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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Creating a University-Based Performing Arts Clinic: Challenges and Lessons, Carissa Limtiaco and Alan Savanapridi

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A Generalized Family of Exponentiated Composite Distributions with Applications to Insurance and Survival Data, Bowen Liu

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Development of a Post-Op Transgender Care Program for Acute Occupational Therapy Practice, Marieliz Llanos

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The Importance of Educating Patients and Staff About Implementing the Neurogenic Bowel Training Program (NBTP) for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in the Acute Care Phase, Silvia Lobaina

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A Pilot Program to Inform High School Students About Allied Healthcare Professions, Nhu Mac

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Utilization and Perception of Peer-Support After Lower Limb Loss in the United States: Potential Benefits on Mobility Outcomes, Moriah Maluotoga and Roopkiran Thind

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and On-Time Vaccine Completion in the Childhood Population: A Strategic Plan, Chris Elaine Mariano

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Examining Reflexive Communication Following a Break in Alcohol Abstinence, Lynda Kay Maxfield

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Critical Metals: From Granitic Pegmatites to the Anthropogenic Cycle, Dalton Mccaffrey

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Robert Starer and His Music, with a Focus on Solo Works for Trumpet, Allison Mcswain

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Longitudinal Relations among Expectancy-Value Beliefs, Achievement, and Intentions to Leave for Health Science Students, Kyle C. Mefferd

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The Influence of Prediction Error Strength on Reconsolidation, Kevin D. Mohawk

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Simulating Radial Ring Structure with an Ambipolar Elsasser (Am) Bump in Non-Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics of Protoplanetary Disks, Aleksey S. Mohov

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Exploring Antecedents of Generation Y and Z Customers’ Intention to Adopt Cryptocurrency Payments in the Context of Hotels: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study, Jehun Moon

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Getting Hitched and Unhitched: The History of Marriage and Divorce in Las Vegas, 1931-1965, Angela Christine Moor

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Identifying Trauma Related Predictors of Dissociation in Maltreated Youth, Amanda L. Mraz

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Gender Differences in Internalizing Problems and Everyday Behaviors Associated with Executive Function in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hiroko Mullner

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Kazimierz Serocki’s Trombone Concerto: Prominent Work in Post-War Poland, Dawid Mzyk

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Telehealth in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Saghi Nassrouie

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Enhanced IoT-Based Electrocardiogram Monitoring System with Deep Learning, Jian Ni

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Using Critical Questions to Improve Perspective Taking Online, Christina M. Nishiyama

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“But What About Me?”: How Memorable Messages Received During Catholic Sex Education Contribute to the Development of Identity Gaps, Hannah Novak

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Algorithmic Approaches to Battery Consolidation in a Smart Grid, Dara Nyknahad

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Physiological Effects of a Traditional Active Warm-Up Versus a Passive Warm-Up During Submaximal Endurance Exercise, Vernice Ollano

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The Effect of Sleep and Emotion on Pattern Separation, Alanna N. Osmanski

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Systemic Theoretical Instruction: Tense and Aspect in Italian a Sociocultural Study of American Learners of Italian, Charles Joseph Panarella, Jr.

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A Comparison of the Traditional Chinese Vocal Style and Western Bel Canto Singing, Jie Pan

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Association Between Rural Background and Physical Therapist Practice Location, Caitlin Parker and Jace-Anne Sharp

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Optimizing Resin Infiltration Treatment of Post-Orthodontic White Spot Lesions by Increasing Infiltrant Penetration Duration — In Vitro Study, Hahnnah Park

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Comparing Comics and Illustrated Texts in Multimedia Learning, Jackson S. Pelzner

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The Role of Style in Community Identity and Group Affiliation: An Archaeological Study of Virgin and Kayenta Branch Ceramics, Daniel Melvin Perez

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Rock Or Relic? Lithic Technology and Social Life in the Mimbres Mogollon Region of Southwestern New Mexico, Jeffrey Dylan Clark Person

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Poop! There it is! Anti-Germinants and Biological Variables as Modulators of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI), Jacqueline Renee Phan

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Characterization of Hematite Coated Bedrock Fault Scarps in the Northern Colorado River Extensional Corridor Near Lake Mead, Nevada, Molly E. Pickerel

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An Ergonomic Approach for Esport Athletes: The Potential for Less Injury and Increased Occupational Performance, Nicholas Nalic Pierides Jr.

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Polish Nationalism and the Flute Sonatina: The Influence of Folklore on Inter-War Composers Tadeusz Kassern, Wojciech Kilar and Aleksander Tansman, Marta Plominska

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Increasing Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ and Students’ Perceived Self-Confidence and Knowledge in Pelvic Floor Disorders Specifically in Stress Urinary Incontinence, Sarah L. Pond

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Gendered Bodies, Engendered Lives: Bioarchaeological Exploration of the Intersectionality of Gender, Health, and Trauma at Turkey Creek Pueblo, Arizona (AD 1225-1286), Claira Elizabeth Ralston

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A Qualitative Exploration of Parent Involvement Programs in Higher Education, Heather Rappaport

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Implementation of 2D Running Gait Analysis in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Clinics, Justin Rasavage, Tristan Trumbull, Melissa Goo-Tam, and Micah Wilson

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Co-Teaching at the Secondary Level: A Qualitative Study of Perceptions, Implementations, & Constructivism, Anne-Marie Raskin

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Morphologic Comparisons of Recrystallized and Neocrystallized Fibrous Amphibole Asbestos: Implications for Corresponding Health Risk Potential, Natalie G. Renkes

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Mathematical Modeling: Finite Element Analysis and Computations Arising in Fluid Dynamics and Biological Applications, Jorge Reyes

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Inferring the Compositions and Interior Structures of Small Planets, David R. Rice

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Independent Living Skills Training for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Through Program Development and Grant Writing, Bianca Rideout

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Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environment, Deborah Rojas

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An Examination of the use of Effects to Convey Narrative in Nikita Koshkin’s the Prince’s Toys Suite and Francis Kleynjans’ A L’aube Du Dernier Jour, Michael Root

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A One-Dimensional Analysis of a Microbial Fuel Cell for Efficient Acetate Removal and Power Density Output, David Rouhani

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Developing a Physical Therapy Initial Evaluation Screening Tool for a Multidisciplinary Clinic for Adults with Down Syndrome, Isabella Russell, Alvin Lacap, and Francis Lacap

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Mental Health Education Protocol for Staff Members in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, Charles Nicholas Salvatera

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Development of an Automated GPIB System for Characterization of SiGe Avalanche Photodiodes, David A. Santiago

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Applying Unsupervised Multi-Omic Learning to Identify Patterns of Human Genomic Regulatory Regions with an Emphasis in Characterizing HERVH Loci., Corinne Sexton

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Oral Prevalence of Akkermancia Muciniphila Among Pediatric and Adult Orthodontic and Non-Orthodontic Patients, Ching Shen

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The Impact of an Ostomy Training Workshop on Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ and Students’ Confidence in Client Education on Ostomy Management, Amanda Rae Shizue Shimabukuro

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Exploration of Occupational Therapy Program Development Through NIH Grant Writing, Larissa Silcox

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Yoga as an Occupational Therapy Intervention for Inpatient Rehabilitation, Sydney Sladek

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Stoichiometric Determination of Hydride Materials at Extreme Conditions, Gregory Alexander Smith

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Sight Words: Poems, Benjamin Harrison Socolofsky

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Monitoring and Classification of Tissue Perfusion Through the Combined Use of Thermal, RGB, and Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging, Ivan Soto

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Public Transportation, Benjamin Stallings

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Experiences of Violence and Captivity: Labor Divisions at La Plata (Ad 600-1250), Kathleen D. Stansbury

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Implementing The Use of Lesson Plan Templates Within the Mentorship Program for Dignity Health Hand Therapists, Ronell Matthew Sueno

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Supervision in the Digital Age: Online Sexual Solicitation of Children and Youth, Kaitlyn Taylor Swanberg

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The Issue of Communicability in Guerra-Peixe’s 1947 Solo Violin Works, Lucas Henrique Teixeira Martins

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Development and Usefulness of an Advocacy Toolkit to Promote Systems-Level Advocacy among Occupational Therapy Students in Nevada, Mary Angela Mendoza Terencio

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High Clearance Collision-Free Paths, Barun Thapa

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Exploring the Usefulness of the Alert Program on Children with Developmental Delays or Disabilities at Positively Kids, Ashley Cassandra Manabat Tolentino

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No Scrubs: Nursing Applicant Trajectories After Rejection, Jennifer Torgerson

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The Effects of Habitat Isolation on Fine-Scale Genetic and Geographic Structure of Populations of Two Threatened Endemic Insects in Southern Nevada, Pseudocotalpa giulianii and Icaricia shasta charlestonensis, Kristen Tovar

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Multiple Approaches to Examining Gender Norms in Romantic Relationships, Carrie Underwood

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A Kinesio Tape ® Protocol to Improve Postural Stability and Mouth Closure for Feeding and Eating in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Ariana Naomi Valdez

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Simulating Condensation in the Theory of Classical Nucleation, David Vallet

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Examining the Effects of Perspective-Taking and Empathetic Concern on Attractiveness Biases in Millennial and Generation X Adults, Stephanie Verba-Quinones

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The In/visible Stockade: Sex Offender Management, Governmentality, and the Search for Normal Life, Christopher Wakefield

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An Investigation of Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators: Theory, Characterization, and Conceptual Applications, Alexandrea Washington

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The Role of Small Puebloan Architectural Sites on the Southern Shivwits Plateau, William M. Willis

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Systems Dynamics of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Hippocampus in Behavioral Switching, Spatial Working Memory, and Disease, Ryan Wirt

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Development and Initial Validation of the Mindful Self-Regulated Learning Scale (m-SRLS), Sarah Wolff

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Musculoskeletal Injury Concealment in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Joshua D. Wooldridge

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An Adolescent Concussion Management Toolkit for Occupational Therapists, Coby Yoshimura

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Acute Effects of Post-Activation Potentiation on Increasing Bat Velocity in Competitive Baseball Players: A Case Series, Phillipp Yu, John MacDonald, and Katrina Myers

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Asian Culture in Western Music: Piano Music by Tan Dun and Bright Sheng, Guqi Zhang

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Analysis and Application of Finite Element and High-Order Finite Difference Methods for Maxwell’s Equations in Complex Media, Li Zhu

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The Importance of an Educational Occupation-Based Work program for Young Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Zielinski

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Fear of Recurrence as a Mediator of Illness Perception and Perceived Stress in Acute Myocardial Infarction Survivors, Sarah E. Zvonar

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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A Parent-Mediated Intervention to Teach a Generalized Repertoire of Auditory Tacts to a Child with Autism, Hazim Aal Ismail

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Fault Development and Interaction by Compaction, Tectonism, and Linkage: Examples from Quaternary Fault Development in Southern Nevada, Shaimaa Mohamed Ali Abdelhaleem

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Polar Alignment of Massive Retrograde Circumbinary Discs, Charles Abod

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Nexuscapes: A Landscape Approach for a Transdisciplinary Water-Energy-Food Nexus Decision-Making Process, Fortino Acosta

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“Failure Is Not an Option”: Sub-Saharan African International Graduate Students’ Experiences in U.S. Higher Education Institutions, Alfred Acquah

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Diurnal Regulation of Exercise-Induced Myocardial Signaling and Transcription, Charli Aguilar

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Combining Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports with Cultural Responsiveness: A Framework to Reduce Teachers’ Cultural Bias and Decrease Discipline Disproportionality among Black Elementary Males, Jaymes Aimetti

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Physics of Electromagnetic Counterparts of Binary-Neutron-Star Mergers, Shunke Ai

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Self-Reported Covid-19 Diagnosis and Severity and Its Association with Utilization of And Delays in Needed Medical Care, Mohammad Hesam Alavi

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A Control Integrated Circuit for a Hysteretic Flyback Power Converter, Armani Alvarez

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Perceived Value of Acute Care Physical Therapy, Juliana Amenta, Andrew Falcinelli, Erin Heenan, and Hannah Kendall

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Activity-Based Intervention and One-to-one Correspondence for Children with Developmental Delays, Cyndy Anang

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The Effect of Attachment Design and Aligner Material on the Efficiency of Maxillary Canine Distalization in Premolar Extraction Cases, Najem Anbari

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The Emergence of Serviced Apartments/Apart-Hotels and Opportunities Post COVID-19, Ding Jie Ang

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The Effects of Coaching Provided Via Video-Conferencing to Caregivers of Children with ASD, Kendra L. Antill