Dissertations from 2024
MODULATION OF PIEZO MECHANOSENSORS: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF PROTEINOGENIC SULFUR-CONTAINING AMINO ACIDS AND PROPOFOL, Donggyeom Yu
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
A Research on Automatic Hyperparameter Recommendation via Meta-Learning, Liping Deng
Experimental and Sustainability Assessment of Geopolymer-Stabilized Highway Subgrades Using Industrial By-Products, Adedeji Adekunle Disu
Decoding the Public Service Announcements (PSAs) of HIV/AIDS: Evaluating Botswana's AIDS Messages and Their Impact on 15 - 24 Ages, Enole Ditsheko
UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUE OF THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION TO SCHOOL LITERACY LEARNING IN RURAL HAITI, Jean-Ronel Elveus
PEOPLE’S SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HEALTH MISINFORMATION ON WECHAT IN CHINA, Lu Fan
GLUTAMATERGIC AND METABOLIC DYSREGULATION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MOUSE MODELS: THE IMPACT OF PRODROMAL RILUZOLE TREATMENT, Caleigh Findley
Essays on Free Senior High School Policy, Household Behavior, and Environmental Tax Revenues, Prince Fosu
SYNTHESIS, SINTERING, AND ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY STUDIES OF MEDIUM- AND HIGH-ENTROPY PEROVSKITE OXIDES, Sai Ram Gajjala
WHERE URBAN TRAUMA ENDS AND URBAN PSYCHOSIS BEGINS: ESTABLISHING SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONCEPT OF URBAN PSYCHOSIS, Myah L. Gary
STRIP AND CONDUCTIVE PAINT-BASED 3D PRINTED SPIRAL ANTENNAS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, Purno Mohon Ghosh
AN EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCES OF TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY PEOPLE WHO USE NONTRADITIONAL OR NON-STANDARDIZED GENDER-AFFIRMING HORMONE THERAPY, Chloe Michelle Goldbach
THE SCIENCE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT OF FEMALE STEM STUDENTS: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF INTERSECTING IDENTITIES, Tarnisha S. Green
UNDERSTANDING DNA MISMATCH REPAIR FACTORS IN MAINTENANCE OF GENOME STABILITY, Vaibhavi Vijay Gujar
EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF NOVEL 2D MAGNET HETEROSTRUCTURES AND MAGNETIC THIN FILMS, Stephen Hofer
Density functional theory and kinetic study of catalytic methane conversion and ammonia decomposition, Domoina Holiharimanana
EXPERIENCES WITH WRITING AND READING NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST AND PARENT PERSPECTIVES, Zsofia Imre
FROM REAL TO REEL: WHITE SUPREMACY AND ITS EVERYDAY HAUNTING OF BLACK LIVES, Abimbola Iyun
SOME TOPICS RELEVANT TO ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS, Yu Jin
MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF INDIRUBIN DERIVATIVES USING A CYTOCHROME P450 ENZYME FROM ISATIS TINCTORIA L., Sandipty Kayastha
“‘STATE OF WAR’: BRITISH RACIAL CONSTRUCTION, NEW WORLD SLAVERY & THE IMPACT OF SOMERSET’S CASE IN THE ANGLO-AMERICAN DIASPORA", John David Kemp
The Politics of Mourning: Memory, Disobedience, and the Sewol Ferry Disaster, HyoJeong Lee
Factors Influencing Parent Acceptability of Integrated Behavioral Health Models: Comparison Between Rural and Urban Parents, Bethany C. Leraas
New Renewal theory results on the maintenance of systems with coupled components, Guanchen Li
A Methodological Comparison of Cognitive, Affective, and Play Type Processes on the APS and APS-P in a School-Age Sample, Meghan Littles
Cultivating Community: Investigating Performances of Community in Ecovillage Settlements, Alex Lockwood
GENDERED BURNOUT: HOW EMOTIONAL LABOR, WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTE TO OCCUPATIONAL BURNOUT IN MEN AND WOMEN, Kortney Maedge
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIVATION LEVEL AND PERFORMANCE ON ILLINOIS NURSE AIDE CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION OF NURSE AIDE STUDENTS, José Douglas Martinez Herrera
Bored and Loving It: Passive Consumption and Macro Geographies in Film and Literature from the Long 1950s, Stephen Brian McCarty
A New Approach to Synthetic Image Evaluation, Majid Memari
“TOWARD ADIPOSITIVITY”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAT ACTIVISM IN INDIAN MASS COMMUNICATION FROM FILM TO PODCASTING, DIKSHA MITTAL
Haircut, Overborrowing, and Growth, A. M. Muhib Morshed Ami
EXPLORING MOBILE CRISIS TEAM TRAINING: A DELPHI STUDY, Ian Tiler Mosier
A QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF FAMILY AND CAREGIVER EXPERIENCES WITH MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN ILLINOIS, Nicholas Mui
INVESTIGATING THE HIGHER COGNITIVE COMPONENTS OF MEMORY IN HYLOBATIDS, Gina Munir
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF ATTITUDES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOR, Hope Lotsha Muronga
REMEDIAL ACTIONS AGAINST CYBERATTACKS TARGETING SMART POWER SYSTEMS, Ehsan Naderi
The Aesthetics of News: Narrative Construction and Media Illiteracy in Contemporary India, Shashidhar Nanjundaiah
Assessing Relationships Between Autonomous Causality Orientations, Needs Supplies Fit, and Job Attraction in Varying Workplaces, Joseph David Narusis
EXPLORING INTERSECTIONS IN BLACK FUTURES: TOWARDS A RE-EXAMINATION OF AFROFUTURISM AND AFRICANFUTURISM, Omotoyosi Esther Odukomaiya
THE GAMES WE PLAY: IMPROVISATIONAL NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES FOR THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM, Brooke L. Oehme
Formative Pottery Production in Mesoamerica: Tayata and the Mixteca in Macroregional Perspective, Maria Teresa Palomares Rodriguez
Accuracy Considerations in Deep Learning Using Memristive Crossbar Arrays, Bijay Raj Paudel
Cybersecurity of Energy Hubs in Smart Grids, Samaneh Pazouki
Social Attachment and House Prices as Determinants of Mobility Among the Elderly in the US: An Empirical Study Using Longitudinal Data, Wilder R. Pimentel
THE PRICE TAG OF STIGMA: THE EMOTIONAL AND AESTHETIC LABOR OF BODY-POSITIVE BRANDING IN PLUS-SIZE RETAIL, Kendra Pospisil
A FRAMEWORK FOR CRYPTO-BASED MONETIZATION OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR WITH BLOCKCHAIN, Sruthi Rachamalla
DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS OF LIQUID DROPS AND SUPERIMPOSED FLUIDS, Alireza Razeghi
OCCUPANCY AND CO-OCCURRENCE OF FOREST WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Justin John Remmers
FAT AND QUEER: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF WOMENS' EXPERIENCES OF FATPHOBIA, Jaidelynn Keeley Rogers
ESSAYS ON RISK PREFERENCES, ALTRUISM, AND LIFE EVENTS, Fitri Safira
SECURITY RESEARCH FOR BLOCKCHAIN IN SMART GRID, Lanqin Sang
COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH PSYCHOTIC-LIKE EXPERIENCES AND/OR DEPRESSION, Jennifer E. Schlak
ANDEAN URBAN PROCESSES AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL-SOCIAL INTERPLAY: THE CASE OF CAJAMARQUILLA, PERUVIAN CENTRAL COAST (ca. AD 650-1400), Rafael Antonio Segura
CLASSIFYING KNOTS AND LINKS IN L(1, -1) TEMPLATE, H B M K HIROSHANI SENARATHNA
ASIAN AMERICAN IDENTITY IN DRAMA AND THEIR FOUR WAVES: BEYOND IDENTITY CRISIS TOWARD FLUID IDENTITY, Yoon Mi Sohn
RESOURCE-AWARE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR MACHINE LEARNING INFERENCE ON HETEROGENEOUS EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, Ourania Spantidi
Life and Health on the Desert Frontier: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of the Transition Between the Roman and Byzantine Empires at Umm el-Jimal, Jordan, Jessica Rose Spencer
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REHABILITATION COUNSELORS’ EXPERIENCES, BURNOUT, AND PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Sharika Lawanda Sproling
Validation of Best-Self PPI: A New Positive Psychological Intervention Targeting Self-Referential Processing, Bryant M. Stone
Through Irish and Ulster-Scots Texts and "Troubles": Languages, Land and Linguistic Identities, Kamden S. Summers
Reproductions: Archiving the Reproductive Politics in/of Performance, Shelby Swafford
COMPONENT DURABILITY STUDIES OF LED DRIVERS SUBJECTED TO POWER DISTURBANCES, Farhan Y. Tabash