Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Laissez Fairy Tales: Consensus, Cohesion, and Corporate Culture During the Collapse of Lehman Brothers, William Howard Burr
Exploring the Educational Journeys of African American Honors Alumni(nae), Sammie Marie Burton
Behavioral Ecology and Physiological Health of Managed Populations of Juvenile Blanding's Turtles (emydoidea Blandingii) in Urban Wetlands, Armand Andre' Cann
Lili Elbe Digital Archive, Aliana Capati and Cristiana Bertola
A Customer-Focused Approach to Improve Celebrity Endorser Effectiveness, Brad D. Carlson, D. Todd Donavan, George D. Deitz, Brittney C. Bauer, and Vishal Lala
Addressing Environmental Toxins that Affect Children Through A Children's rights Framework: Tools to help you succeed, Jenifer Cartland
Structural basis for the hydrolytic dehalogenation of the fungicide chlorothalonil, Daniel S. Catlin, Xinhang Yang, Brian Bennett, Richard C. Holz, and Dali Liu
Engendering Empathy for Immigrants in Middle Grade Readers Through Culturally Relevant Young Adult Literature, Amy J. Cattapan
Shaping Beauty, Claiming Authenticity: Gender, Work, and Immigration Experiences of Low-Wage South Asian Immigrant Women Workers, Soulit Chacko
A Real-Time Feature Indexing System on Live Video Streams, Aditya Chakraborty, Akshay Pawar, Hojoung Jang, Shunqiao Huang, Sripath Mishra, Shuo-Han Chen, Yuan-Hao Chang, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hsiang Lu
Itô’s Calculus and the Derivation of the Black–Scholes Option-Pricing Model, G Chalamandaris and A. (Tassos) G. Malliaris
Changes in cognitive control after high-demand trials during continuous motor performance: Slower RTs and increases in midline theta, Michael Chammany
Does local activation of RhoA drive septin recruitment?, Shreya Chandrasekar, Jordan R. Beach, and Patrick Oakes
The Ethical and Political Contours of Institutional Promotion in Esports: From precariat models to sustainable practices, Florence Chee and Veli-Matti Karhulahti
Uncovering interactions between oral hormone contraceptives and human gut microbiota, Jessie Chen, Annemiek Doedens, Sri Contractor, Sidra Sohail, and Michael B. Burns Dr.
Identity Positivity in Decolonial Worlds: Making Room for Gender and Sexual Possibility, Erica Chu
ALTERNATING BINDING OF PHOSPHOLAMBAN AND DWORF TO SERCA DURING TRANSIENT ELEVATIONS OF CYTOSOLIC CALCIUM., Sean Cleary, Marsha P. Pribadi, Ellen E. Cho, Xuan Fang, Jaroslava Seflova, Jordan R. Beach, Peter Kekenes-Huskey, and Seth L. Robia
Teacher and Principal Perceptions of Principal Leadership Practices Having the Strongest Relationship to Student Achievement, Michael C. Conran
Short-Chain Fatty Acid (SCFA) Signaling in the Vagus Nerve Regulates Glucose Homeostasis and Energy Balance, Tyler Cook, Raiza R. Bonomo, Chaitanya K. Gavini, Emily Gornick, and Virginie Mansuy-Aubert
Environmental Gentrification in Chicago: Perceptions, Dilemmas and Paths Forward, Colette Copic, Tania Schusler, and Amy Krings
Structures From Chaos In a NIM Game, Ian Cowen and Zen Nguyen
QueerVIEW: Protocol for a Technology-Mediated Qualitative Photo Elicitation Study With Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Ontario, Canada, Shelley L. Craig; Andrew D. Eaton; Rachael Pascoe; Egag Egag; Lauren B. McInroy; Lin Fang; Ashley Austin; and Michael P. Dentato PhD, MSW
Draft Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli UMB1353, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Tanea Crawford, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Investigating T cell signaling mechanisms that promote resistance to Activation Induced Cell Death, Christina Cunha, Mariko Takami, and Makio Iwashima
Promoting Access & Critical Literacy: Working Within, Beyond, and Against the Academy, Sydney Curtis and Dianey R. Leal
The Effect of Individual Differences on the Experience of Meaningful Work: The Influence of Social Status and Work Motivation, Plamena Daskalova
Pediatric Providers' Perceptions of their Role in Early Detection of Postpartum Depression, Laura Aime De La Pena
Towards High-End Scalability on Bio-Inspired Computational Models, Dario Dematties, Silvio Rizzi, and George K. Thiruvathukal
A Computational Theory for the Emergence of Grammatical Categories in Cortical Dynamics, Dario Dematties, Silvio Rizzi, George K. Thiruvathukal, Mauricio D. Perez, Alejandro Javier Wainselboim, and Bonifacio Silvano Zanutto
Towards High-End Scalability on Biologically-Inspired Computational Models, Dario Dematties, George K. Thiruvathukal, Silvio Rizzi, Alejandro Wainselboim, and Bonifacio Silvano Zanutto
"An Environmental Sleight of Hand:" Trash, Activism, and Urban Finance in Detroit, 1970-1990, Chelsea Denault
An Experimental Test of Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness: The Effect of Gender, Samantha De Souza
Identification of conditions that promote biofilm formation by Vibrio fischer i, Courtney Dial and Karen Visick
Neighbors with Nowhere to Rest their Heads, Miguel H. Diaz
¡Virgen de la Caridad, save the United States! A Cuban American Reflects on the Upcoming Elections, Miguel H. Diaz
Hague Abduction Law for the Contemporary Immigrant Parent and Child, Sarah Diaz
Metaphor as Dynamic Myth in Ricoeur, Colby Dickinson
Layperson's Norms Surrounding Politician Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment, Yelyzaveta Distefano
Violent Crime and Youth Resilience, William Donnelly
Celebrity 2.0: Lil Miquela and the Rise of a Virtual Star System, Jenna M. Drenten and Gillian Brooks
Self-Management in Youth with Spina Bifida: Associations with Parent Factors in the Context of a Summer Camp Intervention, Colleen F. Bechtel Driscoll
Random Knots, Andrew Ducharme and Emily Peters
Best Practices for Successfully Writing and Publishing a Genome Announcement in Microbiology Resource Announcements, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, David A. Baltrus, Vincent M. Bruno, John J. Dennehy, Steven R. Gill, Julia A. Maresca, Jelle Matthijnssens, Irene L. G. Newton, Catherine Putonti, David A. Rasko, Antonis Rokas, Simon Roux, Jason E. Stajich, Kenneth M. Stedman, Frank J. Stewart, and J. Cameron Thrash
Elucidating the Impact and Mechanism of Hepatitis C Virus Cell-To-Cell Spread, Karina Durso-Cain
Cellular and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Alcohol Inhibition of Bone Fracture Healing, Jonathan Michael Eby
Dietary Intake and Executive Function in Youth and Emerging Adulthood: Environmental Correlates and Developmental Considerations, Amy Michelle Egbert
Neuropathy in Obesity: The Role of the Lipid Nuclear Receptor LXR, Nadia Elshareif, Chaitanya K. Gavini, and Virginie Mansuy-Aubert
The Absurd: Postwar Reception and Wartime Echoes at Yale French Studies, Julia Elsky
CORRECT ACA Coverage Expansions and Rates of Suicide Among Young and Working Age Adults, Nicole Entzeroth
Investigating the Role of Hypusine in Viral Translation and Infection, Jeremy Joseph Esin
Draft Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium aurimucosum UMB7769, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Samantha Eskandar, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
The Social Psychology Behind Teacher Walkouts, Judson G. Everitt
Examining Healthcare Institutions by Bringing Qualitative Data from Two Eras into Empirical Dialogue, Judson G. Everitt, James M. Johnson, William H. Burr, and Stephanie H. Shanower
To Lean or Not to Lean Against an Asset Price Bubble? Empirical Evidence, Anastasios Evgenidis and A. (Tassos) G. Malliaris
Computer Science through Concurrent Enrollment: A Strategy to Broaden Participation, Renee Fall, Seth Freeman, Ronald I. Greenberg, Dan Kaiser, and Nigamanth Sridhar
Phosphorylation of ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase During Wheat Seeds Development, Danisa M. L. Ferrero, Claudia V. Piattoni, Matías D. Asencion Diez, Bruno E. Rojas, Matías D. Hartman, Miguel A. Ballicora, and Alberto A. Iglesias
Vigilance of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Timothy Finn
The Relation of Authoritative School Climate with Emotion Regulation and Social Competence in High School Adolescents, Grace Ann Fitzgibbons
Carborane-Containing Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Ligands as Candidates for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), Sebastian Flieger and Daniel P. Becker
Teacher Perceptions and Experiences with Self-Regulation Strategies in General Education Classrooms, Sofia Flores-Perez
Elucidating the Targets and Function of the MLR Compass-Like Complex During Development, David Joseph Ford
Beyond Gatekeeping: Propaganda, Democracy, and the Organization of Digital Publics, Jennifer Forestal
Teaching the Town Hall: Incorporating Experiential Learning in a Large Introductory Lecture Course, Jennifer Forestal and Jessie K. Finch
The masked demos: Associational anonymity and democratic practice, Jennifer Forestal and Menaka Philips
Christopher Bigsby, Twenty-First Century American Playwrights, Verna Foster
Student Operation of Avian Relief, Carly Fournier, Mackenzie Roof, Kevin White, and Alicia Vrabec
LitR, a Quorum Sensing Gene in Vibrio fischeri, Differentially Regulates Biofilms, Brittany Fung and Karen L. Visick
Draft Genome Sequence of Proteus mirabilis Strain UMB0038, Isolated from the Female Bladder, Noreen Gallian, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Exactness of SWKB for Shape Invariant Potentials, Asim Gangopadhyaya; Jeffry V. Mallow, Emeritus; Constantin Rasinariu; and Jonathan Bougie
The Youngest Victims: Children and Youth Affected by War, James Garbarino, Amy E. Governale, and Danielle Nesi
"Lifting as We Climb": Black Feminist Action Research with Women of Color Student Affairs Administrators, Paige J. Gardner
Genomic Survey of E. coli From the Bladders of Women With and Without Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Andrea Garretto, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adriana Ene, Zubia Merchant, Aashaka Shah, Athina Gerodias, Anthony Biancofiori, Stacey Canchola, Stephanie Canchola, Emanuel Castillo, Tasnim Chowdhury, Nikita Gandhi, Sarah Hamilton, Kyla Hatton, Syed Hyder, Koty Krull, Demetrios Lagios, Thinh Lam, Kennedy Mitchell, Christine Mortensen, Amber Murphy, Joseph Richburg, Meghan Rokas, Suzanne Ryclik, Pauline Sulit, Thomas Szwajnos, Manuel Widuch, Jessica Willis, Mary Woloszyn, Bridget Brassil, Genevieve Johnson, Rita Mormando, Laura Maskeri, Mary Batrich, Nicole Stark, Jason W. Shapiro, Cesar Montelongo Hernandez, Swarnali Banerjee, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Greek Religion and Epigraphic Corpora: What's Sacrae about Leges Sacrae?, Laura Gawlinski
Transforming Growth Factor Beta Suppression of CD8+ T Cell Proliferation, Shena Geisinger
Observing Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic using Worldwide Network Cameras, isha Ghodgaonkar, Abhinav Goel, Fischer Bordwell, Caleb Tung, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Noah Curran, Ryan Chen, Kaiwen Yu, Sneha Mahapatra, Vishnu Banna, Gore Kao, Kate Lee, Xiao Hu, Nick Elliopolous, Akhil Chinnakotla, Damini Rijhwani, Ashley Kim, Aditya Chakraborty, Mark Daniel Ward, Yung-Hsiang Lu, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Probing the Two-Neutrino Exchange Force Using Atomic Parity Violation, Mitrajyoti Ghosh, Yuval Grossman, and Walter Tangarife
Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas caviae UFMG-H8, Isolated from Urine from a Healthy Bovine Heifer (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequence of Citrobacter freundii UFMG-H9, Isolated from Urine from a Healthy Bovine Heifer (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequences of Three Enterococcus casseliflavus Strains Isolated from the Urine of Healthy Bovine Heifers (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Three Draft Genome Sequences of Staphylococcus Species Isolated from the Urine of Healthy Bovine Heifers (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Laura Maskeri, André P. Oliveira, Edel F. Barbosa-Stancioli, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequence of Enterobacter asburiae UFMG-H9, Isolated from Urine from a Healthy Bovine Heifer (Gyr Breed), Silvia Giannattasio-Ferraz, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Identifying Transfer of Care Gaps: Electronic Health Record Capture of Perioperative Handoff Communications, Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson
A Poetics of Violence: Representations of Violence as Storytelling and World-Building Tools of the Theater, Richard Gilbert
Cultural Production in Chicago: Making History Interviews with Barbara Gaines, Criss Henderson, and Carlos Tortolero, Timothy Gilfoyle
Final Chapters [Margaret Garb obituary], Timothy Gilfoyle
Introduction: Urban History, Arnold Hirsch, and the Second Ghetto Thesis Redux, Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Rebecca Yamin & Donna J. Seifert. 2019. The archaeology of prostitution and clandestine pursuits. Gainesville: University Press of Florida; 978-0-8130-5645-6 hardback $85., Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld by Dominique Kalifa, Timothy J. Gilfoyle
The Influence of Media Violence Exposure on Explicit and Implicit Emotional Face Processing, Zoa Glab, Laura Stockdale, Sylena Wilson, Marley Hornewer, Sydney Samoska, Joseph Vukov, Rebecca Silton, and Robert Morrison
Modular Neural Networks for Low-Power Image Classification on Embedded Devices, Abhinav Goel, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Caleb Tung, Shuo-Han Chen, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hisang Lu
Using Network Cameras to Observe COVID-19 Social Distancing, Abhinav Goel, Aditya Chakraborty, Akhil Chinnakotla, Ashley Kim, Caleb Tung, Damini Rijhwani, Fischer Bordwell, Gore Kao, Isha Ghodgaonkar, Kate Lee, Nick Eliopoulos, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Sneha Mahapatra, Sripath Mishra, Wei Zakharov, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hisang Lu
Low-Power Object Counting with Hierarchical Neural Networks, Abhinav Goel, Caleb Tung, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Isha Ghodgaonkar, Shreya Ghosh, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hisang Lu
A Survey of Methods for Low-Power Deep Learning and Computer Vision, Abhinav Goel, Caleb Tung, Yung-Hsiang Lu, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Knowing Your Rights in Trump’s America: Paper Trails of Community Empowerment, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz
Deportees in Mexico City, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Esmeralda Flores Marcial, Ana Laura Lopez, Magdalena Loredo, Adriana Sandoval, Reyna Wences, Dolores Unzueta, Rosi Carrasco, and Martin Unzueta
Fight For The City: Policing, Sanctuary, and Resistance in Chicago, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz and Reyna Wences
Draft Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae UMB8492, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Suma Gondi, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti