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What’S In Your Glass? Whether Milk Labels Should Be Based On Creation Process Or End Product (Part I Of Iii), Samantha Masters

Law Review Blog Posts

This blog series analyzes the product-versus-process debate of bio-identical dairy products through the lens of the cultured meat industry and proposes a framework for milk labeling regulation.

Vengeance Is Mine How Religious Southern White Supremacy Shaped The Prison Industrial Complex, Kristen Davis

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

White supremacy and the prison industrial complex have a long history of reinforcing one and other. Throughout this history Southern white religious groups have co-opted Christianity to inform their beliefs on crime and punishment. As a result, social, political, and economic efforts to maintain religious white supremacist ideals have bled into and shaped the criminal justice system. This research explores the evolution of these groups’ impact starting with American slavery and ending with the present day by assessing the strategic integration of Christianity, white supremacy, and the politics of crime. This chronological analysis reveals historical foundations as well as modern …

Burl Cain, Angola, And Parchman: The National Institution Of Slavery, Cameron Dougherty

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Former warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary and current commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections Burl Cain’s career has drawn national attention for his supposed heraldry of penal reform. Having declared himself to be fulfilling a divinely mandated mission, Cain has frequently cited his criteria of a “good prison: good playing, good praying, good food and good medicine.”1 This article seeks to critically examine these criteria as they relate to Cain’s tenures in both Louisiana and Mississippi while answering the following question: what is the human impact of Burl Cain’s approach to wardency? Despite his focus on the provision …

The Child Welfare Workforce Crisis – What We’Re Hearing From The Field, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

Other QIC-WD Products

The Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD) and the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) in collaboration with the Capacity Building Centers for States, Tribes, and Courts, recently worked with representatives of the Children’s Bureau to listen to concerns of state child welfare and human resources (HR) leaders about the child welfare workforce. This blog post highlights what leaders (representing 29 states) described as their biggest concerns and what strategies agencies have put in place to reduce turnover and improve the applicant pool. We have also included links to information about evidence-informed efforts that could help jurisdictions address some …

Save, Gamble, Or Both? The Relationship Between Premium Bond Sales And Lottery Sales In The United Kingdom, Kaden Seth Grace

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Four out of every ten Americans are unable to pay for an unexpected $400 bill out of their savings accounts. To ameliorate this problem, one policy to incentivize saving is a Prize-Linked Savings Account (PLSA). Unlike a traditional savings account that pays out a consistent rate of return, a PLSA pools the interest on all deposits and distributes the returns in randomly drawn prizes (similar to a lottery). However, PLSAs remain illegal in many areas due to a concern that the introduction of a private or public PLSA could cannibalize revenue from an existing state-sponsored lottery, thus restricting the state’s …

It Should Not Matter What Type Of Officer Wrongly Arrests You: Using Civil Rights Actions To Protect Peaceful Protestors, Cole Craghan

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Mechanical Tbc Failure In Complex Geometries, Mario Rudolphi, Mathias C. Galetz

Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings VI

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Guest Essay, Timothy Yenter

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Dr. Timothy Yenter is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mississippi in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and Interim Associate Dean for Capstone in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.

Advancing Physiology With Expanded Multi-Omics., Mingyu Liang, Allen W Cowley, Andrew S Greene, Aron M Geurts, Pengyuan Liu, Yong Liu, Sridhar Rao

Faculty Research 2022

No abstract provided.

Raid Elite, Wenda Li

College of Computing and Digital Media Dissertations

This game inspiration are the real-time strategy game and raid in MMORPG. In this game, you need to get familiar with and operate five different characters. There are two bosses you can choose to fight. This game use Unity 2020.3.18f2c2 as game engine. All art is hand drawn. The design goal is making a game with certain depth which requires some effort to win. The design challenge for myself is design some interesting boss fights and accomplish a complete game which has good visual feedback.

Vulnerability, Invulnerability, And The Mechanism Of Disavowal, Mariah C. Partida

Philosophy ETDs

In this dissertation, I defend the view that, contrary to popular opinion, vulnerability is not merely susceptibility to harm but also openness to unanticipated change and transformation. Drawing on the work of Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Erinn Gilson, Gilles Deleuze, and Benedict Spinoza, I also aim to show that vulnerability is not a static property of some individuals but rather a relational process that is both universal and differently distributed. My original contribution to vulnerability studies is to trace the mechanism of disavowal across 20^th and 21^st century figures in philosophy: from Heidegger’s account of disavowing our …

Snitches Cause Stitches: The Need For Legislative Reform On Jailhouse Informant Testimony Laws, Jennifer Sutterer

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

First-Order Phase Transition And Fate Of False Vacuum Remnants, Kiyoharu Kawana, Philip Lu, Ke-Pan Xie

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

False vacuum remnants in first-order phase transitions in the early Universe can form compact objects which may constitute dark matter. Such remnants form because particles develop large mass gaps between the two phases and become trapped in the old phase. We focus on remnants generated in a class of models with trapped dark sector particles, trace their development, and determine their ultimate fate. Depending on model and phase transition parameters, the evolutionary endpoint of these remnants can be primordial black holes, Fermi-balls, Q-balls, or thermal balls, and they all have the potential to constitute some portion or the whole of …

A Colorimetric Method To Measure In Vitro Nitrogenase Functionality For Engineering Nitrogen Fixation, Lucía Payá-Tormo, Diana Coroian, Silvia Martín-Muñoz, Artavazd Badalyan, Robert T. Green, Marcel Veldhuizen, Xi Jiang, Gema López-Torrejón, Janneke Balk, Lance C. Seefeldt, Stefan Burén, Luis M. Rubio

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the reduction of N2 into NH3 in a group of prokaryotes by an extremely O2-sensitive protein complex called nitrogenase. Transfer of the BNF pathway directly into plants, rather than by association with microorganisms, could generate crops that are less dependent on synthetic nitrogen fertilizers and increase agricultural productivity and sustainability. In the laboratory, nitrogenase activity is commonly determined by measuring ethylene produced from the nitrogenase-dependent reduction of acetylene (ARA) using a gas chromatograph. The ARA is not well suited for analysis of large sample sets nor easily adapted to automated robotic determination of nitrogenase activities. …

Front Matter, Journal Editors

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Visual Interlude: Ye Olde Miss, Nicolette Boyd

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Artist's statement: This map is designed to represent the essence of the University of Mississippi's lush and vibrant campus, while taking it back in time and space to an age of medieval wonder and mythos.

Soul Food And Soul Searching: How The Relationship Between Food In Black Culture And Racialized Beauty Standards Can Lead To Disordered Eating Symptoms In Black Women, Sydni Davis

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Food is an important part of Black culture, expression, and history, but it is often underrepresented in research on eating disorders. Previous research has shown that Black women experience eating disorders comparable to White women when measured using the Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses. In light of this, I wanted to know the stories behind women that might exhibit eating disorder symptoms. I used oral histories gathered from three women in my family and autoethnography to amplify the voices of Black women. I found that of my small sample size, 50% felt that they had an unhealthy relationship with food …

The Effect Of Music On The Memory Of Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease, Elizabeth Johns

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative cognitive condition. Recent research has explored nonpharmaceutical treatments such as music therapy for those affected by this illness. This paper aims to consolidate current knowledge related to music therapy and aspects of memory (long-term, shortterm, and mnemonic) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. This paper also highlights some shortcomings in current research, as there is much work to be done before music therapy can be used as a viable treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

Queer Politics In Pre And Post Independence Cameroon Through The Lens Of Weberian Political Authority, Logan Baggett

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Policy in Cameroon, and on the African continent more generally, is often summarily referred to as the result of neopatrimonial authority. This paper rejects the framework of neopatrimonial authority in Cameroon, applying Weberian notions of charismatic authority to trace the development of queer policy from the pre-colonial period to the present. This paper first analyzes the impact of European colonialism on legal language and then investigates the rhetorical defense of this legal language following independence. Since statehood, the presidencies of Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960 - 1982) and Paul Biya (1982 - ) have implemented selective enforcement of inherited legalisms through near …

By Her Hands: An Analysis Of The Hidden Labor Of Black Women At The Hugh Craft House Site In Holly Springs, Mykayla Williamson

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

This project considers the gap in theorizing the hidden labor of Black women in the seldom-researched setting of urban slavery. The project unearths the hidden labor of Black women by analyzing architectural, primary, and secondary documentary evidence surrounding the urban antebellum Hugh Craft House site in Holly Springs, Mississippi. It draws on household and Black feminist archaeology theories to uncover the hidden labor in the domestic spheres that the enslaved women were actively shaping. Research methods included reviewing archival footage; site visits; examining primary sources; and consulting secondary sources on antebellum households, household archaeology, and Black feminist archaeology. This research …

How Much Further Can Southern Resilience Go?, Abbie-Noel Pittman

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Climate change affects everyone. However, the Southeastern United States is at a higher risk of negative effects. The South is especially vulnerable to climate change not because mitigation will drain resources, but because those resources were never available in the first place. This paper describes the geographic disadvantages of the Southeastern United States and explains how prior institutional inequality will exacerbate those disadvantages for marginalized groups and communities. The South depends on agriculture and tourism economically, both of which are heavily climate dependent. For southerners who already lack resources, the destruction of two main job industries would be detrimental. This …

Closing The Gap: Documenting Black Women's Involvement In The Integration Of The University Of Mississippi, Brittany Ellis

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper explores the lack of documentation around the first Black woman to racially integrate the University of Mississippi—Verna Ann Bailey—and the rest of her cohort of the first Black female graduating class of 1968. In doing so, I recount how Black women were consistently and directly involved in political activism and student protests at UM in the years from 1965-1970. The narrative of integration at UM is oftentimes viewed as a singular event that started and ended in 1963—not a fluid and long-lasting effort made possible by the sacrifices and determination of a long list of pioneers.

Differentiating Fissure-Fed Lava Flow Types And Facies Using Radar And Lidar: An Example From The 2014–2015 Holuhraun Lava Flow-Field, Gavin Douglas Tolometti, Catherine D. Neish, Christopher W. Hamilton, Gordon R. Osinski, Antero Kukko, Joana R.C. Voigt

Earth Sciences Publications

Distinguishing between lava types and facies using remote sensing data is important for interpreting the emplacement history of lava flow-fields on Earth and other planetary bodies. Lava facies typically include a mixture of lava types and record the collective emplacement history of material preserved at a particular location. We seek to determine if lava facies in the 2014–2015 Holuhraun lava flow-field are discernible using radar roughness analysis. Furthermore, we also seek to distinguish between lava types using high resolution Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data. We extracted circular polarization ratios (CPR) from the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar and …

"Seven Years' Worth Of Opportunity": Championing Diversity And Inclusion As Chief Circuit Judge, Carl E. Stewart

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

Gull Plumages Are, And Are Not, What They Appear To Human Vision, Muir D. Eaton, Pilar Benites, Luke Campillo, Robert E. Wilson, Sarah A. Sonsthagen

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Clear correlations between human and bird visual assessments of color have been documented, and are often assumed, despite fundamental differences in human and avian visual physiology and morphology. Analyses of plumage colors with avian perceptual models have shown widespread hidden inter-sexual and inter-specific color variation among passerines perceived as monochromatic to humans, highlighting the uncertainty of human vision to predict potentially relevant variation in color. Herein, we use reflectance data from 13 Larus gull species as an exemplar data set to study concordance between human vision and avian visual modeling of feather colors near, or below, the human threshold for …

Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening In Primary Care, Bushra Iqbal

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the U.S., although it is preventable with adequate routine screening. Medically underserved minorities and immigrants require screening program awareness in their respective communities. The incidence of CRC remains markedly high despite the screening modalities among various populations. In the United States (U.S.), there were approximately 147,950 reported CRC diagnoses, 53,200 deaths, and over 35.2 cases per 100,000 in California alone reported in 2020 (Siegel et al., 2020). Healthcare providers can prevent colorectal cancer (CRC) through adequate routine screening. Various screening practices are widely implemented in primary cases …

The Natural History And Ecology Of Melanism In Red Wolf And Coyote Populations Of The Southeastern United States – Evidence For Gloger’S Rule, Joseph W. Hinton, Kyla M. West, Daniel J. Sullivan, Jacqueline L. Frair, Michael J. Chamberlain

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

Background: Gloger’s rule postulates that animals should be darker colored in warm and humid regions where dense vegetation and dark environments are common. Although rare in Canis populations, melanism in wolves is more common in North America than other regions globally and is believed to follow Gloger’s rule. In the temperate forests of the southeastern United States, historical records of red wolf (Canis rufus) and coyote (Canis latrans) populations document a consistent presence of melanism. Today, the melanistic phenotype is extinct in red wolves while occurring in coyotes and red wolf-coyote hybrids who occupy the …

Who's Publishing What: The Time Traveling Matchmaker, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

In The Time Traveling Matchmaker (Wild Rose Press), the latest book by Janie Emaus, love takes on a new meaning when soul mates are brought together through time and space.

Ditching The Helicopter, Donna Fentanes

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I've been a mom for almost 35 years. I passed Helicopter Parenting 101 with flying colors. My friend admirably remarked once that, "You always know where your kids are!"

Dna - Chemistry Of Life, Abdulrazzak Hammody Al-Qaraghuli, Ayad Ahmed Al-Taweel

Al-Esraa University College Journal for Medical Sciences

The chemical structure of DNA, RNA, telomeres, and mitochondria and their principal components are reviewed based on the type of chemical bonds and interactions between those components. This study also briefly outlines the types of chromosomes and genes in the cells of some living species, including humans. An approach regarding the polymeric nature of DNA is introduced, including the number of units or molecules in the polymer based on the unit cell dimensions of crystalline DNA material. Furthermore, the mechanism of protein synthesis inside the living cell, including the role of DNA and RNA in this process, is discussed.