Theses from 2016
The Effects of a Brief Video-Led Mindfulness Exercise on Momentary Choice Impulsivity, Jordan Lorraine Shaffer
Examining the relationship between delay discounting and self-reported values, Kristy L. Shannon
Integrative Management of Lespedeza cuneata in Prairie Restorations, Lindsay Anne Shupert
Factors Influencing Avian Habitat Selection between Oak-hickory and Mesic Forests in Southern Illinois, Kevin Paul Sierzega
Cover Crop Characteristics and Impacts on Agronomic Systems in Southern Illinois, Taylor Jo Sievers
ANALYSES FOR DESIGN AND SUPPORT OF COAL MINE INTERSECTIONS, Sankhaneel Sinha
Obscure Creatures: the ambiguous nature of the Urnes stave church carvings, Andrea C. Snow
Modified Permeability Modeling of Coal Incorporating Sorption-Induced Matrix Shrinkage, Aman Soni
ABVIC: A NOVEL FLOW CYTOMETRY-BASED ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF HSV-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES, Gavin Michael Sowa
THE EFFECTS OF INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION ON GENETIC EXPRESSION IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Anthony Sparer
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the PEAK-E in Teaching Receptive Metonymical Tacts Using Stimulus Equivalence Training Procedures, Caleb R. Stanley
TEACHING PRACTICAL MONEY SKILLS TO ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES USING THE PEAK RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM, Sarah Sternquist
INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, Tara St.Germaine
EFFECTS OF NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS ON METHANE PRODUCTION AND APPARENT RUMINAL DIGESTABILITY UTILIZING A LOW QUALITY FORAGE DIET: AN IN VITRO STUDY, Brandy Nicole Strohl
PEAK Relational Training System for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Correlational Study in Comparison to ABLLS-R and TOLD-I:4 Linguistics Assessments, Kathryn Joan Stueber
FREEZE-THAW DURABILITY OF CONCRETE WITH NATURAL AND RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATES USING AIR ENTRAINING ADMIXTURE, SALMAN OLUWATOYIN SULAIMAN
To be a (m)other: Abortion, Liminality, and Performative Autoethnography, Shelby Swafford
EXAMINING MINIMUM BETS’ INFLUENCE ON THE ACTUAL BET WAGERED ON FIXED LINE SLOT MACHINES: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS, Kevin Taylor
Graceful Displays of Unstable Affection, Brandon Timm
COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF LEARNING MANDARIN CHINESE NUMERAL CLASSIFIERS, Yee Pin Tio
OHD Processing of Coal Waste Materials, Amberly Hope Tobin
Khovanov Homology as an Generalization of the Jones Polynomial in Kauffman Terms, Heather Tram
Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes in Organically and Conventionally Grown Tomatoes, Marlee Anne Trandel
Shopping and Sociability at an Embedded Market in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, Elizabeth Victoria Trevizo
‘Migrants’ or ‘Refugees’? Al-Jazeera English and the 2015 coverage of the ‘immigration’ crisis in Europe, Anita Tvauri
SITE SPECIFIC INCORPORATION OF PHOTOREACTIVE NON NATURAL AMINOACID IN THE ATPASE DOMAIN OF ISW2, Samarth Bilash Upadhya
Generational Perceptions of Beef Credence Labels in the United States, Kelsey Marie Upah
EFFECTS OF PLASTICITY ON LIQUEFACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF FINE-GRAINED SOILS, Sandip Uprety
AN EXAMINATION OF RISK AND RESILIENCE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PTSD SYMPTOMS AND BULLYING IN MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, Chelsea Kylie VanderWoude
Pitch and Pull, Mary Kate Varnau
THE STUDY OF THREE FERTILITY TREATMENTS ON FOUR ROMAINE LETTUCE CULTIVARS GROWN ON AN EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF, Victoria Marie Vogt
DELAY DISCOUNTING ACROSS TIP EARNING OCCUPATIONS: EXOTIC DANCERS VERSUS RESTAURANT WORKERS, Jessica Page Waizmann
Analysis of the Economic Effect of Abolition of Agricultural Tax on Grain Production in China, PENGFEI WANG
THE EFFICACY OF AND PREFERENCE FOR CHOICE IN TOKEN ECONOMIES DURING RESPONSE ACQUISITION, Alexis Washa
Impulsiveness and Self-Reported Values, Joseph Werderitch
TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR MODELING AND TRANSIENT RESPONSE ENHANCEMENT, Paul Martin West
LIGHT-ACTIVATION OF CHANNELRHODOPSIN-2 EXPRESSED IN HINDLIMB MUSCLE OF LIVING CHICK EMBRYOS, Jessica Rae Whitaker
Neonatal Exposure To Bisphenol Analogues Disrupts Reproductive Organ Development Of Male Mice, Malgorzata Widelka
Teaching Equivalence Relations through Drawing using the PEAK-E Curriculum, Hailey Elizabeth Williams
MOLECULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO HEAT STRESS IN PEROMYSCUS, Michelle Nicole Wood
EVALUATION OF EFFICICACY OF CURCUMIN ON OPPORTUNISTIC BACTERIA, INFLAMMATION, AND PARASITES IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF WORKING HORSES, Samantha Wuest
Fault Diagnosis in Failed Functional Test Sequences at RTL Level, Ajitkumar Yadav
The effect of directing attention externally toward a visible or imagined object, Masahiro Yamada
THE USE OF THE DIG TASK TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAGNESIUM ON RECOVERY OF FUNCTION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Jennica Young
Verification of Bridge Foundation Fixity for Three Different Types of Soil, Syed Zeeshan
DETECTION OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS BY ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY, Linan Zheng
Theses from 2015
RECOVERY OF EXHAUST WASTE HEAT FOR A HYBRID CAR USING STEAM TURBINE, Yasser Ababatin
Concealed Carry on a Midwestern College Campus, Joshua Aaron Abrams
SOCIAL SEEDS AND ENCULTURED CULTURES: MATERIALITY, KNOWLEDGE AND PLACE THROUGH SMALL-SCALE FARMING IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kaitlin Irene Adams
ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING: A STUDY OF YEMENI ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Rashad Ali Ahmed
ELECTRONIC AND VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES OF SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES AND BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES IN THE PRESENCE OF VARIOUS IMPURITIES, Mohammed Halool Al abboodi
LENITION IN THE RIJAL ALHAJIR TRIBAL DIALECT IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF SAUDI ARABIA, Majed Oudah Alasmari
THE GRAMMATICAL INFLUNCE OF NAJDI DIALECT IN MODERN STANDARD ARABIC, Abdulrahman Abdullah Albawardi
THE MODIFICATION OF ENGLISH CODA CLUSTERS BY THE SPEAKERS OF ALJOUF ARABIC DIALECT, Areej Rakha Alenazi
Image Fusion Using Transform Techniques, Fayadh Shafi Alenezi
AN OPTIMALITY-THEORETIC APPROACH TO SAUDI ENGLISH LEARNERS’ PRODUCTION OF WORD-INITIAL BICONSONANTAL CLUSTERS, Abdullah Hassan M Alfaifi
THE EFFECT OF L1 TRANSLATION VS. L2 DEFINITION ON THE IMMEDIATE RECALL OF VOCABULARY WORDS, Abdulrahman Saad Al Hashim
SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM ALTERS THE DISTRIBUTION AND PROPORTIONS OF SPLEEN CELLS WITHIN 24 HOURS OF INFECTION, Alanoud Aljasham
The syntax of Syriac Proverbs, Luord Abdulsalam Alkhozaimi
The Pronunciation of /ʒ/ And /dʒ/ by Najdi Saudi ESL Speakers, Khulood Abdullah Almohaimeed
THE PERCEPTION OF ENGLISH TENSE AND LAX VOWELS BY SAUDI SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Adel Mater Almotairi
THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL CODE-SWITCHING IN SAUDI UNIVERSITY EFL CLASSROOMS: A CASE STUDY, Ali Hussain Almuhayya
THE PRODUCTION OF ARABIC GEMINATE STOPS BY ENGLISH LEARNERS OF ARABIC, Ahmed Saad Almutiri
REVISITING THE DEBATE OF ENGLISH-ONLY INSTRUCTION: PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS AT THE ROYAL SAUDI LAND FORCES AVIATION INSTITUTE, Khalid Alotaibi
PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN KUWAIT: EXAMINING THE USE OF TWITTER AND DIWANIYA AMONG YOUNGER GENERATION IN THE DECEMBER 2012 KUWAIT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, Mohammad DH Alotaibi
CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF SAUDI AND AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE SPEECH ACT OF REFUSAL, Sharifh A. Alqahtani
Compliment Responses: A Comparison of Saudi English Learners and Native Speakers of American English in an Academic Environment, Nuha Khalid Alsalem
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL SECRET SHARING IN CLOUD COMPUTING, REEM SAAD ALSHIDDI
LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE OF VERB-PARTICLE BY SAUDI ENGLISH LEARNERS, Fadwi Waleed ALTURKI
An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Interteaching in an Undergraduate Classroom, Steven James Anbro
Don't Look Just Now, Ryan Apking
FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF CARBON-CARBON CLUTCH MATERIALS, Haytham Gadkarim Arabi
STRESS RESPONSES AND PACE OF LIFE PHENOTYPES PREDICT DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND HOST EPIZOOTIC POTENTIAL, Alessandra M. Araujo
Characterizing polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in aquatic and riparian species of Campus Lake, Megan Christine Archer
Nitrogen Availability and Transport Following Drought in Three Agricultural Watersheds in Central Illinois, Jarrod Matthew Armstrong
PHASE TRANSITIONS AND MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS IN Ni1−xCrxMnGe1.05 AND GdNi2Mnx, Anil Aryal
A Low-Energy Consuming MAC Protocol for Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Rohit Bachu
The Effects of Lag Schedules and Multiple Alternatives on Response Resurgence, Ashley Frances Bagwell
MSB First Arithmetic Circuit for Motion Estimation, Zeeshan Ahmed Bashir
Shear strength and stiffness properties of bedding planes and discontinuities in coal measure rocks, Subash Bastola
EXPOSURE OF WINTERING SCOTERS TO SUBLETHAL INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON, Jessica Lynn Hallman Behnke
INVESTIGATION OF YTTRIUM TITANATE IN A LEAD IODIDE PEROVSKITE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY, Matthew Behnke
A Contextual Analysis of Altruism: The Effect of Relative Context on Social Discounting, Jordan Belisle
Coeffects of experience and professional interest on SLPs' assessment of chronic aphasia: A correlational survey study, Alivia Rachelle Berry
COPING AND THE UNIVERSITY: ACADEMIC SATISFACTION AND COPING STYLE IN SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY, Brian Peter Bettonville
The Success of Failure Temporal Interpretation and the Glitch Process, Todd Todd Birdsong
Insights on the Intestinal Microbiome of Commercially Important Ictalurid Catfish, Jacob W. Bledsoe
The associations between parent attitudes and behaviors and child self-concept and academic achievement, Morgan Bobo
A Qualitative Analysis of Substance Use and the Commission of Burglary, Geoffrey Loren Boise
INFLUENCE OF TIO2 ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES ON PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY AND CONTAMINANT UPTAKE, Scott Jared Bradfield
AN EXAMINATION OF HOPELESSNESS, NEGATIVE AFFECT, DEPRESSION, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OFFENDER POPULATIONS WITH PTSD, Christine Elizabeth Breazeale
UNDERSTANDING CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS RESISTANCE BY INVESTIGATING THE CUTANEOUS DEFENSE MECHANISMS OF MARSUPIAL FROGS, David Burkart
PRIVACY PRESERVATION IN A HYBRID MULTI MESH-LTE AMI NETWORK FOR SMART GRID, Ozan Cakmak
Family Secrets: The Secrets That Lie Within, Stacy Jill Calvert
Weak Fragments of Arithmetic, Vina Maureen Castelli
Relational training of contextual cues and self-rule formation in simulated slot machines, Rocco Giovanni Catrone
THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF LITHUANIA, Simonas Cepenas
A CFD ANALYSIS OF THE FLOW OF FINE PARTICLES IN A TURBULENT MEDIUM AND CONTROLS FOR DUST IN LONGWALL MINING, Akshat Chandna
A NEW LOW-POWER AND HIGH PERFORMANCE SINUSOIDAL THREE PHASE CLOCK DYNAMIC DESIGN, Hemanth Kumar Chemanchula