Dissertations from 2011
THE ROLE OF ATP AND FK-506 BINDING PROTEIN IN THE COUPLED GATING OF SKELETAL RYANODINE RECEPTORS, Jacob Trevor Neumann
Exploring Basic Writers' Perceptions of Writing Center Use, Deanna Odney
MASS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPING DEMOCRACIES: A STUDY OF POLITICAL CLIENTELISM IN THAI PROVINCES, David A. Owen
Simulating Univariate and Multivariate Burr Type III and Type XII Distributions Through the Method of L-Moments, Mohan Dev Pant
"DO WE NOT SING THESE TEXTS?": PRESENCE EFFECTS IN PERFORMANCE ART, Charles Timothy Parrott
EXPLORATION OF NEW MULTIFUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC MATERIALS BASED ON A VARIETY OF HEUSLER ALLOYS AND RARE-EARTH COMPOUNDS, Arjun Kumar Pathak
SCAPHIRHYNCHUS STURGEON EARLY-LIFE HISTORY, Quinton Edward Phelps
The Rise of For-Profit Education Alternatives in Central Texas: A Comparative Study of Satisfaction Between Competing Programs Using the Student Satisfaction InventoryTM, Jonathan P. Pluskota
Epistemological Connections to PreK-8 Teachers' Descriptions of Good Teaching, Good Student Behavior, and Teaching for Understanding: A Mixed Methods Study, Jennifer Jensen Prusaczyk
Adventures on Windswept Islands: Children's Literature, Adolescence, and the Possibilities of Irish Culture in the Work of Eilís Dillon., Jennifer Anne Rea
PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY ASSOCIATION LEADERS: ROLES AND ESSENTIAL SKILLS, Keith Brian Reinhardt
Extinguishing or Fueling the Fire: Resilience in Clinical and Counseling Psychology Graduate Students, Hege Riise
Creativity in Fashion Design Students, Joyce Robin Robinson
RHETORICAL STRATEGIES AND POLITICAL GIFT GIVING IN THE ORINOCO DELTA, Juan Luis Rodriguez
Trace Forms Over Finite Fields of Characteristic Two, Sankhadip Roy
Closing the memory gap in stochastic functional differential equations, Flavia Cabral Sancier-Barbosa
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG STUDENTS' LEARNING STYLES, TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE, AND STUDENTS' COMPLETION RATES IN E-LEARNING AND TRADITIONAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTS, Douglas Dean Schneiderheinze
Social Influence and Willingness to Pay for Online Video Games, Andrew John Setterstrom
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ELECTRIC FIELD ON INTERFACE INSTABILITY, FILM BOILING, AND FILM CONDENSATION, Payam Sharifi
Collective Behavior and Campus Public Order Policing: A Qualitative Case Study of Mixed-Issue Campus Disturbances at Three Midwest Public Universities, Todd Dee Sigler
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARS: THE MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS AND COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF LIVING GARS (ACTINOPTERYGII: LEPISOSTEIDAE), Justin Todd Sipiorski
Multiply Voiced, Multiply Heard: Double-Voiced Discourse in Toni Morrison, Maryse Conde, and Nuruddin Farah, Misty Lynn Standage
IMPLEMENTATION OF NOVEL RECEPTOR-TRANSDUCTION CONCEPTS AND MATERIAL MORPHOLOGIES IN GAS SENSORICS, Evgheni Strelcov
COGNITIVE TRAINING AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY IN AN AGED MODEL OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Alicia Ann Swan
Systematic revision of the South American armored catfish genus Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), Matthew Randall Thomas
Built-In Schemes for Test Pattern Generation and Fault Location, Snehal Udar
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY: EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL STUDENTS OF EDUCATION AT A MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Panadda Unyapho
PATTERN ENCODING ALGORITHMS AND INFORMATION MODELING METRICS FOR NETWORK QUALITY OF SERVICE, Lucas John Vespa
Achieving an Anabaptist Vision: The Constitutive Rhetoric of Goshen Circle Mennonite Leaders, Zachary J. Walton
MODERATING EFFECT OF SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS STRATEGIES: THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN SUPPLY CHAIN RELATIONSHIP AND PERFORMANCE, Daisy Chen-yu Wang
Exilic Vision and the Cinematic Interrogation of Britain: The Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter Collaboration, Christopher Joel Weedman
EXPANSIVE MODERNISM: FEMALE EDITORS, LITTLE MAGAZINES, AND NEW BOOK HISTORIES, Belinda Wheeler
The Feminine Self as a Critique of Spirit: A Cultural Phenomenology, Sarah Hutchinson Woolwine
An Empirical Comparison of Four Data Generating Procedures in Parametric and Nonparametric ANOVA, Anquan Zhang
DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A COAL SPIRAL, Baojie Zhang
DATA-DRIVEN METHODS FOR REDUCING WRONG-WAY CRASHES ON FREEWAYS, Jiguang Zhao
Dissertations from 2010
An Ontological Explication of Electronic Benefit Transfer as an Institutional Mechanism of Reification and Relations of Ruling, Jeanie Akamanti
HARMONIC MODELING AND SIMULATION OF NON-LINEAR PWM INVERTERS IN DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEMS, Ahmad Albanna
A SOCIAL MODEL FOR THE CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, DHOHA A. ALSALEH
Improving the Off-chip Bandwidth Utilization and Energy Efficiency in Chip Multiprocessor (CMP) Architectures, Mutaz Al-Tarawneh
Memory leak Masking Using Dual Heap Organization, Mohammad K. Alweh
ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: ANALYSES OF HUNTER EFFICIENCY, SURVEY METHODS, AND ECOLOGY, Charles Wayne Anderson
BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY, NEST DISTRIBUTION, AND POPULATION ECOLOGY OF WOOD DUCKS IN FLOODPLAIN AND UPLAND FORESTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Robert Gray Anderson
Reconciling Disparate Identities: A Qualitative Study with women in the LDS Church Experiencing Same-sex Attractions, Cindy L. Anderton
Mean Hellinger Distance as an Error Criterion in Univariate and Multivariate Kernel Density Estimation, Haneef Mohamed Anver
Order Restricted Estimation and Tests for Fit in Homogeneous Row-Column Models, Dharshana Arachchi Appuhamillage
ESSAYS ON HOUSEHOLD DEMAND FOR CREDIT CARDS, BANKRUPTCY AND OVER-SPENDING, Sofyan Yosof Azaizeh
Reading the Terror over Tea: Reflections of British Nationalism in the Guillotine's Blade, 1793-1795, Amanda Jo Bahr-Evola
Experience, Time, and the Subject: Deleuze's Transformation of Kant's Critical Philosophy, Anupa Batra
The Speaking Cognitions and Attention Scale: An Empirically-Derived Measure of Public Speaking Anxiety, Robert Drew Beck
Pregnancy Related Experiences of Bangladeshi Immigrant Women Living in a Major US Metropolitan Area, Kamrun Nahar Begum
A phenomenological investigation into the experience of having an Asian identity during U.S. counseling psychology professional-training, Vinetha Kumar Belur
Habitat Niche Modeling in the Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum): Applications to Planned Translocation, Victor Bogosian III
OPTIMAL CONTROL DESIGN FOR POLYNOMIAL NONLINEAR SYSTEMS USING SUM OF SQUARES TECHNIQUE WITH GUARANTEED LOCAL OPTIMALITY, Nattapong Boonnithivorakul
The Effect of 3D Virtual Environments on Consumer Perceptions and Purchase Intent, Robert E. Boostrom, Jr.
EFFECTS OF ENROLLMENT IN CO-TEACHING CLASSES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES, Linda Elaine Buerck
CULTURE COUNTS: IMPROVING NON-COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT FOR PREDICTING RETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN A SAMPLE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS, Taisha L. Caldwell
ADVERTISING A VIRTUAL WORLD: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF CHINESE AND U.S. VIDEO GAME ADVERTISEMENTS, Yong Cao
An Analysis of Wind Power Plant Site Prospecting in the Central United States, Mark E. Carlos
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Online Instruction and Faculty Development Among Teacher Education Faculty, Kelly Ann Chaney
Information Technology Professionals as Citizens: An Expectancy Theory Perspective, Shih Yung Chou
Social Contextual Influences on Consumer Behavior: The Impact of Group Composition and Coviewing Context on Recall of and Attitude toward Placed Brands, Kesha Kenlene Coker
An Exploration of Corporate Social Responsibility and Machiavellianism in Future Health Care Professionals, Sandra K. Collins
PHYSICIAN'S EXPERIENCES WITH DEATH AND DYING: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Deborah Jo Corker
The Adoption of On-demand Learning in Organizations in the United States, Lianbin Cui
FOLLOWERS' REACTIONS TO FEMALE LEADERS: LEADER'S ORIENTATIONS, PROTOTYPICAL CATEGORIZATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, Nicole L. Cundiff
DIFFUSION OF TOBACCO DEPENDENCE EDUCATION IN DENTAL HYGIENE: TEN CASE STUDIES, Joan Mary Davis
Multiple Axes of Social Location and Transpeople: Interrogating the Concept of "Intersectionality", Kylan Mattias de Vries
Job Satisfaction and the Perceived Organizational Culture of U. S. Military and Military Affiliated Personnel, Deborah A. Diffenauer
Parent Engagement and Cultural Capital: Negotiating Culture in a Multilingual/Multiethnic School, Paula Andrea Echeverri-Sucerquia
MEMORY AND DEFAULT NETWORK ACTIVATION AS A FUNCTION OF APOE GENOTYPE, Kit Elam
NOVEL APPROACHES FOR STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL CHARTS PATTERN RECOGNITION, Abdellatif el homani
Shadowing practices: Ethnographic accounts of private eyes as entrepreneurs, Craig L. Engstrom
Essays on Imperfections in Money and Capital Markets, Fassil Negussie Fanta
Regulation of VEGFR-3 expression and lymphangiogenesis in normal and inflamed tissues, Michael John Flister
A COMPARISON BETWEEN TAIWANESE ESL LEARNERS' PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION, Jo Shan Fu
The Radical Heart: The Politics of Love in the Struggle for African-American Equality, 1833-2000, Francesca Gamber
On Human Hating: Toward a Pragmatism of Hate, John Frank Gamber
LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, Terri Groves
THE MODULATION OF COVERT ATTENTION BY EMOTION: AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF EMOTIONAL VERSUS NEUTRAL VALENCED CUES IN A COVERT ATTENTION PARADIGM, Jonathan Hammersley
Overcoming Rural Cultural Barriers to Service Delivery: The Perspective of Informal Caregivers, Kayla Hand
Personally satisfying: Using Personal Style Scales to enhance the prediction of career satisfaction, Charles Hees
Dismissal of Tenured Teachers in Illinois from 1990 to 2008, Jason Dee Henry
The Effect of the Conceptus on Endometrial Angiogenesis and Immune Cell Populations During Implantation, Jennifer Lynn Herington
Phenomenological Pragmatism: Freedom as the Immanent Transcendence of Desire in John Dewey, Jason Leland Hills
The contribution of nonshared environmental factors to differential parental discipline: A twin study, Kristin S. Hoffman
Modulation of synaptic transmission by TRP channels, Joseph August Jeffry
DESIGNING WATERSHED-SCALE STRUCTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES USING EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS TO ACHIEVE WATER QUALITY GOALS, Prakash D. Kaini
Youth-Generated Media in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, Joseph F. Khalil
Bank Certification Effect on CEO Compensation, Amine Khayati