The Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (RTDs) collection are digital versions of UNLV theses and dissertations previously available only in print or microfilm. This collection of over 3,100 works written by UNLV graduate students were produced between 1978-2008 and is freely available for anyone to download. For dissertations published from 2009 to the present, please visit this page: UNLV THESES, DISSERTATIONS, PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, AND CAPSTONES

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Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Activation of platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase by proinflammatory mediators, Mohammed Abdel-al

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Mathematical model to simulate a hybrid lighting system, Ahmad Abu Heiba

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Estimating the effect of the 2003 Illinois gaming tax restructuring on riverboat gaming volume, Mikael Ahlgren

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Which way does your beard point tonight? Ginsberg's quest to resurrect Whitman's America, James Altman

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The development and evaluation of a child maltreatment reporting training program for mandated mental health professionals, Krisann Marie Alvarez

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Country lawyer in a maverick boom town: The legal career of Harry Claiborne, J. Bruce Alverson

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A Cfd model to predict pressure loss coefficient in circular ducts with a motorized damper, Pallavi Annabattula

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The characteristics, knowledge, and preparation levels of K--12 online distance educators in the United States, Leanna Matchett Archambault

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Comparison of confidence intervals for binomial proportions, Narain Armbya

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Modeling natural resource scarcity and poverty effects on fertility in Honduras, Nepal, and Tanzania, Ayoub Shaban Ayoub

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Predicting evapotranspiration from sparse and dense vegetation communities in a semiarid environment using Ndvi from satellite and ground measurements, Malika Baghzouz

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Synthesis and characterization of bulk and thin film antimony-selenium phase change alloys, Nirup Bandaru

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Air void characteristics of air-entrained self-consolidating concrete, Mary Ellen Barfield

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The "white-eyed" Eastern Towhee: A molecular assessment of the validity of Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni, Jeremy Shawn Batten

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The Development Of A Replicable Model For Implementation Of A High School Minimum Competency Program, Nils Golden Bayles

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Exploratory study of construction safety culture through systems thinKing, Charles J. Jr Benford

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Adult autism policy: An analysis of current policy and legislation in the US, Maren A Bennett

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Enhanced detection of induced fluorescence from residual radioactive materials, Craig-Alan Crawford Bias

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The effects of feedback protocol and learning environment perceptions on self -regulated learning, Kevin David Biesinger

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Authenticity and love in "The Sun Also Rises" and "On the Road", Nate Botsis

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Life history and population dynamics of Daphnia in seven ephemeral pools in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, Priscilla Kathleen Bowman

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Modeling the unsaturated zone at the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site: Effects of climate change and vegetation on flow conditions, Amanda Marie Brandt

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The relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction of selected urban middle school teachers in the Clark County School District, Ouida Mildred Brown

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Knowledge of personal energy requirements in college students, Aurora Maria Buffington

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Analyzing cost and schedule growth in public works projects, Leslie Ann Burns

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The Implications Of Milieu Upon Educational Administration, Margaret Elizabeth Draper Cahoon

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Monitoring and modeling the performance of a solar powered hydrogen filling station, Mark R Campbell

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Public advocacy by the Roman Catholic Church and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the twenty-first century, Michele L Cannella

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Examination of clinical and legal issues relevant to child maltreatment reporting, Alisha Marie Carpenter

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The Relationships Of Selected Factors To Success In A College Reading Program, Corene Flowerette Walker Casselle

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An analysis of the differential power of the Fake Bad Scale of the Mmpi-2, Nicole Ann Cavenagh

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Minimization of residual stresses in the closure -weld region of the spent nuclear fuel canisters using induction annealing process, Zekai Ceylan

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Analysis of the application of First Amendment jurisprudence to university student fees *policies, Christine Chairsell

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Temperature and silicon effects on tensile and corrosion behavior of chronium-molybdenum steel, Hanumantha Rao Chava

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Numerical analysis of the solid particle solar receiver with the influence of an air-jet, Zhuoqi Chen

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The impact of promotion on inventory forecasting for an Asian wholesale corporation, Tzu-Chu Chien

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Evaluation of photodynamic therapy-induced edema in the rat brain using magnetic resonance imaging, David Chighvinadze

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Effects of pavement macrotexture on Pm(10) emissions from paved roads, Swarup China

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Statistical modeling of skewed data using newly formed parametric distributions, Kahadawala Cooray

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The treatment of minorities and women by southwestern courts and prisons, Donna Crail-Rugotzke

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A study of California Community College student retention and persistence with Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (Eop&S), Leonard Marvin Crawford

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A Study Designed To Investigate A New Dimension For Educational Accountability...Malpractice, Marshall Cloyd Darnell

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The logic of movement: Consumption logistics on the Las Vegas Strip, Robert Dean

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An estimation of the performance limits and improvement of dry cooling on trough solar thermal plants, Huifang Deng

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Techniques for document image processing in compressed domain, Shulan Deng

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Parametric study of self -consolidating concrete, Hamidou Diawara

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Worksite schools: A study of cooperation between public education and private business, D. Janell Dietz

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Aerodynamic optimization for low Reynolds number flight of a solar unmanned aerial vehicle, Louis Dube

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The neurocognitive impairment associated with comorbid schizophrenia and Ptsd, Lisa Duke

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The effects of mushroom body lobe disruption on learning and memory, Brian S Dunkelberger

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Determining protein biomarkers for chemotherapeutic drug resistance in breast cancer, Shauna Durocher

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Study of the interaction between hydrogen and carbon-based nanomaterials, Roberto Felix

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Examination of the depression screening patterns of nurse practitioners, medical doctors, and physician assistants in primary care, Leslie Erin Feth

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The nature of epistemic climates in elementary classrooms, Florian C Feucht

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Sex and the agricultural transition: Dental health among early agricultural females, Misty Fields

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The effects of different sport mouth guards on respiration rate and tidal volume at sub-maximal exercise level, Kevin Michael Finnegan

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The athletic, academic, and social experiences of female intercollegiate team sport student-athletes, Jason Michael Frank

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How subjective and objective memory, family history, and knowledge of Alzheimer's disease influence older adults' fear of developing Alzheimer's disease, Samantha Lyn French

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The effects of automated essay scoring as a high school classroom intervention, Kathie L Frost

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A multi -case study of teacher retention with veteran teachers in hard to staff schools, Jacqueline Lissette Garcia

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Colonization and invasion of a lake drawdown in the Mojave Desert, Stephanie Dianne Gayvert

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A Comparison Of Two Approaches To Teaching Public Speaking At The Community College Level, Harvey Allen Godorov

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The Three Saras, Peter Golub

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Implementation of JPEG compression and motion estimation on FPGA hardware, Ramakrishna Gopalakrishnan

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Cooperative extension and the practical education needs of Clark County citizens, Sonya S Greene

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Poppe Culture, Jaq Greenspon

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Learning in the context of math anxiety, Michelle Melissa Guillaume

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An exploratory study of Proximal Mentoring in graduate education, Susan E Gunn

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Self-stabilizing protocol for anonymous oriented bi-directional rings under unfair distributed schedulers with a leader, Chitwan Kumar Gupta

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Interleukin-10 inhibits cytokine-mediated synergistic release of interleukin-6 in astrocytoma cells, Liliya V Harizanova

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Development and empirical analysis of a self-advocacy readiness scale with a university sample, Katrina R Harris

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Investigating shear capacity of RC beam-column joints using artificial intelligence techniques, Eslam Mohamed Alnaji Hassan Khalifa

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Funding sources implementing technology standards in rural schools, Johnathan David Hawk

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Temporal orientation and consumer empowerment: Examining a Las Vegas casino loyalty program, Flavia Hendler

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Optimal foraging theory and early Archaic plant use at North Creek Shelter, Sara C Hill

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Competency-Based Testing In Nevada: Perceptions Of Legislators, School District Superintendents, Local School Board Presidents And Third Grade Teachers, Nicholas J Horn

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Irony as a mode of political engagement, Daniel Ladislau Horvath

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Intra -institutional collaborations: Academic and continuing education departments on campus, Amy Lynn Hyams

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A comparison of social skills training approaches on preschool teacher and child behaviors, Keith J Hyatt

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On breaking ground: Second language literacy and language learning through sociocultural practices, Ana Christina Iddings

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XML-based implementation of a bibliographic database and recursive queries, Kirankumar Jayakumar

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Implementation of recursive queries for information systems, Jayalakshmi Jeyaraman

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The determinants of financial structure: Evidence from Chinese listed hospitality companies, Hong Jiang

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Preparing special educators: Infusing multicultural educational practices and lesson planning in pre-student teaching fieldwork, Tyi-Sanna Jones

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Implementation of BMA based motion estimation hardware accelerator in HDL, Nachiket Jugade

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Magnetohydrodynamics in microchannels and adhesion properties of nanoporous alumina films, Hussameddine Kabbani

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Titanium hydride up to 90 GPA: Synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies, Patricia E Kalita

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Solution of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow problems using meshless Radial Basis Function method, Nagamani Devi Kalla

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Analysis and evaluation of the impact of the length of left-turn lane on signalized intersection delays, Nitin Kalsi

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Test suite prioritization techniques applied to Web-based applications, Vani Kandimalla

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Preventing campus alcohol abuse: A controlled comparison of two media programs, Jennifer Dawn Karmely

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Critical introductions to pioneering works of social realism from the early Abbey Theatre, John C Kerrigan

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The effect of 5-aminolevulinic acid based photodynamic therapy and photochemical internalization of bleomycin on the F98 rat glioma cell line, Khishigzaya Kharkhuu

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Reactions of iodine and iodate with sphagnum peat: An examination of kinetics and pH dependence, Ginger Marie Kimble

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The conserved mechanism of IcsA polar targeting among proteobacteria, characterization of the omptin family, and the roles and regulation of IcsP in Shigella flexneri, Eun-Hae Kim

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Post-modification of polysulfone using transition metal catalyzed C-H activation and Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction, Se Hye Kim

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Performance, perception, and choice of animated pedagogical agent, Kevin Kirk

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Pilot Study Of Work Values Of Poor Versus Non-Poor Service Workers In Nevada, Freda Klein

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Characterization of the mechanism of bi-layer oxide growth on austenitic stainless steels 316L and D9 in oxygen-controlled Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (Lbe), Daniel Koury