Dissertations from 2016
Actively Managed Mutual Fund Holdings and Fund Performance, Timothy M. Marlo
MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN EUROPEAN RIVER BASINS: CHALLENGES IN THE INTEGRATION OF ADAPTATION, DISASTER RESPONSE, AND RESILIENCE, Shanna N. McClain
Observer Retaliation: How Apology Components Affect Observing Customers' Negative Word-of-Mouth and Patronage Intentions, Todd McClure
Examining the psychometric characteristics of an instrument to measure the impact of the climate on health behavior: A pilot study based on the Behavioral Ecological Model, Justin Tyler McDaniel
THE TIES THAT BIND: SOCIAL COMPARISON’S INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS, Bryan Timothy McLeod
Retention of Faculty of Color in Rehabilitation Counselor Education as it Relates to Their Perception of the Academic Climate, Tameika Minor
THE ELEMENTS OF THE CLINICAL SUPERVISION: EXPORTING CONCEPTS TO JAPAN, Makoto Miyoshi
“NO COSBY SHOW”: SINGLE BLACK MOTHER HOMES AND HOW BLACK MEN BUILD ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS, Maia Niguel Moore
"To claim voice": The Discourses of Impoverished Children in the Great Depression, Maggie Elizabeth Morris Davis
MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ READINESS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED STEM EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Rabab Mohammed Mousa
STUDY OF ADAPTIVE COMPRESSIVE SENSING FOR LOW POWER APPLICATIONS, Venkata Naresh Mudhireddy
THE HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTOME AND REGULATORY NETWORKS OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS PATHOGENESSIS OF ZEA MAYS: RESISTANCE IN MAIZE TO ASPERGILLUS EAR ROT AND TO AFLATOXIN ACCUMULATION, Bryan Manyasi Musungu
Sisterly Sleuths: The Hidden Cultural Work of Serial Modernism, Stacy Olivia Nicklow
The science behind Tenax extractable concentrations and their use in evaluating environmental risk, Samuel Anthony Nutile
MUSCLE FATIGUE ANALYSIS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, Ali Panahi
The Influence of Stereotype Threat on Prospective Memory in Middle to Late Adulthood, Sherrie L. Parks
Lyapunov-type inequality and eigenvalue estimates for fractional problems, Nimishaben Shailesh Pathak
The impact of Job Stressors on Job Satisfaction as mediated by Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Matthew Randall Peters
HELPING OTHERS OR HELPING ONESELF? NGO COORDINATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, Vladislava Andonova Petrova
Testing and Security Related Considerations in Embedded Software, Luke Pierce
The Relationship Between Multicultural Competency Training and Self-Efficacy in School Counselors-in-Training: Understanding of Social Class and Classism Competency Training, Zachary Pietrantoni
LOTS OF AWFUL THINGS: INTERSECTIONS OF QUEERNESS AND CANCER THROUGH AUTOETHNOGRAPHY, Joshua Loren Potter
Afterimages of Kincaid Mounds, Corin Clayton O'Brien Pursell
On the numerical solution of continuous coupled algebraic Riccati equations, Prasanthan Rajasingam
Clinical-Scale Hyperpolarization of 129Xe and 131Xe via Stopped-Flow Spin Exchange Optical Pumping, Kaili Ranta
ACCELERATING THE NOTICING SKILLS OF NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS USING STAGED VIDEO SIMULATION, Abby Razer
ALTERNATIVE LIPIDS IN NUTRITION OF MARINE FINFISH, Artur Nishioka Rombenso
CHANGES IN HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR DURING THE BUSINESS CYCLE, Mohammad Sediq Sameem
A NOVEL DESIGN OF AN ALL-OPTICAL BISTABLE DEVICE USING A SINGLE ACTIVE ELEMENT, Hossein Sarafraz Yazdi
REAL-TIME CLASSIFIER BASED ON ADAPTIVE COMPETITIVE SELF-ORGANIZING ALGORITHM, Zahra Sarafraz Yazdi
Women's Work: Stitching New Identity Narratives in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings, Arielle Semmel
REGULATION OF EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION AND ASSOCIATED DNA REPAIR, Rwik Sen
HUMAN CLCA2 MODULATES THE CONDUCTANCE OF CALCIUM-ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNELS BY REGULATION OF INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM, Aarushi Sharma
EFFECTS OF SCALE AND HABITAT MANAGEMENT ON GRASSLAND BIRD RESPONSE IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM FIELDS IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS, Justin J. Shew
AN INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING CHEMOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS OF DIETARY FLAXSEED IN THE LAYING HEN MODEL OF OVARIAN CANCER, Sheree Collette Speckman
USING BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING TO PROMOTE OPTIMAL BLACKJACK STRATEGIES, Ryan Christopher Speelman
Karol Wojtyła’s Interpersonalist Ethics: A Critical Sartrean Appraisal and Confucian Adaptation, Steven Andrew Stegeman
African American Mortality: A Biocultural Study of Missouri Cemetery Records, Dawn Christine Stricklin
REGULATION OF CIRCADIAN CLOCKS AND METABOLISM BY SYNTHETIC AHR AGONIST BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE IN MICE, Mingwei Sun
MODELING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ON WATERSHED OUTPUTS IN MIDWESTERN USA, Awoke Dagnew Teshager
EFL PROFESSORS’ BELIEFS OF ASSESSMENT PRACTICES IN AN EFL PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN COLOMBIA, Cristian Jesus Tovar Klinger
Skilled Migration and Remittances: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses, Dambar Uprety Uprety
AN EXPLORATORY EXAMINATION OF THE ETHICAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEAHAVIOR LENS: A POLICY-CAPTURING APPROACH, Jacob Andrew Voegel
Analysis and Mitigation of Multiple Radiation Induced Errors in Modern Circuits, Adam Watkins
Using a Two-Factor Framework to Optimize Online Students’ Satisfaction While Minimizing Their Dissatisfaction, Firm Faith Saint Annie Watson
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES OF PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON EXCITATION AND TRANSFER OF ORGANIC DYES FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY, SOLAR CELLS, AND FLUORESCENCE SENSOR APPLICATIONS, Krishanthi Chandima Weerasinghe
Kant and the Nonspatiality of Things in Themselves, John Matthew Weyls
The Effects of Biopsychosocial Explanations of Social Anxiety Disorder on Stigma, Prognostic Pessimism, and Perceptions of Mental Health Treatments, Randy L. Whittles
Attentional Bias Modification: An Examination of Novel Training Contingencies and Stimulus Pairs, Kristin Alyse Wiggs
Women's Textile Graffiti: An Aesthetic Staging of Public/Private Dichotomies, Diana Christine Woodhouse
Acenaphthylene Based CP-PAH Materials for Organic Semiconductors, Bingxin Yuan
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF CABLE GALLOPING VIA A TWO-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR, BO YU
Doing Spontaneity, Nicolas J. Zaunbrecher
Dissertations from 2015
THE EFFECT OF THE ANCILLA VERIFICATION ON THE QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION, Ali Abu-Nada
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN A HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, Anthony Agbeh
AN EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP EQUIVALENCE-BASED INSTRUCTION IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, Angelica A. Aguirre
PERFORMANCE OF COUNTING RULES FOR PRIMARY USER DETECTION, Babak Ahsant
INEQUALITY, GROWTH AND CONGESTED EXTERNALITIES: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, BABATUNDE AIYEMO
FROM "INDEXING" OFFICIALS TO "INDEXING" THE PUBLIC: KUWAITI NEWSPAPERS AGENDA BUILDING, NEWS INDEXING AND TWITTER USE IN KARAMAT WATAN PROTESTS, 2012, Fawaz M. Alajmi
THE USE OF FACEBOOK IN THE EGYPTIAN JANUARY 25TH REVOLUTION: THE SPIRAL OF VOICE PROCESS, Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Emad
Social Media Use and Acceptance Among Health Educators in Saudi Arabia, Anwar M. Alhashem
SAUDI FACULTY MEMBERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF CAEP STANDARDS, Riyadh Tuwayrish Almatrafi
ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF DUST IMAGES, Madallah Mukammi Alruwaili
THE ROLE OF THE PARTNER SWITCHING MECHANISM IN REGULATION OF THE CHLAMYDIAL DEVELOPMENTAL CYCLE, Aamal Ghazi Al-Saadi
MODELING QUANTUM AND COULOMB EFFECTS IN NANOSCALE ENHANCEMENT-MODE TRI-GATE III-V MOSFETs, Sameer Ali Alsibiani
REDUCIBILITY OF PARABOLICALLY INDUCED REPRESENTATIONS, Wahidah Ali G Alsibiani
The Impact of Role Identity Transitions and Coping Functions on Customer Citizenship Behavior, Tyson Ang
HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING FOR ADVANCED DETECTION OF EARLY BLIGHT (ALTERNARIA SOLANI) DISEASE IN POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM) PLANTS, Daniel Lee Atherton
Evaluating the Impacts of Connected Vehicle Technology on Evacuation Efficiency, Karzan Bahaaldin
Archiving and Advocating for Performance Festivals as Sites of Disciplinary Action, Andrea Michea Baldwin
Do parents talk to their children about race? An exploration of Black parents and White parents, Rashida Shani Barner
Examining Alcohol Use, Perceptions and Attitudes Among African American College Students, Alicia Lynette Battle
CARE COORDINATION PRACTICES AMONG ILLINOIS PEDIATRICIANS AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICE COORDINATORS, Marissa Elizabeth Baxter
THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CLIENT-COUNSELOR ETHNIC MATCH, CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS, COUNSELOR CHARACTERISTICS, AND COUNSELING OUTCOMES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTER CLIENTS, Brittany Nicole Beasley
EFFECTS OF FLOW REGIME ON FISHES AND FISHERIES: FROM LIFE HISTORIES TO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, Micah Bennett
The impact of centrality on well-being: Development and examination of a modified centrality measure, Jared Bernard
Making Muslim Identities: Contested Meaning, Identities, and Racialization of Islam in Saint Louis, Missouri, Bethany Beyyette
THE MECHANISMS OF ISW1A, ISW1B AND ISW2 CHROMATIN REMODELERS, Saurabh Kant Bhardwaj
The balancing act: Negotiating home and school for the father doctoral student, Tyler Don Billman
Synthesis and Characterization of Siloles, Silole-Containing Polymers and Photoswitchable Polymer Brush, Milind Dhaniram Bisen
VENI, VIDI, VIDS: TRANSFORMING CULTURAL NARRATIVES THROUGH THE ART OF AUDIOVISUAL STORYTELLING, Kristi Brownfield
Counseling Supervisors’ Experiences in Working with Counselors Who Are Seeing Transgender Clients, Dennis A. Bunton
Demonstrating the Validity of the Video Game Functional Assessment-Revised (VGFA-R), Frank Daniel Buono
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR PRODUCT INNOVATING R&D IN A GAME-THEORETIC SETTING, Pavlo Buryi
ENHANCING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE OF FRACTIONS THROUGH THE MODEL METHOD, Miran Byun
PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDY OF PRESSURE DEPENDENT PERMEABILITY FOR INDONESIAN COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS, Sudipta Chanda
Adaptive Scheduling in a Distributed Cyber-Physical System: A case study on Future Power Grids, Ashish Choudhari
THE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER COMPETENCE ABOUT REPORTING VIOLENCE ON WOMEN WITH DISABILITY SCALE: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION, Dalia Chowdhury
Predicting Multi-trophic Consequences of an Emerging Disease, Adam D. Chupp
IMAGINING SPACE: DEVELOPING A CRITICAL GEO-LITERACY WITH MAPS AS PRIMARY SOURCES IN HISTORY EDUCATION, Serina A. Cinnamon
"Establishing Online and Mobile Based Agriculture and Natural Resource Education Modules: A New Model for Design and Delivery to Impact Student and Faculty Success", Christopher Alan Clemons
USING AUDIO SCREENCAST FOR FEEDBACK ON SHORT WRITTEN ESSAYS, Marcelene Allecia Cunningham
IMAGE-BASED MODELING AND PREDICTION OF NON-STATIONARY GROUND MOTIONS, YILDIZ DAK HAZIRBABA