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Investigating the impact of stereotype threat on undergraduate engineering students
(Mississippi State UniversityJames Worth Bagley College of Engineering, 7/19/2019)The purpose of this dissertation is to explore how stereotype threat impacts women and minorities within the College of Engineering. Within this study, I present a mixed-methods study that begins with an exploratory ... -
Investigating the Influence of Herd Behavior on Protection Motivation: A Multi-Stage Experiment
IT users often make security-related decisions in complex and multidimensional environments. Over-reliance on current behavioral security theories (e.g. Protection Motivation Theory) that do not account for such circumstances ... -
Investigating the Influence of Image Resolution on Longleaf Pine Identification in Multispectral Satellite Data
In previous research, longleaf pine was shown to be spectrally separable from loblolly pine when using high-resolution multispectral data from the WorldView-2 imaging satellite. However, analysis of such high-resolution ... -
Investigating the neural correlates of insight with the compound remote associate task
(Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of Psychology., 2009-06-16)This thesis investigates the utility of using the Compound Remote Associate (CRA) problem, developed by Bowden and Jung-Beeman (2003), in investigating the neural correlates insight. It is uncertain to what extent CRA ... -
Investigating the Postmortem Microbial Community Structure, Function, and Transmigration as It Pertains to Forensic Science and Public Health
Postmortem microbial communities are being extensively studied for their utility in forensic science investigations. Microbial communities associated with decomposition, necrobiome, have been shown to react in a predictable ... -
Investigating the presence of stellar companions around hot Jupiter host stars using MagAO.
In this work, we investigate the presence of stellar companions around hot Jupiter systems using data sets from the Clio and VISAO instruments on the Magellan Telescope. We observed eighteen targets of which eleven have ... -
Investigating the Relationship between Stream Gauge Stage and Nearby Soil Moisture in a Longleaf Pine Biome
With over 10,000 acres burned in wildland fires in 2014 in Mississippi, accurate fire hazard prediction is of great importance. Soil moisture, fuel moisture, and fire hazard are inextricably linked. Remote estimation of ... -
Investigating The Relationship Between The Policy Implementation Process And The Utilization Of Information Technology In A Constitutional Republic: The Case Of I-269 Nepa Process
Information technologies (IT) have provided significant benefits for society. By drawing on the assumptions of the New Public Management (NPM) framework, the author investigates how, in one case, IT alters the policy ... -
Investigating the Role of Zinc in the Physiology and Virulence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Homeostasis of trace metal ions is essential for a variety of cellular processes and virulence mechanisms, including resistance to oxidative stress, DNA replication, and regulation of cell adhesion/invasion. Understanding ... -
Investigating the Threat-Avoidant Model of Pathological Anxiety
Structural equation modeling was utilized to test a hypothesized model for the effects of negative biases, thought suppression, experiential avoidance, and mindfulness on pathological anxiety. Self-report scales were used ... -
Investigating the Utility of Age-Dependent Cranial Vault Thickness as an Aging Method for Juvenile Skeletal Remains on Dry Bone, Radiographic and Computed Tomography Scans
Age estimation, a component of the biological profile, contributes significantly to the creation of a post-mortem profile of an unknown set of human remains. This goal of this study is to: (1) refine the juvenile age ... -
Investigating Traditional Instruction and Problem-Based Learning at the Elementary Level
The purpose of this study was to determine if Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is as effective an instructional method at the elementary level as traditional instruction in learning content. This study also is a contribution ... -
Investigation into the Effect of Strong Oxidizers on the Electrokinetic Removal of Chromium, Copper, and Arsenic from CCA Impregnated Wood Waste
The focus of this research is to determine the effects of particle size reduction and chemical pretreatment with strong base oxidizers on the effectiveness of the electrokinetic remediation of wood waste contaminated with ... -
Investigation into the Effect of Various Metals' Ionic Charge and Size on their Mobility under the Influence of Electrokinetics
This research investigates the effect of ionic charge and size on the mobility of specific metal ionic species in sandy soil under an electric field. During Phase-I experiments, three ions: lithium, lead and, aluminum were ... -
Investigation of a Control-Driven Design Style for a 16-Bit Microprocessor Implementation
Asynchronous design is a possible alternative design methodology that has the ability to alleviate issues associated with clock skew, power dissipation, and process and environmental variability among transistors, issues ... -
Investigation of a Low-External-Input Sustainable Rice Production System to Identify Ecosystem Services towards Adoption Costs and Benefits
This study investigated a potentially sustainable rice production system in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) that uses ecological principles to enhance environmental quality at the field scale. It was hypothesized ... -
Investigation of a Possible Association Between Pon1 Polymorphisms L55M And Q192R with Coronary Artery Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Patients within a Southern Population
Mississippi has a very high prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), especially among African Americans compared to Caucasians. This project determined the L55M genotypes of paraoxonase 1 ... -
Investigation of a Stress Class System for No.2 2 by 8 Southern Yellow Pine
The processing of southern yellow pine (Pinus spp.) (SYP) trees into dimensional lumber is a multi-billion dollar industry in the Southeast United States. The finished product is subject to a classic strength assessment ... -
Investigation of Antimicrobial Peptide Genes in Maize (Zea Mays) Inbred Lines Resistant to Lepidoptera Larvae Feeding and Fungus Infection
Present throughout all classes of life, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) confer defense against bacteria, viruses, fungi, and insects. Identifying maize AMPs would provide breeders with a new defense resource. Here, the ... -
Investigation of Chip Seal Aggregate Retention using Sweep and Long Term Performance Testing
Chip seals are a commonly used surface treatment used to decrease the deterioration rate of pavement surfaces. Chip seals typically consist of an application of emulsion and cover aggregate. Failure can be driven by improper ...