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 2002

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Two non-specific indicators of stress: Enamel hypoplasia and Harris lines, Marta Pilar Alfonso Durruty

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Analysis of two methods of isometric muscle contractions during the anti-G straining maneuver, Lance Lorenzo Annicelli

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Calculation involving hydrogen-hydrogen(2) collisional cooling processes for use in astrophysics, David Michael Archer

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Tumult Blossoms: Poems, Elyse Rachelle Arring

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An economic analysis of women's schooling on fertility and contraceptive use in developing countries: A case study of Tanzania, Ayoub Shaban Ayoub

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Preservice teachers' beliefs about classroom management before and after student teaching, Bonnie Gayle Ballard

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In the Hearts of Palms, Jennifer Lynn Bania

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The architectural impact of using ground-source heat pumps in commercial buildings in Las Vegas, George Aaron Bergman

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From sin to sickness: A sociological history of the problem gambler, Bo Jason Bernhard

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A history of public school finance and educational trends within the state of Nevada: Summary and conclusions, Daniel Thomas Bittman

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The development and optimization of a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine, Troy M Braithwaite

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Cognitive rehabilitation: A method for improving sustained and selective attention in adolescents with attentional deficits, Glinda Rae Bullock

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Paradigms of reality in Poe's mad narrative, Tamy Lynn Burnett

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The Sex Pistols: Punk rock as protest rhetoric, Cari Elaine Byers

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The influence of denitrification in clarifiers on biological phosphorus removal at CCSD plant, Prithviraj Vasantrao Chavan

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Partitioning a given circuit targeting multiple Fpgas, Girish Narayanan Cherussery

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Ronald Reagan's 1983 "Evil Empire" speech: A rhetorical analysis, Kirsten Ann Westenskow Clark

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Poem, Swim, Forrest Grail Cole

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George Herbert's restlessness: Spiritual fulfillment or spiritual estrangement?, AmiJo Comeford

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An H -adaptive finite element compressible flow solver applied to light -gas gun design, Timothy Todd de Bues

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Dual -enrolled student success in an open enrollment community college, Frank James DiPuma

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Still, Lynn Margaret Drebes

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Delirium in the hospitalized elderly: Clinical indicators found in medical records, Diane M Elmore

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The effects of jasmonates on the proliferation of human prostate cancer cell lines in culture, Daniel Emeka Ezekwudo

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The establishment of the oligomeric purity and molecular structure for n-methylated bis(8-hydroxyquinoline) zinc (n = 0, 2, 4, and 5), Anna Rose Falkowitz

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Large-scale database modeling: Extended Er diagrams and Uml, Tong Feng

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Evaluation of methods for determining bulk specific gravity of Hma specimens, Giovanni Icuspit Galacgac

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Narrative desire and historical reparations: Three contemporary British authors, Timothy S Gauthier

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Biological treatment of waste solutions generated from the remediation of perchlorate-contaminated waters, Tina Mary Gingras

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An equal educational opportunity for language minority students: A legal analysis of language education after Lau, Roger J Gonzalez

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Comparative morphometric analysis of the Devil Peak Shasta ground sloth, Nothrotheriops shastensis, Jeffrey L Gromny

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Steward's southern Great Basin research validated through obsidian artifact sources, Lynn Ellen Haarklau

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Tadpole shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) responses to acute and developmental hypoxic exposure, Stacey Lynn Harper

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Seismic vulnerability assessment of off-ramp structures of the Las Vegas downtown viaduct, Mohammad Ohidul Hasan

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The practices of principals in implementing inclusion in their schools, Wendi Charlene Hawk

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Spatial and temporal patterns of visibility in Las Vegas, July 2000--July 2001, Arsineh Najjari Hecobian

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The development and management of the Utah Shakespearean Festival: The Bard's light shone on Deseret, Lawrence Douglas Henley

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The nightingale sings anew: The appropriation of antiquity in Virginia Woolf's "The Waves", Neta Luree Hoff

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The evolution of drug laws in America and the variation in penalties and sentencing in state courts, Robert Christopher Hogenson

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Cytokine and neurotransmitter regulation of glial cell production of Il-6; indications for neurodegenerative disorders, Donald Scott Horrell

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Analysis of cyclic shallow-water carbonates: Cambrian Highland Peak Formation, eastern Nevada, Robyn Allyn Howley

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Distributed synchronizers in network simulator (Ns) software, Wei Huang

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Farfalla: A poetry thesis, Vanessa Leigh Huff

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Cuba's tourist industry: Parallel economies and social stratification, Marie Nathan Hummel

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A comparative study of state educational *policies: Systemic models of equitable reform, Celeste Ann Jackson Stansberry

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Exploring the Shivwits production zone, Eva Albrecht Jensen

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Personal epistemology: Implications for stress in college students, Robyn M Johnson

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Loop detection and prevention mechanism in multiprotocol label switching, Vasu Jolly

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Mammal and bird trackways in the Miocene Horse Spring Formation, Clark County, Nevada, Michele Marie Jones

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A framework for secure applications with QoS, Ajay Kanagala

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Salient features of contextual interference and knowledge of results, Morgan Steven Kearney

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Attitudes of teachers on inclusion in a private school that is not federally mandated, Tracy L Kelley

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Self-stabilizing wormhole routing, Anthony Brandon Kenitzki

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CFD study of section characteristics of Formula Mazda race car wings, Walter G Kiffer

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Confidence intervals for exposure risk assessment, Mark S Kirkham

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Domestic violence counseling techniques: Indicators of a change in the philosophy of the movement against domestic violence, Loretta A Klem

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Examining democratic ideals: A case study of dialogic interactions of fifth -grade citizens, Jeanne Ann Klockow

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Approximation algorithms for multi-facility location, Prashanth Kodela

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Female victims of domestic violence and their negotiation for safety, Lisa Rose Kopinski

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Lights, audience, profit: The evolution of the Las Vegas spectacle, Jaime Lee Rana Koran

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Pricing and eminent domain takings: A case study of residential property in Las Vegas, Nevada, William C Kuhn

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Thermochronology and geobarometry of the Granite Mountains, southeast California: Exhumation of a plutonic complex during collapse of the Sevier orogen, Joseph Louis Kula

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Community college faculty attitudes on professional development attendance and incentives, Patricia T LaFlamme

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Prostate cancer recognition in ultrasound images, Theodores Dimitrios Lazarakis

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Teaching and assessment practices of instructors in two public community colleges in Nevada, Simon A Lei

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Cerium and rhodium substitution in the antiferromagnetic superconductor cerium rhodium indium(5), Brian Edward Light

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Self-* distributed query region covering in wireless sensor networks, Preethi Linga

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Image-based interactive tools for entering ground truth data, Jun Liu

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Lossless audio compression of speech and voice, Yang Liu

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Impacts of dust suppressant application in the quality of urban runoff in arid regions, Daniela Figueiredo Loreto

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The solo songs of Richard Faith: A general survey of style, Lori Tarisa Lovell Laux

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Ecology and growth of Tamias palmeri and testing of a protocol to monitor habitat relationships, Christopher Eric Lowrey

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Numerical solutions to Poisson's equation using radial basis functions, Michael David Ludian

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On evaluating small-scale variations of hydrologic processes in time and space, Qingguang Lu

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Gambling with virtue: The moral ramifications of female gaming in the early novels of Frances Burney, Heather Lynn Lusty

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Token economy used to increase performance in solving algebra problems for high school students, Kari Mankes Maes

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Traditional and nontraditional teacher perceptions and applications of Dap, Connie Lynn Malin

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Framework for a system to model casino development, Benjamin Harold Mammina

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The effect of antioxidant vitamins on muscle damage during a 50-mile endurance ride in horses, Danielle Irene Marrone

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Variation in decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery at the Yamashita-3 site, Kristen D Martine

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Large-scale database modeling: Developing XML schema, Zumreta Maslesa

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Investigation of clay smear formation in laboratory-prepared layered soil specimens, Glen Edwin Maxwell

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Parental perception concerning the use of peak flow meters in the child with asthma, Constance A McMenamin

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The impact of freshman success courses on freshman-to-sophomore persistence and academic achievement at a Wiche urban university and college, Velicia McMillan-Haron

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Using religious discourse to construct reality: President George W Bush and Osama Bin Laden, Lisa Menegatos

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Demographics and ecology of an isolated population of the desert pocket mouse, Chaetodipus penicillatus sobrinus, in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, Kerstan Dawn Micone

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The growth of regionalism in Sub-Saharan Africa, Deogratius Stephen Mshigeni

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WwwPrivacygov: A constitutional and legislative review, Stephanie Ann Murphy

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Anxiety as an affective factor for adult Korean students learning English as a second language, BoKyung Murray

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Determination of mass excavation haul distance and direction by linear optimization, Donald Scott Myers

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Defining wedding exhibitors and their wedding exposition return on investment practices, Tracee Lyn Nalewak

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Gender differences in cognitive interference with sexual arousal, Sarah Elizabeth Nunnink