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Blood Glucose Levels Of Esports Athletes During High Intensity Gaming, Gunner Rhoden

Honors Theses

Given the rise in popularity of Esports, it is important to better understand the relationship between Esports and the human body. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between blood glucose levels and performance in Esports. Ten undergraduate students (9 male, 1 female; age = 20.3±1.2 years; BMI = 28.8±7.6; Esports mean hours per week = 18.9±14.3) were recruited from the Esports club at the University of Mississippi. Blood glucose levels were measured using a HemoCue Glucose 201 Analyzer (Angelhome, Sweden) a total of 8 times (4 per session). After the completion of an initial familiarization session, …

Accounting Research And Professional Development, Ragan Riley

Honors Theses

This paper is a compilation of various accounting studies assigned by Dr. Victoria Dickinson throughout a yearlong professional development course for accounting. During each of the twelve cases, the student was required to identify accounting principle problems within the cases, research proper accounting practices, and critically think through how these situations should have been handled in order for these companies to be in accordance with GAAP. There were also cases that facilitated decision making for students in their future career such as location decisions and articles regarding current accounting problems. This course allowed students to network with peers and accounting …

A Tale Of Two Cities, Maybe Three A Look At Financial Literacy And Economic Development In Three Mississippi Cities: Fulton, Clarksdale, And Oxford, Kellie Reed Cleveland

Honors Theses

This paper explores the backbones of economic growth and how the backbones influence economic development in three cities in Mississippi. It further seeks to promote education in financial literacy throughout the state to create a base for individuals to further their financial education, create small businesses, or to simply be a knowledgeable citizen. The research sifts through backbones such as population health and small & big business influence, to explore how financial literacy influences daily life and the catalyst for businesses to start and grow. The Mississippi cities Fulton, Clarksdale, and Oxford are studied more in-depth through photos of the …

Acute Exercise On Memory Function: Open Vs. Closed Skill Exercise, Justin Cantrelle

Honors Theses

Accumulating research suggests that acute exercise may enhance memory function. Limited research, however, has evaluated whether the movement patterns of acute exercise may have a differential effect on memory. Such an effect is plausible, as research demonstrates that open-skilled exercise (e.g., racquetball) may have a greater effect on memory-related neurotrophins (e.g., brain-derived neurotrophic factors) when compared to closed-skilled exercise (e.g. treadmill exercise). A key distinction between open- and closed-skilled exercise is that open-skilled exercises are those that require an individual to react in a dynamic way to a changing, unpredictable environment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether …

Graduate School's Launch Paad Program Ready For Liftoff, Shea Stewart

University of Mississippi News

Program offers courses to advanced UM undergraduate students

Student Veteran’S Graduation 20 Years In The Making - Journey To Commencement, Jb Clark

Journey to Commencement

Jobie Charlie overcomes adversity, serves his country and provides for his family en route to graduation

Learn More, Explore More, Serve More - Journey To Commencement, Lisa Stone

Journey to Commencement

Rachael Pace makes the most of every opportunity at Ole Miss

Covid-19 Update For The University Of Mississippi Community, May 06, 2020, University Of Mississippi

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Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Covid-19 Updates, University Of Mississippi

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Campus Update Daily Digest for Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Official University Messages - Spring 2020 Checkout, University Of Mississippi

COVID-19 Website Archives

Official University Messages and Communications for Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Two Best Friends, Two Unexpected Journeys - Journey To Commencement, Sarah Sapp

Journey to Commencement

Raksha Chatakondi and Greta Koshenina find their passions in exercise science and classics

A Superhero In Scrubs - Journey To Commencement, Michael Newsom

Journey to Commencement

Booneville campus graduate works as nurse for COVID-19 patients and soon will become a teacher

Behind The Firewalls, Shea Stewart

University of Mississippi News

IT staff works to keep university's learning, teaching and operations moving remotely

Raman Spectroscopy Study Of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol And Cannabidiol And Their Hydrogen-Bonding Activities, Kalee Sigworth

Honors Theses

Cannabis and products containing its cannabinoids have grown rapidly in acceptance and use in recent years with legalization of cannabis in many countries and US states. Cannabidiol and Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol are two primary cannabinoids in Cannabis that have been shown to produce analgesic effects along with many other positive side effects for the user. These two cannabinoids interact with receptors in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems. No spectroscopic study to our knowledge has been performed to analyze the hydrogen bonding effects of interactions between these two cannabinoids and solvents. Here, we employ theoretical Raman spectra through computational methods to study …

Um Presents Excellence In Community Engagement Awards, Edwin B. Smith

University of Mississippi News

Second annual program recognizes achievements in community engagement

Six Freshmen Receive Odk Leadership Awards, Edwin B. Smith

University of Mississippi News

Prestigious honor recognizes outstanding skills and community involvement

Comparative Analysis Of The Results From The Ideal Gas Assumptions With More Rigorous Calculations From Pro/Ii Of The Production Of Pharmaceutical Grade Acetone, Soibifaa Frank-Briggs

Honors Theses

The Chemical engineering team was assigned by Landshark Inc to investigate the production of 30,000 tonnes/yr of pharmaceutical-grade acetone with a purity of 99.9 wt.% from the dehydrogenation of isopropanol (IPA). The team was tasked with determining the necessary process and unit operation criteria to ensure the economic feasibility of the proposed plant.

The major goal of this thesis is to provide a data comparison of the reactor in acetone production process when designed in Microsoft Excel and Pro/II. The first part of this thesis will introduce the base case briefly, transition into engineering optimizations and show the results found …

Open Meeting Agenda, May 5, 2020, Virtual, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Division. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Backed By His Um Legacy Family - Journey To Commencement, Abigail Meisel

Journey to Commencement

Biology pre-med blazes his trail to a career as a physician

All In The 'Phamily' - Journey To Commencement, Whitney Tarpy

Journey to Commencement

Brothers and pharmacy graduates follow in parents’ footsteps

Ole Miss Pharmacy Ranked Top 25 In Nation, Whitney Tarpy

University of Mississippi News

National rankings in academics, research funding highlight school's recent accomplishments

A Study Of The Product Development Process For The Transparent Kitchen Knife Block, Benjamin Payne

Honors Theses

The purpose of this document is to summarize the research and planning, design, market evaluation, cost analysis, and production process for a kitchen knife block. The team began by researching multiple knife block designs and evaluating what strengths and weaknesses existed with the basic models that are currently offered in different marketplaces. After collecting data on material costs and discussing different design features, the team created a survey in order to gauge consumer preferences and gain a better understanding as to what features and price point the average customer would consider purchasing. The resulting information was used to create an …

How Misinformation And Mistrust Compound The Threat Of Epidemics, William Boyd

Honors Theses

This thesis was conducted to study the effects of misinformation and medical mistrust on the public health field. I use the events of the Chapare Virus outbreak in Bolivia in the summer of 2019 and the public dialogue during that time period to discuss these themes. I used data from market survey's in La Paz, newspaper articles from Página Siete, and Tweets from the time period of the outbreak. My findings suggest that misinformation and medical mistrust affected public health measures, which has major implications for the way the public health field should address future public health events.

View Of Pakistani Residents Toward Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) During A Rapid Outbreak: A Rapid Online Survey, Khezar Hayat, Meagen Rosenthal, Sen Xu, Muhammad Arshed, Pengchao Li, Panpan Zhai, Gebrehaweria Kassa Desalegn, Yu Fang

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a deadly disease that is affecting most of the countries worldwide. Public understanding, including knowledge about signs and symptoms, mode of transmission, and hygiene of COVID-19, is vital for designing effective control strategies during a public health crisis. The current study is aimed at investigating the public’s perspective about COVID-19, including their knowledge, attitude, and practices. Methods: A rapid online survey comprising 22 items was administered during the rapid outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan. Questions were focused on the prevention, transmission, clinical features, and control of …

Biomove: Biometric User Identification From Human Kinesiological Movements For Virtual Reality Systems, Ilesanmi Olade, Charles Fleming, Hai Ning Liang

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Virtual reality (VR) has advanced rapidly and is used for many entertainment and business purposes. The need for secure, transparent and non-intrusive identification mechanisms is important to facilitate users’ safe participation and secure experience. People are kinesiologically unique, having individual behavioral and movement characteristics, which can be leveraged and used in security sensitive VR applications to compensate for users’ inability to detect potential observational attackers in the physical world. Additionally, such method of identification using a user’s kinesiological data is valuable in common scenarios where multiple users simultaneously participate in a …

Multicenter, Observational Cohort Study Evaluating Third-Generation Cephalosporin Therapy For Bloodstream Infections Secondary To Enterobacter, Serratia, And Citrobacter Species, Caroline Derrick, P. Brandon Bookstaver, Zhiqiang K. Lu, Christopher M. Bland

Faculty and Student Publications

Objectives: There is debate on whether the use of third-generation cephalosporins (3GC) increases the risk of clinical failure in bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by chromosomally-mediated AmpC-producing Enterobacterales (CAE). This study evaluates the impact of definitive 3GC therapy versus other antibiotics on clinical outcomes in BSIs due to Enterobacter, Serratia, or Citrobacter species. Methods: This multicenter, retrospective cohort study evaluated adult hospitalized patients with BSIs secondary to Enterobacter, Serratia, or Citrobacter species from 1 January 2006 to 1 September 2014. Definitive 3GC therapy was compared to definitive therapy with other non-3GC antibiotics. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression evaluated the impact of …

Broadband Subscriptions Vary In Mississippi: Implications For The Covid-19 Era, John J. Green

Population Briefs

Access to internet services has become a critical component to people’s livelihoods, impacting education, work, and health, among other realms of life. The need for people and organizations to rapidly adapt to the challenges caused by the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has underscored the importance of access to broadband, given K-12 schools and colleges shifting to remote learning, people needing to work from home, and increased reliance on telehealth services. Additionally, people are attempting to use these technologies for social support and cultural interactions. This Population Brief reports on household broadband subscriptions in Mississippi to identify spaces and …

Unanticipated Stressful And Rewarding Experiences Engage The Same Prefrontal Cortex And Ventral Tegmental Area Neuronal Populations, Alberto Del Arco, Junchol Park, Bita Moghaddam

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 Del Arco et al. Brain networks that mediate motivated behavior in the context of aversive and rewarding experiences involve the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and ventral tegmental area (VTA). Neurons in both regions are activated by stress and reward, and by learned cues that predict aversive or appetitive outcomes. Recent studies have proposed that separate neuronal populations and circuits in these regions encode learned aversive versus appetitive contexts. But how about the actual experience? Do the same or different PFC and VTA neurons encode unanticipated aversive and appetitive experiences? To address this, we recorded unit activity and local field …

The Trent Lott Leadership Institute Is Proud To Present Its Class Of 2020, University Of Mississippi. Lott Leadership Institute

Student Newsletters

Profiles include plans after graduation and favorite Lott memory.

Covid-19 Update For The University Of Mississippi Community, May 01, 2020, University Of Mississippi

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No abstract provided.