Dissertations from 2016
Computational Studies of Electrorheological Emulsions, Ali Behjatian Esfahani
LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF COAL AND COAL PROCESSING WASTE - SIMULATION OF PRACTICES THAT MINIMIZE SULFATE AND CHLORIDE, Paul Thomas Behum
Exploring Interactions Between DRD4 Genotype and Perceived Parenting Environment, Kyle Bersted
Life Cycle Assessment of Select Agricultural Practices: Assessing the Potential for Climate Mitigation, Mukesh Dev Bhattarai
IMPLEMENTING EXPERTISE-BASED TRAINING METHODS TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEER ACADEMIC COACHES, Lisa Blair
THERAPEUTIC AND SAFETY EVALUATION OF CURCUMIN'S ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES ON CANINE AND EQUINE, Stephanie Bland
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES’ PERSPECTIVE ON PERSISTENCE DURING THEIR SECOND YEAR AT AN HBCU, Josette Bradford
MODES OF NUCLEOSOME INTERACTION AND MECHANISMS OF THE SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE CHROMATIN REMODELERS INO80 AND ISW1A, Sandipan Brahma
Realizing the Human Unity with the Universe by way of Letting Go and Emptying: Martin Heidegger and the Zhuangzi at the Crossroads of Being and Dao, Chesna Jane Braniger
The Hidden Advantage of Disaggregation in Substantive Analytical Procedures, David Breger
Trading in exogenous networks: a theoretical application and experimental results, Lisa Breger
NATURALLY STRIATED MUSCLE: EXAMINING THE IDEOGRAPHIC CRYSTALLIZATION OF, Dustin L. Briggs
Fracturing Illinois: Fields of Political Contention in Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Policy, Amanda T. Buday
Palliative Care: Viewpoints from Nurses, Nancy Kyle Buttry
THE ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP: A TEST OF TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECTS, Gukdo Byun
Development and Delivery of Mobile Learning for Composition Classrooms, Robert N. Calton
Gramophonic Trauma: The Object as Cultural Mnemonic in Irish Literature, Susanne Cammack
Biological Distance in Middle and Late Archaic Populations of the Mid-South United States, Meadow Lea Campbell
Why do White men ride the glass escalator?, Tracy Casanova
Active Affections: One or Several Canyons, Kyle Cheesewright
RESOURCE CONSTRAINT COOPERATIVE GAME WITH MONTE CARLO TREE SEARCH, Chee Chian Cheng
A Study on Retention and Achievement: Assessment of International Students' Resilience and Coping Strategies, Fui-Yee Phoebe Chin
PREDICTORS OF THE SUSTAINED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORT MODEL, Jonathan Chitiyo
ENHANCEMENT OF HIGH-SPEED FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE VIA CARBON-FIBER COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT, Michael Abu Conteh
Shawnee National Forest Rock Climbing and Frontcountry Recreation: Leave No Trace, Awareness, Attitudes and Behaviors, Evan Ryan Coulson
Losses Disguised as Wins in Slot Machines: A Case of Contingency Confusion, Jacob Hy Daar
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOCOMPOSITES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, Mallika Dasari
A Historical Narrative on the Role of Mrs. Esther Brown in the Development of Desegregation Policy in Public Education, Jessica Davis
TURKISH FANTASY FICTION FILMS THEN AND NOW: AN ANALYSIS OF FANTASY FILMS PRODUCED IN EARLY 1970s TURKEY, Iclal Alev Degim
ADOLESCENT PERCEPTIONS OF BARRIERS TO RECEIVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kelsie Deppen
THE EFFECT OF FLAXSEED AND ITS LIGNAN COMPONENT ON ESTROGEN SIGNALING AND METABOLISM IN NORMAL AND CANCEROUS HEN OVARIES, Anushka Dikshit
MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR JOB SATISFACTION: THE INFLUENCE OF TEAM BOUNDARY SPANNING, DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, Charles Ian DiStefano
The formation and impact of formal and informal mentoring upon undergraduate academic performance and attitudes, Kent Dolezal
READY, SET, GO: A NARRATIVE STUDY ON JAMAICAN FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO ATTENDED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S., Khalilah Toyina Doss
The It-Narrator as Moral Agent: Social Guardians in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Literature, Christopher Charles Douglas
The Perpetual Finishing of Nature and reason Kant on Work, creativity, and individual fulfillment, Matthew James Dowd
PEAK FOR IBI: EXAMINATION OF THE UTILITY OF THE PEAK RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM FOR INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION, Sarah Marie Dunkel-Jackson
THE INVISIBLE FRAUD: THE IMPACT OF INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS ON AUDITOR FRAUD DETECTION, Mark Allen Edmonds
Initial Validation of the Work and Human Needs Inventory, Alec J. Eshelman
IS THERE JUSTICE FOR SEXUAL TRAUMA? A STRUCTURAL MODEL TO EXAMINE FACTORS INFLUENCING POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AND DISTRESS, Danielle Grace Fetty
EXPLORING THE CAPACITY AND STUDENT NEEDS OF WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED AT A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY (HBCU): A CASE STUDY APPROACH, Martinique C. Free
The Effect of Delayed Feedback on Long-Term Retention and Application for RN Student Nurses, Leanne Marie Furby
Techniques for Reliable and Efficient Analog to Digital Conversion, Yueran Gao
LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE, DYADIC DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND SUBORDINATES’ TURNOVER INTENT IN REHABILITATION AGENCIES, Bryan Oweilayefa Gere
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN DEAF-1 KNOCK-OUT MICE, Aniruddha Ghosh
A Critical Reflection: Foster Care Youth Experiences at a Four Year Postsecondary Institution, Renada D. Greer
The Organizational Effects of Software as a Service: The Nerds Rise to Power, David R. Guggenheim
EFFECT OF CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVATED LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR ON THE MOUSE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, Lan Hai
Natural Resources, Conflicts, and Conflict Management, Md. Didarul Hasan
BRIDGING AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: ECOLOGY OF SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Angela Holland
To Have or to Hold: The Role of Psychological Ownership in the Perceived Value of Owned and Accessed Goods, David Michael Houghton
The 'Uncreated' Voice of a Nation: James Joyce and the Twentieth Century Irish Bildungsroman, Marshall Lewis Johnson
MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSION POLICY ANALYSIS: SUCCESS IN INCREASING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MATRICULANT CLASSES, Kathleen Ann Jones
The Effect of Stereoscopic Three-Dimensional Images on Recall of Second Language Vocabulary, Regina Kaplan-Rakowski
Interactionist Labeling: A Structural Equation Model of Formal Labeling, Juvenile Delinquency, and Adult Criminality, Daniel Ryan Kavish
ENERGY-AWARE JOB SCHEDULING AND CONSOLIDATION APPROACHES FOR WORKFLOWS IN CLOUD, Mustafa Ibrahim Khaleel
#Socialsupport for Diet and Physical Activity via Web 2.0: A Qualitative Study of College Women, Bethany Kies Kies
ESSAYS ON REAL EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS AND PRICE CONVERGENCE, Erick M. Kitenge
Making Art Work: A Pragmaticistic Interpretation of Art, Charles P. Klayman
The effect of psychiatric service dogs for PTSD symptom amelioration in military veterans, Megan L. Kloep
OPTIMAL GROUP SIZE IN HUMANS: AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE SIMPLE PER CAPITA MAXIMIZATION MODEL, Jared Lee Klotz
THE “PERPETUAL PRESENT” OF POLITICAL MODERNITY: ADORNO, ARENDT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE NEW, Kenneth Knight
ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MIRABILIS EXPANSA (RUIZ AND PAV.) STANDL.; FOR POTENTIAL AS A NEW ROOT CROP OUTSIDE THE ANDES, Miriam Kritzer Van Zant
AN INSIGHT INTO DIFFERENT MODES OF REMODELER REGULATION: FOCUS ON SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE SWI/SNF, Soumyadipta Kundu
The Revolutionary Breath, Susannah Bunny LeBaron
Queer Intersectionality: Queering the Limits of Identity Studies in Critical Intercultural Communication Research, Benjamin LeMaster
PARALLEL DELAY FAULT GRADING HEURISTIC AND TESTING APPROACHES TO TROJAN IC DETECTION, Joseph Daniel Lenox
MODIFICATION OF XANTHENE AND SILICON ANALOGUES OF XANTHENE FLUOROPHORES FOR CHEMICAL PROBES DEVELOPMENT, Chuangjun Liu
ESSAYS ON DIGITAL CURRENCY, Hio Loi
THE SPECIAL WALLS AROUND GAMETES IN CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII AND AULACOMNIUM PALUSTRE: USING IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY TO EXPOSE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT, Renee Anita Lopez Swalls
Unbiasing Information Search and Processing through Personal and Social Identity Mechanisms, Benjamin A. Lyons
C-ARM TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTION OF KIDNEY STONES, NUHAD ABDULWAHED YOUNIS MALALLA
GLOBALIZED BACKLASH: WOMEN AGAINST FEMINISM’S NEW MEDIA MATRIX OF (ANTI) FEMINIST TESTIMONY, Margarethe Mapes
Integration of Bayesian Decision Theory and Computing with Words: A Novel Approach to Decision Support Using Z-numbers, Nina Marhamati
Actively Managed Mutual Fund Holdings and Fund Performance, Timothy M. Marlo
MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN EUROPEAN RIVER BASINS: CHALLENGES IN THE INTEGRATION OF ADAPTATION, DISASTER RESPONSE, AND RESILIENCE, Shanna N. McClain
Observer Retaliation: How Apology Components Affect Observing Customers' Negative Word-of-Mouth and Patronage Intentions, Todd McClure
Examining the psychometric characteristics of an instrument to measure the impact of the climate on health behavior: A pilot study based on the Behavioral Ecological Model, Justin Tyler McDaniel
THE TIES THAT BIND: SOCIAL COMPARISON’S INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS, Bryan Timothy McLeod
Retention of Faculty of Color in Rehabilitation Counselor Education as it Relates to Their Perception of the Academic Climate, Tameika Minor
THE ELEMENTS OF THE CLINICAL SUPERVISION: EXPORTING CONCEPTS TO JAPAN, Makoto Miyoshi
“NO COSBY SHOW”: SINGLE BLACK MOTHER HOMES AND HOW BLACK MEN BUILD ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS, Maia Niguel Moore
"To claim voice": The Discourses of Impoverished Children in the Great Depression, Maggie Elizabeth Morris Davis
MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ READINESS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED STEM EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Rabab Mohammed Mousa
STUDY OF ADAPTIVE COMPRESSIVE SENSING FOR LOW POWER APPLICATIONS, Venkata Naresh Mudhireddy
THE HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTOME AND REGULATORY NETWORKS OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS PATHOGENESSIS OF ZEA MAYS: RESISTANCE IN MAIZE TO ASPERGILLUS EAR ROT AND TO AFLATOXIN ACCUMULATION, Bryan Manyasi Musungu
Sisterly Sleuths: The Hidden Cultural Work of Serial Modernism, Stacy Olivia Nicklow
The science behind Tenax extractable concentrations and their use in evaluating environmental risk, Samuel Anthony Nutile
MUSCLE FATIGUE ANALYSIS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, Ali Panahi
The Influence of Stereotype Threat on Prospective Memory in Middle to Late Adulthood, Sherrie L. Parks
Lyapunov-type inequality and eigenvalue estimates for fractional problems, Nimishaben Shailesh Pathak
The impact of Job Stressors on Job Satisfaction as mediated by Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Matthew Randall Peters