Theses from 2014
Vocabulary Learning Strategies: A Study of Congolese English Language Learners, Jean Kaya
REDUCTION OF EXPANSIVE INDEX OF KAOLINITE AND BENTONITE CLAY BY USING SAND AND FLY ASH MIXTURES, Ramesh KC
Procedural Justice and Domestic Violence: Victims' Satisfaction With Police and Willingness to Seek Help, Karla Keller Avelar
HABITAT QUALITY AND LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY OF RIPARIAN CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Veronica Lynn Kelly
A Dialectical Account of Consummate Experience: With Reference to John Dewey, Jared Kemling
Post Buckling of Non Sway Axially Restrained Columns Under Thermal(Fire) Loads, Bikash Khanal
Influential Node Selection Using Positive Influential Dominating Set in Online Social Network, Mahbubul Arefin Khan
Lycopene and ascorbic acid content of fresh tomatoes based on genotype, maturity stage and cold storage interval, Travis Killion
The Role of University Food Gardens in Higher Education Sustainability, Sydney Kristen Klein
VISIBILITY AT ZERO, Austin S. Kodra
The Influence of Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory Subsystems on Social Interaction and Social Observation Anxiety, Samuel Louis Kramer
Ragtime: A Quilt of Humanity, Elise Kulovany
EFFECTS OF ADDITION OF SMALL PERCENTAGES OF FLY ASH ON LIQUEFACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF SAND, Rakam Lama Tamang
ROLE OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS IN POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR FRICTION APPLICATIONS, Preston Lapping
EFFECTS OF PROGRAMMED DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULI USED IN A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS ON LANGUAGE DISRUPTIONS OF ELDERLY ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA, Daniel Joseph Larrabee
Identifying Kinase/Substrate Interactions in Chlamydia trachomatis, Stephanie Danielle Layton
Unredeemed Objects of Her Daughter, Alice SehYun Lee
ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CYCLOPENTA[HI]ACEANTHRYLENES, Che-Hsiung Lee
Peirce's Theory of Instinct, Cheongho Lee
Characterization of DEAF1 Occupancy on the Human DEAF1 Gene, Jing Li
THE IMPACT OF E-CADHERIN AND PHOSPHATASE AND TENSIN HOMOLOG ABLATION IN THE UTERUS: THE PROGRESSION OF TYPE I ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA, Mallory E. Lindberg
CAMPUS RECYCLING - INFLUENCES AND DECISIONS, Brooke Ann Lopeman
A SCALE TO MEASURE THE COMPLEXITY AND PERCEPTUAL-COGNITIVE SKILLS IN SOCCER, Maurici Abraham Lopez Felip
ARE TEACHERS READY FOR ELF? EVIDENCE FROM NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING MA TESOL STUDENTS, Maria Gabriela Lopez Jaramillo
TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF INSECTIVOROUS BATS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS, Josiah J. Maine
Magnetic Characterization of Ferrocene Derived Carbon Nanotubes, Johnathan Scott Malone
C3 GRASS SEEDLING INVASIBILITY AND SECONDARY SUCCESSION TRENDS IN AN OLD FIELD IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kelsey Anne Martinez
Examining the Effects of Time-Based and Quantity-Based Reinforcement on the Persistence of Behavior, Heather Rachelle Martin
ALTERING GAMBLING BEHAVIOR THROUGH PROBABILITY TRAINING, Jodi L. McGlone
CFD ANALYSIS OF AIRFLOW PATTERNS IN HIGH MINING AREAS OF ROOM-AND-PILLAR COAL MINING, Ahmad Zharif Md Azmi
KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH BELIEFS ABOUT TYPE II DIABETES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS USING HEALTH BELIEF MODEL, Mohammed Merzah
An Examination of George Orwell's Newspeak through Politeness Theory, Byron Scott Millard
Man Thinking in the Great Community, Anthony James Miller
Beat Women: The Thunder Before the Storm-An Analysis of Feminism's Bridge Generation, Jeanette Leigh Miller
THE EMOTIONAL WEIGHT OF POETIC SOUND: AN EXPLORATION OF PHONEMIC ICONICITY IN THE HAIKU OF BASHŌ, Rachel Marie Miller
COMPARISON OF STRENGTH, DUCTILITY AND STIFFNES OF REDUCED BEAM SECTION AND WELDED FLANGE PLATE CONNECTION, Muhammad Bilal Mirza
Comparison Of Promoters Controlling A Rewritable Digital Data Storage System in Live Cells, Lukman Momoh
NITROGEN CYCLING IN HEADWATER WATERSHEDS AND IN MANAGED STANDS OF AUTUMN-OLIVE (ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA THUNB.) IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Natalia Margoth Montano
The Presence of High, Marginal, Low and Very Low Food Security among Illinois University Students, Loran Mary Morris
DOES RACE MATTER?: EXAMINING DIFFERENCES IN INTRACULTURAL AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS, Megan Marie Morrison
Archiving Loss: The Man Who Burned Paper, Jaime Moss
Constructed Boundaries: Reading Architecture in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides, Sarah Munchow
NFκB REGULATION OF PLACENTA GROWTH FACTOR AND ITS PRIMARY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, GLIAL CELL MISSING 1, Timothy Murphy
WEAR MECHANISM OF INTERMETALLIC BONDED DIAMOND COMPOSITE FOR GRINDING WHEELS, Anuroop Naarumanchi
COMPARISON OF NICKEL AND IRON-BASED OXYGEN CARRIERS SUPPORTED ON ALUMINA IN SYNGAS-FUELED CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION, Farzin Najjarpour Jabbary
Relationship Between Cultural Values and the Perceived Effectiveness of Authentic Leadership, Joseph David Narusis
Ambulance Optimization Allocation, Faranak Nasiri
TEACHING WH-QUESTIONS TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER USING DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING, Stephanie Negrelli
Second language reading strategies: Evidence from Vietnamese learners of English, Hanh Thi Bich Nguyen
The Urban Messenger: The Growth of the St. Louis Public Library, 1870-1930, Matthew Alexander Nichols
Evaluating the success of oak afforestation on former agricultural lands in southern Illinois, Joshua Bradley Nickelson
(Dis)connections, Alexa Nutile
Factors Determining Sugarcane Price at the Farm Level in Kenya, David Ochieng Nyaoke
The Oxide Incident, Nick Nylen
EFFECT OF OPTOGENETIC STIMULATION ON NEUROPLASTICITY OF THE EMBRYONIC CHICK MOTOR SYSTEM, Ernest Kwesi Ofori
THE REALIZATION OF FINAL STOPS IN INTERLANGUAGE: MORE EVIDENCE FOR UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR, Michael Lee Olsen
EVALUATING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PERFORMANCE BASED ON FOUR FACTORS: CULTURE, LANGUAGE, PEDAGOGY AND UNIVERSITY SUPPORT, Monawar Mohammad Omar
FALSE BELIEF REASONING AND THE ACQUISITION OF RELATIVIZATION AND SCRAMBLING IN RUSSIAN CHILDREN, Mari Ovsepyan
Life Cycle: A Musical Composition in Four Movements, Trefan Owen
Mujer, sexualidad, identidad y muerte en la poesía de Amanda Castro, Diana P. Pacheco Montoya
TEACHERS' ATTITUDE TOWARD BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN THAILAND, Manisara Palawat
JUDAS KISS: HOW NEVER RATTING ON YOUR FRIENDS & ALWAYS KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT DOES NOT APPLY TO STREET SNITCHES, Joseph John Pashea, Jr.
Alteration, Mineralization, and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of the Wind Mountain and Willard-Colado Epithermal Deposits, Nevada: Implications for Amagmatic Hydrothermal Activity, Caldwell Robert Payne
The Impact of Language and Disability Type on Attitudes Toward Persons with Disabilities, Courtney Payne
Plant Responses to Increased Experimental Nitrogen Deposition in a Boreal Peatland, Meaghan Petix
CYCLIC LOAD RESISTANCE AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SELECTED SOIL FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS USING UNDISTURBED AND REMOLDED SAMPLES, Janak Pokharel
FISCHER- TROPSCH SYNTHESIS ON FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES, Sewa Pokhrel
Design of a database to compare genomes, Naresh Pola
A SELF-ORGANIZING MAP APPROACH FOR HOSPITAL DATA ANALYSIS, Javid Pourkia
Effects of Good Food: Local Project on Acceptance and Consumption of USDA Specialty Crops in Pre-School through High School Children in Southern Illinois, Chelsea Marie Price
CONTEMPORARY QUAKER USE OF METAPHOR, Maurine Hebert Pyle
PHASE TRANSITIONS AND MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT IN MnNiGe1−xAlx, Ni50Mn35(In1−xCrx)15 AND (Mn1−xCrx)NiGe1.05, Abdiel Quetz
Assessing the Validity of Engagement-Based and Selection-Based Preference Assessments in Elderly Individuals with Dementia, Amanda Jean Quick
EFFECTS OF ADDITION OF LARGE PERCENTAGES OF FLY ASH ON LIQUEFACTION BEHAVIOR OF SAND., Gaurav Regmi
EQUITABLE SHORTEST JOB FIRST: A PREEMPTIVE SCHEDULING ALGORITHM FOR SOFT REAL-TIME SYSTEMS, Mario Jean Rene
SOLVING LINEAR, NONHOMOGENEOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: A LOOK AT THE METHOD OF VARIATION OF PARAMETERS, David Jordan Rhoads
An Evaluation of Preference Assessment Outcomes on Employee Performance, Tiffany Ritz
THE IMPACT OF TASTE TEST INTERVENTIONS ON THE REDUCTION OF VEGETABLE PLATE WASTE IN A RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL SETTING, Emily Romanowski
GEOMETRY OF LEGENDRE TRANSFORM AND APPLICATIONS, RUPASSARAGE UPUL HEMAKUMARA RUPASSARA
English Loanword phonology in Arabic, Mohammed Qasem Ruthan
Automated Ultrasonic Signal Classification of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Laminates, Sameeuddin Sameeuddin
EFFECTS OF CHOICE AND NO CHOICE OF PREFERRED ENGAGMENT STIMULI TASKS ON THE OFF-TASK BEHAVIOR OF, Rebecca Gail Schlenker-Korb
The Blue Notebook, Staci Renee Schoenfeld
ON PERFORMANCE OF DYNAMIC NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS, Farhan Shahnewaz
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HYPERVALENT IODINE MEDIATED REACTION METHODOLOGIES FOR CLEAVAGE OF ALKENES AND SYNTHESIS OF 1,2,4-OXADIAZOLES., Jhanvi Sharma
Evaluating the Efficacy of ACT-Based Exercises and Realistic Training to Improving Staff Performance During Crisis Intervention Encounters, Ashley Shayter
Home Video and Nostalgia in Transitional China, Jiaxi Shen
NATIVE SPEAKERS' REALIZATIONS OF WORD-INITIAL FRICATIVE + CONSONANT CLUSTERS IN ENGLISH NON-WORDS, Samantha Sheppard
Sensitivity of Hazus-MH Flood Loss Estimates to Selection of Building Parameters: Two Illinois Case Studies, Samir Shrestha
WAKE CHARACTERISTICS DOWNSTREAM OF A RIGID UNSUBMERGED CYLINDER IN A RECTANGULAR CHANNEL, Sanjeet -. Shrestha
Assessment of sudden permeability uptick with depletion in coalbed reservoir, Vivek Kumar Singh
Electronic Band Engineering in Epitaxial Graphene: First Principles Calculations, Henaka Rallage Hansika Iroshini Sirikumara
Evaluation of the Maintenance of Dense and Lean Schedules of Reinforcement on a Behavioral Skills Training Package to Teach Social Skills to Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Anna Rose Sjostrom
THE EFFECTS OF AUDITORY STIMULI ON THE RATING OF OUTCOMES OF A SLOT MACHINE, Jamie Melissa Smith
Impacts of Cover Crops on Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide Flux from a Row Crop Agricultural Field in Central Illinois, Joshua Dwayne Smith
Fischer - Tropsch Synthesis in Supercritical phase Carbon Dioxide: Recycle Rates, Madhav Soti
The Philosophical Significance of Slave Narratives, Darian Spearman
Wideband and Narrowband Spectrum Sensing Methods Using Software Defined Radios, Jason Karl Stegman
EMPIRE IN THE AMERICAN WEST: A NEW HISTORICIST INTERROGATION OF NARRATIVE IN OWEN WISTER'S THE VIRGINIAN, WILLA CATHER'S DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP, AND CORMAC MCCARTHY'S ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, Brian Patrick Steinbach