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

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Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Design optimization of a scroll compressor, Niel S. Janamanchi

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The multifaceted Mesopotamian goddess Inanna/Ishtar as experienced in mythology and art, Maria Teresa Jarén

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Error-path modeling technique for active transformer noise control system and residual noise shaping experiments, Xuhua Jiang

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Schools are for children : a comparative study of discipline with dignity and assertive discipline, Julia M. Johnson

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Investigation of recombination light generated from trapped ions in the Fermilab Accumulator, Dale V. Keehan

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Teaching philosophy in the classroom and its promotion of critical thinking in students, Susan M. Kirwin

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An analysis of the student assistance program for at-risk students at Madison Junior High School, Dixon, Illinois, and suggestions for curriculum improvement, Jennifer R. Koch

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A JPEG code generator utility, Vyjayanthi V. Kodagi

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Image sequence compression by motion estimation and compensation, Raj M. Kumar

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Locating common yard intermodal hubs in Chicago : a model for rail ramp locational analyses, Stephen C. Laffey

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The effects of fatigue on the knee flexor\extensor ratio, Naomi Laird

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The sculptures of the parapet of the temple of Athena Nike and their relationship to the Peloponnesian War, Christine Lazaris

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Hegemony and national identity in Indonesia, William H. Leggett

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Development of a novel subband based acoustic echo cancellation for teleconferencing, Jingyuan Liu

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A novel adaptive notch filter for howling control and an IIR-lattice algorithm for acoustic echo cancellation in teleconferencing applications, Lei Liu

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A numerical study of non-Newtonian laminar flow in rectangular ducts, Lei Liu

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The Chatsworth Avenue model : a study of educational change at the school level, Lori A. Lodico-Borchert

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Kin recognition in the Guinea baboon (Papio papio), Colleen M. Lynch

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Association of fat distribution pattern to eating behavior, weight history, and weight loss intentions in obese women, Suchitra Mani

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The development of sexually dimorphic sensitivity to growth hormone feedback of the Clonidine-induced growth hormone surge in the rat, Gary J. Maszak

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Stable and radioactive isotopic study of chilled margins and dikes in the Nain complex, Labrador, David L. Mayer

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Theodor Fontane's landscape descriptions in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg : a question of style, Margo L. McIntyre

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A comparative study of the two-sided Shewhart chart using runs tests and the two-sided Cumulative Sum chart using runs tests, Anshuman Mehrotra

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A relative measurement of the longitudinal neutron flux produced in high-energy hadronic showering in iron, Edwin Mierkiewicz

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Solitude chosen : images of introspection in the work of Andrew Wyeth, Jeff F. Mishur

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Effects of reducing usual protein intakes in female bodybuilders, Wendy J. Missey

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The potential for landfill gas to impact ground water quality, Harry H. Morris

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Genetic variation among swine lines from domestic swine breeders, Sasha L. Morrow

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Serbian immigrants in the Chicago area : assimilation and maintenance of two cultures, Smiljana Budimir Mrksich

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REE systematics of sulfide-sulfate deposits and sea-floor substrates at sediment-starved and sediment-covered spreading centers in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, John E. Murnane

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Ligand chase studies as a probe of binuclear core structure in bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase, Sunjani Nannapaneni

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Design strategies for potentially superconducting organic polymers incorporating TTF and BEDT-TTF moieties, Mamatha Narayana Moorthy

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The development of graphical and input state linearization techniques for the design of controllers for chaotic systems, William F. Nordlin

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The effect of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy on serum lipids, iron, zinc, magnesium and copper levels among African-American women, Leah A. Petrizzo

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A comparison of soil properties in conventionally-farmed, alternatively-farmed, and never-cultivated soils, Caroline Quinlan

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Linguistically structured teaching of Spanish phonology : its facilitation of Spanish-language learning, Mary L. Randall

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The lemon, an investigation into its uses and implications in seventeenth-century Dutch still-life paintings, Blaine Reece Redemer

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Nietzsche's existential/aesthetic doctrine of eternal recurrence, Donald A. Ringelstein

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The recA and lexA genes of Bordetella pertussis, Clinton S. Robison

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Ryan Playground : a history of a local nursery school program in River Forest, Illinois, Cecilia H. Ryan

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The physiological effects of CAPS enerzymes on endurance performance of competitive cyclists, W. Kemp Schanlaber

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Heterosexist discourse and the critics : gay stereotypes in New York theatre reviews, Dennis C. Schroeder

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Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, the forgotten anthropologist, Kay Shelton

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Development of electrocatalytic cermet gas sensors using thick film technology, Erika L. Shoemaker

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The lactation consultant : an emerging profession, Shirley R. Smith

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Design and implementation of an integrated teleconferencing system, Dinakar Sosale

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The Krapina Neandertal temporal bone morphology : a morphometric and ontogenetic analysis, Patricia L. Sothman

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Ruthenium tetraoxide catalyzed electrooxidation of cyclic amides, Sharadha Subramanian

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The relationship between religious orientation and drinking patterns among Catholic college students, Daniel P. Templin

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Byzantine religious expression : manifestation of humanistic elements, Bojan Terzic

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Protein structure and function : a case study of HIV-1 protese cleavage capability by neural networks, the four ?-helix bundle motif stability and flexibility, and site-directed mutagenesis of cytochrome C peroxidase, Thomas B. Thompson

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Characterization of stationary phases in gas chromatography using linear solvation energy relationships, Wentong Tian

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Moral education for secondary education in the twenty-first century : an analysis of the educational philosophy of David Purpel, Michael D. Tice

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Engineering tool development utilizing interactive multimedia, Thomas L. Valent

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Effect of sodium bicarbonate ingestion on athletic performance : an updated meta-analysis, Christopher N. Van Vleet

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Effects of feedback on sexual aggression in hypermasculine males, Jason S. Vass

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Feedback active noise control systems, Dipa Vijayan

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A quantitative assessment of the supraorbital region in modern Melanesian crania, Christopher J. Vinyard

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The effect of rapid weight loss/weight gain on muscular power of intercollegiate wrestlers, Phillip E. Voorhis

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Flight nurse orientation practices of air medical programs, Peggy L. Wagner

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Synthesis, structure and properties of Ca-doped La[sub 2]CuO[sub 4]-based single-layer high-T[sub c] superconducting copper oxides, Zhonghui Wang

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Differences in anthropometrics, body composition, and food intake between chronically active and sedentary postmenopausal women, Marilyn L. Wareham

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The effect of pre-control on small lot size manufacturing, Michael J. Wayman

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Isolation of a lipoxygenase cDNA clone from Medicago sativa, James M. White

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Buddhism before and after the Cultural Revolution, Fang Xin

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A new method for determining power losses and heat capacity in a solar oven system, Zhenchang Xiong

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Artificial neural system architectures for image processing, Yuhan Xi

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Use of temperature to selectively probe the cytochrome a and a? centers of bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase, E. Serap Yergul

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Using the technique of color image processing to highlight the differences between the positive and pseudo-positive cyto-architectonics, Jian Zhang

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Using artificial neural network for image processing, Wei Zhang

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Electronic structure and bonding in ZnS with transition metal impurities, Liping Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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A policy proposal for universally available public education for four-year-olds, Margaret J. Abel

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The transitional nature of the late Neanderthal mandibles from Vindija Cave, Croatia : a comparative, descriptive, and metric analysis, James Chapin Ahern

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A new method for tomographic reconstruction of 3-D medical images from serial cross sections using dynamic elastic interpolation, Daniel A. Asare

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The effect of attitudinal and behavioral nutrition bulletins on adolescents' nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and fat intake behavior, Jennifer L. Atterbury

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Local perspectives on the educational needs of Hispanic students in Belvidere, Illinois, Angela K. Bahling

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Helping, the perspectives of the terminally ill person with AIDS and family members, Linda Bedsole

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The effects of modifying the rules and game play of a girls' softball league on the feasibility of integrating a child with moderate/severe disabilities into a competitive environment, Elaine A. Bernabe

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A formal typology of the sacred cantata arias of Johann Sebastian Bach from the first Sunday after Trinity to the first Sunday in Advent of 1723, Brian H. Bourkland

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The effects of a story reading program on selected language abilities in preschool children of low-income families, Kim Bullard

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The effect of assisted exercise on heart rates of adolescents with severe multiple disabilities, Kevin J. Burke

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Membrane-gas chromatographic system for counter-current extraction and determination of phenols in aqueous samples, Hsi Chen

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Violence in the spotlight : exploring the violent and violated female characters in selected plays of Marsha Norman and Maria Irene Fornes, Lily Chen

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In vitro characterization of two hairpin ribozymes that cleave HIV-1 RNA, Wayne A. Christ

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The adaptive noise and acoustic echo cancellation techniques for the hands-free cellular phone system, Holmes H.C. Chuang

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Physical analysis and partial cloning of two co-migrating plasmids from Thermus aquaticus YT-1, Andrew J. Cooper

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Analysis of the political and economic impact by the Joliet Township High School on the Minooka High School consolidation attempt, Judith M. Craig

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Comic elements in Rabelais' Pantagruel and Gargantua, Effie A. Damianides

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Running economy following an intense cycling bout in trained female duathletes and triathletes, Tracy Danner

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Advances in hairpin ribozyme design for gene therapy, Paula DeGrandis

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Effects of cochlear damage on the anterior ventral cochlear nucleus in CBA\J mice, Chris Devereux

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An investigation of the attitudes of students and teachers as a result of the inclusion of physically impaired students, Christine Zur DiRienzo

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Feedback regulation of the polyamine transporter in mammalian cells, Roger Diveley

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A field test for predicting lower body lifting capacity of college women, Kelly J. Druffel

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A theoretical and observational study of "bursting" in the nocturnal planetary boundary layer, Liqun Du

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Child care from a control theory perspective, Christopher W. Dyslin

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Public acceptance of the severely handicapped using community based training, Barbara M. Engeldahl

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Knowledge representation as a function of test expectancy, Brian Erdman

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Development of optimal polarization theory for radar target classification and identification, Brian L. Evans

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The effects of pattern and intended duration of breastfeeding on the actual duration of breastfeeding in first-time mothers, Lauren Ann Evans