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 2000

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The phenomenology of panic disorder in adolescents, Wesley D Allan

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Cobalt silicide characterization, Donovan Alldredge

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Pultrusion of commingled thermoplastic composite materials, Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan

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Flesh, A Naked Dress, Susan Mary Andrews Grace

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The effects of level of training on employee perceived empowerment, commitment and job performance, Pamela Dawn Backeberg

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Pre-employment character assessments for United States pretrial services and probation officers, Michael Blake Baker

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Participatory resources and African American voter turnout: A comparative analysis of the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections, Wesley LaVelle Barton

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Returns to education in the Nevada hotel industry: Incentives for education in Nevada, Alan Lee Beard

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The biological removal of phosphorus at the Clark County Sanitation District wastewater treatment plant, Jon Robert Becker

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Kinematics and timing of the Pinto shear zone, New York Mountains, northeastern Mojave Desert, California, Mengesha Assefa Beyene

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The relationship between the health-promoting practices of advanced practice nurses and their counseling of patients, Wanda Marie Boyer

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Assessment of predictors of health behaviors of elders in frontier Nevada, Pauline Bradshaw

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Scaffolding literacy knowledge within a one -on -one tutoring situation: An ethnographic study, Diane Katherine Brantley

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Evoked expectations and evaluational reactions to accented English, Caridad F. Brito

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The contribution of construction materials to the airborne radon concentrations in an underground facility, Robert Arthur Brounstein

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School and student alienation: Perceptions of secondary students with and without disabilities, Monica Ree Brown

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Modeling the diffusion of reactive and nonreactive solutes in cores from the Cannikin Test Site, Amchitka Island, Alaska, Nicole Ann Brown

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Comparison of in-place versus laboratory binder properties of asphalt, Maqdoom Mohiuddin Bukhari

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The effectiveness of functional family therapy in substance-involved family preservation clients, Andrew D Butcher

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Attitude of gaming employees towards problem gambling: How it affects their learning at an awareness training, Lisa Michelle Bybee

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Effects of a 30-minute walk on ground reaction forces during walking with an external load, Cheryl M Cardillo

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Pathways to family preservation services, Rebecca Ann Carman

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A study of the effect of computer/Internet usage on slot/video machine players' gambling behaviors, Howook (Sean) Chang

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Self-stabilizing Border Gateway Protocol, Yu Chen

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The ban on reason: Gays in the military, Justin Cohen

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The Problem Areas in Diabetes scale: A follow-up study, Roslyn M Collins

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Bioinformatic analysis: Retroposon sequences containing multiple putative endonucleases, Seanna Kathleen Corro

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GIS-based evaluation of mid-block pedestrian crossing safety, Zhenzhong Cui

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Traditional vs nontraditional gendered roles in Instant Relay Chat, Jennifer Audrey Del Quadro

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Partitioning of large HDL ASIC designs into multiple FPGA devices for prototyping and verification, Nilesh V Dhavlikar

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Tainted perceptions: Liberal-democracy and American popular images of China, Thomas Laszlo Dorogi

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Imaging the mantle in southwestern, Utah using geochemistry, and geographic information systems, Reina Fern Downing

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Housing location decision under environmental risk: The effects of the Yucca Mountain waste repository, Christine Noel Dwyer

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Comparative study of zinc bis-quinolates and lithium mono-quinolates: Investigation of the effect of coordination geometry on electroluminescence performance, Flocerfida Lalo Endrino

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Factors that influence why elderly receive influenza immunizations, Lynn Marie Ferebee

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Effects of location, size, and animation on the response rate to a promotional Web banner, Rhett Pono Ferguson

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The integration of facial and auditory affect: An emotional McGurk effect?, Teri Jean Forrest

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An analysis of interconnection network effects of dynamic element matching digital-to-analog converters, Hui Fu

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Modeling of gallium nitride molecular beam epitaxy growth, Wenning Fu

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The effects of ADHD child and parenting groups, Tonya Yvonne Gardner-Hernandez

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The phenomenal meaning of romantic Love, Howard Roden Giles

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The May 4, 1970 Kent State University shootings: Thirty years of myths, memorials and commemorations, Mona Doreen Greenberg

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Outcome study of former foster care youth, Donald Craig Gutterman

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The dynamics of faith-based organizations and their effects on educational standardization, Patricia Gail Haase

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Motivation and negative discretionary effort among casino slot floor-persons, Christian St. Claire Hale

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Re-visionary bodies: Feminist/Brechtian theory in the plays of Paula Vogel, Shannon Kay Hammermeister

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Characterization of p-type silicon semiconductor detectors for use in in vivo dosimetry, Kamran Ul Haq

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Fear as a predictor of firearm ownership and concealed weapons permits in Clark County, Nevada, Becky Beckstead Harris

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Gospel of the Heavenly Mother, Jennilyn F Hass

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Evolution of the Kingman Arch, southern Nevada, Juliana Marie Herrington

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Soil and vegetation recovery on abandoned paved roads in a humid tropical rain forest, Puerto Rico, Catherine M Heyne

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A study of the effect of music genre and intensity on ethnic menu item selection in a military dining facility, Tammy S Hinskton

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Two new algorithms for classical problems in computer science, John Gerard Howe

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The gamma distribution as an alternative to the lognormal distribution in environmental applications, Ross Joseph Iaci

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Internet-based manufacturing database, Shashidhar Iddamsetty

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The effects of Bios Life and exercise on total cholesterol, serum low-density lipoprotein, and high-density lipoproteins, Lori Jan Inderlied-Rucks

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Identifying critical service incidents that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel, Kimberly Jean Jacobs

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A comparison of ground reaction forces during running and form skipping, Samuel Thomas Johnson

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Foliar response of woody ornamentals to sprinkler irrigation with reuse water, Lea Anne Guthrie Jordan

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The geology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks in the Lava Mountains, California: Implications for Miocene development of the Garlock Fault, Deborah L Keenan

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Comparative analysis of casino operations on the Las Vegas Strip and in Atlantic City, Jae-Hong Kim

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How can the experience of the United States casino industry be adopted to South Korea?, Jongbo Kim

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Film and architecture: Discovering the self-reflection of Frank Capra and Frank Lloyd Wright through contextual analysis, Marie Lynore Kohler

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The effect of developmental disabilities on the externalizing behavior of siblings, Tiffany Kara Kostelec

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Progressive transmission of digital images, Joseph V Kraft

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Oncology nurses' perceived knowledge, assessment, and recommendation of alternative therapies, Gudrun Kristofersdottir

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Selection of exercise intensity using perceptual cues during television distraction, Wendee Ellen Kukuwich

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National sovereignty and economic globalization: An analysis of the role of the Imf in the changing world, Olga Vladimirovna Kuznetsova

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The relationships between selected strategic alliance factors and the success of strategic alliances between United States casino hotels and restaurants, Hyunjung Kwon

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Average Cayley genus for Cayley maps with dihedral groups, Jamie Keith Langille

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Basic skills teacher licensure test scores as college of education admission criteria, Audrey Lawrence

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Africanized honey bee colonization in the human domain: Issues of environmental anthropology in southern Nevada, Daniel Edward LeBas

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Communicating the risks and hazards of methylmercury to the Ojibwe population, Glenna Lee

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Effects of preservice peer coaching on student teachers in special education, Kit-hung Lee

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Casino database marketing and market segmentation in Las Vegas hotel/casinos, Anson Liu

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The removal of perchlorate from waters by a membrane-immobilized biofilm, Jian Liu

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A high-performance liquid chromatography system with Fenton's reagent for detection of gas-phase hydrogen peroxide, Jun Liu

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Spin and charge response to magnetic frustration in the Hubbard model, Yang Liu

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The challenges of opera direction, Dean Frederick Lundquist

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The Performers Alliance: Conflict and change within the Screen Actors Guild, Arthur Thomas Lynch

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United States population policies and environmental ethics: Addressing population growth from the biocentric perspective, Philip Davis MacWilliams

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A downward spiral: Young people, the media, and political disengagement, Jacqueline M Maloy

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Targeting families and teens: Television violence on the WB, Rick Brian Marks

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Sex, gender and genesis: A Cixousian exploration of language in the gay marriage debates, Nancy Jean Martin

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A case study of the Information Environment for School Leadership Preparation project, R. Karlene McCormick-Lee

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An outcomes study of diabetes education, Tara Lynn McGill

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Wounded Knee, 1973: Consummatory and instrumental functions of militant discourse, Lucie Moya Melchert

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Trackless on-line paging and computer memory management, Edward Benjamin Mikhalkov

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Detecting anomalies in remotely sensed hyperspectral signatures via wavelet transforms, Clifton Dennis Morgan

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The effect of feedback at test on source memory performance, Shelby Kainani Morita

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Interpretation of cone penetration test data for underconsolidated clay, Jeffrey Alec Moss

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Petrogenetic study of the Porcupine Lake mafic intrusive complex, Trinity terrane, northern California, Edward Robert Muller

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Design of a fuzzy logic controller for swing-damped transport of an overhead crane payload, Michael James Nalley

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Dance in the contemporary American musical theater: What has become of the dream ballet?, Phoebe Ellen Newsted