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Through The Media's Eyes: The Media Coverage Of The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike And The Assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ashton Brooks Logan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this professional project, the researcher aims to uncover media bias presented in two publications, The New York Times and The Commercial Appeal in the coverage of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. The researcher gathered fifteen articles spanning a date range from February 13, 1968 to June 9, 1968 in order to successfully gain perspective on the various events that took place. Five research questions were presented to investigate the diversity of direct quotes, writing style, story placement and length of stories. Three individuals assisted in interpreting the articles using …

The Influence Of Isometric Handgrip Exercise And Blood Flow Restriction On The Changes In Muscle Size, Strength, And Resting Limb Blood Flow In Trained And Untrained Limbs, Vickie Wong

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Background: Baseline vascular networks or significant changes in vascular network due to resistance training may induce greater muscle growth. Evidence doesn't support a causal relationship between changes in muscle size and strength. Cross-education is observed with high-intensity/loads and adding blood flow restriction to low-intensity exercises results in greater muscle growth, strength, and resting limb blood flow.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of exercise intensity and blood flow restriction on muscle size, strength, and resting limb blood flow in both trained and untrained arms.

Methods: A total of 179 participants were randomized into: low-intensity isometric handgrip exercise (LI), low-intensity isometric handgrip …

Front Matter, Journal Editors

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

Second Story, Matt Kessler

Yalobusha Review

Winner of the 2022 Barry Hannah Prize in Fiction, judged by Deesha Philyaw

Sicko, Grace Shuyi Liew

Yalobusha Review

Runner-up for the 2022 Barry Hannah Prize in Fiction, judged by Deesha Philyaw

Full Issue, Journal Editors

Yalobusha Review

A Conversation with Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman. Fiction by Mialise Carney, Matt Kessler, and Grace Shuyi Liew. Poetry by John-Michael Bloomquist, Megan Hall, Kara Dorris, Erik Carlsen, Anthony Borruso, Paige Welsh, C. Francis Fisher, and Nisha Atalie. Art by Blair Hobbs.

Wilderness As Manufactured Home, Kara Dorris

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Forearm Pronation On Ultrasound-Measured Forearm Muscle Thickness In Children And Adolescents, Takashi Abe, Hayao Ozaki, Akemi Abe, Jeremy P. Loenneke

Faculty and Student Publications

Background and Aim: It was unknown whether ultrasound-measured forearm muscle thickness was impacted by pronation of the forearm. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of forearm pronation on two forearm muscle thicknesses (MT-ulna and MT-radius). Participants and Methods: Fourteen healthy children and adolescents sat on a chair with their right arm comfortably on a table, and their hands were fixed to the board with elastic bands. The probe was placed perpendicularly over the forearm, and the angle of the board was then pronated in 5° increments from -10° to 30°. The average value of the two …

Mississippi Writers Page, University Of Mississippi. Department Of English, University Of Mississippi Libraries

MWP Projects

This open educational resource preserves much of the original text from the Mississippi Writers Page, an online site maintained by the University of Mississippi's Department of English from the late 1990s through the mid-2000s. Focusing on writers both born and working in Mississippi, it included biographies of the writers, information about their books and other publications, and bibliographies of other information sources (including literary criticism).

Staff from the University of Mississippi Libraries compiled the text into an open volume in 2022, but did not revise the original work.

Linguistics Professor Secures Grant To Study Wordlikeness Judgments, Erin Garrett

University of Mississippi News

National Science Foundation-funded project to include native English and Korean speakers

Scotts Provide Gifts To Children's Book Festival In Tribute To Mother, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

OXFORD, Miss. Elementary school students will be encouraged to love reading, thanks to a University of Mississippi endowment paying tribute to the late Elaine Hoffman Scott, of Little Rock, Arkansas, remembered for her great passion for education and the arts. The Elaine Hoffman Scott Memorial Endowment and Memorial Fund, which will support the Children's Book Festival, were established with $72,000 in gifts from her son, Bran Scott, of San Jose, California; and daughters Melissa Scott, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Caitlin Scott, of Petaluma, California.

Supporting Reading Experiences For Children, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Students Top Regional Ethics Competition, Eye National Title, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

Ethics Bowl competitors sharpen research, ethical knowledge, communication skills

Professor Launches Lgbtqia+ Emergency Fund, Benita Whitehorn

University of Mississippi News

Sarah Isom Center director organized nonprofit to address concern

Immunogenetic Role Of Il17a Polymorphism In The Pathogenesis Of Recurrent Miscarriage, Shafat Ali, Sabhiya Majid, Md Niamat Ali, Mujeeb Zafar Banday

Faculty and Student Publications

Interleukin-17A (IL17A) is a proinflammatory cytokine and is assumed to play an important role in fetal rejection. In order to evaluate the potential role of IL17A polymorphism in the pathogenesis of recurrent miscarriage (RM), serum IL17A levels were estimated by ELISA. Single-nucleotide polymorphism was assessed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment-length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) using gene-specific primers and the EcoNI restriction enzyme. Serum IL17A levels were nonsignificantly (p > 0.5) low in RM patients compared with the control group. IL17A gene amplification by PCR yielded the undigested product of 815 bp, and its digestion with EcoNI enzyme produced 815, 529, 286, and 270 …

Psychometric Properties Of The 26-Item Eating Attitudes Test (Eat-26): An Application Of Rasch Analysis, Natalie M. Papini, Myungjin Jung, Amanda Cook, Nanette V. Lopez, Lauren T. Ptomey, Stephen D. Herrmann, Minsoo Kang

Faculty and Student Publications

Background: The 26-item Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) is a commonly used tool to assess eating disorder risk. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the EAT-26 with a combined sample: (1) of adults with overweight and obesity enrolled in a behavioral weight loss program and (2) general adult sample (n = 469; age = 36.17 ± 17.83 years; female = 72.5%; white = 66.3%; obese BMI category = 58%). Methods: Rasch modeling was used to assess model-data fit, create an item-person map to evaluate relative distribution items and persons, item difficulty, and person’s eating disorder …

Development Of The Spur Tool: A Profiling Instrument For Patient Treatment Behavior, Béatrice Tugaut, Selam Shah, Kevin Dolgin, Hanna Rebibo Seror, Benoit Arnould, Marie Eve Laporte, Aaron Lee, Lydiane Nabec, Reem Kayyali, Joshua Wells, John D. Piette, Guillaume Hubert

Faculty and Student Publications

Background: Long-term treatment adherence is a worldwide concern, with nonadherence resulting from a complex interplay of behaviors and health beliefs. Determining an individual’s risk of nonadherence and identifying the drivers of that risk are crucial for the development of successful interventions for improving adherence. Here, we describe the development of a new tool assessing a comprehensive set of characteristics predictive of patients’ treatment adherence based on the Social, Psychological, Usage and Rational (SPUR) adherence framework. Concepts from existing self-reporting tools of adherence-related behaviors were identified following a targeted MEDLINE literature review and a subset of these concepts were then selected …

South-To-North Migration Preceded The Advent Of Intensive Farming In The Maya Region, Douglas J. Kennett, Mark Lipson, Keith M. Prufer, David Mora-Marín, Richard J. George, Nadin Rohland, Mark Robinson, Willa R. Trask, Heather H. J. Edgar, Ethan C. Hill, Erin E. Ray, Paige Lynch, Emily Moes, Lexi O’Donnell, Thomas K. Harper, Emily J. Kate, Josue Ramos, John Morris, Said M. Gutierrez

Faculty and Student Publications

The genetic prehistory of human populations in Central America is largely unexplored leaving an important gap in our knowledge of the global expansion of humans. We report genome-wide ancient DNA data for a transect of twenty individuals from two Belize rock-shelters dating between 9,600-3,700 calibrated radiocarbon years before present (cal. BP). The oldest individuals (9,600-7,300 cal. BP) descend from an Early Holocene Native American lineage with only distant relatedness to present-day Mesoamericans, including Mayan-speaking populations. After ~5,600 cal. BP a previously unknown human dispersal from the south made a major demographic impact on the region, contributing more than 50% of …

Money Moves: An Analysis Of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment In Europe, Susan Soh

Honors Theses

In recent years, China has begun engaging in outward foreign direct investment (FDI). There is a significant amount of literature dedicated to understanding China’s FDI in developing nations. However, very little research has been conducted over Chinese FDI in advanced economies. As a result of this gap in existing literature, the question arises, what explains Chinese FDI in Europe?

As FDI is a transaction to which both the donor and recipient countries must agree, this thesis has a dual focus. One chapter of the thesis analyzes the effects of and motivations for Chinese FDI on European nations. In this chapter, …

What Place For Jus Cogens? How Manfred Lachs Foresaw New Thinking In International Space Law, Laura Jamschon Mac Garry, Steven Freeland

Journal of Space Law

No abstract provided.

November 17, 2022, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Student Learns Law, Language During Summer Internship, Sydney Pender

University of Mississippi News

Savannah Whitmore is first Ole Miss student to participate in German American Exchange program

Student Learns Law, Language During Summer Internship, Sydney Pender

University of Mississippi News

Savannah Whitmore is first Ole Miss student to participate in German American Exchange program

Finding Aid For The Bill Fitzhugh Collection (Mum00786)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

This collection contains the research, notes, publications, photographs, and drafts of author Bill Fitzhugh.

Finding Aid For The Lee Annis Collection (Mum00758)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

Dr. Lee Annis is the author of Big Jim Eastland: The Godfather of Mississippi (2016), a biography of U.S. Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi. This collection contains his research notes, including notes of oral interviews, recordings, and manuscripts of the book.

Finding Aid For The General Wirt Adams Collection (Mum00755)

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Collection of papers relating primarily to the life and military career of General William Wirt Adams. Bulk of collection consists of Civil War era correspondence and documents collected in two scrapbooks by Adams following 1865.

Finding Aid For The Cultural Events Collection (Mum00547)

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Collection contains programs and schedules related to cultural events at the University of Mississippi from 1907-2006.

Finding Aid For The George Mclean Collection (Mum00291)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

Collection contains religious materials, education notes, speeches, and tapes related to the life and work of George McLean.

Finding Aid For The William “Fishbait” Miller Collection (Mum00296)

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William M. "Fishbait" Miller served as Doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1974 (serving as Minority Doorkeeper from 1953 to 1955 when the Republican Party held the majority). The collection contains files related to his administrative post in Congress, as well as personal papers, photographs, recordings, and memorabilia.

Finding Aid For The Evans B. Harrington Collection (Mum00219)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

Collection consists of correspondence, publishing, and ephemera related to the life and work of Evans B. Harrington. Items were created 1950s-1990s.