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Theses from 2011

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PERCEPTIONS OF RISK BEHAVIORS FOR MIGRANT LATINO YOUTH WHO ATTEND THE ILLINOIS COUNCIL MIGRANT TECHNOLOGY LEARNING CENTER AFTER SCHOOL, Margalyn Payne

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Spine of a Dog and Other Stories, Richard Pechous

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EFFECTS OF NICOTINE ON IMPULSIVITY IN ADHD: VARIABILITY OF REACTION TIME AND ELETROCORTICAL BRAIN POTENTIALS, Matthew A. Picchietti

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NANOPIPELINED THRESHOLD SYNTHESIS USING GATE REPLICATION, Luke Pierce

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAGES OF CHANGE AND SNACKING HABITS OF MIDDLE INCOME CAUCASIAN ADOLESCENTS AT-RISK FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES, Sarah Pierce

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The Role of the Forkhead Transcription Factor FOXM1 in Pituitary Gland Development, Adam Ploegman

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AN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN AIRCRAFT COMPOSITES BY USING AIR-COUPLED ULTRASONIC TESTING, Anish Poudel

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Interaction of Postemergence Herbicides with Glyphosate in Soybeans, David Keith Powell

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A PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATION OF GIBBS SAMPLING ALGORITHM FOR 2PNO IRT MODELS, Mona Rahimi

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Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Formation of Metal Borides, Lisa Rajan

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Computation of the Rigidities of Shear Walls with Openings, Anila Rajbhandari

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Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) Computational Analysis With Parallel Imaging Configurations To Improve Breast Cancer Detection, Cleveland Eugene Rayford II

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AMELIORATING THE EFFECTS OF FESCUE TOXICOSIS IN HEIFERS WITH BLESSED THISTLE, Abby Razer

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STUDIES OF THE POTENTIAL ROLES FOR CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 IN RENAL CELL CARCINOMA, Donald Reed

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Lesbian academics: Negotiating career and family, Leah Reinert

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The Interaction of Active or Passive Roof Bolts, Stress Conditions, and the Immediate Roof Strata in a Longwall Mine in the United States, Jonathan Richard Reisterer

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The Shore of Erie: A Collection of Short Stories, Brooks Patrick Rexroat

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Dolo: Journey of the Lost Tapes, Willie K. Roberts

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A NEW IMAGE CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM BASED ON ADDITIVE GROVES, Pablo Dario Robles Granda

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An Evaluation of NAPL Wettability in 2-D Visualization Experiments, Ricot SAINT AIME

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Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Colorectal Cancer, Manjeera Saripalli

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Quantifying and manipulating spatiotemporal trends in rodent space use and consumption rates on incidentally encountered prey, Tyler Evan Schartel

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The Relation Between Parental Social Support, Career Exploration, and College Students' Major Satisfaction, Madalyn R. Schneider

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In Service of the Body, Melissa Scholes Young

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The competitive response of Panicum virgatum cultivars to non-native invasive species in southern Illinois, Lauren Michele Schwartz

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A SOCIOPHONETIC ANALYSIS OF L2 SUBSTITUTION SOUNDS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH INTERDENTAL FRICATIVES, Andrew Douglas Seibert

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The Effect of Thought Acceptance and Mindfulness on Enhancing Self-Control Behavior of Children with ADHD, Ashley Seibert

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Re-Envisioning A Genre: Creating New Musical Theatre Methodologies With Crazy For You, Courtney Laine Self

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Characterization of two distinct hfq genes in Burkholderia cenocepacia HI2424, Samantha Sue Sellers

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P-DELTA EFFECTS ON STEEL MOMENT FRAMES WITH REDUCED BEAM SECTION CONNECTION, Anuj Man Shakya

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Locus of Control as a Moderator Variable between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Anxiety, Tatyana Shchupak

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EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT PRETREATMENT APPROACHES FOR DISRUPTING LIGNOCELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, Thara Gejjalagere Siddaramu

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AN EVALUATION OF THE SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING SULFUR FRACTIONS IN COALS FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN, Rajesh Singh

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Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO and Bi2O3 Nanowires Grown by Magnetron Sputtering, Ben Sirota

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It's the Economy Governor!: The Relationship between Economic Downturn and Gubernatorial Approval Ratings., Paul Skonberg

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Optimized feature selection using NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT), Soroosh Sohangir

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PERFORMANCE OF LINEAR DECISION COMBINER FOR PRIMARY USER DETECTION IN COGNITIVE RADIO, Munawwar Mahmud Sohul

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Serious Play: Evaluating the Comedic, Political and Religious Relationships Between The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and South Park, Noah Jerome Springer

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Effect of the Vertical Component of Acceleration on Base - Isolated Structures, Grzegorz Stelmaszek

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Tribological investigation of nanocomposite thin films of transitional metal nitrides with silver inclusions, D'Arcy S. Stone

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Modeling of Proposed Changes to SIUC Central Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Power Plant Incorporating Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) and High Efficiency Turbine, Heyin Su

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Intercellular lipids measurement and production with yeast Cryptococcus Curvatus from sweet sorghum bagasse, Tianyu Tang

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COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND DYNAMICS OF SIX FOREST COMMUNITY TYPES IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, Keri J. Teal

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Experimental validation for computationally predicted small RNAs of Streptococcus pyogenes, Rafael Angel Tesorero Melendez

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IN VITRO STUDIES TO ELUCIDATE THE BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS TEGUMENT PROTEIN BKRF4, PRIYA PADMANABHAN THAIVALAPPIL

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THE USE OF TAILINGS IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES IN THE USA AS A SAFE, COST EFFECTIVE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND PRACTICE, Mark S. Theisinger

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The Use of Plastic Media in a Movable Bed Model to Study Sedimentary Processes in Rivers, Jean-Rene Thelusmond

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Secured Reverse Path Forwarding Based Multicasting in Wide Area Networks, Arun Nagaraj Thiyagarajan

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Some Truth: A Collection of Short Fiction, Erin K. Thompson

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BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATION USING GEOGRID REINFORCED DOUBLE LAYERED SOIL, Dipak Tiwari

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Virtual Civics - Digital Media in the Classroom, Shane Alexander Turnage

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PSEUDO-DIAMETER BASED PRUNING - A QOS BASED BROADCASTING FOR WIDE AREA NETWORKS, Divyasree Videm

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Cela y Pascual: vidas con puntos de encuentro, Irma Ines Villadiego

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AN ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS' TOEFL SCORES, GPA, AND PERCEPTIONS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES, Lan Thi Vu

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Efficacy of tembotrione on grass species as influenced by herbicides and adjuvants, Mark A. Waddington

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Effects of repetitive, small magnitude earthquakes on groundwater chemistry in Faulkner County, Arkansas, Sarah Elizabeth Waggoner

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INVESTIGATING CLIMATIC DRIVERS OF THE WARMING HOLE THROUGH EMPIRICAL DOWNSCALING OF EASTERN U.S. SUMMERTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES, Audrey Wagner

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PHYTOTOXICITY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES TO ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA IN HYDROPONIC AND SOIL SYSTEMS, Qiang Wang

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Central Illinois Powwow Community: A Unique Path of Creation, Cultivation, and Connection to American Indian Culture, Identities, and Community, Laura Michelle Warren

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POLICE PROGRAMS, CANINES, AND CONTINGENCY THEORY: AN EXPLANATION OF CANINE NUMBERS AMONG LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, David Wayne Welker

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Effects of Mental Imagery on Gambling Behavior, Seth William Whiting

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Enclosed Elk and Bison in Land Between The Lakes, Kentucky: Dietary Overlap, Clare C. Weickert Whittaker

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Illinois School Foodservice Employees' and Purchasers' Perceived Benefits, Obstacles, and Attitudes to Purchasing Local Foods, Danielle Marie Wleklinski

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PROVIDING MULTI-PERSPECTIVE COVERAGE IN WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA SENSOR NETWORKS, Enes Yildiz

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Love and Failure in the Flyover States, Katie Zapoluch

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INVESTIGATIONS OF BINDING TARGETS OF THE PRO-MUTAGEN 2-AMINOANTHRACENE IN FISCHER-344 RATS, Emilia Ohsone Zargham

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Applications of a Robust Dispersion Estimator, Jianfeng Zhang

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THE ROLE OF DISPOSITIONAL MINDFULNESS ON OCCUPATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND EMOTIONAL CAREER INDECISION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, Qianhui Zhang

Theses from 2010

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A Numerical Analysis of Mine Intersections and Support Systems for Stability, Behrooz Abbasi

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PRICE LINKAGES BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND INDIA SOYBEAN MARKETS, Venkata Lakshmi Abburi

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Analysis of an Existing Coal Fired Power Generation Facility with Recommendations for Efficiency and Production Improvement, Scott Alan Achelpohl

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Working Week, Steven Everett Ackerman

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DOES HUMAN CAPITAL MATTER FOR FDI'S EFFECT ON POVERTY IN LDCs?, Ahmad Walid Afzali

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PORTABLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR OBJECTIVELY DIAGNOSING HUMAN TINNITUS, Mohamed E. Ahmed

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Validated Monte Carlo Based Analysis on Circuit Netlist and Zero Suppressed Binary Decision Diagrams, Phaninder Alladi

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Managing the Magic: Technical Direction of The Secret Garden, Bryce Dale Allen

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Ritual Use of Animals at Formative Period Tayata: A Comparative Perspective, Ayla Martine Amadio

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SORPTION OF CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS ON CARBON NANO TUBES AND NANO TEXTURED SAND, Deepti Anand

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A New Mobile Network Simulation And Analysis System And The Use Of Network Visualizations Through An End-User Graphics Package, Arnond Anantachai

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`PASS ROUND THE CONSOLATION. ELIXER OF LIFE': READING TRAUMA IN JOYCE THROUGH THE AMELIORATIVE BINARY OF ALCOHOL AND THE CHURCH, Brian Baillie

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OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSIENT THERMOGRAPHY INSPECTION OF CARBON FIBER REINFORED PLASTICS, Bradley Glenn Bainbridge

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IMPULSE RESPONSE CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS RECONSTRUCTION WITH PARALLEL IMAGING CONFIGURATIONS, Apuroop Balla

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Design of Dean flow Ultraviolet (UV) reactors and testing their efficacy for inactivation of Escherichia coli W 1485 and Bacillus cereus spores in milk, Srinivasarao Bandla

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An Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training on the Implementation and Use of The Picture Exchange Communication System, Clarissa Sue Barnes

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Adult Education: Motivation and Recruitment of Working Adults in the Pursuit of Higher Education, Deborah R. Barnett

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CABERGOLINE EFFECTS ON MARE ESTROUS BEHAVIOR, CYCLICITY, AND ENDOCRINE PROFILES, Casie Shantel Bass

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The correlation between thermal conductivity and wear rate of composite friction materials, Leonardo Batista Ito

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A multi-scale assessment of the impacts of vegetated buffer strips on surface water quality in southern Illinois, William Joseph Beck

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A Womb of Their Own: Reflections of Chance and Contraception in McTeague and Sister Carrie, Constance Suzanne Beitzel

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Suburban Heights, Justin Richard Benton

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FORAMINIFERA AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTS OF BAHÍA INGLESA, NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE (27°S), Rachel Lynn Berger

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Continuity in Technological Change: A Political Economic Analysis of Digital Film Exhibition, Benjamin J. Birkinbine

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EXPLORING SOY-DERIVED ALTERNATIVES TO FISH MEAL: USING SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE AND SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE IN HYBRID STRIPED BASS (Morone chrysops ♂ x M. saxatilis ♀) AQUACULTURE, Patrick Blaufuss

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CLICKS IN XHOSA AND NAMA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Susanne Bohm

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Relative species abundance and microhabitat preferences of larval Scaphirhynchus sturgeon in the middle Mississippi River, Ryan Michael Boley

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Design, Construction and Evaluation of Universal Friction Tester, Jacob Dee Boone

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Measuring Community Capacity Across Urban and Rural Landscapes in Southwestern Illinois, Elliot Easton Brinkman

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AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF AND PREFERENCE FOR EMBEDDED TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT DIFFER IN THE RATE OF EMBEDDED PROMPTS, Emily Irene Bruen

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COLOR AND MUSIC: A REVIEW OF RESOURCES TO ENHANCE BEGINNING INSTRUCTION IN PIANO PEDAGOGY, Heather Nicole Brunner

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The "Religious Gender Gap" and Presidential Approval, Jessica Lynn Bryan