Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A 5200 year record of precipitation changes in west-central Guatemala inferred from lacustrine carbonate-based stable isotopes, Jacob Ryan Feller
CPSA regulates mycotoxin production, morphogenesis and cell wall biosynthesis in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans, Xuehuan Feng
Spatiotemporal analysis of residential flood exposure in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, 1990-2010, Alex Page Ferguson
A qualitative exploration of masculinity among community college males, Marianne Fontes
Leading behavior, positioning, and group spacing as indicators of dominance in Hapalemur griseus, Kimberly Foreit
Evaluating Holocene precipitation variability in the Baltic region using oxygen isotopes of lacustrine carbonate from Estonia, Carolyn Fortney
Managing an information explosion : civilian administration and the Army of Louis XIV, 1661-1701, Robert Fulton
Get the party started : an analysis of EU political party development, James Godowic
Skeletal indicators of hyperpronation in Australopithecus sediba and extant primates, Deanna Goldstein
Design and synthesis of IspD, IspE and IspF enzyme inhibitors of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway, Gashaw Melkamu Goshu
Development of a PYTHON-based emittance calculator at Fermilab Accelerator Science & Technology (FAST) facility, A. T. Green
Increased personalization through the use of technology in the secondary mathematics classroom, Karla J. Guseman
Early Pliocene Ross Sea paleoclimate and a new application of the diatom oxygen isotope proxy, Hal W. Hackett
Conditions affecting biomass productivity, lipid production, and harvesting of the microalga Monoraphidium sp. Dek19 grown in wastewater, Adam Ralph Hage
Characterization of microstructural mutation events in plastomes of chloridoid grasses (Chloridoideae; Poaceae), Thomas J. Hajek III
You're too old for that! : ageism and prescriptive stereotypes in the workplace, Elizabeth A. Hanrahan
Characterization and inhibitor evaluation of IspD and IspE enzymes from the non-mevalonate pathway, Brian E. Hartnett
The utilization of flavonoids as inhibitors of urease and as antimalarial agents and the discovery of bacterial methionine aminopeptidase inhibitors, Travis Robert Helgren
Interpreting Nicaraguan high and low titanium basalts : insights from melt inclusions, Xai Her
Task specificity and multiple document integration, Karyn Paula Higgs
Late Holocene climate controls on carbon dynamics at Teringi Bog, Estonia, Kristyn Hill
Reconciling naturalism and theology in the political thought of Bernard Mandeville, Lewis Hoss
The role of social support and self-concept in victimization and social anxiety in adolescence, Linda Huber
Structural history and fracture network evolution of the Gypsum Valley salt wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado, Cory W. Hunter
Changes in the U.S. hurricane disaster landscape : the relationship between risk and exposure, Ashley Irizarry
An analysis of the transfer of life skills through sport, Jennifer M. Jacobs
Indigenous gold from St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands a materials-based analysis, Stephen E. Jankiewicz
Essays in public economics, Xiandeng Jiang
The judicialization of politics : an examination of the Administrative Court of Thailand, Aaron Micah Johnson
Finding meaning through video chat communication in longdistance romantic relationships, Rebecca Johnson
The effect of #BlackLivesMatter : the relevance of communities and collective identity, Stephanie D. Jones
Why do we need to learn this? : an investigation of the association between science teachers' use of utility value statements and students' immediate and global perceptions of science utility, Stephen Spaulding Kafkas
Impacts of tourism on water quality in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Katelyn Kane
Use of the green microalga Monoraphidium sp. Dek19 to remediate wastewater : salinity stress and scaling to mesocosm cultures, Anthony Robert Kephart
Publish or perish : linguistic policies and the Picard language of France, Marcy Taylor Kersch
Peroxygenase activity of cytochrome c peroxidase, Heather A. Kilheeney
Properties of the green microalga Monoraphidium sp. Dek19 for phycoremediation of wastewater and biofuel production, Nicholas James Kirchner
Evidence of genotypic variation, MHC class I copy number variation and recombination within the chicken major histocompatibility complex-y system, Renee T. Kopulos
Phenomenological studies of minimal extensions of standard model, Nilanjana Kumar
Analysis of an integrated readout layer for use in a highly granular analog hadron calorimeter, Heath J. LeFevre
Teacher beliefs about factors that influence student dropout, implicit theories of intelligence and self efficacy, Robin Lenart
A PTSD analogue study : investigating the roles of memory and metamemory in trauma-related outcomes, Ban Hong Phylice Lim
Ortho-hydroxychalcone : a molecular switch and metal sensing fluorophore, Theodore Litberg
Is legal action the right 'idea' : an examination of client-based legal action and its effects on organizational responses to the Individuals with Disablities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), Maureen A. Lowry-Fritz
Social support compensation and internalizing symptoms during adolescence, Kelly Marie Lyell
Bayesian variable selection in linear and non-linear models, Arnab Kumar Maity
Enhancing the ethanol pathway in Escherichia coli RM10 for improved ethanol production from xylose, Ryan Allan Manow
Characterizing molecular mechanisms modulating pilE expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Thao Le Masters
Jumping in the snow : an exploration of early childhood educator career commitment, Tara Mathien
Moving beyond personal responsibility : a critical discourse analysis of digital citizenship curricula, Kristen Mattison
The slow control system for the Fermilab muon g-2 E989 experiment, Michael McEvoy
Religiosity and male-to-female partner violence : exploring female submission in context, Melissa D. Mckenzie
Stress-induced anxiety and FOS immunoreactivity in adulthood following chronic juvenile methylphenidate exposure, Mercedes McWaters
Physiological response to loving kindness meditation in college women reporting high and low levels of fear of self-compassion, Lynsey Renee Miron
From readerly to writerly (and back again) : a rhetorical analysis of greentext stories, Agustin Morado IV
Geophysical characterization of karst features above an underground mine near Quincy, Il, Vitaliy Alekseyevich Morozov
Machiavelli and manhood : a study of effeminacy in the "Discourses on Livy" and "Mandragola", Alyssa Morren
Carbon assimilation of oak seedlings in response to canopy thinning treatments at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, USA, Mary Rebecca Moses
Research and development for the Mu2E extinction monitor, Casey B. Mott
Emotion intolerance and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, Stephanie Renee Orbon
Essays in financial economics, Mohammadjavad Pakdel
Parent education and involvement program as a support for Hispanic immigrant preschool parents, Luilia E. Palermo
Essays in minimum wage, school enrollment and employment, Zheng Pan
Examining self-efficacy as a mediator on the relation between bullying role behaviors and academic success in early adolescence, Christina L. Piccirillo
You can't sit with us...just kidding! : an investigation into the association between empathy and playful relational behavior, Michelle Platt
The young American voter, Michael J. Pomante II
Tail non-exchangeability, Paramahansa Pramanik
Subglacial sediment transport, ice stream dynamics, and chemical weathering of the Whillans Ice Stream inferred from particle surface texture, form, and composition, Rebecca A. Puttkammer
Tracing hydrocarbon contamination through hyperalkaline environments in the Calumet region of Southeastern Chicago, Kathryn Ann Quesnell
Persisters and completers in a community college academic program, Mary Blumenberg Reaves
Do folivores deplete patches? : foraging behavior and the dynamics of resource use in the Costa Rican mantled howler (Alouatta palliata), Jessica Ritsche
Media's influence on attitudes towards gay men, Anna Rossi
Do implicit personality theories impact parental reactions to child transgressions? : a randomized controlled trial, Ericka Rutledge
Economics of network, gender, and CEO compensation, Herman Sahni
Survivor memory, collective narrative : producing the "Remembering the Killing Fields" exhibit at the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Memorial in Chicago, Illinois, Alexxandra E.A. Salazar
Automatic machine learning-guided methods for 3D synapse quantification in confocal neuron images, Jonathan William Sanders
The role of spatial visualization in the teaching and learning of parallel lines, Eric Rocco Schumacher
The ability to build : absorptive capacity in the nonprofit sector, Eileen A. Setti
An investigation of the peritraumatic encoding disruption hypothesis : introducing event segmentation as a marker of moment-to-moment processing, Andrew Michael Sherrill
Encapsidation of the host RNAs by broad bean mottle virus (BBMV) and cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV), Nipin Shrestha
La causalite de la precarite et la devalorisation de la femme zolienne dans "au bonheur des dames", "l'assommoir" et "germinal", Theodore Sikubwabo
Analysis and extension of a flexible stochastic differential equation model to estimate the amount of nanoconjugates required to initiate remission of cancer, Nicholas Joseph Skradski
Restoration age and quality effects on dynamic soil properties at Nachusa Grasslands in Franklin Grove, IL, Sarah Smith
Jane Austen uncensored : a critical and pedagogical study of Austen's letters for the college classroom, Amanda Smothers
Detecting coherence breaks while reading scientific explanations, Brent Steffens
Changes in the U.S. tornado disaster landscape, Stephen M. Strader
An analysis of the great melting pot in American World War II propaganda : Germans, Japanese, and Italians need not apply, Crystal Sturgeon
Individual variation in maternal behavior in spider monkeys at El Zota Research Station, Costa Rica, Agnieszka Magdalena Sukiennik
Supersymmetric particle production at post-LHC proton-proton colliders, Shane Sullivan
New computational approaches to the N-body problem with applications to the electron cooling of heavy ion beams, Pulukkuttige D. Sumana Abeyratne
The food pyramid : Mexicans, agribusiness, governments and communities in the Midwest migrant stream, Katie Sutrina-Haney
Niche differentiation among malagasy carnivorans : an analysis of evolution in a spatiotemporally isolated carnivoran clade (Eupleridae : carnivora), Michael C. Taylor