Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Estrogen Regulation of miR-9-5p and miR-9-3p Stability and Localization in the Aging Female Brain, Chun Kim
The Effect of Plastic on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Urban Streams, Lisa Haneul Kim
Natural Law in Mencius and Aquinas, Richard Kim
The Influence of Dialecticism on Savoring Across Cultures, Soyeon Kim
The Role of trc in the Development of Glia in the Nervous System, Andrea M. Kirincic, Nicole Saylor, and Jennifer Jemc Mierisch
Synthesis and Application of Folate-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Agent Modeled in Zebrafish Embryos, Aishah Kothawala and Allison Monterastelli
Environmental Justice Organizing in a Gentrifying Community: Navigating Dilemmas of Representation, Issue Selection, and Recruitment, Amy Krings and Colette Copic
Equity in sustainable development: Community responses to environmental gentrification, Amy Krings and Tania Schusler
Environmental Social Work in the Disciplinary Literature, 1991–2015, Amy Krings, Bryan G. Victor, John Mathias, and Brian E. Perron
Family functioning guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida, Tessa K. Kritikos and Grayson Holmbeck
A critical discourse analysis to explain the failure of BoP strategies, Nancy E. Landrum
Investigating Dispersal Ability to Infer Diversification in the Birds of Madagascar, Robert D. Lauer
ivPair: context-based fast intra-vehicle device pairing for secure wireless connectivity, Kyuin Lee, Neil Klingensmith, Dong He, Suman Banerjee, and Younghyun Kim
Tumor Immunology: Understanding the Immune System and Cancer to Enhance the Efficacy of Cancer Immunotherapies, Natasha Malibu Lenart
Reducing Reperfusion Injury in An Adult Rat Stroke Model with ST-115 Treatment, Morgan Rae Lenz
Depletion of Acetyl-CoA Pools Within Primary CD4+ T-cells Negatively Impacts HIV-1 Mediated Stabilization of Acetylated Microtubulin, Drew Lichon, Edward Campbell PhD, and Harry E. Taylor
IL-10 PRODUCTION BY TH1-POLARIZED NEONATAL T CELLS, Yi Wei Lim, Aleksandra Vuchkovska, Ramiah Jacks, Paula White Prock, Jonathan Muraskas, and Makio Iwashima
Investigation and Bioengineering of Chromate Reductase YieF for Heavy Metal Detoxification and Bioremediation, Samantha Michelle Linek
Accessibility Enhanced by Sound and Haptics, Andrew Paul Littleton and Jack O'Hare
Conducting Research in Non-Traditional Settings: Research Assistant Experiences in a Gay Bathhouse, Michael R. Lloyd; Michael P. Dentato PhD, MSW; Brian Kelly; and Hayley Stokar
Filial Descent: The African Roots of Postcolonial Literature in Italy, Cristina Lombardi-Diop
Facilitating Growth through Frustration: Using Genomics Research in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience, David Lopatto and Jennifer Jemc Mierisch
The Shadow-Beast: The Influence of Critical Consciousness on Resilience Narratives of Latinx/a/o College Students, Norma Lopez
Testing an Ecological Model of Obesity Among School-Age Children: Identifying Targets for Tailored Intervention, Dorothy Mcleod Loren
Effects of Pharmaceutical Contamination on Sedment Microbial Communities in Streams, Benjamin Joseph Lorentz
IL-27 PROMOTES INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION AND TIGHT JUNCTION EXPRESSION AFTER ETHANOL INTOXICATION AND BURN INJURY, Marisa Luck, Caroline Herrnreiter, Xiaoling Li, and Mashkoor Choudhry
Method development for detection of heavy metals; lead, copper and cadmium, in biological materials on graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS), Michelle Lund and Martina Schmeling Dr.
Reforming Sensory Disability in Early Modern England, Mary Lutze
Carborane‐Containing Matrix Metalloprotease (MMP) Ligands as Candidates for Boron Neutron‐Capture Therapy (BNCT), Marlon R. Lutz Jr, Sebastian Flieger, Andre Colorina, John Wozny, Narayan S. Hosmane, and Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.
Understanding the Role of Relationship Satisfaction in Social Support Provision for Youth in the Child Welfare System, Nathan Michael Lutz
A Review of the Preclinical and Clinical Efficacy of Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, and Lopinavir-Ritonavir Treatments against COVID-19, Dawid Maciorowski, Samir Z. El Idrissi, Yash Gupta, Brian J. Medernach, Michael B. Burns, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D., Ravi Durvasula, and Prakasha Kempaiah
ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF KMT2D IN HER2+ BREAST CANCER, Emily Ma, Jeffrey Ng, Andrei Zlobin, Debra Wyatt, Andrew Dingwall, and Clodia Osipo
The Global Price of Oil, QE and the US High Yield Rate, A. (Tassos) G. Malliaris and Mary E. Malliaris
The Impact of the Twin Financial Crises, A. (Tassos) G. Malliaris and Mary E. Malliaris
Inter-relations Between Additive Shape Invariant Superpotentials, Jeffry V. Mallow, Emeritus; Asim Gangopadhyaya; Jonathan Bougie; and Constantin Rasinariu
Draft Genome Sequence of Actinomyces neuii UMB1295, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Tijana Markovic, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Planning, Participation, and Power in a Shrinking City: The Detroit Works Project, Gregory B. Markus and Amy Krings
Mortality Salience, Group Membership, & Reciprocity, Fatima A. Martin
Maintenance of Cardiac Force-Generation Requires BAG3-dependent Sarcomere Protein Turnover, Thomas Martin, Jonathan A. Kirk, and Arthur M. Feldman
Research‐based knowledge about social work and sustainability, Aila‐Leena Matthies, Amy Krings, and Ingo Stamm
The Changing Profile of ECS Teachers, Steven McGee, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Andrew M. Rasmussen, Dale F. Reed, and Don Yanek
Does a Computer Science Graduation Requirement Contribute to Increased Enrollment in Advanced Computer Science Coursework?, Steven McGee, Randi McGee-Tekula, Jennifer Duck, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Andrew M. Rasmussen, Erica Wheeler, and Adam Shelton
Findings from Two Decades of Total Rewards Research: What WorldatWork Members Have Taught Us, Tom McMullen and Dow Scott
The Impact of Positive School Culture on School Success: A Principal's Self-Study of Transformational Leadership, Sean Mcnichols
The Extent Professional and Moral Authorities Are Evident in Federal Inclusive Education Policies, Lucille Marie Melchert
The Business of Peace: Understanding Corporate Contributions to Conflict Management, Molly M. Melin
Racial Inequality in Chicago: Income and Education, Richard Melstrom and Cassidy Redding
System Modeling of Brain-Neuromuscular Functions for Developing Brain-Computer, Michael Ethan Mendoza
System Modeling of Brain-Neuromuscular Functions for Developing Brain-Computer Interface, Michael Ethan Mendoza and Sebastian Cacceres
The Effect of Imagined Intergroup Contact on Heterosexism, Laurel Mertz
Realistic Website Fingerprinting Attacks, John Mikos and Eric Chan-Tin
Toward a containerized pipeline for longitudinal analysis of open-source software projects, Allan Miller, George Thiruvathukal, Konstantin Laufer, Emmanuel Amobi, Sean Higgins, Linette Maliakal, Emily Meister, Jean-Luc Putter, Alex Rose, Nicholas Synovic, Sophie Von Hatten, Jonathan Warkentin, and Martin Zugschwert
Coliphage Diversity of the Female Urinary Microbiome, Taylor Miller-Ensminger
Mimicking prophage induction in the body: induction in the lab with pH gradients, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Andrea Garretto, Nicole Stark, and Catherine Putonti
Introducing Lu-1, a Novel Lactobacillus jensenii Phage Abundant in the Urogenital Tract, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Rita Mormando, Laura Maskeri, Jason W. Shapiro, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus jensenii Strain UMB7766, Isolated from the Female Bladder, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequence of Streptococcus anginosus UMB7768, Isolated from a Woman with Recurrent UTI Symptoms, Sarah Miller, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Using Moral Foundations Framing to Influence Partisan Attitudes Toward Latino Immigrants, Salma Moaz
How Inclusive and Accessible Is Your Statement on Inclusion And Accessibility?, Freya M. Mobus
Who Saw that Hoatzin?, Jenna Molaro and Ethan Ferguson
Citizenship Education Beyond the Nation State Implications for Teacher Education, Seungho Moon and Charlie Tocci
Capitalisms, Generative Projects and the New STS, Kelly Moore
Complete Genome Sequences of Streptococcus mitis Strains Isolated from the Oral Cavity and Urogenital Tract of a Woman and Her Male Sexual Partner, Carine R. Mores, Travis K. Price, Bridget Brassil, Catherine Putonti, and Alan J. Wolfe
Black Males Accessing and Usage of Sex Education in Mississippi, Devin D. Moss
The Fury That Destroys the World, Michael Murphy
Toward Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for Asia, Kenneth M.Y. Leung and Tham C. Hoang
Latino Parents' Acculturative Stress and Their Preschoolers' Prosocial Development: Testing the Mediating Role of Parenting Style, Zahra Fatima Naqi
Educational Debt: Educational Loans and the Family, Keyla Navarrete
DNA Methylation Patterns of Repetitive Elements on HC21, Navy Neang
Local B cell memory in airway hypersensitivity, Alexander Nelson and Yee Ling Wu
Developing Communities of Practical Wisdom: An Exercise in the Synthesis of Memory, Religion and Pragmatism in Religious Studies, Holly Nelson-Becker
When We Can’t Say Goodbye — Loss, Grief, and Dying During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Holly Nelson-Becker and Ann Callahan
Spiritual Diversity, Spiritual Assessment, and Māori End-of-Life Perspectives: Attaining ka ea,, Holly Nelson-Becker and Tess Moeke-Maxwell
Religious/spiritual struggles and spiritual resilience in marginalised older adult, Holly Nelson-Becker and Michael Thomas
Dying Alone and Lonely Dying: Media Discourse and Pandemic Conditions, Holly Nelson-Becker and Christina Victor
Evaluating the Impact of Marriage Renewal Workshop on Marital Satisfaction, Communication, Conflict Management, and Forgiveness: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Hien T. Kim Nguyen
Exopolysaccharide from Commensal Bacteria Alters Breast Cancer Cell Growth and Stemness, Mai Nguyen, Katherine L. Knight, and Clodia Osipo
Determining the Genetic and Phenotypic Profile of Cord Blood Derived T Regulatory Cells and the Effect of Calcitriol on Immune Suppression, Anya Nikolai-Yogerst
Una Vision Compleja y Conflictiva: El Renacimiento de la Imagen de Isabel la Catolica y la Experiencia Femenina Durante la Epoca de la Postguerra, Sarah M. Obrist
The Phenomenology of Accompaniment: A Journey of Transformation, Siobhan O'donoghue
Optimizing Gene Expression Prediction and Omics Integration in Populations of African Ancestry, Paul Chukwuebuka Okoro
The Creation and Evolution of Introductory Courses in Women's Studies Programs, Tori Kay Olson
Community Collaborations with Saving Lives, Inspiring Youth: A Community-Based Cross-Age Peer Mentoring Program, Cynthia Onyeka, Kevin Miller, Chana Matthews, Amzie Moore II, Katherine Tyson McCrea Professor, and Maryse Richards
Useful for Life: Women, Girls, and Vocational School Reform in Chicago, 1880-1930, Ruby Oram
Beyond Family: Patterns of Kin and Fictive Kin Caregivers Among Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System, Jennifer Osborne
A Self-Study of the Relationships between My Leadership and the Promotion of a Supportive School Environment, Cory Overstreet
Happiness Index: A Neural Network Model of American Cities' Happiness, Colleen Palmer, Lauren Kroll, Samira Azhar, and Varsha Kalangari
The Effect of Severity of Mental Health Problems, Perceived Public Stigma, and Confidence on Students’ Willingness to Seek Treatment, Avery Pankratz
Assessing the Complexity of Protein Primary Structures Using Gödel-Type Coding, Ashvi Patel and Daniel J. Graham
Trends in Plastic Surgery in Relation to United States Demographics, Meghan Patel, Amanda Rioboli, and Marie Sherlock
Confront racial bias while mitigating backlash: Harness the power of social bonds, Jamie Patrianakos
Should Failure to Protect Laws Include Physical and Emotional Sibling Violence?, Nathan Perkins and Johanna E. Barry
Sibling Violence: The Missing Piece in Family Violence Policy, Nathan H. Perkins and Susan F. Grossman
Cultural Responsiveness among Teachers and School Discipline, Sharon K. Perry
Identification of RNA-binding Proteins Facilitating microRNA Sorting into Extracellular Vesicles, Anh Phi Phan, Thomas Lynch, Maleen Cabe, and Walter K. Jones
Suffocated CD8 T Cells in the Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment, Lourdes Beatriz Plaza Rojas
Neuropsychological Correlates of Chronic Pain: The Influence of Anxious Arousal on Cognitive Control, Kelly L. Polnaszek
Interpreting Minorness and Minor Characters in the Victorian Novel, Grace Pregent
Draft Genome Sequence of Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Strain UMB0843, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Natalia Purta, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
