Theses/Dissertations from 2008
"So great a correspondence" : Native American diplomacy in the Hudson Valley, 1609-1783, Tom Arne Midtrød
Synthesis, characterization, redox kinetics, and assessment of DNA and thiol binding of a new class of platinum(II) and -(IV) pyrophosphato complexes, Robert John Mishur
Affect, self-efficacy, and responsive caregiving in mothers: A model of infant care, Bradley S. Montgomery
Teacher support, teacher-child conflict, and school adjustment for African American children living in high risk urban communities, Kelly M. Murray
Subcellular localization of DRG family proteins, Benjamin John Nelson
Reactions to distressing events during emotional imagery in college students reporting high and low levels of experiential avoidance, Scott M. Pickett
A critical budgeting component for a "forgotten government" : a case study of budgeting for county jail facilities, Donald E. Piwowarski
Generalizations for the blocks of the symmetric group and Nakayama's conjecture, Mihai-Teodor Racovitan
Synthesis, structure, and properties of ternary and quaternary rare earth chalcogenides, Rosemary Sue Rakers
An investigation of the relationship between coping behaviors and dispositional traits during job transitions: A longitudinal study, Daylashunta Lakesha Randolph
Children and adults : indirect attitude measurement, Heather J. Risser
Educational contexts perceived to influence effective teaching practices, Kristine A. Schach
From books to Broadway : the musicalization of literature, Jeanne McGowan Sheehan
Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic application of novel and immobilized palladium and ruthenium complexes, Matthew Ryan Sheets
First Rays of the Midnight Sun: The Beginning of Nietzsche's Response to Nihilism, Lewis Mark Slawsky
The impact of maternal employment on child overweight and obesity, Jennifer J. Smith
Quadratic inverse eigenvalue problems: Theory, methods, and applications, Vadim Olegovich Sokolov
Redeeming Eve : a model woman in middle English vernacular literature, Ellen B. Sorenson
The relationship among bullying participant roles, social support, and school climate, Kelly Hodgson Summers
Spin polarization of electrons by reflection at a barrier, Voltaire Teodorescu
The tendency of affections: Natural families in nineteenth-century Louisiana, Thomas Jay Vaughan
An analysis of the levels of moral decision making of public elementary school principals, Charles J. Vitton
A Monte Carlo investigation of bootstrapping in covariance structure modeling under varying levels of multivariate nonnormality, Wayne W. Wilkinson
Effects of adult sexual assault types and tactics on cognitive appraisals and mental health symptoms, Maha H. Zayed
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
"Minimalist" administration : an innovative administration model utilized by a film institute in Arizona, Jane Campa Alvarez
Thai government reform : The case of the integrated provincial administrative system, Udomchoke Asawimalkit
Use of epiphyseal and total fusion scores as methods of age estimation and evaluation of morphological indices in the macropodidae, Caroline K. Ballard
Regional autonomy and patterns of democracy in Indonesia, Anies Rasyid Baswedan
Cross-hedging with futures and options : bivariate lognormal and other distributions, Anthony J.F. Biagioli
Relationships among academic stress, social support, and internalizing and externalizing behavior in adolescence, Stacy Marie Bjorkman
A phenomenological study of superintendents of high-performing, high-poverty school districts as servant leaders, Robert G. Bohanek
Comparing methodologies used to predict outcomes on high stakes tests with curriculum-based measurement, Sarah Eleanor Brown
The high-temperature synthesis and an investigation of the optical and catalytic properties of transition metal chalcogenide compounds, Douglas N. Bryhan
Achievement Motivation : the effects of conscious, chronic, and nonconscious goals on task performance, Jill Susan Budden
Three essays in growth and development, Qiang Chen
Playing the external market : efficiency wage as a means for strategic compensation in the public sector, Trenton J. Davis
"A little kingdom of mixed nationalities" : race, ethnicity, and class in a western urban community--Rock Springs, Wyoming, 1869-1929, Timothy Dean Draper
Return-to-school decisions of adults in the workforce, Qi Feng
Frozen at 435 : the size of the U.S. House of Representatives, district constituency populations and the implications for representation, Brian Frederick
Divine benevolence to the poor : charity, religion and nationalism in early national New York City, 1784-1820, Amy M. Godfrey
Bargaining of beliefs : agencies, advocacy groups, and the evolution of pesticide regulatory reform, Thomas J. Greitens
Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexuality, Jennifer M. Guimond
The liberated beast : evolution and liberty, Lauren K. Hall
P-polynomial table algebras and distance-regular graphs, Robert J. Hein
Children's understanding of gossip as it relates to reputation, Valerie A. Hill
Negotiating identities : South German Catholics and the formation of national identity, 1871-1914, Pontus A. Hiort
Narrative delivery of psychoeducation : decreasing phobic symptoms through narrative interference, Adrian S. Janit
Agency strategy, strength, and adaptation : implementation of the Bush administration's competitive sourcing policy, Ma Ernita T. Joaquin
Gay and lesbian school administrators : negotiating personal and professional identities and professional roles and responsibilities within heteronormative organizations, Sophia Jones-Redmond
The foreign direct investment - export relationship : a US-Mexico analysis using the Gravity model, Thomas Allen Jones
Spectral concentration in the Sturm-Liouville differential equation, Jeffrey C. Kallenbach
Production, characterization, and applications of stereoselective antibodies to a-hydroxy acids, Tigabu Kassa
Behavioral signatures of parent goal selection, Donald E. Koelpin
Directors of Pupil Personnel Services' perceptions of student needs, program resources, and service effectiveness for at-risk high school students, Craig Davis Lehigh
In vitro models for the study of the mechanisms of damage in age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's disease, Thomas E. Liggett
Lace up the boots, full tilt ahead : recreation, immigration, and labor on Chicago's soccer fields, 1890-1939, Gabriel S. Logan
Predicting individual and team performance through personality traits, cohesion, and mental models, Stephanie Jean Marberry
Aggression form and function subtypes and social goal preferences in fifth-grade children, Jeffrey W. Martens
Positive Psychology : Implications for leadership development, Lynne Panega
Cytochrome c binding to cytochrome c peroxidase : mutagenesis and kinetic studies, Naw May Pearl
Observed confidence levels for regression parameters, Cathy D. Poliak
Russians in Warsaw : Imperialism and national identity, 1863-1915, Robert L. Przygrodzki
School leadership and happiness, Sandy Renehan
Overall effectiveness and cognitive mediators of a brief intensive treatment for social anxiety, Kerry A. Renner
Toward a code of ethics : an inquiry into the ethical constructs valued by selected superintendents, Lauren Dale Rentfro
A self-regulatory approach to 360-degree feedback and motivation for leader development, Amanda R. Seidler
Adolescents' perceptions of parenting styles in social context among low-income African Americans, Mary Swinney
Using ion-molecule reactions to probe the structure and reactivity of metal ion complexes with amino acids in the gas phase, Katrina Emilee Vaitkunas
A developmental examination of the mood congruence effect in 6th- and 8th- grade adolescents, Angelina L. Valente
Geochemical and hydrodynamic characterization of the groundwater system of Puebla Valley, Mexico, Guadalupe Velazquez-Oliman
Strengths of Illinois public school superintendents and principals : relationship to leadership components for change, Scott Eric Wakeley
An intervention to advance piagetian levels of cognitive development and algebraic reasoning in high-school students, Michelle R. Wesolowski
The social support and self-esteem of victims of relational bullying, Lauren DeLong Westermann
Responsiveness of public higher education institutions in Illinois to major budgetary changes: 2001-2004, Rebecca K. Wojcik
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Effect of goal development on self-efficacy and stages of change for nutrition behaviors, Catherine Leona Stein Arnold
Accuracy and reliability of tomographic 2-D seismic velocity models to map karst structures and infer hydrogeological processes in karst, Shashank Ramchandra Atre
Defining mother-child interaction in a children's museum : an in-depth study of the interaction between mothers and their preschool-aged children, Florence J. Beaumont
A study of multicultural attitudes and actions among superintendents in school districts experiencing demographic changes, Christa Boske
Robust and minimum norm partial quadratic eigenvalue assignment problems : theory and computations, Sanjoy Kumar Brahma
Income distribution and poverty studies in the Turkish labor market, Erhan Cankal
The role of nitric oxide in pancreatic acinar cell signal transduction, Rhykka L. Connelly
A model of metacognition, achievement goal orientation, learning style, and self-efficacy, Savia Antonette Coutinho
Antecedents and consequences of value expression in the workplace, Rachel L. Frautschy DeMuth
Decentralization, horizontal institutional exchange, and accountability at the municipal level : institutional behavior in the Bolivian Orient, Eric Raymond Digman
Tocquevillian political associations, social capital, and the centralizing tendency of democracy in the United States, David M. Dolence
Estimation of change-points in recurrent events models, Daniel J. Frobish
Automatic processing of guilt stimuli in sexual assault survivors with posttraumatic stress disorders, Marilyn Garcia
An examination of the relationship among acculturative stress, depressive symtoms, and suicidal ideation in young Mexican adults, Patricia Garcia
Transitioning to preschool : the role of withdrawn behavioral suptypes [sic] and the teacher-child relationship in early school adjustment, Corrie A. Goldberg
Flora Thompson : a revaluation, Ruth Collette Hoffman
Using implicit theories about ADHD to understand teacher participation in classroom-based intervention, Amy N. Jakobsen
The parent-offspring conflict in Joyce's fiction : a Neo-Darwinian view, Sang-Wook Kim
Arabidopsis DR12 (DRG interacting protein-2) : analysis of protein-protein interactions, expression patterns and mutant phenotypes, Jennifer Dorothy Kubic
Directional representations of concrete and abstract verbs : spatial and sensorimotor-based?, Christopher A. Kurby
School culture in academically improving, high-poverty African American public elementary schools, Margaret W. Longo
