Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Does this magazine make me look fat? : media's impact on body image, depression, and eating attitudes in women, Amy Marie Brausch
An analysis of the assumptions of the linear discrepancy model in group decision-making, Mary Elizabeth Braz
A persistent frontier : external influences and local traditions in the Pativilca Valley, Peru, as reflected in ceramic style, Rebecca E. Bria
Application of sol-gel technology for the fabrication of optical sensors for hazardous metal ions and chemical warfare agents, Jason F. Brinkley
The relationship between learner-centered techniques and student motivation in an extended-time schedule, Jolie A. Burns-Casey
A study of Illinois superintendents' perceptions of the Illinois superintendent leadership standards, Daniel J. Coles
Locke's use of the Bible in : The two treatises, The reasonableness of Christianity, and A letter concerning toleration, Jonathan Donald Conrad
Indigenous urbanization and chronological change in western Sicily : an indigenous perspective, Kevin Cooney
Metacognition and need for cognition : problem explanation and answer, Savia Antonette Coutinho
The logic, morality, and metaphysics of power : the roles and social status of the tonaas among the Minahasa, Ryan K. Davenport
The role and expression patterns of the Drm1e gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, Jean-Marc Luc DeKeyser
A correlation of self-assessed leadership skills and interpersonal communication competencies of public school superintendents in Illinois, Sandra L. Doebert
This is gipping : the relation between maternal speech characteristics and children's ability to comprehend and produce novel nonsense verbs, Doreen L. Eichorst
Pursuing restoration of the wild-type BMV genome via recombination between transgenic BMV RNA 3 fragments and noninfectious genomic BMV RNAs, Carolyn P. Erwin
School organization at successful alternative high schools serving Latino students in Chicago, Wanda I. Figueroa-Peralta
Ontogeny, structure, and integration in the supraorbital region of modern humans : a longitudinal study, Gabriela N. Fiscella
Normal functions, the MacLane class, and complex differential equations in the unit disk, Kari Fowler
Evaluating small scintillating cells for digital hadron calorimeters, Kurt Francis
Detection and characterization of anti-microbial coatings, Guifen Fu
Sentimiento de soledad en la trilogiÌa de Esther Tusquets = : Feeling of solitude in Esther Tusquets' trilogy, Maria Delores Atienza Gabas
Using synoptic categories to determine the relationship of severe weather and low level jets to enhance weather prediction, Charles Granata
Of literature and language : Flannery O'Connor and the pseudo-cleft, David Gugin
X-ray magnetic dichroism, Usha T. Gururaja Rao
Personal battles : the lives of Maryland's black civil war veterans, 1840-1920, Robert A. Hagaman
Impact of infant stimuli on emotion recognition in mothers who are high and low in risk for child physical abuse, Alesia O. Hawkins
Greek, Phoenician and Roman colonization versus Holocene landscape development : environmental implications on a developing indigenous society, western Sicily, Chad Elliott Heinzel
Entrepreneurship, dynamic externality, and urban growth in the United States, Yongjiang He
Troubled childhoods and problematic relationships in Anne Tyler's work, Supasiri Hongrittipun
The effects of utilizing graphic organizers with traditional basal reading instruction on sixth-grade reading comprehe[n]sion achievement scores, Faye Noreen Hughes
The role of state regulation in the market-based Acid Rain Program, Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990, Yasuo Ikari
When fiction interferes : how affect and personal involvement add to readers' confusion, Adrian S. Janit
Examination of the effects of racial attitdes on social control attitudes, Jacquelyn E. Jebens
Probing the stability, structure, and reactivity of noncovalent complexes of biological interest using ion trap mass spectrometry, Emily Elizabeth Jellen
Academic engagement from the perspective of flow theory : a comparative analysis of student experience in nontraditional and traditional schools, Lisa S. Johnson
The moral orientations of justice and care in relation to peace : a study with Turkish and American college students, Hayal Z. Kacker
Mössbauer study of Eu₁₄MnSb₁₁ and Yb₁₄MnSb₁₁ zintl compounds, Durga Nath Kafle
Motivational role of primary students' perceptions of their classroom experiences, Deborah L. Kalkman
A preliminary evaluation of the village of Matteson's residential marketing program, Robin Lynne Kelly
Institutional elements that encourage or discourage the implementation of on-line classes in Illinois community colleges, Mary Lou Kidder
Development of Korean-Version scales for social phobia and related constricts: : linguistic and psychometric equivalence, Hyun-Soo Kim
Influence of ethanol on the biodegradation and transport of BTEX compounds in undisturbed columns of fine-grained material, Steven Edward Kroll
The role of context in the orientation of perceptual symbols, Christopher A. Kurby
An extreme dew point climatology for the Midwestern United States, Ryan G. Lauritsen
Hawaiian contemporary slack key, David X. Lee
Geochemical constraints on the evolution of the fluid-rock system in the salt-detached Nuncios Fold Complex, Mexico, Liliana Lefticariu
Diagenetic history of the cenozoic carbonate sedimentary rocks of the Northwestern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Mihai Lefticariu
Anti-amino acid antibodies as tailor-made chiral selectors in high performance liquid chromatography, Heather Jo Lindstrom
The relationship among reading self-efficacy, reading scores on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test, and reading performance in the classroom, Nicole N. Linhardt
A novel linker study for the hairpin ribozyme : gaining insight into tertiary structure, Randall J. Lockner
Latent typologies of violent family interactions : patterns and practices of American families, Jeff Long
"Profitable humiliation" : disability and shame in the novels of Jane Austen, Trina W. Lorde
Municipal government, social capital, and decentralization in Thailand, Chandra Mahakanjana
Redefining Corneille's heroines : a study of Mʹedʹee, Horace and Rodogune, Lisa L. Mammel
Surface critical phenomena in binary fluids, Lyle W. Marschand
The role of the principal in developing a professional learning community in selected Chicago public elementary schools, Donald A. McKinney
Illinois public school superintendents' and teacher association presidents' perceptions of knowledge and skills and group performance-based pay, David A. Moyer
Searching for the self : an identity control theory approach to triggers of occupational exploration, Katherine L. Myers
Toward a comprehensive environmental ethic, Greg Novak
Two definitions of metaphysics : Kant and Heidegger, Tom Nugent
Constructing geographic areas for analysis of homicide in small populations, Van M. O'Brien
Prostaglandins, not lipoxygenase products, mediate insect microaggregation reactions to bacterial challenge in isolated hemocyte preparations, Pamela K. Phelps
A geographic analysis of stock car racing, Martin Pinnau
"How came such a man as Herbert?" : allusions to George Herbert in the writings of Emerson, Thoreau and Fuller, Dianne Piper-Rybak
Mood effects on the accuracy, dependability, and mean item ratings of Angoff method judgements : a generalizability study, Daren S. Protolipac
An investigation of the relationship between coping behaviors and personality variables during job transitions, Daylashunta Lakesha Randolph
Cognition and parenting : belief in corporal punishment and evaluations of child transgressions in a college sample, Heather J. Risser
Profanity, persuasion and credibility, Cory R. Scherer
The relationships between procedural and distributive justice perceptions in the selection process, Karen E. Schnite
Emerging leadership practices of national board certified teachers, Jeffrey T. Schuler
Perceptions of selected elementary school principals regarding violence : experiences, causes, and interventions in schools, Christine M. Schumacher
Don Delillo : an annotated primary and secondary bibliography, 1971-2002, Christina S. Scott
Illinois principals and the performance indicators associated with the content area standards for principals, Susan Sebright-Smith
Citizen participation versus representative councils : a muncipal [sic.] case study, Jonathan Trent Shaskan
Perceptions of technology directors to computer acquisition and usage in their Illinois rural public K-12 unit school districts, Karen Sirgany
A green chemistry approach to multifunctional materials and coatings, Charles A. Sizemore
Using trait maternal affect and adult attachment style to predict bias in mothers' perceptions of their children's behavior, Allison Marie Smith
An examination of the semantic network for smoking-related information in smokers and nonsmokers, Eric S. Snitchler
Flavor analysis and reaction monitoring using surface acoustic wave microsensors and artificial neural networks, Robert Matthew Sobel
A correlation of self-assessed leadership skills and interpersonal communication competencies of public school principals in five Illinois counties, Jean Hayes Sophie
Detection and inhibition of bacteria by LIBS and nanoparticle sol-gel coatings, Zephen G. Specht
In search of the characteristics of adults who are gifted and have a learning disability, Scott Fredrick Terry
Epistemological development among gifted high school students : a three-cohort study, Jerald A. Thomas Jr
Impact of a childhood history of physical abuse and social support on aggresive behavior, attributions, and affect in male adolescents, Randi M. Tolliver
The hippocampus, timing and trace conditioning of fear-potentiated startle in rats, Mehul A. Trivedi
Indians in Thailand : issues of identity and transnational perspectives among immigrant communities, Neha G. Trivedi
Democratization without consolidation : the case of Cambodia, 1993-2004, Kheang Un
Ritual activity at Gottschall Rockshelter, Iowa County, Wisconsin, Stephen C. Wagner
Causal modeling performance excellence in higher education : 2001-2003 Baldrige National Quality Program Education for Performance Excellence, Marjorie Ann Wall鉍
Small sample properties of estimates and tests in generalized linear mixed models for correlated binary data, Shaolin Wang
Exposure to peer suicide in college students, Robin L. Watkins
Isolation and characterization of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 plasmids, Christen A. White
Molecular studies on homologous recombination at the intergenic region of brome mosaic bromovirus (BMV) : determinants, mechanisms, and relationship with transcription, Rafal Henryk Wierzchoslawski
River cities : a study of agenda-setting, Anton E. Wohlers
A leading researcher approves of this thesis : pseudo-credibility and persuasion, Sarah E. Wood
