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An exploration of success factors in the healthcare supply chain
This research builds off previous research conducted in 2009 which included a survey of healthcare professionals assessing their organization’s levels of supply chain maturity (SCM) and data standard readiness (DSR) from ... -
Exploration Of The Genomes Of Two Diverse Conifers
My research is focused on advancing understanding of the genomes of two important distantly related conifer species, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. distichum). Loblolly ... -
Exploration of the Relationship Between Microbial Dendritic Shrub Structures and Formation of Aragonitic Botryoidal Cement
The objective of this project was to test the hypothesis that micritic, microbial, dendritic shrub structures transition into aragonite botryoids by serving as an organic substrate that promotes the initiation of aragonite ... -
Exploratory Study of the Caregivers' Perceived Barriers to Healthy Eating in the Mississippi Delta
The Mississippi Delta has been recognized for its poverty level and high rate of obesity. As an effort to combat the obesity issue while also considering the poverty issue of the population, a descriptive analysis was ... -
Explorer ... a new rye for Mississippi
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Exploring cybersex and alcohol addiction in college students
(Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education., 3/31/2008)Addiction and its staggering impact on today’s society is well established in literature. The existence of co-occuring addictions has been well documented by various researchers. Researchers found that the presence of ... -
Exploring Extensions Of Traditional Honeypot Systems And Testing The Impact On Attack Profiling
This thesis explores possibilities for extending the features of honeypot systems to decrease the chance of an attacker discovering that they have compromised a honeypot. It is proposed that by extending the period of time ... -
Exploring Feedback Mode Redundancy in Handheld Scanning Tasks
This study was conducted to determine whether or not combining feedback modes resulted in improved operator performance, given a specific task and environment. A common industrial handheld scanner with multiple feedback ... -
Exploring Math Anxiety as It Relates to Math Achievement, Gender, and Race
Students’ mathematic achievement has not met national, state, or local expectations for decades. The No Child Left Behind Act mandated that by school year 2013-2014, all students in public schools across the nation are to ... -
Exploring the 'Moment Of Knowing' and Double-Consciousness in Nella Larsen's Passing
This essay explores early twentieth century African American literature to investigate issues related to identity formation. It uses W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk and Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks to ... -
Exploring the Demography and Dental Anthropology of the Mississippi State Asylum Skeletal Sample (22Hi859) (1855-1935)
In 2013, Mississippi State University recovered 67 individuals from the Mississippi State Asylum Cemetery (1855-1935) in Jackson, Mississippi. The first goal of this research was to investigate heterogeneous frailty and ... -
Exploring the immunosuppressive properties of various agents in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis models of multiple sclerosis
One of the major focuses for our lab involves examining the immunosuppressive properties of various agents and receptors in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS). This ... -
Exploring the possibility of free floating features in visual working memory
A critical question in the study of human perception is whether information in visual working memory is stored as complete, bound-up objects, or as collections of un-bound visual features. Here I test whether the location ... -
Exploring the relationship between genetic variation in taste receptor genes and salt taste perception among people with hypertension
Different taste preferences and genetic variations may lead to particular food patterns that contribute to nutrient-related health outcomes such as hypertension. The objective of this study was to investigate single ... -
Exploring the Relationship between Volunteer Motives, Satisfaction, Commitment, and Intention to leave the Mississippi Master Gardener Program
The purpose of this study was to explore and to examine the relationship among Mississippi Master Gardeners’ characteristics, motives for volunteering as a Master Gardener, satisfaction serving as a Master Gardener, ... -
Exploring the Relationships Between Political Culture in Education Policy Practices and Outcomes in the American States
Education policy and funding is, and has historically been, the purview of the individual states. Each state developed its own education system and did so within the specific historical contexts unique to that state. ... -
Exploring the reliability and validity of the Human Spirituality Scale scores with older adults in independent living facilities
(Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education., 2008-04-01)This study sought to extend the findings of previous research about the construct of spirituality–as measured by the Human Spirituality Scale (HSS) developed by Wheat. To expand the research across the entire adult life ... -
Exploring the Role of Dopamine in Stress Response and Aging in Drosophila Melanogaster - Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dopamine (DA) is a catecholamine that is involved in several neural functions such as modulation of locomotor behaviors, arousal states to appetitive aversive learning and memory. The relationships between DA, stress ... -
Exploring the role of host species and abiotic factors on epiphytic bacterial communities in prickly pear cactus
The microorganisms that live in and on a host (the microbiome) influence host phenotype, health, and behavior in plants and animals. However, the effects of the host and environment on the composition of microbiome communities ... -
Exploring the Role of the Family CEO in Firm Innovation: A Capability-Based Perspective
Family firms are ubiquitous around the world. Family involvement in family businesses gives rise to unique features that not only make family firms behave distinctively from their non-family counterparts but also lead to ...