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Comparative Population Dynamics Of Freshwater Dinoflagellates Of The Genera Peridinium And Peridiniopsis, Andy Canion

Honors Theses

Freshwater dinoflagellates, like their marine relatives, have the potential to reach large population sizes known as blooms. Though they are not toxic like some marine forms, freshwater blooms may have a large impact in their respective ecosystem. This study investigated the temporal and spatial changes in population density of four Peridinium species (P. deflandrei, P. volzii, P. wisconsinense, and P. limbatum) and one Peridiniopsis species (Peridiniopsis polonicium) in Boondoggle Lake, a shallow lake (4.5 m) in northern Mississippi (Lafayette Co.). On each sampling date, measurements of the abiotic environment were made, including dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, and turbidity. Also, water …

Development Of Common Law In Civil Law Socieites, Chasity Shea Davis

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Magic Hour's Niche In The Marketplace: The Process Of Launching A Photography Magazine, Summer Anne Hill

Honors Theses

This thesis is the result of research completed in the Journalism 401 and Journalism 501 courses. In Journalism 401 I came up with my own magazine concept, researched its potential in the marketplace, and formulated a business plan. This plan includes information about my magazine concept, its potential competition, a wish list of advertisers, and a circulation plan. In 501,1 spent months designing a 68-page prototype of Magic Hour, my photography magazine. I created a logo, a cover page, a table of contents, ten departments, two columns, and four feature stories for the magazine. The goal of this project was …

Antibiotic Resistance In Northern Mississippi Wetlands, Shama Moktan

Honors Theses

Bacterial resistance to antibacterial agents is a condition in which there is no susceptibility or decreased susceptibility to antibacterial agents that ordinarily cause cell death or inhibition of bacteria. Bacterial resistance to antibacterial agents is a quantitative measurement of the efficiency or concentration expressed in micrograms per milliliter or as inhibition zones in millimeters for the diffusion technique of an antibacterial agent against a specific bacterium. In vitro methods for measurement of antibacterial activity are available that are based on testing increased concentrationsof antibacterial agent against a bacterial isolate to identify at which concentration the growth of the bacterium is …

Feeding Behaviour And Niche Overlap Of Two Species Of Wolf Spiders, Winter Lee Williams

Honors Theses

The diets of two species of spiders in the genus Rabidosa, Rabidosa punctulata and R. rabida, were intensively studied. These two species generally inhabit the same fields, but display very different life histories. This study has three major objectives. (1) Quantitatively address the commonly held belief that these spiders are opportunistic predators (Le., predators that take prey in the abundances in which they occur in the environment). (2) Measure the degree of niche overlap in diet for the two species (as a measure of the potential for competition). (3) Speculate on whether the overlap in diet or other factors may …

A Psychometric Investigation Of Measures Of Meaning, Gratitude, And Psychological Health, Natalie Lynn Cathcart

Honors Theses

Logotherapy, developed by Viktor Frankl, is a philosophy, a personality theory, and a means of treating emotional difficulties and establishing a sense of meaning and purpose in life. Meaning is the attempt to understand how events in life fit into a larger context. Gratitude is a generalized tendency to recognize and respond with appreciative emotion to other people’s benevolence. Gratitude is important to logotherapy because gratitude can be viewed as an attitude that flmctions as a pathway to meaning. Research suggests that both meaning and gratitude are positively linked to well-being and that a lack of meaning is linked to …

The Poetry Of A New Generation: An Investigation Of The Potential Use Of Hip-Hop And Modern Spoken Word In The Classroom, Aaron Lee Thompson

Honors Theses

AARON L. THOMPSON: The Poetry of a New Generation: An Investigation of the Potential Use of Hip-Hop and Modem Spoken Word in the Classroom (Under the direction of Adam Gussow)

This work will explore the connections between African American Literature and hip-hop culture. It will examine hip-hop music and modem spoken word performance as the newest forms of African American literature. Meanwhile, this thesis will emphasize issues such as the controversy surrounding the possibility of accepting hip-hop and urban spoken word performance as valuable forms of literature.

Chapter One will delve into the origins of both hip-hop music and modem …

Phytochemical And Biological Investigation Of Alkaloids From Zanthoxylum Syncarpum Tull Leaves, Mounirah A. Al-Azeib

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Hydrologic Controls On Wetland Tree Growth : Determining The Origin, Residence Time And Water Quality Of Groundwater In The Shallow Root Zone, Brian C. Laine

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Fire-Stimulated Flowering In The Genus Pityopsis, Amy K. Gowe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Getting Involved : Motivational Programs And Strategies To Influence Adolescent Art Students' And Their Teachers' Involvement In Art Museums, Katherine Patten

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Opiate-Receptor-Specific Effects On Domestic Fowl Social Attachment / By Jason E. Warnick, Jason E. Warnick

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Agricultural Producers And Agricultural Cooperatives With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2004; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Agribusiness Special Committee

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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The Effects Of A Distractor On Reaction Time Tasks In Rats: Mode Vs. Distribution Skew, Karen Melissa Damico

Honors Theses

Animal models of attention have been used by researchers to better understand the neurophysiological basis of attention, as well as attentional disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease and ADHD. Acetylcholine has been found to play a significant role in the ability of subjects to maintain focused attention in studies evaluating both human and animal performance. Percent omissions committed, performance accuracy, and reaction time are variables that have been interpreted by researchers as measures of attention. An alternate method for evaluating attention has been proposed that is based on dividing overall reaction time into initiation time and movement time. The initiation time …

The Daughter’S Struggle For Definition Both With And Against The Mother In Achieving Selfhood In Five Contemporary American Novels, Camille Leigh Comer

Honors Theses

The following thesis analyzes the mother-daughter relationships in Rebecca Wells’ Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya~Ya Sisterhood, Janet Fitch’s White Oleander and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees. Attempting to illustrate the central significance of relations between mothers and daughters in everyday life, I chose the four novels based on their recent popularity in mainstream society. For instance, both Divine Secrets and White Oleander have been made into films within the past few years. In gathering data for my thesis, I focused on information explaining why the relationships between mothers and daughters are especially potent …

The Use Of Dna Microarrays To Compare The Gene Expression Profiles Of Paclitaxel And Acetic Acid 2,2'-Thiobis, Bis [[(2-Hydroxyphynyl) Methylene]Hydrazid] In A549 Cells: Part 1, Jennifer Diane Ellzey

Honors Theses

There are several classes of anticancer drugs, including the antimicrotubule drugs, which halt mitosis by interfering with the activity of microtubules, the cylindrical protein polymers that play a role in segregating chromosomes during mitosis. While most antimicrotubule drugs act by destabilizing the microtubule polymer and reducing microtubule assembly, paclitaxel, a drug first isolated from the bark of Taxus brevefolia, halts mitosis by stabilizing microtubules, thus interfering with the dynamics of polymerization and depolymerization that are crucial to their function. In light of the mounting resistance to paclitaxel, it is more important than ever to discover new drugs with a similar …

Public Perceptions About Biotechnology, Don E. Albrecht

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Biotechnology represents a new generation of scientific and technological advancements and has the potential to result in profound changes in twenty-first century agriculture. Since the general public are the consumers of biotechnology products, public acceptance is vital. This article presents the results of a survey of a random sample of Texas residents on two significant issues. First, to what extent is the general public supportive of biotechnology, and second, are there some segments of the population that are more supportive of biotechnology than other segments. Survey results make it apparent that the Texas general public has a clear mandate about …

James Earl Jones Presents 'Shakespeare In The Minority Key' Jan. 13, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - James Earl Jones - the critically acclaimed Mississippi-born actor whose voice is as widely recognized as his face - presents a melange of Shakespeare's works Jan. 13 at the University of Mississippi.

Beauty As Currency, Joseph Abide

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This body of work addresses the concept of physical beauty and the attendant value that we as a society place upon it. Beauty shares characteristics with other prized possessions in life. It may be traded for monetary gain, as is the case with professional models. The exchange is not always so obvious. What constitutes beauty is open to many interpretations as to why it is deemed desirable. I have observed physical characteristics which are valued as attractive, change, from one social group to another and within that same society evolve with the passage of time.

Physical beauty differs from other …

The Application Of Intellectual Property Rights To Outer Space Activities, Ruwantissa Abeyratne

Journal of Space Law

No abstract provided.

Award-Winning Photographer's Work Exhibited At Museums Through Nov. 25, Nicklaus Simpson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Glimpse nature's raw beauty by viewing an award-winning photographer's exhibit through Nov. 25 at the University of Mississippi Museums.

Stray Cat Rescue Group Hosts Cat Food Drive, Fund-Raiser Thursday, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Feral University Rebel Rescuers, a University of Mississippi student organization dedicated to the population control of stray cats on campus, hosts a fund-raiser and dry cat food drive at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ole Miss Student Union plaza.

October 2003, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Meeting Minutes

Minutes for the October 2003 meeting of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate.

Feminine Context Of Prehistoric Notation Systems, David Oldroyd

Accounting Historians Notebook

A radical school of modern feminism exists which believes in the existence of a time in prehistory, before the male take-over, when society was universally matriarchal, and women enjoyed a more central role in society than men. The idea of an ancient matriarchy first gained ground in the 19th century amongst evolutionary theorists, such as Engels. He linked the oppression of women to the rise of the state, which he said had resulted in the separation of private and public domains, the activities of women being relegated to the private service of their husbands (Leacock, 1978, p. 255; Siverblatt, 1991, …

Accounting Historians Notebook, 2003, Vol. 26, No. 2 (October) [Whole Issue]

Accounting Historians Notebook

Copyright held by: Academy of Accounting Historians

Graduate Catalog. 2003-2004., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

Catalogs

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Nutrient Stoichiometry In Algal Responses To Multiple Stressors In Experimental Agricultural Wetlands, William Robert White

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was part of an EPA-funded experimental investigation of multiple stressor effects on agricultural wetlands. A 27-1 center point enhanced fractional factorial design was applied to 72 wetland mesocosms to examine 7 main effects and 21 two-way interaction effects (Montgomery 1997). Treatments included the agrichemicals monosodium methane arsenate (MSMA), chlorpyrifos and atrazine, inorganic nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silicon), the fathead minnow, suspended sediments (kaolinite), and UV radiation. Dissolved, suspended (sestonic), and periphyton C, N, and P, along with C:P, C:N, and N:P in each fraction were measured 2, 12, 24 and 48 days after treatments were added to the …

Complete Issue, Journal Editors

Southern Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

The Domestic Mode Of Production And Risk Management By Quintana Roo, Mexico, Rhonda S. Fair

Southern Anthropologist

Winning Entry, 2003 SAS Student Paper Competition: Graduate. In this study of Quintana Roo, Mexico in the 1940’s, Rhonda Fair applies the theory of the Domestic Mode of Production, formulated by Marshall Sahlins, to the detailed data collected and presented by Villa Rojas, and concludes with some important criticisms of the theory.

A Critical Evaluation Of The Frequency Of Anemia In Native American Populations, Kristina Marie Stoeppler

Southern Anthropologist

Winning Entry, 2003 SAS Student Paper Competition: Undergraduate. Kristin Marie Stoeppler examines paleopathological data on several Native American populations to assess risk factors for anemia among these groups. This gives us a window into the life experiences of some groups of Native Americans during historic times.