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Nachusa Grasslands : a benefit-cost analysis, using the contingent valuation method
(Northern Illinois University, 1998)The purpose of this research paper is to help policy-makers compare environmental interests to non-environmental interests. It involves calculating use and non-use values for a preserve—Nachusa Grasslands. Use values consist ... -
The Nanny Tax
(Northern Illinois University, 2011)The number if household employees has increased over a ten year time period, but the compliance rate for household employment tax filings has decreased. This study explores different explanations for non-compliance of ... -
Napoleon's dilemma
(Northern Illinois University, 1989)This paper examines how Napoleon Bonaparte implemented a nationalized secular educational plan in post-Revolutlonary and post-Dlrectory France. His goal was to create economic and political stability for the continued ... -
Narrative delivery of psychoeducation : decreasing phobic symptoms through narrative interference
(Northern Illinois University, 2007)This dissertation research compared the efficacy of two delivery methods of psychoeducation for spider phobia. Handout Delivery (HD) presented the psychoeducation explicitly, so participants were aware their phobias were ... -
Narrative themes and patterns in shapeshifter folktales : the wereanimal as exemplar of a universal tale type
(Northern Illinois University, 1996)This thesis examines the possibility that shapeshifter folktales of the "wereanimal" type belong to a universal tale type. Universal similarities are exposed through the utilization of standard folklore methodology which ... -
Narrowband active noise control and equalization algorithms
(Northern Illinois University, 1993)The research in this thesis attacks some obstacles in Active Periodic Noise Control (APNC) applications to realize new system functions or to improve system performance. Active noise equalization emerges to meet human ... -
Narrowland active noise control techniques
(Northern Illinois University, 1995)A narrowband active noise control (ANC) system with passband disturbance reduction and on-line secondary path estimation is developed in this thesis. The comb filter works parallel with the noise control filter and removes ... -
A Nash equilibrium approach to dynamic power control in CDMA systems
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A National Market System: An Evolution Toward Efficiency
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Native American Language Rentention: How can educators help preserve indigenous languages and better accommodate Native Americans?
(Northern Illinois University, 2001)English language learners (ELL) are becoming increasingly prevalent in the American classroom. Students are coming into the school systems with little to no knowledge of the English language. These ELL students thus must ... -
The nature of the classic Maya collapse at Copán, Honduras
(Northern Illinois University, 1995)The question of the Classic Maya collapse has been the focus of research throughout the Southern Maya Lowlands, and Copan is no exception. A series of different views have been expressed since Sylvanus Morley first addressed ... -
Navigator staff women and NavPress Bible studies : a telephone survey on opinions and needs
(Northern Illinois University, 1990)This research project answered the question, "What kind of Bible studies do Navigator women want to help them in ministry?" These women were members of The Navigators, a worldwide, evangelical missions organization. Their ... -
An ndh9 mitochondrially based phylogeny of the Oomycota
(Northern Illinois University, 1997)The Phylum Oomycota, a group of "lower" or microfungi, have recently been placed in the newly erected Kingdom Straminopila. In this study, a mitochondrial gene has been used to infer a molecular phylogeny for representative ... -
Neandertal noses : a descriptive and comparative analysis of the nasal morphology of the Krapina and Vindija Neandertals
(Northern Illinois University, 1999)In a recent study, Schwartz and Tattersall outlined a series of proposed autapomorphic features for the internal nasal region of Neandertals. These features include the presence of an internal nasal margin with a medial ... -
Near-lossless data compression
(Northern Illinois University, 1998)Near-lossless data compression algorithm and its applications are investigated in this thesis. Near-lossless data compression is an alternative to the lossless compression scheme. The near-lossless compression techniques ... -
The need for universal preschool in America
(Northern Illinois University, 2010)There is currently a problem regarding the amount of children without Pre-Kindergarten -due to the lack of income or knowledge about the importance of an early education. Research shows how detrimental it is for children ... -
Negative Public Opinion vs. Positive Contributions of Labor Unions
(Northern Illinois University, 1993)This project was designed to 1) develop counter-arguments to negative comments regarding labor unions; 2) investigate the current opinion of NIU business students regarding labor unions through a written, anonymous survey; ... -
Neglected Interiors
(Northern Illinois University, 2017)The images in the series, Neglected Interiors, capture the remote interior spaces of abandoned industrial buildings. I focus on the aesthetic qualities of the room as there is wonder in the remnants and vacant structures. ... -
Negotiating identities : South German Catholics and the formation of national identity, 1871-1914
(Northern Illinois University, 2007)The following study investigates how Catholics in the southwestern German state of Baden reacted to German unification in 1871. Although Baden had a Catholic majority, during the Second Empire the state was governed by ...
