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 2016
Estimation of Suspended Particulate Matter Concentration in the Mississippi Sound using MODIS Imagery, Danielle Merritt
Precipitation of Aragonite under Anoxic Conditions: An Experimental Study, Jonney Mitchell
Addressing Questions of Prehistoric Occupation Seasonality at Freshwater Mussel Shell Ring Sites in the Mississippi Delta: Applications in Carbonate Geochemistry and Zooarchaeology, Joseph Alan Mitchell
Spatial Correlation Between Framework Geology And Shoreline Morphology In Grand Bay, Mississippi, Asa J. Mullennex
Synthesis and Reactions of Novel Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes, Radhika Reddy Nareddy
Material Characterization using Spectrofluorometers, Charles Bruce Nettles
Copper Coordination with Protein, Peptides, and Small Molecules, Whitnee Leigh Nettles
Effects of Fluid Mg/Ca And Dp18So on Geochemistry of Calcium Carbonates: Studies on Inorganic and Natural Samples, Aleksandra Vladimirovna Novak
Drivers of Sustainable Agriculture in a Southern State, Casey William Odom
The Defense Response of Glycine Max to its Major Parasitic Nematode Pathogen Heterodera Glycines, Shankar R. Pant
Mississippi Sex Educators' Perceptions of Youth Sexuality, Sarah Elizabeth Pellegrine
Modeling the Relationship between Synoptic-Scale Processes and Severe Weather Outbreak Severity, Patrick Randy Pierce
Exploring the Demography and Dental Anthropology of the Mississippi State Asylum Skeletal Sample (22Hi859) (1855-1935), Amber M. Plemons
Regulating Mobile Banking: A Comparative Analysis Examining Kenyan and South African Mobile Banking Regulations, Kentse Radebe
Testing for a Functional Relationship Between Shell Rings and Flood-Prone Environments in the Yazoo Basin of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Tiffany Renee Raymond
Governing the Rurals: Food Security and Governance in the 21st Century, Gina Paola Rico Mendez
Any Other Animal, Hannah J. Rinehart
A Petrographic Analysis of the Microbial Thrombolite Buildup in the Oxfordian Smackover Formation, Little Cedar Creek Field, Alabama, Natalie Samai-Odegaarden
Relative Rate of Transposable Element Insertions on the X Chromosome and Autosomes, Christopher D. Savell
Understanding the Exotic Distributions of Invasive Species, Tyler Evan Schartel
Tasteless, Cheap, and Southern?: The Rise and Decline of the Farm-Raised Catfish Industry, Karen Senaga
The Syrian Puzzle: The Syrian Conflict: Explaining Main Causes of the Conflict, Mustafa Sen
The Role of Supervisor-Subordinate Relationship Quality on Turnover Intention in the Federal Government, Allison Mckenzie Settles
Examining Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce and the Impact of Inclusion on Employee Engagement, Ashley N. Settles
Lipid Accumulation by Rhodococcus Rhodochrous, Sara Ashley Shields-Menard
Testing the Seep Spring Hypothesis: Paleoclimate and Settlement Patterns of the Mississippian to Protohistoric Periods in the Mississippi Black Prairie, Sarah Skibinski
Surficial Geologic Mapping of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Surrounding Areas in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Taryn Elizabeth Smith
Evaluation of Thiol Raman Activities and pKa Values using Internally Referenced Raman-based pH Titration, Nuwanthi Savindrika Suwandaratne
The Impact of Metacomprehension Accuracy on Control Processes during Comprehension, Elaine Wei-Ling Tan
Using NMR Spectroscopy to Investigate the Binding of DNA to the Globular Domain of Histone H1.0, Sri Ramya Tata
A Binding Energy Study of the Atomic Mass Evaluation 2012 and an Updated Beta-Decay Study of Neutron-Rich 74Cu, James L. Tracy Jr
Potential of Unmanned Aerial Systems Imagery Relative to Landsat 8 Imagery in the Lower Pearl River Basin, John William Van Horn
An NMR-based Biophysical Study of Protein-Gold Nanoparticle Interactions, Ailin Wang
Different Estimations of Time Series Models and Application for Foreign Exchange in Emerging Markets, Jingjing Wang
A Biogeochemistry Approach to Geographic Origin and Mortuary Arrangement at the Talgua Cave Ossuaries, Olancho, Honduras, Monica Michelle Warner
Environmental and Growth Rate Effects on Trace Element Incorporation to Calcite and Aragonite: An Experimental Study, Jeremy M. Weremeichik
Domestic Use of Space in an Iron Age house from Tell Halif, Israel, Jared Brian Wilson
Functions of Wetland Plant Assemblages on Water Quality Improvement, Evelyn Louise Windham
PKA-Rap1A Dependent Regulation of Age-Rage Signaling in Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Rebecca Anne Worsham
The Effect of Religiosity on Public Perceptions about Punishment and Public Confidence in the Police and the Justice System: a Comparison between the U.S. and Turkey, Gunseli Ayca Yildirim
U.S. Population Change: The Roles of Amenities and Transportation, Xuan Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
First Principles Calculations of Doped Mnbi Compounds, Sultana Abdullah Ababtin
Design, Synthesis, and Testing of Bis-Corannulene Receptors for Fullerenes Based on Klärner’s Tethers, Peumie Luckshika Abeyratne Kuragama
Towards a Quantitative Understanding of Surface Enhanced Raman Phenomena by Using Internal References, Fathima Suraiya Ameer
I Can't Accept Your "Lifestyle" Because I Love You Mississippi Christians' Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Homosexuality and Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights, Ashley A. Baker
Examining the Effect of Government Structure and Size on the Performance of Mississippi Community Water Systems, Jason R. Barrett
A GIS Analysis of Sidewalk Infrastructure in Starkville, MS, Robert Devon Bise
Groups of Isometries Associated with Automorphisms of the Half - Plane, Job Otieno Bonyo
The Development of Next Generation, Unsymmetrical -Nhc Pincer Ligand Architectures and Metalation to Form Unsymmetrical -Nhc Pincer Ta Complexes, Hannah Killian Box
Disorderly and Inhumane: the United States and the Expulsion of Germans after World War II, Bradley J. Brewer
The Impact of Pyruvate Oxidase (SpxB) on the Release of the Toxin Pneumolysin in Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Joseph Colby Bryant
Rational Bernoulli Functions for Solving Problems on Unbounded Domains, Velinda Remona Calvert
Investigations at Kinlock (22SU526), a Freshwater Mussel Shell Ring in the Delta Region of Mississippi, James Bradley Carlock
Spatial Genetic Structure of Hatchlings of Cyclura Ricordii (Reptilia: Iguanidae) in Pedernales Province, Dominican Republic is Inconsistent with Natal Philopatry, Rosanna Carrerase De Leon
The Effects of Gender, Race, and Grade Level on Interest, Relevance, and Perceived Confidence in Science among Middle School Students in the Deep South, Jennifer Carruth
The method development for synthesizing chiral CCC-NHC Zr pincer complexes, Amarraj Chakraborty
The Vanishing Jury: An Examination of How District Attorneys Perceive Justice, Jacqueline Suzanne Chavez
N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Ag(I) and Zr(IV): Ag(I)-Halide Cubane Type Clusters and the Mechanism of Hydroamination with -NHC Pincer Complexes, Wesley D. Clark
Capital And Punishment: Examining Prison's Revolving Door, Amanda Paige Cook
Green Motives: Understanding the Relationship Between Tourism Employment and Migration to La Fortuna, Costa Rica, Sallie M. Dehler
Testing Local Municipality Hiring Procedures and Local Forms of Government: Are Search Engines and Social Media Sites Used to Collect Supplemental Information about Applicants?, Joseph Wayne Denton
Genetic Structure of Rhizobia Associated with Chamaecrista Fasciulata, Hanna Elizabeth Dorman
Adsorption of Organic Contaminants from Aqueous Solution using Biochar, Matthew Essandoh
Analysis Of Complex Volatile Organic Compound Mixtures Using Active Spme-Gc-Ms, Lord Famiyeh
Malaria Parasitemia and Prevalence in the Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus Bicolor), Kayla Marie Fast
An Investigation of Training, Schemas, and False Recall of Diagnostic Features, Rachel Kathleen Foster
Utilization of BIOSCREEN to Calculate Retardation Factor of Petroleum Contaminants, and Biodegradation Rate for a Site in Montpelier, Indiana, Brittany M. Garner
The Keetch-Byram Drought Index and the Geographical Variability in Wildfire Size and Frequency in Eight Natural Areas of the United States, Michael Tobit Gray
Illicit Use of ADHD Stimulant Medications: Gender Differences in Perceptions of Risk, Joanna C. Hachtel
Characterization of the Relationship of Ros and Bcl-2 Family Members during Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Staphylococcus Aureus Challenge, Katie Elizabeth Heath
Thermodynamic Assessment of Metal and Substrate Binding to the Dioxygenase Enzymes: The Energetics of the 2-His-1-Carboxylate Chemistry, Kate Lynne Henderson
Simulation of an Axion Search Experiment, Yipeng Jiang
Demographics and Poverty Spending Attitudes in the Mississippi Poll: 2004-2014, William Case Jorgeson
Universal Four-Fermion Interaction in Lattice Effective Field Theory, Kristopher Katterjohn
Surface-Water and Groundwater Interactions of a Stream Reach and Proposed Reservoir within the Pascagoula River Basin: George County, Mississippi, Courtney Killian
Non-Prescription Stimulant Medication use among College Students: Sharing and Selling Behaviors, Brittany Ann Kinman
The Southern Vowel Shift in the Speech of Women from Mississippi, Whitney Leigh Knight
Socialization of Coping: Influence of Parental Mental Health and Parenting Practices, Janet W. Kwan
Thermodynamic Studies of Zn2+ Binding to Glutathione, Madhubhashini Lakdusinghe
Brothers, Thomas K. Lammert
Investigating Phylogenetic Relationships of Mosquito-Borne Avian Malaria in Mississippi, David Alan Larson
The Influence of Economic and Cultural Factors on Social Cleavage in U.S. Presidential Elections from 1980 to 2008, Young Bin Lim
Multi-Channel Quantum Dragons in Rectangular Nanotubes, Zhou Li
Papua New Guinea: New Approaches to Quantifying Democratic Backslide, Zachary Swain Lyford
An Examination of Net Primary Production in Southern Appalachian Wetlands, Mike Maguigan
Evidence for Age-Dependent Selection in Iguana Delicatissima: Does Inbreeding Depression shape Population Dynamics?, Jessica Leigh Martin
Hybrid functions in Fractional Calculus, Somayeh Mashayekhi
Spatial Pattern Analysis of Agricultural Soil Properties using GIS, Corrin Jared McCarn
Investigating the Relationship between Stream Gauge Stage and Nearby Soil Moisture in a Longleaf Pine Biome, Cheryl S. McLaurin
The Struggle for Health in the Insurance Gap: A Cultural Model of Treatment Seeking among the Working Poor in Tupelo, MS, Avery N. McNeece
Men Like Us, Nicklaus Mears
The Minor Art of Lying, Matthew Alan Morgan
The "Isolated Find" Concept And Its Consequences In Public Archaeology, Jesse Morton
Narcissist Seeking Non-Threat: Narcissists' Self-Evaluation Maintenance Strategies for Social Comparison Threats from Romantic Partners, Alison J. Patev
Count the Rings, Kayla Pearce
Evaluating clinicians’ differential diagnostic decisions for ICD-11 psychotic disorders, Destiny Lynn Peterson
Characterization of the Ability of Yeast Probiotics and Paraprobiotics to Directly Interact with Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gabriel Alviola Posadas
Can Headstart Programs Truly be Effective? Genetic Assessment of Cyclura Collei, The Headstarted Jamaican Iguana, Armed Baba Rasberry
