Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Development of an instrument designed to measure student perception of school connectedness, Nicole Jennifer Smith
An investigation of grid sampling schemes for kriging contaminant concentrations in a riverbed, Matthew Jacob Sokol
Comparative phylogeography of pine -oak birds, Garth Michael Spellman
Relevance of age and special needs in initial development phases of a child neglect scale, Stephanie Ann Stowman
CFD modeling of compact offset strip-fin high temperature heat exchanger, Sundaresan Subramanian
A problem concerning the existence of graphs with certain degRees, Jonathan Seary Summer
Conceptual modeling and analysis of a solar receiver for thermochemical hydrogen generation, Derek Satoru Taguchi
The differential impact of language skills on the wages of Hispanic men and women, Annette Marie Tanori
A tough one out there, Patryke Kim Thomas
Tissue cooling during cryotherapy with varied types of compression, David Tomchuk
Millipede: A graphical tool for debugging distributed systems with a multilevel approach, Erik Helge Tribou
Islanding issues associated with photovoltaic inverters, Ramachandran Tripunithura Mahadeva
The impact of institutional ownership on firm performance in the hospitality industry, Ming-chih Tsai
Ancestral Puebloan social hierarchies at Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico, Sali A Underwood
The role of applied potentials on cracking of Zircaloy-2, Unnikrishnan Valliyil
Plyometric training in female adolescent soccer players, Amaris Christine Vandyke
Use of alloy 800H for applications in hydrogen generation using nuclear power, Vinay Virupaksha
Cognitive heterogeneity in murderers, Erin Warnick
Reject inference methodology skewed missing data problem, Atsuko Watanabe
Synthetic methods for catalytically active polyaniline/platinum composites, Neloni Ranamli Wijeratne
Chaucer and the politics of penance, Karl G Wilcox
Sociability and "Survivor", Shelley Elizabeth Wilkerson
Evaluating hydraulic conductivity of desert soils at the Amargosa Desert research site near Beatty, Nevada, Jon Woodrow Wilson
Missing Letters: Seven stories and one novella, David Biddle Winkler
An analysis of ground stone artifacts from Ghwair I, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in southern Jordan, Claudia C Woodman
Hellfire and damnation through crime or bliss through faith: A look at faith-based corrections, Gregory Paul Warren Wuthrich
Improvements to patient-specific skeletal dosimetry, Jeffrey Scott Wyler
Engine starts and soaks frequencies in southern Nevada, Ping Xi
Reactor modeling and simulation for the copper-chlorine thermochemical solar hydrogen generation process, Mohammed Yassin
Soul shakedown: The politics of soul music, Melanie Catherine Young
Business failure prediction for Korean lodging firms using multiple discriminant analysis and logit analysis, Hyewon Youn
Effects of attentional focus on kinematics and muscle activation patterns as a function of expertise, Tiffany L Zachry
Reliability generalization of the California Psychological Inventory, Helen Zaikina
Location and resource management for quality of service provisioning in wireless/mobile networks, Jun Zheng
Sequential procedure for test of uniformity in multinomial models, Hai Zhen
Confidence intervals for the ratio of Poisson parameters, Libo Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Establishing uranium migration parameters for the Indian Springs Range, Clinton E Abell
A policy analysis of Nevada's middle school retention legislation, Julie Ann Abeyta
Community notification laws and sex offender recidivism: A study of state laws in pre and post time periods, Rachel Katherine Abrams
A system model for source water assessment in the Las Vegas Valley, Silvia Albuquerque
CFD analysis of three-dimensional thermalhydraulics flow effects on wall concentration gradient profiles for Lbe loop fittings, Narain Armbya
Analysis of the unsteady flow and heat transfer of a dusty fluid between two concentric cylinders in the presence of a magnetic field, Nagarajan Balasubramanian
Sibling relationships in remarried families, Monique C. Diderich Balsam
Comparison of the performance of various bootstrap procedures for gamma and lognormal distributions, Alex N Berejnoi
Pottery and mobility: A functional analysis of Intermountain Brownware, Britt J Betenson
Lower limb bone shape and structure among populations of differing lifestyles: Effects of biomechanical stress and inferences of activity, Michele Marcela Bleuze
Belief in a just world among undergraduates, graduate students, and law students, Joseph F Boetcher
Virko Baley: An examination of his works that feature clarinet, Timothy Bonenfant
Determining capable guardians in rape incidents, Alicia A Boots
Local newspapers and the restoration of order: Littleton after Columbine, Michelle Laura Bouwkamp
Vietnam and the More Flags campaign, 1964--1965: The search for American allies in the Commonwealth, Becky L Bruce
The relationship between time on the job and compassion/satisfaction fatigue in firefighters, Juanita M Buck
A case study of culture and change in a small architecture firm, Valerie L Bugni
Gender parity in political coverage: A content analysis of major Kenyan newspapers, Kulamo C Bullo
Effects of gender and seating arrangement on perceptions of leadership, Danielle Jackson Cervantes
The myth of arrival, Zachary Jean Chartkoff
Examining the impact of human resources management: A performance based analytic model, Yoon Seonghee Cho
Breaking down the wall: Hope and the dialectical nature of education, Ginger Clayton-Lee
The impact of dynamic changes in talker amplitude on recognition memory for words, Kimberly M Cramer
Cultivation of fear of Blacks in Las Vegas television news media, Mark Leigh Curry
Metricizing' non-metric craniofacial traits: Application of three dimensional geometric morphometric analysis to ancestral identification, Summer Joy Decker
Three-dimensional CFD simulations of natural and forced convection solar domestic water heating systems, Sachin Sudhakar Deshmukh
Secondary English Language Arts teachers' perceptions and implementation of change policy, Denise De Vito
Virtual learning community: A student exit survey and qualitative framework, David C DiRamio
The effects of an elevated pre-test heart rate on a cardiovascular test, Jeffrey Allen Dolgan
Extraction of paleohydrology and paleoclimate proxies from vadose zones and paleolake records in the southwestern Great Basin, Weiquan Dong
Exploring relationships between configurations of laptop use and student off -task behavior, Loretta Donovan
GIS analysis of the pre and post-diversion water balances in Owens Valley, California, Anna Corinne Draa
Residual stress measurements and analysis by destructive and non-destructive techniques, Satish Babu Dronavalli
Characterization and extent of expansive soils in the Las Vegas Valley, Lorraine Linnert Dunford
Culture clash: Making the case for a new paradigm in police cultural training, Hal S Edwards
Camera calibration for the NASA Virtual GloveBox project, Ramzi Wasef El-Khater
Arabic stemmers and their effectiveness on the information retrieval system, Rania Fawzi Elkhoury
Survival of enterococcal and streptococcal species in natural waters, Kameron L Entrekin
Discerning academic preparation and responsibilities of Division I and Division Iii athletic administrators, Carl Seth Evans
Congress's failed potential: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the War Powers Act, Jason Andrew Frayer
The school experience from the students' perspective: A comparative case study analysis, John Goldhardt
Martyred Cars, Andrea Rose Gregovich
Cooling due to collisions between hydrogen molecules and helium atoms, Lisa Ann Grew
Evaluation of the perceptual magnet effect and categorical perception for musical timbre, Melissa Kay Griffith
Pathological gambling and substance abuse in the Las Vegas arrestee population, Jeffrey Michael Groebner
Suppression of limit cycle oscillations in an aeroelastic system using robust and adaptive control, Sushma Gujjula
Simulation of concentrated photovoltaic cooling system, Christopher K Halford
Quilting between the revivals: The cultural context of quilting, 1945--1970, Colleen Rose Hall-Patton
A spectroscopic study of the star -forming properties of the center of Ngc 4194, Mark Hancock
Pyrite geochemistry across the Betze-Post deposit, northern Carlin Trend, Nevada, Christine Ann Henkelman
Teacher exploration of instructional strategies to promote algebraic thinKing, Cynthia Ann Hernon
Modeling consumer choices between domestic and foreign automobiles, Cagla Hirschman
Critical analysis of university conduct codes as a mechanism for remedying student sexual misbehavior, Kimberly Hollingshead-Aitken
The effects of gestational perchlorate exposure on development and behavior in rats, Sally Ann Hopper
Stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement of martensitic Alloy Ep -823, Mohammad Kamal Hossain
Hydrocarbon occurrences within the La Popa Basin: Potential source rocks, thermal maturation, and hydrocarbon migration along the La Popa salt weld, La Popa Basin, Ne Mexico, Samuel Mark Hudson
Polymer-supported reagents for disinfection of water, Sylvester Ojo Ifalade
Roaring Orchards, Dan Ionascu
Optical character recognition for checkbox detection, John Michael Istle
A study of pre and post Cold War presidential international crisis rhetoric, Flora Anne Jackson
Communication in the classroom: An interpretive analysis of empowerment and choice theory, Judith Angela Jason