Dissertations from 2024
NEW ELECTROCHEMICAL PLATFORMS FOR THE DETECTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE BIOMARKERS, Omair Adil
ANALYZING THE DETERMINANTS OF INWARD, OUTWARD, AND BILATERAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN MENA COUNTRIES: THE ROLE OF TRADE OPENNESS, Hailah Alfadhel
TESTING WITH THE ONE COMPONENT PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES AND THE MARGINAL MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS, Abdulaziz Alshammari
INSTRUCTORS’ PERCEPTION OF INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE TEACHING IN SAUDI ARABIA, Suleman Basheer Alshammari
DETERMINANTS OF EXTENSIVE AND INTENSIVE MARGINS IN FEMALE OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESSES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY, Arwa Althobaiti
Essays on Economic Effects of the Monetary Union of the West African Monetary Zone, Collins Kelechukwu Anosike
THE EFFECT OF ALTITUDE ON DECOMPOSITION: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE POSTMORTEM INTERVAL IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION OF COLORADO., Christiane Irene Baigent
Republican Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan and the Grand Old Party in Prohibition Era Indiana, Andrew Scott Barbero
REMITTANCES IN NEPAL; LANDLOCKEDNESS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, Thaman Prasad Bastola
A Preliminary Investigation of Defusion and Self As Context ACT Processes in Persons with Traumatic Experience, Morgan Battle
THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY FORESTRY ON THE GENERAL AND SPECIFIED RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS IN NEPAL, Mukesh Bhattarai
Stochastic SEIR(S) Model with Nonrandom Total Population, Shanika Dilani Chandrasena
Stochastic SEIR(S) Model with Random Total Population, Taniya Dilini Chandrasena
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ABUSIVE SUPERVISION ON EMPLOYEES’ INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR: THE ROLE OF LMX QUALITY AND CLIMATE FOR INNOVATION., Lorraine Kudakwashe Chihora
CHARACTERIZATION OF DIVERSE NONCODING RNAS IN THERAPEUTICS, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND CHROMATIN BIOLOGY, Ramadevi Chilamkurthy
DERMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF WORKING ANIMALS DURING VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, Dakota Rose Discepolo
THE PERFORMANCE OF PSEUDOARCHAITY AT THE HOOTIN AN HOLLERIN FESTIVAL OF OZARK COUNTY 2019, Angela Duggins
SPATIAL AND BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF WHITE-TAILED DEER: IMPLICATIONS FOR WILDLIFE DISEASE TRANSMISSION, Michael Egan
'Crowned with the Wreath of Immortality': Martyrdom, Death, and the Afterlife in North African Religious Discourse, Matthew William Egbert
VICTIM’S EMOTIONS IN CONTEXT: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EMOTIONAL VICTIM EFFECT IN DIFFERENT SEXUAL ASSAULT SCENARIOS, Christina Marie Engelken
ROLE OF TMEM97/∑2 RECEPTOR IN REGULATING ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ACTIVITIES IN PROSTATE CANCER, Xiangwei Fang
Smoke and Mirrors: Exploring Stigma in the Cannabis Industry, Robert G. Fiedler
TELEHEALTH ACCESSIBILITY FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES IN OLDER ADULTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Steven Gear
IDENTITY MANIFESTATIONS IN FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION: A CONTENT ANALYSIS STUDY, Andrew Goforth
THE IMPACT OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP ON SOCIAL LOAFING IN THE WORKPLACE: EXAMINING MECHANISMS AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS., Brandon Antoine Griffin
DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND OPTIMIZATION OF RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, Dulaj Heshan Gunasinghe
Brain Resting-State Salience and Executive Network Connectivity Predictors of Smoking Progression, Nicotine-Enhanced Reward Sensitivity, and Depression,, Matthew Phillip Gunn
Convective Fluid Flow Dynamics and Chaos, Siyu Guo
A Joint Reading of the Second Amendment and Militia Clause for an Analytical Framework of Firearms Laws, Nathan L. Holm
Rural Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of STEM Education Following STEM Kits Intervention, Marcy Hood
ESSAYS IN MACROECONOMICS, Olaniyi Stephen Ige
An Attentionless Account of the Attentional Blink, Matthew Stephen Junker
EVOLUTION OF AN RSB PARTNER SWITCHING MECHANISM INVOLVED IN REGULATION OF CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN PATHOGENIC CHLAMYDIA, Shiomi Junker
GROWTH AND VOLATILITY RELATIONSHIPS REEXAMINED: THE ROLE OF AGGREGATION, Haya Khan
A CONSTRUCTIVIST GROUNDED THEORY EXPLORATION OF INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AMONG LGBTQ+ BIPOC INDIVIDUALS, Satveer Kler
Occupational Stressors and Their Moderators in the Academic Research Workforce, Sarah Wilson Kroenlein
Help-Seeking for Children's Behavioral Health Concerns, Monica Kruse
Resource Optimized Scheduling For Enhanced Power Efficiency And Throughput On Chip Multi Processor Platforms, Shivam Kundan
ESSAYS ON THE EFFECTS OF RESOURCE WEALTH AND US INFLUENCE ON EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND EXPORT STRUCTURE, Lyndrison Garthfield Lincoln
Export Quality, Trade, and Environment, Shahroo Malik
DEFINING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MANAGEMENT: AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS ON PERCEPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF LEADERSHIP, Aarren Anthony Minneyfield
DEEP LEARNING-BASED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FROM MULTIMODE FIBER: COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF VARIOUS APPROACHES, Mohammad Mohammadzadeh
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF IN-VITRO TISSUE DIGESTION AS A MEANS OF PRODUCING SPECIES-SPECIFIC LARVAL DIETS AND THE IMPACT OF DIETARY PROTEIN COMPOSITION ON GROWTH AND METABOLISM IN FRESHWATER FISH, Giovanni Settle Molinari
LEFT OR RIGHT: DISENTANGLING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND SERVICE QUALITY EXPECTATIONS, Nasim Nouhzadehmalekshah
THE EVOLUTION OF HYLOBATID POSITIONAL BEHAVIOR AND POSTCRANIAL OSTEOLOGY, Matthew Gerard Nowak
Sublimity, Wonder, and Modes of Knowing: A Poetic Genealogy from Milton to Romanticism, Rachel Nozicka
Studies on molecular and morphological evolution and biogeography of squids, Abigail M. Pratt
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ALUMINUM COMPOSITES: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND DAMPING BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINUM ENHANCED BY CARBON NANOPARTICLES, Wilson Emilio Rativa Parada
Iwasawa Algebras and Parabolic Induction of p-adic Banach Representations, Jeremiah Roberts
I’m Dreaming of a TV Christmas: Calendrical Experience and Collective Narratives from Dickens to Netflix, Max Romanowski
SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL PERFLUORINATED ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES AGAINST HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DEGRADATION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES, Elizabeth Waleade Salako
Individual Differences In Perceptions Of Organizational Career Culture: A Fit Theory Perspective, Diogo Alberto Seixas
Component analysis and training of the Step it UP! Game to staff working with adults with disabilities in a residential and vocational facility, Rebecca Seward
TROPES OF IMPRISONMENT AND SOCIAL STASIS IN VICTORIAN FICTION, Courtney S. Simpkins
LIFE, ARISTOTLE, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: REIMAGINING VIRTUOUS ACTION AS A HIGHEST GOOD FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, Asterios Stamatikos
A BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HIV VACCINE ACCEPTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, Promise Tewogbola
UNVEILING NOVEL GENES: EXPLORING THEIR POTENTIAL ROLES IN HUMAN ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL FIBROBLAST CELL DECIDUALIZATION, Rupak Thapa
LAND COVER CHANGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE GREATER SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST, Saroj Thapa
ESSAYS ON MOBILE MONEY ADOPTION AND HOMEOWNERSHIP DYNAMICS: CONSUMPTION PATTERN, MONETARY POLICY, AND RISKY ASSET CHOICE, Stephen Troveh
THE POWER OF LABELS: HOW CERTIFICATION LABELS AFFECT CONSUMERS’ PURCHASE INTENTIONS AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR PLANT-BASED NON-FOOD PRODUCTS, Bhaskar Upadhyaya Subedi
GETTING TO THE ROOT OF WHETHER TOOTH EXTRACTION INFLUENCES NEUROANATOMY AND BEHAVIOR: A STUDY OF NAKED MOLE-RAT BEHAVIOR AND THE AFFECTIVE ASPECTS OF DENTITION, Natalee Jordan Marcena von Keyserling
BRIDGING THE GAP: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL STORE PRESENCE IN BOOSTING CONSUMERS’ ONLINE PURCHASE INTENTIONS IN HYBRID RETAIL, Hongnai Zhang
AFRICAN FEMINISM AND POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN SHORT STORIES BY ZIMBABWE WOMEN WRITERS., Christivel Clara Zulu
Dissertations from 2023
Organic Petrography and Geochemistry of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, ND USA, Zain Abdi
ESSAYS ON FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT AIDS AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES, Adebukola Adeleke
WINTER CEREAL COVER CROPS AND NITROGEN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR INCREASING FARM PROFIT AND MINIMIZING NITROGEN LOSSES IN CORN-SOYBEAN AGROECOSYSTEMS, Oladapo Adeyemi
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ASYLUM-SEEKING, MIGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, Olawale David Adisa
CONSTRAINED INFERENCE IN A SCALED LINEAR MIXED MODEL FOR MULTIPLE OUTCOMES., Md Mostak Ahammed
ON THE RICCATI-TYPE DIAGONAL STABILITY, Ali Abdullah Algefary
Investigating Adult ESL Students' Experiences with Learning English Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jinan Al-Hunayan
CARBON NANOTUBES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES , Rana Hussan Alkhaldi
Effect of Misspecified Covariance Matrix on Constrained Hypotheses Test For Two- Stage Samples, Afnan Almazmomi
THE ROLE OF PLATOONING IN FREIGHT TRANSIT EFFICIENCY, Reem Alshiddi
CNN MODEL FOR RECOGNITION OF TEXT-BASED CAPTCHAS AND ANALYSIS OF LEARNING BASED ALGORITHMS’ VULNERABILITIES TO VISUAL DISTORTION, Noorbakhsh Amiri Golilarz
DEMOGRAPHICS AND STATUS OF THE EASTERN WOODRAT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Tiffanie Atherton
ATTITUDES OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN-TRAINING TOWARD INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, Anwer Ul Azim
UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME SYSTEM REGULATION OF THE CHROMATIN REMODELING AND MODIFICATION FACTORS IN ORCHESTRATING GENE EXPRESSION, Priyanka Barman
COGNITIVE CONTROL AND REPETITIVE NEGATIVE THINKING HAVE AN INDIRECT EFFECT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP AND AFFECT, Emily Marie Bartholomay
Psychology in a Podcast Context: Do Brand Personality Perceptions and Social Nudges Explain Consumers’ Behavioral Intentions to Subscribe to Breaking Points?, Stephen D. Berry
AN INVESTIGATION INTO INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN HUMAN SKELETAL SEXUAL TRAIT MORPHOLOGY, Kaleigh Christine Best
THE ROLES OF INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, Wafa Naif S Binmahfuth
EXPLORING EXPERIENCES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, STIGMA, AND ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN THE RURAL ILLINOIS DELTA REGION, Rebecca Sue Bolinski
SHORT AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TOBACCO ABSTINENCE, BUPROPION AND NICOTINE ON BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING A VISUOSPATIAL TASK, Ugo Bruzadin Nunes
An Examination of a Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention Targeting Perfectionism, Amanda Chamberlain
Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Adversity: Sialic Acid Catabolism and VISA Development in Staphylococcus aureus, Jenelle Chapman
IMBALANCED TIME SERIES FORECASTING AND NEURAL TIME SERIES CLASSIFICATION, Xiaoqian Chen
Towards Narrowing Learning Gaps for Zimbabwean Students Transitioning into American Writing Classes: A Case Study, Eunice Chilimanzi
A STUDY OF POLICIES AND RESPONSES TO CHRONICALLY ABSENT STUDENTS IN ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE FOUR SOUTHERN MOST REGIONS OF THE ILLINOIS ASSOCIAITON OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, Charles Shain Crank
PHYSIOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND MICROBIAL FACTORS SHAPING THERMAL TOLERANCE AND PERFORMANCE IN ECTOTHERMIC VERTEBRATES, Jason Warren Dallas
Threading Memory: Performing Animacy in Text, Memorial, and Travel, Alex Keith Davenport
AN EVALUATION OF INTERSEEDED WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM) FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF COMMON WATERHEMP (AMARANTHUS TUBERCULATUS) IN SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX), Madison Renea Decker