Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Advancing Our Understanding of Mechanosensitive Microtubule Acetylation in Neurons, Margaret Earl Utgaard
Equity-Centered Research on Chicago Food Policy Action Council’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Effort, Paulina Vaca and Rowan Obach
Ethical Issues in Data Journalism, Bastiaan Vanacker
Creating a Digital Communication Strategy, Vivian Vaughn, Luca Pascale, Jordyn Blake, Julia Barnes, Kate Vollmer, Jackson Kohlenberger, and Maddie Moffett
Pontine Descending Tractotomy as a Treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia Induced by Brainstem Infarction, Chloe Verducci, Rachyl Shanker, Miri Kim, and Douglas Anderson
Assessing emotional intelligence as a leadership competency in medical students, Julia Versel MSc; Nicolette Codispoti MS, MPH; and Ramzan Shahid MD, FAAP
Environmental Reforestation and Social Justice in Cameroon: A Test Case for Pope Francis' Concept of 'integral Ecology' in Laudato Sí, Augustin Vondou
Analysis of Regulatory Mechanisms for T Cell Activation, Aleksandra Vuchkovska
A Comparison of SONA and MTurk for Cybersecurity Surveys, Anne Wagner, Anna Bakas, Shelia Kennison, and Eric Chan-Tin
An NGO Input for the Special Rapporteur's Report on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on the Torture of Migrant Children in the United States, Katherine Kaufka Walts, Sarah J. Diaz, Alex Fox, Liliana Jimenez, and Jenny Lee
An NGO Input for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of the Child and Family Reunification, Katherine Kaufka Walts, Sarah J. Diaz, Abigail Mitchell, Gladis Molina, and Jennifer Nagda
An NGO Input to the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on Pushback Practices and their Impact on the Human Rights of Migrants, Katherine Kaufka Walts, Sarah J. Diaz, and Malachy Schrobilgen
Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of the Orbit: A Case Report, Ashley Wang and David Yoo MD
Moonshine: An Online Randomness Distiller for Zero-Involvement Authentication, Jack West, Kyuin Lee, Suman Banerjee, Younghyun Kim, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Neil Klingensmith
Moonshine: An Online Randomness Distiller for Zero-Involvement Authentication, Jack West, Kyuin Lee, Suman Banerjee, Younghyun Kim, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Neil Klingensmith
Evaluation of the Use of Association Analysis, Decision Trees, and Neural Networks to Guide the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus, Annika Whitcomb
Characterization and Targeting of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in Meningioma Cell Lines, Erik White
Collagen Turnover Biomarkers in Atrial Fibrillation and Their Use in Clinical Management and the Study of Inflammatory Pathogenesis, Keaton Wieschhaus, Jawed Fareed, Mushabbar Syed, Debra Hoppensteadt, Emily Bontekoe, and Jake Goldstein
The Education and Training of Diplomatic Personnel in Italy and Vietnam, Sydney C. Williams
Promoting Information Exchange: Open-Minded Group Cognition and a Function of Motivation and Task Type, Jeremy Ryan Winget
Anthropogenic Litter in Illinois Streams: Monitoring, Distribution, and Relationship to Biological Indicators of Stream Health, Lauren Wisbrock
"Garbage" Science: Anthropogenic Litter Assemblage, Assessment, and Connections to Biotic Health in Illinois Streams, Lauren Wisbrock and Timothy Hoellein
Adolescent Understanding of and Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Julia Witowska, Katelyn Cappotelli, and Garry Sigman
Determining the Genetic Component of Protein Levels Using TWAS, Henry Wittich and Heather Wheeler
Assessment of Resident Knowledge Regarding Social Determinants of Health Screening in a Pediatric Continuity Clinic, Jennifer Wojtowicz, Erin McCune, Katlyn Sullivan, Pyone David MD, Nadia K. Qureshi MD, Lina Ha MD, Vera Goldberg MD, Garry Sigman MD, and Julie C. O'Keefe MD
Cell Death Facilitated by Photodynamic Therapy, Mary S. Woloszyn
Reams, Radicals and Revolutionaries: The 'Illinois Staats-Zeitung' and the German-American Milieu in Chicago, 1847-1877, Sebastian Peter Wuepper
Body Mass Index Changes and Contributing Factors following Tonsillectomy Plus/Minus Adenoidectomy in Pediatric Patients, Matthew J. Wu, Sara Yang, Mark A. Solinski, Michael Wesolowski, Paul J. Jones, and Eric A. Gantwerker
Somatic Inhibition by Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation, Hui Ye
The Interaction between Chronotype and Napping on Inhibition in College Students, Maria Younan, Hannah Hagy, Amy Heard Egbert, and Amy Bohnert
Characterizing a Putative Membrane Androgen Receptor in Glioma Cell Models, Emma Yuen
Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19: A review of the literature, Jessica Yunez and Monique Ridosh PhD, RN
Fat embolism in the popliteal vein detected on CT: Case report and review of the literature, Cheryl W. Zhang MS2; Tucker Burr MD; Hamza Chaudhry MD; Vasilios Vasilopoulos RT(R), CIIP; and Emad Allam MD
Clogged Feeding Tubes: Why Does It Matter?, Cheryl W. Zhang; Ashley Wang MS2; Sarah Zavala PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP; Jennifer M. Larson RD, LDN, CNSC; and Yuk Ming Liu MD, MPH
The Impact Of Comorbid Depression On Mortality And Amputation Risk In Patients With Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia, Tara Zielke, Michael Wesolowski, Melissa D'Andrea, and Bernadette Aulivola
Bilateral breast metastases from small cell lung carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature, Shuchi Zinzuwadia MS4, Cheryl W. Zhang MS2, John Olivieri MD, Vijayalakshmi Ananthanarayanan MD, Luke Freiburg MD, and Emad Allam MD
Submissions from 2020
Evidence for a Supergalactic Structure of Magnetic Deflection Multiplets of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays, Rasha U. Abbasi
Addressing Rogue Vehicles by Integrating Computer Vision, Activity Monitoring, and Contextual Information, Brook Abegaz, David Chan-Tin, Neil Klingensmith, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Civics Across Campus: Designing Effective Extracurricular Programming, Claire Abernathy and Jennifer L. Forestal
The Politics of Indigeneity and Heritage: Indonesian Mortuary Materials and Museums, Kathleen M. Adams
What Western Tourism Concepts Obscure: Intersections of Migration and Tourism in Indonesia, Kathleen M. Adams
Tourism as Industry and Field of Study: Using Research and Education to Address Overtourism, Kathleen M. Adams and Peter Sanchez
Notes From the Field: Culturally Adapted Research Methods for South Asian Participants, Erum Agha and Abha Rai
Observing human behavior through worldwide network cameras., Sara Aghajanzadeh, Andrew T. Jebb, Yifan Li, Yung-Hsiang Lu, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Camera Placement Meeting Restrictions of Computer Vision, Sara Aghajanzadeh, Roopasree Naidu, Shuo-Han Chen, Caleb Tung, Abhinav Goel, Yung-Hsiang Lu, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Queer Monstrosity: Dis/ability, Sexuality, and Gender, Savannah Olivia Aldridge
Selectivity for Allosteric Effectors of Bacterial ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Structural and Functional Studies, Mashael Alghamdi
Draft Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium coyleae UMB8490, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Abbas Ali Khan, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Draft Genome Sequence of Proteus mirabilis UMB1310, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Olivia Allen, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Metal Ions Impact on Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 Adhesion to Ito Electrode and the Enhancement of Current Output, Aisha Awad Alshahrani
Electron Transfer of Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 at Clay-Modified ITO Electrode, Reem Faez Alshehri
Health Promotion and Cancer Screening of Arab Americans, Lamyaa Alyaba
Geneva Statement on Heritable Human Genome Editing: The Need for Course Correction, Roberto Andorno, Françoise Baylis, Marcy Darnovsky, Donna Dickenson, Hille Haker, Katie Hasson, Leah Lowthorp, George J. Annas, Catherine Bourgain, Katherine Drabiak, Sigrid Graumann, Katrin Grüber, Matthias Kaiser, David King, Regine Kollek, Calum MacKellar, Jing-Bao Nie, Osagie K. Obasogie, Mirriam Tyebally Fang, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer, and Jana Zuscinova
Unfreiwillige Wanderjahre von Egon Schwarz: Erfahrung, Bildung und Glück auf dem Weg zur Wirkungsmächtigkeit im Exil, Reinhard Andress
Synthesis of GNAT PA3944 Substrate Analogs, Madison Anonick, Thahani S. Habeeb Mohammad, Cory Reidl PhD, Xhulio Arolli, Misty Kuhn PhD, and Daniel P. Becker PhD
Team Target: Onward Chicago Market Research, Abibe Azizi, Mareah Khosa, and David Melecio
Team Target: Shedd Aquarium Market Research, Abibe Azizi, Mareah Khosa, and David Melecio
The Characterization of Inflammatory Extracellular Vesicles, Barak Balva
We Breathe Together, Arturo J. Bañuelas, M.T. Dávila, Miguel H. Diaz, and Carmen Nanko-Fernández
Distribution of the Invasive Amphipod Apocorophium lacustre in the Des Plaines and Illinois Rivers, Megan Barrera
Parenting Capacity and Meaning Making Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Johanna Engler Barry
Women and Strategies of Violence: Gender Roles, Foreign Support and Maintaining the Rebellion, Caglayan Baser
Draft Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli UMB9246, Isolated from the Bladder of a Woman with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection, Mikalina Belmonte, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Decreasing Women's Endorsement of Benevolent Sexism, Kelsey Berryman
Draft Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae UMB7779, Isolated from the Female Urinary Tract, Pavan Bhimalli, Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Adelina Voukadinova, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
GC-MS Analysis of Pyrogallol and Purpurogallin, Amy Blencowe and James V. DeFrancesco
Sabbath and Ecological Crisis: Inoperativity in Political Theology, Andrew John Blosser
Determining Interactions between Bacteriophage and Urinary Microbiome Lysogens, Michael Bochert
The Importance of Acknowledgement in Secondary Schools (Even Though They’re Teenagers), Hank Bohanon
Alone Together: A Special Education Teacher’s Perspective During COVID-19, Hank M. Bohanon
Is Waiting for My School Leader to Retire My Only Solution to Bring About Change?, Hank M. Bohanon
"That’s helpful information, but next time, could you please talk about high schools?", Hank M. Bohanon
What Can Paul Masson Wines Teach Us About School Systems?, Hank M. Bohanon
Host Patch Traits Have Scale‐Dependent Effects On Diversity In A Stickleback Parasite Metacommunity, Daniel I. Bolnick, Emlyn J. Resetarits, Kimberly Ballare, Yoel E. Stuart, and William E. Stutz
Scale‐dependent effects of host patch traits on species composition in a stickleback parasite metacommunity, Daniel I. Bolnick, Emlyn J. Resetarits, Kimberly Ballare, Yoel E. Stuart, and William E. Stutz
Fecal Transplantation and Butyrate Improve Neuropathic Pain, Modify Immune Cell Profile and Gene Expression in The Peripheral Nerve System of Obese Mice, Raiza Bonomo, Tyler Cook, Chaitanya Gavini, Chelsea R. White, Jacob Jones, Elisa Bovo, Aleksey V. Zima, Isabelle A. Brown, Lara R. Dugas, Eleonora Zakharia, Gregory Aubert, Francis Alonzo III, Nigel Calcutt, and Virginie Mansuy-Aubert
A First-Year Research Experience: The Freshman Project in Physics at Loyola University Chicago, Jonathan Bougie, Asim Gangopadhyaya, Sherita Moses, Robert Polak, Gordon Ramsey, and Weronika Walkosz
Characterization and Spontaneous Induction of Urinary Tract Streptococcus Anginosus Prophages, Bridget Brassil, Carine R. Mores, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Rewarding effects of M4 but not M3 muscarinic cholinergic receptor antgonism in the rostromedial tegmental nucleus, Nicole Buie, Dharm Sodha, Sarah B. Scheinman, and Stephan Steidel
Making Moral Judgment More Responsive Via Constraints on Moral Beliefs, Principles, and Convictions, David Bukenhofer
Writing strategies to develop literacy skills for Spanish heritage language learners, Clara Burgo
Spiritual Health, Lisa Burkhart
Community Violence Exposure among Ethnic Minority Youth: Understanding the Predictive Roles of Depressive Symptoms and Risky Behavior in a Community Sample, Amanda Nicole Burnside
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
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.
