Open Access Theses
2013
The Acquisition of the Nongeneric Uses of the English Definite Article the by Arabic Speakers of English, Aied M. Alenizi
SYLLABIFICATION OF SINGLE INTERVOCALIC CONSONANTS IN THE ARABIC DIALECT OF SAKAKA CITY: EVIDENCE FROM A NONWORD GAME, Mamdouh Zaal M Alhuwaykim
Effect of Time Constraint on Second Language Reading Comprehension, Hammad Alshammari
2012
STUDY OF PARTICLE SWARM FOR OPTIMAL POWER FLOW IN IEEE BENCHMARK SYSTEMS INCLUDING WIND POWER GENERATORS, Mohamed A. Abuella
Exploring the Guilt-Proneness of Non-Traditional Students, Kristian Leigh Alton
EVALUATION OF SOYBEAN RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES FOR YIELD POTENTIAL AND RESISTANCE TO SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME, James Arthur Anderson
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GIS MAPPING FOR NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1, William Lee Barrett
Organizational Structure and Institutional Support for USDA Forest Service Partnerships, Lori Ann Barrow
A Vacation Within a Vacation: An Examination of How Child Participation in Day Programs During Family Vacations Influences Parental Satisfaction With The Vacation, Kathrin Mirjam Birchler
MOTIVATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING SETTINGS: THE CASE OF ARABIC IN THE USA, Abdelmohssen Bouteldjoune
Voice of Women in Byzantine Music Within the Greek Orthodox Churches in America, Rachel Nicole Brashier
Sex Estimation from the Clavicle: A Discriminant Function Analysis, Megan Kathleen Cleary
Modeling the distribution of meadows in arid and semi-arid Patagonia, Argentina: assessing current distribution and predicting response to climate change, Ramiro Daniel Crego
IS THERE JUSTICE IN TRAUMA? A PATH ANALYSIS OF BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD, COPING, MEANING MAKING, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH IN FEMALE SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS, Danielle Grace Fetty
EVALUATION OF GROWING MEDIA FOR ANNUAL HERB PRODUCTION IN GREEN ROOF MODULAR TRAYS, Mary Margaret Fischer
Improving the reliability of wind power through spatially distributed wind generation, Samuel Martin Fisher
DO LARGE, INFREQUENT DISTURBANCES RELEASE ESTUARINE WETLANDS FROM COASTAL SQUEEZING?, Jesse Fruchter
PATTERNS IN ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF WETLAND FUNCTIONING AND SPECIES COMPOSITION IN A COMPLEX PEATLAND, Jeremy A. Graham
Nesting Ecology of Ducks in Dense Nesting Cover and Restored Native Plantings in Northeastern North Dakota, Ryan D. Haffele
THE PRAGMATIC ROLE OF CODE-SWITCHING AND SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCTION DURING PLAY CONTEXTS OF BIMODAL BILINGUAL HEARING CHILDREN OF DEAF PARENTS, John R. Hanson
NARRATIVES OF ABUSE: A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF BATTERED WOMEN AND THE MAKING OF THE FILM, IN THE EYES OF OTHERS, Elisa Herrmann
IS IT REALLY MORE EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY FOODS? A CASE STUDY APPROACH, Laura Elizabeth Hilliard
Motivation and Attitudes Toward Learning French in the University's Foreign Language Classroom, Brianna Johnson
THE USE OF STOMP TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF HETEROGENEITY ON LNAPL POOL CONFIGURATION, Saroj Kandel
Interactionist Labeling: Formal and Informal Labeling's Effects on Juvenile Delinquency, Daniel Ryan Kavish
EVIDENCE OF MARINE CONDITIONS IN THE UPPER PART OF THE DEGONIA SANDSTONE (ELVIRAN STAGE, CHESTERIAN SERIES) IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, John Michael Larson
Genetic Admixture and Tooth Size in an Enslaved Population from Newton Plantation, Barbados, Susannah Munson
THE IMPACT OF BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND TIME CONSTRAINT ON READING COMPREHENSION OF VIETNAMESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen
GENETIC MODIFICATIONS WITHIN THE GLUCONEOGENIC ORGANS FOLLOWING ILEAL INTERPOSITION IN NON-DIABETIC RATS: A ROLE OF GLUT2, Shwetha Ravichandran
SPECIFIC GAGE ANALYSIS ON THE LOWER WHITE RIVER, ARKANSAS, Adam Levis Shaffner
Vitamin D Deficiency And Cultural Influences Among Muslim Women in Southern Illinois, Durar Kassim Shakir
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY UTILIZATION DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, Steve Sitt
How Parents Use Television to Enrich Their Children's Cultural Identity: The Case Study of Shalom Sesame and Jewish Life, Elizabeth Michele Spezia
Graphene Membranes as Electron Transparent Windows for Environmental Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Joshua D. Stoll
Perceptions and Satisfaction of Healthy Food Choices Among College-Aged Females in a Self-Serve Dining Facility Setting, Kristin Timken
THE EFFECT OF BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS ON TREATMENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS PATIENTS DURING DENTAL CARE PROCEDURES, Tracy A. Tufenk
LATE SPRING SURVEY AND RICHNESS ESTIMATION OF THE AQUATIC BENTHIC INSECT COMMUNITY IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LUSK CREEK WATERSHED, Jacqueline Turner
Influence of coffee vermicompost on growth and nutrient quality of greenhouse spinach and field grown green bell peppers, April Lorraine Vigardt
Spatial and demographic ecology of Texas horned lizards within a conservation framework, Alexander J. Wolf
2011
Common Crowd Dynamics: Shaping Behavioral Intention Models, Marcel Bouchard
A COMPARISON OF NATIVE AND COLONIAL AMERICAN CONCEPTIONS OF SELF: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETING WORLD-VIEWS, Marjorie R. Cavey
A SOUND FOR RECOGNITION: BLUES MUSIC AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, Remy Corbet
FOREST CARBON MAPPING AND SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS: COMBINING NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY DATA AND LANDSAT TM IMAGES, Andrew Lawrence Fleming
Youth In Revolt. How Suburban Youth of the 1950s Rejected the Contradictions of an Affluent Society in Favor of Apocalyptic Zombies and Chicken Runs, Michele Leigh Goostree
EROSION FROM A CROSS COUNTRY GAS PIPELINE IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, Bridget Mae Harrison
EFFECT OF SIGNAGE AND SUGGESTIVE SELLING ON SALES OF HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING, Ashley Lynn Hoffman
The Chicago Method of Excavation at Kincaid, Jessica Ruth Howe
AN ASSESSMENT OF CWA SECTION 303(d) PRIORITIZATION OF IMPAIRED WATER BODIES IN ILLINOIS, Daniel Jablonski
The Importance of Being Useless: Revolution and Judgment in 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', Marshall Lewis Johnson
The role of coastal plant community response to climate change: implications for restoring ecosystem resiliency, Hannah June Kalk
Anatonical Correlates of Executive Functioning in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Developmental Dyslexia, Jacqueline Marie Klaver
Maximizing the System Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks using Improved Routing Algorithm, Karthik Kuppaswamy
G (alpha) 12 Is Required For Thromboxane A2 To Regulate Tumor Cell Motility, Babar Malik
CORPORATE CONTROL: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CHANGING OWNERSHIP ON NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS, Ruth Clarisse Moon
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT IN NANOFLUIDS -MATHEMATICAL MODEL, Anand Natchimuthu Chinnaraj
Everywhere You Look, Jeffrey Alan Nichols
An External Focus of Attention Enhances Isometric Wall Sit Endurance Time: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Attentional Focus Effect, Russell Patrick Nolan
VEGETATION STRUCTURE, LIGHT AVAILABILITY, AND SEDIMENT DEPOSITION WITHIN SINKHOLE BUFFERS ASSOCIATED WITH TRACKED AND WHEELED VEHICLE TRAINING AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, Klairoong Pattumma
Quantifying and manipulating spatiotemporal trends in rodent space use and consumption rates on incidentally encountered prey, Tyler Evan Schartel
The competitive response of Panicum virgatum cultivars to non-native invasive species in southern Illinois, Lauren Michele Schwartz
Characterization of two distinct hfq genes in Burkholderia cenocepacia HI2424, Samantha Sue Sellers
P-DELTA EFFECTS ON STEEL MOMENT FRAMES WITH REDUCED BEAM SECTION CONNECTION, Anuj Man Shakya
PERFORMANCE OF LINEAR DECISION COMBINER FOR PRIMARY USER DETECTION IN COGNITIVE RADIO, Munawwar Mahmud Sohul
Serious Play: Evaluating the Comedic, Political and Religious Relationships Between The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and South Park, Noah Jerome Springer
Virtual Civics - Digital Media in the Classroom, Shane Alexander Turnage
Cela y Pascual: vidas con puntos de encuentro, Irma Ines Villadiego
POLICE PROGRAMS, CANINES, AND CONTINGENCY THEORY: AN EXPLANATION OF CANINE NUMBERS AMONG LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, David Wayne Welker
2010
Managing the Magic: Technical Direction of The Secret Garden, Bryce Dale Allen
Adult Education: Motivation and Recruitment of Working Adults in the Pursuit of Higher Education, Deborah R. Barnett
Continuity in Technological Change: A Political Economic Analysis of Digital Film Exhibition, Benjamin J. Birkinbine
The Life Effectiveness of Wilderness Adventure Leaders, Cory Maria Dack
MITOCHONDRIAL CONTROL REGION VARIATION AMONG THE SUBSPECIES OF SARUS CRANE (GRUS ANTIGONE), Ranajit Das
The influence of auditory cues on visual spatial perception, Joseph W. Geeseman
Routine Activities Theory: An Empirical Test in a Rural Setting, Eric Heiple
CONTAMINATION EVENTS AND LINKAGES IN WORLD RICE MARKETS, Mana-anya Iemsam-arng
SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE: APPLYING CROSS-NATIONAL INDICATORS OF CRIMINAL VIOLENCE TO DOMESTIC TERRORISM, Travis Shane Irwin
Attitudes Toward Hazaragi, Abedin Jamal
EXPLORING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE ENGLISH 101 PORTFOLIO SYSTEM AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE, Stephen Eric Johnson
IMPACTS OF HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID ON TSUGA CANADENSIS FOREST COMMUNITIES IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, USA, Kurt J. Krapfl
Variables affecting hand sanitizer use in public facilities, Amy Katherine Loukus
The Effect of Dividing Attention on the Maintenance of Object Representations, Jillian Christine Mayer
FEMALE REACTION TO MALE URINE SCENTS AS POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF MATE CHOICE IN CAPTIVE CHEETAHS (ACINONYX JUBATUS), Regina Helen Mossotti
An Analysis of Current Intersection Support and Falls in United States Coal Mines and Recommendations to Improve Safety, Allen Robert Mueller
Identification of disease resistance networks in Maize involved in resistance to Aspergillus flavus and to aflatoxin accumulation, Aparna Natarajan
Prevalence and Timing of Enamel Hypoplasias in the Vagnari Skeletal Sample (1st - 4th centuries A.D.), Chrystal Lea Nause
THE MOBILIZATION OF MEMORY: THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO IN GERMAN AND BRITISH MEMORY, 1815-1915, Kevin Pryor
Group-Based Authentication Mechanisms for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Marshall K. Riley
CONSEQUENCE OF PREMATURE AND CHRONIC LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR ACTIVATION ON TESTICULAR SPERMATOGENIC CELL DEVELOPMENT, Jesse F. Roewer
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OF YOUTH AT A YMCA YOUTH ADVENTURE CAMP, Sarah A. Schneider
THE EFFECTS OF A COMMUNITY-BASED LIFESTYLE, Cassidy Maria Scoggins
EVALUATION OF THE TAB-SIMCO ACID MINE DRAINAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM: WATER CHEMISTRY, PERFORMANCE AND TREATMENT PROCESSES, Yosief Teklehaimanot Segid
LOW-POWER TECHNIQUES FOR SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION REGISTER (SAR) ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS, Ramgopal Sekar
EFFECTS OF INTERNAL FIELDS IN QUANTUM DOTS, Sasi Sekaran Sundaresan
The Historical Figures of the Birthday Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach, Marva J. Watson
From Seed to Fruit: A Posthuman Journey From Stage to Page, Nicole E. Wood
2009
AUSTRAL AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONAL AFFECTS ON BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL COMMUNITIES: BRANSFIELD AND NORTHERN GERLACHE STRAITS, Laura Anne Bordelon
Fire History and Current Stand Structure Analysis of a Midwestern Black Oak Sand Savanna, Cody Douglas Considine
Perceptions and attitudes of college science students regarding carrers in clinical laobratory science, Maureen L. Doran