Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses published by Northern Illinois University through The Graduate School.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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The relationships among collective efficacy factors and achievement in Illinois high schools, Matthew E. Haug

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Associations between Myers-Briggs personality dimensions, eating disorder diagnoses, and eating disorder duration, Tiffany Mei Haug

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"Strong, and I adapt myself" : Saudi women and English language learning, Ashley Steele Heiberger

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Reader identity development : a multiple case study of adolescent reluctant readers participating in a ninth-grade, free-choice reading intervention class, Michael P. Henry

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Physical processes at polar and temperate grounding zones, Timothy O. Hodson

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Creating a leadership model framework for art education : examining leadership philosophies, techniques, and practices of art education leaders, Li-Hsuan Hsu

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(Re)Inventing mathematical logic : a case study of set-based meanings for conditional truth, Alec William Hub

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Illinois's performance evaluation reform act (PERA) and its effect on the dismissal of teachers for unsatisfactory teaching performance : a review of related litigation, Kristin M. Humphries

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Fabrication and modelling of porous silicon schottky diode, Janani Jayabalakrishnan

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Paint expressions : effects of an art program on cognition, quality of life, communication, and behavior for individuals with dementia, Tertia Jeppson

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A lagrangian relaxation approach to a multi-echelon consolidation of perishable products, Durga Ravi Kiran Jinagam

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Optimizing bolus calculator sensitivity setting using self-organizing map neural network, Eric Johnson

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Examining the association of hypermasculinity and bullying : what is the role of homophobia?, Caicina Jones

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Embedded processor for remote laboratory development, Hemanth Kumar Kachadimangalam Ramakrishnan

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Radiation damage in Hamamatsu multi-pixel photon counters, Jacob R. Kalnins

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Physical activity levels, physical activity choices, and social interactions of preschoolers with and without a disability, Seokheon Kang

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Contextual stress and infant emotion regulation : the buffering effect of positive parenting, Meghan Justina Kanya

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Modeling and simulation of a hybrid PV/wind/battery storage off-grid power system, Tareq Kareri

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Interparental conflict and adolescence : the cognitive-contextual framework, Christine Rachelle Keeports

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News media coverage and source selection in U.S. foreign policy debates : the case of Iran deal, Mehrnaz Khanjani

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ROS-based control of a manipulator arm for balancing a ball on a plate, Khasim Ali Khan

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Design and mechanical stability analysis of the interaction region for the inverse Compton scattering gamma-ray source using finite element method, Andrei Khizhanok

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Women lie and other myths : how rape myths impact attributions of blame in a rape case, Kathryn R. Klement

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When they say, "Where is your God?", Carmen Klopfenstein

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The association between body esteem and school engagement : the role of victimization as a mediator, Jacqueline Klossing

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Teachers' perceptions of professional development for one-to-one technology integration in an elementary school setting, Megan Knops

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Practical elicitation methods for the voice range profile, Ann Kolker

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Glutamine transporters in human hepatocellular carcinoma and in the EMT6 mammary tumor and adjacent stroma in the syngeneic BALB/c mouse model, Clare Kron

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The relationship between teacher induction and teacher satisfaction, Charles A. Kyle

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Implementing social and emotional learning standards in a high school setting : a case study, Kimberly Melton Lechner

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Matching effects of personality traits in individual assessment : an investigation of the similar-to-me hypothesis, Camille Heneghan Lee

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The effects of Mg, Al, and Fe on diagenetically induced phase changes in biogenic opal-A : implications for diatom silica [delta]¹⁸O values as a paleoenvironmental proxy, Audrina D. Lehman

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High school science teachers' interpretations and perceptions of reform and literacy in the discipline of science, Rachel A. Lesinski-Roscoe

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Investigations of biologically relevant free radicals utilizing novel gas-phase analytical techniques, Michael Lesslie

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Gender queer representation in The box spring, Kim Likier

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The effects of utility value interventions on self-discrepancy accessibility, objective self-awareness, and interest, Meghan I.H. Lindeman

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Relationships among principal leadership behaviors, teachers' motivation, and teacher job satisfaction, Thomas C. Lind

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Cultural influences on Taiwanese environmental non-governmental organizations' strategies and on public perceptions of their strategies, Li-Yin Liu

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Bayesian semiparametric accelerated hazards model for arbitrarily censored spatial survival data, Yanjun Liu

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Piercy, pop music, and the patriarchy : feminist activism in the sung and written word, Andrea Lohf

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A trauma analogue study investigating the role of attentional shifting in emotion regulation, Melissa J. London

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Spatial-temporal change point detection problem for dependent data, Khulan Luvsandash

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Portraits of low-income African-American mothers' involvement in suburban schools, Rachael Loeb Batchu Mahmood

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The development of a new comprehensive measure of school climate and associations with school leadership, Christopher J. Maier

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Isolation and characterization of SLF genes from a BAC library representing the s-locus of Petunia axillaris, Allison T. Makulec

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Violence and heteronormativity in gay-themed films, Anna-Marie Malley

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Klynac : compact linear accelerator with integrated power supply, A. V. Malyzhenkov

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An examination of the pyrite-gold and arsenopyrite-gold systems : implications for hydrothermal gold deposits, Matthew Francis Mann

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Fundamental study of two-phase flow in the porous media of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), Kyamra Marma

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Race, ethnicity, economics, and federalism : state sentiment regarding noncitizens from 2009 to 2014, Timothy Marquez

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Gender differences in verbal and non-verbal communication in mixed-gender groups, Jasmin Martinez

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Essays in bank competition and lending behavior, Genuine Martin

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An examination of vocabulary acquisition by kindergarten English learners, Judith L. Matuszewski

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The impact of the Microsoft Office PowerPoint program on students with medical conditions in a home and hospital program, Vicky McClure

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The effect of disgust exposure on specific phobia symptoms, Kathleen S. McCraw

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Design and analysis of beamline components in Fermilab Mu2e experiment, Austin J. McElderry

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Teaching multiplication facts during physical education : the effects on third-grade student academic development and on teacher perception, William Dale McGuire

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Communicating church branding through anniversary services, Kate E. Mead

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A preliminary investigation on hardness performance of LENS-processed 316 stainless steel (SS), Sri Sai Kartheek Meka

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Influence of school librarians as change agents : strategies using the power of digital tools for creating change, Sara Meyer

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Exploration of the lived experiences of chronic pain sufferers : an interpretative phenomenological investigation, Margo Danielle Milano

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Form and function : settler women as cultural conveyors in narratives of the early frontier, Rowenna Miller

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The impact of commitment on risk recognition in sexually violent dating relationships, Jennifer Milliken

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Essays in labor economics, Sepehr Moghareh Abed

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Study of oxide film formed on aluminum electrode in aluminum-air battery, Abdul Kaleem Mohammad

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A generic memory design for a memoryless metaheuristic with the application of flowshop scheduling problem, Shayan Mohammadi

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Study of thermal history in hollow cylinder under laser-assisted machining process using FEM, Mujahid Mohiuddin Mohammed

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A utility-value intervention : will it help Hispanic parents to motivate their adolescents in mathematics?, Margaret Molenda-Lesniak

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Economic base changes in counties impacted by military base closures, Andrea D. Moore

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Development, control, and application of the o-Hydroxychalcone/flavanone molecular switch scaffold, Brian Matthew Muller

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L-Tryptophan hydroxamic acid derivatives as Burkholderia pseudomallei IspF inhibitors, Chante Ashley Muller

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More than we imagined : toward a map of beliefs and attitudes about creative writing, Kelle Sills Mullineaux

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The relationship between body image and eating patterns in collegiate cross country runners, Justine Myers

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rtfA controls development, secondary metabolism, and virulence In Aspergillus fumigatus, Ryan Myers

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Computation of common normal between wheelset and rail : a comparative study, Khashayar Namiranian

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Developing champions in the classroom : a critical examination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's division I's policies and procedures for academic success, Randi Napientek

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Decentralization and public service provision in Indonesia : influence of the middle class, Ronnie Rahman Nataatmadja

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Voices of Latina/o parents : sending a child to college, Karla Neal

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"The second barrel is nearly always fatal" : rhetoric in the three trials of Oscar Wilde, Kurt Neumann

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DBHGT : the fungal horizontal gene transfer database, Marcus Nguyen

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The relationship between advanced placement course completion and college readiness, John Novak

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The effect of temperature on the formability of commercial pure titanium foil, Alexander Nunnally

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Students' attitudes and perceptions about writing : what do they think?, Michelle L. Olson

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Associations between eating behaviors and body image of women during the postpartum period, Erika Oltmanns

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A multiple case study : gauging the effects of poverty on school readiness amongst preschoolers, Melissa J. Onesto

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Old English elegies : language and genre, Stephanie Opfer

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Educational journey of first generation, foreign-born immigrant students in the U.S. : transnational experiences and the role of cultural capital in pursuing higher education, Gulshirin Orazova

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Sequential Monte Carlo macroeconometrics, Shawn Osell

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Metagenomic analysis of deep-branching firmicutes and new representatives of known genera from the Calumet wetlands, a highly alkaline environment, Jay T. Osvatic

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Severity of illness, parenting, and child psychological adjustment : exploring the associations among mothers with multiple sclerosis, Emily Elizabeth Padgett

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Core leadership practices or prior classroom teaching experience and their value when hiring building principals, Patti Palagi

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Does evaluation affect teacher self-efficacy? : a qualitative investigation into the effects of evaluation on teachers' sense of efficacy, Anthony J. Palmisano

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Role of urdA in regulation of development and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans, Sandesh S. Pandit

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The foundations of modern democracy : Machiavelli and the pursuit of greatness, Katherine Paton

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Approximate Bayesian computation in nonparametric Bayesian models, Erina Paul

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A comparison of variance and Renyi's entropy with application to machine learning, Adric M. Peccarelli

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School counselor clinical supervision : an exploration of relationships between supervision training, professional experience, professional identity, and site supervisor self-efficacy, Tracy Peed

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The art of transformational leadership : a study of Sun Tzu's strategic philosophy applied to managing civil service employees, Jesus N. Perez

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Helping users learn about social processes while learning from users : developing a positive feedback in social computing, Venkata Sai Sriram Pillutla

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Development of the Self-Directed Learning for Exercise Scale (SDLES) and the Education Resource Assessment (ERA), Tim Piper