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Documentation of the one-person show of paintings: Éprouver
(Northern Illinois University, 1995)The following work is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree at Northern Illinois University. The work was produced between June 1994 and April 1995. It was presented in an ... -
Documentation of the one-person show of paintings: Epiphany
(Northern Illinois University, 1996)The following work is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree at Northern Illinois University. The work was produced between June 1995 and March 1996. It was presented in an ... -
Validation of a low-cost sensor for development of wearable and handheld spectrometers
(Northern Illinois University, 2019)This study examined the possibility of creating a quantitative radiometric spectrometer from a low-cost relative radiometric spectrometer sensor through the use of statistical analysis and development of a correction factor ... -
Emotion regulation, student engagement, and bullying roles
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)Bullying is a group process, and students can be involved in bullying through several roles (e.g., bully, victim, defender, outsider, assistant). Many of these roles (e.g., victim, bully, bully-victim) are correlated with ... -
"The bog girl," by Karen Russell, and "Tiny man," by Sam Shepard, translated into Spanish under the titles La muchacha del pantano and Hombre en miniatura, respectively
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)The stories translated for this thesis, "The Bog Girl," and "Tiny Man," were originally published by The New Yorker magazine in 2016. Although stylistically different, these tales are thematically similar; both are stories ... -
Validity of whole and regional body composition testing devices
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)Obesity has increased exponentially within the last three decades and is now widely recognized as one of today's leading health threats due to it being a risk factor for diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular ... -
"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 ... -
English language investment : a qualitative study on transitioning adult language learners to postsecondary and career certificate programs
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)This qualitative study elicited and examined the narratives of 15 adult immigrants learning English in a grant-funded program. The purpose of the study was to listen to student voices to understand persistence and investment ... -
A climatology of quasi-linear convective systems in the U.S.
(Northern Illinois University, 2019)Quasi-linear convective systems, or QLCSs, are a common, organized thunderstorm mode in the U.S. Over the last fifty years, severe weather research has focused on the supercell, but, recently, QLCSs have become an increasingly ... -
ITA language proficiency testing : recommended replacement for the SPEAK test
(Northern Illinois University, 2019)Oral language tests have been used since the 1950s to assess the proficiency of spoken language. In the 1980s and 1990s, the need for oral proficiency testing increased as states began to mandate that universities within ... -
Beyond branch : an examination of the American presidency and conscription policies
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)Despite its unpopularity when used during the American Civil War, conscription was used during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Conscription, mandatory military service, required America's ... -
Is viewing a painting really like reading? : an investigation of trans-symbolic comprehension processes
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)Humans form mental models of the world around them. A large body of research has outlined these mental processes for comprehending texts, yet less work has been conducted in the world of comprehending artworks. The recent ... -
How we gatekeep online : a grounded theory study
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)Counselor educators and supervisors (CES), as gatekeepers for the counseling profession, have an ethical responsibility to prepare students to be competent to counsel through training, evaluation and supervision. In addition, ... -
Exploring the role purpose-related experiences can play in supporting interest development in STEM
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)The focus of this study was to explore how select practices and approaches with a self-transcendent orientation delivered in STEM-oriented summer learning programs serving middle-school aged youth were related to both (a) ... -
Mechanical implementation of reinforcement learning algorithms
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)Reinforcement learning is a type of machine learning technique that can be used to solve classical control problems. One key difference between reinforcement learning and classical methods like PD or PID control is that ... -
Optimization of process parameters for commercially pure titanium in the laser engineered net shaping process
(Northern Illinois University, 2017)One of the main factors limiting progress and mainstream acceptance of metal additive manufacturing (MAM), including the laser engineered net shaping (LENS) process, is lack of consistency between different processes, ... -
A bibliometric analysis of introductory public speaking textbooks in higher education
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)The publication of a new edition of a textbook affects the effort required by authors to update the text, the costs incurred by students to buy or rent the book as well as the time required by instructors to update course ... -
Tuning structural and physical properties via A-site doping in perovskite-type transition metal oxides
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)This thesis investigates the structure-property relationship of two important classes of transition metal oxides (the perovskite-type A-site substituted titanates (Sr[sub 1-x-y]Ca[sub x]Nd[sub y])TiO[sub 3] and manganites ... -
Polynomial optimization using semidefinite programming
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)In this thesis, our goal is to study the problem of minimizing a polynomial p(x) using semidefinite matrices. Our discussion will cover Lagrangian duality and conic programming, followed by a discussion on how nonnegative ... -
Preparedness of student affairs professionals : the difference between a council for accreditation of counseling and other related educational programs accredited and council for the achievement of standards- best practice guided academic preparation programs
(Northern Illinois University, 2018)A complicated relationship exists among several variables related to entry-level student affairs professionals' preparedness for their first positions in the field of student affairs. In order to better understand the ...
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