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Theses from 2011
To Shift or Not To Shift: Maximizing the Efficiency of a Wireless Sensor Network Using Multiple Sinks, Chabli Boler
An Analytical Study of Air-Sea CO2 Gas Exchange in the Northwest Mississippi Bight Region, Andrea Kathryn Braatz
The Viral Fingerprint: A Content Analysis of Popular Viral Advertisements, Thomas Grant Broadus II
State Super-Maximum Security Policies: An Examination of Admission Characteristics, Classification Reviews, Mental Health Amenities, and Inmate Privileges, Harry Daniel Butler
Tri-State Boolean Satisfiability with Commit: An Efficient Partial Solution Using Hyperlogic, Kevin Michael Byrd
Parental Struggles with Obtaining Services for Children with Special Needs, Regina Lynn Carr
Diet and Feeding-Related Morphometrics of the Blackstripe Topminnow, Fundulus notatus, in Allotropic and Syntopic Populations with the Blackspotted Topminnow, Fundulus olivaceus, Charles Michael Champagne
The Relationship Between Salivary Cortisol Levels and Stressful Behaviors upon the Introduction of a New Exhibit Mate in Captive Black and Gold Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya) at the Hattiesburg Zoo, Cassie Mechelle Chandler
Stationary Density Computation of the Frobenius-Perron Operators Based on the Dirac Delta Function, Suanrong Chen
An Examination of the Yang-Baxter Equation, Alexandru Cibotarica
A Meta-Analysis of Component Treatment Studies: Are the Parts as Good as the Whole?, Erin Jane Clarke
A Significant Wave, Frederick Darrell Clarke
Feeding Selectivity and Habitat Usage of Esox americanus, Scott Richard Clark
Ancestral Analysis of the French Colonial Moran Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi, Danielle Nicole Cook
I Don't Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello: Concepts of Place in Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter and Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart, Emily Frances Cooley
The Deer Island Site (22HR500): Prehistoric Ceramics and Their Meaning on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Donald Louis Craig
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Phytoplankton Biomass in Coastal Mississippi Waters, Lorin Matthew Dornback
A Content Analysis of Statutory Grounds for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights: The Impacts and Susceptibility of Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children, Holly Marie Duke
Chemical Processing of Fingerprints on Thermal Paper, Megan Elizabeth Dutton
A Study of the Early American Author Judith Sargent Murray, Her Role in Early American Print Culture and Her Misappropriation by Twentieth-Century Feminism, Robert Allen Fowler
Sub-Pixel Classification of Historical and Current Marsh Habitat For the Eastern Mississippi Gulf Coast Using Remotely Sensed Images, Jennifer Frey
The Effect of the Chemical Composition of Low Salinity Water on the Growth, Development, and Survival of Cultured Juvenile Blue Crabs, Dyan Patricia Gibson
A Way In, Laura Elizabeth Goldstein
Lead and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analysis, James Kenneth Goodlad III
Transmitting Whiteness: Librarians, Children, and Race, 1900-1930s, Shane Hand
Sham City, Evan Samuel Harrison
The Use of Computed Tomography to Measure Biogenic Structures in Recently Hypoxic and Normoxic Sediments on the Louisiana Continental Shelf, Valerie Ann Hartman
Consequences of Contact: An Evaluation of Childhood Health Patterns Using Enamel Hypoplasias Among the Colonial Maya of Tipu, Amanda R. Harvey
Everyone is Moving: A Collection of Short Fiction and Nonfiction, Elizabeth Anne Hegwood
Electricity and Other Dreams, Micah Dean Hicks
Metaphasia: Shelley and the Language of Remoter Worlds, Michael Andrew Howell
Metaphasia: Shelley and the Language of Remoter Worlds, Michael Andrew Howell
Mechanisms of Non-Enzymatic Peptide Bond Formation: Thioester and Transamidation Routes, Danielle Amie Landry
Fraction-Free Methods for Determinants, Deanna Richelle Leggett
Chemical, Biological, and Preliminary In Vitro Studies of Novel Vanadium(IV) Complexes with Schiff Bases and Thiosemicarbazone Ligands, Nerissa Abigail Lewis
Mycorrhizal Colonization of Native Salt Marsh Plants on Mississippi's Gulf Coast and the Effects of Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculants on Nursery-Grown Plants, Kathryn Rondot McBride
Mycorrhizal Colonization of Native Salt Marsh Plants On Mississippi's Gulf Coast and the Effects of Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculants On Nursery-Grown Plants, Kathryn Rondot McBride
Assessing Landscape Change in Western Honduras, 1957-2010, Eric Lenhardt McGregor
Beneath the Surface: American Culture and Submarine Warfare in the Twentieth Century, Matthew Robert McGrew
Beneath the Surface: American Culture and Submarine Warfare in the Twentieth Century, Matthew Robert McGrew
The Relationship of Testosterone and 5-HT to Aggressive, Self-Aggressive, and Antisocial Behavior in Men, Anne Winston McIntyre
The Role of Landscape in the Distribution of Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Two Counties in South-Central Mississippi, Jacob Jeremiah McKee
The Dependency of the International Community On U.S. Foreign Aid and Intervention, Dedrian Jerrell McNulty
The Effects of Check In/Check Out on Levels of Problem Behavior and Academic Engagement in Elementary School Students, Leila Mullooly Miller
Phytoplankton Abundance and Species Composition in Relation to Environmental Paramenters in Coastal Mississippi Waters, Luz Karime Molina
Jackson, Mississippi, Contested: The Allied Struggle for Civil Rights and Human Dignity, Matthew David Monroe
Jackson, Mississippi, Contested: The Allied Struggle for Civil Rights and Human Dignity, Matthew David Monroe
The Use of Remote Sensing for Mapping Possible Vectors of West Nile Virus in Mississippi, Brian Matthew Moore
The New Frontier: An Analysis of Effective New Media Political Communications and Campaigning, Kaitlin Ann Mueller
Detection of Hydrogen in a Two-Phase Cryogen Flow Stream with Thermal Protection Design Configurations, Anton Dmitrievitch Netchaev
The Last Victorian Knight: A Study of T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, Nancy Nicole Nicholls
A Statistical Examination of Friction Ridge Skin Patterns in the Interdigital, Hypothenar, and Thenar Areas of the Palms, Kristin Ann Pilgrim
Investigating Mechanisms of Co-Occurrence Between Two Similar Specis of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Temporary Aquatic Habitats, Kristopher Alexander Pitcher
The Application of Personality Assessment to Suggest Appropriate Employment in Various Fields Within Economic Development, Brittani Elizabeth Plaisance
Sex Role Egalitarianism and Relational Aggression in Intimate Partnerships, Emily Elizabeth Prather
Quantifying Rates of Autocompaction in the Pearl River Marsh, Louisiana, Jeremiah Nicholas Prouhet
All the Good in the World, Alan Ellis Purdie
A Comparison of Two Different Methods for Solving Biharmonic Boundary Valve Problems, Megan LaShea Richardson
Shady Grove Site (22QU525) Quitman County, Mississippi: Analysis of Demographics and Mortuary Practices, Stacy Ann Scott
Tick Infestations and Their Consequences for Migratory Songbirds During Spring Stopover, Johnny Michael Sellers Jr.
Applied Bayesian Networks, Steven David Spansel
Measuring and Comparing Quantum Yield in Two Species of Marine Diatoms Subjected to Constant and Fluctuating Light Conditions, Matthew Leon Stone
An Extensionalist Approach to Ontological Commitment: Why Quine is Mostly Right, William Felix Suttle III
Judith and the Head of Holofernes and Other Love Stories, Melanie Smith Todd
The Role of Hardiness in Moderating Parenting Stress in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans, Victoria Jane Tomassetti-Long
Individual Differences in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Behavior: Implications for Personality, Christina Nicole Toms
Evaluating Parenting Practices as a Mediating Factor Between Marital Conflict and Children's Adjustment, Kristin Lee Tyson
The Role of Moral Exemplars in Stanley Hauer's Ethics, Timothy William Walker
A Formative Evaluation for a Food Choices Intervention in a Mississippi Delta Community: A Focus Group of Rural African American Adolescents, Jovan Chantrell Eugene Williams
Ornamentation, Behavior, and Maternal Effects in the Female Northern Cardinal, Caitlin Winters
Blueberry Fruit Development and Splitting, Carrie Lee Witcher
Theses from 2010
Restoration, Resistance, and Reconstruction: Liberty at Last in Clarke County, Virginia, 1865-1879, Kyle Allen Ainsworth
Predictive Habitat Model for the Snapping Shrimp Genus Alpheus in the Coastal Southeastern United States, Laura Catherine Anderson
Influence on Career Development: Dysfunctional Career Thoughts, Perfectionism, and Career Decision Self-Efficacy, Lindsay Marie Andrews
An Open Management and Administration Platform for IEEE 802.11 Networks, Biju Raja Bajracharya
Renewable Source Thermoplastics, Travis Palmer Ball
The Use of Time-Out With and Without Escape Extinction to Reduce Escape Maintained Noncompliance, Shelly Renee Benshoof
A Validation Study of the Competitive Prosocial/Aggression Continuum Task, Alexander Mark Biondolillo
Urban Crime in Latin America: A Case Study from Medellín, Colombia, Brian Kenneth Blickenstaff
"For Such is a Friend Now": Reflection and Revision in Shakespeare's Comic Friendships, Leah Rainell Boudreaux
Avoiding Confirmation Bias through Awareness and Training, Jon Stacy Byrd
"Civilized My Syphilized Yarbles": Culture, Economy, and Deviant Youth Subcultures in Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, Emily Joy Carpenter
Comparison of the Biological Attributes, First and Second Level of Detail of Friction Ridge Skin of the Palms and Fingers, Kelley Bryant Counts
Utility of Feeding Priority as a Measure of Dominance in Garnett's Bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii), Kyle Daniel Edens
A Parameterization Study of Short Read Assembly Using the Velvet Assembler, Alex Christopher Elliot
Mississippian Feasting Strategies In the Lower Mississippi Valley: Archaeobotanical Analysis of Two Features From Winterville Mounds (22WS500), Diana Boney Flosenzier
Do Adolescents' Perceptions of the Consequences of Their Behavior Mediate the Link Between Psychopathy-Linked Personality Traits and Problem Behavior?, Matthew David Guelker
Reproductive Behaviors of Male and Female Blackspotted Topminnows, Fundulus olivaceus, Melissa Ann Gutierrez
Comparison of Extraction Techniques for Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol from Urine, Ashlyn Christine Harmon
Application of Check In-Check Out as a Targeted Intervention to Increase Appropriate Behavior in At-Risk High School Students, Lauren Lestremau Harpole
Antrim to Ayrshire, Eric Jude Hatcher
Gulf Sturgeon of the Pascagoula River: Post-Katrina Assessment of Seasonal Usage of the Lower Estuary, Jeanne-Marie Dawn Havrylkoff
Classifications and Designations of Metric Modulation in the Music of Elliott Carter, Jason Adam Hobert
Variation in Social Behavior Throughout the Estrous Cycle of a Captive Killer Whale Orcinus orca, Kristina Marie Horback
Reproductive Life History of Fundulus jenkensi and Comparative Development of Five Sympatric Fundulid Species, Eric Thomas Lang