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The Technician Behind The Artist: Where Science Meets Art, Joella Vaughnn

Honors Theses

The thesis has two purposes: to evaluate the difference between oil, acrylic, gouache, and encaustic paint for the purpose of glazing and to integrate engineering and artistic principles into this thesis. My final evaluation across the four paints is that oil has the highest performing glaze. I believe it is the best glazer because time is not a constraint for me as an artist. If an artist has a time constraint on their painting, I recommend using acrylic mixed with an acrylic polymer medium as a glaze because the drying time is much faster than oil. I discovered that gouache …

An Examination Of The College Major Decisions Of Students At The University Of Mississippi, Jonathan P. Evans

Honors Theses

Factors such as socio-economic status affect students' level of educational aspiration. Furthermore, major (and thus career choice) may be influenced by race or gender. This study demonstrates the effects of academic aptitude, race, gender, first generation status, and importance of expected future earnings on undergraduate students' college major decision. More specifically, this study examines if these factors lead to an increase or decrease in the probability of students choosing a major in a specific field. The likelihood of choosing a major in a specific field is relative a baseline category, which can be changed.

Study Of An Active-State Cb1 Receptor Model And Jwh Compound Interactions To Predict New Emerging Synthetic Cannabinoids, Kelsey Leigh Pettus

Honors Theses

In recent years, a new class of compounds, called synthetic cannabinoids, have made their appearance in the market as a substitute for illegal marijuana or its constituent natural cannabinoids. These compounds, which are active at the same G- protein coupled receptors (GPCRS) as cannabinoids, are continuing to gain popularity because of the same cannabinoid-like effects they create. Though two cannabinoid receptors have been identified in humans, known as CB1 and CB2, synthetic cannabinoid activity at the CB1 receptor has been the focus of much research regarding synthetic cannabinoid ligand binding. In this study, the structure of the CB1 receptor is …

Statistical Analysis Of Arsenic Concentrations In Subsurface Soils At The University Of Mississippi Field Station, David Thomas Webb

Honors Theses

The purpose of this investigation is to determine how arsenic concentration varies in soils with respect to soil structures, grain size, soil type, and depth. The investigation was conducted at the University of Mississippi Field Station (UMFS). The UMFS is located in Abbeville, MS and is roughly 700 acres in size. It includes ponds and former agricultural fields, and lies within an internally draining basin. Seven boreholes were drilled using a direct push geoprobe and sampled. The cores obtained from the borings were then cut at one foot intervals, producing a total of 90 soil samples. Each sample was observed …

A Neural Network Approach To Handwriting Recognition In The Codex A, Eleanor C. Anthony

Honors Theses

In this research, an attempt to create a neural network classifier for the Latin uncial alphabet found in the Codex A, a late fourth century manuscript held by the Archivo Capitolare in Vercelli, Italy and the oldest of the Latin Gospels, is outlined. Training data collection methods, as well as image processing and artificial data creation methods used for expanding the training set, are discussed, as is their contribution to the success of the neural networks. While successful results are achieved for the testing sets, classification of new image data is largely unsuccessful. Potential improvement and avenues for expanding the …

Paleolithic Protection In A Western World: A Look Into Preagricultural Nutrition As A Remedy For The Diseases Of Civilization, Emilie R. Caron

Honors Theses

The aim of this investigation is to discover the associations of the Western diet to noncommunicable diseases and to determine if a reversion to a Paleolithic diet will provide treatment and prevention of these diseases. Noncommunicable diseases, otherwise known as Diseases of Civilization, are lifestyle influenced diseases and encompass obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and associated cancers. Incidences of these diseases have skyrocketed in the past century and show no signs of decline. Since 1900, the death rates due to heart disease and cancer have risen to account for 47% of total deaths in the United States in 2010. (Tippett, …

Strange Gospels, Emily R. Duhe

Honors Theses

This thesis is a collection of poetry and short stories dealing with different kinds and perspectives of strangeness, particularly with the concept of the Other.

Providing A Prescription Of School Choice To Improve Mississippi's K-12 Educational System: A Dose Of Education Savings Accounts Mixed With Charter Schools And Private School Vouchers, Eric Bennett

Honors Theses

This thesis investigates the research surrounding school choice programs, such as charter schools, private school vouchers, and education savings accounts (ESAs). My research investigates academic effects, fiscal effects, impact upon low-income and minority students, parental involvement and satisfaction, and public opinion of school choice programs. The ultimate goal of this thesis is to answer my central research question of, What is the ideal school choice picture for Mississippi, with two goals in mind: 1.) To rescue children currently trapped within underperforming schools without the means to transfer to a higher quality school. 2.) To reform the K-12 educational system in …

An Experimental Investigation Of A Reinforced Steel Frame Via Structural Dynamics, Ethan Baker

Honors Theses

With the current decaying condition of America's infrastructure, a need for a more efficient inspection method is evident. The combination of Structural Health Monitoring data and data analysis tools could be a solution. In this study, laboratory data was captured for both a baseline bare-frame and a wooden wall reinforced steel structure. A MATLAB®-based computer program, the in-house SHE™ accomplishes an array of tasks, including signal processing and modal decomposition among others. A SAP2000® model contextualized the experimental data by producing trend behaviors, such as mode order or common mode shapes. Both sequential and cumulative reinforcement detection was performed on …

Annual Report Of The Chancellor Of The University Of Mississippi, 2015-2016 V. I-Ii, University Of Mississippi. Chancellor

Annual Report of the Chancellor to the Board of Trustees of IHL

Chancellor, 2015: Daniel W. Jones

Chancellor, 2016: Jeffrey S. Vitter

Um Establishes Graduate Center For The Study Of Early Learning, Andrew M. Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

Childhood education program to support collaboration among pre-K stakeholders

Caring For The 'Heart Of The University', Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Dawn Of A New Era, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

School of Engineering's first female department chair taking CIS to another level

Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Compilation Of Prospective Financial Information, Compilation Of Prof Forma Financial Information, Omnibus Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services – 2016, December 8, 2015, Comments Are Requested By May 6, 2016; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2015, December 8, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

Marginal Empirical Likelihood Independence Screening In Sparse Ultrahigh Dimensional Additive Models, Junying Zhang

Probability & Statistics Seminar

Additive models have been proven to be very useful as they increase the flexibility of the standard linear model and allow a data-analytic transform of the covariates to enter into the linear model. In a high-dimensional setting where the dimensionality grows exponentially with the sample size, the urgent issue is to reduce dimensionality from high to a moderate scale. In this paper, we investigate the marginal empirical likelihood screening methods for ultrahigh dimensional additive models. The proposed nonparametric screening method selects variables by ranking a measure of the marginal empirical likelihood ratio evaluated at zero in order to differentiate the …

Ole Miss Engineer 2015-2016

Ole Miss Engineer

No abstract provided.

Cunningham Concludes Tenure As Cis Department Chair, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Longtime professor passing baton, returning to teaching and research

On Some Mathematical Problems Related To The Foundations Of (Classical) Statistical Mechanics, Alexander Grigo

Dynamical Systems Seminar

The study of mechanical systems has a several centuries long history of major scientific advances and discoveries. In particular, within the last 100 years two qualitatively distinct features, namely stability and stochastic-like behavior, have been studied with various success in a variety of contexts (e.g., the solar system and Brownian motion). In this talk, I will describe a few examples which are addressing the question of (1) how it is possible that even simple mechanical systems can behave like a random system, and (2) how it is possible to predict the evolution of mechanical systems with very many constituents. The …

November 9, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Existence Of Noncontractible Periodic Orbits Of Hamiltonian System Separating Two Lagrangian Tori On T*��N, Jinxin Xue

Dynamical Systems Seminar

In this talk, we show the existence of non contractible periodic orbits in Hamiltonian systems defined on T*��n separating two Lagrangian tori under certain cone assumption. Our result answers a question of Polterovich (Symplectic intersections and invariant measures, Annales mathematiques du Quebec (2014)). As an application, we find periodic orbits of almost all the homotopy types on a dense set of energy level in Lorentzian type mechanical Hamiltonian system. This solves a problem of Arnold (Mathematical problems in classical physics. Trends and perspectives in applied mathematics, Appl. Math. Sci., vol. 100, Springer, New York, (1994)).

Sarah Liljegren Honored With Nsf Career Award, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Associate professor of biology is sixth faculty member to receive the prestigious funding

Latanya Dixon Hears Call To Serve Community, Kelley Norris

University of Mississippi News

Doctoral student works to help students succeed in STEM fields

Algebraic Complexity Theory, Jerzy Weyman

Dalrymple Lecture Series

I will discuss the basic notions related to the complexity theory. The classes of P and NP problems will be defined, with examples given. Besides discussing the statements of the problems, I will talk about the effectiveness of algorithms used in linear algebra (multiplying matrices and solving the systems of linear equations). No previous knowledge of complexity theory will be assumed, however some knowledge of linear algebra (matrices and their multiplication) will be needed.

Former Nasa Rocket Scientist Set For Special Science Cafe, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

UM alumna Josephine Howard to discuss math and science careers Oct. 27

October 22, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

People, University Of Mississippi. Slavery Research Group

About the UMSRG

No abstract provided.

Two Year Report And Proposal For Future Projects, University Of Mississippi. Slavery Research Group

About the UMSRG

No abstract provided.

Experts, Athletes And Soldiers Part Of Um Neuroscience Conference, Michael Newsom

University of Mississippi News

Dr. Esther Sternberg, author of 'Healing Spaces: The Science and Place of Well Being,' set for keynote

Vol. 4, No. 1 (2015): Full Issue, Journal Editors

Journal of Contemporary Research in Education

No abstract provided.

Keywords, Fall 2015, University Of Mississippi Libraries

Keywords

No abstract provided.