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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Effects of exposure to an augmented acoustic environment on hearing loss in DBA/2J mice : frequency spectra and gender differences, Victoria S. Sundin

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Sacred sisterly secrets : a longitudinal study of twelve regional women artists, Loretta Swanson

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Photosynthetic responses of sugarbeet infected with beet curly top virus, Richard Swiech

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The design of an ODBC interfaced database programming model which accelerates unindexed data retrieval, Kranthi Kiran Thadakamalla

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A study of the effectiveness of regression test case selection and scheduling strategies in a system test environment, Christine C. Thiltgen

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Reliability and concurrent validity of the Anaerobic Speed Test and the Field Anaerobic Shuttle Test for measuring anaerobic work capacity in soccer players, Camille Thomas

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Flowing afterglow energy resolved mass spectrometry : the thermochemistry and reaction dynamics of dinitrosoamide and hypohalous anions, John William Torchia

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A calendar of selected letters of James Hanley from the Northern Illinois University Libraries, Amy L. Towne

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Violeta Parra, canto a la diferencia : un estudio de la obra de Violeta Parra en el contexto de la lucha de clases en Chile, Maria Alicia Vetter

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The gender behaviors of Filipino male homosexuals in metropolitan Manila within the era of cultural globalization, Keith W. Walter

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Teaching phonological awareness to at-risk learners in kindergarten and first grade : an analysis of four training programs, Jeanne A. Wanzek

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Evaluation of form tolerance using a linear approximation technique, Timothy P. Weber

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The relationship of the Borg Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale and Borg Category-Ratio scale (CR-10) to mechanical and physiological intensity of untethered freestyle swimming in trained swimmers, Gaby M. Wolff

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Performance comparison of NLMS-based adaptive single-user receivers for direct-sequence spread spectrum CDMA systems, Xing Xie

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An examination of white suburbanites' racial attitudes toward blacks, Jun Xu

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A simplification of the economic design of a joint ?X- and R-control chart, Shumin Zhang

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Fuzzy voice activity detection based on speech feature extraction techniques, Tao Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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An investigation of the effect of nutrition education on eating behaviors, Becky Andrews

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Optical and electrochemical properties of europium and chromium ions in the sol-gel matrix, Linda S. Bailey

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Emotion recognition ability in mothers at high and low risk for child physical abuse, Kristi A. Balge

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Medical nutrition therapy for children with special health care needs in a rehabilitation setting : a survey of third-party reimbursement, Cynthia L.N. Baranoski

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Trigger study for D0 upgrade, Bornali Bhattacharjee

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Prophet or profit : the rhetoric of John Alexander Dowie and the Christian Catholic Church, Wendy C. Blezek

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Spinal compression in the conventional versus the Sumo style deadlift, Andrew K. Bramer

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Alteration of ultraviolet light-induced HIV-LTR CAT activity by vitamin E and dimethylsulfoxide in stably transfected HeLa cells, Theodore R. Chauvin

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Speech compression and echo cancellation algorithm development for digital communication systems, Xi Chen

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The cult of motherhood in India : a case study in ideology, Jayeeta Chowdhury

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Locus of control orientation as a pre-existing schema in adults who are at high risk for child physical abuse, Heather A. Conyngham

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A cox2 phylogeny of representative marine Peronosporomycetes (Oomycetes) Lagenidium and Haliphthoraceae, Kevin L. Cook

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Reassessing climate information and services, Tamara G. Creech

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A policy study of the litigation process to end segregation in the Chicago Public Schools, Lorie H. Cristofaro

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Living on the edge : a study of marginality and criminality in Las novelas ejemplares, Debra Currere

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Dimensions of anxiety sensitivity and nonclinical panic, Brett J. Deacon

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Wendy Wasserstein, feminism and broadway : an uncommon combination, Gloria Dennison

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Weight training effects on body satisfaction of body image disturbed college women, Erica Depcik

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Applications of multirate signal processing techniques in echo cancellation and noise suppression, Ivan Dimitrijevic

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A comparison of the diabetes treatment satisfaction of individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus using carbohydrate counting or the exchange system, Steven E. Dolgin

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Descriptors of sound quality for normal-hearing subjects, Clare M. Dolter

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An explicit intervention package to improve decoding acquisition for first-grade students, Cynthia L. Drumheller

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The compliance of class 1A and 6A football coaches in Illinois to the establishment clause and its relationship to pregame prayer and moments of silence, Robert H. Dubicz

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Purification and characterization of an ATPase from Natronococcus occultus, a haloalkaliphilic Archaeon, Melinda Eddy

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Relationship among perceived stress, mood disturbances, and burnout in female club gymnasts, Erika L. Gatenby

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Gender differences in the prediction of mariytal [sic] violence, Corina Giurgea

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An assessment to establish if differences in eating patterns affect food choices of working males, Moira Macleod Gledhill

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Dietetic student's attitudes toward obese individuals based on the student's self-perceptions of weight, Angela T. Grassi

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Hominoid humeral torsion : an analysis of its ontogenetic development, Robert S. Grenda

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State-variable control of a loudspeaker system using digital signal processing, Linden M. Griesbach

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A comparison of the incidence of disordered eating symptoms of students using traditional meal plans with those using flexible meal plans in college residence halls, Mia Hahn

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Antecedent- and response-focused emotion regulation : a replication of instructional differences and extension to habituation and sensitization, Je t'aime Hood

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A partition based test to identify periodic events with application to quality control, Tatchi Ho

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Design and development of a floating-point DSP system with single input/output channel for DSP applications, Hareesh Janakiraman

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Finite element analysis of thermal effects in orthogonal machining, Ramprakash Jayaramachandran

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The influence of racial identity and possible selves on academic achievement, Chakeba L. Joiner

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The seariser year, Thomas Kelley

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Electronic configuration, splitting energies, and crystal field strength for Mn in LaMnO3, Alan Kersey

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The effectiveness of a community-based diabetes patient education program, Julie Ann Kirk

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The origin and dissemination of the fifteenth-century manuscript illumination motif, Bianchi Girari, Sean Danielle Kittrell

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The effects of shade, the diel cycle, and vertebrate and invertebrate predators on the behavior of larval Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois) (Odonata: Zygoptera), Peter M. Knysz

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Bodies as the text : reading body images as an enculturated text of domination, subordination, and resistance, Kaori Koike

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Coenzyme Q (ubiquinone) biosynthesis in Escherichia coli : isolation and characterization of ubiF mutant, Anna Kotsakis

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Lac du Flambeau : an historical, economic, and cultural analysis, Karen Kozlowski

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The effect of septic systems on groundwater quality in the Prairie Aquigroup and Alexandrian-Maquoketa aquifer, Campton Township, Kane County Illinois, Kurt A. Kraske

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The effects of a program of preferential selection on the newcomer socialization process, John T. Kulas

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Effect of antidepressants on weight change of long-term care residents, She Wei Lam

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Job satisfaction of hospital dietitians in the United States, Kimberly Landsberg

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Indications of health status in two late woodland sites in West Central Illinois, Donna K. Snyder Langford

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Olfactory bulbectomy does not affect conditioned inhibition of fear as measured with fear-potentiated startle, Laura Leal-Puente

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Doing gender in degendered places : men in a mental institution, Ophra Leyser

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Digital signal processing techniques for audio applications, Changpeng Liu

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Determination and development of procedures necesssary for the manufacture and testing of thin-film multichip modules fabricated on silicon substrates, Dmytro E. Marchenko

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The economic importance of textile production from the perspective of the weavers : a case study in Western Timor, Julie Ann Mauchenheimer

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The assessment of fundamental movement skill patterns of preschool children at risk for developmental delays in a traditional test setting versus a natural test setting, Tara J. McCarthy

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Where has all the farmland gone? : an analysis of a small-town community on the rural/urban fringe of Chicago, Christine J. McGuire

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The implementation of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 and the Illinois Education for Homeless Children Act of 1995 at the local school level, Susan B. McNichols

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Lieng Arak : a study of Khmer healing ritual performance, Chean R. Men

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The madonna and child motif in the photography of Jacob Riis, Lewis W. Hine and the RA/FSA photograhers Ben Shahn, Dorothea Lange, and Russell Lee, Gina Miceli-Hoffman

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An investigation of communicative politeness in the emergency medical technician-patient relationship, C. J. Miller

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Fluctuation conductivity in the presence of columnar defects, Joshua N. Milstein

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Coverage estimation of bootstrap confidence regions in R2, Abu Taher M. Minhajuddin

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Airport induced industrial land use change : a cartographic approach to representing change, Richard D. Minnick

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Group technology for injection molding, John R. Miskovic

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An analysis of the relationship between peace and communication, Kevin Mitchell

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Factors that influence nutrient intakes of middle-aged and elderly Korean Americans in Chicago and its suburbs, Hannah Mitter

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Cardiovascular exercise responses in children with traumatic brain injuries, Jennifer L. Montmarquette

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Perceptions of suicide symptomatology : the role of gender, empathy, and symptom display, Michaele A. Mueller

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The effect of phosphatizing reagents in the coating performance of an in-situ phosphatizing coating applied on cold-rolled steel, Carmen L. Muñoz

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The effects of ankle position on the isokinetic knee extensor and flexor strength of university advanced level dancers compared to university sedentary females, Denise C. Nakaji

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The acoustics of a Karen bronze drum, Laura Margaret Nickerson

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The role of active play in vocabulary acquisition, Lizalina Mohamed Nor

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Construction of a detailed pea genetic linkage map using recombinant inbred lines, Jay C. Olaszek

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Ball-bearing noise and vibration correlation to honing, James A. Parejko

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Design and implementation of a novel neural fuzzy control system for a multi-link robotic manipulator, Limin Peng

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Translating La Fontaine's Fables : three test cases, Dmitri Peskov

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Operational performance measures in a just-in-time environment, Robert F. Pierson

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Nurse-physician collaboration, Leslie M. Powell

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Hispano-Turkish literary, cultural, and political relations (1096-1499), Semra Prescott

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Mossbauer, resistivity, magnetization, and powder x-ray diffraction studies of colossal magnetoresistive La[sub 0.88] Sr[sub 0.12] Mn[sub 1-y] Fe[sub y] O[sub3] (y = 0, 0.02, and 0.04), Issam A. Qattan

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Image noise reduction using wavelet-based mathematical morphology, Yuan Qiu

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Cardiovascular surgical patients' respiratory responses to narcotic analgesia prior to extubation, Kimberley L. Renaud

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A functional approach to job attitudes : self-monitoring as a moderator of the effects of social information and job characteristics on job satisfaction, Joanne E. Roberts