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 2003

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Selling the drama: A content-analysis of prescribed storylines in Abc's "Monday Night Football", Frederick William Krauss

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Development of an automated GIS tool to identify and rank high pedestrian crash zones, Vanjeeswaran Krishna Kumar Kannimangalam

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The impact of full-day and half-day kindergarten on the language arts achievement scores of first-grade students, Stefanie M Kujaczynski

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Intra-domain mobility management, Kapilkumar Narayanan Kulakkunnath

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Evaluation of building energy conservation options, Arpakorn Kumpanon

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A controlled evaluation of a comprehensive mental skills program for Ncaa and youth club swimmers, Kevin Matthew Lancer

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The role of hotel image and image congruence and their effects on repeat intention in the hotel industry, Grace S Lee

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Hamstring/quadriceps strength ratios: An analysis and a strength training study, Heather Jessica Lee

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Brand associations in the tradeshow industry: An application of the service brand preference model, Hwabong Lee

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Three dimensional pattern recognition using feature-based indexing and rule-based search, Jae-Kyu Lee

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Meeting planners' intention of using the Internet and desired lodging Web site content attributes, Woojin Lee

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Being bullied in adolescence: A phenomenologic study, Linda Louise Lesperance

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Rockfall modeling in jointed rock for underground openings with consideration of seismic and thermal effect, Ming Lin

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Improving resolution of stiff layers in soil profiles through multi-step inversion of Sasw data, Haiyan Liu

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Identification of headers and footers in noisy documents, Qin Liu

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Geographic variation and behavorial plasticity: Vigilance in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) populations, Kathleen Mary Longshore

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Welfare reform: Politics, policy and the courts, Paul Marion Loomis

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The college choice phenomenon: An exploration of parental perceptions, Sandra Jean Lord Thomas

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Silicification across the Betze-Post Carlin-type gold deposit: Clues to ore fluid properties and sources, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada, Jared D Lubben

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Recognition and identification of form document layouts, Kai Luo

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The effect of video instruction on social interactions of children in the inclusive preschool, Catherine Doyle Lyons

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Recontextualization and identity assessment of unprovenienced mummified human remains, Gwyn Dee Madden

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Nonpoint source pollution during dry and wet weather flows in an urbanized watershed, Uma Malik

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A relational post-processing approach for forms recognition, Zhenxing Mao

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The role of ontology in information management, Renato de Freitas Marteleto

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"In that New World which is the Old": New World/Old World inversion in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World", Oliver Quimby Melton

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The Sweet River: A collection of short stories, Keith Harold Menter

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Estimation of the population mean using two extremes in order statistics, Vladimir Emil Minev

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Political silence, the feminine style, and Aids: The role of surrogate speakers at the 1992 presidential nominating conventions, Rebecca Ruth Moldenhauer

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Homelessness: A qualitative genogram analysis of trauma and addictions, Lorraine K Moss

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Second law analysis of the transient behavior of solid media thermal storage utilizing finite difference computational modeling, Jason Scott Mulvey

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Effects of elevated carbon dioxide on Bromus rubens and nutritional consequences for the desert tortoise, Kristen Marie Murphy

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Study of subthreshold behavior of FinFet, Balasubramanian Murugan

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The relationship of cell morphology, density, and mechanical properties in a rigid polyurethane foam, Michelle Cameron Nelson

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The creation of a national information policy combating cyber terrorism, Daniel A Nick

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Design-build method viewed by public agencies in southern Nevada compared to Arizona and Utah, Jose W Oliveira

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Comparing Web-based instruction to traditional instruction for teaching special education content to general education preservice teachers, Kelly Elizabeth O'Neal

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The desire for socio-cultural similarity in a mate, Nelse M Ostlund

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A graphical approach for goodness-of-fit of Poisson model, Davin P Padilla

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United States civil-military relations: Finding equilibrium in the changing national security environment, Sean W Pascoli

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The zone of proximal development in an online Esl composition course, Jennifer Ann Paver

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Thermoregulatory behavior of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii in a burrow environment, Aaron Lawrence Payette

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Violent teeth: The validity and scientific basis for bite mark evidence, Kapka Dimitrova Pchelarova

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A study of post-tenure review *policies among Nevada community colleges and the peer institutions of Ccsn, Thomas M Peacock

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The relationship between internal service components and organizational commitment in fine-dining restaurants, Taryn M Perry

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A benefit-cost analysis of an interstate seawater desalination plant shared between California and Nevada, McClain L Peterson

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Strategic training in the use of causal diagrams: Facilitation of superior mental models, Anne Seyer Poliquin

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Evaluation of cracking and localized corrosion behavior of cladding materials, Subhas Pothana

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An analysis of changes in labor market discrimination by gender, 1984--2000, Andrew Lee Powell

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Multiple voltage scheme with frequency variation for power minimization of pipelined circuits at high-level synthesis, Bharath Radhakrishnan

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(What You Want Hummed Here), Lara Victoria Ramsey

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A comparative analysis of the likely impact of an accreditation process between professional fire fighters and city /county managers, Mark A Rivero

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Investigation of different light delivery schemes in photodynamic therapy of human glioma spheroids, Robin Marie Rodenbush

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Convention outsourcing: An examination of outsourcing benefits and service quality of convention services outsourced for association meetings, Hee Jung Ro

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Factors associated with the bioaccumulation of mercury in human hair following consumption of fish from the Great Lakes region, Anne M Rothweiler

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In an expert's hands: Issues of self and personality as reflected in hair choices, Sheree Christine Royer

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Finite element analysis of pin positioning in Lapidus procedure for treating Hallux Valgus, Haritha Royyuru

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Labor violations and discrimination in the Clark County outcall entertainment industry, Candice Michelle Seppa Arroyo

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Genetic algorithms for the traveling salesman problem using edge assembly crossovers, Dwain Alan Seppala

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Dose coefficients for radionuclides produced in a spallation neutron source, John Patrick Shanahan

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Trajectory planning in the presence of risk regions, Michael Allan Sherwood

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Garnet-biotite thermometry, garnet-aluminum silicate-silica-plagioclase barometry, and Emp monazite geochronology of the early Proterozoic Ivanpah Mountains, eastern Mojave Desert, Se California, David Allen Shields

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Distributed importance-based fuzzy logic controllers for flexible link manipulators, Zhixia Shi

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Fecundity of Larrea tridentata and Ambrosia dumosa across a spatially heterogeneous Mojave Desert landscape, Nicole Sikula

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Hydrologic impacts due to application of dust suppressants, Vivek Singh

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Calibration of YSZ sensor for the measurement of oxygen concentration in Lbe, Ramkumar B Sivaraman

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Evaluation of performance of non-parametric confidence intervals on skewed data, Monica Solis

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Theoretical study of segregation kinetics of indium in indium gallium nitride and magnesium in magnesium-gallium nitride grown by molecular beam epitaxy, Irena Vidhya Mabel Stanley

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Forecasting in the lodging industry: Emphasizing regional economic factors, Emmett D Steed

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Where sin abounds: A religious history of Las Vegas, Stanley Allen Steward

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Centralized prevention of denial of service attacks, Michael R Sthultz

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The economic impact of the Writers-in-the-Schools program at UNLV: 2003, Jennifer Stikich

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Acute effect on vertical jump performance after two types of heavy squat exercises, Masai Takahashi

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Identifying the barriers to access to higher education for African -American students: Opinions of successful African -American educators, William Lewis Taylor

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Ridgelets: A promising new wavelet-like transform to represent objects with linear singularities, Maria Beatriz Teruel

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The uses and gratifications of the World Wide Web at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Peter P Testa

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Characterization of a missle flyout simulation, Russell Louis Tinsley

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The influence of school climate and leadership style on teacher transiency in urban middle schools, Jenefer J Tirella

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Lucrative Blue, Jennifer Clare Toups

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X-ray emission spectroscopic study of chloride solid compounds using synchrotron radiation, Ich Cong Tran

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Dialogical inquiry in critical literacy: A staff development intervention study, Michelle McClellan Truman

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Rapid screening approach for cavity detection using surface-based seismic measurements, Gennady Tsarev

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Graphic organizers, activity, and the positioning of language and learners: An ethnographic case study, John Allan Unger

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Shock attenuation during heel-strike, forefoot-strike, and spring-boot running, Jason Thomas Vance

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Late Quaternary glacial and periglacial environments, Snake Range, Nevada, John G Van Hoesen

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Identification of high "risk" pedestrian locations, Vinod Vasudevan

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Selective mutism: Unwilling to speak or scared silent?, Jennifer Lynn Vecchio

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The relationship of job satisfaction to role ambiguity and role conflict among school counselors, Lisa Marie Violanti

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Dynamic characteristics of metals under elevated temperatures, Hui Wang

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An improved MultiAnts-Aodv routing protocol for ad hoc wireless networks, Jun Wang

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Scheduling and partitioning Vlsi circuit operating at multiple supply voltages, Ling Wang

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Cognitive functioning in familial and nonfamilial groups at high-risk for schizophrenia, Erin L Warnick

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The relationship between restaurant attribute satisfaction and return intent in theme restaurants, Rachel Dawn Weiss

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Postsecondary readiness skills: Perceptions of students with and without disabilities, Carol Mae White

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Proposed intra-district methodology for funding school sites, Eva Marie White

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Depositional history of the Black Mountain conglomerate, Mohave County, Arizona: Sedimentary response to Miocene extension, Michelle Marie Williams

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Women recovering in Alcoholics Anonymous: The impact of social bonding, Tina Marie Wininger

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Study of geometry effects on local corrosion rates for Lbe loop, Chao Wu

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Development of a synthetic route to aminofluorohexenones as precursors for novel caspase inhibitors, Ping Xi

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Effects of classwide peer tutoring (Cwpt) on social interactions of children with and without English proficiency, Yaoying Xu