Theses/Dissertations from 2020
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.
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
More Realistic Website Fingerprinting Using Deep Learning, Weiqi Cui, Tao Chen, and Eric Chan-Tin
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
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