Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Year 2000 health objectives for the nation : health and physical fitness leader's perceptions of organizational goal orientation and achievement
(Northern Illinois University, 1990)The federal government, with the help of both private and public health professionals, has created the Year 2000 Health Objectives for the Nation. These objec tives serve to create common goals for all health profes sionals ... -
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow : a study of Aurelio Tolentino's articulation of nationalism and identity through theatre in the Philippines during the American colonial period
(Northern Illinois University, 2017)This dissertation centers the importance of cultural production to the process of creating a coherent national identity and a unified political state in the Philippines. More specifically, I will examine role of theatre ... -
You can't sit with us...just kidding! : an investigation into the association between empathy and playful relational behavior
(Northern Illinois University, 2016)Rough and tumble play, the playful form of physical aggression, has been shown to be related to a number of positive skills, abilities, and outcomes. As relational aggression is kin to physical aggression, it follows that ... -
You're too old for that! : ageism and prescriptive stereotypes in the workplace
(Northern Illinois University, 2016)Age discrimination and bias in the workplace is an imperative area of research. Few studies have examined prescriptive stereotyping, and only one study has specifically examined prescriptive age stereotyping. This thesis ... -
Young adults' perception of suicide : an information-processing approach
(Northern Illinois University, 2005)The purpose of the present study was to provide an initial assessment of whether or not a social-information processing model might provide a useful heuristic for understanding how young adults process and respond to ... -
The young American voter
(Northern Illinois University, 2016)Since Converse's work in 1971, political scientists have noted the abysmal level of participation by young Americans on Election Day. One possible reason for the negative comments by academics is their assumption that young ... -
Young children's understanding of food and nonfood objects : appearance-reality distinctions
(Northern Illinois University, 1992)The purpose of this study was to examine preschool children's understanding of what objects are appropriate to eat. Children's understanding of two types of objects was examined, deceptive objects (objects that look like ... -
Young children's understanding of moral rules in aggressive situations : implications for early childhood education
(Northern Illinois University, 1995)Young children's moral reasoning about provoked and unprovoked aggressive situations was examined. Subjects included 20 four-year-old and 20 six-year-old boys with 10 aggressive and 10 nonaggressive boys in each age group. ... -
The young Elizabeth Blackwell : why she became the first woman to graduate from an American medical school
(Northern Illinois University, 1992)In January 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from an American medical school. This was the first of her many accomplishments, and it was the stepping stone to her future success. In addition to ... -
Young toddler's responses during routine physical examinations
(Northern Illinois University, 1983)The purpose of this study was to determine if the observable responses of toddlers 14 to 19 months of age during a routine physical examination were less negative when they had received a play preparati period before the ... -
"Your body must be heard" : uncovering a new language through female pain and bodily empowerment
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)This thesis uses Virginia Woolf's essay "On Being Ill" in order to examine her novel The Waves, and Paule Marshall's novel Praisesong for the Widow. In each of these novels, the main female protagonists are experiencing ... -
Your teacher said what on Facebook : application of First Amendment rights to teacher cyber speech
(Northern Illinois University, 2015)There have been many recent instances of teachers being disciplined or terminated due to their activity on social networking sites. School administrators will likely be confronted with a growing number of reports of alleged ... -
Z? ? bb? signal extraction from QCD continuum background using jet-jet mass
(Northern Illinois University, 1996)We report results on the extraction of the Z? ? bb? signal from the jet-jet mass spectrum for Run 1b, using monte carlo studies along with maximum likelihood fit techniques. -
Zooplankton community structure : factors affecting distribution of Bosmina longirostris
(Northern Illinois University, 1978)Two general trends in the structure of zooplankton communities have been observed. One is characterized by the presence of planktivorous fish and small-sized zooplankton and by the absence of large-sized zooplankters. The ... -
ʻH 'Anáctacic [The Anastasis] : a study of the iconographical development of the Anastasis in monumental mosaic and fresco decoration during the Macedonian, Commenian, and Palaeologian dynasties
(Northern Illinois University, 1982)The Anastasis, a theological triptych, is the Eastern Orthodox symbol for the Resurrection of Christ and the resultant restoration of eternal life to Humankind. The iconography itself is extracted from the New Testament ... -
β₂ microglobulin stimulation of mononuclear leukocytes
(Northern Illinois University, 1984)Chemotaxis is a phenomenon in which cells move in the direction of a chemical gradient. Both neutrophils and macrophages exhibit chemotactic behavior in response to molecules released during inflammation. Activated lymphocytes ...
