Theses from 2014
Enjoy Them at a Distance, Joshua Gray
IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF A MID-SIZE POWER PLANT BY REDUCTION IN AUXILIARY POWER AND IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER, Jeffrey Andrew Green
Traditional Navajo Sandpaintings and John Dewey's Concept of An Experience, Shannon L. Griffin
Design and Characterization of a Compact Heat Exchanger for use with Nanofluids, Daniel Ray Grohmann
Physical Basis for Quasi-Universal Relationships Describing Bankfull Hydraulic Geometry of Pebble-Bed Rivers, Nicholas A. Haas
The Study of Food Environment and Healthfulness of Diet in the Population Attending the Good Food: Local Program in Southern Illinois, Lanie Kae Haertling
A Simplified Multibody Model for Vehicle Dynamic Response, Brian Hanson
Dynamics of Early-Season Weed Management and Soybean Nutrition, Nick T. Harre
The Role of Deer Browsing on Plant Community Development and Ecosystem Functioning during Tallgrass Prairie Restoration, Patrick Thomas Harris
Drivers of Compositional Trajectories in Reference and Restored Pine Savanna Communities, Diane Harshbarger
THE EFFECT OF FEDERALISM ON THE ETHNIC CONFLICT BETWEEN KURDS AND ARABS IN IRAQ, Hozan Abdulrahman Hasan
EFFECTS OF THE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES AUTUMN OLIVE (ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA) ON SMALL MAMMAL POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Stephanie Hayes
Pyramidal Training for Supervisors and Caregivers of Aging Adults, Rocky Dean Haynes
Cataclastic flow kinematics inferred from magnetic fabrics at the Heart Mountain detachment, Wyoming, Gerhard Heij
Processing Trauma: Reading Art in 9/11 Novels, Karen Kruse Heinemann
Performance of Vacuum Insulation Panels in Building Energy Consumption, Steven Herek
The American Plague: Milk Sickness and the Trans-Appalachian West, 1810-1930, Taryn Nicole Hill
Home Economics Programs Within Higher Education: A Typology, Sara Holtzman
Probability Discounting of the Quality of Sexual Relationships, Aimee Colleen Howard
Terpenes and terpenoids determination in present of ozone by SPME and GC-MS, WEIWEI HUA
AN ANALYSIS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE USING ELECTRODES FABRICATED FROM ATOMICALLY THIN 2D STRUCTURES OF MOS2, GRAPHENE AND MOS2/GRAPHENE COMPOSITES, Jacob Danial Huffstutler
Cycling, Paul Joseph Intravaia
Late Woodland Ceramic Decorative Styles in the Lewis Phase of the Lower Ohio Valley: An Investigation of Social Connectedness, Wesley Albertus Jackson
An Investigation of the Effects of Agreeableness and Cost on Willingness to Share Information with Out-of-Loop Managers, Heather Jaffe
Thecamoebians as an environmental proxy for the Middle Mississippi River floodplain, Stephanie Jarvis
Electron Accepting Materials Based on Cyclopenta[H,I]aceanthrylenes and Dicyclopenta[DE,MN]tetracenes, Jessica Lynn Jellison
DEVELOPING A TOOL FOR SITE-SPECIFIC GENE INACTIVATION IN CHLAMYDIA, Cayla Marie Johnson
An Evaluation of the Effects of Decreasing Win Rate on Slot Machine Gambling, Matthew Johnson
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF UV ATTENUATION: NATURAL SUNSCREEN IN A CHANGING WORLD, Kristen Jordan
MODEL BRAKE MATERIAL FORMULATIONS AND THEIR TESTING AT DIFFERENT SCALE LEVELS, Sharath Chandra Reddy Kancharla
IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADITIONAL AND NOVEL SOY OILS AS SUBSTITUTES FOR FISH OIL IN FEEDS FOR HYBRID STRIPED BASS (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis), Kenson Kanczuzewski
Regulation of glucose metabolism by Alox8, Rabindra Karki
FPGAS IMPLEMENTATION OF LOEFFLER'S ALGORITHM, Atigah A. Karnaf
PASSED DOWN: MASCULINE FAMILIAL RELATIONS IN FILM, Michael J. Kartje
PERCEPTION OF CONSONANT GEMINATION BY NATIVE ENGLISH LEARNERS OF SINHALA: THE EFFECT OF TRAINING, Lokeshwari Sandamali Karunarathna
Vocabulary Learning Strategies: A Study of Congolese English Language Learners, Jean Kaya
REDUCTION OF EXPANSIVE INDEX OF KAOLINITE AND BENTONITE CLAY BY USING SAND AND FLY ASH MIXTURES, Ramesh KC
Procedural Justice and Domestic Violence: Victims' Satisfaction With Police and Willingness to Seek Help, Karla Keller Avelar
HABITAT QUALITY AND LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY OF RIPARIAN CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Veronica Lynn Kelly
A Dialectical Account of Consummate Experience: With Reference to John Dewey, Jared Kemling
Post Buckling of Non Sway Axially Restrained Columns Under Thermal(Fire) Loads, Bikash Khanal
Influential Node Selection Using Positive Influential Dominating Set in Online Social Network, Mahbubul Arefin Khan
Lycopene and ascorbic acid content of fresh tomatoes based on genotype, maturity stage and cold storage interval, Travis Killion
The Role of University Food Gardens in Higher Education Sustainability, Sydney Kristen Klein
VISIBILITY AT ZERO, Austin S. Kodra
The Influence of Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory Subsystems on Social Interaction and Social Observation Anxiety, Samuel Louis Kramer
Ragtime: A Quilt of Humanity, Elise Kulovany
EFFECTS OF ADDITION OF SMALL PERCENTAGES OF FLY ASH ON LIQUEFACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF SAND, Rakam Lama Tamang
ROLE OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS IN POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR FRICTION APPLICATIONS, Preston Lapping
EFFECTS OF PROGRAMMED DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULI USED IN A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS ON LANGUAGE DISRUPTIONS OF ELDERLY ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA, Daniel Joseph Larrabee
Identifying Kinase/Substrate Interactions in Chlamydia trachomatis, Stephanie Danielle Layton
Unredeemed Objects of Her Daughter, Alice SehYun Lee
ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CYCLOPENTA[HI]ACEANTHRYLENES, Che-Hsiung Lee
Peirce's Theory of Instinct, Cheongho Lee
Characterization of DEAF1 Occupancy on the Human DEAF1 Gene, Jing Li
THE IMPACT OF E-CADHERIN AND PHOSPHATASE AND TENSIN HOMOLOG ABLATION IN THE UTERUS: THE PROGRESSION OF TYPE I ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA, Mallory E. Lindberg
CAMPUS RECYCLING - INFLUENCES AND DECISIONS, Brooke Ann Lopeman
A SCALE TO MEASURE THE COMPLEXITY AND PERCEPTUAL-COGNITIVE SKILLS IN SOCCER, Maurici Abraham Lopez Felip
ARE TEACHERS READY FOR ELF? EVIDENCE FROM NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING MA TESOL STUDENTS, Maria Gabriela Lopez Jaramillo
TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF INSECTIVOROUS BATS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS, Josiah J. Maine
Magnetic Characterization of Ferrocene Derived Carbon Nanotubes, Johnathan Scott Malone
C3 GRASS SEEDLING INVASIBILITY AND SECONDARY SUCCESSION TRENDS IN AN OLD FIELD IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kelsey Anne Martinez
Examining the Effects of Time-Based and Quantity-Based Reinforcement on the Persistence of Behavior, Heather Rachelle Martin
ALTERING GAMBLING BEHAVIOR THROUGH PROBABILITY TRAINING, Jodi L. McGlone
CFD ANALYSIS OF AIRFLOW PATTERNS IN HIGH MINING AREAS OF ROOM-AND-PILLAR COAL MINING, Ahmad Zharif Md Azmi
KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH BELIEFS ABOUT TYPE II DIABETES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS USING HEALTH BELIEF MODEL, Mohammed Merzah
An Examination of George Orwell's Newspeak through Politeness Theory, Byron Scott Millard
Man Thinking in the Great Community, Anthony James Miller
Beat Women: The Thunder Before the Storm-An Analysis of Feminism's Bridge Generation, Jeanette Leigh Miller
THE EMOTIONAL WEIGHT OF POETIC SOUND: AN EXPLORATION OF PHONEMIC ICONICITY IN THE HAIKU OF BASHŌ, Rachel Marie Miller
COMPARISON OF STRENGTH, DUCTILITY AND STIFFNES OF REDUCED BEAM SECTION AND WELDED FLANGE PLATE CONNECTION, Muhammad Bilal Mirza
Comparison Of Promoters Controlling A Rewritable Digital Data Storage System in Live Cells, Lukman Momoh
NITROGEN CYCLING IN HEADWATER WATERSHEDS AND IN MANAGED STANDS OF AUTUMN-OLIVE (ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA THUNB.) IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Natalia Margoth Montano
The Presence of High, Marginal, Low and Very Low Food Security among Illinois University Students, Loran Mary Morris
DOES RACE MATTER?: EXAMINING DIFFERENCES IN INTRACULTURAL AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS, Megan Marie Morrison
Archiving Loss: The Man Who Burned Paper, Jaime Moss
Constructed Boundaries: Reading Architecture in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides, Sarah Munchow
NFκB REGULATION OF PLACENTA GROWTH FACTOR AND ITS PRIMARY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, GLIAL CELL MISSING 1, Timothy Murphy
WEAR MECHANISM OF INTERMETALLIC BONDED DIAMOND COMPOSITE FOR GRINDING WHEELS, Anuroop Naarumanchi
COMPARISON OF NICKEL AND IRON-BASED OXYGEN CARRIERS SUPPORTED ON ALUMINA IN SYNGAS-FUELED CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION, Farzin Najjarpour Jabbary
Relationship Between Cultural Values and the Perceived Effectiveness of Authentic Leadership, Joseph David Narusis
Ambulance Optimization Allocation, Faranak Nasiri
TEACHING WH-QUESTIONS TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER USING DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING, Stephanie Negrelli
Second language reading strategies: Evidence from Vietnamese learners of English, Hanh Thi Bich Nguyen
The Urban Messenger: The Growth of the St. Louis Public Library, 1870-1930, Matthew Alexander Nichols
Evaluating the success of oak afforestation on former agricultural lands in southern Illinois, Joshua Bradley Nickelson
(Dis)connections, Alexa Nutile
Factors Determining Sugarcane Price at the Farm Level in Kenya, David Ochieng Nyaoke
The Oxide Incident, Nick Nylen
EFFECT OF OPTOGENETIC STIMULATION ON NEUROPLASTICITY OF THE EMBRYONIC CHICK MOTOR SYSTEM, Ernest Kwesi Ofori
THE REALIZATION OF FINAL STOPS IN INTERLANGUAGE: MORE EVIDENCE FOR UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR, Michael Lee Olsen
EVALUATING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PERFORMANCE BASED ON FOUR FACTORS: CULTURE, LANGUAGE, PEDAGOGY AND UNIVERSITY SUPPORT, Monawar Mohammad Omar
FALSE BELIEF REASONING AND THE ACQUISITION OF RELATIVIZATION AND SCRAMBLING IN RUSSIAN CHILDREN, Mari Ovsepyan
Life Cycle: A Musical Composition in Four Movements, Trefan Owen
Mujer, sexualidad, identidad y muerte en la poesía de Amanda Castro, Diana P. Pacheco Montoya
TEACHERS' ATTITUDE TOWARD BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN THAILAND, Manisara Palawat
JUDAS KISS: HOW NEVER RATTING ON YOUR FRIENDS & ALWAYS KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT DOES NOT APPLY TO STREET SNITCHES, Joseph John Pashea, Jr.
Alteration, Mineralization, and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of the Wind Mountain and Willard-Colado Epithermal Deposits, Nevada: Implications for Amagmatic Hydrothermal Activity, Caldwell Robert Payne
The Impact of Language and Disability Type on Attitudes Toward Persons with Disabilities, Courtney Payne