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Theses from 2019
Localized Method Of Approximate Particular Solutions For Solving Optimal Control Problems Governed By PDES, Kwesi Acheampong
Localized Method of Approximate Particular Solutions for Solving Fourth-Order PDEs, Lionel Amuzu
A Machine Learning Approach to Network Intrusion Detection System Using K Nearest Neighbor and Random Forest, Ilemona S. Atawodi
Discrepant Self-Perceptions as Predictors of Rule Violating Behavior Among Juvenile Offenders, Kimberly Barajas
The Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Turtles of Southern Mississippi, Gabrielle Berry
Investigating Diel Periodicity in Export Flux in the Gulf of Mexico Using a Particulate Imaging System, Justin Edward Blancher
Effects of Light and Macroinvertebrate Consumers on Detrital Microbial Biofilms in Streams, Cheyenne Brady
The Effect of Historic Shipwrecks on Sediment Microbiomes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Melissa Brock
A Comparison of Social Learning in Domestic Canines, Beatrice Chenkin
Distribution, Abundance, and Trophic Ecology of Anguilliform Leptocephali in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Lillian Collins
Involuntary Signal-Based Grounding of Civilian Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Civilian Airspace, Keith Conley
Extended-Range Oscillations and the First Sharp Diffraction Peak in Amorphous Silicon: A Systematic Study, Devilal Dahal
Is the Written Component of Tootling Effective? A Comparison of the Group Contingency to a Comparison Writing Procedure, James Derieux
The Variability of High-Frequency Motions and Their Interactions with the Mesoscale on the Mississippi Shelf, Jordan Earls
Acting Black: An Analysis of Blackness and Criminality in Film, Blake Edwards
Horses, Culture, and Trade: The Impact of the Horse on Southeastern Native Nations, 1650-1830, Jacob Featherling
Emotion Reactivity, Emotion Dysregulation, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among At-Risk Adolescents: A Multiple Mediation Analysis, Paula N. Floyd
Changes in Antarctic Bottom Water Formation During Interglacial Periods, Samuel Glasscock
Response and Recovery of Horn and Petit Bois Islands, Mississippi, USA to Tropical Cyclone Impacts: 2004 – 2016, Shara Gremillion
Multiple Species of Distinctiveness in Memory: Separating Task Distinctiveness from Statistical Distinctiveness, Matthew Robert Gretz
Estimating Body Mass through Bone Mineral Density Studies Using Dexa (Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry), Kaitlin Harstine
Archaeobotanical Analyses of the Winterville Mounds Site (22ws500) and Other Southeastern Ceremonial Complexes, Dana Hauffe
Krylov Subspace Spectral Methods with Non-homogenous Boundary Conditions, Abbie Hendley
The Evolutionary Diversity and Biological Function of Phenazine Metabolite Biosynthesis in Burkholderia SPP, Samuel Hendry
Their Culture Against Them: The Assimilation of Native American Children Through Progressive Education, 1930-1960s, Jamie Henton
Fracture Analysis of the Lower Oceanic Crust, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge, Trent Jackson
Evaluating Alternate Management Strategies for Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Nathaniel Wallace Jermain
The Effects of Aqueous Atorvastatin on Steroidogenesis of Xenopus Laevis at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations, Jeremy Johnson
Vocal Response of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to a Novel Stimulus, Lindsey Johnson
The Thiol Specific Antioxidant (TSA1) Gene is Required for Survival in Macrophages and Oxidative Stress Resistance in Histoplasma Capsulatum, Lauren Kennedy
Effects of Water Table Depth and Edaphic Characteristics on Plant Diversity in a Southern Mississippi Pitcher Plant Bog, Patrick Kirby
Influence of Varying Inorganic Nutrients Supply on Ergosterol and Glucosamine Concentrations and Biomass Nutrient Stoichiometry in Ectomycorrhizal Fungi, Stephanie Koury
The Road to Recovery: Injured Athlete's Perspectives on Recovery Through Social Support, Brooke Kuhn
Organized Chaos: Daily Routines as a Potential Mechanism Linking Household Chaos and Child Behavior Problems, Kristy Larsen
Multi-Point Flux Approximations via the O-Method, Christen Leggett
Werewolves: A Three-Dimensional Content Analysis of Films from 1980-2014, Jennifer Lewis
What's Cookin'?: An Analysis of Food as a Method of Control in the Penal System, Zoe Livengood
A Case Study of Police Use of Force on Juveniles in a Southeastern Police Department, Kayce Lowe
Exploring the Moderating Effects of Aggression on the Relationship Between Negative Urgency and Suicidal Desire, Rachel L. Martin
Posture Affects Affordance Perception of Reachability in Virtual Reality, Hannah Masoner
Online Political Participation: Evaluation of the Changing Effects Over Time, Gabriel Davis May
A Linear Approach to John Adams' Recent Works, Olivia Maynard
Terrorism And Organized Crime: An Analytical Study From An International Law Perspective, Leila Mejdoubi
Zika Message Analysis, Alexandria Phipps
Geographical Analysis of Offender Vulnerability: Modeling Coastal Hazards and Social Disorganization in Southern Mississippi, Ashleigh N. Price
The Fighting Blue Ridgers: Combined Arms Capabilities of the US Army's 80th Infantry Division in World War II, 1944-1945, Brannon Price
Human Agent Transfer from Observations, Sneha Racharla
Elevated ADHD Symptoms as a Predictor of Rule Violations among Male Juvenile Offenders, Kathleen Ramsey
“The Monster of Her Own Creation”: Freud’s Seduction Theory and Algernon Blackwood’s Jimbo: A Fantasy, Kristina Schluter
The Quiet Classroom Game with an Indiscriminable Contingency in a High School, Stefanie Schrieber
Within, Without: Stories, Erika Shoup
Are You Happy? Local Economic Development in Northern Thailand, Katherine Sorensen
Spool, Mary Spooner
Acute Cardiovascular Response to Low-Load Unilateral, Bilateral, and Alternating Resistance Exercise with Blood Flow Restriction in the Lower Body, Daphney Stanford
Processing Speed for Action and Semantic Memory, Tyler Surber
Hope for Struggling School Districts, Mary Travis
Predicting College Students' Career Interests To Be a Police Investigator Rather Than a Patrol Officer, Alyssa Viator
Team Learning from Human Demonstration with Coordination Confidence, Syamala Nanditha Vittanala
Detecting Coastal Marsh Change from Aerial Imagery using Spectral and Textural Methods: Pascagoula River Estuary, Mississippi, 1955-2014, Margaret Waldron
More than Gal Pals: Female Romantic Friendships in Northanger Abbey, Katherine Waldrop
The Quiet Cafeteria Game, Mary Ware
Structure/Property/Processing Relationships in Poss-Modified High Temperature Thermoplastic Composites, Mitchell Woellner
First Set, Alfonso Zapata
GOGO: An Improved Algorithm to Measure the Semantic Similarity Between Gene Ontology Terms, Chenguang Zhao
Theses from 2018
A System For Conducting Laser-Induced Fluorescence Measurements On Gas Mixtures Exposed To Alpha Radiation, Patrick Ables
Parental Attachment and Adult Attachment: The Moderating Role of Dispositional Forgiveness and Gratitude, Christian Ammons
Improving Interview Skills in College Students Using Behavioral Skills and In Situ Training, Laura-Katherine Barker
Life-History Characteristics and Fishery Dynamics of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Corbin Bennetts
A Content Analysis of Section 1983 Litigation Against Reserve Police Officers, Michael Broadus
The Conundrum of Causal Reasoning in Elephants, Beri Brown
Political Beliefs, Region of Residence, and Openness to Firearm Means Safety Measures to Prevent Suicide, Sarah E. Butterworth
A Computational Analysis of the Gradient Concentration Profile of DEET and the Mosquito Behavioral Response, Brandon Carver
T.S. Eliot, "The Waste Land", and Yoga Philosophy, Jessica Cloud
Growth and Reproduction of Atlantic Chub Mackerel (Scomber Colias) in the Northwest Atlantic, Taylor Daley
Impact of Prolonged Sitting on Central Hemodynamics: Role of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy, Anna K. Downey
Evaluating the Effects of an Independent versus Interdependent Reinforcement Contingency on Teachers' Use of Behavior Specific Praise, Ashleigh Eaves
Get To The “Point”: Improving Location Services in Tippah County Mississippi, Haley Feather
Epic Adolescence: Contemporary Adolescence in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, Chloe Felterman
Spatial Variation in Basal Resources and Trophic Position of Selected Fishes of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Christopher Fleming
Holocene Formation and Evolution of Horn Island, Mississippi, USA, Nina Gal
Revisiting Magee: A Mississippian Mound Center Site, Nicholas Glass
Investigating Possible Scurvy in the Postclassic Maya of Tipu, Emmalea Gomberg
"There was something grotesque": The Application and Limits of Respectability in the Daughters of Bilitis, Elizabeth Diane Greer
The Effect of Changing Appraisals of Current Life Success on Memories of Love Towards Parents, Mario Herrera
The Role of Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Trait Anger and Relational Aggression, Skylar Hicks