College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Relationship Between Youth Adult Sexual Communication and Risky Sexual Behavior in Adolescence, Erin Geary
The Relationship Between Youth Adult Sexual Communication and Risky Sexual Behaviors in Adolescence, Erin Geary
"Examining Continent-scale Variation in Aerial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities Using eDNA, Raechel Hearth
Translation and Validation of the Caprini Risk Assessment Score for Urdu Speakers, Khairunisa Lalani
Understanding Teamwork Using Dynamic Network Models, Ashlyn Paige Lowe
Examining COVID-19 Long-Haulers Along Gender, Race Stress and Social Support Variables, Brianna Mabie
Under the Skin Social Stress: Physiological Effects of Racial Discrimination and Family Communication During Adolescence, Dana Mansfield
Perspective Taking: A Tool for Improving Team Member Relationships and Performance, Mikayla Ann Marcinkowski
A Syndemic Perspective on Anti-Asian Racism and Asian American Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Rebecca McGarity-Palmer
Too Much for a Heart to Bear: A Systematic Review and Mini Meta-Analysis on The Role of Skin-Deep Resilience in the Weathering of Black People in America, Chantelle Miller
Road Salt Effects on Leaf-Level Isoprene Emission, Aarti Mistry
Why People Share When They Shouldn't: Antecedents and Consequences of Impulsive Secret-Sharing, Natalie Ann Mordini
The Impact of Workplace Protections on Worker Wellbeing During the COVID Pandemic, Brooke Nyberg
Relationship Building in E-negotiation: Dyadic Effects on Subjective Negotiation Outcomes, Mounica Reddy
Latinx Parent-Child Acculturative Stress Profiles and their Relation to Expressed Emotion and Academic Achievement, Laura Saldana
Examining Psychosocial Interventions for Refugees from Asia: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review on Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Cultural Tailoring, Mengxue (Fiona) Sun
Apoyo Deseado: The Role of Parental Support for Latinx First-generation College Students, Grevelin Ulerio
APRNs' Experience in the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Sahar Vardy
How Individual Differences and the Use of Humor Shape Relationships in Teams Over Time, Melissa Vazquez
HIGH MASS STAR FORMATION AND METHANOL MASERS, Nathanael Wilson
Social Identity Threat: Implications for Coachability, Lauren Zervos
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
A Life Course Person-Centered Approach to Adult Trauma Histories and Examination of Intergenerational Trauma in Preschoolers, Jessica Annabel Arizaga
SPECKLE CORRELATION USING A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM ON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS, Sanskar Basnet
The Role of Functional Disability and Social Support in Psychological Outcomes for Individuals with Pediatric Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Keely Huntley Bieniak
Role Shifting in Organizational Teams: Grounded Theory and Scale Development, Tatem H. Burns
Multilevel Stakeholder Perspectives on the Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions in a Large, Urban School District, Ashley Sahel Castro
To Engage or Disengage: The Impact of Coping Strategies, Sex, and Stress History on Cortisol Reactivity Among Urban Adolescents, Madeline Curzon
Enhancing the Braden Scale Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Cohort Study, Rachel Deutsch
Service utilization among Latina survivors of intimate partner violence, Alyssa Donovan
Reciprocity: An Antecedent to Fraud Compliance and Unethical Behavior, Charles E. Drehmer
True Self in Threat Resilience: Using Essentialist Self-Views to Neutralize Personal Morality Threats, Ellen S. Dulaney
Influence of Ethnic-Racial Similarities and Ethnic-Racial Support on Student Well-being: The Role of Natural Mentors, Yesenia Garcia
Prenatal Stress & Socioemotional Outcomes in School-Aged Children: A Meta-Analytic Review, Michelle Anne Gilchrist
Identifying the Strategic Core of Interactive Teams, Morgan Elizabeth Gleason
LGBTQIA+ Care Simulation: Examining Participating Students’ Attitude and Comfort, Grezelro Gonzalez
ANALYZING NANOSCALE THERMAL TRANSPORT USING TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY DIFFRACTION, James Grammich
The Association Between Community-Level Factors and Police Decisions to Found Sexual Assault Cases, Erin Elizabeth Hoffman
Stress and Coping in an Inner-City Environment: The Cities Mentor Project Coping Intervention with Youth Living in Urban Poverty, Jordan Horwath
A Qualitative Study of Lifetime Residential Transitions and Housing Preferences among Individuals with Extensive Shelter Utilization Histories, Mackenzie Hudson
Acute Asthma Exacerbation Treatment and Impact in a Pediatric Emergency Department, Sarah Jindoyan and Paige Barber
Reading Your Face: Do I Know Enough to Interpret How You Feel?, Youlim Kim
A Qualitative Examination of Opioid Sparing Anesthesia Practices Among CRNAs, Stephanie Knell
The Barriers to the Timely Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD by Advanced Practice Nurses in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting, Annette Kowalczyk
Identifying a Typology of Homelessness Based on Self-Sufficiency: Implications for Rapid Re-Housing Interventions, Quinmill Lei
Simulation Education for Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertion, Ryan Lewandowski
SOCIAL STATUS INSECURITY AND BODY IMAGE RELATED HEALTH OUTCOMES: TESTING A MODERATED MEDIATION MODEL, Mingqi Li
Delay Discounting and Food Reinforcement in Youth of Color: A Cluster Analysis, Bernardo Loiacono
A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF SOCIAL STATUS INSECURITY IN ADOLESCENTS, Yunyi Long
Electrochemical Studies of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in the Pursuit of Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Joshua J. Ludtke
Simulation Education for Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertion, Ronald Mack
Measuring allostatic load in an urban adolescent sample: The profile and role of biomarker dysregulation in depression outcomes, Heather Marshall
Trauma-Informed Care Within the Homeless Service Milieu: Practical and Conceptual Considerations, Martina Mihelicova
WAVELET PACKET POWER SPECTRUM OF THE SDSS LYMAN-ALPHA FOREST: A TOOL FOR LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE DETECTION, Jason Pero
Exploring the Effects of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Asians and Asian Americans: A Meta-Analytic Review, Amber T. Pham
Life After the Storm: An Examination of Bereavement and Posttraumatic Growth among Urban Adolescents, Keturah Jedidah Platt
“If You Didn’t Mean It, Why Did I Feel It?”: Comparing the Effects of Deliberate vs. Unintentional Ostracism, Andrea L. Sanders
Your Mind Online: The Influence of Contingent Self-Esteem on Confirmation Bias, Jason Snyder
Parent and Child Language Profiles and their Family and Clinical Predictors, Jesus Eduardo Solano-Martinez
Lived Experiences of Oxford House Residents Prescribed Medication-Assisted Treatment, Arturo Soto-Nevarez
Perioperative Non-opioid Modalities (PNOM) Questionnaire Implementation and Validation of its Psychometric Properties, Liliya Sprisovskiy
Community Factors Contributing to COVID-19 Positivity Rate: Using Illinois as a Case Study, Helena Lucia Swanson
Collective Awe: The Effects of Shared Experience, Martha Szekely
Examining Provider-Related Factors Associated with Role Competence in Shared Decision Making in Oncology Nurses, Alexandria Tarvainis
Phylogenomics and Population History of Cichlid and Live-bearing Fish Species in Lowland Neotropical Rivers, Konrad Taube
Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome Among High-Risk Neonates: Program Implementation and Evaluation, Rebecca Tortolano
Patterns of torso morphology in extant quadrupedal amniotes and their paleontological applications, Myles M.A. Walsh
Implications of an Education Tool as a Noise Reduction Strategy in the Operating Room, Sona Wardius and Amanda Parker
SYNTHESIS AND STYRENE COPOLYMERIZATION OF OCTYL 2-CYANO-3-(R-PHENYL)-2-PROPENOATES, Martin S. Wasilewski
LONG TERM VARIATION OF CLASS I METHANOL MASERS, Nycole Wenner
Anthraquinone Extraction and Quantification, Modification of the Pictet-Spengler Reaction for the Creation of Useful Isotopes and Use in Protein Ligation, Jermell Williams
The Effects of Repeat Concussive Injury on Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Rats, Duane Yu
Contextualizing Teacher-Directed Violence in Special Education, Kayleigh E. Zinter
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF (CUXZN1-X)0:456IN1:084GE0:46O3 (CUZIGO) USING NEUTRON AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION, Boluwatife A. Adekoya
Pilot Study: Educational Tool Reduces Parental Stress at Home Post Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Rachel Barsella
Synthesis and Styrene Copolymerization of Chloro and Fluoro Ring-substituted Isopropyl 2-cyano-3-phenyl-2-propenoates, Alessandra Cimino
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SUSTAINED SWIMMING ON SALINITY ACCLIMATION IN CHINOOK SALMON (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Fritzman Geena
Improving Care for Homeless Young Adults: A Shelter Client and Health Service Provider Perspective, Kenya K. Hemingway
Improving Care for Homeless Young Adults: A Shelter Client and Health Service Provider Perspective, Kenya K. Hemingway
Self-Management and Quality of Life in Young Adults After Healthcare Transition, Jennifer Fay Herbert
Influence of Parent Chronic Pain History on Youth's Experience of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Marissa Lee Koven
How Should We Express Gratitude? The Effects of Method and Focus of Gratitude Expressions on the Self, the Other, and the Relationship, Laurette J. McIlwee
Who Creates Family-Supportive Work Environments? Examining Characteristics of Leaders who Enact Family-Supportive Superviso Behaviors, Stefanie Mockler
Intraoperative Management of Lumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Drains: A Reference Tool, Victoria Shink
Communication, Leadership and Organizational Support Facilitates Successful Transition into Practice for Nurse Practitioners in the Emergency Department, Cheryl Anne Soco
Use of Fiberoptic Intubation Simulation to Enhance Skill and Confidence Among Anesthesia Providers, Kris Toribio
An Examination of Employee Coachability and Managerial Coaching in Organizations, Jake Alexander Weiss
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Effects of Personality Retesting on Validity Coefficients as Moderated by Situational Strength, Daniel R. Abben
The Impact of Temperature on the Early Stages of the Development of the Body Axis in the Model Species Astyanax mexicanus (Teleostei: Characidae), Sara Mohammad Alharbi