Dissertations from 2017
DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF AN OPTICAL PROTERETIC DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR, ALI SAAD ALGHAMDI
URINARY INCONTINENCE AND WOMEN’S QUALITY OF LIFE IN OMAN, Alya Ali Abdullah AL Hasni
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COGNITIVE MASSIVE MIMO NETWORKS WITH UNDERLAY SPECTRUM SHARING, Hayder Abed Hussein Al-Hraishawi
COUPLING OF QUADRATIC LATTICES, Abdulkarem Alhuraiji
ESL TEACHER, STUDENT, AND PARENT PERCEPTIONS OF USING EDUCATIONAL MOBILE APPLICATIONS TO DEVELOP THE LANGUAGE SKILLS OF ESL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, Jarrah Mohammad AL-Jarrah
TRIB3 as an integrator of metabolic stresses: Role in lung cancer progression, Abeer Almiman
ESSAYS ON HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT AND QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE PROVISION, GENEVIEVE AKU ALORBI
ANALYZING THE UNITED STATES IMPORTS OF ORGANIC AND NON-ORGANIC COFFEE AND TEA, Awf Alsaad
SAUDI MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, Saber Alzahrani
SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HIV/AIDS IN RURAL AMERICA: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL RELATIONS IN OPTIMIZING CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS., Angela Anima-Korang
DUAL CREDIT AND DUAL ENROLLMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXPERIENCES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL WITH A DUAL DEGREE, Vickie Artman
Factors Associated with Initiation of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural Heart Failure Patients, Alan M. Beck
SYNTHESIS OF CONJUGATED SMALL MOLECULES AND POLYMERS BY A PALLADIUM CATALYZED CYCLOPENTANNULATION STRATEGY – TOWARDS NEW ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS, Sambasiva Reddy Bheemireddy
TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTIONS, AND PRACTICE OF INQUIRY WITHIN AN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM, Maitha Abdullah Binjaweer
THE USE OF HEALTH SERVICES IN GHANA: EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES OF GHANAIAN WOMEN, Faustina Hayford Blankson
Self Esteem: Its Overall Effect on Professional Skepticism, Leslie Helen Blix
ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE (EGCG) IS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC FOR CISPLATIN-INDUCED HEARING LOSS, Vikrant Borse
IMPLEMENTATION OF A NOVEL INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTED ARITHMETIC AND COMPLEX BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM IN FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM ALGORITHM, Kevin Nathaniel Bowlyn
Mammalian carnivores as bioindicators to evaluate the exposure and bioaccumulation of organic contaminants in terrestrial ecosystems, Esmarie Boyles
The Prevalence of Religious Service Attendance in America: A Review and Meta-Analysis, Chad S. Briggs
Teachers' Perceived Understanding of Formative Assessment And How This Understanding Impacts Their Own Classroom Instruction, Melanie K. Brink
Role of lncRNA in cancer development and progression, YU CAO
To Produce and Persist: A Dialectical Investigation of Purpose in Commercial Stereophony, Kelly Heath Caringer
G-CONSISTENT SUBSETS AND REDUCED DYNAMICAL QUANTUM MAPS, Russell R. Ceballos
A Comparison of Two MCMC Algorithms for Estimating the 2PL IRT Models, Meng-I Chang
A Naturalistic Ontology of Generic Traits and Emergent Phenomena: Reinterpreting the Metaphysics of John Dewey, Paul Benjamin Cherlin
THE TRANSFERABILITY OF SOFT SKILLS OF WOMEN VETERANS TO CORPORATE AMERICA, Chanty Bradley Clay
SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING IN ADOLESCENTS WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, Jordan Marie Constance
ApoE4 Genotype as a Moderator of Brain Responses to Target Stimuli Prior and Subsequent to Smoking Abstinence, Ryan Patrick Coppens
A Critical Disability Pedagogy: Legitimizing Dyslexia, Julie Susan Cosenza
A Community of the Lonely: Using Paul Ricoeur's Theory of Narrative to Cultivate Community in America, Benjamin Taylor Craig
THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT, SATISFACTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Yancy Luz Cruz-Virella
THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT VALIDATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL THINKING INVENTORY (OSCTI), Jason Mark Curry
Education from the "Bottom" Up: Black Women Navigating the Community College Transfer Experience, Kristin Dade
Energy metabolism and aging, Justin Darcy
INVESTIGATING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS: A CASE STUDY OF NORTHEAST CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, Deidra Denice Davis
HISTORY FROM THE MIDDLE: THE STUDENT INTERPRETERS CORPS AND IMAGINED AMERICAN ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM IN CHINA, 1902-1941, Nathaniel Alexander Davis
RESEARCH STUDY MEASURING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, JOB SATISFACTION, AND INTENTION TO TURNOVER IN UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, Aspen D'Costa
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON URBAN STORMWATER SYSTEM AND USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADAPTATION: AN INVESTIGATION ON TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND GOVERNANCE, Krishna Prasad Dhakal
AN ASSESSMENT OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN DECENTRALIZED SERVICE DELIVERY: THE CASE OF VIETNAM, Diep Thi Ngoc Duong
PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION AND SCHEDULING FOR PARALLEL PROGRAMS WITH CRITICAL SECTIONS, Sourav Dutta
INHIBITORY CONTROL AND ITS RELATION TO PERSONALITY/TEMPERAMENT, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, AND THE BRAIN, Sarah Mailander Dyer
INTERAREA OSCILLATION DAMPING BY USING A PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR WIND TURBINE, Emad Mohamed Elhaji
TRANSITION METAL COATINGS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL AND HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS, Bamidele Daniel Falola
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LITERACY IN SELECTED K-5 CLASSROOMS EMPLOYING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM METHODOLOGIES: A SOLOMON FOUR-GROUP ANALYSIS, Mary Margaret Fischer
WOMEN’S AWARENESS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY, Katherine Fishman
The Pernicious Prophecy of Diminished Academic Expectations, Stephen C. Foggatt
RESOURCE SUBSIDIES ACROSS THE AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL BOUNDARIES OF TEMPORARY PONDS, Kelley Ann Fritz
Double-Change Covering Designs with Block Size k = 4, Nirosh Tharaka Sandakelum Gangoda Gamachchige
CANNABINOID RECEPTORS (CB) IN COCHLEA: CHARACTERIZATION AND OTOPROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS, Sumana Ghosh
Examining the Effects of Mindfulness on the Relationships between Citizenship Pressure, Job Stress, and Turnover Intentions within Healthcare: A Moderated Mediation Model, Nicole Louise Gilson
Understanding the Adjustment Needs of International Graduate Students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Mehrete Girmay
"My Journey Out Of...": How Women Narrate Their Religious Departures, Angela Louise Glunz
MUSIC TO OUR EYES: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE FOR MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION IN MUSIC PERCEPTION, Robert Edward Graham
HEALTH EXPERIENCES OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECTS OF GROWING MEDIA COVERAGE, Kimberly A. Gray
TO CURL UP OR RELAX? THAT IS THE QUESTION: TENURED BLACK FEMALE FACULTY NAVIGATION OF BLACK HAIR EXPRESSION IN ACADEMIA, Sylvia Monique Gray
Summoning the Spirit of Obsolescence in Media and Performance: A Posthuman Sèance, Lindsay Patrice Greer
Priming the Pump: Reflection as a Catalyst for Transfer, Tiffany Erin Griffith
CONTRACT V. TRUST: AN EXAMINATION OF TRUST FORMATION IN CONTRACTING DYADS., Dexter Rowe Gruber
ON THE LYAPUNOV-TYPE DIAGONAL STABILITY, Mehmet Gumus
DYNAMICS OF NUCLEOSOME REMODELING BY ATP-DEPENDENT CHROMATIN REMODELERS, Arjan Hada
DISTINCT GENOME WIDE FUNCTIONS OF CHROMATIN REMODELERS IN NUCLEOSOME ORGANIZATION AND TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION, Solomon Ghebremeskel Hailu
An Examination of Principals' Leadership and Its Impact on Early Elementary Grades, Megan Hallissey
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION MODEL ON ELEMENTARY READING PERFORMANCE IN MISSOURI, Philip Harrison
THE EFFECTS OF ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS ON ADIPOGENESIS VIA PPARγ AND CANONICAL WNT SIGNALING, Darcie Hastings
THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION ON FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSORSHIP AND TRANSGENERATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Carol Yvonne Heitman-Lucy
CONVERSATIONS ON COLLABORATION: GRADUATE STUDENTS AS WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS IN THE WRITING CENTER, Jennifer M. Hewerdine
Male rape myths: Measurement and relation to the gender role strain paradigm, Ingrid Hogge
PUBLIC, PRIVATE, PAST, AND PRESENT: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LANGUAGE AND MUSICAL STRUCTURES OF KOTIRIA/WANANO WOMEN’S KAYA BASA ‘SAD SONGS’, Aimee Jean Hosemann
INTERNALIZATION AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF MUCOSALLY-ADMINISTERED SOLUBLE AND PARTICULATE ANTIGENS, Savannah Ellyse Howe
Design and Implementation of Scalable High-Performance Network Functions, Cheng-Liang Hsieh
BIOINFORMATICS INVESTIGATION OF RNA PSEUDOKNOTS, Xiaolan Huang
Determinants of Sports Performance: Case Studies on Olympics & Major League Soccer, Taurean D. Hutchinson
INTEREST GROUPS IN RESPONSE TO THE OBAMACARE: THE CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD OF HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES, AKM Saiful Islam
ESTIMATING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF GENDER WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN ETHIOPIA, Mulugeta A. Jemberie
FOOTING FIXITY OF BRIDGE PIER WITH END-BEARING PILE FOUNDATION, Yunyi Jiang
Dating_MissRepresentation.Com: Black Women's Lived Love-Hate Relationship With Online Dating, James Henry Johnson
Society's Biological Entrapment: Maternity, Eugenics, and Violence in 1920's American Literature and Film, Jerrica Jordan
LINES THAT BIND: DISABILITY’S PLACE IN THE MODERNIST WRITINGS OF WILLIAM FAULKNER, AMY LOWELL, LANGSTON HUGHES, AND EZRA POUND, Levi James Jost
LOW RANK AND SPARSE MODELING FOR DATA ANALYSIS, Zhao Kang
DELETION OF THE Foxo1 GENE IN MOUSE PITUITARY GLAND AND THE EFFECTS ON SOMATOTROPE DIFFERENTIATION AND FUNCTION, Jyoti Kapali
Efficient VLSI Implementation of Arithmetic Units and Logic Circuits, Raghava Katreepalli
THRESHOLDING METHODS FOR LESION SEGMENTATION OF BASAL CELL CARCINOMA IN DERMOSCOPY IMAGES, Ravneet Kaur
Effect of Population Sources and Species Pools on Community Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity During Restoration, Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil
The Effects of Neuroendocrine Stress on Larval Development, Lucas James Kirschman
NEUROACTIVE AGENTS-MEDIATED CHANGES IN NEURONAL NETWORK ACTIVITY CONTROLS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY (SUDEP), srinivasa prasad Kommajosyula
ATTENTION TRAINING AND MINDFULNESS AS INTERVENTIONS FOR RUMINATION: ASSOCIATIONS WITH COGNITIVE CONTROL, Samuel Louis Kramer
The Assessment of Malingering by Proxy in the Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with the Conners 3, Samuel W. Larson
Weak Commitment to School, Deviant Peers, and Cyberbullying Victimization-Strain in Adolescent Cyberbullying, Charern Lee
ROLES OF ACCESSORY DOMAINS IN THE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT OF ISW2, Yuan-chi Lin
Two Essays in Corporate Finance, Zhengkai Liu
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES' ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERACY AT A MEDIUM-SIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Sheila Faye Long
AN INVESTIGATION OF VARIABLES CONTRIBUTING TO DISORDERED GAMBLING AND SLOT MACHINE PLAY, Amy Katherine Loukus
POWER-AWARE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION ON MULTICORE ARCHITECTURES, Sheheeda Mariam Manakkadu