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Theses from 2013

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STUDY OF ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTY OF PLANT BASED PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS COATED WITH FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES, Sanjaysinh M. Makwana

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BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ANALYSIS FROM BARILARI BAY, WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA MARGIN, ILONA ILMARA L. MATULAITIS

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Wuthering Heights, Plato's Symposium, and the Unity of Being, Faith Lynn Matzker

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REDUCING THE PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO OF MIMO-OFDM USING Particle SWARM OPTIMIZATION BASED PTS., Asim Mohamed Mazin

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Perfection: United Goal or Divisive Myth? A look into the concept of posthumanism and its theoretical outcomes in science fiction, Rebecca Leah McCarthy

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OXYGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS IN TREE-RINGS OF PTEROCAROUS ANGOLENSIS GROWING IN ZIMBABWE, Kerry McLeran

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Deer Hunting in Baghdad, Andrew McSorley

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The Effects of Auditory Tact Instructions and Auditory Imagining on the Emergence of Novel Intraverbals, James R. Mellor

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Regional-climate and Local-microbial Controls on Ecosystem Processes During Grassland Restoration, Meredith Lynne Mendola

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To Fling a Light into the Future: The Scholar as Hero in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, Anthony James Miller

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Mechanical Properties of PLGA Polymer Composites Using Nonfunctionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Reinforcement, Matthew Ryan Miller

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IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS AT HICKS DOME, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO FLUORINE-BASE METAL-RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINERALIZATION, Anthony J. Moorehead

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The Influence of Culture and Cultural Background Knowledge on Saudi Students' English Language Learning, Abdullah Moraya

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Habitat factors affecting occupancy and detection of mammals in the Paraguayan Chaco, Maria Nathalia Mujica Cameroni

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Implementation of Standard and Modified Soy Oils as Substitutes for Fish Oil in Feeds for Nile Tilapia, Bonnie Lynn Mulligan

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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Cumulative Disturbance Impacts due to Military Training on Land Condition, Dana Murphy

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Soil Stabilization with Fly Ash and Fibers, Tianhong Mu

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Life Around the Event Horizon, Jeremy Nagamatsu

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EFFECT OF ANCILLA LOSSES ON FAULT-TOLERANT QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION IN THE [[7,1,3]] STEANE CODE, Sameer Obaid Nawaf

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Analysis of Factors That Affect the Meat Quality of Invasive Asian Carps Harvested From the Illinois River For Export to China, Lucas Ray Nelson

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EFFECT OF BEAM-COLUMN INTERACTION ON AXIAL COMPRESSIVE FORCE IN POST-TENSIONED CONTINUOUS CONCRETE BEAM, Kojo Amponsah Nkuako

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IDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENT OF ORIGIN OF ILLINOIS RIVER ASIAN CARP VIA OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSES, Jacob Dylan Norman

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CONTROLS ON ORGANIC CARBON ACCUMULATION IN THE LATE DEVONIAN NEW ALBANY SHALE, WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY, ILLINOIS BASIN, Seare G. Ocubalidet

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Contriving Establishing Operations to Train Mands among Older Adults with Dementia, Chelsey Rita Oleson

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THE DEBATE OVER U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA: A POLICY ANALYSIS, Salah Razzaq Oudah

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Fertility management For Tomato Production on an Extensive Green Roof, Nickolis Allen Ouellette

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STUDYING THE FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS ON ALUMINA SUPPORT COBALT BASE CATALYST IN FIXED BED REACTOR, Adnan Khalil Oues

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SHEAR FORCE DISTRIBUTION IN STEEL BRIDGE GIRDERS, Josiah Sam Owusu-Danquah

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PREDICTION OF 28-DAY COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE USING RELEVANCE VECTOR MACHINES (RVM), Jones Owusu Twumasi

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The Oaxaca Barrio in Teotihuacan: Mortuary Customs and Ethnicity in Mesoamerica's Greatest Metropolis, Maria Teresa Palomares Rodriguez

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The sound of music: The influence of evoked emotion on recognition memory for musical excerpts across the lifespan, Sherrie L. Parks

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Transforming Quotidian Landscapes: The Ecological and Vertical Dimensions of Daily Experience in the Poetry of T.S. Eliot, Peter Riley and Andrew Crozier, Jonathan Thomas Patterson

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We Take Laughter Seriously, Daniel Paul

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Innovative Approaches for Addressing Concentrated Flow in Agricultural Fields, Jessica Erin Pease

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Shape and Surface Property Dependent Phytotoxicity of Silver and Gold Nanoparticles to Lactuca sativa (Lettuce), Haochun Pei

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Teaching Appropriate Social Skills to Adults with Developmental Disabilities using Video Modeling, Stephanie Perkins

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Lighting The Three Musketeers, Guy M. Perticone

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HERMIT CRAB POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATION WITH GASTROPOD SHELLS IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA, Jennifer Frances Peura

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Vibrations in a Uniform Beam: A Physical Application of Differential Equations, Jamie Nicole Pfister

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Evaluating the effects of essential oils and condensed tannin on fermentation and methane production under in vitro conditions, Brittany Pinski

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Bounding the Worst-Case Response Times of Hard-Real-Time Tasks under the Priority Ceiling Protocol in Cache-Based Architectures, Kaushik Poluri

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An Examination of Delay Discounting in Sex Offenders with Dual Diagnoses, Chad A. Poncinie

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An assessment of officer safety: Does departmental authorization of tasers reduce officer assault rates?, Daniel Carson Presley

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EFFECT OF SUBSTRATE COMPOSITION ON MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND EFFICIENCY OF in situ PILOT-SCALE PASSIVE SULFATE-REDUCING BIOREACTORS TREATING ACID MINE DRAINAGE, Charles Wayne Pugh

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RESTORATION OF RIPARIAN BUFFER FUNCTION IN RECLAIMED SURFACE MINE SOILS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Nathan Rahe

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Numerical Solution of the coupled algebraic Riccati equations, Prasanthan Rajasingam

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FAST ESTIMATION OF DENSE DISPARITY MAP USING PIVOT POINTS, JAYANTHAN RAVEENDIRAN

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BINARY HYSTERETIC/PROTERETIC DELTA SIGMA MODULATOR, Vasudha Ravichandran

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The Process of Creating a Collaborative, Reactionary, and Instinctual Lighting Design for RENT, Anthony Lawrence Reed

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Specifying a Contingent Relationship Between Tip Size and Service Quality, Nicholas Reetz

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ANALYSIS OF ANNUAL GROWTH PATTERNS OF MILLETTIA STUHLMANNII, IN MOZAMBIQUE, Ivan Abdul Dula Remane

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Topographic Position and Land Cover Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Distribution of Loess-Veneered Hillslopes in the Central United States, Thomas Rhanor

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NITROGEN FERTILITY MANAGEMENT IN NO-TILLAGE CUCUMBERS AND SQUASH, Heather Rich

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A TAPHONOMIC STUDY EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES IN DECOMPOSITION RATE AND MANNER BETWEEN FROZEN AND NEVER FROZEN DOMESTIC PIGS (Sus scrofa), Lindsey G. Roberts

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Metapopulation viability of swamp rabbits (Sylvilagus aquaticus) in southern Illinois, Christopher Robinson

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A Comparison of Preference Assessments and Rank Order, Elizabeth Marie Rossiaky

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Preference of Reinforcement Rate and Sub-Optimal Decision Making, Kyle Evan Rowsey

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Binary Gaseous Mixture and Single Component Adsorption of Methane and Argon on Exfoliated Graphite, Brice Adam Russell

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Probabilistic Inference as a Mechanism for Action-Video-Game Induced Visuospatial Skill Improvement, Robert Bruce Russell

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Evaluating the Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Keely Deanna Sabaini

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A SIMPLE FPGA - BASED ARCHITECTURE DESIGN OF RECONFIGURABLE NEURAL NETWORK, Jaber Salem

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RELATIONSHIP OF CHILDHOOD ACTIVITY TO LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION SPECIALIZATION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, Alexandra Sandoval

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Explaining the rising female incarceration trends in Japan (1970-2011), Ayako Sasaki

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The Modern Moral Individual In Hegel's Phenomenology Of Spirit, Rory Sazama

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THE SYSTEMATICS OF MARSUPIAL PARASITES IN VIANNAIIDAE (NEMATODA): A NEW SPECIES AND A RECONSTRUCTION OF CHARACTERS USEFUL IN THEIR CLASSIFICATION, Raymond Philip Scheibel

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Daddy's on Tour with Guns N' Roses, Max Schleicher

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The influence of water velocity on aquatic macroinvertebrate functional structure and production in the Cache River in Southern Illinois., Eric Scholl

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Facebook as Social Support for a One-Time Weight Loss Intervention Among College Students, Erica Seely

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MULTI-SCALE MAPPING AND ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF LEAF AREA INDEX FOR VEGETATION STUDY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kushendra Narayan Shah

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EMBEDDED COOLING OF HIGH PERFORMANCE ICS USING NOVEL NANOSTRUCTURED THERMOELECTRICS, Afsana Sharmin

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CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, αNAC, BTF3 AND SKNAC, IN MYOGENESIS, Jarod Ross Shelton

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THE EFFECT OF CONDTIONAL DISCRIMINATION TRAINING ON CHOICE MAKING IN CHILDREN DURING `PRE-GAMBLING' ACTIVITIES, Leigha S. Shoup

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An Investigation of the Beam-Column and the Finite-Element Formulations for Analyzing Geometrically Nonlinear Thermal Response of Plane Frames, Baikuntha Silwal

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IN VIVO CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNGENEIC, ORTHOTOPIC MOUSE MODEL OF COX-2 POSITIVE RENAL CELL CANCER, Purba Singh

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Classification of Teacher Questions in a General Music Classroom, Elizabeth Amy Sisler

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108 Kōans, Derek Wesley Smith

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Recolonization of the Midwestern United States by Large Carnivores: Habitat Suitability and Human Dimensions, Julia Blanche Smith

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Invasion and Management of Achyranthes japonica in a southern Illinois Wetland, Katie Mae Smith

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Investigation of a Theoretical Magnetic Refrigeration Cycle, Joshua D. Snead

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Reproductive Biology of the invasive plant Elaeagnus umbellata: breeding system, pollinators, and implications for invasive spread, Nathan Soley

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Derangements, Elizabeth Anne Spector

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RULE GOVERNED, CONTEXTUALLY CUED AND CONTINGENCY BASED ROULETTE PLAY, Ryan Speelman

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Building Community Through Performance, Ritual and Play at the Texas Renaissance Festival, Cynthia Danielle Speer

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Discourse of Defection: Political Representation of North Koreans, Bethany Ann Stallings

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The Effect of Status Framing on Student Interest and Recall, Crystal Nicole Steltenpohl

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DEFORMATION OF BEARING PADS WHILE UNDER SERVICE LOADS, Chris Allen Suits

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HABITAT AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS OF WILDLIFE RESCUED DURING THE EXPANSION OF THE PANAMA CANAL, Jennifer Swan

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An examination of Asian carp spawning in pool 26 of the Mississippi River, Brittany Christine Szynkowski

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Inclusive Practices for the General Music Classroom, Megan Thompson

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How We Bury Our Dead, Jonathan Travelstead

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Shape-preferred orientation (SPO) of oceanic gabbros at ODP Hole 1256D: implications for magmatic processes, Jarek Trela

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ANALYZING CHANGES IN THE BEEF CATTLE RANCHING COMMUNITIES OF ACATIC AND TEPATITLÁN DE MORELOS, JALISCO, MEXICO RELATED TO LAND COVER AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY, Melva B. Trevino-Pena

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Scope Licensing in English Sentences Containing Universal Quantifiers and Negation by L1-Mandarin Chinese L2-English Adult Learners, Daniel Tucker

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Exploring Identity: Rural to Urban Migration in Modernist American Fiction, Megan Vallowe

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RESPONSE TO FLOOD HAZARDS: ASSESSING COMMUNITY FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE DECISION TO RELOCATE, Alex Jacob VanPelt

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ENABLING END-TO-END SECURITY USING IPSEC IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS, Prabhakar Varadarajan

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EFFECTIVENESS OF TEXT-MESSAGING IN SPANISH VOCABULARY TEACHING / LEARNING, Flavia Melisa Velasquez

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BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE LARISSA PROJECT FOR BARILARI BAY, WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, Ryan Verbanaz

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Large Book of the Body, Andrea Wagner

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The Effects of Ileal Transposition on GLP-1 Analog Sensitivity and Cognitive Function in Diabetic Long Evans Rats, Zihui Wang