived & Assessed Weather Knowledge, and Weather Consumption of 18-24 Year Olds, Christopher L. Nunley

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Intersecting identities and social support impacting suicidal ideation and attempts among gender minority adults, Ashley R. Pate

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Supporting student success in chemistry using peer mentoring, laboratory experiments, and eye-tracking analysis, Viveka Lakruwani Perera

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Fertilizing Faith Religion and Rural Reform in the Deep South, 1908-1945, Larsen Baxter Plyler

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Estimating Near-surface Vertical Heat Fluxes over Agricultural Areas using a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV), Derek Rosseau

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The developers and the independents: white Mississippi cattle producers’ perspectives on government farm programs and success, Kelli J. Russell

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Purification and preliminary characterization of Zinc(II) dependent transcription factor AdcR, ASM Saem

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The impact of utilizing peer mentoring interactions, new laboratory experiments, and writing-to-learn practices in undergraduate chemistry education, Dulani Samarasekara

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Improved land use and land cover classification and determination of the influence of land use and land cover on the water quality in an agriculture dominated watershed, Scott Landon Sanders

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The morphology, pigmentation, and development of structural coloration in Vanessa cardui (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Emily A. Shelby

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Sourcing bifaces from the Alexander Collection at Poverty Point (16WC5) using VNIR (Visible/Near-infrared Reflectance) and FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Reflectance) spectroscopy, Simon P. Sherman III

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Examining the efficacy of digital treatments for nightmares, Katrina Joy Speed

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A geoarchaeological analysis of the 2017 excavations at the Hester site (22MO569), James Lewis Strawn

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An examination of impaired driving: The integral role of cognitive and behavioral predictors, Andrew Tatch

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Problem solving and suicide: A first look, Caitlin E. Titus

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“Manager of Progress and Process”: The Life and Times of H. R. Haldeman, Niklas Trzaskowski

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Effect of frontal passage on 24-hour thermal variability of urban heat islands, Mary-Stewart Wachter

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Displaced consciousness and historical imprisonment in Pirandello’s Enrico IV and Unamuno’s El hermano Juan o el mundo es teatro, Francesca Magario Wadlington

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Thermodynamic Studies of the Binding of RPC2, ([Ru(Ph₂phen)₃]²⁺), to Purified Tubulin and Microtubules, Savannah J. West

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Whitewashing our children's education: Examining segregationist school choice in the rural South, Courtney Heath Windhorn

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(Meso-tetra(N-methyl-4-pyridyl)porphyrin)manganese(III) iodide: A water stable catalyst for the aziridination of olefins, Daniel Karl Wolgemuth

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Don't fear the nobodies: A critical youth study of the Columbiner Instagram Community, Brianna L. Wright

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Ruthenium(II) arene complexes for asymmetric catalysis, Zhenyu Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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In Vivo Study of the Effect of Different Levels of Chemical Fertilizers on the Indigotin Dye in the Indigofera Tinctoria Plant Using Raman Spectroscopy, Fatemah Alharthi

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Alcohol and Deliberate Self-Harm: A Moderated Mediation Model including Pain Tolerance and Borderline Personality Features, Suzanne C. Amadi

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The Functional, Adaptive Role of Transcribed Microsatellites in Common Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus L.), Chathurani Anushala Ranathunge Arachchige

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Environmental Effects and Public Opinion Issues Associated with Incorporating Recycled Glass Cullet into Beach Ecosystems through Nourishment Projects, Claire Elizabeth Babineaux

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Settlement Patterns in Albania from the Iron Age Through Greek Colonization and Roman Integration (1100 Bc - Ad 395), Erina Baci

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Novel Formaldimine Precursor for Use in a Hosomi-Sakurai Reaction for the Formation Of Phenyl-Substituted Homoallylamines And A New Modular Approach For The Synthesis Of Half-Sandwich Ruthenium Complexes, Jonathan Baine

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Adaptive molecular evolution and biodiversity in malaria parasites, Haley Nicole Bodden

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Investigating the Role of Zinc in the Physiology and Virulence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Lindsey Renae Brown-Burcham

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Investigating Individual Differences Associated with Preference for Depression Treatment, Jessica S. Bryant

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Investigating the Postmortem Microbial Community Structure, Function, and Transmigration as It Pertains to Forensic Science and Public Health, Zachary Melburn Burcham

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Characterization of an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Using Optical Emission and Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy, Shane Moore Clark

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Assessment Of Emotion Regulation: Strategy Use, Flexibility, And Emotionality, Ashley Coleman

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Who does it best? Towards understanding virtual accountability practices in public, nonprofit and private organizations, Asya Besova Cooley

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Individual Differences in Creative Cognition, Sarah K. Craig

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A Daily Vulnerability in America: Tornadoes on our Highways with a Focus on Controlled Access Highways, Craig Douglas Croskery

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Interaction Energies and Electronic Spectra of Fluorene-Receptors Molecules for Carbon Dioxide Detection, Mawuli Deegbey

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An Improved Algorithm for Estimating Total Alkalinity in the Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Madhur Devkota

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Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with engineered biochar, Narada Bombuwala Dewage

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Mapping with Modern Prosumer Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Addressing the Geospatial Accuracy Debate, Madison Palacios Dixon

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Impairment, executive function, and symptoms: Understanding ADHD in emerging adulthood, Morgan M. Dorr

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Regional Stratigraphy and Lithologic Characterization of the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Southwest Mississippi, Kalli Alyse Dubois

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A Network-Based Method for the Analysis of Use and Function in Stone Tool Kits: Implications for Late Prehistoric Settlement Patterning in Northeast Mississippi, Jason Nathaniel Ervin

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Petrographic and Chemical Analysis of Grinding Stones Collected by the Shkodra Archaeological Project, Zhaneta Gjyshja

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The Role of Early Visual Cortex in Global Motion Processing, Marshall L. Green

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Hyperheavy Nuclei in Axial Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov Calculations, Abhinaya Gyawali

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Developing a Short-Form Measure to Predict Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants, Joanna C. Hachtel

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A Study Of The Performance Of D-Wave Quantum Computers Using Spanning Trees, John Spencer Hall

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Microbial Succession from a Controlled Death Event following Simulated Mass Mortality, Lindsay K. Harrison

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The Cut and The Color Line: An Environmental History of Jim Crow in the Deep South's Forests, Owen James Hyman

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Understanding how Pin1-substrate interactions modulate affinity and inter-domain dynamics, Hewa Pathiranalage Dinusha Sanjeewani Jinasena

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Modeling and Experimental Calibration of the Corrosion of Rha Steel in Immersion and Salt-Fog Environments, Lydia Anna Jordan

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Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Changes and Driving Factors of Groundwater and Surface-Water Interactions within the Mississippi Portion of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Courtney Killian

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Healthcare Experiences of Transgender Mississippians: A Qualitative Study, Micah D. King

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Using the Health Belief Model to Identify Factors that Prevent Non-Prescription Stimulant Use, Brittany A. Kinman

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The effect of bacterial supplementation on black soldier fly larval growth and development, Emilia Marjatta Kooienga