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Daily Digest - Friday, May 1, 2020 Covid-19 Updates, University Of Mississippi

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Studying Tiny Particles Could Hold Enormous Impact - Journey To Commencement, Shea Stewart

Journey to Commencement

Pharmaceutical sciences major focuses research on air pollution

Delving Into Intellectual Property Law - Journey To Commencement, Shea Stewart

Journey to Commencement

Law graduate uses time in UM Office of Technology Commercialization to expand knowledge

Pharmacy Matters - May 2020, University Of Mississippi. School Of Pharmacy

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Featured stories: "School Recognizes Students during 2020 Awards Week," "Pharmaceutics Alumni Find Success at FDA," "Graduate Students Find Impacts of Freshwater in Mississippi"

A Thumb On The Scale: Chinese Investment And Influence In Ecuador And Colombia, Christina Pendergrast

Honors Theses

Over the past two decades, Chinese involvement in the developing world has increased dramatically, raising concerns over the intentions behind the provision of development packages. Critics have accused China of a practice known as debt-trap diplomacy, a method of ensnaring less developed nations by providing more loans than those nations have the ability to feasibly pay back. While China denies that their loan and investment packages are provided with any ulterior motive, the influence held by an investor like China has the potential to impact these partner countries for decades to come. In light of the scope of China’s role …

An Evaluation Of The Eating Behaviors Of Honors College Undergraduate Students At The University Of Mississippi, Anna Bouthillier

Honors Theses

Eating disorders are defined as an illness that changes one’s relationship with food, that ultimately affects one’s emotions, thoughts, and physical well-being. Three types of eating disorders most commonly diagnosed are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and disordered eating. It is important to note that disordered eating is a term used to describe abnormal eating behaviors and feelings related to food that may or may not fall into a certain diagnostic category (Anderson, 2018). Many college students today are diagnosed with an eating disorder or disordered eating as a result of the increasing anxiety and pressures experienced at this age.

The …

Brief Survey And Testbed Development For Blockchain Based Internet Of Things, Aishwant Ghimire

Honors Theses

Blockchain and the Internet of Things are uprising in today’s technology world. Internet of Things or IoT are the devices with unique identifiers that share data or information over the internet whereas, Blockchain is a peer to peer network with a distributed ledger that contains a list of blocks that are linked together by cryptography. Fascinated and motivated by blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT), this thesis provides a review on blockchain based internet of things and also introduces a working testbed that integrates the two together. It also uses IoT device to invoke transactions into the blockchain. The reasons …

Financial Accounting Case Studies, Paul Andress

Honors Theses

This thesis is a combination of twelve different accounting case studies. These cases represent a culmination of two semesters’ worth of research on various topics that will help my career as an accountant. The cases range from company case studies to in-class activities including an excel certification course. The cases caused me to think critically about topics that affect the accounting profession which are not typically covered in my accounting course work. For example, the cases investigated Brexit, the financial crisis of 2008, and universal basic income. Also, the cases provided me with advice through interviews with experienced people in …

Measuring Religious Demographic Group Threat Among Americans And Its Impacts On Their Political Beliefs, Karsen Bailey

Honors Theses

Identity is one of the key drivers of American political behavior. Among these identities, be it partisan, ethnic, class, etc., religious identity has been more or less assumed to be one of the more powerful identities. I set out to measure how the threat of Christianity’s decline in the United States impacts the salience of religious identity and feelings towards religion-adjacent policies. Building off of an experimental design from Major et al (2016), I hypothesized that when exposed to data showing the decline of religiosity in the United States, subjects would demonstrate both a stronger religious identity and more conservative …

Applying International Law To The Regulation Of Media Incited Genocide: Rwanda And Myanmar, Savannah Whittemore

Honors Theses

The goal of this thesis is to demonstrate the connection between word and action in relation to the media incited genocide. By employing the operational definitions of intent, incitement, genocide, and hate speech from legal texts such as the Genocide Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, this thesis shows that there is suitable jurisprudence on the crime of direct and public incitement to genocide with the legal bodies statute mirrors the language of the Genocide Convention. This in conjunction with the language gradient on the changing role of messages before and during genocide shows that regulation …

A Comprehensive Evaluation Of Accounting Methods And Applications Through Case Studies, Dorothy Meachum

Honors Theses

This following thesis is a compilation of the case studies assigned by Dr. Victoria Dickinson, in fulfillment of the requirements for the University of Mississippi, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, and the Professional Research and Development Thesis Program. Each of the twelve case studies pertains to a different topic or problem concerning the application of accounting standards, accounting principles, or financial statement preparation and analysis. In addition, these cases present the application of accounting studies to real world scenarios, incorporating various fields such as finance, investments, risk assessment, and economics. Each of the financial cases introduced a company using their …

Mind Your Youth: Youth Unemployment And Islamic Radicalization, Caleb Ray

Honors Theses

This study examines the potential existence of a correlation between youth unemployment and Islamic Radicalization in the MENA using data from the World Bank, the Global Terrorism Database, and the Arab Barometer. It aims to add to the current body of research regarding socioeconomic drivers for radicalization and terrorism.

Pregnane Steroidogenesis Is Altered By Hiv-1 Tat And Morphine: Physiological Allopregnanolone Is Protective Against Neurotoxic And Psychomotor Effects, Jason Paris, Philippe Lière, Sarah Kim, Fakhri Mahdi, Meagen E. Buchanan, Sara R. Nass, Alaa N. Qrareya, Mohammed F. Salahuddin, Antoine Pianos, Neïké Fernandez, Zia Shariat-Madar, Pamela E. Knapp, Michaël Schumacher, Kurt F. Hauser

Faculty and Student Publications

Pregnane steroids, particularly allopregnanolone (AlloP), are neuroprotective in response to central insult. While unexplored in vivo, AlloP may confer protection against the neurological dysfunction associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The HIV-1 regulatory protein, trans-activator of transcription (Tat), is neurotoxic and its expression in mice increases anxiety-like behavior; an effect that can be ameliorated by progesterone, but not when 5α-reduction is blocked. Given that Tat's neurotoxic effects involve mitochondrial dysfunction and can be worsened with opioid exposure, we hypothesized that Tat and/or combined morphine would perturb steroidogenesis in mice, promoting neuronal death, and that exogenous AlloP would …

Pharmacy Professor Awarded Grant To Study Neuroregeneration, Patrick Smith

University of Mississippi News

Research by Biomolecular Sciences faculty could help treat brain and spinal injuries

Forging Her Own Footsteps To Help Others - Journey To Commencement, Lisa Stone

Journey to Commencement

Kayla Lovitt’s servant heart shapes her Ole Miss experience

Checklists And Illustrative Financial Statements : Not-For-Profit Entities, April 30, 2020, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Designing An Antibiotic Eluting Trauma Screw To Reduce Short Term Infection In Bone Fractures, Dominic Lincoln

Honors Theses

Orthopedic infection in the United States is one of the most common and severe health risks faced by trauma patients. The most prevalent infection is orthopedic and trauma device-related infection (ORDI) and often occurs in long bones at the fracture site. The purpose of this paper is to explore this infection, its causes, and solutions currently on the market while providing novel solutions to the problem. The designs proposed will be evaluated for their effectiveness and value, while attempting to keep costs low for all stakeholders. The feasibility of patenting these ideas will also be considered, as will the testing …

How Streaming Services Changed The Way We Listen To And Pay For Music, Claire Carter

Honors Theses

This thesis seeks to explain how streaming services have changed the way we listen to and pay for music. Furthermore, this analysis examines the perspective of consumers and artists on streaming services. Most data is obtained from various academic journals and organizations involved in the music industry. The result of this research indicates that after the financial peak of the music industry in 1999, a decline in revenues was due to emerging technology, the illegal file sharing website Napster and piracy, the industry’s response to piracy, and digital downloads. As streaming services started to emerge the shift in revenues from …

Concordance Between Electronic Health Record Data And Medicare Part D Claims Data For Oral Anticancer Drug Use, Manvi Sharma, Michael L. Johnson, Hui Zhao, Sharon H. Giordano, Holly M. Holmes

Faculty and Student Publications

Real-world evidence from electronic health records (EHRs) and claims data are being evaluated for use in regulatory decision-making.^1,2 The objective of our study was to determine the concordance between EHR and Medicare Part D (MPD) claims data for the receipt of oral anticancer agents, a rapidly growing treatment option for cancer.

Covid-19 Update For The University Of Mississippi Community, April 29, 2020, University Of Mississippi

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Update On University Operations During Covid-19, Glenn F. Boyce

COVID-19 Emails

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Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Covid-19 Updates, University Of Mississippi

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Campus Update Daily Digest for Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Official University Messages - Update On University Operations During Covid-19, University Of Mississippi

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Official University Messages and Communications for Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Bacterial Load In Virtual Reality Headsets, Benjamin Creel

Honors Theses

Virtual reality technology is a rapidly growing field of computer science. Virtual reality utilizes headsets which cover the user’s eyes, nose, and forehead. In this study, I analyzed the potential for these headsets to become contaminated with bacteria. The nosepieces and foreheads of two HTC Vive VR headsets of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Mississippi were sampled over the course of a seven-week Immersive Media (CSCI 447) course. Serial dilutions were performed, and samples were plated on various culture media. Following incubation, counts of bacteria were determined. DNA was extracted from bacterial growth on plates from …

A Study Of The Antioxidant Versus Pro-Oxidant Nature Of The Amyloid Beta Peptide And An Analysis Of The Natural Products, Isorhamnetin And Narignenin, As Antioxidants, Kaylee Holmes

Honors Theses

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder with no cure. Due to the widespread effects of this disease, abundant research efforts have gone towards finding a cure. The amyloid beta (Ab) peptide has been shown to be a potential cause of the disease due to destructive effects on tissues that it can have both by itself and through reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. This study was performed in order to assess the structural properties of Ab₄₂monomers, fibrils and oligomers, to assess the antioxidant versus pro-oxidant behavior of the Ab peptide, and to assess the antioxidant nature of the natural …

Socializing Caregiving: Social Services, Women's Employment, And Overall Economic Success, Summer Caraway

Honors Theses

Despite general advancements in the status of women in recent decades, women still experience unequal access to the workforce in most countries, in part due to their caregiving responsibilities. This thesis analyzes the effects of different social services on women’s employment in all developed OECD countries, as well as the effect of women’s employment on the economy in these same countries. Then this thesis examines pro-female-employment policies in case studies on Ireland, France, and Sweden to determine the most effective means of promoting women’s employment.

Finding Aid For The Katallagete / James Y. Holloway Collection (Mum00249)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

Manuscripts and correspondence related to Katallagete, the journal of the Committee of Southern Churchmen. Published from the 1960s to 1991, the journal was edited by James Y. Holloway, and boasted contributions by notable people such as Thomas Merton, Fannie Lou Hamer, Billy Graham, and Will Campbell, among many others. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, loose journal issues, and other materials relating to the creation and publication of Katallagete. Also contains materials that pertain to the career of James Holloway.

Finding Love And Leadership - Journey To Commencement, Sydney Dupriest

Journey to Commencement

Stamps Scholars Sally Boswell and R.G. Pickering cap college careers together by getting engaged

The Crowned Um Career Of Charismatic Carl Tart - Journey To Commencement, Michael Newsom

Journey to Commencement

Senior from Yazoo City reflects on being UM’s first-ever homecoming king in ‘a spot that ever calls’

Separate And Unequal: The Causes And Effects Of Economic Inequality In Our Communities, And What We Must Do About It, Jonathan Payne

Honors Theses

This project seeks to create a deep understanding of some of the key causes and effects of economic inequality. In it, I review a wide variety of research and reporting on inequality as well as interview people that have been impacted by inequality in my community, Oxford, Mississippi. This information, as a whole, is not meant to create a complete, comprehensive understanding of income and wealth inequality, which would be impossible. Instead, it is a meditation on the origins, cycles, outcomes and ethical implications of the phenomenon. In it, I contend that the vast majority of negative outcomes of inequality, …