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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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A biocultural understanding of overweight and obesity among Filipino Americans, Cynthia Geronimo Paralejas

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Cardiovascular responses in older adults using different grips on an elliptical trainer, Prashant V. Patil

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Machinability of 1020 steel using HSS drill bits with MQL, Gurudutta Manohar Pawar

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The effects of two instructional strategies on the development of the golf swing, Aaron M. Pembroke

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On the Krylov subspace solutions of matrix equations in control theory, Wujian Peng

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Implementing the circle of courage as a behavior modifier for youth in a residential living community, Laura B. Perales

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Varieties of syncretism in Philippine indigenous healing, Jeffrey W. Petersen

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An exploratory investigation of the construct validity of experiential avoidance, Scott M. Pickett

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Attachment anxiety and the activation of strategic words in a lexical decision task, E. Brook Pope

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Understanding participation in online courses : a case study of online interaction, Noppadol Prammanee

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Effects of frequency separation on rate of convergence in multiple-frequency periodic noise control systems, Ajay Bose Puvvala

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Effects of apomorphine on hemi-inattention and extinction deficits in rats with unilateral medial agranular cortex lesions, Billy Pyter

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A Nash equilibrium approach to dynamic power control in CDMA systems, Mohammed Qasimi

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Effects of thought suppression on adult victims of sexual assault with and without symptoms of PTSD, Mandy M. Rabenhorst

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Sensitivity analysis and robustness of decision-making processes, Sandhya Radhakrishnan

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The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on physical health in women with histories of childhood sexual abuse, Ukha L. Rampersaud

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Why family matters most : Montesquieu and Tocqueville on the political significance of the family, William Troy Reddinger

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Effects of written disclosure on experiential avoidance, emotional expressiveness and psychological well-being in college students, Madhavi Keesara Reddy

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The nineteenth-century photographs of Désiré Charnay : images and interpretations of pre-Columbian past, Brian A. Reis

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A brief intervention targeting self-focused attention and safety-seeking behaviors in social anxiety, Kerry A. Renner

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Hearing-impaired children's social/emotional understanding skills, Deborah J.P. Reyes

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Ubiquinone (Q) biosynthesis in Klebsiella pneumoniae : evidence for the formation of 4 hydroxybenzoate from tyrosine, John Robbins

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Post-Pleistocene glacial retreat, colonization routes, and geographic variation of the northern watersnake, Nerodia sipedon, in the Great Lakes region, Jace W. Robinson

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A case study about the perceptions of effective building-based professional development, Victoria M. Ross

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Comparison of the psychometric properties of a modified version of the children's attributional style interview and the children's attributional style questionnaire-revised in a sample of fifth and sixth grade children, Sandra Yu Rueger

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Examining social support and academic self-efficacy in Indian American and Caucasian American undergraduate students, Purva J. Rushi

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Heart rate and perceived exertion responses to power yoga asanas, Karen M. Rzesutko

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The effect of opportunity cost, level of cooperation, and social value orientation on preferences for structural solutions to the N-person prisoner's dilemma, Traci L. Sachteleben

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Immigrant family attitudes toward education and adolescent performance in school, Adina T. Salmansohn

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Identifying deterrents to continuing professional development : a study of workplace learning and performance practitioners and their participation in professional associations, Mary Samardzija

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Relating surface dew point temperatures to mesoscale convective complexes, Michael A. Sandstrom

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On the dynamics of household consumption over a life cycle : theory and evidence, Debarshi Sanyal

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Fundamental frequency estimation for music signals, Megan Sarver

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Investigating the importance of land cover on evapotranspiration, Charles H. Schaffer III.

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360-degree feedback : motivation for leader development, Amanda R. Seidler

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Statistical inference in meta-analysis in the presence of publication bias, Naarsha D. Sewraz

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Social influence on probability judgements and the puzzling stylized facts in markets, Hammad A. Siddiqi

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A comparison of square wave and multi-resonant filament preheat topologies in electronic fluorescent lamp ballast, Kushal P. Singh

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The body and the self in social psychology : an alternative approach, Joseph Peter Skala

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"The liberty of killing a deer" : histories of wildlife use and political ecology in early America, Andrea L. Smalley

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Building design elements that influence interpersonal violence and promote student safety and security : opinions of rural Illinois public high school principals, Roy E. Smith

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Ecomorphology of the largest terrestrial mamalian predators and a biomechanical constraint on their body mass, Boris Sorkin

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Becoming an intercollegiate athlete : an investigation into the process of role transition experienced by freshman athletes, Sue Spielbauer

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The glass transition in thin supported polystyrene films, Jarrett Stark

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Team teaching and the democratic classroom, Ivy D. Sukenik

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Perceptions of the use of a hiring interview protocol : a case study of one Illinois school district, Beth Sullivan

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Design of a high-sensitive closed-loop analog accelerometer with digital feedback, Vishweshwar Rao Suram

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Structural investigation of melanins, Aneta Szczurowski

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Learning from hypertext : the influence of reader goals, comprehension ability, and desired learning outcomes, Michelle Christa Thruman

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Adaptive multirate CDMA interference cancellation using a subspace-based approach, Srinivas Totapally

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Epitaxial thin films of Sr₂FeMoO₆ : synthesis, growth, and characterization, Srinivas Totapally

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Validity of maximal oxygen uptake predictions made by the Polar S810i heart rate monitor, Michael Turner

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Exo-polyhedrally substituted thia-, phospha-, phosphathia, and carboxy carboranes : a structural and synthetic investigation, Arun K. Vadali

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Pureza e hibridez racial en Celia Valdés, de Cirilo Villaverde = racial purity and hibridez in the novel Celia Valdés, by Cirilo Villaverde, Armando Valdés Rivera

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Analysis of current sense noise in a current mode-controlled flyback converter, Anath Parthasarathy Vankipuram

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The formation and electron transfer of covalently crosslinked cytchrome [sic] c Peroxidase and cytochrome c complexes, Thanarat Viriyakul

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Finite precision error analysis and applications of fast algorithms in linear prediction theory, Ravi Bhaskar Vompolu

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Ecological aspects of grassland bird communities at Nachusa Grasslands, Stacie Lynn. Voss

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Information costs and voting in Thailand : explaining party- and candidate-centered patterns, Napisa Waitoolkiat

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The political economy of privatization : a comparative study of Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan, Cheng Wang

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Biochemical study of mechanism of damage to the retinal pigment epithelium, Zhen Wang

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Marginalization of adult basic education in the workforce preparedness collaboration : a case study of representation and negotiation in a local interagency partnership under the workforce investment act of 1998, Wendy D. Warnken

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Working together? : an examination of a multicultural Thai office, Jennifer Weidman

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The influence of Lilian G. Katz on early childhood education : an oral history, Lauren A. Wellen

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Towards further purification of the brome mosaic bromovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, Hanna Izabela. Wierzchoslawska

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Predicting pro-gay activism with the theory of planned behavior, Wayne W. Wilkinson

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The effect of mentoring on the leadership practices of principals in large unit districts in Illinois, Susan Baker Wolfe

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Die design improvement using inverse extrusion simulation and polymer-scintillator viscoelastic properties, Dan Wu

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CFD analysis of free convection along an isothermal vertical duct, Lan Wu

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Virtual factory simulation : to plan and design a prototype factory floor and simulate its processes, Haritha Wunnava

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Individual differences in the representation of mental activities, Xu Xu

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Active vibration control using multiple sensors, Susmitha Yandamuri

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Frequency-domain active sound quality control algorithms and applications, Ravi Kishore Yenduri

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Accoustics of Korean percussion instruments : pyeongyeong and pyeonjong, Junehee Yoo

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Structural analysis of scorpion a [alpha]- and a [alpha]-like toxins that bind to Na⁺ channels, Nanjia Yu

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A comparison of muscle activity between straight-bar and both unilateral and bilateral dumbbell bench press, Yousef A. Zamat

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Effects of child physical abuse on adult emotion recognition abilities, Maha H. Zayed

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Identifying scale-dependent management zones in corn fields : an application of geographically weighted local statistics and geostatistics methods, Haojie Zhu

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Les transformations du Don Juan de Molière dans les littèratures Europèennes du XIX siècle = transformations of Molière's Don Juan in the European literatures of the nineteenth century, Nataliya Zimmerman

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Modeling of small-signal and large-signal nonquasi-static gallium nitride (GaN) MESFET, Gauthami Arikatla

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Menogogy as the art and science of becoming a crone : changing perspectives on women, aging, and adult education, Linda K. Armacost

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Using artificial neural networks in heart rate analysis to optimize the recovery period, Ali Akbar Asadi

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Evaluation of straightness tolerance using an iterative procedure and artificial neural networks, Ali Asghar Asadi

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Bond energies of weakly bound radical cations, John Matthew Bailey

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Seeking support to cope : evaluation of support-seeking behaviors in adolescent males and females, Jennifer Elting Barg

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Visible acousto-optic tunable filter hyperspectral imaging for inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, Ling Bei

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Study of new silicon photodetectors for a linear collider digital hadron calorimeter, Dimitri Benzosko

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Where the boys are : a content analysis of gendered power and dominance in a sample of academy award-nominated films, Tracy E. Bochenek

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An investigation of the social support network of injured athletes, Kari M. Borseth

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Parental influences on bullying and victimization, Michelle Koren Boswell

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Does this magazine make me look fat? : media's impact on body image, depression, and eating attitudes in women, Amy Marie Brausch

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An analysis of the assumptions of the linear discrepancy model in group decision-making, Mary Elizabeth Braz

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A persistent frontier : external influences and local traditions in the Pativilca Valley, Peru, as reflected in ceramic style, Rebecca E. Bria

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Application of sol-gel technology for the fabrication of optical sensors for hazardous metal ions and chemical warfare agents, Jason F. Brinkley

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The relationship between learner-centered techniques and student motivation in an extended-time schedule, Jolie A. Burns-Casey

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Comparison of the growth in key early literacy skills between preschool students without disabilities in an inclusive classroom and students who are in a non-inclusive classroom, Jennifer L. Butler

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Predictors of multicultural sensitivity in dietitians, Lisa Butterworth

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A new approach to prefetch the web cache, Amarjeet K. ChainSingh

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Adaptive MMSE receiver for multirate CDMA systems with a rate-switching scheme, Vinod K. Challapalli

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Design of a high efficiency preconditioner circuit for high input voltage and high output power, Pooja Chandran