Theses from 2015
THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF LITHUANIA, Simonas Cepenas
A CFD ANALYSIS OF THE FLOW OF FINE PARTICLES IN A TURBULENT MEDIUM AND CONTROLS FOR DUST IN LONGWALL MINING, Akshat Chandna
A NEW LOW-POWER AND HIGH PERFORMANCE SINUSOIDAL THREE PHASE CLOCK DYNAMIC DESIGN, Hemanth Kumar Chemanchula
A-MODE ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUE FOR REGISTERING SKULL SURFACE IN COMPUTER-AIDED SURGERY, Uday Kumar Chintapula
Parallel Computing Approach for One Dimensional Square Well Problem on Schrodinger Equation, Yu-Chieh Chi
Assessment of the Relation Between Gambling Functional Assessment IV and Severity of Problem Gambling, Heather Clough
Potential mineral resources on Mars: Ore processes and mechanisms, Jake Crandall
Here's What You Might Have Missed, Ryan Crawford
THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIOR ON RESPONSE PERSISTENCE, Kayla Camille Crook
REVEALING INFLUENCE: EXPLORING BRITISH IDENTITY, SEXUAL POWER, AND LYRIC AMBIGUITY IN SPENSER, KEATS, AND TENNYSON, Sarah Curtis
EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF A DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM ON MANDING BEHAVIOR, Kristin Pauline DeFiore
Concrete Strength Prediction Modeling based on Support Vector Machine (SVM), Santosh Dhakal
CAN DISTRACTIBILITY FACILITATE RECALL IN OLDER ADULTS? THE ROLE OF AFFECT AND HYPER-BINDING, Cassandra Dinius
Ocean Waves: nine preludes for solo piano, Kyle Richard Dixon
INVESTIGATING THE USE OF BLESSED THISTLE FOR AMELIORATION OF SYMPTOMS OF FESCUE TOXICITY IN BEEF COWS CONSUMING ENDOPHYTE-INFECTED TALL FESCUE SEED, Jamie Marguerite Douglas
Impact of Mild Oxidation on Carbon/Carbon (C/C) Friction Properties, Eshraga Mohamed Elhassan Elgizoli
UNDERSTANDING THE ENGINEERING PROBLEM: INVESTIGATION OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL COGNITIVE VARIABLES ON INTENT TO PERSIST FOR FEMALE STUDENTS, Nikki Alexandra Falk
Existential Journalism: Ethical Theory for Citizen Journalists on Weibo in China, Lu Fan
THE ROLE OF SILVER CARP IN THE TROPHIC POSITION AND DIET OF RIVER OTTERS IN ILLINOIS, Preston Feltrop
BODIES, SELVES, AND PERSONS: A BERGSONIAN DEFENSE OF CORPORATE PERSONHOOD, Robert Gustave Fiedler
Electrical Transport and Photoconduction of Ambipolar Tungsten Diselenide and n-type Indium Selenide, Michael Orcino Fralaide
EMERGENCE PATTERNS OF COMMON WATERHEMP AND PALMER AMARANTH IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Lucas Xavier Franca
Established Plant Physiological Responses and Species Assemblage Development during Early Fen Reclamation in the Alberta Oil Sands, Lilyan C. Glaeser
Decreasing Problematic Throwing Behavior in a Child with Autism Through Parent Delivered Fixed-time Schedules of Noncontengent Reinforcement (NCR), Lori Jean Green
INFLUENCE OF DIET AND STROKE ON EXPRESSION OF GENES THAT MODULATE INFLAMMATION AND NEURONAL REMODELING IN THE ADULT AND AGED MALE RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX, Elizabeth Grisley
Returning To The Place By The River With The Red Rocks: The Development Process of Last Seen Alice, Jaclyn Grogan
HOLOCENE FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS FOR THE GERLACHE STRAIT, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, Daniel James Groves
Exploring Veterans' Experiences In Engl-101 At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, John Edward Gund
DEVELOPING CHEMICALLY MUTAGENIZED EMS FORREST SOYBEAN POPULATION FOR HIGH OIL PROFILE, Joshua William Gunther
Influence of Synoptic Scale Circulation on Temperature and Equivalent Temperature Extremes in Chicago, IL (1948-2014), Brooke Haldeman
A CASE FOR BIDIALECTALISM IN KURDISTAN, IRAQ, Jiyar Othman Hamadamin
A Pedagogical Guide for Tchaikovsky's Ablum for the Young, Op. 39, Chenyang Hao
EFFECTS OF L1 INSTRUCTION ON ERRORS IN PRESENT PROGRESSIVE USE IN AN ESL/IEP ENVIRONMENT BY ARABIC SPEAKING ENGLISH L2 LEARNERS, Swiyya Aminah Haqq
Assessment of a metacontingency instructional package for a rehabilitation day training classroom, Toni Danielle Hargraves
NON-CATALYTIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION IN SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FOR COAL LIQUEFACTION AND GRAPHENE EXTRACTION, Tanvir Hasan
Apparent Ruminal Digestibility of Forage Soybean Silage Utilized in Developing Heifer Diets, Karra Beth Herron
ACCEPTABILITY OF INTERVENTIONS OF STAFF IN SHORT TERM CARE SETTING FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES COMPARING RATING AND HIERARCHICAL SELECTION, Florence O. Holmes
SOCIOLINGUISTISTIC HIERARCHICAL SHIFT OF SOUTHERN MIN CHINESE IN TAIWAN AND TAIWANESE IDENTITY BY THE TAIWANESE ETHNIC MAJORITY, Wen Hung Hsieh
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A SCENIC DESIGN OF RUPERT HOLMES' CURTAINS, Mary Katherine Hughes
DEVELOPMENT OF SILLICON BASED OVERCOAT FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDATION PROTECTION OF CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES AIRCRAFT BRAKE, Mike Imbayan
The Natural Mentoring Project: A Study Of Natural Mentoring And Associations With Youth Self- Reported GPAs,Aattitudes Towards School And Psychological Well-Being, Danielle Jack-James
A Row of Empty Houses: Stories, Brenda Johnson
Bottlenecks Impacting Genes Governing Food Responses Among African Americans, Catrina Johnson
LOSSES DIGUISED AS WINS AND SLOT MACHINE PREFERENCE, Dominique Jacquita Johnson
The Snf2 Domain SnAC binds specifically to the Interior of Histone H3, Megan Ashely Jones
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF CHANGING REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE COMPONENTS ON PREVIOUSLY EXTINGUISHED RESPONDING, Samuel Decon Jordan
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR: SEEING BEYOND THE ADORABLE, Lauren Ramsey Josef
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TOTAL BACTERIA, LACTOBACILLUS, AND BIFIDOBACTERIUM COLONIC MICROFLORA IN RATS FED CONVENTIONAL, PREBIOTIC, AND PROBIOTIC SOY DIETS, Deborah Osterholm Jung
PHYTOTOXICTY, PLANT UPTAKE AND ACCUMULATION OF SILVER AND GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS, Bryan Quah Kah Ming
THE EFFECT OF OUTCOME EXPECTANCY IMAGERY TASK ON GAMBLING BEHAVIOR, Shaden Kassar
A STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF ARCHAEAL BOX C/D MEDIATED RNA MODIFICATION, Saakshi Kaushik
TRAINING DEICTIC RELATIONS TO CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS THROUGH THE USE OF THE PEAK RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM, Dena LaRae Kime
Plowing Lacquer and Polishing Noise: A Mudsill's Methodology, Alex J. Kirt
PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF A PLIOCENE EARTHQUAKE IN EASTERN TAIWAN, Caitlyn Korren
Thedor Kullak's "Scenes from Childhood," Op. 62, and Op. 81: A Pedagogical Guide, Jennifer Lynn Kottke
Utopia and Human Culture: Alternative Communities of Higher Learning in America, Eli Orner Kramer
"Had we our senses": Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems and Materiality, Kari Denise Kronsbein
FACTORS RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND PREVALENCE OF BATRACHOCYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS IN THE KOSÑIPATA VALLEY OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES., Brandon LaBumbard
Empirical Analysis of Descendant Insurance as a Driver of Demographic Transition, Ryan Larimore
"Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man's Blues": To Tree Or Not To Tree, Heidi Elaine Larson
Recruitment Sources of Blue Catfish Ictalurus Furcatus and Channel Catfish I. Punctatus Inhabiting the Middle Mississippi River, Troy Laughlin
Examining the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a Measure of Psychological Flexibility, Anke Lehnert
A Family of Circles in a Window, Ethan Taylor Lightfoot
"Don't Forget to Remember: The Defiant Queer Hand in David McDiarmid's Man Quilt, 1978", Matthew K. Limb
P-delta Effects on a Steel Moment Frame Subjected to Sidesway Forces Caused by Unsymmetrical Live Load Patterns, keng gein Lim
Developing Genetic Tools To Explore Pathogenesis of Chlamydia trachomatis, Nicole Lowden
Please Hold: Veterans, PTSD, and the Struggle for Help, Jonathan Mabee
Electronic band engineering of Transition metal dichalcogenides: First Principles Calculation, Nikesh Maharjan
NEW MULTIPLE- SCALE TECHNIQUE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF RELATIVE FLOOD VULNERABILITY, Mohamed Mahgoub
An Evaluation of Stimulus Magnitude on the Preference Rank and Reinforceing Effects of Leisure and Edible Stimuli, Rachael Victoria Malawy
Haymarket Poems, Philip Martin
Determining Reliability Of The PEAK Assessment Tool Using Split Half Reliability, Haley Alissa Mason
GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE PRODUCTION USING COAL ASH, Amanda Zaina Matenda
A Longitudinal Twin Study of the Infant Behavior Record as a Novel Measure of Temperament, Megan McCrary
NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF ADHESIVE JOINTS IN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES USING FEA, Caleb McGee
The Effect of Brief Mindfulness Exercises on Momentary Impulsivity, Shawna K. McPherson
The Measure of Snow, Lucien Darjeun Meadows
THE EFFECT OF CONSERVATION TILLAGE AND TOPOGRAPHIC POSITION ON SOIL PROPERTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, Andrew Mellinger
PATIENT FLOW OPTIMIZATION IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, Hamid Memari
MEASURING, UNDERSTANDING, AND IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES, ADITYA MISHRA
Choice and Preferences Based on Themes in Slot Machine Play, Shannon Jean Mitchell
THIN FILM ELECTRO DEPOSITION OF MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE FOR ENERGY STORAGE, Tharun Mittapalli
USING BEHAVIOR SKILLS TRAINING TO TEACH A COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT TO COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AND SCIENCES STUDENTS: IN-VIVO VERSUS VIDEO TRAINING, Margaret A. Molony
Accessing Impulsivity Within Individual's With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Brian Lamar Morgan
PRODUCTION OF INDIGOIDS BY ESCHERICHIA COLI EXPRESSING TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE-LIKE AND P450 GENES FROM ISATIS TINCTORIA L., Parminder Singh Multani
OUTSOURCING OF SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN CONSTRAINED DEVICES, KAUSHIK NARAYANAMOORTHY
Monetary Policy in the Euro Area: A Country by Country Look at the Effectiveness of the Taylor Rule, Sean Neighbors
AVIAN RESPONSE TO CP33 HABITAT BUFFERS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Brady Yeo Neiles
DAYDREAM, Rebecca Newburn
Energy Efficiency of the HVAC System of a Power Plant, Chigozie Ethelvivian Opara
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MAGNITUDES OF REINFORCEMENT ON THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL SKILLS LEARNED THROUGH BST IN ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, Erik Michael Otte
The Evaluation of The Role of Self-Rules on Gambling Behaviors Using a Slot Machine, Kelti Owens
Online Acceptance and Commitment Training Program for Educator Stress and Burnout, Dana C. Paliliunas
Changes in properties of coal as a result of continued bioconversion, Rohit Pandey
MAGNETIC, TRANSPORT, AND MAGNETOCALORIC PROPERTIES OF BORON DOPED Ni-Mn-In ALLOYS, Sudip Pandey
Evaluating Psychological Flexibility in School-Aged Children to Determine an Association with Bullying, LaDesha Parham