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The B chromosome system of Melanoplus Femur-rubrum
(Northern Illinois University, 1971)Thirteen populations of the grasshopper species Melanoplus femur-rubrum were surveyed for B chromosome frequency distribution. Two populations were surveyed eight times during a single season and three times during a single ... -
Baby Richard and Beyond: The Future for Adopted Children
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1998-07)The author sets forth the facts underlying the Baby Richard case from the time he was conceived until the time of his adoption and analyzes the case law which ensued as a result of the situation. The author then addresses ... -
Bach’s Works and Twentieth-Century Organ Literature
(Northern Illinois University, 2016)This paper explores examples of two significant categories of the organ repertoire: the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and organ music from the twentieth century. The latter of these categories is represented by music of ... -
Back biasing technique in preventing clogging of pores on the porous silicon templates for the deposition of zinc oxide
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)The main objective of this thesis is to study the thin layer that seemed to have been formed during the electrochemical etching process and devise a method to remove this layer and subsequently deposit Zinc Oxide using ... -
Back to Basics: Habeas Corpus Procedures and Long-Term Executive Detention
(2009)The lesson from the Hamdi plurality and the Court in Boumediene is not that all hearsay is admissible in an executive-detention habeas action, but rather that the district courts should exercise their discretion in determining ... -
BAE Sports Summit 2020
(Northern Illinois University, 2020-04-21)Gender inequity is a rampant social issue in developing countries that permeates many subsets of society such as schools, workplaces, and government positions. Significant research and even entities such as the United ... -
Bagram, Boumediene, and Limited Government
(2010)The United States’ prison at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan is the latest front in the battle over the extraterritorial reach of the Constitution. Habeas litigation on behalf of Bagram detainees has begun establishing how ... -
Balance and mobility training to improve self-efficacy in an older adult population
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Balancing Ambition and Gender Among Decision Makers
(SAGE Publications, 2007)In this article, we use an original laboratory experiment to test how people react to ambitious decision makers, allowing for interactions with gender. In the experiment, participants are told two decision makers will be ... -
Ball-bearing noise and vibration correlation to honing
(Northern Illinois University, 1999)SealMaster Bearings, a division of Emerson Power Transmission, has been a precision, industrial, mounted, ball bearing manufacturer for over fifty years. The marketplace has recently begun to request lower vibration and ... -
Ballooning across the curriculum
(Northern Illinois University, 1994)Motivation and interest are important factors in a student's ability to learn and retain information; this cross-curricular unit on hot air balloons not only motivates students to learn more, it also stimulates their ... -
Balloons : a holistic unit
(Northern Illinois University, 1991)My goal for this thesis was to create a unit which utilized the holistic approach of instruction so often advocated in my methods classes. I chose to do a unit using balloons as a theme. This unit could be used by almost ... -
The Bankruptcy Code Requirement of Compliance With Lease Obligations--Does "All" Mean Everything?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1990-05)This article considers the intent of Congress in Bankruptcy Code section 365(d)(3) as it affects the rights of shopping center lessors vis-d-vis their tenants who seek bankruptcy protection. The author concludes the Section ... -
The Bankruptcy Improvements Act -- An Update
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1983-05)An update on the author's article in Volume 3, Number 1 of the Northern Illinois Law Review which analyzed the proposed Bankruptcy Improvements Act. This article focuses on the proposed Consumer Credit Amendments of the ... -
Banned from the IV League: Advocating the Extension of the Choice of Evils Defense to Protect Blood Manufactures from Liability for Taking Donations from Individuals at “High-risk” of Transmitting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) During Times of Extreme Emergency
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2018-04)A-positive to O-negative, men who have sex with men face an uphill battle when attempting to give the greatest gift of all, life itself. Current FDA regulation places a twelve-month deferral on MSM from their last sexual ... -
The Bar Admission Process, Gatekeeper or Big Brother: An Empirical Study
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1995-05)This article provides a comprehensive statistical review of bar applications from forty eight states and questions the usefulness of the applications, in their current form, in determining one's fitness to practice law. ... -
Bargaining of beliefs : agencies, advocacy groups, and the evolution of pesticide regulatory reform
(Northern Illinois University, 2007)The policy beliefs of advocacy groups, policymakers, and other interested individuals help to shape public policy. Yet, policy beliefs are rarely used in policy analyses. This dissertation changes that by examining the ... -
The Baring's Bank Derivative Disaster: An Analysis and Recommendations
(Northern Illinois University, 1995)Recent events within the financial services industry have raised concerns regarding the use and control of derivative financial instruments. Limited only by their own imaginations, financial engineers have restructured ... -
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Companion Animals, Emotional Damages and the Judiciary’s Failure to Keep Pace
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2012-04)What is the value of afternoon walks in the park? Evenings spent relaxing on a living room sofa? A wet face licking and waging tail every day when you come home? If posed to a pet owner, the answer to these three questions ... -
Baroque performance practices
Baroque music has been so neglected that no original tradition as to its performance has been passed down through the centuries. We must therefore try to acquire as close a resemblance as we can under modern conditions ...
