Browsing by Title
Now showing items 3952-3971 of 5827
-
Parentage Prenups and Midnups
(2015)In July 2012, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws recommended for enactment in all American states the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act. Unlike its predecessor, the Act treats ... -
Parental and adolescent characteristics predicting adolescent disclosure to parents across various social domains
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)The current study examined associations between adolescents' externalizing problem behaviors (EPBs), maternal and paternal parenting characteristics (i.e., parental warmth), and adolescents' disclosure of behavior to their ... -
Parental influences on bullying and victimization
(Northern Illinois University, 2004) -
Parents' perceptions in family-centered early intervention for children with speech-language disabilities : the relationship between meaning and the experience of stress
(Northern Illinois University, 1995)The meaning that families give to a family member's disability is crucial to their management of the experience. However, very little research has examined the perceptions of families participating in family-centered early ... -
The parliamentary debates and controversy surrounding Oliver Cromwell's statue : England's shifting sentiments toward Cromwell's reputation 1658-1900
(Northern Illinois University, 1987)With his death on 3 September 1658, Oliver Cromwell’s reputation began a stormy journey. During the Restoration, it reached its nadir, but slowly rose with political, economic, and social changes in the eighteenth and ... -
Partial characterization of 41 Bacillus megaterium phages with further characterization of the transducing phage MP 13
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)This thesis represents work done to partially characterize 41 Bacillus megaterium bacteriophages isolated by Dr. P. S. Vary. Characterization included testing the heat sensitivity and acridine orange staining of the ... -
Partial characterization of the stringent response genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(Northern Illinois University, 2003) -
Participation of Unwed Biological Fathers in Newborn Adoptions: Achieving Substantive and Procedural Fairness
(2003)In newborn adoptions in the United States, the participation rights of too many unwed, fit biological fathers are unfairly considered. Some fathers have little or uncertain information about their children prior to or at ... -
A partition based test to identify periodic events with application to quality control
(Northern Illinois University, 1999)This thesis is devoted to the study of a new partition based test to identify periodic observations. We follow the framework for generalizing the Kolmogorov- Smirnov test proposed by Feltz and Goldin in 1992. We create and ... -
Partitive division : a mathematical and semantic analysis
(Northern Illinois University, 1990)The purpose of this thesis was to describe a manipulative-based partitive division model which has a number domain of the rational numbers. The partitive division model has two purposes. The first purpose is as a research ... -
“Passing the Trash” in Illinois After Doe-3 v. McLean County Unit District No. 5: A Proposal for Legislation to Prevent School Districts From Handing Off Sexually Abusive Employees to Other School Districts
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2014-02)In school districts throughout the United States, school administrations often conceal employee-on-student sexual misconduct and allow the perpetrators to resign and continue their abuse of students at other school districts. ... -
Past and future changes of streamflow in Poyang Lake Basin, Southeastern China
(Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2012-07)To understand the causes of the past water cycle variations and the influence of climate variability on the streamflow, lake storage, and flood potential, we analyze the changes in streamflow and the underlying drivers in ... -
Patients' perceptions of important nurse caring behaviors in an adult urgent care setting
(Northern Illinois University, 2000)No studies currently exist that identify patients' perceptions of important nurse caring behaviors in an urgent care setting. The purpose of this retrospective descriptive, correlational study was to identify patients' ... -
Patterns of life at Pueblo Blanco, New Mexico : determining occupation and abandonment through the use of ceramic surface collection analysis
(Northern Illinois University, 1993)This thesis project uses the principles of survey archaeology and the use of surface collection techniques to determine occupation patterns at a protohistoric (A.D. 1450-1680) pueblo site, Pueblo Blanco, located in the ... -
Patterns of riparian vegetation on fluvial landforms in northern Illinois
(Northern Illinois University, 1998)The relationship between fluvial landforms and vegetation patterns is characterized by zones of vegetation groups parallel to the stream channel arranged along a gradient of flood frequency. This paper examines the spatial ... -
Paul Volcker's monetary policy in retrospect
(Northern Illinois University, 1989)Monetary policy is a key factor in determining the course of economic history. Paul Volcker, who held the office of Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1979-1987, left his mark by adamantly fighting inflation ... -
Pawing Their Way to the Supreme Court: The Evidence Required to Prove a Narcotic Detection Dog’s Reliability
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2012-06)Historically, courts have given great deference to the anatomical scent detectors from which the canine’s heightened sense of smell derives. In 2005, the Supreme Court supported this position and held that a drug detection ... -
PCR and cloning : a lab manual
(Northern Illinois University, 1997)This lab manual will give students an introduction to some basic laboratory procedures used in PCR and cloning. Standard lab protocols often assume the technician already knows certain basic lab techniques. This manual ... -
PCR, Its Development & Application to my Research
(Northern Illinois University, 1998) -
PCR, its development & application to my research
(Northern Illinois University, 1998)This semester I have been involved in ligation of L3, a gene in the La France virus, into the PgemT vector system as well as transfecting Ecoli with our ligated vector. This entire process involves creating a cDNA copy of ...
