Dissertations from 2019
ELECTRONIC AND OPTO-ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF FEW LAYER INDIUM SELENIDE FETS, Milinda Wasala
Reclaiming Our Voices: An Autoethnographic Approach to African American Meaning in Life & Existence, Kenneth Terrell Washington
DECIDING WHO GOES HOME FOLLOWING INPATIENT REHABILITATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ALLIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS., Christine Annette Watt
POLICE OFFICER SELF-LEGITIMACY: THE ROLE OF VALUE CONGRUENCE, David White
ADVERSITY AND CLICHÉ: THE GENERATION OF NOVEL SENSE AND MEANING IN MERLEAU-PONTY, Matthew Williams-Wyant
CONFRONTING MASCULINITY: THE GEN X NOVEL (1984-2000) AND THE SENTIMENTAL MAN, Robert E. Woolridge
Structural studies of Human Caprin Protein, Yuhong Wu
NONLINEAR MODELING FOR REGENERATIVE CUTTING WITH FORCED VIBRATION, Siyuan Xing
THE ATTENUATING EFFECTS OF A COMBINATIONAL TREATMENT AFTER EXPERIMENTAL TBI ON PROPERTIES OF ANXIETY, Jennica Marie Young
Algorithms and Hardware Co-Design of HEVC Intra Encoders, Yuanzhi Zhang
EARRNINGS MANAGEMENT AND PATENTING DISCLOSURES, Shucui Zheng
INTEGRATION AT A STUDENT HEALTH CENTER: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Jessica Zvonkovic
Dissertations from 2018
ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF NONSTATIONARY GROUND MOTION COHERENCY, Habeeb F. Abbas
EVALUATION OF TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY TO DETERMINE CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTAMINANTS IN ENGINE OIL, Ali Abdul-Munaim
SUPPRESSION OF HARMONIC TORQUE AND HARMONIC CURRENT IN PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, Nezar Yehya Abou Qamar
SYNERGISTIC APPLICATION OF A MUNICIPAL WASTE MATERIAL AND PHYTOREMEDIATION TECHNIQUE FOR REMEDIATING ACID MINE DRAINAGE AND IMPACTED SOIL, Louis A. Ackah
EFFECT OF MAJOR FACTORS ON BIOSWALE PERFORMANCE AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES FOR THE CONTROL OF STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM HIGHWAYS, Azadeh Akhavan Bloorchian
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TEENAGE PREGNANCY SERVICE AND PREVENTION PROGRAM IN THE VOLTA REGION OF GHANA, Isaac Rowland Aklamanu
COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF PRE-RECORDED LECTURE AND LIVE ONLINE LECTURE ON LEARNING AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY, Khaled Mohammed Al Amer
Saudi Arabian Students' Perceptions of Teacher Care in the United States, Abdullah Saeed Alasmari
ROLES OF 15-LIPOXYGENASE-2 (ALOX15B) IN SUPPRESSION OF TUMOR FORMATION, METASTASIS, AND SENSITIVITY TO CHEMOTHERAPY, Rana Alfardan
ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE CASE OF SAUDI ARABIA WITH REFERENCE TO RICH NATURAL RESOURCE COUNTRIES, Raed Ali algowear almestneer
Bayesian Estimation of Mixture IRT Models using NUTS, Rahab Al Hakmani
STOCK MARKET RETURNS AND VOLATILITY: MACROECONOMIC NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS, INTERACTIONS, AND MARKET RISK ANALYSIS, Mansour Alharaib
CHARACTERIZATION OF ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IN BENEFICIAL SYMBIOSES IN THE HAWAIIAN BOBTAIL EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES, Alanoud Talal Aljasham
MEASURING THE DELAY OF EMBEDDED SEGMENTS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS USING CURRENT SENSORS, Wisam Aljubouri
Optical properties and energy applications of MoS2, Asma Al Kabsh
CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH IMPEDANCE FAULTS, INCIPIENT FAULTS AND CIRCUIT BREAKER RESTRIKES DURING CAPACITOR BANK DE-ENERGIZATION IN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS, Mishrari Metab Almalki
BANDSTRUCTURE AND POLARIZATION ENGINEERING OF WURTZITE NANOSTRUCTURES FOR APPLICATION IN ENERGY RELATED DEVICES, Saad Mubarak Alqahtani
THE PERCEPTIONS OF ISLAMIC STUDIES TEACHERS ABOUT INCORPORATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE CURRICULUM, Abdulrahman Alruwaili
The Practice of Developmental Supervision Approaches in Saudi Arabia, Rajeh Alshehri
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RETENTION, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, JOB SATISFACTION, AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AMONG NURSES, Ola Nader AL-Sheyab
TOWARDS IMPROVING THE EDUCATION FUNDING POLICY IN OMAN: LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER OIL DEPENDENT NATIONS, Hamood Alshoaibi
STOCHASTIC FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH INFINITE MEMORY, Saeed Althubiti
Fast tailed girls: A qualitative analysis of adult African American women's experiences with gender and sex-related socialization messages, Elom Akosua Amuzu
PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES: EXAMINING THE TRANSITION FROM EI TO ECSE, Katherine Ancell
HANNAH ARENDT AND POLITICAL MODERNITY: THE CONCEPT OF THE PUBLIC SPACE, David Robert Antonini
LOCATION AND CONFIGURATION OF REDUCED BEAM SECTION CONNECTION EFFECTS ON STRENGTH, STIFFNESS AND DUCTILITY OF MOMENT STEEL FRAMES, Akwasi Assenso Antwi
Event, Duration, Soul: A Study of the Measure of Intensive Magnitudes, John W. August
DESIGN OF HIGHER-ORDER ALL OPTICAL BINARY DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR USING RING LASER, Marji Ayed Alshammari
The Origin of the Question: The Structure and Emergence of Questioning in Edmund Husserl's Work, Andrew Daniel Barrette
Second Story Television: Multi-Camera Sitcom Spaces, Objects, and the Suburban Spatial Imaginary, Simone D. Becque
A Theory of Relational Density, Jordan Belisle
TEACHER, TUTOR, SCHOLAR, ADMINISTRATOR: PREPARATION FOR AND PERCEPTIONS OF GRADUATE WRITING CENTER WORK, Katrina Bell
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WORKING THEORY: PREDICTING DECENT WORK EXPERIENCES, Brian Peter Bettonville
INDIA’S EXPORT PERFORMANCE 1996-2015: THE ROLE OF PRODUCT QUALITY, AMRITA BHATTACHARYA
The Evaluation of Attitudes towards Individuals with Mental Illness among Counselors in Training, Randall Boen
Social Experiences of Young Adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Toward an Understanding of Communication, Allison D. Brenneise
Tinkering with Student Speech in the Age of Social Media, Lola A. Burnham
TRAUMATIZED WIVES AND THE TRANSATLANTIC NOVEL: UNVEILING THE CULTURAL NARRATIVE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY MARITAL SUFFERING, Ellen Catherine Campbell
SHIFTING PATTERNS OF LIMB STRENGTH AMONG PLAINS VILLAGE HORTICULTURALISTS: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE USE OF CROSS-SECTIONAL GEOMETRY TO UNDERSTAND CULTURAL CHANGE, Ryan Michael Campbell
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL: DECOLONIAL COSMOPOLITANISM, MIGRANT SUBJECTIVITY, AND THE COMMUNICATION OF SOCIAL CHANGE, Robert Carlsen
CONSTITUTED AND CONSTITUING SYMBOLS OF THE KAMËNTŠÁ CULTURE: ESSAYS ON NATIVE PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE, Juan Alejandro Chindoy
Assessing Nonlinear Relationships through Rich Stimulus Sampling in Repeated-Measures Designs, James Jacob Cole
"I WANT TO TELL YOU MY STORY": THE POTENTIAL OF NARRATIVE TO BRIDGE CULTURAL DIVIDE, Elaine Conrad
CONSTRUCTION OF EFL TEACHER EDUCATORS’ KNOWLEDGE BASE IN A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN NICARAGUA, Angel María Dávila
PSEUDOURIDINE MODIFICATIONS IN HUMAN tRNAs AND ARCHAEAL rRNAs, Manisha Deogharia
NURSING TURNOVER, IS IT ALL ABOUT PAY? A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF NURSING TURNOVER IN RURAL HEALTHCARE, Lynn Dettman
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE PARADOX BASIN IN THE MIDDLE-LATE JURASSIC, WESTERN UNITED STATES, John Idoko Ejembi
Random Walk With Absorbing Barriers Modeled by Telegraph Equation With Absorbing Boundaries, Rong Fan
Mono no Aware as a Poetics of Gender, Johnathan Charles Flowers
Assessments of Midwestern Stream Restoration and Management Practices, Jessica Fulgoni
PROTERETIC OPTICAL BINARY DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR USING RING LASER, Abdulrahman M. Ghandoura
REGIONAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, INTRA-NATIONAL TRADE, AND INDUSTRY-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL TRADE, IN INDIA, Jeeten Krishna Giri
Altered Expression of Metabolic Proteins Contributes to Neuropathological Disease, Chelsea M. Griffith
Transformative Justice in Josiah Royce: Rethinking Atonement for the 21st Century, Ryan Justin Grumberg
Answering Join Queries Instantly, Mohammed Hamdi
CULTURALLY SENSITIVE HEALTH CARE: AN EXPLORATION OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS IDENTIFIED AS LGBTQ-FRIENDLY AT MIDWESTERN, NON-URBAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTERS, Christy L. Hamilton
Corruption and Education in Iraqi Kurdistan, Jihan Sabah Hamzany
MAKE OR BUY DECISION AND TECHNOLOGY CHOICE, Junaidah Hasan
USING 1D2D MODELING TO INFORM RESTORATION EFFORTS IN THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN, LOUISIANA, Anne Hayden-Lesmeister
THE SHORTAGE OF LICENSED SECONDARY AGRICULTURE INSTRUCTORS IN ILLINOIS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT ON SECONDARY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM QUALITY, HEAVNER, Howard Kent Heavner
Music and the Aesthetic Unconscious: Dewey's Redemption of the Noncognitive Dimensions of Experience, Bethany Henning
A RHETORICAL INVESTIGATON OF BLACK WOMEN COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, Sarah E. Hollingsworth
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION AS A SITE OF STRUGGLE: STATE, CAPITAL, AND PRECARITY IN THE CONTEMPORARY CHINESE DOCUMENTARY, Jiachun Hong
Mosaic Landscape Use by a Primate Community of Northeastern Peru, with Particular Focus on Red Uakaris (Cacajao calvus ucayalii), Rose M. Hores
Leading Digit Computation Circuits, Sena G. Hounsinou
A SEARCH FOR CRITICAL COSMOPOLITANISM: AN IDEOLOGICAL CRITICISM OF SEXUAL MINORITIES UGANDA’S WEBSITE, Gregory Sean Hummel
AUTOMATIC RECONFIGURATION OF RADIAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT USING THE CIRCUIT GRAPH, Maziar Isapour Chehardeh
IN VIVO ANTRAL FOLLICLE WALL BIOPSY: A NEW RESEARCH TECHNIQUE TO STUDY OVARIAN FUNCTION USING THE HORSE AS A MODEL, Ghassan Ishak
Regulation of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic gene expression in human trophoblast, Haneen Moayad Ismaeel
GUIDE RNA MODIFICATION AND STRUCTURE-FUNCTION OF CRISPR-CAS9, ZACHARY KARTJE
MOLECULAR INSIGHTS INTO TCEA3 AND TCEAL7-MEDIATED DIFFERENTIATION AND APOPTOSIS IN RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, Noor Ali Kazim
Creative Fidelity as a Personalized Symbolic Form of Culture, Jared Kemling
ANALYSIS OF THE CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENT LEXICON IN UPSTREAM GENE PROMOTERS OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA AND ORYZA SATIVA, Belan Khalil
IMPROVED GENE PAIR BIOMARKERS FOR MICROARRAY DATA CLASSIFICATION, Alireza Khamesipour
Involvement of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Adipocyte Differentiation and Circadian Clock Regulation, Ali Khazaal
The Principles of Philosophical Community, Eli Orner Kramer
USING FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES TO RECONSTRUCT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTHWESTERN WEDDELL SEA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, Anastasia Kyrmanidou
CREATIVITY, POSSIBILITY AND INTERPRETATION: THEORY OF DETERMINATION OF PEIRCE AND NEVILLE, Cheongho Lee
A CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER IN RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES, Derek R. Lehman