Theses from 2011
POLICE PROGRAMS, CANINES, AND CONTINGENCY THEORY: AN EXPLANATION OF CANINE NUMBERS AMONG LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, David Wayne Welker
Effects of Mental Imagery on Gambling Behavior, Seth William Whiting
Enclosed Elk and Bison in Land Between The Lakes, Kentucky: Dietary Overlap, Clare C. Weickert Whittaker
Illinois School Foodservice Employees' and Purchasers' Perceived Benefits, Obstacles, and Attitudes to Purchasing Local Foods, Danielle Marie Wleklinski
PROVIDING MULTI-PERSPECTIVE COVERAGE IN WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA SENSOR NETWORKS, Enes Yildiz
Love and Failure in the Flyover States, Katie Zapoluch
INVESTIGATIONS OF BINDING TARGETS OF THE PRO-MUTAGEN 2-AMINOANTHRACENE IN FISCHER-344 RATS, Emilia Ohsone Zargham
Applications of a Robust Dispersion Estimator, Jianfeng Zhang
THE ROLE OF DISPOSITIONAL MINDFULNESS ON OCCUPATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND EMOTIONAL CAREER INDECISION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, Qianhui Zhang
Theses from 2010
A Numerical Analysis of Mine Intersections and Support Systems for Stability, Behrooz Abbasi
PRICE LINKAGES BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND INDIA SOYBEAN MARKETS, Venkata Lakshmi Abburi
Analysis of an Existing Coal Fired Power Generation Facility with Recommendations for Efficiency and Production Improvement, Scott Alan Achelpohl
Working Week, Steven Everett Ackerman
DOES HUMAN CAPITAL MATTER FOR FDI'S EFFECT ON POVERTY IN LDCs?, Ahmad Walid Afzali
PORTABLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR OBJECTIVELY DIAGNOSING HUMAN TINNITUS, Mohamed E. Ahmed
Validated Monte Carlo Based Analysis on Circuit Netlist and Zero Suppressed Binary Decision Diagrams, Phaninder Alladi
Managing the Magic: Technical Direction of The Secret Garden, Bryce Dale Allen
Ritual Use of Animals at Formative Period Tayata: A Comparative Perspective, Ayla Martine Amadio
SORPTION OF CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS ON CARBON NANO TUBES AND NANO TEXTURED SAND, Deepti Anand
A New Mobile Network Simulation And Analysis System And The Use Of Network Visualizations Through An End-User Graphics Package, Arnond Anantachai
`PASS ROUND THE CONSOLATION. ELIXER OF LIFE': READING TRAUMA IN JOYCE THROUGH THE AMELIORATIVE BINARY OF ALCOHOL AND THE CHURCH, Brian Baillie
OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSIENT THERMOGRAPHY INSPECTION OF CARBON FIBER REINFORED PLASTICS, Bradley Glenn Bainbridge
IMPULSE RESPONSE CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS RECONSTRUCTION WITH PARALLEL IMAGING CONFIGURATIONS, Apuroop Balla
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
An Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training on the Implementation and Use of The Picture Exchange Communication System, Clarissa Sue Barnes
Adult Education: Motivation and Recruitment of Working Adults in the Pursuit of Higher Education, Deborah R. Barnett
CABERGOLINE EFFECTS ON MARE ESTROUS BEHAVIOR, CYCLICITY, AND ENDOCRINE PROFILES, Casie Shantel Bass
The correlation between thermal conductivity and wear rate of composite friction materials, Leonardo Batista Ito
A multi-scale assessment of the impacts of vegetated buffer strips on surface water quality in southern Illinois, William Joseph Beck
A Womb of Their Own: Reflections of Chance and Contraception in McTeague and Sister Carrie, Constance Suzanne Beitzel
Suburban Heights, Justin Richard Benton
FORAMINIFERA AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTS OF BAHÍA INGLESA, NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE (27°S), Rachel Lynn Berger
Continuity in Technological Change: A Political Economic Analysis of Digital Film Exhibition, Benjamin J. Birkinbine
CLICKS IN XHOSA AND NAMA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Susanne Bohm
Relative species abundance and microhabitat preferences of larval Scaphirhynchus sturgeon in the middle Mississippi River, Ryan Michael Boley
Design, Construction and Evaluation of Universal Friction Tester, Jacob Dee Boone
Measuring Community Capacity Across Urban and Rural Landscapes in Southwestern Illinois, Elliot Easton Brinkman
AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF AND PREFERENCE FOR EMBEDDED TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT DIFFER IN THE RATE OF EMBEDDED PROMPTS, Emily Irene Bruen
COLOR AND MUSIC: A REVIEW OF RESOURCES TO ENHANCE BEGINNING INSTRUCTION IN PIANO PEDAGOGY, Heather Nicole Brunner
The "Religious Gender Gap" and Presidential Approval, Jessica Lynn Bryan
The Relation of Personal-Emotional Factors to Career Indecision, Kristine Leigh Buelow
The Effect of Social Support on High-Risk Sexual Behavior and Substance Abuse Among Sexually Abused Female Juvenile Offenders, Allison Leigh Burke
CORROSION OF ROCK ANCHORS IN US COAL MINES, Gopi Bylapudi
The effect of a soy protein diet on attenuation of obesity-related pathologies in obese Zucker rats., James Cain
Linking Silver Carp Habitat Selection to Phytoplankton Consumption in the Mississippi River, Heather Ann Calkins
Using HAZUS-MH flood model as a floodplain management tool: Evaluation of river engineering effects on flood losses for the Middle Mississippi River, Megan L. Carlson
LIGHTWEIGHT TESTBED FOR EVALUATING WORM CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS, Ritam Chakrovorty
A COMPARISON OF THE ORFF-SCHULWERK MUSIC EDUCATION APPROACH, Ling-Yao Chang
GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF THE HERALD-PHILLIPSTOWN FAULT AND OTHER SHALLOW STRUCTURES NEAR CARMI, ILLINOIS, SHIBAJI CHATTERJEE
CROWD COGNITION, Antonis Christou
UNDERGRADUATES' PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THE FOREIGN ACCENTEDNESS OF INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS IN THE U.S.A., HSUN-YU CHUANG
Synthesis, Characterization, and Adaptability of Carbon Nanotube-Based Solid Lubricants, Amelia Heather-Sarah Church
LACED IN: THE COSTUME DESIGN FOR INTIMATE APPAREL, Elizabeth N. Clark
HOLY LAND, Matthew Clark
Separate Cells: An Exploration of Familial & Societal Relationships Between a Filmmaker Behind a Camera & Her Cousin Behind Bars, Melissa Coleman
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NEIGHBOR JOINING BASED APPROACHES FOR PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE, Maria Fernanda Correa
The Technical Direction of Lysistrata, Jesse O. Crouch
The Life Effectiveness of Wilderness Adventure Leaders, Cory Maria Dack
This Is Who You Are, Azizat Omotola Danmole
Risk identification and project approval: an importance-performance analysis of taxonomy-based risks in Information Technology projects, Tiago Ferreira Da Silva
MITOCHONDRIAL CONTROL REGION VARIATION AMONG THE SUBSPECIES OF SARUS CRANE (GRUS ANTIGONE), Ranajit Das
UPLAND-NESTING DUCKS IN THE PARKLANDS OF SASKATCHEWAN: THE EFFECT OF PREDATOR REDUCTION ON NEST SUCCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT, John Allen Dassow
Bicycle Facilities in Highland, Illinois: An Assessment of Potential Users, Suanne Davendonis
A Relational Frame Theory Approach to Understanding Perspective-Taking using Children's Stories in Typically Developing Children, Nicole Lynn Davlin
EFFECTS OF ACUTE THC ADMINISTRATION ON EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR RESPONSES IN HUMANS, Herman Augustus Diggs
WHAT YOU SAY AND WHERE YOU SAY IT: AN EXAMINATION OF INSTRUCTOR END COMMENTS AND STUDENT REVISION IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, Benjamin Michael Erwin
STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE STATE-THREATENED MARSH RICE RAT (ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS) IN ILLINOIS, Bryan Wayne Eubanks
Assessment of causal mechanisms on flood conveyance on the Tisza River, Hungary using one-dimensional retro- and scenario-modeling, Elizabeth Nicole Evanoff
Deinsititutionalization of Status Offenders and the Relabeling Process: A Paternalistic and Hydraulic Displacement of Discretion Perspective, Alecia Dawn Fehr
DIFFERENTIAL EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN SOCIALLY ANXIOUS INDIVIDUALS, Elliott J. Fitzpatrick
TAYLOR RULE IN THE NAMIBIAN MONETARY POLICY SETTING, Floris Fernanzo Fleermuys
AN OUTCOME-BASED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM USING HIGH GRANULARITY TESTS, ELECTRONIC EXHIBITS, AND A HYPERLINKED DATABASE, Brian C. Frank
EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND COVER ON WATER QUALITY AT THE WATERSHED SCALE IN THE LOWER KASKASKIA RIVER WATERSHED, Julia Dawn Friedmann
Visual Storytelling: The Lighting Design of A Raisin in the Sun, Michael Peter Frohling
Sex-specific Differences within the Central Melanocortin System: A Role for Estrogen, Rebekah Gallagher
A GIS APPROACH TO PRIORITIZE PRIVATE LANDHOLDINGS IN THE LOWER KASKASKIA RIVER CORRIDOR INCORPORATING MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT CRITERIA, Michael Dale Gaskins
PARAMETRIC STUDY OF FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS IN SUPERCRITICAL PHASE CARBON DIOXIDE, Jitendra Gautam
The influence of auditory cues on visual spatial perception, Joseph W. Geeseman
Meeting the Needs of Transgender Students: On Campus Students Perception of Gender-Neutral Housing and Restrooms, Jennie Kipp Gintoli
The Effects of the Chronic Administration of Nicotinamide in Traumatic Brain Injury, Andrea Goffus
Mapping the binding interactions between the ISW2 complex and nucleosomes, Abhishek Goil
A WOMB THAT WONDERS AS IT WANDERS: REPRODUCING THE HYSTERICAL SUBJECT, Lindsay Patrice Greer
Impossible Hunger, Laura Gross
Gender and Juvenile Drug Abuse: A General Strain Theory Perspective, Garrett E. Grothoff
MACROINVERTEBRATE AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS IN A REHABILITATED ILLINOIS RIVER FLOODPLAIN: SWAN LAKE, ILLINOIS, Darin Grulkowski
Autobiographical Performance Poetry as a Philosophy of [Authenticity], Benjamin David Haas
The Effects of Redirection on Disruptive Behavior in the Preschool Classroom, Carrie Haessly
The Prostitution Narrative: Revolutionaries, Feminists, and Prostitutes in Early American Literature, Margaret Bertucci Hamper
PARTICULATE MATTER YIELDS AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL PRODUCTION FROM ATMOSPHERIC BIOGENIC PRECURSOR MIXTURES, Meagan Lynne Hatfield
Routine Activities Theory: An Empirical Test in a Rural Setting, Eric Heiple
Modeling Floating Body Memory Devices, RAMYA HINDUPUR
COMPLETE SET OF ONE QUBIT QUANTUM GATES USING TWISTED RAPID PASSAGE, Melique Odell Hoover
FRAMING THE LIBERATION WAR OF BANGLADESH IN THE U.S. AND U.K. MEDIA: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES (LONDON), Mohammad Delwar Hossain
THE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON THE WATER QUALITY AND HYDROLOGY IN THE KASKASKIA RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES, Charnsmorn Hwang