Theses from 2018
ANALYSIS OF A NON-IDEAL (LOSSY) TRI-MICRORING OPTICAL SYSTEM, Vasileios Pentsos
Efficient Resource Management for Video Applications in the Era of Internet-of-Things (IoT), Sai Saketh Nandan Perala
MICROAGGRESSIONS WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION: EXPLORING HOW WHITE FACULTY COMMIT AND RESPOND TO MICROAGGRESSIONS, Remya Perinchery
OPTIMIZING INTEROCEPTIVE EXPOSURE FOR ANXIETY SENSITIVITY UTILIZING AN INHIBITORY LEARNING MODEL, Devin Petersen
EFFECTS OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN ON STAPYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, Alyssa Philips
FIGHTING AGAINST SOCIAL BOTS: THE ISSUE OF IDENTIFICATION, Dmitrii Pianov
Impacts of cleanser, material type, methods for cleaning and training on canine decontamination, Ellie B. Powell
OPTIMIZATION OF BRAKE PAD GEOMETRY TO PROMOTE GREATER CONVECTIVE COOLING TO INCREASE HEAT DISSIPATION RATE, Daryl Premkumar
FIRST AND SECOND YEAR ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, AND MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PREPAREDNESS, Heather Pulley
A Lightweight Cryptographic Approach using Social Media for Secure Communication in Wireless Networks in IoT, Sai Ravee Teja Puramsetty
IS A POLICE OFFICER’S SENSE OF SELF-LEGITIMACY PREDICTIVE OF JOB SATISFACTION?, Molly Elizabeth Pyatt
CHANGES IN ANTISOCIAL ATTITUDES AND RECIDIVIST OUTCOMES, Maranda Rose Quillen
AN EVALUATION OF TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AT INCREASING DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING IN CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, Chantal Rainford
Exploring the Relationships Among Pretend Play, Creativity, and Parent Play Beliefs in General Education and Immersive Bilingual Education Settings, Jennifer Ramasami
The Effects of Societal Threat on Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation, Chasity Ratliff
Evaluating the Efficacy of Relational Training Procedures to Increase IQ On The Block Design Subtest, Mina Rohail
Soil Indicators of Restored Ecological Function Following Riparian Afforestation in Southern Illinois, Benjamin Roosa
Expression of Epstein-Barr virus proteins and their detection by IgG antibodies, Alyssa Rosek
A NOVEL APPROACH FOR PLACING ACCESS POINTS IN AN ULTRA-DENSE 5G NETWORK WITH OPTIMUM POWER AND BANDWIDTH, Indranil Roy
Test Pattern Generation for Double Transition faults, Keerthana Samala
DAY OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE. PERFORMING INDIGENEITY IN VENEZUELA., Lourdes Silvana Saturno
RECRUITMENT SOURCES OF ASIAN CARPS IN THE OHIO RIVER BASIN, AARON Lee SCHILLER
MODIFICATION OF A CURRENT COALBED METHANE PERMEABILITY MODEL FOR HORIZONTAL STRAIN ONLY, Sawyer David Schrader
Machine-Insect Interface: Spatial Navigation of a Mobile Robot by a Drosophila, Suddarsun Shivakumar
Energy-Rate Trade-Off Analysis for SWIPT in Massive MIMO Systems, Rajan Shrestha
Cultural Trauma and Narratives of Silence in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, Catherine Elizabeth Siefert-Pearce
MULTISTEP FRAMEWORK FOR SHORT-TERM LOAD FORECASTING USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM, Hari Silwal
The Great Chain and the World Around it: The Perry Expedition within a Global Context, 1815-1861., Edward Lee Smith
SIZE OPTIMIZATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS AND ENERGY STORAGE IN A DISTRIBUTION FEEDER, Steven Smith
Emergency Evacuation Training in Virtual Reality, Ourania Spantidi
Police Legitimacy Across High-Crime Contexts: An Examination of Neighborhood-Level Expressive Concerns and Accumulated Experiences, Tyrell Spencer
IMPLEMENTING PEAK TRANSFORMATIONAL MODULE TO TEACH DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, Jenna Sprong
Misfire-Fault Classification for Future On-Board Diagnostics III Vehicles, Jessica Lynn Suda
SOCIAL EXCHANGE IN MENTORING, PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, Malinda Suprise
USING A NUMERICAL ALGORITHM TO SEARCH FOR DECOHERENCE-FREE SUB-SYSTEMS, Purva Thakre
Physical Layer Security in Training-Based Single-Hop/Dual-Hop Massive MIMO Systems, Santosh Timilsina
A Systematic Evaluation of Super Brain Yoga for Elementary School Students, Megan Mackenzie Tolan
Blotterkrossed, Ethan James Trimble
Liquefaction Characteristics of Sand Reinforced with Small Percentages of Polypropylene FIber, Sudhir Kumar Tripathi
USING THE PEAK-T RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM TO TEACH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM TO DEVELOP COMPLEX RELATIONS, Maria Ucan
PERCEPTIONS OF MICROAGGRESSIONS AND COLOR-BLIND RACIAL ATTITUDES: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN ASSESSING ACTION WITHIN INTERRACIAL INTERACTIONS, Viloshanakumaran Veeramani
Automatic MC/DC Test Pattern Generation, Damianos Veskoukis
DELAY DISCOUNTING OF TREATMENT SUCCESS AND STAFF WILLINGNESS TO IMPLIMENT BEHAVIOR ANALYTIC TRAINING PROCEDURES, Ashley Marie Walsh
EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH ADVERTISING: A CONTENT ANALYSIS ON 'FEMVERTISING' CAMPAIGNS, Shan Wang
Variables that Influence Observational Learning in Young Children, XIANGJING WANG
Black Things, White Spaces, Lindsay Amadi Washington
Advancing the Technology for Health Discounting, Richard Wawrzonkowski
Vineyard Floor Management Analysis Using Nematode Communities as a Bioindicator of Soil Health, Amanda Marie Weidhuner
EVALUATION OF PERENNIAL PLANT SUCCESS ON A GREEN ROOF, Chris White
Investigation of ERG1A Potassium Channel Modulation of Calpain Activity in C2C12 Myotubes, Clayton Alan Whitmore
Relational Frame Theory in Practice: Evaluating the Efficacy of the PEAK Transformation Module, Jennifer Joy Woods
SYMBIONT REGULATED HOST DNA METHYLATION IN EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES – VIBRIO FISCHERI SYMBIOSIS, Rui Xiao
SAUGER POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS, EVALUATION OF HARVEST REGULATIONS AND POPULATION CONNECTIVITY IN LARGE MIDWESTERN RIVERS, Kasey L. Yallaly
CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF A BRIEF AND LONG TEMPORAL DISCOUNTING SURVEY, Maria Yeggy
ECONOMIZED SENSOR DATA PROCESSING WITH VEHICLE PLATOONING, kailash kumar yadav Yelasani
A STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CHINESE PRESERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE, Weichen Zhao
Utilization of Coal Through Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC) Systems And Bioleaching Approach, Zeying Zhu
Theses from 2017
Population Demographics, Connectivity, and Recruitment Sources of Spotted Bass in Smithland Pool of the Ohio River, Nicholas Abell
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NON-TOXIC METAL-ORGANIC HALIDE PHOTOSENSITIZER FOR SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS, Asia Abobaker
Effects of Olfactory Enrichments on African Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus), Marcus Chas Abston
EFFECT OF HUMIDITY ON FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE MATERIALS CONTAINING SOLID LUBRICANTS, Mohammed Gamal Saleh Ali
Performance Evaluations of Two Join Methods: Join Core and Join Indices, Reham Almutairi
A STUDY ON BEHAVIOR OF NATURAL AND RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETES PREPARED WITH META-KAOLIN AND SILICA FUME, Talal Alshammari
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONCURRENCY CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR JOIN CORE, Sarah Alswedani
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF TBX3 IN MYOGENESIS, AIYSHA NASSER ALTHOBAITI
EXTRACTION OF OXYGEN FROM CO2 IN CHEMICAL LOOPING USING DOPED CERIA, Azadeh Amiri
CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS, HELP-SEEKING ATTITUDES, AND CULTURAL MISTRUST ON INTENTIONS TO SEEK COUNSELING IN BLACK AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS, Seyi O. Amosu
RELATION CO-CLUSTERING FOR FAST JOIN QUERY PROCESSING, Metab Saeed Asiri
FRICTION MATERIAL DOWNSCALING AND ITS EFFECT ON BRAKE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, Hazhir Athari
Active, behavioral, and cognitive perceptions of policewomen who make mistakes in traffic stops, Colleen May Bader
NEW INVERSE-HEUSLER MATERIALS WITH POTENTIAL SPINTRONICS APPLICATIONS, Said Bakkar
Ekphrasis in Some Contemporary American Extended Sequences: Presence, Exteriority, and Form in John Ashbery and Susan Wheeler, Ankit S. Basnet
FISH OIL SPARING IN FEEDS FOR CALIFORNIA YELLOWTAIL SERIOLA DORSALIS: ADDRESSING DIGESTIBILITY LIMITATIONS AND EFFECTS ON TISSUE FATTY ACID PROFILES, Alexis M. Bergman
ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1D) & TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) DAM BREAK ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT BREACHING PARAMETERS USING HEC-RAS, Manahari Bhandari
HABITAT SELECTION OF REINTRODUCED BISON IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS, Julia C. Brockman
MAPPING RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES IN CYPRESS CREEK REFUGE, ILLINOIS: LAND USE CHANGE IMPACT ON HABITAT USAGE FROM 1984-2014: PASSERINE PRESENCE AND CLASSIFICATION COMPARISONS, Michael Theodore Burck
FOUNDER OF METAPHYSICS OR ONTOLOGICAL DIALECTICIAN: MARTIN HEIDEGGER AND HANS-GEORG GADAMER ON PLATO, Kevin Ray Cales
Neoliberal Environmentalism in the War on Poverty: A Case Study of Carbondale, Illinois, Gregory Matthew Carter
GREEN ROOF PLUG GERMINATION AND GROWTH WITH DIFFERENT BASE MEDIA AND TREATMENTS, Afton Michelle Caulkins
THE IMPACT OF MINDFULNESS SKILLS ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DIRECT CARE STAFF AND ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, Christina L. Chancey
BIOFILMS: A DEVELOPMENTAL NICHE FOR VANCOMYCIN-INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, Jenelle Chapman
EFFECT OF NANOADDITIVES AND HUMIDITY ON FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE MATERIALS, Kai-Tse Cheng
Printed Electrochemical Sensors For Bioanalysis, Sensen Chen
Hegemonic Masculinity and Transphobia, Marilyn Chung
ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE AND MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE BY SOYBEAN, Vincent Colantonio
THE ASSESSMENT AND ETIOLOGY OF NOVELTY SEEKING AND RULE-BREAKING IN YOUNG CHILDREN, Emma Brittany Diaz
The Investigation of Cross-Modal Transfer across Visual and Tactile Sensory Modalities in Children with Autism, Meghan Michelle Doherty
INFLUENCE OF MEDIA ON SELF-OBJECTIFICATION, BODY IMAGE, AND RAPE MYTHS ACCEPTANCE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, Catarina Durante Bergue Alves
The Game of Light: A Graph Theoretical Approach, Rebekah Libby Durig
Only Guessing, Jennifer Egan