Open Access Theses

2009

Solving Conflict in Academic Contexts: a Comparison of U.S. and Taiwanese College Students, Li-Jung Huang

UNDERSTANDING THE LINK BETWEEN ETHANOL PRODUCTION AND FOOD PRICES, Nathalia Ferreira Monteiro

Improving Computer Game Bots' behavior using Q-Learning, Purvag Patel

ASSEMBLY & JOINTURE: A Tectonics of Place & Structure in the Mississippi Heartland Delta, Matthew J. Pica

Structural Response Including Vertical Component of Ground Motion, Alex Joseph Piolatto

REORGANIZATION OF MASSIVE MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS: MOTL/O, Aruntej Seelam

An Evaluation of Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos and Ipomoea pandurata as host plants of the specialist bee, Ptilothrix bombiformis (Apoidea: Emphorini) and the role of floral scent chemistry in host-selection., Melissa Diane Simpson

Theodore Wilson Thompson: Southern Illinois Pioneer, Elisha L. Szyjka

Classifying the Fire Regime Condition Class for Upland Oak-Hickory Forests, Paul David Tikusis

The watchdog role of newspapers: Newspaper coverage of Sinclair Broadcasting's announcement to air a one-sided documentary right before the 2004 presidential election., Greta Kaye Weiderman

Campus Theses

2013

SAUDI LEARNERS’ PRONUNCIATION DIFFICULTIES WITH THE ENGLISH VOICELESS BILABIAL STOP /p/, Khalaf Naif Alharbi

2012

EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL STORM SURGE AND SEDIMENTATION ON PITCHER PLANTS (SARRACENIA PURPUREA) AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLAGES IN A COASTAL PINE SAVANNA, Matthew John Abbott

Bright Theater, Leslie Elizabeth Adams

FUSION OF ULTRASONIC C-SCAN DATA WITH FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, Olanrewaju Ari Adeniyi

A Fuzzy Rule-Based Model for Predicting Precipitation in the Marion, Illinois Station Area, Cindy-Ann Patricia Alexander

SAUDI STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE UTILITY OF ENGLISH AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN IT, Mateb Mohammed Alfawzan

IDENTIFYING PROCESS DEVIATION USING MEASURABLE PATH DELAYS, Wisam Abdulrahman Al-Jubouri

Evaluating the Efficacy of Auditory and Visual Signals on Functional Communication Under Escape Conditions, Marissa Allen

Saudi College Students' Independent Language Learning Strategies throught Multimedia Resources: Perceptions of Benefits and Implications for Langauge Learning, Budoor Khaled Al Maghrabi

SPONTANEOUS NETWORKED ORGANIZATION, Saad Dhayfallah Alqithami

p53 Downregulates AKR1B10 As a Negative Feedback Of AMPK Activity, Ahmed Ayad Hamza Al-Salman

LINGUISTIC APPROXIMATION FOR COMPUTING WITH WORDS, Yousef Saleh Althobaiti

The Role of Motivation in the L2 Acquisition of English by Saudi Students : a Dynamic Perspective, Ali Alzayid

Behavior of wide flange beams with web openings, Akwasi Manu Assenso Antwi

PHONON ENGINEERING OF SILICON NANOWIRES BY CONTROL DOPING, FIRST PRINCIPLE APPROACH, Masoud Babaeian

Role of microRNAs in Cancer, Resha Bajracharya

ZAMBIAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS' FAMILIARITY, INTEREST, PERFORMANCE, CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND PEDAGOGICAL IDEAS FOR ELECTROCHEMISTRY, Asiana Banda

STUDY OF ADSORPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE ON CARBON BASED NANO-MATERIALS AND EVALUATION OF ISOSTERIC HEAT, SPECIFIC EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA AVAILABLE FOR ADSORPTION AND ADSORPTION KINETICS, Shree Ram Banjara

The Millerite Movement and American Millennial Culture, 1830-1845, John Richard Barnard

Resilience: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors for Anxiety and Depression in Children, Rashida Barner

Evaulating the Emergence of Untaught Tacts Following the Instruction of Mands Under Transitive CEO Control, Shaina Barry

Using Mindfulness to Increase Positive Teacher-Student Interactions in a Classroom for Students with Autism, Rebecca Batterman

Interactive Visualization of Categorical Data Sets, John Beck

DEPRESSION, LANGUAGE, AND AFFECT: AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF BASELINE DEPRESSION AND AFFECT INDUCTION ON LANGUAGE, Jared Bernard

Sleeping Site Selection in Relation to the Distribution of Food Resources in Gibbons (Hylobates lar), Jamie E. Berner

FAMILY DINNER TIME: ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A "MEAL WHEEL" TO PROMOTE CONVERSATION, Kelsey Ann Berry

EGD2 is a conserved telomere binding protein, Amrita Biswas

Fluorite: A Mineral of Importance in Midcontinental Prehistory, Steven L. Boles

Stent Tester: Design and Application, Dharam Botadra

Menominee Identity Maintenance Through Termination, Nichole M. Boyd

Missouri Mean, Bryan Brower

Varied and Novel Activity Selection by Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Amanda Buchmeier

Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Shifting Standards for Women in the Workplace, Sean Michael Cameron

CIVIL SOCIETY BUILDING IN CHINA: COMMUNICATING SOCIAL CHANGE BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN WUHAN, Hao Cao

Arirang Redux, Jung Hae Chae

Examining the Literature of Resistance: The Politics and Poetics of Chinese American Identity in the Works of Frank Chin and David Henry Hwang, Kai Hang Cheang

IMPROVING PATH PLANNING PERFORMANCE BY MONITORING HUMAN DECISIONS, Chee Chian Cheng

THE EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TAIWANESE COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATHLETIC SHOE PURCHASE INTENTION, Yen-Tin Chen

Domesticating the Vampire: An LGBTQ Audience Reception Study of True Blood, Kelly Lynn Choyke

COMPARISON AND OPTIMIZATION OF BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING CONFIGURATIONS BASED ON COMPUTER SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS, Linlin Cong

Reading Wholes in Herbert's Temple, Brian Cook

PROPHETS BLUFF RETROSPECTIVE: AN EXAMINATION OF A FABRICATED HISTORY, Samuel J. Copeland

Metaphysical Investigations in Nietzsche and Schelling, Isaac B. Creek

Use of Alternative Lipids and Finishing Feeds to Improve Nutritional Value and Food Safety of Hybrid Striped Bass, Curtis Crouse

Improving Socially Appropriate Responses by Increasing Self-Edited Autoclitic Phrases in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury, Shantel Crownover

The Evolution of Consumerism's Influence on Masculinity: The Gallant, Fop and Metrosexual, Andrew Michael Darr

Access to Fresh Foods: Socio-Economic Characteristics of Illinois Farmers' Markets Participating in Government Funded Food Assistance Programs, Deidra Denice Davis

RHOX8 ABLATION USING A NOVEL SIRNA TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL YIELDS DOWN REGULATION OF SEX-DETERMINATION GENE, SOX9, Matthew Grauden Davis

POPULATION GENETICS OF GOLDEN MICE (OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI) AND WHITE-FOOTED MICE (PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS), Jill Christine Devine

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF AN IPAD APPLICATION ON THE EFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY OF DATA COLLECTION IN CLINICAL SESSIONS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY, Moniek Alicia Dewit

SYNTHESIZING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TITANIUM DIBORIDE FOR COMPOSITE BIPOLAR PLATES IN PEM FUEL CELL, Ramesh Duddukuri

ALTERED HIPPOCAMPAL ASTROGLIAL METABOLISM ASSOCIATED WITH AGING AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION, Jeremy M. Ebersole

"The Legitimate Business of Courtship and Marriage": Searching for Fulfillment in the Turn of the Century American Novel, Jessica D. Eslinger

Shear Forces Developed in Link Beams of Eccentric Braced Frames, John Paul Evans

FOXO1 Expression in Human Pituitary Adenomas, Corrie Lynn Farris

Trophic basis of production in a neotropical headwater stream, Therese Clara Frauendorf

Microsatellite, mitochondrial, and major histocompatibility complex analyses of genetic structure in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, in the western Atlantic Ocean, Jeffrey Walter Gersch

RESPONSE OF REGIONAL SOURCES OF TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SPECIES TO VARIATION IN CLIMATE AND SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, Rachel Kathleen Goad

Dialectal Allophonic Variation in L2 Pronunciation, Aracelis Maydee Gonzalez Johnson

Combined Effect of Gravity and Lateral Loads on the Formation of Plastic Hinges in Steel Moment Frames With Reduced Beam Sections, Sunil Gowda

Recreational Water Users, Aquatic Invasive Species and Fish Disease: Examining the Usage of Tailored Messaging to Increase Environmental Responsible Behaviors, Lionel DeShaun Grant

EQUINE PREANTRAL FOLLICLES: ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BIOPSY PICK-UP METHOD TO HARVEST OVARIAN TISSUE FOR IN VITRO PROCESSING, EVALUATION AND CULTURE, Keith Haag

REDESIGN OF HVAC SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATIONAL BUILDING, Brian Matthew Hagene

Synthesis of Liquid Fuels Over Carbon Nanotube Catalysts, Kyle Alan Halfacre

ENVISIONING ANTI-BLACK ABORTION RHETORIC: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RADIANCE FOUNDATION'S BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN, Ashley Renee Hall

RESPONSES OF HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS TO SUBLETHAL METAL MIXTURES UNDER INCREASING TEMPERATURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AMPHIBIANS, Tyler Andrew Hallman

GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH LANGUAGE USE OF MOCK JURY MEMBERS IN RESPONSE TO CRIMINAL WITNESS TESTIMONY, Teresa Harmon

A Dendrochronological Determination of Historical Fire Occurenence and Recruitment in Southern Illinois Oak-Hickory Forests, Jeffrey Harris

L1 adaptive control for ball and beam system, Madhusudhana Haveri Narayana

Perceived risk of homeland security incidents: The insignificance of actual risk factors, Melissa R. Haynes

NARRATIVES OF ABUSE: A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF BATTERED WOMEN AND THE MAKING OF THE FILM, IN THE EYES OF OTHERS, Elisa Herrmann

Symbolism and Use of Human Femora by the Zapotecs in Oaxaca, México during Prehispanic times, Ricardo Higelin Ponce de Leon

RELATIONS BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE SLEEP QUALITY, SLEEP SELFEFFICACY AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS, EiEi Hlaing

The Effect of Compost and Seed Inoculation Treatments on Selected Physical and Biochemical Properties of the Soil, Nodule Occupancy, and Soybean Yield, Kathleen Elizabeth Holthaus

TENSILE STRENGTH OF STEEL PLATES USING LONGITUDINAL WELDS, Chad Ifland

Tree-ring Chemistry and Growth Response to Experimental Watershed Acidification, Nicole K. Jensen

Noise Exposure System for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Adam Michael Johnston

NITRIFYING BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS IN WETLANDS, Nicole Jean Jones

Effects of the Methyltrimethoxysilane Coupling Agent on Phenolic and Miscanthus Composites Containing Calcium Sulfite Scrubber Material, Sean Charles Jones

DANDELION SALAD AND LEMONADE: THE LIGHTING DESIGN FOR CRAZY FOR YOU, Christopher Eugene Jorandby

Cost-Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Agriculture Mechanics, Travis Jumper

Net Zero Building Energy Conservation, Rohit Kadam

Two Dimensional Hydrodynamic Numerical Simulation of Flow Around Chevrons, Anish Khanal

ROLE OF DEAF-1 IN TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF PTEN AND EFFECTS OF DEAF-1 OVEREXPRESSION IN HUMAN RHABDOMYOSARCOMA CELL LINES, Saira Khan

Vicarious Perceptions of Post-Traumatic Growth, Megan Kloep

Foraging for Demand: Applying Optimal Foraging Theory to Decisions in a Simulated Business Context, Jared Lee Klotz

THE ROLE OF METABOLIC REORGANIZATION AND MITOCHONDRIA IN EOC, Sara Ladley

FORTIFICATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS AFTER OSTRACISM AND THE EFFECTS ON INFORMATION SHARING BEHAVIOR, John Daniel Lambertus

Development Of Food Guide Pyramid For Individuals With Achondroplasia, Kathryn Elizabeth Lamb

The Use of Bonus Contingencies to Increase On-Task Behavior Among Adults With Developmental Disabilities, Shana Elizabeth Little