Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Synthetic Assembly of Antibacterial Agents and Metal Chelating Ligands, Zachary Joseph Liveris
Utilization of Hepatitis B viremic donors (NAT+) leads to improved kidney transplant access for older adult recipients with little to no wait time, Reynold I. Lopez-Soler, Cara Joyce, Laura Cotiguala, Oswaldo Aguirre, Manpreet Samra, Christine Trotter, Geraldine Zingraf, Jeffrey Sorensen, Rupinder Sodhi, and Anne Thorndyke
Intermediate C Programming (2nd Edition) Supplemental Lecture Materials, Yung-Hsiang Lu and George K. Thiruvathukal
An Inconvenient Truth About ‘Bundling’ Commitment, Engagement, & Embeddedness: Unbundling to Extend Theory on Turnover Motivations and Beyond, Carl Maertz, Clark D. Johnson, and Brittney C. Bauer
Localization of Synthetic Manipulations in Western Blot Images, Anmol Manjunath, Viola Negroni, Sara Mandelli, Daniel Moreira, and Paolo Bestagini
Christotechtonics: Dildonic Prostheticity in Theological Formulation, Evan Taylor Marsolek
Regulatory, Structural and Functional Studies of the ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase from Photosynthetic and Heterotrophic Organisms, Gabriela Martinez-Ramirez
Exploring Evolutionary Relationships of New World Astragalus through Phylogenomic Analyses, Victoria Martinez
Indigenous Political Rights: Constitutional Comparison of Colombia, Guatemala and Bolivia, Michael L. Mathews
Establishment of an In Vitro HBV Infection System and Investigation of a Recently Emerged HBV Genotype, Delaina N. May
Tensions Between Catholic Identity and Academic Achievement: Roles of Catholic School Leaders in Southeastern Nigeria, Augustina Ngozi Mbata
Queer Futurity Needs Queer Grief: An Analysis of the U.S. Public Response to Queer Loss, Jordan Nicole McKinnon
Conventions, Definitions, Identities, and Other Useful Formulae, Robert A. McNees IV
Adam Kucharski: Placing Poland at the Heart of Irishness, John A. Merchant
Estranging the Novel: Poland, Ireland, and Theories of World Literature, John A. Merchant
An Insider's Perspective to Mentoring Novice Math and Science Teachers in a University Mentoring Program: A Self-Study, Krishna R. Millsapp
The Immune Contribution to Postpartum Remodeling, Jessica Caroline Ming
Socrates on Cookery and Rhetoric, Freya M. Mobus
Synthetic Realities and Artificial Intelligence-Generated Contents, Daniel Moreira, Sebastien Marcel, and Anderson Rocha
Rush Generation social work internship experience, Ruby Moyano
Reading the Prologue of John's Gospel as Midrash with a View to Examinging a Local Parting of the Ways, Joseph Mukuna
Growing Resilience: Combating Food Insecurity through Urban Farming in Bronzeville, Olivia Muth, Jera Moses, Andrew Lane, and Brandon Folson
Age and sex disparities in blood pressure control and therapeutic inertia: Impact of a quality improvement program, Olivia Myers, Talar Markossian, Beatrice Probst, Grant Hiura, Katherine Habicht, Brent Egan, and Holly Kramer
Expression of Genetic Variation in Fat Depot Physiology for Mice, Nafia Naila
Early Childhood Foundations of Adolescents' Critical Consciousness in Under-Resourced and Minoritized Communities: The Roles of Prosocial Behavior and Cognitive Self-Regulation in Middle Childhood, Zahra F. Naqi-Hasnain
Toward a Comprehensive Mental Health Service Delivery Model: Incorporating Parent Education into School Based Mental Health Services, Maggie Garcia Neidhardt
The Role of Religion in Illness Meaning Making and Coping Among Sub-Saharan African Christian Immigrants (SSACI) in the US, Okechukwu Camillus Njoku
Field-based measurement tools to distinguish clonal Typha taxa and estimate biomass: a resource for conservation and restoration, Brian M. Ohsowski, Cassidy Redding, Pamela Geddes, and Shane Lishawa
Navigating Culture and Family in Post-Secondary Education as Nigerian American College Students, Funmilayo Ojikutu
Loverboy Rules: A Transtheoretical Exploration of Andy Bernard's Failed Masculinity, Jessie Marta Olstad
Development of the Student-Elder*-Engaged Mentoring Experience (SEE ME), Kimberly Oosterhouse and Lisa Skemp
Comparing Caregiver-Teacher-Adolescent Mental Health Reporting: Examining Changes Over Time and Related Outcomes Among Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System, Jennifer Osborne
Understanding Political Rigidity: Exploring the Epistemic Underpinnings of Political Ideology, Chad Mitchel Osteen
Development and Preliminary Validation of the Internalized Heterosexist Racism Measure for Sexual Minorities of Color, Juan Pantoja-Patino
Mapping Capital Ratios to Bank Lending Spreads: The Role of Efficiency and Asymmetry in Performance Indices, Ali Golbabaei Pasandi, Mahmoud Botshekan, Abolhasson Jalilvand, Mohammad Ali Rastegar, and Mojtaba Rostami Noroozabad
Mitigating Antibody-Drug-Conjugate Chemotherapy-Associated Corneal Toxicity, Bhuvanachandra Pasupuleti
Neurogenomics of Competition and Parental Care in a Socially Polyandrous Shorebird, Tessa Mathur Patton
Rebuilding Risk Assessment Tools and Evaluating Their Effect on Recidivism in Illinois, cristina penate
Worker's Rights, Vijay Pereira, Daicy Vaz, and Arup Varma
Balancing the Scales: Investigating the Potential Impact of RISUG and ADAM as Novel Male Birth Control Methods, Marcus Piattoni, Ryan Chang, Saniyya Butler, Grace Acosta, and Geena Fajardo
Confronting Cruelty: Ethical Insights into the Treatment of Model Organisms in Contemporary Research, Marcus Piattoni, Isabella Gates, and Alexis Rossi
“Do the right thing”: Immigrant Perspectives of Social Worker Support in the United States, Abha Rai, Mary Lehman Held, Melody Huslage, Eliza Galvez, Yigermal Demissie Ayalew, and Leia Siksay
Napping, Sleep, and Affect in Adolescents: A Daily Diary and Actigraphy Study, Elizabeth Rea
Exploring External Engagement in Higher Education Through Defining Partnerships, Colleen Reaney
Speed of Sound in Solid Materials, John Reece and Walter McGavran
A Womanist Narrative Ethics of Survival: an Exploration in African American Meaning Making, LaShaunda Janeice Reese
Stepparenting and Schooling: Challenges, Reconstitutions, and Outsider Perceptions, Christopher Repa
Fine-Tuning Gene Expression: A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Rett Syndrome, Yewon Rhee
Trajectories of self-management and independence in youth with spina bifida: Family-related predictors of growth, Monique Ridosh, William Howard Adams, Colleen F. Bechtel Driscoll, Fabiola Magana, Kathleen J. Sawin, and Grayson Holmbeck
Tuesday's Child: My Experience as a Behavioral Intervention Intern, Rosemary C. Roberts
CPSF6's Nuclear Localization Signal Mediates HIV-1 Intranuclear Events Following Nuclear Import, Nick Rohlfes
TAK1 Blockade Plus Azacitidine Induces Apoptosis, Augments Cytarabine, and Ablates Clonogenicity in MLL-AF9+ Human AML Cell Lines, Austin P. Runde, Cameron Lewis, Peter Breslin SJ, and Jiwang Zhang
Abriendo Caminos: A Case Study of an Online Bilingüe MSW Program, Celeste Natividad Sanchez
Betacat Portfolio Management, Arabella Sargent, Matthew Li, Lauren Devine, and Grant Carufel
Child-Parent Psychotherapy in Child Welfare, Michelle Saulnier
Teaching and Practice of the Stay SAFE Interruption Management Strategy in Simulated Contexts, Ginger Schroers
Impacts of Stormwater and Land Cover on the Abundance, Transport, and Composition of Anthropogenic Litter in Urban Watersheds, Bailey Austin Schwenk
A Computer Vision Solution to Cross-cultural Food Image Classification and Nutrition Logging, Rohan Sethi and George K. Thiruvathukal
Understanding the Mystery of R-Loops and Their Relationship to Nucleolar Stress, Kevin Shane
Validating the use of body mass index with computed tomography in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of patients admitted with SARS- CoV-2, Patricia Sheean, Paula O'Connor, Cara Joyce, Amy Wozniak, Vasilios Vasilopoulos, Jared Seigal, and Perry Formanek
Assessing the Role of Psychological Self-Sufficiency and Organizational Factors in Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency Among Low-Income Populations, Alanna Jeeyoung Shin
The Rise and Fall of Seven Arts Magazine, Mary Clare Sisk, Sara Houska, Colleen Kehoe, and Phoebe Ludwig
Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions of How Leadership Relates to their Workplace Well-Being, Joanna Skourletos
Optimizing Education with Tech, Thomas Slomiany, Blanca Gonzalo, Cole Osiadacz, David Sagl, Carlos Argueta, Evan Ciolek, and Daphne Delgado
Enzymological Revisionism: Employing Transient State Approaches to Define the Catalytic Sequences of Poorly Understood Systems, Madison M. Smith
Morality and Power: The Influence of Individual Differences and Situational Factors on Ethical Decision Making, Mallory Rose Smith
Integrating Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) into Undergraduate Nursing Education to Ensure Equity and Inclusion in Acute Care Nursing., Phyllis Ann Solari-Twadell, Lisa Burkhart, and Elizabeth Reynolds
Diet Quality and Resilience through Adulthood: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the WELL for Life Study, Sparkle Springfield-Trice, Cara Joyce, Yi-Hsuan Wu, Ann W. Hsing, Kristen Cunanan, and Christopher Gardner
Evolutionary Patterns of Anolis Lizard Skulls: An Investigation in Geometric Morphometrics and an Educational Exploration of Structure and Function, Katherine Beyer Starr
Lactobacillus-Mediated Phage Induction and Inhibition of Growth of Escherichia coli, Natalie Stegman
A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in the NICU, Leesa Strickland and Lindsey Garfield Dr.
The Prevalence of Child Play in Natural Water Ways and How it Relates to Health, Sylvia Stypinski, Colleen Kordish PhD, and Barbara Velsor-Friedrich PhD
DLTSG Mutual Fund Invest Research Report, Katherine Sullenberger, Brendan DalCanton, Ambiya Shaikh, and Daphne Kritikakis
Neuroinflammation and Gut Barrier Function Post Traumatic Brain Injury, Anne Sullivan
The race-based stress reduction intervention (RiSE) study on African American women in NYC and Chicago: Design and methods for complex genomic analysis, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Alexandria Jones-Patten, Laura Prescott, Stephanie Potts-Thompson, Cara Joyce, Bamidele Tayo, and Karen Saban
Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning (AI &| ML), George K. Thiruvathukal
Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Measures for Identifying Patients Requiring High-Intensity Care, Daniel C. To, Tessa L. Steel, Kyle A. Carey, Cara Joyce, Elizabeth M. Salisbury-Afshar, Dana P. Edelson, Anoop Mayampurath, Matthew M. Churpek, and Majid Afshar
The Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Exopolysaccharide from Bacillus Subtilis, Nikolay Todorov
The Meaning of Life’s Broken Fragments: A Constructive Theology of Fragmentation Grounded in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theological Ethics, Meghan Toomey
Implementing Evidence-based Fall Prevention Bundle in a Long-term Memory Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Lei Toquero and Audrey Klopp
An Automated Approach for Improving The Inference Latency and Energy Efficiency of Pretrained CNNs by Removing Irrelevant Pixels with Focused Convolutions, Caleb Tung, Nick Eliopoulos, Purvish Jajal, Gowri Ramshankar, Chen-Yun Yang, Nicholas Synovic, Xuecen Zhang, Vipin Chaudhary, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hsiang Lu
“We got to stand up and speak”: Youth in high-poverty, high-crime urban communities of color reflect on their cross-age mentoring program, Katherine Tyson McCrea, Kaleigh Valencia Wilkins, Maryse Richards, Ogechi Onyeka, Kevin M. Miller, Cara Marie Diclemente, Amzie Moore II, Heather L. Watson, Kassie Gillis-Harry, Gabriel Jenkins, and Naquiria Williams
Investigating the Role of Diet in Modulating Neuroinflammation in Health and Disease, Rasa Valiauga
The Tragedy of Yemen - An Integrative Approach to Conflict Resolution to Solve the Humanitarian Crisis, Peter V. Van Volkinburg
Liberating Bioethics Through Agape: A Feminist Perspective from the Periphery, Kimberly Vargas Barreto
Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America, Mariana Vargas
Regulation of Sterile Inflammatory Responses By Mitochondria-Associated Proteins, Meghana Venkatesan
Novel Antivirals Unveiled Against Acute and Persistent Coxsackievirus B3 Infection Via Rapid Screening, Maria del Mar Villanueva Guzman
Novel Antivirals Unveiled Against Acute and Persistent Coxsackievirus B3 Infection via Rapid Screening, Maria del Mar Villanueva Guzman
Experiences of School Climate Among Sexual Minority Students of Color, Brandon Westerman
Terry Riley's "In C" for Mobile Ensemble, David B. Wetzel, Griffin Moe, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Generations After US (Undergoing Stress): An Exploration of Interpersonal Violence and Loss on Psychosocial Functioning at the Parent, Child, and Family Level, Kaleigh Valencia Wilkins
Transcriptome-Wide Association Study of the Plasma Proteme Reveals Cis and Trans Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Complex Traits, Henry Wittich
