Dissertations from 2013
Domestic Landscapes, Power, and Political Change: Comparing Classic Maya Communities in the Three Rivers Region of Northwestern Belize (A.D. 600 - 1000), Jason James Gonzalez
BIFURCATION AND CHAOS OF NONLINEAR VIBRO-IMPACT SYSTEMS, Yu Guo
Scheler's Phenomenological Ontology of Value: Implications and Reflections for Ethical Theory, James Edward Hackett
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY AND A MINDFULNESS-BASED THERAPY WITH PARENTS OF INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Adam DeLine Hahs
The Legitimacy of Selected Watershed Organizations in the Midwestern United States, Bruce Martin Hall
A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF BLACK FEMALE OFFENDERS' RECIDIVISM AND THEIR CONTEXTUAL NEEDS, Valerie Valco Henderson
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INTERNALIZED STEREOTYPES, BLACK IDENTITY, RACE SALIENCE, AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS, Olivia Diane Hoskins
HELP AS COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE: A CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF A TEACHER EDUCATION CLASSROOM, Aubrey Anne Huber
Great Conversations: Systems, Complexity, and Epic Encyclopedic Narratives in Contemporary American Fiction 1960-2007, Paul Alexander Huggins
BRAND DYNAMICS: The Effects of Brand Personality and Brand Experience on Emotional Brand Attachment, Keizo Ishikawa
ALTERING THE FORMATION OF TRANS FATTY ACIDS IN CONTINUOUS CULTURES THROUGH OILS AND NATURAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATIONS, Adel Ishlak
Ironic American Exceptionalism and the Myth of the Open Self, Myron Moses Jackson
Experiences of gender policing within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community, Lauren Louise Jensen
Communicative Construction and Maintenance of Palestinian Identity in Diaspora, Ragda Farid Kahil
Influence of perforant path synaptic excitation on the initiation of hippocampal sharp-wave ripple activity in vitro, Daniel James Kanak
SCALABLE BUS ENCODING FOR ERROR-RESILIENT HIGH-SPEED ON-CHIP COMMUNICATION, Kedar Madhav Karmarkar
MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THE MICRONEGOTIATION TECHNIQUE ON TEAM MEMBER SATISFACTION AND TEAM PERFORMANCE, Jeffery David Kaufman
ANALYZING CLINICAL PRESENTATION, SERVICE UTILIZATION, AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF FEMALE SEXUAL MINORITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, Heather Kay
Understanding Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of International Teaching Assistants, Asma Anis Khan
THE ECONOMICS OF CHILD ADOPTION: THEORY AND EVIDENCE, Channary Khun
"TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE:" INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RURAL RELIEF CLIENTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS DURING THE EMERGENCY RELIEF PERIOD OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, 1933 TO 1935, Courtney Lane Kisat
Mediating the Bubble: ESPN's SportsCenter's Coverage of the NCAA men's Basketball Bubble, Scott David Lambert
DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF LOW-Cu AND Cu-FREE AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE FRICTION MATERIALS, Poh Wah Lee
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL STRUCTURE OF A CARNIVORE GUILD IN THE CENTRAL HARDWOOD REGION, Damon B. Lesmeister
ESSAYS ON MONETARY ECONOMICS, HUIQING LI
ESSAYS ON A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY WITH CROSS-BORDER LABOR MOBILITY, Sokchea Lim
A STATISTICAL EXPLANATION OF THE EFFECT OF SOCIO-POLITICAL IDEOLOGY ON BLACK AMERICAN HEALTH, Kristie J. Lipford
Intelligent Non-destructive Measurement and Evaluation Techniques for Aircraft Composites, Shanglei Li
Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of the class II transactivator, CIITA in skeletal muscle, Priya V. Londhe
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ARCHAEAL BOX H/ACA RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN INVOLVED IN RIBOSOMAL RNA PSEUDOURIDYLATION, MRINMOYEE MAJUMDER
The Effect of Injury Severity on Behavioral Tasks Used for the Assessment of Cognitive Functioning Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Kris M. Martens
Promising Practices: A case study on public health emergency preparedness at a university, Amy L. Mathes
CYBERVICTIMIZATION AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN LATE ADOLESCENT SEXUAL MINORITY INDIVIDUALS, Jaimi Lynne Mathias
THE NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT IN RURAL SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, Shanell Larice McGoy
An Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of PEAK Relational Training System: An Effective Behavioral Intervention for Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Autumn Nicole McKeel
The Role of Visual and Olfactory Cues in Host Recognition for the Specialist Bee Genus Diadasia, and Implications for the Evolution of Host Choice, Olivia J. Messinger
A FEATURES EXTRACTION WRAPPER METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORKS WITH APPLICATION TO DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING, HAZEM MOH'D MIGDADY
Re-working Novelistic Sentiment: Barbauld, Smith, Edgeworth, and the Politics of Children's Fiction, Duygu Minton
The Effects of Partner Implementation Intentions on Fruit and Vegetable Eating, Melissa Ann Newberry
INDECISION 2008: REAPPROPRIATION AS POLITICAL ARGUMENT IN THE DAILY SHOW'S COVERAGE OF THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, Brian Nelson Norcross
An Evaluation of the Validity of Vocal Preference Assessments Used with Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Jodi Elizabeth Nuernberger
RIGHTS OR RICE? THE POLITICS OF POVERTY IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF AFRICA'S DEMOCRACY, Joel Olubusola Olufowote
CLIMATE CHANGE, SHIFTS IN TROPICAL STORM REGIMES AND TRIADICA SEBIFERA INVASION IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES, Shishir Paudel
A COMBINATION THERAPY OF NICOTINAMIDE AND PROGESTERONE FOR FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Todd Peterson
Analysis and Identification of Determinants of Economic Crises, Gabriel Pino Saldias
DESIGN OF AN EFFICIENT AND RAPID CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION (CVI) RE-CIRCULATION SYSTEM, Tod Policandriotes
CONSTITUTING THE POLITICAL: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON POLITICAL LIBERALISM, Fabricio Pontin
SECURITY VULNERABILITIES: DISCOVERY, PREDICTION, EFFECT, AND MITIGATION, Sanaz Rahimi
APPLICATION OF TRACK ETCHED GLASS MEMBRANES FOR SUBMICRON FABRICATION, LITHOGRAPHY AND ERROR RECTIFICATION, Pradeep Ramiah Rajasekaran
Epistolary Pedagogy: Communicating Care in the University Classroom, Lisa Jayne Raser
The Effect of the Missouri Safe School Act of 1997 on Alternative Education Students: A Qualitative Analysis, Randall Gene Rhodes
Racial Microaggressions, Stress, and Depression in African Americans: Test of a Model, Jessica Ra'chel Roberts
FARMING OUT THE NEWS: AN ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURE COVERAGE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NEWSPAPERS USING THE CENTER - PERIPHERY MODEL, Sandra D. Robinson
The Performance of Gender Archetypes in Political Campaigns, Lia N. Rohr
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE VAGUS NERVE ON NOREPINEPHRINE IN THE CORTEX AND HIPPOCAMPUS OF EXPERIMENTALLY BRAIN INJURED AND UNINJURED RATS, Rodney W. Roosevelt
Personal Protective Equipment and Laboratory Safety Training: The Roles of Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Perceived Control, Ami A. Ruffing
INFLUENCES OF DISEASE-DRIVEN AMPHIBIAN DECLINES ON ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN PANAMANIAN HEADWATER STREAMS, Amanda T. Rugenski
The role of the periaqueductal gray in modulation of acute and chronic pain: Actions of drugs with analgesic properties on periaqueductal gray neuronal network, Vijaya K. Samineni
RESTORING CONNECTIVITY IN PARTITIONED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS, Izzet Fatih Senturk
SHIFTING LEGITIMATING ACCOUNTS IN A CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL FIELD: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIC FOOD INDUSTRY, 1990-2011, Michael J. Sheridan
RESVERATROL INHIBITS PROSTATE CANCER GROWTH AND METASTASIS BY TARGETING AKT/MICRORNA-21 PATHWAY, Sandeep Sheth
CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR FUNCTION IN COLON: A ROBUST PROMOTER OF DIFFERENTIATION AND TUMOR SUPPRESSOR, Navneet Kumar Singh
Cultivating Sagehood in the Zhuangzi: Hanshan Deqing's Unified Reading of the Inner Chapters, Travis William Smith
The Transformation of Self: A Study of Classic American Pragmatism, Ning Sun
PROTOTYPES OF STUDENT VETERANS WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AMONG FACULTY IN ILLINOIS PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES, Kathy J. Taylor
Exploring The Influence of Burkean Aesthetics on Late Eighteenth-Century British Representations of India and North America, Iva Marie Thompson
CONGRESS Y: How Party Leaders Manage The House Of Representatives, Brendan Toner
Explicit Factorization of Generalized Cyclotomic Polynomials of Order $2^m 3$ Over a Finite Field $F_q$, Cemile Tosun
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF STOCHASTIC MODELS IN MATHEMATICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, Kursad Tosun
An Evaluation of Resistance to Change with Unconditioned and Conditioned Reinforcers, Kristina K. Vargo
Understanding the Use of Graphic Novels to Support the Writing Skills of a Struggling Writer, Christina Linda Voss
An Inquiry into How iPads are Used in Classrooms, Phu Hoang Vu
On the Analysis of Firm Value and Idiosyncratic Volatility, Yuqin Wang
Watching the Watchdogs: Defining Journalists in the United States, Wendy Marie Weinhold
Prioritizing Preparedness: Extreme Heat and Climate Change Preparation of Midwestern Health Departments, Alicia B. Wodika
Interplay of Electrical, Mechanical and Thermal Fields in III-N Nanostructures for LED Applications, Krishna Kumari Yalavarthi
Constructing Accurate Synopses for Database Query Optimization and Re-optimization, Feng Yu
THE EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS RESOURCES ON MUSLIM-AMERICANS' POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND VOTING BEHAVIOR, Mohammad A. Zannoun
MAKING MYTH MATTER: INTERROGATING NARRATIVE AND RECONSTRUCTING METANARRATIVE IN CLASSICAL MYTH ADAPTATION, Erin Zimmerman
Dissertations from 2012
INVESTMENTS IN PRODUCT QUALITY WITH HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH, Kazi Sabbir Ahmed
TEMPERATURE AND LEAKAGE AWARE TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE CACHE RELIABILITY, Adil Akaaboune
KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTIONS, AND BEHAVIORS OF RUSSIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS REGARDING HPV, HPV-RELATED DISEASES, AND HPV VACCINATION, Maria Vladimirovna Alexandrova
SPECIATION STUDIES FOR BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL GENERATED BY OZONOLYSIS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND MIXTURES, Hardik Surendra Amin
Religious Factors and Status Attainment among US Immigrants, Nadia Amin
Computer-based decision-support methods for hydrological ecosystem services management, Kimberly Artita
The Military, Economy and the State: A New International System Analysis, Muhammed A. Asadi
ENHANCEMENT OF CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN INTERNAL FLOWS USING AN ELECTRICALLY-INDUCED CORONA JET, Reza Baghaei Lakeh
PEDAGOGICAL AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA OF ON-DEMAND WRITING INSTRUCTION, Deborah L. Bell
Landscape genetics of northern bobwhite and swamp rabbits in Illinois, Leah Berkman
AVERSIVE RACISM AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: CONTEXT-DEPENDENT DECISIONS AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS, Seth Allen Berry
RESISTANCE TO CULTURAL SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION: MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION., Sonya Kyrsten Bettendorf