Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The World Health Organization, the Trump Administration, American Public Opinion, and China: A Principal-Agent Problem, Megan Patrice Larson
UnoAPI: Balancing Performance, Portability, and Productivity (P3) in HPC Education, Konstantin Laufer and George K. Thiruvathukal
Biofilms on Plastic Litter: Community Composition and Activity and the Effects on Ecosystem Processes, Raul F. Lazcano
Vertical Stratification of Mammals in the Amazon, Jesus Mucio Leal and John Resener
AEROKEY: Using Ambient Electromagnetic Radiation for Secure and Usable Wireless Device Authentication, Kyuin Lee, Yucheng Yang, Omkar Prabhune, Aishwarya Lekshmi Chithra, Jack West, Kassem Fawaz, Neil Klingensmith, Uman Banerjee, and Younghyun Kim
Polygenic transcriptome risk scores (PTRS) can improve portability of polygenic risk scores across ancestries, Yanyu Liang, Milton Pividori, Ani Manichaikul, Abraham A. Palmer, Nancy J. Cox, Heather E. Wheeler, and Hae Kyung Im
Effects of Lower Limb Cycling Training on Different Components of Force and Fatigue in Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease, Yen-Po Lin, Rou-Shayn Chen, Vincent Chiun-Fan Chen, Chun-Hsien Liu, Hsiao-Lung Chan, and Ya-Ju Chang
On the Uses and Misuses of Interpretive Charity in Philosophy, Claire Abbott Lockard
Bisacodyl Limits Chikungunya Virus in Vitro and Is Broadly Antiviral, Natalie June Lomascolo
Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter, Zachary T. Long
Life Cycle Assessment of Food Waste Management Techniques: Loyola University Chicago Lake Shore Campus, Matthew O. Lorentz
Human PhLP-3 (TXNDC9) Database Research Project, Arden Luers and Stefan M. Kanzok
MARK 399- Trustboration's Cannonball Into Urban Water Parks, Edward Carlo Macenas, Rudy Navarrete, Daniel E. Hernandez, Joseph R. Valascho, and Fabiana Angel Sakun
Parent-of-origin effects propagate through networks to shape metabolic traits, Juan F. Macias-Velasco, Celine L.St Pierre, Jessica P. Wayhart, Li Yin, Larry Spears, Mario A. Miranda, Caryn Carson, Katsuhiko Funai, James M. Cheverud, Clay F. Semenkovich, and Heather A. Lawson
Elucidating the Role of KMT2D in HER2+ Breast Cancer, Emily Ma
Based on a Reel Story, Kennedy D. Mallory
ABL2 Promotes Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease via PPAR Gamma Regulation, Gregory Malnassy
Forensic Analysis of Synthetically Generated Western Blot Images, Sara Mandelli, Davide Cozzolino, Edoardo Cannas, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Daniel Moreira, Paolo Bestagini, Walter Scheirer, Anderson Rocha, Luisa Verdoliva, Stefano Tubaro, and Edward Delp
Synthesis and Mechanistic Study of Mild-Mediated C-H Metal Activation Reactions, Lucas Manuszak and Yuxuan Zhang
Catholic Charities Latino Affairs Department, Esther Marcos
The Impact of Police Killings on Proximal Voter Turnout, G. Augustin Markarian
Fundraising & Development Internship - GirlForward, Olivia Martel
Development and Characterization of a Tissue-Specific Reporter Line for Monitoring Circadian Clock Transcriptional Activity, Lilyan Mather
Soul as Paraphrase: The Formalism and Minority of Prayer, Kimberly Matheson
System Modeling of Brain-Neuromuscular Functions for Developing Brain Computer Interface, Madelyn McCullen and Patrick Chan
Chicago Alliance For Equity in Computer Science, Steven McGee, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Andrew M. Rasmussen, Dale F. Reed, and Don Yanek
Examining the Effect of Biochar on Invasive Typha x glauca in a Greenhouse Experiment, Mitchell Mc Greal, Brian M. Ohsowski, Shane Lishawa, and Andrew M. Monks
Deep Deification: Soteriology for a World in Ecological Crisis, Kathleen Mcnutt
A Process Evaluation of Aunt Mary’s Storybook: Seeking to Improve the Relationship between Incarcerated Parents and Their Children Through Literacy, Scott Charles Mcwilliams
Las Chingonas: An Ecological Approach to Latina Student Mothers’ Journey Through College, Emely Elizabeth Medina-Rodriguez
A Comparison of Education in Post-Revolutionary Mexico and Post-Independence India, Yver Alonso Melchor-Hernandez
Valuing Angling on Reservoirs Using Benefit Transfer, Richard Melstrom, Mark A. Kaemingk, John C. Whitehead, Nicholas W. Cole, Christopher J. Chizinski, and Kevin L. Pope
Review: Rethinking Joseph Conrad's Concepts of Community: Strange Fraternity, John A. Merchant
The Impacts of Framework Mutations on Steady-State Kinetics of an Aldolase Abzyme, Charles Andrew Mettler
Federal Cap and Trade Program Proposal and Analysis, Skylar Michaels, Thomas Crabtree, Tim Ventrella, Ryan Carr, and Fiona Farrer
Infant Face Processing in a Multimodal Context, Alexandria Michalak and Maggie Guy
Cortical bone relationships are maintained regardless of sex and diet in a large population of LGXSM advanced intercross mice, Nicole Migotsky, Michael D. Brodt, James M. Cheverud, and Matthew J. Silva
Defending Gender: Transprejudice as Gender System Maintenance, Linas Mitchell
Whole-Genome Sequencing of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus haemolyticus Clinical Isolates from Egypt, Cesar Montelongo, Carine R. Mores, Catherine Putonti, Alan J. Wolfe, and Alaa Abouelfetouh
Phishing for Fun, Madeline Moran, Anna Hart, Loretta Stalans, Eric Chan-Tin, and Shelia Kennison
SILA: A System for Scientific Image Analysis, Daniel Moreira, João Phillipe Cardenuto, Ruiting Shao, Sriram Baireddy, Davide Cozzolino, Diego Gragnaniello, Wael Abd-Almageed, Paolo Bestagini, Stefano Tubaro, Anderson Rocha, Walter Scheirer, Luisa Verdoliva, and Edward Delp
Image Provenance Analysis, Daniel Moreira, William Theisen, Walter Scheirer, Aparna Bharati, Joel Brogan, and Anderson Rocha
Realities, Perspectives, and Challenges in the accompaniment of migrant populations in the context of mobility, Camille Morhun, Alejandro Olayo- Méndez, and Jane Hopkins-Walsh
Polyomavirus JCPyV and Its Role in the Urinary Tract, Rita Lauren Mormando
Divine Self-Disclosure in Filial Values: The Problem of Guided Goodness, Paul K. Moser
Haymarket Internship, Enkh-Ariun Munkhgerel Ms.
Cultivating Teacher Expertise in the Landscape of Green Chemistry: The Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Beyond Benign’s Lead Teacher Program, Philip Charles Nahlik
Genetic Variation in Fat Depot Weights is Diet- and Sex-Dependent in Mice, Nafia Naila
Unlocking Desistance: The Role of Executive Functioning in the Rehabilitation of Correctional Populations, Danielle Nesi
Readability of Online Patient Education Materials for Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Catherine Nguyen and Yue Zhang
Sterile Neutrino as Dark Matter in Non-standard Cosmology, Kiet A. Nguyen and Walter Tangarife PhD.
The Roles of a Probiotic Exopolysaccharide in Breast Cancer, Mai Rachel Nguyen
An Examination of Olympic Sport Climbing Competition Format and Scoring System, Quang Nguyen, Hannah Butler, and Gregory J. Matthews
The Role of Institutions in Job Teleworkability Before and After the Covid-19 Pandemic, Peter Norlander and Chris Erickson
Team Visionaries Project Cannonball, Brenden M. Oeth, Jennifer M. Myslinski, Philip J. Farley, and Aly Kilburg
A Longitudinal Study of Pain in Youth and Young Adults with Spina Bifida: Three Studies Based on the Bio-Neuropsychosocial Model, Diana Margaret Ohanian
The Method of Critical Phenomenology: Simone de Beauvoir as a Phenomenologist., Johanna K. Oksala
Trendsetters Methods and Technology, Raffaela Olshansky, Carly Corral, Paige Petty, Angela Arias Garza, and Joseph Ward
Investigations into the Mechanism of Energy Transfer between Aromatic Microplastics and Pollutants during Photolysis, Hannah M. Olson
Pupils of the Pipeline: Exploring the Role of School Discipline and Disciplinary Actors on Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning, Ogechi Onyeka
Assessing Nursing Student Engagement in Clinical and Simulation Experiences, Karrie Osborne
How Do Social Media Discourses Shape Gendered Stereotypes of Women in Entrepreneurship?, Caitlin A. Osei
Constructing Engineering Knowledge Through Tinkering, Reflection, and Digital Storytelling, Lauren C. Pagano
The Fleeting Nature of Life, Paulene Pascua and Michaela Rusinko
Experimental Radial Profiles of Early Time (<4 >μs) Neutral and Ion Spectroscopic Signatures in Lightning-Like Discharges, M. Passas-Varo, F. J. Gordillo-Vazquez, J. Sanchez, and Ny Kieu PhD
To Be Fair: Colorism and Online Dating Among Young South Asians, Kajal S. Patel
Medical Futility: The Ethical Dilemma, Love Patel, Leonardo Hernandez, Hemali Patel, and Cassie Sala
White Enigma: Opacity, Perspective, and the Theological Formation of White Subjectivity, Nathan David Pederson
Catholic Theological and Equity Framework to Champion Hispanic Representation in Catholic Schools, Jorge Pena, John Reyes, and Michael T. O'Connor
Vitamin D Supplementation for the Treatment of Depressive Symptoms in Women with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Sue Penckofer PhD; Monique Ridosh; William Howard Adams; Meghan Grzesiak; Jennifer Woo; Mary Byrn; Joanne Kouba PhD, RDN, LDN; Patricia M. Sheean; Colleen Kordish; Ramon Durazo-Arvizu; Diane Wallis; Mary Ann Emanuele; and Angelos Halaris
Influences of Latino Caregivers’ Input and Acculturation on Children’s Bilingual Development: A Speech Sample Analysis, Jordan Sierra Perry
Rapid Radiation of Zeiformes Revealed Through Comparison of Jaw Morphologies, Jeffrey Peters
Investigating the Role of Nagc Reveals it to Be a Global Regulator, Natasha Peterson
Shared Stem Cells in the Zebrafish Caudal Body and Fin, Fred Pickett, Max McDonnell, Maya Roytman, Grace Manske, Shepherd Yancey, Sydni Hall, Nicholas Tomaras, Victoria Teregulova, Shireen Baig, Zil Barot, Kyle Boedeker, Andrew Locke, Robin Pelia, Emma Loftesnes, Allison Watts, Olivia Larson, Ilia Tomov, and Paula Martin
Institutionalism, Peer Culture, and Cultural Reproduction in Active Shooter Drills, Lillian Wynne Platten
Identification of shared and disease-specific host gene–microbiome associations across human diseases using multi-omic integration, Sambhawa Priya, Michael B. Burns, Tonya Ward, Ruben A.T. Mars, Beth Adamowicz, Eric F. Lock, Purna C. Kashyap, Dan Knights, and Ran Blekhman
Teaching Presence in Online Discussions: Relationship-Based Learning by Design, Mary Quest
Measuring What They Value: Exploring the Meaning of Student Success for Community College Students of Mexican Origin, Destiny M. Quintero
Constructing Planetary Citizens Through Ecopedagogy in U.S. Social Studies Standards, Madeline Anne Rainey
Sarah Rankins E-Portfolio: GiGi's Playhouse, Sarah Rankins
Positive Affect Facilitates Reduction in Depression Symptoms During a Mobile Mindfulness-Based Intervention, Andrew Rauch
Leveraging Moral Foundations to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination, Cara Elizabeth Ray
How Black Are You?: The Influence of Racial Centrality on Stereotype Threat in the Courtroom, Kendall Cathleen Redwood
Using Magic to Teach Computer Programming, Dale F. Reed and Ronald I. Greenberg
Ethical Perspective for the Debate of Human Cadaver Use vs. Simulations for Anatomy Training, Vanessa Portugal Reis, Andre Herrera, Maria del Mar Villanueva Guzman, and Kit Ziemba
Dirac Dark Matter, Neutrino Masses, and Dark Baryogenesis, Diego Restrepo, Andrès Rivera, and Walter Tangarife
The Impact of Perceived Discrimination and Stigma Consciousness on Connectedness, Trust, and Satisfaction in Healthcare Domains During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Devon Richardson
Trajectories of Self-management and Independence in Youth with Spina Bifida: Demographic Predictors of Growth, Monique M. Ridosh, William Adams, Fabiola Magana, Kathleen J. Sawin, and Grayson N. Holmbeck
Discordant Population Structure Among Rhizobium Divided Genomes and Their Legume Hosts, Alex B. Riley, Michael A. Grillo, Brendan Epstein, Peter Tiffin, and Katy D. Heath
Effectiveness of a Virtual Learning Environment on Pediatric Students’ Knowledge, Self-Confidence and Satisfaction with Learning Growth and Development Concepts, Laura Marie Robbins-Frank
‘Chismes de la ciudad letrada’: nostalgia, exilio y la construcción del canon cubano en la ensayística de Cabrera Infante, Ana B. Rodriguez Navas
Effects of brew time and temperature on the aerobic conversion of organic waste from aquaponics systems into fertilizer, Justin Ross, Caroline Bursler, Saheba Cuccia, Sophia Alvarado, Marilla Smith, and Ben Wilson
The Interplay Between ASD Symptomatology and Camouflaging on the Adjustment to College in Female Students with and without ASD, Lauren Ruesink, Gabriella Stec, Maddie Fitzpatrick, and Cameron Boone
Reading A Mind, Sydney Samoska
Examining the implementation of Teacher–Child Interaction Training-Universal in public schools, Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Yvita Bustos, Susana Sosa, Roxanna Flores Toussaint, Sarah Gebhardt, and David Stern
