Theses from 2014
TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES OF TARGETING THE THROMBOXANE A2 RECEPTOR IN CANCER., Viola Allaj
New Deal Art Now: Reframing the Artifacts of Diversity, Jessica Allee
THE USE OF READING STRATEGIES IN ARABIC BY NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS, Fahad Alolayan
THE EFFECT OF JATROPHA TORRIFIED BIOMASS AND COAL PREPARATION ON STEAM CO-GASIFICATION IN A FIXED BED REACTOR, Mashal Mohammed Aloqaili
The Use of Lexical Borrowings Among Saudis, Amal Alzahrani
THE ACQUISITION OF TENSE/LAX DISTINCTION BY ARABIC SPEAKERS LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, Dhayfullah Saeed Alzahrani
FIRE AND FERTILIZATION EFFECTS ON THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING NATIVE CANEBRAKES [ARUNDINARIA GIGANTEA (WALT) MUHL] IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Margaret Marziye Anderson
Parapet Load Distribution to the Bearing Pads of Prestressed Concrete Girders in a Simple Span Bridge, Calvin Austiff
STRESS, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION: A MIDDLE SICÁN CASE STUDY, Alyssa Christine Bader
STUDYING THE MAGNETIC SEPARATION OF OXYGEN CARRIER IN COAL DIRECT CHEMICAL LOOPING, Amin Bagheri
Tools Tested for Outdoor Recreation, Environmental Education and Stewardship: Allowing Children to Make the Rules, Laura Eaton Baird
INTERLANGUAGE IDIOMATICS:THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH IDIOMS BY SAUDI LEARNERS, Halah Banjar
The Effects of KNDy Neuron Peptides on Prolactin and Luteinizing Hormone in Pup-Deprived Lactating Rats, Amanda Leann Barnard
Bilingualism, Executive Function, and Attention Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder, Carina Ann Beck
Preserving Consumer Privacy on IEEE 802.11s-Based Smart Grid AMI Networks, Andrew Beussink
Protective effect of capsaicin against cisplatin ototoxicity, Puspanjali Bhatta
APOLOGY STRATEGIES: A COMPARISON OF SAUDI ENGLISH LEARNERS AND NATIVE SPEAKERS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH, Hajar Salman Binasfour
Ceramic Technology and Cultural Identity in the Fox Lake Sanctuary, Brevard County, Florida, David Birnbaum
Stimulus Equivalence and the Emergence of Topography Based Driving Behaviors on a Vehicle Simulator Task, Andrew Pierce Blowers
An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Geography in Sustainability Education, Makayla Jane Bonney
Double Down at Last Call, Joshua Bontrager
HABITAT OVERLAP AMOUNG MESOCARNIVORES AND WILD TURKEYS IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE, Christopher Bottom
Pollution, Purification, and the Scapegoat: Religion and Violence in the Trial of Socrates, Philip Brewer
BUILDING A "DRUM SET": DESIGNING THE SCENERY FOR SAM SHEPARD'S FOOL FOR LOVE, Kieran Pearse Brown
A COMPARISON OF STIMULUS PAIRING OBSERVATIONAL PROCEDURES AND MATCHING TO SAMPLE PROCEDURES WITH KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, Sara Jan Buitrago
SENSING THE PAST: ETHNOAESTHETICS AND MEMORY WITHIN OKLAHOMA CHOCTAW CULTURAL REVITALIZATION PROJECTS, Jennifer Lynn Burns
STRESS CORROSION CRACKING OF REBAR ROOF BOLTS IN U.S. UNDERGROUND COAL MINES - A PRELIMINARY STUDY, Gopi Bylapudi
NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION AS IT APPLIES TO CURVEFITTING, Bryan Callen
IS DISRUPTION TO PASSIVE GAS-EXCHANGE A MECHANISM OF DEHYDRATION FOR WNS-INFECTED HIBERNATING BATS?, Charleve Carey
Teaching Multiple Response Alternatives to Mitigate Resurgence, Travis Carrasquillo
FACTORS INFLUENCING SITE OCCUPANCY OF BREEDING BIRDS, HERPTILES, MESOCARNIVORES, AND SMALL MAMMALS ON SUBURBAN FOREST PRESERVES IN THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA, Kevin William Cassel
LINEARITY VERSUS COMPLETE POSITIVITY OF THE EVOLUTION OF OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS, Russell R. Ceballos
Experiences of Postpartum Women Living with a Pelvic Floor Disorder, Angela D. Cerney
Partial Melting Experiments on an Mg # 80 Martian Mantle and Their Implications for Basalt Genesis, Zachary Adam Chartrand
EVALUATION OF RECOMBINANT INBRED LINE POPULATION AND ADVANCED BREEDING LINES AGAINST SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME IN SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR.], William Daniel Clark
EFFECTS OF NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY ON BRAIN NEUROELECTRIC INDICES OF ATTENTIONAL DISRUPTION BY LATERALIZED EMOTIONAL AND SMOKING-RELATED DISTRACTORS, Ryan Patrick Coppens
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN FUNCTION AND MACHINE PREFERENCE IN SLOT MACHINE GAMBLERS, Anna Elizabeth Cronin
THE BEST PLACE FOR CARTOONS: CARTOON NETWORK AND THE SILVER AGE OF AMERICAN ANIMATION, Matt Crowell
Axe-Heads and Mississippian Political Economy: A St. Francois Provenance Study, Rosanna Yvonne Crow
A Sociophonetic Study of the Northern Cities Shift in Southwest Michigan, Sara Daniels
The Impact of Fruit and Vegetable Education with a School Garden on Kindergardeners' Nutrition Knowledge, Afton Khale Delvecchio
Quantum Computing With Quantum Dots Using The Heisenberg Exchange Interaction, Nicholas Dewaele
Effect of Perceived Attributions about Ostracism on Social Pain and Task Performance, Joshua T. Doerner
AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF BST TO TEACH A DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, Kirsten L. Dvorak
LEAST-RECENTLY-USED (LRU) CIRCUIT DESIGN FOR PRIORITIZED CACHE, Ronald Eaton
Preana: Game-theory Based Prediction with Reinforcement Learning, Zahra Eftekhari
NON- CATALYTIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION IN SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FOR COAL LIQUEFACTION, HUSSIEN Eldod ELHUSSIEN
A PRECLINICAL EVALUATION OF MEMANTINE AS A TREATMENT FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Brandy Elizabeth Elmore
ENERGY DRINKS: FACTORS THAT INFLUNCE COLLEGE STUDENTS' CONSUMPTION, Nameer Nassir Faris
Building Cultural and Linguistic Bridges: Interpersonal Relationships and the Brontë Sisters in German Translation, Jasmin Farsi
Monitoring drought intensity in Illinois with a combined index, GUANLING FENG
Putting Men Back in the Menstrual Cycle: A Qualitative Analysis of Men's Perceptions of Menstruation, Katherine Fishman
How It Has Always Been Told, Jenny Lynn Flack
Airlifted, Mary Kathleen Flannery
Transitions, Krista Rose Frohling
Now is the Time to be Ghosts, Michaelle Brett Gaffney
STUDY OF XENON ADSORPTION ON ZEOLITIC IMIDAZOLATE FRAMEWORK - 8, G.M. Dinuka Harshana Gallaba
COMPARISON OF MULTIVARIATE PROCESS MEAN SHIFT APPROACHES: MEWMA, MCUSUM, CHANGE POINT AND NEURAL NETWORK, Mandana Ghasemi
THE EFFECTS OF MANIPULATING ESTABLISHING OPERATIONS AND A TOKEN ECONOMY PROCEDURE ON THE ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO SHARE BETWEEN PEERS WITH AUTISM, Caitlin Gilley
IMPLEMENTATION OF PEAK RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, Jacqueline Bridget Gilliam
PREEMPTIVE EDGE-BASED SCHEDULING FOR REAL-TIME NETWORKS ON A CHIP, VASILIKI GKINTZOU
Campus Sweetheart: An Idealized Image on College Campuses During the Middle of the Twentieth Century, Jon Edward Gorgosz
THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE AND MUSIC EXPERIENCE ON AUDITORY INHIBITORY CONTROL, Robert Edward Graham
Enjoy Them at a Distance, Joshua Gray
IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF A MID-SIZE POWER PLANT BY REDUCTION IN AUXILIARY POWER AND IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER, Jeffrey Andrew Green
Traditional Navajo Sandpaintings and John Dewey's Concept of An Experience, Shannon L. Griffin
Design and Characterization of a Compact Heat Exchanger for use with Nanofluids, Daniel Ray Grohmann
Physical Basis for Quasi-Universal Relationships Describing Bankfull Hydraulic Geometry of Pebble-Bed Rivers, Nicholas A. Haas
The Study of Food Environment and Healthfulness of Diet in the Population Attending the Good Food: Local Program in Southern Illinois, Lanie Kae Haertling
A Simplified Multibody Model for Vehicle Dynamic Response, Brian Hanson
Dynamics of Early-Season Weed Management and Soybean Nutrition, Nick T. Harre
The Role of Deer Browsing on Plant Community Development and Ecosystem Functioning during Tallgrass Prairie Restoration, Patrick Thomas Harris
Drivers of Compositional Trajectories in Reference and Restored Pine Savanna Communities, Diane Harshbarger
THE EFFECT OF FEDERALISM ON THE ETHNIC CONFLICT BETWEEN KURDS AND ARABS IN IRAQ, Hozan Abdulrahman Hasan
EFFECTS OF THE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES AUTUMN OLIVE (ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA) ON SMALL MAMMAL POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Stephanie Hayes
Pyramidal Training for Supervisors and Caregivers of Aging Adults, Rocky Dean Haynes
Cataclastic flow kinematics inferred from magnetic fabrics at the Heart Mountain detachment, Wyoming, Gerhard Heij
Processing Trauma: Reading Art in 9/11 Novels, Karen Kruse Heinemann
Performance of Vacuum Insulation Panels in Building Energy Consumption, Steven Herek
The American Plague: Milk Sickness and the Trans-Appalachian West, 1810-1930, Taryn Nicole Hill
Home Economics Programs Within Higher Education: A Typology, Sara Holtzman
Probability Discounting of the Quality of Sexual Relationships, Aimee Colleen Howard
Terpenes and terpenoids determination in present of ozone by SPME and GC-MS, WEIWEI HUA
AN ANALYSIS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE USING ELECTRODES FABRICATED FROM ATOMICALLY THIN 2D STRUCTURES OF MOS2, GRAPHENE AND MOS2/GRAPHENE COMPOSITES, Jacob Danial Huffstutler
Cycling, Paul Joseph Intravaia
Late Woodland Ceramic Decorative Styles in the Lewis Phase of the Lower Ohio Valley: An Investigation of Social Connectedness, Wesley Albertus Jackson
An Investigation of the Effects of Agreeableness and Cost on Willingness to Share Information with Out-of-Loop Managers, Heather Jaffe
Thecamoebians as an environmental proxy for the Middle Mississippi River floodplain, Stephanie Jarvis
Electron Accepting Materials Based on Cyclopenta[H,I]aceanthrylenes and Dicyclopenta[DE,MN]tetracenes, Jessica Lynn Jellison
DEVELOPING A TOOL FOR SITE-SPECIFIC GENE INACTIVATION IN CHLAMYDIA, Cayla Marie Johnson
An Evaluation of the Effects of Decreasing Win Rate on Slot Machine Gambling, Matthew Johnson
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF UV ATTENUATION: NATURAL SUNSCREEN IN A CHANGING WORLD, Kristen Jordan
MODEL BRAKE MATERIAL FORMULATIONS AND THEIR TESTING AT DIFFERENT SCALE LEVELS, Sharath Chandra Reddy Kancharla
IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADITIONAL AND NOVEL SOY OILS AS SUBSTITUTES FOR FISH OIL IN FEEDS FOR HYBRID STRIPED BASS (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis), Kenson Kanczuzewski
Regulation of glucose metabolism by Alox8, Rabindra Karki
FPGAS IMPLEMENTATION OF LOEFFLER'S ALGORITHM, Atigah A. Karnaf
PASSED DOWN: MASCULINE FAMILIAL RELATIONS IN FILM, Michael J. Kartje
PERCEPTION OF CONSONANT GEMINATION BY NATIVE ENGLISH LEARNERS OF SINHALA: THE EFFECT OF TRAINING, Lokeshwari Sandamali Karunarathna