Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Teachers’ Perceptions of Ells by Racial Identity: A Pilot Study, Ha Tran
Primary Barriers to Working Class Representation, Sarah A. Treul and Eric Hansen
A Descriptive Exploration of Quality and Opportunities in Outdoor Urban Play Spaces: The Case of Chicago Public Schools, Katherine Anne Varey
Mapping Roles of Active Site Residues in the Acceptor Site of the PA3944 Gcn5-Related N-Acetyltransferase Enzyme, Cillian Variot, Daniel Capule, Xhulio Arolli, Jackson Baumgartner, Cory T. Reidl, Charles Houseman, Miguel Ballicora, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D., and Misty L. Kuhn
On the Effectiveness of Image Manipulation Detection in the Age of Social Media, Rosaura VidalMata, Priscila Saboia, Daniel Moreira, Grant Jensen, Jason Schlessman, and Walter Scheirer
Changing Vaccine Hesitant Attitudes of Parents Using Moral Persuasion, Max Vitro
Out of sight, Out of mind, Christina Wallis
The Effectiveness of a Camp-Based Intervention to Promote Health-Related and Social Functioning in First Time Campers with Spina Bifida, Elicia C. Wartman
Individual Differences In Gesture Learning in Adults, Sierra Webber and Elizabeth M. Wakefield
U.S. parents' intentions to use anti-bullying apps: Insights from a comprehensive model, Brittany Wheeler, Katie Baumel, Deborah Hall, and Yasin Silva
U.S. Parents’ Intentions to Use Anti-Bullying Apps: Insights from a Comprehensive Model, Brittany Wheeler, Katie Baumel, Deborah Hall, and Yasin N. Silva
Climate Education Course Proposal for School of Sustainability, Evelyn Winebrenner, Abbey Y. Haynes, Charlotte Roos, Stephanie Udzielak, and Rachel Maria
Parenting and Psychosocial Functioning in Youth with Spina Bifida: Making Connections with Other CNS-Related Chronic Health Conditions, Adrien M. Winning
Improving Focality and Consistency in Micromagnetic Stimulation, Hui Ye, Vincent Hall, and Jenna Hendee
Investigating the role of TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) in MLL-AF9+ acute myeloid leukemia., Allan Youmaran
Developing and Optimizing RNA Isolation Methods from Avian Tissues, Isabella Zent and Marcus Piattoni
Characterization of the Full-Length BAG3 Protein and Stress Induced Formation of BAG3-Z, Ahmed Gamal Abdalla Zied
Submissions from 2022
Search for GeV-scale dark matter annihilation in the Sun with IceCube DeepCore, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, C. Alispach, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal, A. Barbano, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, and J. J. Beatty
Strong Constraints on Neutrino Nonstandard Interactions from TeV-Scale νμ Disappearance at IceCube, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, C. Alispach, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal, A. Barbano, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, and J. J. Beatty
Search for neutrino emission from cores of active galactic nuclei, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, C. Alispach, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Arguelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal V, A. Barbano, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, and J. J. Beatty
Improved Characterization of the Astrophysical Muon-neutrino Flux with 9.5 Years of IceCube Data, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, C. Alispach, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal V., A. Barbano, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, and J. J. Beatty
Searching for High-energy Neutrino Emission from Galaxy Clusters with IceCube, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. V. Balagopal, M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Search for Astrophysical Neutrinos from 1FLE Blazars with IceCube, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. V. Balagopal, M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Searches for Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. V. Balagopal, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Density of GeV muons in air showers measured with IceTop, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal V, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Search for Unstable Sterile Neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal V, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Low energy event reconstruction in IceCube DeepCore, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, V. A. Balagopal, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Search for High-energy Neutrino Emission from Galactic X-Ray Binaries with IceCube, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Arguëlles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal V., S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Detection of astrophysical tau neutrino candidates in IceCube, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, C. Alispach, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, I. Ansseau, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. V. Balagopal, A. Barbano, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, V. Baum, S. Baur, R. Bay, and J. J. Beatty
Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, C. Alispach, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, R. An, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Arguelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. V. Balagopal, A. Barbano, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, and J. J. Beatty
Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with IceCube, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, C. Alispach, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, R. An, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Axani, X. Bai, A. Balagopal V., A. Barbano, S. W. Barwick, B. Bastian, V. Basu, S. Baur, R. Bay, and J. J. Beatty
Observation of variations in cosmic ray single count rates during thunderstorms and implications for large-scale electric field changes, R. U. Abbasi, T. Abu-Zayyad, M. Allen, Y. Arai, R. Arimura, E. Barcikowski, J. W. Belz, D. R. Bergman, S. A. Blake, I. Buckland, R. Cady, B. G. Cheon, J. Chiba, M. Chikawa, T. Fujii, K. Fujisue, K. Fujita, R. Fujiwara, M. Fukushima, R. Fukushima, G. Furlich, N. Globus, R. Gonzalez, W. Hanlon, and M. Hayashi
Investigating the Bactericidal Activity of Lactobacillus Crispatus Cell-Free-Supernatant, Omar Majed Abdul-Rahim
Modified Q-Learning Method for Automatic Voltage Regulation in Wide-Area Multigeneration Systems, Brook Abegaz and Sina Zarrabian
Supporting Latine Children’s Informal Engineering Learning and Spatial Thinking Through Tinkering and Storytelling, Diana Acosta
Internal and External Validation of an Alcohol Biomarker for Screening in Trauma, Majid Afshar, Kenneth Baker, Josefine Corral, Erin Ross, Erin Lowery, Richard Gonzalez, Ellen L. Burnham, Rachael A. Callcut, Lucy Z. Kornblith, Carolyn Hendrickson, Elizabeth J. Kovacs, and Cara Joyce
Development and multimodal validation of a substance misuse algorithm for referral to treatment using artificial intelligence (SMART-AI): a retrospective deep learning study, Majid Afshar, Brihat Sharma, Dmitriy Dligach, Madeline Oguss, Randall Brown, Neeraj Chhabra, Hale M. Thompson, Talar Markossian, Cara Joyce, Matthew M. Churpek, and Niranjan S. Karnik
Experiences of COVID-19 pandemic-related stress among sexual and gender minority emerging adult migrants in the United States, Edward J. Alessi, Michael P. Dentato, Vincent Sarna, Andrew Eaton, Shelley L. Craig, and Shannon P. Cheung
Site-directed Mutagenesis of Serine-72 Reveals the Location of the Fructose 6-phosphate Regulatory Site of the Agrobacterium tumefaciensADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase, Mashael Alghamdi Dr., Rania Ali Z Hussien, Yuanzhang Zheng, Hiral Patel, Matias D. Asencion Diez, Alberto A. Iglesias, Dali Liu, and Miguel A. Ballicora
The Impact of Democratically Elected Islamist Governments on the Implementation of Foreign Policy: Cases of Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, Taghreed Alsabeh
Project Cannonball, Naomi Alvarado, brandon higashi, Daanyaal Khalid, and Cristian Fear
Detrimental Influences: Chicago and the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, 1933-1940, Matthew Amyx
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Care Homes for Older People in Europe - Deaths, Damage and Violations of Human Rights, Janet Carter Anand, Sarah Donnelly, Aliisoun Milne, Holly Nelson-Becker, Emme-Li Vingare, Blanca Deusdad, Giovanni Cellini, Riita-Liisa Kinni, and Cristiana Pregno
Maternal-Fetal Attachment and Its Relationship to Quality of Life in Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Cheryl Ann Angel
Genetic and environmental variation impact transferability of polygenic risk scores, Daniel S. Araújo and Heather E. Wheeler
Motivational interviewing as a technique to reduce non-suicidal self injury in college students, Danielle R. Arntson, Sarah E. Broner, and Colleen S. Conley Ph.D
Single Mothers and the Covid-19 Pandemic, Jocelyn Arroyo and Tracy DeHart
Facing the Mass Exodus: Reconsidering the Moral Responsibilities for and Obligations Toward Large Numbers of Refugees in an Age of Global Crises, Muhammet Ali Asil
Artistic Expression as a Source of Resilience for Transgender and Gender Diverse Young People, Ashley Austin; Michael P. Dentato PhD, MSW; Joshua Holzworth; Roxanna Ast; Anthony Verdino; Edward Alessi; Andrew Eaton; and Shelley L. Craig
The New Temporary Labor: Regulating the Gig Economy in Austin, Chicago and New York, Ashley Baber
Unveiling Bacterial Hitchhikers in the Urobiome, Genevieve Baddoo
Whale Squad Athleisure Project, Nathaniel Balli, Ethan Magrady, Emmanuel Cano, Filippo Chiaramondia, Isaac Reyes, and Lennert Krueger
The Match-up Hypothesis Revisited: Matching Social Judgments and Advertising Messaging in Celebrity Endorsements, Brittney C. Bauer, Brad D. Carlson, and Clark D. Johnson
The Role of LY49 Receptors in Maintaining Healthy Murine Pregnancy, Michelle Belmont
Effect of the double mutation Y39A/R75A on the allosteric regulation of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from agrobacterium tumefaciens, Thomas Bennett, Gabriela Martinez-Ramirez Ms., Mashael Alghamdi Dr., Raina Hussien Dr., Dali Liu Dr., and Miguel A. Ballicora Dr.
An NGO Alternative Report for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Lonita Benson, Sarah Diaz, Katherine Kaufka Walts, and Meghan Scholnick
Cleaning Crew Statement of Work, Elizabeth G. Berding, Cecilia M. Miskowski, Anna M. Harmon, Mackenzie T. Hansen, Dikshi A. Modi, Kassidy Ann Ivers, and Sanaa M. Hill
Determination of dissociation constants of protein ligands by thermal shift assay, Jaina A. Bhayani and Miguel Ballicora
Carbohydrate Metabolism in Bacteria: Alternative Specificities in ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylases Open Novel Metabolic Scenarios and Biotechnological Tools, Jaina A. Bhayani, Maria Josefina Iglesias, Romina I. Minen, Antonela E. Cereijo, Miguel Ballicora, Alberto A. Iglesias, and Matias D. Asencion Diez
Loyola Lakeshore Campus Food Forest Proposal, Molly Bittner and Nina Connor
How Chicago Public Schools Engaged African American Parents in the Closing of Austin Career Academy High School, Shani Blackwell
Embedding UDL into Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports, Hank Bohanon
How Blues Clues and Opportunities to Respond Can Make You A Better Teacher, Hank Bohanon
Exploring Substance Use for Undergraduate Nursing Students within their College Experience, Gabrielle Borkorm and Cynthia Paidipati
The Coffee Squad: Travel and Hospitality, Zoya Boskovic, Mary Berger, Denise Gonzalez, Valeria Heinemann de la Fuente, Lorenza Martinez, and Madison Worts
Viruses, Vaccines, and the Erotics of Risk in Latinx HIV Stories and Covid-19, Dr. Suzanne Bost
Feminist Modernist Dance, Part II, Melissa Bradshaw and Jessica Ray Herzogenrath
Communicating Student Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Study of Communication Effectiveness, Nicholas Branson
Modeling the Impact of Peer Mentorship to Support First-Year Student Well-Being, Sarah Broner
Reference database of teeth images from the Family Bovidae, Juliet K. Brophy and Gregory J. Matthews
Twenty-First Century Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward, Jane E. Buikstra, Sharon N. DeWitte, Sabrina C. Agarwal, Brenda J. Baker, Eric J. Bartelink, Elizabeth Berger, Kelly E. Blevins, Katelyn Bolhofner, Alexis T. Boutin, Megan B. Brickley, Michele R. Buzon, Carlina de la Cova, Lynne Goldstein, Rebecca Gowland, Anne L. Grauer, Lesley A. Gregoricka, Siân E. Halcrow, Sarah A. Hall, Simon Hillson, Ann M. Kakaliouras, Haagen D. Klaus, Kelly J. Knudson, Christopher J. Knüsel, Clark Spencer Larsen, Debra L. Martin, George R. Milner, Mario Novak, Kenneth C. Nystrom, Sofía I. Pacheco-Forés, Tracy L. Prowse, Gwen Robbins Schug, Charlotte A. Roberts, Jessica E. Rothwell, Ana Luisa Santos, Christopher M. Stojanowski, Anne C. Stone, Kyra E. Stull, Daniel H. Temple, Christina M. Torres, J. Marla Toyne, Tiffany A. Tung, Jaime Ullinger, Karin Wiltschke-Schrotta, and Sonia R. Zakrzewski
B Cells in the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT), Ameera Bukhari
A Flexible Mixed-data Model Applied to Claims Data for Post-market Surveillance of Prescription Drug Safety Behavior, Harris Butler, John D. Rice, Nichole E. Carlson, and Elaine H. Morrato
Structural and Transient Kinetic Analysis on Mechanism-Based Inactivators of Human Ornithine Aminotransferase, Arseniy Butrin
An Ethics of Doctrinal Emergence: Reading Newman with Augustine and Contemporary Information Theory, Jeffrey John Campbell
Black Minds Matter: A Book Review, Johnnie L. Campbell Jr., M.Ed
Generating Equity within the Food System Through Institutional Purchasing, Rakayla T. Campbell
The Ribosome in Genes, shan cao
Dialed In: Practice Led Research in Dance, Emily Carroccio, Caitlin Dyer, Sydney Osborne, and Gretchen Plinke
Toward an Eco-Cosmopolitanism: Wendell Berry and Ecowomanism in Conversation, Wade Casey
Schooled to the Streets? Exploring the Relationship between K-12 Educational Experiences and Early Careers in Activism, David Abraham Castro
The Effect of Group Identification and Emotion on Participation in Collective Action, Iryna Chaban
The Impact of a Mindfulness Mobile Application on Compassion and Psychological Well-being, Marie Chamberlain, Carol Hundert Gonzales M.A., and Colleen Conley Ph.D.
Predicting Phishing Victimization: Roles of Protective and Vulnerable Strategies and Decision-Making Styles, Eric Chan-Tin, Loretta Stalans, Spencer Johnston, Daisy Reyes, and Shelia Kennison
Bias Mitigation for Toxicity Detection via Sequential Decisions, Lu Cheng, Ahmadreza Mosallanezhad, Yasin N. Silva, Deborah Hall, and Huan Liu
Core-collapse Supernova Constraint on the Origin of Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter via Neutrino Self-interactions, Yu-Ming Chen, Manibrata Sen, Walter Tangarife, Douglas Tuckler, and Yue Zhang
A Mixed Method Study of Teachers' Appraisals of Student Wellness Services and Supports During COVID-19, Tasha M. Childs, Elizabeth Levine Brown PhD, Naomi Brown, Aidyn L. Iachini PhD, Kate L. Phillippo, Linda Galib, Audra Parker, and Ken Fujimoto PhD
Testimonios de las atravesadas: A borderland existence of women of color faculty, Katherine S. Cho, Racheal M. Banda, Erica Fernandez, and Brittany Aronson
Software Validation Tool for Infusion Pumps, Patrick Cichon, Natasha Nakhasi, Madelyn McCullen, and Cassie Grosskopf
Perspectives on the Environment: What Do Likert Values Tell Us for MEEA?, Mine Cinar, Alain Safa, and Denis Allemand
Growth of Condition-Related Knowledge Among Youth with Spina Bifida: Associations with Neurocognitive Functioning and Self-Management Skills, Olivia Emery Clark
Menstruation in Marketing: Stigma, #femvertising, and Transmedia Messaging, Catherine A. Coleman and Katherine C. Sredl
Interplay between Human Microbiota and Celiac Disease, John James Colgan
Medical Aid in Dying, Sarah Compton, Gaby DiMartino, Alina Geabou, and Anna Soltys
The Impact of Mobile Technology-Delivered Interventions on Youth Well-being: Systematic Review and 3-Level Meta-analysis, Colleen Conley, Elizabeth B. Raposa, Kate Bartolotta, Sarah E. Broner, Maya Hareli, Nicola Forbes, Kirsten M. Christensen, and Mark Assink
Distinct Roles for Free Fatty Acid Receptor 3 (FFAR3) in Vagal and Spinal Afferents Regulating Energy Balance and Glucose Homeostasis, Tyler M. Cook
Statement of Work: Carousel Squad, Ana Cortes Lopera, Haley Yeager, Alvaro Fernandez Navarro, Katalina Pavon, Carlos Ostos Gonzalez, and Antonio Faya Jimenez
Squad Cowboy Leisure and Lifestyle, Daniel Crowley, Aidan Sullivan, Brandon Beahan, Minela Muminovic, Raul Castro, and Matt O'Connor
