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Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Substrate Availability in the Upper Cretaceous Oyster Exogyra Costata, Marvin Kunath

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Parent and Child Perceived Coping Socialization during Peer Conflict: A Qualitative Study, Janet W. Kwan

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Sequence Stratigraphy of Cretaceous Cycles in the Southern Margin of a Paleozoic Foreland Basin, Black Warrior Basin, Mississippi: a Potential Reservoir for Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Christopher R. Kyler

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Computational Studies of Catalysis Bioinorganic, Inorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry, Guangchao Liang

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Energetics of Metal and Substrates Binding to the 2-His-1-Carboxylate Binding Motif in Nonheme Iron(II) Enzymes, Mingjie Li

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Subsurface Framework and Fault Timing in the Missourian Granite Wash Interval, Stiles Ranch and Mills Ranch Fields, Wheeler County, Texas, Brendan Michael Lomago

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Media Portrayals of Police-Involved Deaths in U.S. Newspapers, 2013-2016, Jeannice LaToya Louine

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"For I No Liberty Expect To See": Astronomical Imagery and The Definition of the Self in Hester Pulter'S Elegiac Poetry, Tamara Mahadin

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Petrographic Analysis of Prehistoric Pottery found in the Shkodër Region of Northern Albania by the Shkodra Archaeological Project (PASH), Anisa Mara

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Beta Diversity Provides Evidence of Niche Based Assembly in Temperate Forest Understory Assemblages of Mississippi, David Steven Mason

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A Comparative Political Biography of Governors Zell Miller and James B. Hunt, Bryan Joseph Mathison

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Using Geospatial Techniques to Assess Responses of Black Bear Populations to Anthropogenically Modified Landscapes: Conflict & Recolonization, Jamie Elizabeth McFadden

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A New Perspective on Giving-Up Density Experiments and the Landscape of Fear, Jordan D. McMahon

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Inhospitable in the Hospitality State: The Mississippi State Hospital in the Jim Crow South, 1865-1966, Michael Thomas Murphy

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Evaluation of the Effects of Hurricane Sandy on the Concrete Armor Units on the Cleveland Harbor East Breakwater, Glenn B. Myrick

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Investigation of Reactions between Glauconite and Carbon Dioxide, with Implications for Carbon Sequestration, Van Anh Nguyen

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Structures and Optical Properties UV-Vis, Fluorescence, and Polarized Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy Study of Porphyrin Assembly and Disassembly, Buddhini C. Nugaduwa Vithanage

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Her Milkshake Brings Out The Girls In Amman: Examining Questions about Sexual Desire and Societal Influences Among Same-Sex Desiring Women in Jordan, Caitlin Marlena Ostrowski

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Deep-Basinal Lithium-Rich Brines, Timothy Palmer

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Social Inequality in the Early Bronze Age at Bab Edh-Dhra, Jordan, Natalie Patience

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False memories in recognition memory: Recollection or familiarity?, Alexis E. Payne

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Quantifying Pre-Industrial to Mid-Late 20th Century Anthropogenic Lead, Mercury and Cadmium Pollution in Caribbean Marine Environments Using Skeletonized Sea Turtle Remains, Felicia L. Pena

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An Assessment of the American Civil War (1861-1865) Period Archaeological Deposits at the Buchanan House Site in Bells Bend, Nashville, Tennessee, Kathryn F. Phillips

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An Application of Ridge Regression and LASSO Methods for Model Selection, Katie Lynn Phillips

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Prodigal, Shunecy Mantel Pounds

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Identifying Patterns of Warm-Season Convective Initiation over Northwest Mississippi, Amanda Marie Raborn

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In Situ Induction Heating of Electrodes and Applications, Mohammad Azizur Rahman

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CPVIB-1, a GAGA Regulator of TOR Signaling Pathways in the Chestnut Blight Pathogen Cryphonectria Parasitica, Di Ren

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A Feel for the Whole: Considering State-Specific Quality Measures for Medicare's Value-based Programs in the Context of Social Risk Factors and Population Health, Kimberly K. Roberts

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To Enforce, or Not To Enforce: A Study of Drug Use Vs Drug Dealing in Socially Disorganized Communities, Preston Cody Roberts

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Exploration of Experiential STEM Education Programs in Mississippi and Their Use by Mississippi K-12 Educators, Randi Robison

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Genetics of Sexually Dimorphic Development of Butterfly Wing Patterns, Luis Fernando Rodriguez Caro

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An Experimental Investigation of Causal Explanations for Depression and Willingness to Accept Treatment, Taban Salem

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Classification of Recently Discovered Amoeboid Protists, Gabriel Schuler

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A Functional Developmental Genomics Analysis of RIN4 and Exocyst Genes as They Relate to Glycine Max Defense to the Plant Parasitic Nematode Heterodera Glycines Infection, Keshav Sharma

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Spatial distribution of artifacts and site formation at the Lower Town of Mycenae, Ryan Patrick Shears

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Urban Landscape Assessment of the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast using Landsat Imagery 1973-2015, Abdalla R. Sherif

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Drivers of Wetland Plant Assemblages in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, Cory Shoemaker

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Quantification of Harmful Algal Blooms in Multiple Water Bodies of Mississippi Using In-Situ, Analytical and Remote Sensing Techniques, Saurav Silwal

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Examining the Stigma of Sex Offending in the Media, the Community, and the Prison, Kristen Lynn Stives

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Making a Decision to Retreat, Relate, or Retaliate: An Examination of Theoretical Predictors of Behavioral Responses to Bullying in a High School Setting, Megan Suzanne Stubbs-Richardson

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Stress-buffering of social support on depressive problems: Moderation by parental depressive problems, Erica Marie Szkody

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Safeguarding the health of mothers and children: American democracy and maternal and children's healthcare in America, 1917-1969, Nancy Jane Traylor-Heard

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Copper(II) Complexes for Olefin Aziridination and Cyclopropanation: Towards Asymmetric N- and C- Transfer Catalyst, Henry U. Valle

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Smoke signals: New Contexts for the Emergence, Spread, and Decline of Effigy Pipes in Southeastern North America, A.D. 1000-1600, Charles Van De Kree

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Characterizing the Groundwater Quality of the Upper Pearl River Watershed in Central Eastern Mississippi, Shannon Kirk Vattikuti

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Goodness-Of-Fit Test for Hazard Rate, Ralph Antoine Vital

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Geological Data Assessment for Reservoir Characterization and Modeling in Siloam field, Clay County, Mississippi USA, Mahnaz Wahidi

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Parental Discipline in Emerging Adulthood: The Creation and Validation of the Domains of Young Adult Discipline Scale (Dyads), Courtney S. Walker

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Sensitivity Analysis of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario Lake Effect Snow Events using the Weather Research and Forecast Model, Jacob Wiley

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Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Predict Severe Weather Outbreak Severity in the Contiguous United States, Megan Spade Williams

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The "Split Gaze" of Refraction: Racial Passing in the Works of Helen Oyeyemi and Zoë Wicomb, Allison Wiltshire

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An "[Un]Readiness To Be Touched": The Critique of Sentimentalism in Sensation Fiction, Rachel Vernell Wolfe

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Behavior Plasticity Mitigates the Effect of Climate Warming in White-Tailed Deer, Carter L. Wolff

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The Trans-Historicity of the Nineteenth-Century New England Novel: Social Injustice and the Puritan Ideological Legacy, Benjamin Michael Woods

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Land Cover Types Associated with Warm-Season Convective Cloud Enhancement in Northeastern Mississippi, Crystal Francis Worley

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Synthesis, characterization, and photophysics of symmetric and unsymmetric -NHC pincer platinum halide complexes and derivatives, Min Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Digital Holographic Microscopy of Microparticles, Satam Fahad Alotibi

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Measurement of Material Thickness using X-Ray Attenuation, Abdullah Riyad Altayar

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Engendering Landscape: A Gendered Analysis of Migration to the Buffer Zone of Carara National Park, Costa Rica, Jessica Ann Arends

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Time Scale Analysis of a Mathematical Model for Alzheimer's Disease based on the Metal Hypothesis, Eda Asili

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Cognitive Processes of Prioritization in Multitasking, Hao Bai

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Skeletal Blast Trauma: An Application of Clinical Literature and Current Methods in Forensic Anthropology to known Blast Trauma Casualties, Petra Banks

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Depositional Systems Analysis of the Kosciusko Formation (Middle Claiborne Group) in Southern Mississippi, Robert Tyler Berry

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Characterizing Surface Enthalpy Flux and Ocean Patterns in Rapidly Intensifying Tropical Cyclones, Mason Andrew Clark Bray

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Wastewater Remediation Using Modified Biochars, Griffin Allen Burk

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Capitalism and Colonialism and the Emergence of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Matthew Dwayne Campbell

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Exploring the Relationships Between Political Culture in Education Policy Practices and Outcomes in the American States, Isla-Anne Schuchs Carr

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The Role of Military Culture: Military Values and Perceived Stigma as Predictors of Psychological Help-Seeking Propensity, Patricia Maria Cartwright

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The Effects of Institutional Structure of Predominantly White Land-Grant Colleges and Universities in the Southeast on African American Graduation Rates in Engineering, Angela Denice Clinkscales Verdell

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An Examination of Child Abuse Disclosures in Mississippi: The Effects of Child and Interviewer Characteristics, Morgan Colley

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Pellagra Mortality in the Historic Mississippi State Asylum: A Comparison of Skeletal Data and Institutional Records, Michelle L. Davenport

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A Study of a Turn of the 20th Century Skeletal Collection from Memphis, TN, Stephen Michael Davis

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Authentic Leadership, Research Integrity, and Institutions of Higher Learning: Why Focusing on Departmental Leadership Is Critical for Preserving the Sanctity of Science, Katherine I. Echols

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The Influence of Organizational Demographics and Whistleblowing Factors on Employee Perceptions of Procedural Justice, Patrick Clark Exmeyer

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A Quantitative Examination Of Factors That Aid In The Persistence And Academic Success Of Black Male Initiative Participants, Timothy J. Fair

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Analysis of Suspended Particulate Matter Concentrations in Weeks Bay, Alabama Using Landsat Imagery, Devon Lee Flickinger

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What my Mother Never Told Me about Birth, Jessica Ann Flowers

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Containerizing containment: The Automation and Globalization of the National Security Waterfront, 1945-1997, John Douglas Forrest

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Experimental Development of Paleoproxies : Investigation into Anaerobic Conditions and the Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Precursor for Carbonate Minerals, Brittany M. Garner

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Effect of Water Hardness on Adsorption of Lead from Aqueous Solution using Douglas Fir Biochar, Dhara Gogri

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Religion and Bereavement: Is It Different for Survivors of Suicide Loss?, Courtney Boushe Golding

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Effecting Organizational Change at the Macro Level of Professions, Robert Anthony Green

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Assessing Tornado watches for Accuracy, Impacts on Daily Activities, and Potential Economic Impacts, Barrett Frank Gutter

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Winter Weather Hazards: Injuries and Fatalities Associated with Snow Removal, Christa Robyn Haney

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Examining the Influence of Encoding Versus Retrieval Factors on Metamemory, Lauren W. Harris

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By Degree: A History of Heat in the Subtropical American South, Jason Hauser

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White Trash Girl, Ciera Marie Higginbotham

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A Reconciled Estimation of the State of Cryospheric Components in the Southern Andes and California Using Geospatial Techniques, Pushkar Inamdar

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Quantum Dragon Solutions for Electron Transport through Single-Layer Planar Rectangular, Godfred Inkoom

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Identification of Rtg2P Functional Domain Involved in Retrograde Signaling in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Jian Jiang

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Assessing Updating of Affective Content as a Potential Endophenotypic Predictor of Depressive Symptoms, Duncan Gage Jordan

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Stratigraphic Variability of the Desmoinesian Marmaton Group across the Lips Fault System in the Texas Panhandle Granite Wash, Southern Anadarko Basin, Patrick Daniel Jordan

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Transcriptome-Wide Prevalence of Selection Among Wild Populations of Helianthus Annuus (Common Sunflower), Michael Emmett Kartje

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Douglas Fir Biochar for Water Remediation, UPA Gayanthi Akila Karunanayake

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Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and pH Ultramicroelectrodes, Hadi Khani

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Stories like that Get Twisted, Isabelle N. Lang

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Does the Hispanic Paradox Extend to Morbidity Changes from 1997-2015?, Randall Brent Lee

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Spatial Analysis of Landscape Dynamics to Meteorological Changes in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Region, Tianyu Li

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Classification and Significance Assessments of Occupations on the Ackerman Unit of the Tombigbee National Forest, Mississippi, Mary A. Madden