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 2001

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Transgender population: Barriers and adaptions to employment, Cecilie H Evans

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Job characteristics and self-efficacy as predictors of organizational commitment, Min Fang

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The dichotomy in the determinacy of certain two-person infinite games with moves from {0,1}, Deborah Sue Fraker

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Determination of static contraction times to exhaustion for given percentages of a 1 Rm in the bench press, leg press, and pulldown exercises, Jeremy C Fransen

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Protoporphyrin IX distribution in rat brain following the administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its hexylester, Scott Alan Friesen

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Cenozoic extension superimposed on a Mesozoic thrust belt, central Nevada, Joseph John Gilbert

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Complexity: Theoretical and methodological applications for sociology, Kathryn A Gilpatric

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Characterization of the pleiotropic effects of the Drosophila gene mushroom body miniature B, Michael Louis Ginsburg

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Estimating effective discharge at Lehman Creek, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, Lisa A Glonek

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Determinants of the earnings gap between blacks and whites: A human capital approach, James Michael Goldenberg

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Paleoindian technological provisioning in the western Great Basin, Kelly Elizabeth Graf

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Instructional differentiation in general education and the gifted resource room: Teacher and student perceptions, Mary Trombatore Greene

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Mentoring toward technology use: Cooperating teacher practice in preparing student teachers, Karen Jane Grove

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Starbursts in the UV bright interacting galaxies NGC 3395 and NGC 3396, Mark Hancock

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The ecological role of beavers (Castor canadensis) in a Southwestern desert stream, Bryan James Harper

The Nature and Level of Criminal Activity among Pathological Gamblers, Paul Cherbonneau Harvey

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Weighted running: Effect on impact and oxygen consumption, Wendy Ann Hibner

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Paleoecology of Upper Harkless archaeocythan reefs in Esmeralda County, Nevada, Melissa K Hicks

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Political ramifications of gender complementarity for women in Native American literature, Patrice Eunice Marie Hollrah

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Effects of elevated carbon dioxide on primary productivity in a Mojave Desert ecosystem, David Charles Housman

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Electrical characterization of plasma-enhanced Cvd silicon nitride dielectric on copper, Amudha Regina Irudayam

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Analysis of the crash potential at signalized intersections with trap lanes, Joanna Kajkowski

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A comparative study of funding mechanisms for community colleges in the state of Nevada and selected states, Christopher Pat Kelly

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Questions and conjectures about multinomial coefficients, Troy Richard Kessler

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An analysis of wealth effect to shareholders of the lodging industry in mergers and acquisitions, Sung-Hwan Kim

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Laminin-5 mediates vascular smooth muscle cell response to growth factors, Karl Kingsley

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Near-optimal broadcast in all-port wormhole-routed hypercubes using error-correcting codes, Hyosun Ko

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The relationship between employee personality traits and preferred leadership style, Thomas M. Kuhn

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Muscle performance during slow isokinetic speeds, Jonathan Michael Kwantes

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The recent growth of the Las Vegas Valley and its effect on the criminal justice system, Scott William Larson

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Television as a medium to college students' predispositions: Portrayals of professors and their profession, Mona Millicent Lauber

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The use of teacher facilitation during computer activities to improve the social interaction of preschool children in inclusive classrooms, Cynthia Lau

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Precipitating and prophylactic factors contributing to posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology in maltreated children, Lisa Marie Linning

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Diagnostic test and analytical methods for resolving fan/motor vibration problems in air-conditioning units, Qin Liu

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Sedentism among the Archaic fisher-folk of northern Chile: A malacological perspective, Sally D Llull-Billings

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Effects of OCR errors on text categorization, Lidija K Mackovski

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Perceptions of caring behaviors by elderly residents in extended care facilities, Ludy Sta Maria-Llasus

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The fixture and methodologies for evaluating vibration characteristics of hand-held pneumatic impact tools, Jeffrey G Markle

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Peer education and its effects on the beliefs of rape myths, Allison Marmer

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Parental perceptions of childhood weight status in preschool children, Alison Faye Martodam

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Technology leadership at a junior high school: A qualitative case study, Alvin Wesley Matthews

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A study of allied health care entry -level employee workplace basic skills and competencies, Mildred Arroyo McClain

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Analysis of the cell-specific expression of the serpent gene and its role as a cell -fate switch in Drosophila melanogaster, Jennell Marie Miller

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Spectroscopy of negative molecular ions: Studies in the infrared of methide (Ch(3)-) and in the vacuum ultraviolet of No(-) and atomic and molecular oxygen (O(-) and O(2)-), Stephen Earl Mitchell

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Evaluation of factors affecting the performance of biological phosphorus removal in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant, Cesar Rossas Mota Filho

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Assessing learning outcomes in college introductory economics courses: A case study, John Richards Mundy

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Factors affecting enrollment and retention at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints St George Institute of Religion, John Savage Naegle

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Characterization of 2-methyl-8-quinolinolato gallium (Iii) chelates, Sanjini Ushika Nanayakkara

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An examination of mentoring among graduate teaching assistants, Kimberly Kay Nehls

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Coping strategies and stress levels of parents of children with autism, Tammy L Neil

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Perceptions of nonconforming sexualities and genders on television talk shows, Violeta Oliver

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Comparison of heart rates between deep water running, treadmill running, and cycling, Jennifer Nicole Padilla

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Anomaly detection in hyperspectral signatures using automated derivative spectroscopy methods, Srilatha Panchanathan

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Differentiating educational needs of North American and Non-North American tradeshow exhibitors, Hyunsoo Park

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Electrochemical techniques for detection of Tnt and other explosives using disposable screen-printed carbon electrodes, Rebecca Ann Pearson

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Deterrence and urinalysis of probationers, James Pierre Perdue

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An exploration of the inner experience of depression, Carla Nanette Perlotto

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Mock juror perceptions of juvenile defendants in adult court, Jennifer Lynne Personius

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The effects of static stretching sets in warm-up on maximum vertical jump performance, David R Pestana

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Facilitating the process of knowledge construction among preservice teachers through computer -mediated communications, Jennifer Ann Peterson-Lewinson

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The politics of lesbian "nature": A feminist critique of scientific knowledge and practice, Jaime L Phillips

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Attorneys' perceptions of child witnesses with mental retardation, Michelle Dawn Platt

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The effects of thymic hormones on the proliferation of human myelogenous leukemia cells, Melissa Pompilius

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Alternative perspectives of projectile point variability during the Levantine Neolithic, Doss F. Powell

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Parent pathology and family environment as correlates of child separation anxiety disorder, Courtney Ryan Pursell

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Burnt Rock Mound (26Ck3601): Late Archaic and Ceramic period human use of a northern Mojave spring mound, Hal Boyle Rager

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An empirical investigation of the adoption and usage of electronic data interchange in the hotel industry, Collin D Ramdeen

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A comparative analysis of church and state issue attitudes in the United States and Norway, Bryan Arlon Smith Rasmussen

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The acute effects of transdermal testosterone precursor administration on serum steroid hormone levels in females, Mark Anthony Rasmussen

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The experience of successful smoking cessation: A phenomenological inquiry, Gail Ann Rattigan

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An assessment of financial ratios as predictors of casino stocks' behavior, Flavia Godoy Razuk

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The effect of surface compliance on the cost and benefit of performing drop-jumps, Michele Nicole Reid

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Craniofacial morphology and the consequences of intentional cranial deformation among prehistoric Andean populations, Matthew Paul Rhode

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Heart failure: Its impact on women's lives, Diane L Rhodes

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Variables that affect the amount of the consent that clinical research subjects read, Joanne Hembree Robinson

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In vitro analysis of integrin mediated adhesion, migration, and signaling, William Lathrop Rust

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The professional development needs of high school principals for school improvement, Pamela Cummins Salazar

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Cyclic irrigation of turfgrass using a shallow saline aquifer, Christopher M Schaan

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Terrorism in the news: A constructionist approach, Lisa Linn Sharp

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The metahistory of the American West, Don Franklin Shepherd

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Description and effects of teacher motivation, teacher efficacy, and sequential behavior practice in physical education teacher education (Pete), Hosung So

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A descriptive study of the organizational culture and structure of accelerated schools, Susan Virginia Steaffens

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The 2000 presidential election: A content analysis of newspaper media coverage, Jennifer Barbara Stein

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Motivations of elders who volunteer with youth in intergenerational programs, Christine Alberta Stergios

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Development and validation of an instrument for student evaluation of Web -based instruction, Ingrid Stewart

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"The only way to teach these people is to kill them": Pedagogy as communicative action in the major plays of David Mamet, Jeffrey Otto Strasburg

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Self-stabilizing interval routing algorithm with low stretch factor, Sripriya Sundaram

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Evaluation of geophysical methods to characterize alluvial soils in the arid environment, Bjorn E Sundquist

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Nervousness in the works of F Scott Fitzgerald, Michael Emil Tischler

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An application of the Kuleshov Experiment on Generation X: Testing viewer reactions to editing, Giselle Touzard

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Teens understanding of the indicators of the tendency to abuse alcohol: Focus group discussions, Bob Van Drimmelen

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Ecology and evolution of an annual plant following fire in the Mojave Desert, Cheryl Hightower Vanier

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Clare Boothe Luce and the 1953--1954 Trieste crisis, Jelena Velisavljevic

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Multi-object recognition and retrieval using Puma560 robot, Bharatha R Viswanadha

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Characterization of perillyl alcohol as a cell migration-inhibiting compound, Johanna Elizabeth Wagner

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An investigation on the impact of training on employees' perceptions of occupational status and self-esteem in the foodservice industry, Keithen Adell Washington

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The geochemistry of gold-bearing and gold-free pyrite and marcasite from the Getchell gold deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada, Kelli Diane Weaver

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Effects of social skill training for high -functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, Barbara Jane Webb

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The impact of being dignified by one's manager on leader-member exchange and psychological empowerment, Loren Brett Wender

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"Holy dwarves" and "devil babies": An anthropological world-survey of stigmatization of the disabled, Tommi Louise White