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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Reconfigurable Microfluidic Circuits through Modular Surface Driven Microfluidic Diode Valves, Selina Cervantes

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Structural Violence and Cooperation for Survival: Exploring Livelihood Strategies In Rural Mexico, Luis Chavez

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Systematic study of projection biases in Weak Lensing analysis, Prudhvi Raj Varma Chintalapati

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Bioanalytical Studies of Disease Protein Profiles: MALDI-ToF MS, Prajkta Satish Chivte

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Examining the Feasibility of Identifying Tau Neutrino Charged Current Events in the DUNE Far Detector, Sarah Choate

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Fourth and Fifth Grade Reading Teachers' Perceptions of Differentiated Reading Instruction, Amanda Lee Clark

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Princes, Princesses, and Socialites: Feminism and Class Transgression In Hollywood Romantic Comedies, Justina Marie Clayburn

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Young Adolescents’ and Parents’ Attitudes and Perspective Taking About Appropriate Mobile Phone Use, Stephanie Jean Cleary

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Serious Conduct Problems and Callous Unemotional Traits In offending adolescents: Unique and Shared Contributions of Parenting and Community Risk, Elizabeth R. Corning

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artificial Intelligence and Multi-Physics approach for Electrocoagulation Parameter Selection, Adam Cotton

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An Exploration of The Relationship Between Physical Therapists’ Pyschological Characteristics and Feedback Methods, Dustin Cox

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Diagram affordances and Their Impact on Students’ answers about Rivers and Groundwater, Daniel R. Curtis

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Materials and Electrochemical Interfaces for High Energy Density Sodium Metal Batteries, Olusola John Dahunsi

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Structural analysis of Polar aggregates and Inter-Ionic Distances in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Emily Elizabeth Dalbey

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Contractions of Simple Continued Fractions, Nicholas J. Davis

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Computational Modeling, Simulation, and Potential Applications of Optical Stochastic Cooling, Austin J. Dick

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The Impact of Race on Quality of Life of the Aged After Heart Transplant Or Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support, Jerian Dixon-Evans

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Perceptions on Detracking Secondary Mathematics Classes and individual and Collective Teacher Efficacy Beliefs for Teaching in Heterogeneous, Inclusive Classes, Melissa A. Dudic

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Evaluating the attention Training Technique as a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Fear-Based Psychopathological Symptoms: a Randomized Controlled Trial, Benjamin John Ellem

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"Killers who Preach": Horror and the "Victorian" Culture Text in the Modern american Musical, Amy Erickson

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Discovery of Acetyl CoA Synthetase and SARS-CoV-2 Protease Inhibitors, Taiwo Elijah Esan

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Using Machine Learning to Predict Student Outcomes, Saba Fatima

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Uruguayan Parents' Perceptions about Educational Segregation in Uruguayan Public Elementary Schools: a Case Study, Natalia Fernández

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Does Where You Meet Your Partner Influence Relationship Satisfaction? An Investigation of Online Dating in The LGBTQ+ Community, Brooke M. Fornetti

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Performance Patriotism: The State Council of Defense, The Illinois Women’s Committee, and The Role of The State In World War I Illinois, Joshua David Fulton

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Food Fan Academy: Boosting Informal Educators Abilities to Use Food as a Teaching tool, Kelly Furr

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Examining Early Word Recognition instruction: Synthetic Phonics vs. Analytic Phonics, Jenelle Gallagher-Mance

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Materials and Interfaces of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion, Siyuan Gao

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Three essays on the effects of parental income and labor supply on child health and labor market outcomes., Kassahun Mamo Geleta

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The Relationship Between Fully online Gateway Science Courses and Student academic Performance in Health Career associate Degree Programs at Regional Community College, Mukesh George

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Creativity in the Workplace: A Matter of Chaos or Cohesion?, Cody T. Gibson

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Grey To Green: The Impact of Environmental Policy on Us Crime Rates, Kassandra Gonzalez

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Convection Allowing Simulations of Hail in Historical and Future Climate Epochs, Jillian Rose Goodin

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Christianity and Mental Health Counseling: Voices of The Black-Negro American Experience, Kyle Preston Goodwin

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Analysis of Localization algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Binary Data, Alexander Joseph Hart

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Optimizing Battery Performance: Investigating the Long-Term Impacts of Bidirectional Battery Management Systems on Battery Cells, Drue Nathaniel Haskins

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Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Acetyl CoA Synthetase Inhibitors, Michael Emmett Heene

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The Ambiguous Loss of Alcohol Use Disorders for Affected Family Members: Can Al-Anon involvement and Psychological Flexibility Make a Difference?, Giselle Hernandez Navarro

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Evaluation of a Math and Medication administration Proficiency Program in a Pre-Licensure Nursing Program, Dianne J. Hoekstra

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Synthetic Methodologies Using Nucleophile-Electrophile Chemistry, Jacob C. Hood

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Retention of Teachers of Color in Predominantly White Suburban Schools, Jessica Lynn Hurt

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Teacher Turnover in Urban Schools: A Comparison of Illinois Traditional Public and Charter Schools, Taquia M. Hylton

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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: an Understanding of How To Educate Black and Latinx Students, Darius Jackson

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Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Surrounding Culturally and Linguistically Responsive assessment Practices for Dual Language Learners, Rebecca Lynne Jarzynski

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Coulomb Blockade-Mediated Field Emission Sources Using Ultra-Nanocrystalline Diamond, Jevin Jensen

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Understanding The Impact of Illinois’ Evidence-Based Funding Law: An Examination of Spending for The First Three Years, Christopher T. Johnson

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Design and Synthesis of Acetyl CoA Synthetase-1 Inhibitors, Theodore Cormac Jones

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Feasibility, Acceptability, and Clinical Effectiveness of Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Virtual Clinically Integrated Practice Model for the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in an Outpatient Setting: A Comparative Study (Face Study), Simi Jesto Joseph

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People with Disabilities, Poverty and Social Cash Transfers: The Politics of Financing Disability-Inclusive Social Protection Systems in Kenya, Tyson Odoo Juma

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Advancements in Engineered Nanomaterial Synthesis for Selective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts and Fundamental Electrochemical Studies of Lead Acid Batteries, Jacob Kaelin

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Visualizing Dynamic Multivariate Networks, Bharat Kumar Kale

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The Future of Extreme Windstorms in the United States: Insights from Convection-Permitting Simulations, Kristie Kaminski

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Applications for Functional Data Analysis, Kacy D. Kane

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COVID-19 Stress and Parenting Practices: Maternal Stress and Emotion Regulation Strategies, Jordan R. Kaye

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Family Routines and Parental Warmth as Potential Protective Factors on the Relation Between Housing instability and Child Outcomes, Joanna Keane

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A Test and Extension of Workplace Inclusion Theory: Clarifying Relationships among Organizational Inclusion Practices, Employees’ Feelings of Inclusion, and associated Well-Being and Work Outcomes, Robert T. Keating

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Simulations of Electro-Optically Sampled Arbitrarily Shaped Electron Bunches for Wakefield Acceleratiors, Spencer Joseph Kelham

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Surface Modified Titanium and Doxycycline Loaded Pcl/plga Nanofibers for Improved Cellular interaction and Biocompatability, Dexter D. Kling

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I. design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of The Human Phoshodiesterase-4 and Fungal acetyl Coa Synthetase Enzyme Inhibitors Ii. evaluation of Biological activity of Kenyan Medicinal Plants, Chaitanya Kondam

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Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Rare- and alkaline-Earth Manganese- and Nickel-Based Perovskite Oxides, Elena Krivyakina

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The Perspective of Financial Aid Personnel on Middle-income Student Loan Borrowing, Nicole Lacognata

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Parent Involvement and Student Teacher Relationships in Predicting Student Outcomes, Riley Laffoon

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Engineering pH-Dependent Antibody interactions Through introduction of Linked Protonation Equibria Within The Antigen Binding interface Or Linked Oligomeric interfaces, Tosha Laughlin

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Dynamic Overnight Effect on Next Day Stock Market forecasting, Thomas J. Lee

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Insight into the Nanostructure of “Water-in-Salt” Solutions: A SAXS/WAXS Study on Imide-Based Lithium Salts Aqueous Solutions, Xinyi Liu

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Evaluating the Impact of Bitcoin on international asset Allocation using Mean-Variance, Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR), and Markov Regime Switching Approaches, Mohammadreza Mahmoudi

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OCD and Scrupulosity Symptoms in the LGBTQ+ Community, Katherine Hurley Mangen

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Methods for Investigating Geo-Stem Learning Ecosystems: A Case-Study of Illinois Earth Science Teachers, Cheryl L.B. Manning

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Exploring Social-Emotional Supports in Preschool: A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Preschool for All - Expansion Program, Hailey Alixandra Manzano

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Food Security, Factors Influencing Food Acceptance, and Preferred Food Assistance Delivery Modalities: A Survey of Students Attending a Medium Sized, Primarily Residential Emerging Research institution, Amy Caroline Martin

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Intergenerational transmission of parenting: Does emotion regulation buffer the effect of negative early care experiences on the cortisol stress response and subsequent caregiving?, Erin Rochelle Mckay

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A Single-Case Alternating Treatments Design Utilzing Quantitative Electroencephalography to Observe and Measure Mental State Trends During individual Participant Non-Nature-Based Small initiative Adventure Therapy Experiences, Patrick Lane Robert Mcmillion

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Why Does UN Peacekeeping Fail to Disarm and Demobilize Warring Parties in Intrastate Conflicts? A Cross-Case Comparative Analysis of Cambodia and Angola, Socheata Meas

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Using Machine Learning to Search for Vector Boson Scattering at the CMS Detector During Run 2, Mark Mekosh

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Macroeconomic Factors influencing foreign Direct investment in Some Selected Countries in Africa, Richard Essel Mensah

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Design and Cold Test of A Metamaterial Accelerating Structure for Two-Beam Acceleration, Dillon Christopher Merenich

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The Relationship Between Loneliness and Experiential avoidance after Implementation of a Self-Compassion Intervention, Alyssa Mielock

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Black Male Sense of Belonging at Predominantly White Institutions, Christopher M.d. Mitchell

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Social Media, Gender, and Cancel Culture in The Punk Scene, Elizabeth Alexandra Mitchell

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Prioritized Object Detection Integrating Fuzzy Logic Risk assessment and Planned Path., Khatereh Mohammadi

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Measuring the Impact of Youth Research in the US Policy Documents, Miftahul Jannat Mokarrama

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Dietitians’ Self-Efficacy for Implementation Strategies and Evidence-Based Practice Guideline Implementation Behaviors: A Mixed Methods Study, Lisa Moloney

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What a Difference a Day Makes. a Qualitative Case Study on Student Experiences of Involvement In Clubs and Organizations During Covid-19, Luevinus Muhammad

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Police Response To Same-Sex IPV a Qualitative approach, Lena Fae Mutchler

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Vanadium Partitioning Between Magnetite, Hematite, and A Hydrothermal Fluid: Implications for Iocg and IOA Deposits, Jeremy Raymond Nederbo

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China’s "greek Gift" To africa: a Myth Or Reality, Chibuzo Uchechukwu Victor Obasi

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Tagalog and English Core Communication Boards for Tagalog-English Bilingual Children in the Philippines, Vianca A. Ocampo

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The Role of Machine Learning and Network Analyses in Understanding Microbial Composition in An Experimental Prairie, Ali Eastman Oku

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Patterns of Co-optation and Repression in Autocracies: Lessons from Cambodia and Beyond, Limeng Ong

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Fidelity In Which School Districts are Prepared To Implement Their Reunification Plan In The Event of Tragedy Or Emergency, Mark E. Orszula

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Design and Development of a Smartphone App for Health Monitoring and Alerts for Farm Workers, Omer Oztoprak

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Homeobox Transcription Factor HBXA Influences Expression of Over one Thousand Genes In The Model Fungus aspergillus Nidulans, Sandesh Sharma Pandit

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Characterizing VHH Domains as Stabilization and Oligomeric Control Modules, Niyati Patel

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Study of the Dynamics of Glasses Using Nuclear Resonance Time Domain interferometry, Marc Pavlik

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Association Among Select Conditions for Learning at The School Level, Academic attainment, and Academic Growth in Reading, Cederrall Petties

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Alignment and Range Verification in Proton Therapy Using Proton Radiography and Proton CT, Joseph Piet

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Computational Studies of The Effects of Substitutions on Silatranes and Ring Strain Energies, as Well as Determination of Aromaticity and Complexation in Polypnictogen Analogues of The Cyclooctatetraenyl Dianion, Alexander Stuart Pixler

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¡Puedes Hacerlo! A Qualitative Case Study Exploring the Experience of Latina Community College Students With Aspirations to Transfer, Sandra Pizano

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Analysis of the Effect of Surface Roughness in additive Manufacturing on Thermo-Hydraulic Performance by ML Models supported by Physics-Based Modeling, Kaylen A. Platt

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The Dances of the Presidency, Robert Chapin Poyser