Theses from 2017
REGRESSION TOWARD THE MEAN, Lathan Ehlers
A Fast and Efficient Method for Power Distribution Network Reconfiguration, Aaron Jordan Ekstrand
SYNTHESIS OF FLUORESCENT PROMAZINE DERIVATIVES, Sarah Ahmed Fadhlalmawla
MACHINE LEARNING ON BIG DATA FOR STOCK MARKET PREDICTION, Faraz Fallahi
Translation: A Journey Toward Ethnographic Art, Wickham Catesby Flannagan
CrowdCloud: Combining Crowdsourcing with Cloud Computing for SLO Driven Big Data Analysis, Taylor Flatt
THE EFFECTS OF HYDROPONIC WHEAT FODDER ON FECAL METABOLITES IN EQUINES, Jesse M. Francis
PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Lindsay Jo Francis
Efficacy of Seed Treatment Chemistries in Soybean for Fusarium virguliforme and Heterodera glycines, Nicholas Alan Frederking
INVESTIGATION OF (La1-X,CaX)(Ni0.25Fe0.25Cr0.25Co0.25)O3 FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS CATHODE MATERIALS, Sai Ram Gajjala
Approximation Of Continuously Distributed Delay Differential Equations, Roshini Samanthi Gallage
YOUR WORLD OFFENDS ME: A STUDY OF DISCOUNTING SENSITIVE SOCIETAL PROSCRIPTIONS, Brian Gall
Discounting and Values, Megan Elizabeth Galliford
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DELAY DISCOUNTING, SOCIAL DISCOUNTING, AND SELF-REPORTED VALUES, Kurt Joseph Garcia
Using Expectancy Theory to Examine Barriers to Correctional Mental Health Treatment, Miranda Danielle Gibson
The effects of natural antioxidants on the stability of omega-3 fatty acids in dog food, Florentina Glodde
POST APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE AND THE STATE: SCIENCE FICTION AND STORYWORLDS, Andrew Goforth
ASSESSING EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE TRENDS IN MAJOR EASTERN US CITIES, Mercedes Lissette Gomez-Jacobo
TRADE-OFFS IN DISTINGUISHING TWO-QUBIT STATE PREPARATIONS USING ONE-WAY LOCC, Alvin Rafer Gonzales
EVALUATING THE COGNITIVE DRIVERS AND DETERRENTS OF ADAPTATION IN THE IOWA-CEDAR WATERSHED, Aleesandria Gonzalez
REMEDIATION OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE IMPACTED SOIL USING WATER TREATMENT WASTE AND PHYTOREMEDIATION, Rajesh Guru
Understanding the emergence of adaptive water governance: a case study of the Cache River watershed of Southern Illinois, Jodie Hancock
Keep Them, Chelsey Jeanne Harris
TRAINING PARAPROFESSIONAL USE OF DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR PROCEDURES USING BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING, Alexa Ann Havlicek
Engine Burning Through, Andrew James Hemmert
Examining the Effectiveness of Choice in Task Sequence for Children with ASD, Leslie Ann Hiquiana
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES ON DISCOUNTING OF HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIORS, Jessica Hubrich
EVALUATING THE PEAK: RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM IN TEACHING REFLEXIVITY TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Catherine Huggins
FORWARD MODELLING OF LONG-WAVELENGTH MAGNETIC ANOMALIES FROM THE UPPER MANTLE, Chijioke Modestus Idoko
REEVALUATING ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID NUTRITION IN FLORIDA POMPANO, Trachinotus carolinus, AND NILE TILAPIA, Oreochromis niloticus, Christopher John Jackson
A Six Sigma Approach to Implementing Conformal Cooling on Existing Processes in Injection Molding, William Josiah Jack
NOISE IMPACT REDUCTION IN CLASSIFICATION APPROACH PREDICTING SOCIAL NETWORKS CHECK-IN LOCATIONS, Elnaz Jedari Fathi
Development of Comparative Wear Test of ASTM G75 Standard, Rohit Jogineedi
MAKANDA BALLADS: MEDIA PRACTICES IN RURAL AMERICA, Jennifer Rosemary Johnson
Evaluating the Validity and Efficacy of the PEAK-E Curriculum, Danielle Jordan
The Teaching of Reading in the Senegalese EFL Context, Mohamadou Bachir Kane
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF THE PEAK-E CURRICULUM IN ESTABLISHING EQUIVALENCE RELATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, Kayde Lou Keinz
Exploring Retrospective Biases In Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Experience-Sampling Study, Jeremy MacLaren Kelly
Patient attitudes toward integrated health care: Initial scale development and a test of the influences of cultural mistrust and gender among African Americans, Abby Jane Spalding Kelty
A MULTI-LEVEL ASSOCIATION EXTRACTION RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR SURVEYS, Mohammad Reza Khoie
Discounting in Sex: How Sexual Choices are Impacted by Sexual Impulsivity and Gender, Miriam Kim
The Differential Effect of Two Brief Mindfulness Interventions on Cognitive and Somatic Symptoms of Anxiety, Keith Patrick Klein
SIMPLE POOL ARCHITECTURE FOR APPLICATION RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MANY-CORE SYSTEMS, Jayasimha sai Koduri
ACUTE EFFECTS OF SELF-INDUCED MYOFASCIAL RELEASE ON FLEXIBILITY, POWER, AND SPEED IN COLLEGE AGE MALES AND FEMALES, Hannah Marie Kollmann
Evaluating the Efficacy of a PEAK-T Training Program to Improve Outcomes on an ACT Values-based Intervention Package, Kelsey Kryszak
AN EFFICIENT APPROACH TO REDUCE TEST APPLICATION TIME THROUGH LIMITED SHIFT OPERATIONS IN SCAN CHAINS, Jayasurya Kuchi
Journey Towards Adequacy: The Development Process Of Torak The Inadequate, Rory John Leahy
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMITTED ACTION AND PROCRASTINATION, David Nathaniel Legaspi
Effect of habitat management on dabbling ducks during spring migration in southwest Indiana, John Michael Lindstrom
IMPACT OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT ALUM SLUDGE RESIDUALS ON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES: A CASE STUDY, Garrett Michael Litteken
Physiological Response to Reward and Loss, Falyn Michal Lockenour
The Stuff of Dreams: Alterity and Sovereignty as Generative Performance Framework, Alex Lockwood
Increasing healthy food choices among individuals in a residential facility, Stephanie Lo
EVALUATING THE VALIDITY AND EFFICACY OF THE PEAK-E ASSESSMENT AND THE PEAK-E CURRICULUM IN A SINGLE-CASE EVALUATION ACROSS 3 INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, Cara Marie Lucas
THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF A NEW JERUSALEM: POWER AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF NAUVOO AND ITS HINTERLANDS, 1839-1846, Geoff Lybeck
Occupancy of Terrestrial Mammal Species of the Madeira-Purus Interfluvium in Amazonas, Brazil, Rebecca J. Lyon
A STUDY ON HOMOPHONE WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY-BASED PASSWORD CRACKING, Ajay Mandapaka
Abolitionism and the Logic of Martyrdom: Death as an Argument for John Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglass, Maximilian Umberto Martini
THE ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: DIRECTING VIGILS BY NOAH HAIDLE, Bobbi Masters
The Human Reliquary: Origin, Continuity, & Lateness, Michael Gordon Maxwell
Queering The Future: Examining Queer Identity In Afrofuturism, Caleb Royal McKinley-Portee
Crystallization History of Gabbroic Shergottite NWA 6963 as Revealed by Pyroxene Zoning, Andrea Meado
Resisting Invasion: Grassland Plant Responses to an Invasive Legume, Lespedeza cuneata, Erin Medvecz
Characterization of host toll-like receptor expression in colonization and maintenance of the Euprymna scolopes / Vibrio fischeri symbiosis, Katherine Diane Melton
Beyond Race: The Interplay of Race and Acculturation on Leader Perception, Raquel Alexandra Mendizabal Martell
EFFICIENT DESIGN OF CARRY SELECT ADDER USING DOMINO MANCHESTER CARRY CHAIN, Dronacharya Meruguboina
TRACE ELEMENTS, HEALTH EFFECTS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMONITORING IN SEA DUCKS OF THE NORTHERN ALASKA COAST, Micah W.C. Miller
CHARACTERIZATION AND TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE PADS WITH DIFFERENT RAW MATERIALS, Amir Asyraf Mohamed Iqbal
UTILIZATION OF RECYCLED COARSE AGGREGATES TO DEVELOP HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE, Sufiyanu Momoh
Do Collective Narcissists Feel Shame Too? An Investigation of National In-Group Transgression and In-Group Directed Hostility., Richard Montoya
Some Kind of Animal, Maria Romasco Moore
Disability Attitudes and Video Gaming Tendencies of NCAA Division I Athletes, Alexandra Nichole Morgan
INVESTIGATION OF THE MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF CERIUM OXIDE WITH DOPANTS FOR AN OXYGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANE, James Morrow
Digital Laser Speckle Image Correlation, Mahshad Mosayebi
Electrodeposition of CuGaS2 from Aqueous and Non-aqueous Electrolyte Mixtures, Shirin Movaghgharnezhad
Response Allocation as Preference: Examining the Effect of Bonus Features in Slot Machines, Linda M. Muckey
EVALUATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MODELING HISTORICAL RESOURCE PRODUCTION AND FORECASTING, Bolorchimeg Nanzad
INTRUDER DYNAMICS RESPONSE OF GRANULAR MEDIA WITH NON-LINEAR INTERACTION POTENTIALS, Scott Newlon
Recreating Creation: Designing the Costumes for Children of Eden, Andie Nicks
ESTIMATING THE FACTORS AFFECTING US POULTRY EXPORTS, Mayowa Micheal Olaoye
TOWARD A NEW KURDISH CRITICAL BIOMORPHIC REGIONALISM: A DESIGN FOR NATIONAL TOURISM CENTER OF KURDISTAN IN CHICAGO, IL, Gaznag Sedeeq Othman
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF USING GROUND BOTTOM ASH IN GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE, Navin Paija
Watching the Wolf Tear Down the House: An Autoethnographic Examination of Living with Lupus in The Wolf Inside, Savannah Palmer
EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PEAK EQUIVALENCE MODULE THROUGH SINGLE-CASE DESIGN, Ashley Noelle Partlo
Investigation of Electronic and Opto-electronic Properties of Two-dimensional Layers (2D) of Copper Indium Selenide Field Effect Transistors, Prasanna Dnyaneshwar Patil
SUMMER HABITAT USE BY A MAMMAL COMMUNITY OF AN OAK-DOMINATED ECOSYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL HARDWOOD REGION, Brent Steven Pease
Modeling Naturally Occurring Wildfires Across the US Using Niche Modeling, Brandon Polk
THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION ON GPUS UNDER MULTI-APPLICATION EXECUTION, SRINIVASA REDDY PUNYALA
GAME-CENTERED GAMEPADS: FABRICATING AND 3D PRINTING, Chinmay Rajguru
RISK-TARGETED GROUND MOTION FOR PERFORMANCE- BASED BRIDGE DESIGN, Suman Rana
Emotional Movements Analysis and Classification with SRDA, Wei Rang
DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION FROM TWITTER STREAM ANALYSIS, Pouya RezaeiDivkolaei
Classism, Academic Self-Concept, and African American College Students' Academic Performance, Simone D. Roby
Simulating Heat Recovery of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell using EES, Eric Nicolas Rogier
TITLE: EVALUATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY, TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY, TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS, AND BURNOUT SYNDROME, Melody Ann Rosado