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

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Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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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

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Female adolescent soccer players : a physiological profile, Jennifer L. Rose

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The effect of multimedia text on comprehension and memory, Michelle C. Schleich

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Documentation for the creative thesis motion picture : the plot against me, Brian L. Shelton

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Elucidating the catalytic mechanism of the hairpin ribozyme, Richard Shippy

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Influence of shade and artificial vegetation on the avoidance responses of bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus) in the presence of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), Christopher G. Shirkey

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Consumer satisfaction at the Silver Lining Clubhouse, Susan J. Simmons

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Are social identity and common fate really possible for women? : the conception of a women's group, Jolene L. Skinner

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Measurement noise in feedback active noise control systems, Anupama Srinivasa

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Injury prevalence in athletes with physical disabilities who are between the ages of nine and seventeen years, Christine Anne Stefely

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Assessing the impact of a community's land-use planning initiatives on development pressure in neighboring communities, Stephen F. Steiner

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Relationship between the change in navicular drop and perception of pain in dancers, Melissa J. Stevens

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Environmental impacts of golf course construction and maintenance on Carya Ovata (shagbark hickory) and soil properties, Bobbi L. Stojanovic

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Crime in the Chicago suburbs : a look at community structure, Kevin G. Strahs

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The effect of physicians' physical activity recommendations on the activity level of older adults, Cheri L. Stuart

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Creation and characterization of FixL truncations and mutations, John S. Sullivan

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Brownfields : applying the analytical hierarchy process to promote redevelopment, Steven Richard Swenson

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Stability analysis and design of a class of uncertain nonlinear fuzzy systems, Bo Tan

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An ethnographic study of foreign travel and its impact on the foreign-language student, Nancy C. Teichmiller

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Hydrothermal systems at Volcan Santa Maria, Guatemala, Sharon Templeton

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Fatigue life of aluminum beam under random vibration, Sailesh Kumar Thakur

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Attitudes toward computers and job satisfaction : an analysis of textiles, apparel, and merchandising graduates, Deborah M. Thom

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The search for mainstream feminist theatre: : a critical analysis of the plays of Catherine Butterfield, Jennifer M. Thompson

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Research and development of a silicon nitride wear plate for axial piston pumps and motors, Scott M. Thomson

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Chemical restraint : perceptions of nurses working in long-term care, Jennifer A. Thurmond

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Impact of a childhood history of physical abuse and social support on aggressive behavior and attributions in male adolescents, Randi M. Tolliver

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The Thirteenth generation : negotiating identity under the corporate state, Christine E. Tuhey

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Nutrition facts labels : are they understood?, Dawn R. Turner

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Spirit intermediaries in northeast Thailand : an investigation of changing ritual roles, Arpapirat Vallibhotama

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Effects of selective destruction of the dorsal central striatum on directed attention in rats, Thomas M. Van Vleet

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Feminine cycles of life in art : challenging and changing tradition, Kenlyn R. Vass

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The characterization of three heat storage materials for a solar oven : pentaerythritol, pentaglycerine, and neopentylglycol, Saul Vesonder

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French and linguistic power, Shane L. Viccinelli

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Design and simulation of an efficient hardware architecture for still image compression applications, Srikanth Vijayaraghavan

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Development of a message protocol stack for use in modems, Arvind Vishnubhatla

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Flowing afterglow energy resolved mass spectrometry : thermochemical investigations of formic acid-halide clusters and group 15 tetrachloride anions, Barry Walker

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A comparison of the food intake of students using traditional meal plans with those using flexible meal plans in college residence halls, Cami S. Wells

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The influence of wrist and forearm position, handle diameter, and grip exertion on palmar hand force distribution, Brenda L. Weyers

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An experimental investigation of temperature distribution in machining based on simultaneous infrared and thermocouple-based measurement systems, Yi Yang

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Dynamic modulus of urethane, Sarat Kumar Yellepeddi

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Neandertal noses : a descriptive and comparative analysis of the nasal morphology of the Krapina and Vindija Neandertals, Todd R. Yokley

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Correlation between analytical result and experimental results of mode shapes, Tao You

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Analysis of the pulsed high-power laser cutting process by using finite element method, Jingwei Zhang

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FIR and IIR adaptive filter structures, Lifeng Zhang

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The application of neural network in logical operation, nonlinear system identification, and acoustic echo cancellation, Xiaowen Zhang

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Sensorless speed detection of induction machine drives using Goertzel algorithm, Tong Zhao

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A-phi scintillation counters in the D0 detector upgrade, Jill C. Ziegler

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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A ChebyShev-based computational method for the dynamic analysis of robotic manipulators, Nadim Ahmed

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Max Beckmann's Departure triptych, tradition and transcendence, Lara Nadine Allison

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Freedom of truth and expression in modern Christian art : toward an essentially evangelical perspective on a faith-based aesthetic, Julie Babb

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An analysis of the remainder terms of an asymptotic expansion of the mean integrated square error of a kernel distribution function, Edsel R. Baker

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Ab initio study on pericyclic reactions involving heteroatoms, Abhiram Bapat

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The remedy of love : Noia and Desir in the sonnets of Louise Labé, James P. Benn

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Gross motor abilities of children with high-functioning autism, Sheri L. Berkeley

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The impact of urban geography on conventioneer spending patterns : a case study of Cincinati, Ohio, and Charlotte, North Carolina, Wynne M. Bickhaus

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Analysis of dam construction and the resulting downstream channel width changes, Shawn Aaron Blobaum

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Context, racial/ethnic background, and gender : a test of the traitedness construct, Aaron U. Bolin

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Factors related to eating attitudes of pregnant women, Christina M. Bowen

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Beyond the ending of maternal absence in A New-England tale, The wide, wide world, and St. Elmo, Sarah Brusky

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Thermal storage via a solid-solid phase change material in an incubation oven, Richard pages Burnell

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Quality of life in retirement : a composite model, John J. Cahill

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Application of the extended Grunwald-Winstein equation to the solvolysis of dimethyl chlorophosphate and dimethyl chlorothiophosphate, Jeffrey S. Carver

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Print media and Olympic athletes : Sports Illustrated's portrayal of female Olympians in Los Angeles and Atlanta, Mara F. Cassells

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Wavelet-based image enhancement, Qian Cheng

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Near-lossless data compression, Judit Cinkler

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'O ka mea hea ka paiko o kahikinui? = Which is the Pico of Kahikinui? : a primarily ethnohistorical perspective, Patty J. Conte

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Alchemical symbolism in the art of Anselm Kiefer, Michele L. Czernik

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Making "sense" of teatime : an interpretive analysis of prototypical and fabricated speech communities, Brenna A. Dale

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Economic design of X control charts : evaluation and implementation in manufacturing, Christopher R. Dausman

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Structural changes in the femur associated with subsistence strategies : an examination of inter- and intra-population skeletal variation in Illinois' prehistory, Matthew John Davis