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 1999

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An analysis of the funding of public school transportation in New Mexico, Joseph Roger Pribyl

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The reality gap of employee-management misperceptions: Comparing United States Air Force Services squadron members to their private sector counterparts, Michael Christopher Rakoczy

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An examination of distance learning utilization in post-secondary hospitality management programs, Susan J Raymakers

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"Pygmalion" vs "My Fair Lady": A comparison of the vision of two authors and what each play says to women, Jessica Lynn Raymer

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Examining specialized drug courts: An evaluation of the Las Vegas Drug Court treatment program, Erin Nicole Reese

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A political -economic view of the federal organization of work, Rose Marie Richardson

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A survey of southern Nevada employers regarding the importance of Scans workplace basic skills, Greg P Richens

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Experimental study of drying of a porous medium at sub-residual saturations, Adaikkalavan Kumar Sathappan

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Claiming identity: The effect of the American myth on human relationships in David Mamet's "American Buffalo", "Glengarry Glenn Ross", and "Speed-the-Plow", Lyn Sattazahn

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Filtered Fiction, Tunnel Truth, Karen Ruth Schierhoff

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Ecofeminism as invitational rhetoric: Envisioning the shift in Western consciousness, Julie Ann Schutten

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Soluble mineral content of soils using electrical conductivity, Merrill Gene Schweppe

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Amerikan dreams: Dialogues with white supremacists, Pete George Simi

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The relationship of hamstring and hip flexor flexibility to injury rates in collegiate football players, Joseph Slat

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The language of sovereignty: Lucien Bouchard and the separatist movement in Quebec, Christine Elizabeth Smith

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Post-traumatic stress disorder: The hidden epidemic and its effect on society, Donald Phelan Stewart

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Minority housing conditions in urban settings: Proposals for the improvement of Las Vegas' Amerindian homes, Patricia Epee Stissi

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A method for determining elements for elemental signature analysis of groundwater and treated Lake Mead water, F. Xavier Suarez

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Summary fading knowledge of results (Kr): Test for the dynamic acquisition protocols, Changjiang (River) Sun

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Classification of galaxies using fractal dimensions, Sandip G Thanki

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Voice and body incorporated into actor training, Rochele Ann Tillman

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The selection and preparation of paramedic preceptors in emergency medical services, Brian James Tilton

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Crack as a moral panic: The racial implications inherent to crack and powder cocaine sentencing, Deena R Trueblood

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Impacts of stock prices and interest rates on tourism consumption, Ming-chih Tsai

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Chinese children's evaluation of authority's responses to social events, Pui San Tse

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Technique and impulse: A practical approach, Thomas Carl Turner

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Historical and archaeological investigations at 26Pe2137: American Canyon, Pershing County, Nevada, David Wayne Valentine

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The creation of the Las Vegas image: A case study of Harvey Diederich, Leta Lafay Ver Hulst

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Exploring age-related changes in creativity, Diane Villa

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Rodent effects on shrubs in a Mojave Desert shrub community, Steven Schuyler Vrooman

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Changing images: The end of legalized prostitution in Las Vegas, Sarah Hall Washburn

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Convention and Visitors Bureaus' services under review: The meeting planners' perspective, Karin Weber

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Ethical climates in lodging operations: An exploratory study of management perceptions, Todd Isaac Weinstein

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Business practice knowledge of advanced practice nurses in Nevada, Sandra Jean Wheaton

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Matrilineaology: Mother-daughter relationships in contemporary fiction, Terra Ann Williams

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An assessment for religious contexts: An ecological assessment tool for church environments, Lawrence Scott Wilson

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Feedback linearization and adaptive control of a nonlinear aeroelastic system, WenHong Xing

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A GIS-based traffic infrastructure management system for pavement markers and markings, Kaizad Jehangir Yazdani

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The effect of dietary creatine supplementation on compensatory muscle hypertrophy and performance characteristics of specific fiber types, Robert Earl Young

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Concealed carry weapon permits and their relationship to crime in Las Vegas, Gary Wayne Yuen

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Financial characteristics of takeover targets in the gaming industry, Seung Jai Yuh

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Automated stenosis quantification in coronary arteriograms, Yu Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Lithic analysis of three Lowland Virgin Anasazi sites, Vikki Allen

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Cognition in the Christian reformulation of Tonga: Motivation, internalization, and schemas, Dorothea Neal Arin

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Beverage management: A curriculum needs assessment for undergraduate hospitality education, Lisa Marie Assante

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From revolution to revolt in theatre artistry: A shift in American attitude from Vietnam to Watergate reflected in the musicals "Chicago" and "Hair", Erin Auerbach

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Motives and characteristics of gift-giving at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Judy M Belanger

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Pawns of fate: Chinese/Paiute intercultural marriages, 1860-1920, Walker River Reservation, Schurz, Nevada, Ruth Kretzler Billhimer

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Flexible AC transmission system compensation on a utility transmission system, Julia Jesi Black

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Instrument development and validation for use in a health education program, Joanna Lynn Blockey

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Constructing Deseret, Dana Boam

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You: A study of second-person narrative in two postmodern novels, Thomas E Breene

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Facilitation of Yucca brevifolia recruitment by Mojave Desert shrubs, Steve B Brittingham

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The cooling of a pultrusion process simulator, Fredericka Delores Brown

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An examination of "Laura's Closet", Laura Ellen Browning

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Minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system, Shirley G Burgess

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Casino gambling's proliferation throughout the United States: A case study of legal gaming in Louisiana, Kenneth Edward Burke

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The validity of percent body fat estimates by Jackson & Pollock skinfold equation, near infrared, bioelectrical impedance and body mass index, Jeffrey Lane Burns

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Fraction instruction for students with disabilities: Comparing two teaching sequences, Frances Mary Butler

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The impact of family and other social involvement on overall client satisfaction for individuals with developmental disabilities, Sean Timothy Carey

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Astronomical image manipulation in the transform domain, Biao Chen

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The influence of blood flow on angiogenesis in the 3-day chick embryo, Brett Mark Clarke

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A study of the participation of marginally academic students in extracurricular activities and the relation to school persistence, Annette Jean Conners-Harris

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Supermarket tabloid influence on mainstream daily newspaper editorial content, William Glenn Cook

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The Symbionese Liberation Army movement: An historical, theoretical, and rhetorical analysis, Crystal Joy Cox

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Postural control: Visual and cognitive manipulations, Megan C Dailey

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Critical multiculturalism in the classroom: From theory to practice, Denise Michelle Dalaimo

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Petrogenesis of the phase 1 gabbro-diorite of the Miocene Mt Perkins Pluton, northwest Arizona: Implications for the role of mantle-derived mafic magmas in calc-alkaline magma evolution, Lisa Renee Danielson

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The dollarization process in Mexico: 1983-1997, Luis J Del Rivero

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Radionuclide dose assessment of groundwater migrating from the Benham Events, Nts: A solute flux approach, Lloyd T Desotell

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Fear itself: Assessing the risks of transporting high-level nuclear waste, Fred Carl Dilger

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Anorexia nervosa: An exploration of early- and later-onset, Jennifer Claire Duddy

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Optical variability of radio-luminous palomar-green quasars, Diane Eggers

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The relationship between travel and won/loss records and performance measures in Major League Baseball, Tracey Lynn Elikan

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Homogeneous landscape: The American motel as a cultural indicator, Troy Jay Elston

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Paleolimnology and paleoecology of the Coal Valley region, Lincoln County, Nevada, Anthony Dean Feig

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Symbolic student speech since Tinker, George W Flanders

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Implementation of least restrictive environment (LRE) in Nevada rural schools according to the Rachel H standard, Laurie Magee Flanders

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Analysis of temporal trends in southern Nevada wastewater pond parameters with an emphasis on ammonia removal, Bruce D Foster

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Balance of power, adjustment, and violence within marital relationships, Melissa Ann Franklin

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Parallel Courses: Poetry and essays, Nicole Anne Freim

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Neighborhood councils: A family-driven approach to community change, Merlinda Raquel Gallegos

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LDS seminary participation in the Las Vegas, Nevada area for the class of 1998, Norman William Gardner

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Health care needs of sheltered homeless women, Mary Ellen Gauthier

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Predictors of exercise behaviors in nursing students, Eileen K Gemmell

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An analysis of contributory effects of teamwork characteristics within collegiate basketball and football, Robert Michael Gibbons

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Toward effective and ethical drug abuse prevention policies: The case against indiscriminate drug testing, Robert Eugene Gladd

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Cable access television and the Las Vegas community: A study of Clark County viewers, Jeannette Lynn Green Davies

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Harvey Fierstein: A prophetic voice in the gay community, Ernest James Hall

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Philosophical foundations, social power and social work practice, Timothy Duane Hamilton

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Determination of ground-water tracer 2,6-difluorobenzoic acid by Gc/Ms, Cong Han

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Video-Theatre and self-esteem, Taylor Raymond Hanes

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Eve and the creation cycle: Christina Rossetti's reaction to John Milton's "Paradise Lost", Melanie Ann Hanson

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A diachronic analysis of porotic hyperostosis in prehistoric populations of northern Chile, Maria Sloan Hart

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Wild horses and the Bureau of Land Management: A policy review and critique, Julene Haworth

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Population size estimation from mark-resighting surveys, Huawen He

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A comparison of resting metabolic rates among cardiovascular fit, muscularly fit, and sedentary men, Katherine Durand Heimburger

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Navigational fuzzy logic control of an autonomous vehicle, Neil Eugene Hodge

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Use of the case study method to provide initial design strategies for daylighting as a primary design determinant in earth-integrated structures, Brian Christain Holm

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Analysis of courtship behaviors of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, Rebecca Lynn Holte