Theses from 2011
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
FOREST CARBON MAPPING AND SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS: COMBINING NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY DATA AND LANDSAT TM IMAGES, Andrew Lawrence Fleming
Aware as a Theory of Japanese Aesthetics, Johnathan Charles Flowers
Magnetic Properties of Mantle Xenoliths and Implications for Long Wavelength Magnetic Anomalies, Sarah Alyson Friedman
Craniofacial Teams' Data Collection and Reporting Methods for Videonasendoscopy and Videofluoroscopy, Leah Irene Fullman
Peer Victimization as a Moderator for Genetic and Environmental Influences on Childhood Anxiety Symptoms, Sufna Gheyara
EFFECT OF 1-PYRENECARBOXYLIC ACID SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF GRAPHENE ON CAPACITIVE ENERGY STORAGE, Sujoy Ghosh
Effects of forest composition on trophic relationships among mast production and mammals in southern Illinois, Carolyn Ann Gillen
Lean Sigma Applications to Service Departments in the Healthcare Industry, Douglas Almeida Gimenes
Thermal Stress Models for Hydrothermal Circulation, and Relation to Microseismicity Near 9°50'N Along the East Pacific Rise, Karen Godfrey
Youth In Revolt. How Suburban Youth of the 1950s Rejected the Contradictions of an Affluent Society in Favor of Apocalyptic Zombies and Chicken Runs, Michele Leigh Goostree
DESIGN OF PRIORITIZED LRU CIRCUITS FOR CACHE OF MULTI-CORE REAL-TIME SYSTEMS, Lavanya Gopalakrishnan
Conservation Practice Adoption Behaviors Among Agricultural Producers within the Rayse Creek Watershed, Elisa Ann Grafford
Exploring the Efficacy of Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Oral Care Providers to Administer Oral Care Procedures to Children with Autism, Maija Marika Graudins
Literature and Law: A Closely Intertwined Relationship, Marsha Lynne Griffiths
On Further Modification of the Pseudo Diameter Based Pruning Approach for Broadcasting in Wide Area Networks, Sandeep Reddy Gudipati
EFFECT OF FORAGE LEVEL AND OIL SUPPLEMENTATION ON FERMENTATION, TRANS FATTY ACIDS PRODUCTION AND RUMINAL BACTERIA, PRAMOD REDDY GUDLA
Distance Generation: Postmemory and the Creation of New Family Histories, Josh Gumiela
PHYTOTOXICITY AND UPTAKE OF ZERO VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES BY Typha latifolia AND Populous deltoids x Populous nigra, Arun Gurung
MODELING AND EMBEDDED CONTROL OF AN INFRARED ELECTROMAGNETIC SUSPENSION SYSTEM, Nathan Zadok Gustavson
Momentum Defect Superposition Model for Predicting Depth-Averaged Velocities in Trapezoidal Channels, Matthew Ray Hagene
THE EFFECT OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON THE SPATIAL POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE (DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS), Solomon Ghebremeskel Hailu
Revisiting Home Style: Priorities and Perceptions of Southern Illinois Federal Legislators, Mary Elizabeth Hall
Being "Chuzai" in Southern Illinois: The Attitude of Japanese Parents toward the Maintenance of Language and Culture, Miho Hamamoto
The Spinozist Theory of Truth, Jay Hamman
EROSION FROM A CROSS COUNTRY GAS PIPELINE IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, Bridget Mae Harrison
PARENTAL NEED SUPPORT AND SATISFACTION WITH AGRICULTURAL MAJORS: EXAMINING SELF-REGULATION MEDIATION, Patricia Margaret Hauser
INSECT EMERGENCE AND RIPARIAN BIRD RESPONSES TO ROCK WEIR CONSTRUCTION IN THE CACHE RIVER BASIN OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kaleb Heinrich
IMPROVED BANKFULL HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY PREDICTION USING 2-YEAR RECURRENCE INTERVAL DISCHARGE, Laien He
EFFECT OF SIGNAGE AND SUGGESTIVE SELLING ON SALES OF HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING, Ashley Lynn Hoffman
AN EVALUATION OF THE RELATIVE EFFICACY OF AND PREFERENCE FOR PROMPT DELAY PROCEDURES, Stephanie Anne Hood
A Comparitive Study of Minimum Disturbance Oil Industry Sites and Burned Sites in Bogs in Northern Alberta, Melissa Kay House
DECONSTRUCTING THE OREO: AN EXAMINATION OF LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN A WHITE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, Afrika Nsimba Houston
The Chicago Method of Excavation at Kincaid, Jessica Ruth Howe
INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AND MICROHABITAT SELECTION IN THE GOLDEN MOUSE (OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI), Jay Bradley Hubert
Optimum® GAT® Concepts: Herbicide Combinations for Foliar and Residual Weed Control in Soybean and Corn, Nicholas Victor Hustedde
ROADSIDES AS CORRIDORS OF EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES INVASION IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, USA, Jason Ross Inczauskis
AN ASSESSMENT OF CWA SECTION 303(d) PRIORITIZATION OF IMPAIRED WATER BODIES IN ILLINOIS, Daniel Jablonski
Atomistic Modeling of AlN/GaN HEMTs for Applications in Harsh Environments, Dylan Boone John
DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING TELEMETRY TO EVALUATE HABITAT USE OF AGE-0 SCAPHIRHYNCHUS STURGEONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Jennifer Leigh Johnson
The Importance of Being Useless: Revolution and Judgment in 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', Marshall Lewis Johnson
FACIES ANALYSIS DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE LIMESTONEIN JOHNSON UNION AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Dion Kenwyn Joseph
TESTING THE MATRIX LANGUAGE FRAME MODEL WITH EVIDENCE FROM FRENCH-LINGALA CODE-SWITCHING, Philothe Mwamba Kabasele
The role of coastal plant community response to climate change: implications for restoring ecosystem resiliency, Hannah June Kalk
AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRECIPITATION AND BANKFULL CHANNEL WIDTH, Dinesh Raj Kandel
MONITORING AND QUANTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE DETECTION OF LAKE KOLLERU AND THE SURROUNDING MANDALS USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES, Sharon Kareddula
Dead Wolf City, Lane Talbot Kareska
Public Space Must be Defended: Hannah Arendt's Conception of Politics and The Public Space: Its Promises and Limits, Umit Kartal
Psychological Distress and Service Utilization Among Military Veteran College Students, Heather C. Kay
Lesbian Women's Perceptions about Counselors Portraying Various Heterosexual Identity Statuses, Kari Keller
Language Contact and Noun Borrowing in Algerian Arabic and Maltese: A comparative study, Souad Kheder
Effectiveness of the iPad in Enhancing the Mand Repertoire for Children with Autism, Melissa Lynne King
Anatonical Correlates of Executive Functioning in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Developmental Dyslexia, Jacqueline Marie Klaver
Medtner's Acht Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1: A Pedagogical Guide with Analysis, Min Yu Koh
A Preliminary Descriptive Assessment on Problem Behavior and Appropriate Behavior in a Preschool Classroom, Elizabeth Kooistra
Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Markers for Rapid, Inexpensive, and Standardized Identification of Pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus) and Shovelnose (S. platorynchus) Sturgeon Larvae, Matthew Stephen Krampe
A Study of the Herald-Phillipstown Fault in the Wabash Valley using Drillhole and 3-D Seismic Reflection Data, Samantha E. Kroenke
MODIFICATION IN PMMA BONE CEMENT BY ADDITION OF TiO2 NANOPARTICLES, Swanand Kulkarni
Maximizing the System Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks using Improved Routing Algorithm, Karthik Kuppaswamy