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

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Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Sensorless speed detection of PWM-fed asynchronous machines using spectral estimation techniques, Ashish Batra

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The effects on groundwater chemistry of longwall mine subsidence at two sites in Southern Illinois, Lawrence Paul Bertsch

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Internal structure of the 800 area landfill, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, from integrated geophysical measurements, Christopher J. Black

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Effects of marine-ending glaciers with tidewater termini on fjord water properties, Steven E. Bograd

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Group interpretation : the adaptation of literary work with To kill a mockingbird as an example of the adaptation process, Jill M. Bonavia

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Contamination of intra-arterial flush solution as related to the interval between changes, Tammy J. Boxleitner

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Risk for disease and weight perceptions among college-age African-American and white women, Kelly J. Brasseur

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Effects of time pressure and task complexity on the emergence of group structure, Thomas M. Brown

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King Herod the Great and his palatial complex at Caesarea Maritima, Ralph R. Burin

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Charles Ephraim Burchfield, "proto-postmodernist" : a stylistic re-evaluation, Josephine E. Burke

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Modal analysis of the violoncello, Eric Bynum

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Dual-channel equalization and cross talk cancellation for audio applications, Gregory H. Canfield

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Out-of-band overshoot in narrowband active noise control system, Shaojie Chen

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The effects of a moderate dose of caffeine on female endurance runners, Kimberly L.T. Cokeley

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Foraging responses of the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) to changes in prey abundance, Douglass M. Cooper

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Validation of a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder in college-age women, Melissa R. Cross

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Development and implementation of speech enhancement techniques, Ming Dai

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Benthic communities and the potential fossil record at polar glacier grounding lines, Michael Dawber

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Identification of protein binding factors to epidermal growth factor receptor gene mRNA, Michael A. Defranco

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Design and construction of a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, Pralhad B. Desai

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The Ngandong of fossil hominids : a morphometric analysis of the cranial base and its implications for the origins of modern humans, Arthur C. Durband

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Listening to women's narratives of breast cancer treatment : a feminist approach to patient satisfaction with physician-patient communication, Laura L. Ellingson

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Land use management conflicts : when multiple jurisdictions employ incomparable land use data, Mary A. Elliott

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Anxiety in adult, intubated, mechanically ventilated patients : an expert validation study, Susan A. Ford

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A web of aliases : birds in the art of Joseph Cornell, Tamara H. Fox

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Interaction of exercise and a high-carbohydrate diet versus a high-monounsaturated-fat diet on the glucose and lipid metabolism of women with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), Ifigenia Giannopoulou

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Determining political and economic context through a comparative analysis of settlement pattern and architectural style at Chunchucmil, Yucatán, Mexico, Sharon Kyle Gilbert

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Evaluation of others : the role of thought complexity, group identification, group membership, and information valence, Melvin E. Gonnerman

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Time series analysis of summer hot spells in northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin : an application for utilities, Scot Richard Hamilton

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Studies on the light/dark regulation of rubisco associated with metabolism of phosphorylated inhibitors, Jongyun Heo

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The influence of conscientiousness and goal orientation on performance of a complex task, Kelly D. Higgins

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Regional osteoarthritis patterns : an examination of late woodland trends in West-Central Illinois, Nicole J. Hitzemann

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Time domain simulations of metal-cutting systems with experimental verification, Brian Hoefler

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The effects of fetal ethanol exposure on the role of IGF-1 in growth hormone feedback in the postnatal rat, Tamara Holtzman

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Jazz in the age of replication : music and the education of the arts, Daniel B. Hudson

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Jane Doe (and other stories), William J. Jablonsky

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Edgar Degas and the monotype print : a private engagement, Caroline Aimée. Jensen

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Understanding selected behaviors of a boy with pervasive developmental disorder while participating in movement programs : a case study, Kevin K. Juhas

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A comparative study of grassland passerines in Whiteside County, Illinois : conservation reserve land vs. conventional no-till cropland, Kevin Milton Jury

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Supraorbital reduction from archaic to modern Homo sapiens in the Near East, Alisa C. Kaylor

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Isamu Noguchi : the early years, or, how to survive as an artist in parlous times : the sculptor struggles with social, creative, patronage and art critical forces during the Great Depression, Sumiko Keay

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The use of physiological and psychophysiological techniques to set exercise intensity in children, Robin D. Koning

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Health consequences of prolonged bottle feeding among low-income preschoolers in the WIC program, Mary P. Krisco

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The use of soil acidification treatments in the correction of interveinal chlorosis in pin oaks, Darian E. Landolt

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Student's and mothers' perceptions of suicide risk and helpfulness of suicide intervention strategies, Alison Lang

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Reforming mathematics education : a defense of Mortimer Adler's Paideia proposal, James E. Little

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Applications of wavelets in digital communications and signal processing, Tianfang Liu

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The Levitron as an energy storage device, John A. Lockwood

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The association between health care professionals' nutrition knowledge and the nutrient intakes of their children, Karri L. Looby

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A comparative analysis of selected Western-European/American and Ukrainian women-centered thinkers : implications for women's education, Antonina Lukenchuk

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The Tala system, percussion instruments and an interview with a mrdangam vidwan of South India, Stephen M. Lurie

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Hydroclimatic influences on sediment delivery : a study of rates of reservoir sedimentation in a Pacific Northwest watershed, Jeffrey S. Luteyn

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Ab initio studies of pericyclic reactions involving phosphorus substituted alkenes and alkynes, Peter Magdalinos

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Improvement in visualization and isolation of staphylococci from environmental and clinical samples, Susan Malekpour

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Tertiary carbonate biostratigraphy of northwestern Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, Jana McClain

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Effect of hand dominance on ear of first report during dichotic listening in children, Yvonne Evans McHugh

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Development of a multimedia computerized test for an anatomy and physiology lab : a pilot study, Lisa M. Mehlig

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Triphenylamine containing LED polymers with variable conjugation lengths for control of color emission, Eva I. Montgomery

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Women's culture and the theme of isolation in Jewett's The Country of the pointed firs, Chopin's The Awakening, and Wharton's Ethan Frome, Karen S. Moreton

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Case study of an ecotourism development project in Celestún, Mexico : houshold and community level investigation, Eileen M. Mueller

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The effect of exercise on body fat and nutrient intake in men with quadriplegia, Hollis Myers

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A finite element analysis of high temperature effect on moisture transport in porous materials, Haiying Niu

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The supraorbital region of early Homo : implications for multiple taxa, Mark Oetjens

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Interaction of infant feeding practices with infant sleep habits : maternal attitudes, beliefs, and influences, Michelle A. Pelkey

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Surface free energies of binary mixtures composed of hydronated and deuterized alkanes, Ted B. Peterson

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Family based treatment as experienced by families and clinicians, Amy M. Pierce

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Characterization of the reaction between cytochrome c peroxidase and potassium fluoride, Sharon L. Pokropinski

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A methodology for dynamic planning of road service during a snow fall, Damodaran Purushothaman

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Variation in body size and relative head dimensions in water snakes : sexual dimorphism, geographical variation, phenotypic plasticity, and performance, Alejandro Queral-Regil

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A multimedia approach to document image processing, Addepalli Padmanabha Rao

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Work-family conflict : a unidimensional construct?, Anne E. Reither

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Vibrational modes of two violins, Mark A. Roberts

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The influence of physical attractiveness on teachers' evaluations of student problem behavior, Jennifer E. Rodemaker

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Understanding prosecutorial decision making involved in the processing of domestic violence cases under a mandatory arrest policy, Cassandra A. Rousonelos

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The nutritional knowledge of Northern Illinois University athletes, Amy E. Sabatino

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Die dominierende Frau in dem Romanwerk von Theodor Fontane, Frieda G. Schultz

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Mood following emotional crying : effects of differential processing, David J. Sells

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Text comprehension during reprocessing : an examination of an ordering hypothesis under differing levels of resource consumption, Joseph T. Serio

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Comparison of speech enhancement techniques, Chinmay Shah

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Divalent cation permeability and block of a Ca[^2+]-permeant nonselective cation channel involved in angiotensin II stimulation of aldosterone secretion, Katherine A. Sheehan

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Effectiveness of the Food guide pyramid, the Nutrition facts food label, and work-site wellness programs in the task of making healthy food choices, Nancy T. Sheehan

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Measurement systems analysis : a study of awareness, use, and effectiveness of methods for compliance to QS-9000 amoung North American suppliers and assessors, Gordon A. Skattum

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The attitudes of registered dietitians toward the titles nutritionist, dietitian, and medical nutrition therapist, Paul A. Skinner

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The use of a food instead of supplement program in a long-term care facility, Teresa B. Smith

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Visual manifestations of kingship during the reign of Akhenaten, Susan Gayle Stelford

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Upper Pleistocene hominid postcrania from Mlade? Cave, Moravia : a descriptive and comparative analysis with respect to current models of modern human emergence, Trent C. Stockton

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Voice characteristics of sustained vowels amoung women of different ethnicities, Zoraida M. Suarez

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The Internet and U.S. national security : cyberspace's technological impact on our national perspective, Donald W. Thomas

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A novel thermal conductivity measurement of fluids with changing and anistropic structure due to shearing flow, Haibo Tong

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An ndh9 mitochondrially based phylogeny of the Oomycota, Chi N. Tran

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Behavioral and electrophysiological effects of exposure to an augmented acoustic environment in adolescent/young adult DBA/2J and C57BL/6J mice, Jeremy G. Turner

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The effects of outcome-based critical pathways in home care on post-home care health resource use and patient satisfaction, Lisa K. Van Dyck

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Predicting attachment quality from maternal reports of stress, parenting, and affect, Robert Weis

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Molecular species of local anesthetics in drug transport across membranes, Taolin Wei

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Dramatic productions at the middle school : meeting the needs of the young adolescent actor, Reddy Royse Wilson

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The influence of teacher gender-type on teacher attributions and expectancy for student success, Jennifer M. Witek

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Analysis of laser heating of materials using Green's function method, Hong Xia

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Determinants of the propensity for trip chaining : a case study in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, Qing-Yu Xiao

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Preparation, crystallization behaviors, and properties of magneto-resistive powders and thin films, Shu-jung Yang

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Financial and operational performance measurement and evaluation for improved decision analysis, Christos T. Zachariades