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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Assessing the factors that influence the food choices of college commuter students, Amanda Miller

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A comparative analysis of primate first metatarsals : implications for Ardipithecus ramidus, Kristine Mitchell

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Characterization of the native microbial communities in the karst aquifer of Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Anni Moore

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Controlling AC motor using Arduino microcontroller, Nithesh Reddy Nannuri

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The games men play : how community college men use video games to construct masculinity, Eric J. Niemi

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Measuring adolescents' perceptions of academic social support : the relationship between academic social support, global social support, and level of functioning, Sonia S. Nowakowska

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The importance of pre- and postnatal thermal conditions in determining growth trajectories in three viviparous grassland snakes, Tanya K. O'Brien

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Using sample validation in auditing, A. Ochigbo

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An examination of impact fees in growing school systems, Ronald V. Pacheco

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Hand writing using SCORBOT arm, Jasvanth Satya Prabhakar Pakalapati

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www.speaktips.com : a website designed to provide public speaking articles through Weebly's content management system for the purpose of building a personal brand online, Jomin G. Panicker

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Exploring a statistical test for modality, James E. Petkus

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Gas-phase chemistry of tryptophan-based radicals, Andrii Piatkivskyi

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Investigation of the many oxidation states of vanadium for the purpose of making a rechargeable battery, Kathryn L. Pilson

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Blaschke products and parameter spaces, Katherine Plikuhn

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Performance evaluation of subcarrier mapping techniques for multiuser in presence of Doppler in LTE uplink, Kushal Kumar Ponugoti

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"Amorous ghosts" by Paco Ignacio Taibo II : translation of "Amorosos fantasmas" from the Spanish, Shevon Porter

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Measuring efficiencies in U.S. hospital mergers, Sandhya Radhakrishnan

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Assessing social and emotional skill development in early elementary students, David K. Rongey

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Teaching the Health at Every Size® curriculum to dietetics students : a look at anti-fat attitudes, Amber Marie Rosalez

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Integrating spirituality and religion with counselors-in-training in practicum : a look at competence and comfort level, Nikki Renee Ruffin

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Maximum power point tracking of a solar panel using a DC bus, Rithvi Reddy Sathapur

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Science fairs and Science Olympiad : influence on student science inquiry learning and attitudes toward STEM careers and coursework, Kathleen M. Schmidt

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A straw tube tracking detector for the New Muon g-2 E989 experiment, Mary Elizabeth Shenk

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Examination of middle school students' perceptions of including democratic practices in an environmental service-learning project, Eileen Anne Stocco

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"Wouldn't harm a fly" : an English translation of "Du mal a une mouche" by Anne-Lise Grobety, Anna Strozza

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"Unseen and unheard" : representations of mental illness in contemporary American immigrant literature, Ellen D. Stuart

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Lagrangian approach to minimize makespan of non-identical parallel batch processing machines, Nurul Mubinah Binti Suhaimi

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Perceived parenting style and self-efficacy for fruit and vegetable consumption among university students living on campus, Shannon Summers

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Exponential random graph models for multilevel networks, Daniel Tattersall

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Family expressiveness, adult attachment and communication patterns in intimate relationships, Vednidhi Tiwari Teeruthroy

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One-directional normally-on vertical silicon carbide (3C-SiC) MESFET on silicon (Si) substrate, Ramana Thakkallapally

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The relationship of sorority membership with body objectification and social pressure in sorority women at a Midwestern university, Hannah Elizabeth Tower

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Sensing and analysis of angular vibrations of tremor, Divya Uppuluri

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Performance evaluation of fixed and variable zero padding length in ultra-wideband receiver design using MB-OFDM based on ECMA-368 standard, Geetha Varna

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Assessing social problem solving and frustration tolerance in early elementary students, Catherine G. Wang

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Exploring hegemonic perspectives of Midwestern yard-spaces through art education, Nan Waterstreet

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Eating attitudes and reasons for exercise among physically active college female students, Ann Weber

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RNA silencing suppression activity of the proteins encoded by the brome mosaic virus RNA genome, Philipp Heinrich Weber

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Impact of post-mortem alternation on oxygen isotope values of diatom silica, Wilson Wiedenheft

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Exploring faculty beliefs regarding teaching African American freshmen to interpret social cues at a minority-serving institution, Concetta A. Williams

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Destructive leader behavior : assessing public school leader behaviors and workplace attitudes, Daniel Scott Woestman

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Inhibition of the MEP pathway : design, synthesis and evaluation of IspF enzyme inhibitors; Synthesis of PDE4D partial inhibitors and exploration of atropisomeric analogs, Zheng Zhang

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Investigation of silicon Lewis acidity and design of a novel silicon Lewis acid catalyst scaffold, Matthew Edward Zielinski

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Parametric-resonance ionization cooling for muon beams in the twin helix channel, James Anthony Maloney

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Shadows of Burma: The Politics of Identity on the Thai-Burmese Border, Shahin Aftabizadeh

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Charge density estimations for particle beams based on orthogonal polynomial series, Danairis Hernandez

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Differential algebraic methods for space charge modeling and applications to the University of Maryland Electron Ring, Edward W. Nissen

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The Relationship Between Community College Student Engagement and Student Usage of Online Social Networking, Douglas Olson

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Taps and Trills in Manchego Peninsular Spanish: Acoustic Analysis and Phonological, Dialectal, and Sociolinguistic Implications, Jason Eugene Roller

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Next-generation fragment separators for exotic beams, Laura L. Bandura

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Evaluation of protons' most likely paths in inhomogeneous phantoms for proton-computed tomography, Kent Jiann Dar Wong

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Online case studies and critical thinking in nursing, Sharon M. Abbate

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A study of the implementation of an information system in a college of education, Syed Abedi

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The significance of the instructional medium : a phenomenological analysis and interpretation, Christopher T. Adamsick

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The effects of peer-mediated goal setting and performance feedback on curriculum-based measurement indices of written expression, Julianna M. Alitto

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Measurement of σ(pp̅ ⟶ tt̅) in the τ + jets channel by the DØ experiment at run II of the tevatron collider, Mikhail Arov

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The effects of a career counseling intervention on career related self-efficacy of South Asian immigrant women in the United States, Naveeda Athar

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A historical investigation on the establishment and development of higher education in Jordan, Marzoq F. Bataeineh

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Identifying characteristics of nurse educators in academe, Georgine Menton Berent

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Experiences affecting academic success for African Americans in a predominantly white community college, Robert A. Berry

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Moving to a new requirement : how are career and technical education teachers holding provisional certificates perceiving new policies?, Patrice C. Boyles

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Evaluation of factors for depression and suicide in a community sample of adolescents: The role of body image, disordered eating, parent and peer support, and self-esteem, Amy Marie Brausch

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Effects of amphetamine treatment on behavioral recovery from neglect in rats, Miranda M. Brenneman

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Urban African-American students: What is the effect of advisory participation in the adolescent years—grades 8–9?, Joyce V. Brown

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Web-enhanced teaching among post secondary faculty : levels of adoption and teaching beliefs, H. Jean Bryan

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Therapeutic effectiveness of light deprivation on allocentric spatial deficits and hemispatial neglect following bilateral and unilateral destruction of posterior parietal cortex in rats, Karen J. Burcham

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Measuring the effect of feedback on the technical trainer's assessment-development competency, Mark Michael Burke

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Conflicting expectations : the politics of housing reform in Cook County, Sharon P. Caddigan

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Classification methods for primitive table algebras of dimension 4, Todd Alcott Corley

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A longitudinal analysis of social support, victimization, and outcomes, Lisa Marie Davidson

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Sembene's Xala : alternatives to the representation of Africa in colonial and neocolonial novels and films, Okaka Opio Dokotum

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The effects of a paired reading intervention on the reading fluency of second graders, Cynthia L. Drumheller

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Sex, lies, and partner choice : an investigation into perceived mate value and its factor structure, content, concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validities, John E. Edlund

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Production of stereoselective anti-amino acid antibody fragments by molecular biological techniques, Pierre Paul Eleniste

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The politics of unfunded mandates : the intergovernmental fiscal relationships and political structure in China, Yongmao Fan

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Interpreting ambiguous child behaviors : the role of automatic information processing in child physical abuse risk, Maria-Magdalena Farc

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Preparation and characterization of antibody-based stationary phases for the separation of structurally related small molecules, Elliott Javier Franco

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Student learning through situated use of 3-D modeling and animation software in a high school art class, David Vincent Gill

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Computational simulation studies of RPE65, alpha crystallin, and ABCR, Hao Guo

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A conversation with Jessica : a dialogic inquiry into the developing literacy practices of a beginning teacher and a reading specialists, Lana J. Haddy

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A study of the principalship : performance indicators of leadership standards and the work of principals, Peter William Hannigan

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An analysis of vocabulary and comprehension knowledge growth of first-grade English-language learners using an instructional package, Susan R. Hinrichs

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The development of an instrument to assess the usability of courseware, Louvenia D. Hollins

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Student involvement, experiences, and perceptions in study abroad programs, Tammy Lynn Holmes

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Diary study of the relationship between sexual risk taking and strategies for reducing negative affect, Nicolette L. Howells

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Commensurate effect in superconducting niobium films containing arrays of nanoscale holes, Jiong Hua

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Examining the hidden curriculum in water safety education for African Americans, Gail H. Ito

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Integrated computer technology in a Catholic elementary school : a study in the dynamics of change, Thomas F. Jackson Jr

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"Us and them" : the changing boundaries of acceptance and exclusion for incoming ethnic, religious, and racial groups in Rockford, Illinois, 1880-1933, Christopher Jaffe

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Narrating choices: The significance of technique in the work of Sarah Orne Jewett, Willa Cather, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston, Caresse A. John

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Lost opportunities for emergent literacy development: A comparison of the literacy environments in subsidized and non-subsidized child-care centers, Julie Tucker Kallenbach

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Strategic business planning and human capital staffing, Christina A. Kamer

Partitioning: A grounded theory investigation of instructor mathematics philosophy shaping community college mathematics courses, M. Joanne Kantner

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Ethnic identity of Turkey's migrant Kurds in urban provinces, Seda Kartal

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Art education pedagogy and practice with adolescent students at-risk in alternative high schools, Lisa Kay

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Correlates of assistive technology use by students who are visually impaired in the U.S.: Multilevel modeling of the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study, Stacy M. Kelly

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Novice teachers and knowledge acquisition : reminiscent reflections of experienced teachers, Kyoung-Ae Kim

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Teacher instructional practices, student mathematical dispositions, and mathematics achievement, Phillip K. Kisunzu

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Is there a schoolhouse gate in cyberspace? : the extent of public school officials' authority over student cyberspeech, Steven Douglas Koch