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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Little gods : claiming worlds in postmodern literature, film, and online gaming, G. Christopher Williams

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Modeling and delineation of the five-year recharge areas for the Freeport Community Water Supply Facility, Stephenson County, Illinois, Sara L. Williams

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Redefining female identity in the American city : a study of selected twentieth-century American urban novels by women, Deborah Jeanne Zak

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The impact on China's economy of its accession to the WTO : a computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis, Hong Zhang

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Tool wear monitoring : a sensor fusion approach, Shu Zhang

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Evaluation and selection of robots for assembly, Zhiwei Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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The knowledge and experience deaf students have pertaining to the use of a professional sign language interpreter, Diane M. Ade

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Family-based group music therapy for children with autistic spectrum disorders : a treatment case study, Nicole R. Allgood

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Sequencing and characterization of pBM200 (9.1 kb) from Bacillus megaterium QM B1551, Gary A. Baisa

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The effect of client-centered counseling on client satisfaction during audiological hearing evaluations : a follow-up study, Kristen M. Barrer

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Mark Rothko's colorfield environments : metaphors of the sublime, Terri L. Birch

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Mating effects on behavior in two parasitoid wasps, Rebecca M. Bratzke

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An x-ray photospectroscopic analysis of a series of barium cuprate cage compounds, Douglas N. Bryhan

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Examination of two measures of attachment for school-age children, Patricia M. Campitelli

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Screening for risk of malnutrition in noninstitutionalized elderly based on psychotropic medication use, Delia D. Carper

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Wavelet-based image compression by successive vector quantization, Yi Chen

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Three-dimensional analysis of the evaporative laser cutting by using a boundary-element method, Patirop Chitrphiromsri

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Variation in reservoir-scale deformation of the Jurassic carmel formation through a structural transition in the San Rafael Swell, East-Central Utah, Ryan D. Christensen

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A non-metric study on the validity of homo heidelbergensis, Andrea Cossettini

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A comparison of breast pump usage on the duration of breast-feeding in a WIC population, Roberta J. Dagenais

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Using the Articulation Index and the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit for hearing aid decision making, Windy Dahlhauser

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3D deformation and curvature plots in thin sheets by a non-contact laser-based technique, Naresh Dasari

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Thai corporate culture : a case study in a Bangkok law firm, David A. Dayton

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Personality and team performance : the role of group processes, Rachel L. Frautschy DeMuth

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Fatigue life of aluminum beam under random vibrations, Vamshi V.M. Dhanikonda

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Creation of primers for polymerase chain reaction based determination of heterotic groups in maize, Joseph Robert Duider

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Expression patterns and functional characterization of members of the Drm1 gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana, Mary G. Dykas

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Petrology and geochemistry of alkaline volcanic rocks from the Possession Islands, Antarctica, Geoffrey A.J. Eargle

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Coping with school stress : relationships to children's social skills, peer status, and perceptions of social support, Jennifer A. Elting

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L'œuvre de George Sand face aux perspectives relativistes de notre epoque, Jean-Richard Etienne

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C62x refined C code benchmarking, Rui Feng

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Sigma-delta modulation noise shapers for the reduction of bit complexity, Matt Fish

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The paleopathology of the Krapina neandertals with specific reference to patterns of trauma, Janet C. Gardner

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Analysis and comparison of translations of Flaubert's Un cÅ“ur simple, Radhika R. Godbolé

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A comparative study of scheduling heuristics to improve the on-time performance of jobs at an electrical manufacturing facility, Douglas H. Grabenstetter

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Factors associated with number of sex partners in adult female victims of childhood sexual abuse, Jennifer M. Guimond

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Ontogeny of the modern human chin, Kelly Hattman

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Effects of split resistance exercise sessions on excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, Ken Hedrich

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Modal analysis of a tapered twisted beam under centrifugal load, Gregory E. Horihan

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The Foreign Language Learning Center at Northern Illinois University : a preliminary study, Christine M. Huhn

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Perceptions of helplessness regarding eating habits in college women, Christine B. Ingram

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Increasing satisfaction with amplification through the use of written information, Kelly R. Jepson

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The utility of direct and indirect measures of writing assessment regarding classroom academic performance and special education classification, Jennifer Jewell

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The use of autobiography as a teaching tool in adult contuing [sic] education : an exploratory study, Rebecca A. Johnson

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Analysis of 1985-1990 immigrant settlement patterns within metropolitan areas classified by migration characteristics, Doug J. Jones

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Composition, structure, and regeneration dynamics of an oak woodland in northern Illinois, Linda S. Jones

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A new home without ancestors : changes in ancestral beliefs and practices among Korean Americans, Jae-Hun Jung

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Transitioning to preschool : the role of child behavior and classroom relationships in early school adjustment, Corrie A. Kahan

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Variation in thermal biology as a function of body size in the plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix), James M. Kerfin

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Reciprocity : informal patterns of social interactions in a Cambodian village near Angkor Park, Sedara Kim

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A study of economic interdependence between Roman cities and rural areas : evidence from ceramics collected on survey in western Sicily, Ingrid Klune

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Effectiveness of nutrition intervention with a low-income population, Marianne Kolosi

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Cost-effectiveness analysis : evaluation of confidence intervals for cost-effectiveness ratio, Subash Krishnamurthy

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Modal analysis of Sandwich beams, Ziya Koray Kusculuoglu

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Compliance of registered dietitians to the Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2000, Danielle A. Lacina

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The Smith Site Privy : consumer choice on a 19th-century rural farmstead in Winnebago County, Illinois, Jessica A. Layton

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Specification of traits and skills required for effective telecommuting, Stacy J. LeFevre

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Numerical simulation of PCM-encapsulated heat sinks for electronic chips, Beimin Liu

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Selecting individuals who are deaf : does the traditional model work?, Hope J. Long

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The persistence of sharecropping in the Philippine sugar industry under agrarian reform, Scott M. Lueken

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Detection of child compliance : comparisons between mothers at high and low risk for child physical abuse, Brad Ward Lundahl

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A preliminary cox2 phylogeny of the Ochrophyta, Rebecca J. Maas

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Dynamic adjustable inertia absorbers : a feasibility study, Hadi Malek-Zehtab

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Effects of ice application on nitric oxide levels following rhythmic handgrip contractions, Paul J. Marvar

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An investigation of factors that influence glycemic control in children with Type I diabetes, Heather M. McCleary

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The physiological responses to skateboarding, Michael L. Mestek

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Theoretical issues in translating : Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris and Camus' La peste, Andrea D. Metzinger

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Analog peer pairing : peer perceptions of adolescents exhibiting behaviors characteristic of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Lisa L. Micou

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The impact of newborn hearing screener interaction style on parents' satisfaction, Kathleen L. Morrell

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Surface roughness measurement using laser speckle technique and statistical analysis, Srinivas Navuduri

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Attitudes about obesity : a comparison between health-related majors and other majors in university nutrition classes, Karen Neeson

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The effects of a five-part intervention program that stresses independent student learning on accuracy of student homework assignments in math, Tracy Oglesby

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Intracoder and intercoder reliability of the key element scores from the smart start locomoter skill key element checklists, Cheeri Davide Ong

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An archaeological and ethnohistorical investigation of the Wailuku Female Seminary : cultural contact and change, Jeanne A. Pepalis

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Content development comparisons between middle-school physical education classes and basketball practices, Michelle Petitgout

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Primary grade children's school adjustment in multiage versus single-age programs, Christine M. Pfeiffer

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Women laborers and domesticity in Central Java, Indonesia, Nita K. Purwanti

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Identification of base pair preferences for optimal cleavage : compensatory mutagenesis in positions Cs₄ and G₁₁ of the sCYMV1 hairpin ribozyme, Katherine Amanda Radek

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The effects of developmentally appropriate instruction and practice on preschool children's catching and striking skills, Ryan Regan

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Children's emotional understanding, Deborah J.P. Reyes

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Documentation of the one-person show of felted sculpture, Dana M. Rice

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PDO effects on winter temperatures in the United States Midwest, Michael T. Ritsche

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Outcomes of a cardiac risk reduction program with diet and exercise intervention, Cari L. Rivas

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The purchase of hearing aids : can the Articulation Index (AI) help?, Amanda J. Roth

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A comparison of two instructional methods to teach the phonemic awareness skills of blending and segmenting : stretch versus stop, Jana L. Roynon

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Circular statistics with application in biological rhythms, Susan Schmid

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Intraurban congestion-relief tunnels : a Chicago case study, Todd Schuble

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The design and implementation of a neutralized ion beam sputtering system for the deposition of La₀₈̣₁₅Sr₀₁̣₈₅MnO₃ magnetoresistive thin films, Roman Shaparenko

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Finite element analysis of heat generation and heated zones in laser-irradiated biological tissue, Ravi Kant Sharma

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Documentation of the one-person show of metal works/printmaking, Soon Jung Shin

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An application of internet GIS and temporal GIS to a digital history web site, Peter Siczewicz

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The convergence of sociolinguistic and regularist views of the two-norm theory in the evolution of French, Rachel Ann Siler

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A nutritional assessment of a mature adult population in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Diane M. Simon

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Implicit memory bias for panic- and depression-related information : an examination of representational and elaborative validity, Eric S. Snitchler

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Factors affecting white oak (Quercus alba) seedling establishment and growth in a northern Illinois woodland, Amanda B. Stan

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Speech de-reverberation by digital signal processing techniques, Dianwei Sun

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Smoothed bootstrappping for finite state Markov chains, Iuliana Teodorescu

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Reactions of boranes and carboranes with iron (II) chloride, Susan Ann Tomlinson

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An investigation to determine the effectiveness of Q-Ray bracelets as strength and flexibility enhancers, Deann M. Trapp

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Documentation of the one-person show of fiber : Undone, Cheryl A. Turnauer