Open Access Dissertations
2012
SPECIATION STUDIES FOR BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL GENERATED BY OZONOLYSIS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND MIXTURES, Hardik Surendra Amin
The Military, Economy and the State: A New International System Analysis, Muhammed A. Asadi
PEDAGOGICAL AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA OF ON-DEMAND WRITING INSTRUCTION, Deborah L. Bell
EVIDENCE OF ANXIETY: WOMEN'S AGENCY AND ENGAGEMENT LAW IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND FILM, 1880-1935, Carl Nicholas Bloom
Factors influencing post-acute brain injury rehabilitation treatment outcome, Nicholas Joseph Cioe
Image Bodies, Avatar Ontologies: Rendering the Virtual in Digital Culture, Adam M. Davis
The Effects of an Educational Intervention on the Aging Knowlege of Graduate Counseling Students, Damien Gent Dotson
The Capacity of a Southern University to Promote and Support Health Literacy Among College Students: A Case Study Approach, Alison Burton EPPERSON
Family Attitudes, Beliefs, And Practices Facilitating A Sense Of Purpose In Black American Children And Youth: A Grounded Theory, Mallory Lynn Gary
Eco-Theatre and New Media: Devising Toward Transnational Balance, Marnie Jane Glazier
MAKING THE POLITICAL PERSONAL: INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEMINIST BELIEFS AND SEXUAL ASSERTIVENESS, Kate Miller Hagadone
Stochastic Wave Equations With Cubic Nonlinearities in Two Dimensions, Haziem Mohammad Hazaimeh
A Dynamic Programming Approach to Identifying Optimal Mining Sequences for Continuous Miner Coal Production Systems, Joseph Christian Hirschi
Life After Prison: The Role of the Juvenile Prison Experience and the Impact on Reintegration for Black Males, Wanda Taree Hunter
A Stochastic Delay Model for Pricing Corporate Liabilities, Elisabeth Kemajou
GIVING STUDENTS THE REINS: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SERVICE-LEARNING'S POTENTIAL AS A PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING WRITING, Tereza Joy Kramer
"Was Anyone Out There Watching Last Night?": The Creation and Early History of New England Sport Network, 1980-1989, Tanya Lee Lovejoy
Activity of the beta-cyanoalanine synthase pathway is associated with the response to abiotic stress by Arabidopsis thaliana., Marylou Machingura
Middle School Teachers' Familiarity with, Interest in, Performance on, and Conceptual and Pedagogical Knowledge of Light, Simeon Mbewe
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPERVISORY STYLES AND COUNSELOR SKILL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PERCEIVED BY THE SUPERVISEE, Bruce Michael Meissner
Gender Differences in the Vocational Interests of Youth Considering High Job Growth and Green Energy Occupations, Becky S. Robinson
Understanding Reading Through the Eyes of Third-Grade Struggling Readers, Christine Elizabeth Wiggs
YOU CAN BREASTFEED BUT . . . : A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND COMMENTARY ON BREASTFEEDING, Jonna Ziniel
2011
Bilateral Asymmetry in Incisors: Implications for Miocene Hominoid Species Diagnosis, Candace Ann Davis
The Self, the Church, and Medieval Identities: The Evolution of the Individual in Medieval Literature, Christopher Michael Flavin
The Exploration of the Relationship Between Guessing and Latent Ability in IRT Models, Song Gao
White Americans' Affect Toward African Americans: Predictive Power on Political Behavior and Measurement Problems, Paul Gerard Gottemoller
PERCEPTIONS OF ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS ON THE IMPACT OF THE U.S. ECONOMIC RECESSION AND STATE FINANCIAL PRESSURES ON PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, Barry Ray Hancock
An Examination of Educators' Perceptions of the School's Role in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity, Sharon Harris Johnson
Investigating nitrate-dependent humic substance oxidation and in-service K-12 teachers' understanding of microbiology, Nastassia N. Jones
A SOM+ Diagnostic System for Network Intrusion Detection, Chester Louis Langin
Ground Layer Response to Disturbance in the Pine-Dominated Eastern Foothill Region of West-Central Alberta, Canada, Rebecca Elizabeth Mooneyhan McClelland
Identifying Competencies of AODA Clinical Supervisors for Integration into Rehabilitation Counselor Training Curriculum: A Delphi Study, Marissa McKee
Frameworks for estimating virtual water flows among U.S. states, Stanley T. Mubako
PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY ASSOCIATION LEADERS: ROLES AND ESSENTIAL SKILLS, Keith Brian Reinhardt
An Empirical Comparison of Four Data Generating Procedures in Parametric and Nonparametric ANOVA, Anquan Zhang
2010
The Speaking Cognitions and Attention Scale: An Empirically-Derived Measure of Public Speaking Anxiety, Robert Drew Beck
EFFECTS OF ENROLLMENT IN CO-TEACHING CLASSES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES, Linda Elaine Buerck
An Exploration of Corporate Social Responsibility and Machiavellianism in Future Health Care Professionals, Sandra K. Collins
PHYSICIAN'S EXPERIENCES WITH DEATH AND DYING: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Deborah Jo Corker
Parent Engagement and Cultural Capital: Negotiating Culture in a Multilingual/Multiethnic School, Paula Andrea Echeverri-Sucerquia
Shadowing practices: Ethnographic accounts of private eyes as entrepreneurs, Craig L. Engstrom
THE MODULATION OF COVERT ATTENTION BY EMOTION: AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF EMOTIONAL VERSUS NEUTRAL VALENCED CUES IN A COVERT ATTENTION PARADIGM, Jonathan Hammersley
Individual-based modeling of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) movements and epizootiology, Lene Jung Kjaer
Gene regulation and function of ICP0 in herpes simplex virus infected cells, Mingyu Liu
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BANKING PERFORMANCE, PRIVATIZATION, AND GROWTH, Isaac Marcelin
Interpreting Cultural and Sociopolitical Landscapes in the Upper Piura Valley, Far North Coast of Perú (1100 B.C.- A.D. 1532), Jorge Antonio Montenegro
Joint Effects of Communication Mode and Consensus on Virtual Team Decision Quality, Dennis George Nasco, Jr.
Assimilation, Rejection or Convergence? The Role of the Bilingual Press in San Antonio, Texas, Mary O'Donnell
The Tale of Mental Causation: Fact or Fiction?, Chia-Lin Tu
Making the Significant Significant: A Discourse Analysis Examining the Teacher's Role in Negotiating Meaning of Text with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Keith Standiford Wheeler
2009
Workforce Education and Development Curriculum Responsiveness to Culturally and Internationally Diverse Gradaute Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Debra Sharon Ferdinand
Informing a transformative multicultural approach: Seeking a content form and a medium for Illinois Indian resources for preservice social studies teachers, Dan W. Hechenberger
Mechanics of Stimulus & Response Generalization in Signal Detection & Psychophysics: Adaptation of Static Theory to Dynamic Performance., Blake Allen Hutsell
Sexual and Reproductive Decisions and Experiences of Women Living With HIV/AIDS in Abuja, Nigeria, Stella C. Iwuagwu
Accurate Cylindrical-Coordinate Numerical Models For The Analysis Of Hydrologic Tests, John Edward Keller
A Case Study of How a Large Multilevel EFL Writing Class Experiences and Perceives Multiple Interaction Activities, Hsien-Chuan Lin
Reading Skill Integration In High School Business Courses: Perceptions Of Business Teacher Educators In The United States, Frederick William Polkinghorne
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship among Perceived Personal and Social Competence, Health Risk Behaviors, and Academic Achievement of Selected Undergraduate Students, Darson Lee Rhodes
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS' ATTRACTIVENESS, ACTIVENESS, AND EFFICIENCY AS A PATH TO SOFTWARE QUALITY: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND CAUSES, Carlos D. Santos Jr.
A Critical Analysis of Rural Teachers' Usage of Online Communities, Sherri A. Snider
Relationships Among Leader-Member Exchange, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Organizational Commitment, Gender, And Dyadic Duration In A Rehabilitation Organization, James Louis Soldner
THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND ITS INTEGRATION IN THE FIRM'S BUSINESS STRATEGIES ON THE FIRM'S COMPETITIVENESS, Vichet Sum
Homeplace of Hands: Fractal Performativity of Vulnerable Resistance, Diana L. Tigerlily
The Relationship Between Web Accessibility Policy and Practice in Postsecondary Institutions, Michael Whitney
Campus Only Dissertations
2012
INVESTMENTS IN PRODUCT QUALITY WITH HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH, Kazi Sabbir Ahmed
TEMPERATURE AND LEAKAGE AWARE TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE CACHE RELIABILITY, Adil Akaaboune
KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTIONS, AND BEHAVIORS OF RUSSIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS REGARDING HPV, HPV-RELATED DISEASES, AND HPV VACCINATION, Maria Vladimirovna Alexandrova
Religious Factors and Status Attainment among US Immigrants, Nadia Amin
Computer-based decision-support methods for hydrological ecosystem services management, Kimberly Artita
ENHANCEMENT OF CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN INTERNAL FLOWS USING AN ELECTRICALLY-INDUCED CORONA JET, Reza Baghaei Lakeh
Landscape genetics of northern bobwhite and swamp rabbits in Illinois, Leah Berkman
AVERSIVE RACISM AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: CONTEXT-DEPENDENT DECISIONS AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS, Seth Allen Berry
RESISTANCE TO CULTURAL SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION: MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION., Sonya Kyrsten Bettendorf
The Role of Competitive Capabilities and Stakeholder Pressure in the Adoption of Environmental Practices and Business Performance, Teresa K. Betts
SAVE `US' AND LET `THEM' DIE: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF HOW NEW YORK TIMES SOLD U.S. POLICIES TOWARD RWANDAN GENOCIDE AND KOSOVO CRISIS, Kiran K. Bharthapudi
UNIVERSAL CONTROL OF NOISELESS SUBSYSTEMS FROM SYSTEMS WITH ARBITRARY DIMENSION, Clifford Allen Bishop
Health Educators as a Think Tank: Recommendations to Improve Health Care Reform Proposals and Potential Roles for the Profession, Kadi R. Bliss
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND RELATIONAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION OF CHRISTIAN AFRICAN AMERICAN MOTHER-DAUGHTER DYADS: A SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY ANALYSIS., Jevonne Delores Bradley
Identification and characterization of novel small RNAs in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, Andrew Burns
EFFECTS OF CHARACTER VOICE-OVER ON PLAYERS' ENGAGEMENT IN A DIGITAL ROLE-PLAYING GAME ENVIRONMENT, JaeHwan Byun
Fly Ash Zeolite Catalyst Support for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Adam Campen
Testing inattention as a predictor of graphomotor and cognitive processing speed in unmedicated, young adults, when depression and working memory are controlled, Prama Chakravarti
PREDICTORS OF MULTITASKING BEHAVIOR AND THE IMPACT OF MULTITASKING ON LEARNING, Tree Chang
Strengths in Intersecting Identities: The Experience of Being Black and a Sexual and Gender Minority, Ryan Anne Cheperka
THE CHOICE OF WATER SUPPLY SOURCES FOR U.S. CITIES, Farhat Jahan Chowdhury
The Social Construction of Rural Lesbian Identities, Margaret Cooper
YOU'RE THERE IN THE TIME SLIP: A HERMENEUTIC EXPLORATION OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN MUSICKING THROUGH THE LENS OF MIHALYI CSIKZENTMIHALYI'S FLOW STATE THEORY, Derrick Alan Crow
ATTITUDES OF TEACHING FACULTY TOWARD INCLUSIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES AT A MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Bryan Dallas
PREDICTORS OF SLEEP QUANTITY AND QUALITY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS, Eric Sean Davidson
A study of corruption in transition countries, Aboubacar DIABY