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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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The Treatment of Contaminated Water Using Electrocoagulation, Adebayo Edward Adejinle

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The Role of Administrative Observation, Evaluative Evidence and Procedural Due Process in Illinois, Before and After the Passage of the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (pera) and Senate Bill 7 (sb7)., Christopher J. Adkins

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Using Machine Learning Models to Discover Promising Research, Akhil Pandey Akella

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Sky Surveys Scheduling Using Reinforcement Learning, Andres Felipe Alba Hernandez

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Factors predicting faculty members' intention to teach online in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Obaid T. Alenezi

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Factors Predicting Faculty Members’ intention to Teach online in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Obaid T. Alenezi

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Solving the Semidefinite Programming Relaxation of Max-Cut Using an Augmented Lagrangian Method, Ahmed Sabah Al-Jilawi

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Impact of Social Support During a Social interaction on Post-Trauma Cognitions and Outcomes During a Trauma Analogue Design, Christy Elizabeth Allen

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The Link Between Antibiotic Resistance Used for Recombinant DNA Selection and Cellular Phenotype in Rat Liver Epithelial Cells, Doaa Alshammari

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Morphometric Analysis of Subfossil Macronycteris Spp. (chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Madagascar, Jamie Lynn Alumbaugh

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Improved Momentum Spread for Precision Physics Experiments Using Wedges, Nick Amato

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A Secondary Analysis of insurance Claims Data to Determine the Association Between Provider Type and Treatment Escalation in Musculoskeletal Disorders, Brian Anderson

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Biliteracy Development in a Second Grade Dual Language Classroom, Erika Harumi Aoki

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Farmers, Workers, and State Responses to the Food Crises: State-Society Conflicts and the Politics of Agricultural Development in indonesia and Nigeria, Sirojuddin Arif

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The association Between increase in Maternal Education and Child Behavioral and Academic Outcomes: The Mediating Role of the Home Learning Environment and Positive Parenting, Samantha R. Awada

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Migration and Remittances, Seyedsoroosh Azizi

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Controlling Lonicera maackii (amur honeysuckle) : basal bark and prescribed fire efficacy and impacts, Kaleb Baker

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Controlling Lonicera Maackii (amur Honeysuckle): Basal Bark and Prescribed Fire Efficacy and Impacts, Kaleb Baker

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Aluminum and Silicon Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (msm) X-Ray Photodetector, Cinthya Dallana Barbosa Medina

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The Effect a School District’s inservice, about the Implicit Curriculum of School Functioning, has on Educators’ attitudes towards Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Debra Louise Barton

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Possible hydroseismic triggering for small earthquakes occurring within the Fox River Valley, Northeastern Illinois, James Benco

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Possible Hydroseismic Triggering for Small Earthquakes Occurring within the Fox River Valley, Northeastern Illinois, James Benco

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A Lagrangian-Based Heuristic to Consolidate Perishable Products, Samir Babu Bhetwal

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Exploring a Bayesian Analysis of Opinion Dynamics Using the Approximate Bayesian Computation Method, Jessica L. Bishop

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From Tony Soprano to Donald Trump : situating the rhetoric of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign in the antihero genre, Harry Bodell

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From Tony Soprano to Donald Trump: Situating the Rhetoric of the 2016 Trump Presidential Campaign in the Antihero Genre, Harry Bodell

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Effect of Perturbations on the Dominant Flow Structures in a Rectangular Lid-Driven Cavity with Particle Suspensions, Siva Bolisetty

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Wavelet-Eigen Analysis for Customizable Flexion Classifier Based on Electromyography Signals, Luke S. Bonnen

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Study of the Systematic Uncertainties associated with the Tracking Detectors, Daniel William Boyden

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Psychological Reactance Applied to Instruction to Disregard, Jessica Louise Bozeman

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Mapping the Effects of 5’ Untranslated Region Deletions on Translation of 3a in BMV RNA3, Courtney Marie Bozman

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Direct Polymer Grafting as a Method of Maintaining the Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Nanocrystals in the Presence of Moisture, Mary Elizabeth Breen-Lyles

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Youtube’s Terms of Service: Posthumanism, Algorithms, and Professional Writing, Sarah Bresnahan

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Impact of Agreeableness on Virtual Team Performance Through Team Identification and Shared Mental Models, Alexandria Brown

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Utilizing Radiolarian Assemblages to Track Changes in the Agulhas Current Through the Mid-Pleistocene Transition: IODP Site U1479, William Alberto Bugbee

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Visual Rhetoric in Comics: The Rhetoric of Sexual Assault in the Wake of Mattress Girl, Brianna Marie Burke

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Development of Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Methods For Enzyme Kinetics and Inhibition in Glycolysis and The Methylerythritol Phosphate (MEP) Pathways, Allison Carr

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Development of chromatography and mass spectrometry methods for enzyme kinetics and inhibition in glycolysis and the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways, Allison Fabino Carr

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Providing counseling in a rural setting : a new multicultural perspective, Danessa Carter

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Providing Counseling in a Rural Setting: A New Multicultural Perspective, Danessa Ann Carter

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Validation of a Low-Cost Sensor for Development of Wearable and Handheld Spectrometers, Justin Leslie Cathey

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Validation of a low-cost sensor for development of wearable and handheld spectrometers, Justin Leslie Cathey

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Understanding Collaborative Performance: The Case of Illinois 9-1-1 Emergency Call Service, Erica Ceka

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Discovery and study of single-phase and single-ion manganese perovskite multiferroics, Kamal Chapagain

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Bayesian Functional Data Analysis over Dependent Regions and its Application for Identification of Differentially Methylated Regions, Suvo Chatterjee

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The Discourses of the internet in China: Beyond Politicization, Jin Chen

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Educational Experiences of 1.5 Generation Cambodian Americans, Kassandra A. Chhay

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Educational Experiences of 1.5 Generation Cambodian Americans, Kassandra A. Chhay

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Resonant Extraction for Mu2e, Prudhvi Raj Varma Chintalapati

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The search for 'home' : Anglo-Burman identity at the end of empire, Katrina Chludzinski

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The Search for 'Home': Anglo-Burman Identity at the End of Empire, Katrina Chludzinski

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"Bachelor Buttons": Feminist and Womanist Essays and Poems, Billy E. Clem Jr.

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Conservation Agriculture in the Heartland: Farmer Perceptions of Soil Health and the Adoption of Cover Crops, Lillian Clarissa Cobo

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Role of Religion for Christian Couples who Successfully Cope with Trauma, Bernadette Collins

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An assessment of the Effectiveness of Positive Self-Talk on Engagement with Feared Stimuli and Control Related Beliefs, Sara Louise Conley

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How Fitting in to The Social Context influences Work-Life Balance Effectiveness and Work Performance, Amanda Lynn Conlin

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Still a Hollow Hope: Significant Social Change, the Second Amendment, and State Political Culture, Anthony David Cooling

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Comparative Tumorigenic Amino Acid Starvation and integrated Stress Responses in Epithelial vs. Mesenchymal HCC Cells with ASCT2 Or LAT1 Transporter Knockouts, Stephanie Lois Cooper Woodin

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The Role of rmtA in the Opportunistic Pathaogen Aspergillus fumigatus, Roshan Dahal

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Behavioral interference of Memory Reconsolidation as a Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Benjamin Darnell

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Reactions to Daily Abusive Supervision: Exploring Day-to-Day Fluctuations with a Justice Perspective, Rushika Nadia De Bruin

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Assessment of “meaning Made”: An Empirical Examination of Factorial Structure and Measure Validity, Andrea M. Despotes

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Studying the Effect of Vacancies on the Thermal Conductivity of Metal-Coated Carbon Nanotubes Using Molecular Dynamics Atomistic Simulations, Ravindra Sunil Dhumal

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Understanding Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions About Their Experiences Implementing The Common Core State Standards, Angelyn Kay Dieckman

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An Exploration of Clinical Nursing Education: The Nurse Educator's Perspective, Tonya Alyse Dixon

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History in American New Wave and Hard Renaissance Science Fiction, Joseph Donaldson

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Maximum Likelihood Estimation for a Heavy-Tailed Mixture Distribution, Philippe Kponbogan Dovoedo

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Exploring the Relationship Among Students' Preconceptions, attitudes, and Major, Matthew Dwyer

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Exploring the relationship among students' preconceptions, attitudes, and major, Matthew Dwyer

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The effects of pre-existing beliefs about alcohol consumption on predicting victim blame in incapacitated and drug-facilitated rape, Robyn Ellis

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The Effects of Pre-Existing Beliefs About Alcohol Consumption on Predicting Victim Blame in incapacitated and Drug Facilitated Rape, Robyn Alyssa Ellis

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Elementary Principals' Support of Beginning Teachers and Their Use of Transformational Leadership in a State-Approved induction Program, Patrick Enright

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Practical Bioinformatics Applications in Microbes, Sarah Anne Entwistle

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Study of Higgs production from H -> ZZ -> 4l Channel using Machine Learning Methods, Daniel Arthur Faia Jr.

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Two-Dimensional Bloch Electrons in Electric and Magnetic Fields, Edward Aris Diaz Fajardo

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The Social Presence of Jibo, Parisa Farhadi

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Dekalb, Illinois, Muslim Women’s Agency Negotiating and Re-Affirming Their Muslim Identity, Sinta Febrina

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Talented High School Students' Perceptions on How Their Parents influence Their Achievement, Michael Fitzgerald

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Minimum Dropout Age and Juvenile Crime in the United States, Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad

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Textile Dyes as a Source of Groundwater Contamination in Mandalay, Myanmar, Surya Freeman

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The Mileage of the Weary Father: Harrison Ford as Aging Screen Action Icon, Bahnt G. Freiberger

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A Review of Reasons For Failure in Applying Machine Learning to Financial Trading and An Experiment investigating Combinatorial Purged Cross Validation’s Merit in Preventing The Most Prominent of These Reasons, Multiple Testing Bias, Colin Fritz

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Steady Flows in Annular Wedge Lid-Driven Cavities, Anandan Ganapathy

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Impact of Standardized Test Performance on Success in introductory College Physics Classes, Michael Gattone

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Disruption, Remix, and Mediation: Analyzing "Bot" Algorithm Case Studies to Better Understand Rhetorical Agency in the Digital Age, Aaron Geiger

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Caring high school teachers : promoting students' social and emotional development, Roberta Jean Geosling

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Caring High School Teachers: Promoting Students’ Social and Emotional Development, Roberta Jean Geosling

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Newcomer Educational Programming: in response to increasing social-emotional needs of adolescent newcomer refugee students, Rachel Louise Wixson Gilbertson

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A Study of Progression in Science Process Skills During A Midwestern Public Research University’s Stem Summer Camps, Anila Fiaz Gill

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Exploring The Use of Podcasts on Students’ Language Learning and Change of Students’ Self-Efficacy About The Use of Podcasts, Silvia Rehulina Ginting

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Growth and Survival of Wild and Head-Started Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii), Callie Klatt Golba

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Examining university food systems : understanding student food insecurity levels and food waste at minority-serving institutions, Amy Gootee-Ash

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Examining University Food Systems: Understanding Student Food insecurity Levels and Food Waste at Minority-Serving institutions, Amy Louise Gootee-Ash

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Student Perceptions of a Customer Service Model in a For-Profit Higher Education institution, Leonard J. Grinstead

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Course Taking and Teacher Data-Driven Decision Making Self-Efficacy and Anxiety: A Secondary Analysis, Valerie M. Hamilton

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The Downfall of Colonial and Dark Romantic Masculinity in The Witch: A New England Folktale, David Miles Harrington

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The Risk For Developing Eating Disorders Among indivdiuals with Diabetes, Nicole Havlik

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Characterization of Boron/Iron-Oxide Core/Shell Structure for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by STEM/EELS-XEDS and Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Mason Douglas Hayward

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Effects of Tax Increment Financing on School Finance and Local Economic Development, Chaoran He

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Simulating and Modelling Opinion Dynamics, Jennifer Heermance