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Dissertations from 2021 2021

ESSAYS ON VALUE ADDED TRADE AND BUSINESS CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION: AGGREGATE AND SECTOR LEVEL ANALYSIS, Christian Isaac Darfah

EFFECTS OF THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL METHODS ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND BACTERIAL INACTIVATION OF CAMEL MILK, Namariq Dhahir

Places Set Apart: Stone Forts and Late Woodland Ritual Practice in the Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, AnneMarie Cobry DiCosola

New Design Strategies for the Preparation and Linking of Cyclopenta-Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Yachu Du

EVALUATION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS TARGETING SELECT SOILBORNE PATHOGENS OF SOYBEAN, Mirian Filgueira Pimentel

INTERSECTIONAL MODEL OF WORKPLACE INEQUALITY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Michelle Nicole Fletcher

THE EFFECT OF MORAL OUTRAGE SOURCE ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL COMPONENTS OF MORAL OUTRAGE, Emily Rose Galeza

THE REVOLUTION IS NOT HAPPENING ON THE LIFETIME NETWORK: A CONJUNCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ARTICULATIONS OF BLACK WOMANHOOD ON LIFETIME’S REALITY TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN THE #SAYHERNAME ERA, Steven Giannino

COMMUNICATION GTA COORDINATORS' IMPLEMENTATION OF DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE WITHIN GTA TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, Kathryn B. Golsan

QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION FOR GENERAL NOISE, Alvin Rafer Gonzales

HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA) EXPOSURE TO NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES: ANALYTICAL METHOD VALIDATION, FIELD SURVEYS, AND SUBLETHAL EFFECTS ON THEIR BEHAVIOR AND RESPIRATION, Zuyi Chen Gooley

MINIATUIRIZED ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, Hemachandra Reddy reddy Gorla

HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS ON TRADE, Oksana Grabova

HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE MEN EXPERIENCED THEIR FIRST YEAR AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, MID-WESTERN, REGIONAL, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S., Oniffe D. Grizzle

RATES OF DELAY DISCOUNTING IN A BRAIN-INJURED SAMPLE: INVESTIGATING STABILITY ACROSS TIME, CORRELATIONS TO SOCIALLY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BEHAVIOR, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTERVENTION PACKAGE, Karl F. Gunnarsson

Examining an Integrated Model of Suicide Risk among Rural and Nonrural Sexual Minorities, Eva Katherine Harris

Studies on cell wall composition in bryophytes across taxa, tissue, and time, Jason S. Henry

TASTING TEA, TASTING CHINA: TEAROOMS AND THE EVERYDAY CULTURE IN DALIAN, Yingkun Hou

Canine-Based Training Programs in Prisons as a Deweyan Ethic, Emily H. Humbert

SECTIONAL LARCENY: THE SEIZURE OF FEDERAL PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH DURING THE SECESSION CRISIS., Ian Patrick Hunt

ROUTES TO ANTHRADITHIOPHENE POLYMERS, BENZODITHIOPHENE FUSED POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND SEQUENCE SELECTIVE GROWTH OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS, WASEEM Akhtar HUSSAIN

ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE: A MULTICOUNTRY EMPIRICAL STUDY, Nneamaka I. Ilechukwu

APPLYING VIDEO-OCCLUSION RESEARCH METHOD TO GUIDE THE DESIGN OF A PERCEPTUAL–COGNITIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, Mohammadreza Jalaeian Taghadomi

A Behavior Genetic Study of Activity Levels and Internalizing Problems Across Childhood, Matthew Jamnik

IMPACT OF CAST IRON MICROSTRUCTURE AND SURFACE TREATMENT ON PROPERTIES AND FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF BRAKE ROTORS, Rohit Jogineedi

Emptiness and the Changing Self: Nāgārjuna, Whitehead, and a Defense of Process Metaphysics, Joseph D. John

ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON GROUNDWATER RISE AND SEA LEVEL CHANGES, Neekita Joshi

IMPACT OF BROADBAND ON RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT, YAGHA RAJ JOSHI

RESIDUE CLASS-BASED COMMON INTEREST NETWORK: A NOVEL APPROACH IN DESIGNING A LOW DIAMETER, TWO-LEVEL HIERARCHICAL, STRUCTURED P2P NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS, Swathi Kaluvakuri

ESSAYS ON HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ: GENDER BIAS IN EDUCATION EXPENDITURE AND THE ROLE OF REMITTANCES, Erfan Jaleel Kareem

PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY AND CONFLICT IN CLINICAL SUPERVISION: A MIXED-METHODS ANALYSIS, Ryan Kimball

Graduate Tutors/Instructors: Navigating Shifting Identity Roles, Melissa Ann Kinsella

Predictors of latent-class trajectories of symptom change during intensive treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Keith Patrick Klein

Managing Negative Behavior in a Diverse Workplace, Erika Danielle Kline

LEGALIZATION EFFECTS ON ILLEGAL MULTI-STATE CANNABIS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, Brett Andrew Lacey

REFRAMING EDUCATIONAL SHAME AND WORRY: UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND NARRATIVE INTERSUBJECTIVITY, Christopher Lancaster

Deliberative Democracy: John Dewey and Alasdair MacIntyre, Chanhee Lee

EVALUATION OF SOYBEAN DISEASES AND PESTS USING TWO ADVANCED BREEDING POPULATIONS, Yi-Chen Lee

ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION WITH MICROBIAL DYNAMICS AND ABERRANT ESTROGEN METABOLISM IN REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS, Nhung Xuan Hong Le

PREDICTION OF NON-NATIVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES OCCURRENCES IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, xian liu

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Relay-Aided/Cell-Free Networks, Yikai Li

CELL-FREE AND INTELLIGENT REFLECTIVE SURFACES AIDED ARCHITECTURES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, Diluka Aravinda Loku Galappaththige

Automated Algorithmic Machine-to-Machine Negotiation for Lane Changes Performed by Driverless Vehicles at the Edge of the Internet of Things, Ellie Lovellette

DESIGNING A NEOTERIC ARCHITECTURE & COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR CHINESE REMAINDER THEOREM BASED STRUCTURED PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS WITH COMMON INTERESTS, Iswarya Maddali Vigneswara

ALIGNMENT OF INDONESIAN CURRICULUM WITH PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL READING LITERACY STUDY (PIRLS), Petra Kristi Mulyani

ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE’S CHARGING LOAD ON THE GRID BASED ON DRIVER’S PERSONAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEV USAGE AND CHARGING, Mehran Mustafa

SCHEDULING AND CONTROL OF DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS USING DIOID ALGEBRA AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING METHODS WITH APPLICATIONS, Adetola Oke

AN EVALUATION OF THE LOWER OHIO RIVER CHANNEL, BLUE, AND FLATHEAD CATFISH FISHERY, Devon C. Oliver

ANALYTICAL STUDY OF IMPACT-DRIVEN FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER, Saeed Onsorynezhad

VISUAL NARRATIVES IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2020: A BATTLE OF BELIEFS, VALUES, & IDEOLOGIES, Marguerite Page

THE MAKING OF THE MAN’S MAN: STARDOM AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF NEOLIBERALISM IN HINDUTVA INDIA, Soumik Pal

False Data and Threat Detection Methods for Power Systems Under Cyber Attacks Based On Big Data and Deep Learning Algorithms, Ali Parizad

Faculty Perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion Training in Higher Education, Remya Perinchery

ANXIETY SENSITIVITY, DISTRESS INTOLERANCE, EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER TREATMENT OUTCOME, Devin R. Petersen

ARCHITECTS OF INEQUALITY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1868-1917, Jessica O'Brien Pursell

APPLICATIVE ELASTO-PLASTIC SELF CONSISTENCY MODEL INCORPORATING ESHELBY’S INCLUSION THEORY TO ANALYZE THE DEFORMATION IN HCP MATERIALS CONSISTING MULTIPLE DEFORMATION MODES, Daniel Selvakumar Raja

WALD TYPE TESTS WITH THE WRONG DISPERSION MATRIX, Kosman Watte Gedara Dimuthu Hansana Rajapaksha

How do the Students Become the Supervisors? Student Training Experiences in Supervision and Supervisor Self-efficacy in Clinical Psychology, Jennifer Ramasami

ATOMISTIC MODELING OF COUPLED ELECTRON-PHONON TRANSPORT IN NANOSTRUCTURES, Mohammad Zunaidur Rashid

Design, Optimization, And Feedback Control Of A Planar Noncontact Magnetic Manipulator With Rotatable Permanent Magnets, Nayereh Riahi

BAYESIAN DYNAMIC FACTOR ANALYSIS AND COPULA-BASED MODELS FOR MIXED DATA, Hadi Safari Katesari

UNITED STATES’ DOMESTIC TRADE AND DOMESTIC MIGRATION DURING 1993 - 2017 : THE ROLE OF POLITICS, FOREIGN IMPORT, AND SIZE, Nawaraj Sharma Paudel

CONVERGENT AND ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY OF THE WOODCOCK JOHNSON PASSAGE COMPREHENSION TEST AND THE WECHSLER INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST- READING COMPREHENSION SUBTEST, Maria Stacy

Resource management and application customization for hardware accelerated systems, Zois Gerasimos Tasoulas

CLASSIFICATION OF EIGENVALUES OF OCTONIONIC HERMITIAN MATRICES, Kalpa Madhawa Thudewaththage

ESSAYS ON ETHNIC FAVORITISM ACROSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME, Erickosowo Nsan Tiku

EDUCATION BULGES AND MASS PROTEST: HOW HIGHER EDUCATION INFLUENCES PROTEST ONSET AND OUTCOMES, Kimberly Noel Turner

How Are Women Farmers "Doing" and "Undoing" Gender?: An Exploration of Women's Gender Practices in Farming, Rebecca J. Tuxhorn

FUNCTIONALIZED POLY(P-XYLYLENE)S AND CYCLOPENTA-ANNULATED POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON MATERIALS, Ain Uddin

Long-term effects of tillage practices on soil physical, chemical, and biological health, and its economic and ecologic implications, Amanda Marie Weidhuner

Flaxseed’s paradoxical role in extending lifespan and reproductive capacity in White Leghorn laying hens; and the effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on lipid metabolism, mitochondrial bioenergetics and E-cadherin expression in laying hen ovarian tumors, William Christopher Weston

GAINING INSIGHTS INTO TOURMALINE-BEARING LOCALITIES WITH MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS, Jason Ryan Williams

A DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDY ON THE ETHANOL OXIDATION REACTION OVER IRIDIUM-BASED CATALYSTS, Ruitao Wu

Electronic Cigarette Smoking and Health-related Quality of Life: Findings between Nigeria and United States College and University Students., Musa Yahaya

PHOTOPHYSICS OF CHROMOPHORE ASSEMBLIES IN POROUS FRAMEWORKS, Jierui Yu

The Necessity and Possibility of Decolonizing the Understanding of Chinese-ness, Tao Zhang

TMEM97/SIGMA 2 RECEPTOR INCREASES ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ΑLPHA ACTIVITY TO PROMOTE BREAST CANCER PROLIFERATION, Yuanqin Zhang

WORK MEANINGFULNESS: EXAMINING S-ABC NEEDS-SUPPLIES FIT AND WORK AS JOBS, CAREERS AND CALLINGS, Wenqian Zhou

The Impact of Developmental Regulation on Aging and Cancer, Yun Zhu

Dissertations from 2020 2020

GIFTED AND TALENTED RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION TO AID IN IDENTIFICATION AND SERVICE OF ELEMENTARY GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE AREAS OF ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS IN A RURAL KENTUCKY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Tatiana Y. Adams

Chemical Tools for Potential Therapeutic Applications of CRISPR Systems, Eman ageely

NOVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SAUDI TEACHERS BUILDING PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY, Khulod Aljehani

Graduate Saudi ESL Students’ Perceptions of Writing Pedagogies in EFL Versus ESL Contexts: An Approach Toward Understanding Students’ Writing Difficulties, Khaled Almohawis

ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STEM STUDENTS THROUGH HOLISTIC THINKING IN AN HONORS PROGRAM, NOOR ALRAJHI

EXPERIMENTAL AND MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATION OF ENHANCING MULTIPHASE FLOW IN THE PIPELINE SYSTEMS, Sajda S. Al-saedi

JOB SCHEDULING FOR STREAMING APPLICATIONS IN HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEMS, Ali Al-Sinayyid

DESIGN OF EFFICIENT MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR COMPUTER NETWORKS, ashraf alyanbaawi

BRAIN-INSPIRED MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION MODELS, Rajesh Amerineni

A QUALITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF GENDER-RESPONSIVE YOUTH PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE GIRLS ROCK CAMP ALLIANCE, Seyi Amosu

EXPLORATION OF NOVEL MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS IN MAGNETIC COOLING TECHNOLOGY, Anil Aryal

PARABOLICALLY INDUCED BANACH SPACE REPRESENTATION OF P-ADIC GROUPS, Chathurika Umayangani Athapattu

CUSTOMERS CAN LOVE FIRMS AGAIN AFTER SPREADING NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL IMPACT THEORY ON ECONOMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPENSATION, Ramin Bagherzadeh

The Cultural Adaptation of Traditional Behavior-Analytic Interventions for Hispanic/Latinx Children with Autism and the Caregivers and Siblings Who Care for Them, Natalia Baires

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCULAR OBSERVING RESPONSES AND RELATIONAL TRAINING PROCEDURES FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Becky F. Barron

The Nights’ Dreams: Shahrazad and Her Stories in Modern Human Rights Textual and Visual Narratives (1994-2014), Rana Khalid Basfar

SCENE AND UNSEEN: ABJECTION AND THE FEMALE BODY IN FILMS AND DRAMA OF THE NORTHERN IRISH TROUBLES, 1969-1998, Kelly Batchelder

YOUNG LIVES MATTER: AN EXAMINATION OF RACIAL SOCIALIZATION PRACTICES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS, Morgan Bobo

DISSEMINATION OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY AUTISM IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS VIA A TELEHEALTH-BASED PARENT TRAINING PROGRAM, Paige Solana Boydston

A Case Study on the Impact That the Meet & Teach Program Has on Youth Through Experiential Learning, Evan Brown

FRAMES OF ERROR: THREE BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO REDUCING STIGMA TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Rocco Giovanni Catrone