Campus Theses
2012
COMING TO THE TORCH FESTIVAL: RITUAL PRACTICE, STATE POLICIES, AND ETHNIC MINORITY IDENTITY IN LIANGSHAN YI AREA, Jiaying Liu
Understanding the role of the nucleosomal disassembly factor, FACT, in myogenesis, Alexandra Lolis
The Effects of Vocational Skills Training on the On-Task Participation of Individuals With a Dual Diagnosis, James LoPresti
Fostering Learning Communities in the First-Year Composition Classroom: An Exploration of Group Conferencing as a Response Strategy, Ashley Marie Ludewig
The Forkhead Transcription Factor, FOXO1, is Present in Quiescent Pituitary Cells During Development and in Adulthood, Sreeparna Majumdar
A Temporal Examination of Achievement Goals, Motivational Climate, and Anxiety in Collegiate Swimmers, Brittany Deanne Massengale
Foucault, Feminism, and Royce, Kara McCollum
Exchanging Information: District Office Interactions in Illinois, Kyle McEvilly
INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIBED BURNING ON THE HERPETOFAUNAL AND SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES IN GRASSLAND AREAS OF BIG OAKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Cydney DuPree' Meadows
Structural Determination of the ZZ Domain of Cytoplasmic Polyadenlation Element Binding Protein, Daniel Merkel
OPTICAL ANISOTROPY IN InN/GaN DISK-IN-WIRE STRUCTURES, Ky Merrill
CAREER DECIDEDNESS, MEANING IN LIFE, AND ANXIETY: A MEDIATION/MODERATION MODEL, Aaron David Miller
Examination of Choice Overload During Stimulus Preference Assessments, Jeffrey Robert Miller
Atrophy for Orchestra, Christopher Paul Mitchell
Lighting Design for The Glass Menagerie, Bevin Miyake
Effects of Axial Component of Prestress in Load Balancing Method, Abdul Waheed Mohammed
A Portrait of Four in Glass: The Costume Design for The Glass Menagerie, Stephanie Anne Molitor
Farm-to-School and Nutrition Education: Positively Affecting Elementary School-Aged Children's Nutrition Knowledge and Consumption Behavior, Ashley Ann Moss
SMALL DECENTRALIZED AUTOTHERMAL THERMOPHILIC AEROBIC DIGESTION FOR PATHOGEN REDUCTION, Luciana Mottola-Lugo
Managing for oak regeneration: The effects of six common treatments in southern Illinois, Brian Murphy
THE UPTAKE AND TRANSPORT OF NANOPARTICLES IN THE MURINE SMALL INTESTINE, Mark Joseph Murskyj
Immunohistochemical Localization of Prolactin Receptors Within the Equine Ovary, Erin Lea Oberhaus
Automatic Mapping of Off-road Trails and Paths at Fort Riley Installation, Kansas, Adam Oller
Somewhere Between This World and Another, Nick Ostdick
THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-REGULATED ATTENTIONAL FOCUS ON MOTOR SKILL LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE, Erik Jon Ostrowski
Second Prayer, John Stanford Owen
Differential Effects of Concurrent Activities During Self-Control Training with Children with Autism, Heather Pamula
USING BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING TO TEACH A NOVEL SKILL TO NATURAL STONE CONSUMERS, Sydney Perate
The Benefits and Effects of Women-Specific Outdoor Programming, Kaia Emily Pirazzini
Staging Crave, a play by Sarah Kane, Gabriela Ponce
Engineering Efficiency Droop in InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well LEDs, Yashvanth Basaralu Puttaswamy Gowda
Determinants of Inflation in Madagascar, Aina Malala Rafalimanana
eLEARNING SYSTEM: USING LEARNING VARIABLES, Zahidur Rahman
Performance evaluation of Cache-Based Multi-Core Architectures with Networks-on-Chip, Robin Kingsley Rajkumar
CAMPSITE IMPACTS IN WILDERNESS VS. VISITOR WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR ITS PRESERVATION, JOEL FABIAN RAMTAHAL
Defining Sustainable Vine Balance for Cabernet Franc in Southern Illinois, Alexandra Ray
E-CADHERIN IS ESSENTIAL FOR ENDOMETRIAL DIFFERENTIATION AND ADULT FUNCTION IN THE UTERUS, Sarah Nicole Reardon
WETTING CHARACTERISTICS OF HERRIN COAL AND ITS APPLICATION FOR IMPROVED DUST CONTROL, Durga Devika Relangi
Effects of heavy metals on two small mammal species, Sara Marlene Ressing
The Southeastern Illinois Prescribed Burn Association: Spearheading Land Management Coalitions in the Midwest, Jesse Avery Riechman
THE USE OF VIDEO FEEDBACK AND SELF-MONITORING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SPEAKING PERFORMANCE, Amanda Marie Ritchey
The Warmth of Any Living Thing, Adrienne Rivera
Imagination in the Philosophy of Josiah Royce, Jennifer Lynn Roche
Spatial distribution of non-native invasive plants following large-scale wind damage at LaRue Pine Hills - Otter Pond Research Natural Area, Union County, Illinois, Anthony John Romano
TRACING ENERGY FLOW PATHWAYS TO FISH USING FATTY ACIDS AND STABLE ISOTOPES OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN, Neil Rude
Addressing Play Skill Deficits in a Child with Autism, Jenifer Russell
EVALUATING MASTER GRAZE AS A FORAGE SOURCE IN LACTATING DAIRY COWS RATIONS, Ashley Marie Salamone
GEOCHEMISTRYAND PETROGRAPHY OF THERMALLY METAMORPHOSED ANTARCTIC COAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR 13C -DEPLETED METHANE RELEASE, Margaret McPherson Sanders
Fractional Fourier transform and its optical applications, Hossein Sarafraz Yazdi
Parent Training for two Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Fiorella Scaglia
The Impact of Staff Training and Environmental Modifications on Meal Time Behavior in an Adult Learning Center, Tabitha Kathleen Schafer
DEVELOPMENT AND MODIFICATION OF A GAUSSIAN AND NON-GAUSSIAN NOISE EXPOSURE SYSTEM, Adam Wayne Schlag
Failure Analysis of Modular Hip Implant, Nishi Shah
Birds of Paradise, William Howard Shotton
Investigation of Potential Advantages of Nanofluids in Convective Heat Transfer, Adam Wayne Sims
Fast Corn Grading System Verification and Modification, Leanna Marie Smith
RAPID ACQUISITION OF REINFORCEMENT SENSITIVITY UNDER CONCURRENT TOKEN-PRODUCTION SCHEDULES, Travis Ray Smith
A NEW PEMFC FLOW FIELD PLATE OPTIMIZATION COMPARISON - ANSYS FLUENT FUEL-CELL SIMULATION, Ahmed Yassin Soueidan
QUALITY OF NATURAL MENTOR RELATIONSHIPS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN A RURAL AFRICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SAMPLE, Gregory J. Steinsdoerfer
MOBILIZING MANLINESS: MASCULINITY AND NATIONALISM ON BRITISH RECRUITMENT POSTERS, 1914-1915, John Patrick Stewart
INVASIVENESS AND INVASIBILITY IN THE DOLOMITE PRAIRIE PLANT COMMUNITY, Emily J. Stork
Observational Learning AcrossThree Verbal Operants in a Child with Autism, Jennifer L. Storlie
D.C. v. HELLER and the Right to Arms in a Free State: A Fresh Perspective On the Second Amendment, Logan Ray Strother
EFFECT OF UV-C LIGHT, HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASOUND AND NONTHERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENTS ON THE ALLERGENICITY OF MAJOR COW MILK PROTEINS, Chatrapati Veera Raghava Kumar Tammineedi
PTEROTOCRINUS OF THE MENARD LIMESTONE AND KINKAID FORMATION (ELVIRAN STAGE) CHESTERIAN SERIES IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, Tony Lee Tobenski
Schelling's Thoughts on Human Freedom: New Investigations Into An Old Problem, Ethan Jerald Traman
ERBIUM DOPED CERAMIC NANOFIBER SYNTHESIS FOR THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SELECTIVE EMITTER APPLICATIONS, George Sebastian Trifon
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PSEUDO-CAPACITIVE PERFORMANCE OF MANGANESE OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES, Chung-Ying Tsai
INFLUENCE OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY ON THE DESORPTION OF 1,3,5-TRICHLOROBENZENE FROM MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES, Sheikh Shahriar Uddin
M2M AND LTE-A NETWORK CONVERGENCE, FARZAM VAFA
MACROINVERTEBRATE RESPONSES TO REMOVAL OF RIPARIAN WOODY VEGETATION ALONG TALLGRASS PRAIRIE STREAMS, Jodi Marie Vandermyde
Exposure and Response Prevention Applied to Rituals of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Michelle VanSetten
Assessing a Relational Frame Theory Perspective-Taking Protocol with Adolescents Diagnosed with Specific Learning Disabilities, Paul Richard Veneziano
Retention of Linguistically Diverse Engineering Students, Elora Candace Voyles
RADIATION INDUCED TRANSIENT PULSE PROPAGATION USING THE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, Adam Christopher Watkins
PATTERNING OF CADMIUM SELENIDE QUANTUM DOT NANOCRYSTALS FOR USE WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS, Joseph Edison Weaver
Aging Automotive Technicians Extend Their Work Life Through Service Teams Seeking Total Service Excellence, Rodney H. Weldon
A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF INVASIVE BREAST CANCER CLUSTERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS: ILLINOIS 1996 TO 2000, William Christopher Weston
On Words For VHS and Other Videos, Deron Williams
Evaluating the Long-term Sustainability of L.O.G.I.C.: The Student Organic Garden at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Laura Williams
Lightscapes, Brian Allen Wilson
The Effects of Attitudes towards Income Equality, Ethnic Diversity and Democratic Political System, Khin Maung Win
Assessing Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Bilateral Frontal Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats Using the T-Maze, Amanda Marie Wright
The Kitchen of Tomorrow and Other Space-Time Anomalies, Derand Errol Wright
EVALUATION AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF TWO SOYBEAN [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] RECOMBINANT INBRED LINE POPULATIONS SEGREGATING FOR RESISTANCE TO ROOT KNOT NEMATODE (Meloidogyne incognita), Drew Welsey Wright
EFFECT OF DOPANTS IN GRAPHENE ON HYDROGEN INTERACTION IN GRAPHENE-SUPPORTED SODIUM ALANATE, Lingyun Xu
FATTY ACIDS AS INDICATORS OF NUTRITIONAL HISTORY OF CHANNEL CATFISH (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS) AND AQUATIC FOOD WEBS IN THE KASKASKIA RIVER SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, Matthew Parham Young
ONCOGENES INVOLVED IN CANCER CELL PROGRESSION AND CELL SURVIVAL, Juan Zhang
Modeling Total Suspended Solids in Combined Sewer Systems, Weilan Zhang
LARGE-SCALE MICROARRAY DATA ANALYSIS USING GPU- ACCELERATED LINEAR ALGEBRA LIBRARIES, Yun Zhang
A COST EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL MACHINE ALLOCATION ALGORITHM WITHIN EXECUTION TIME BOUNDS, Yang Zhao
PRACTICES IN TEACHING ACADEMIC WRITING A COMPARISON OF WRITING TEACHERS IN CHINA AND THE US, Jing Zhu
2011
ADSORPTION OF METHANE AND PROPANE ON A LJ WALL AND ON MOLYBDENUM SURFACE: A SIMULATION STUDY, ALI A. ABU NADA
Peirce's Idea of God as Metaphysical Condition for Freedom, Juliana Acosta López de Mesa
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STILL VS. ANIMATED CARTOON PICTURES ON LEARNING SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY, James N'guessan Ahikpa
FUZZY IMAGE ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE: A CASE STUDY OF DATES (PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA), Abdulaziz Alhomedey
FEASIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING A COMMUNITY-BASED TYPE 2 DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK ADOLESCENTS TO AN AFTER-SCHOOL FORMAT USING PROCESS EVALUATION AND PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, Trinity Faith Allison