Theses from 2012
EFFECT OF UV-C LIGHT, HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASOUND AND NONTHERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENTS ON THE ALLERGENICITY OF MAJOR COW MILK PROTEINS, Chatrapati Veera Raghava Kumar Tammineedi
Perceptions and Satisfaction of Healthy Food Choices Among College-Aged Females in a Self-Serve Dining Facility Setting, Kristin Timken
PTEROTOCRINUS OF THE MENARD LIMESTONE AND KINKAID FORMATION (ELVIRAN STAGE) CHESTERIAN SERIES IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, Tony Lee Tobenski
Schelling's Thoughts on Human Freedom: New Investigations Into An Old Problem, Ethan Jerald Traman
ERBIUM DOPED CERAMIC NANOFIBER SYNTHESIS FOR THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SELECTIVE EMITTER APPLICATIONS, George Sebastian Trifon
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PSEUDO-CAPACITIVE PERFORMANCE OF MANGANESE OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES, Chung-Ying Tsai
THE EFFECT OF BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS ON TREATMENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS PATIENTS DURING DENTAL CARE PROCEDURES, Tracy A. Tufenk
LATE SPRING SURVEY AND RICHNESS ESTIMATION OF THE AQUATIC BENTHIC INSECT COMMUNITY IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LUSK CREEK WATERSHED, Jacqueline Turner
INFLUENCE OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY ON THE DESORPTION OF 1,3,5-TRICHLOROBENZENE FROM MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES, Sheikh Shahriar Uddin
M2M AND LTE-A NETWORK CONVERGENCE, FARZAM VAFA
MACROINVERTEBRATE RESPONSES TO REMOVAL OF RIPARIAN WOODY VEGETATION ALONG TALLGRASS PRAIRIE STREAMS, Jodi Marie Vandermyde
Exposure and Response Prevention Applied to Rituals of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Michelle VanSetten
Assessing a Relational Frame Theory Perspective-Taking Protocol with Adolescents Diagnosed with Specific Learning Disabilities, Paul Richard Veneziano
Influence of coffee vermicompost on growth and nutrient quality of greenhouse spinach and field grown green bell peppers, April Lorraine Vigardt
Retention of Linguistically Diverse Engineering Students, Elora Candace Voyles
RADIATION INDUCED TRANSIENT PULSE PROPAGATION USING THE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, Adam Christopher Watkins
PATTERNING OF CADMIUM SELENIDE QUANTUM DOT NANOCRYSTALS FOR USE WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS, Joseph Edison Weaver
Aging Automotive Technicians Extend Their Work Life Through Service Teams Seeking Total Service Excellence, Rodney H. Weldon
A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF INVASIVE BREAST CANCER CLUSTERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS: ILLINOIS 1996 TO 2000, William Christopher Weston
On Words For VHS and Other Videos, Deron Williams
Evaluating the Long-term Sustainability of L.O.G.I.C.: The Student Organic Garden at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Laura Williams
Lightscapes, Brian Allen Wilson
The Effects of Attitudes towards Income Equality, Ethnic Diversity and Democratic Political System, Khin Maung Win
Spatial and demographic ecology of Texas horned lizards within a conservation framework, Alexander J. Wolf
Assessing Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Bilateral Frontal Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats Using the T-Maze, Amanda Marie Wright
The Kitchen of Tomorrow and Other Space-Time Anomalies, Derand Errol Wright
EVALUATION AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF TWO SOYBEAN [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] RECOMBINANT INBRED LINE POPULATIONS SEGREGATING FOR RESISTANCE TO ROOT KNOT NEMATODE (Meloidogyne incognita), Drew Welsey Wright
EFFECT OF DOPANTS IN GRAPHENE ON HYDROGEN INTERACTION IN GRAPHENE-SUPPORTED SODIUM ALANATE, Lingyun Xu
FATTY ACIDS AS INDICATORS OF NUTRITIONAL HISTORY OF CHANNEL CATFISH (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS) AND AQUATIC FOOD WEBS IN THE KASKASKIA RIVER SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, Matthew Parham Young
ONCOGENES INVOLVED IN CANCER CELL PROGRESSION AND CELL SURVIVAL, Juan Zhang
Modeling Total Suspended Solids in Combined Sewer Systems, Weilan Zhang
LARGE-SCALE MICROARRAY DATA ANALYSIS USING GPU- ACCELERATED LINEAR ALGEBRA LIBRARIES, Yun Zhang
A COST EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL MACHINE ALLOCATION ALGORITHM WITHIN EXECUTION TIME BOUNDS, Yang Zhao
PRACTICES IN TEACHING ACADEMIC WRITING A COMPARISON OF WRITING TEACHERS IN CHINA AND THE US, Jing Zhu
Theses from 2011
ADSORPTION OF METHANE AND PROPANE ON A LJ WALL AND ON MOLYBDENUM SURFACE: A SIMULATION STUDY, ALI A. ABU NADA
Peirce's Idea of God as Metaphysical Condition for Freedom, Juliana Acosta López de Mesa
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STILL VS. ANIMATED CARTOON PICTURES ON LEARNING SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY, James N'guessan Ahikpa
FUZZY IMAGE ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE: A CASE STUDY OF DATES (PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA), Abdulaziz Alhomedey
FEASIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING A COMMUNITY-BASED TYPE 2 DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK ADOLESCENTS TO AN AFTER-SCHOOL FORMAT USING PROCESS EVALUATION AND PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, Trinity Faith Allison
Approaches to Housing Design Focusing on Human Well-being in Japan, Yuko Aoki
ARISTOTLE'S OIKONOMIA, THE MODES OF EMPLOTMENT, AND A FOUNDATION FOR NORMATIVE CONVERSATIONS ON STORYTELLING, John William August III
The Influence of Media with Different Nutrient Salt Concentrations on the Micropropagation of Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr. and Tagetes erecta L., Cody Lindell Azotea
Role of Bre2 and Sdc1 in the regulation of histone lysine methylation by Set1 Complex, Sangeeta Bade
PREVALENCE OF BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF EASTERN WOODRAT (NEOTOMA FLORIDANA) POPULATIONS, Simon Richard Bade
OUTPUT FEEDBACK H-inf CONTROL DESIGN FOR MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS, Prashanthi Banala
Riverfront Reds: Communism and Anticommunism in East St. Louis, 1930-35, Andrew Scott Barbero
Using Geographic Information Systems for Onchocerciasis control in Africa: case of Ghana and Burundi, Alassane Sie Barro
Ecotourism in Bocas del Toro, Panama: The Perceived Effects of Macro-Scale Laws and Programs on the Socio-Economic and Environmental Development of Micro-Scale Ecotourism Operations, Carissa Eileen Bedi
COMPONENTS OF AN EXTENDED WILDERNESS TRIP NEEDED TO FACILITATE PERSONAL GROWTH, Patrick Beezley
Modification and Performance Evaluation of a Mono-valve Engine, Justin William Behrens
MODELING THE EFFECTS OF NETWORK GAMES ON SOCIAL REASONING, Ivan Belik
LOCATING BACKGROUND INTRAPLATE MICROSEISMICITY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FROM A SMALL, SHORT DURATION,SEISMOGRAPH ARRAY, Nicole Marie Bellino
Perceptions of Affirmative Action Beneficiaries under Differential Performance Situations, Seth Allen Berry
The Nature of Things, Janelle June Blasdel
By Way of Explanation, Brandon Stephenson Bond
Common Crowd Dynamics: Shaping Behavioral Intention Models, Marcel Bouchard
Investigation of the Reliability of the Questions About Behavioral Function Rating Scale in a School Setting, Rachel Brandt
RHOX GENES FUNCTION DURING FOLLICULOGENESIS, Raquel Monique Brown
STUDIES OF NOVEL `MOLECULAR-SWITCH' MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONTRAST AGENTS AND PLASMA POLYMER THIN FILMS, Laura E. Buck
Comparison of Temporal and Probabilisitc Discounting amongst Obese College Students and Obese Adults, Frank Daniel Buono
Physisorption Kinetics in Carbon Nanotube Bundles, Jared Burde
USE OF UNSTEADY MODELING TO PREDICT FLOODING BY CORRELATING STREAM GAGES: A CASE STUDY, Michael John Burke
Multi-Scale Magnetic Stratification of an Ultramafic-Mafic Complex: Example of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe and Implications for Magmatic Differentiation, Kevin Clifford Butak
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS IN SUPERCRITICAL PHASE CARBON DIOXIDE: DEACTIVATION STUDIES, David Carron
How the war was sold: A critical discourse analysis of Time magazine articles on the war on Iraq prior to the occupation, Marilia Bastos de Carvalho
The Effect of Social Influence Strategies on Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: An Application to Exercise, Theresa Marie Castilla
A COMPARISON OF NATIVE AND COLONIAL AMERICAN CONCEPTIONS OF SELF: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETING WORLD-VIEWS, Marjorie R. Cavey
PROTECTION OF CARBON/CARBON AIRCRAFT BRAKES FROM OXIDATION USING PHOSPHOROUS BASED ANTI-OXIDANT SYSTEM, Pradeep Chaganti
TEMPORAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS, Venkata Chagarlamudi
Reduction of Cache Related Preemption Delay using DVS in Real Time Systems, Aravind Chandrashekar
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SELECTION PROGRAM, Yen-Hsi Chen
Diffusion Characterization of Coal for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Production, Pawan Chhajed
Effects of Noise in Quantum Simulation, Yu-Chieh Chi
FIRST LANGUAGE ATTRITION IN KOREAN-ENGLISH BILINGUAL TEENAGERS, Jae Im Chong
The Yellow Scare: Developing Bananapocalypse from the Page to the Stage, David W. Clark
Increasing Accurate Set Up of Assistive Technology Devices by Teaching with Behavioral Skills Training, Amie Clarke
TEMPORAL DISCOUNTING IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD: THE ABSENCE OF PROBABILITY AND MAGNITUDE EFFECTS IN AN EXPERIENCE-BASED TASK, James J. Cole
A SOUND FOR RECOGNITION: BLUES MUSIC AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, Remy Corbet
DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR IN-SITU IMAGING AND SPECTROCSOPY OF WORKING NANODEVICES USING ULTRATHIN MEMBRANE ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS, Joshua E. Cothren
ALTERNATIVE FEEDING STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE MARINE FEEDSTUFF REPLACEMENT IN LARGEMOUTH BASS Micropterus salmoides CULTURE WHILE MAINTAINING PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE, Andrew Richard Coursey
THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL PROMPT ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, Mulan Dai
Nesting Ecology, Survival, and Home Range of Wild Turkeys in an Agricultural Landscape, Kenneth Scott Delahunt
PROMOTING THE EMERGENCE OF INTRAVERBAL RESPONSES IN YOUNG ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: VERBAL BEHAVIOR TOPOGRAPHY AND FUNCTION, Andresa A. de Souza
USING HAZUS-MH TO CALCULATE EXPECTED ANNUAL DAMAGE FOR FLOODPLAIN-MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS ALONG THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Jennifer Renee Dierauer
Analysis of Zigbee Wireless Data Communication Through Baled Hay, Colburn Dittmer
Language Overlap Between Solicitor General Amicus Curiae and Supreme Court Majority Opinions: An Analysis, Megan Ann Ditzler
STUDYING THE STABILITY OF FIXED SPEED WIND TURBINES BY DETERMINING THE CRITICAL ROTOR SPEED, Dler Kamiran Dler
Exploring the Role of Animal Narrators in the It-Narrative Genre, 1785-1846, Christopher Charles Douglas
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF REPEAT & NEAR REPEAT RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, Grant Drawve
Habitat Associations of Grassland and Shrubland Bird Communities at Reclaimed Surface-Mines in Southern Illinois, Shawn Duncan
Reindeer Etymologies in the Circumpolar North, Andrew Edelen
Relationships among tree-species composition, vegetation structure, and forest breeding birds in southern Illinois, Alison Edmund
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF WIND POWER GENERATION USING KITES, Naglaa Fathy Ebid Aly Elashry
IMPACT OF WIND TURBINE ON POWER SYSTEM VOLTAGE STABILITY, Emad Mohamed Elhaji
Community [Theatre] & Self: An (Auto) Ethnographic Journey Through A Case Study of The Stage Company, Nazlihan Eda Erçin
MODIFIED PSEUDO-DIAMETER BASED PRUNING - A QOS BASED BROADCASTING FOR WIDE AREA NETWORKS, Krishnaraj Ethirajan
A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM AT A RURAL SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL USING THE HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM ANALYSIS TOOL (HECAT), Kerry Lee Falkenburry
Optical Imaging and Computer Vision Technology for Corn Quality Measurement, Jian Fang