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

Follow

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

PDF

Path planning and obstacle avoidance for a robot with large degree of redundancy, John Zhao Li

PDF

A field screening method for polychlorinated biphenyl compounds in water, Shen Lin

PDF

A fuzzy-logic controller for an autonomous vehicle operation in an unknown environment, William E McCarthy

PDF

A description of the use of alternative therapies by selected nurse practitioner groups, Jimmie H McCraw

PDF

An application of Solow's growth model: Case of sub-Saharan Africa, Maureen Sarahjane Miller

PDF

An application of Gaussian radial based function neural networks for the control of a nonlinear multi link robotic manipulator, Robert T Mizerek

PDF

Mechanical and cathodic protection aspects of multi-barrier tuff repository canister designs, Suneeta Mohansingh

PDF

Power and the professorship: Perceptions of sexual harassment, Melissa J Monson

PDF

The effect of prior localized muscle fatigue on lactate production during submaximal exercise, Molly A Morrison-Gibson

PDF

Self-stabilizing distributed algorithms for acyclic graphs, Viruthagiri Natarajan

PDF

The timing of orgasm and sexual satisfaction, Jacqueline Lee Newman

PDF

Molecular phylogeographic structure within the Perognathus fasciatus species-group, David Charles Nickle

PDF

An-Pan Man: Language and culture in a Japanese children's cartoon, Debra Jane Occhi

PDF

An empirical test of the restrictions in a net migration equation, Thomas A Perrigo

PDF

Exploring anti-gang advertising: Focus group discussions with gang members and at-risk youth, Kristin M Peterson

PDF

An overview of local, state, and federal regulations imposed upon political advertising, Gina B. Polovina

PDF

Modeling and control of the Pr-500-Fl pavement profiler cutter system, James William Porrazzo

PDF

Frequency sampling digital filters for multirate applications and pipelined implementations, Sivaramakrishnan Ramaswamy

PDF

Salvation black or white: Presbyterian rationale and Protestant support for the religious instruction of slaves in South Carolina, Susan E Ramey

PDF

Accuracy investigations of Parshall flumes and propeller meters, Monica Gisela Rivera

PDF

"For the continuance of their favours": Women, the public sphere and the print culture in England, 1750-1760, Sharlene Shalimar Sayegh

PDF

Flying Tigers' 22nd Bomb Squadron, 1942-1945: An analysis of management and leadership practices, Jack Lund Schofield

PDF

Life history biology and soil characteristics of two species of Arctomecon (Papaveraceae), Shelia Kathleen Sheldon

PDF

Diversification strategy, financial performance and stability in the foodservice industry, Amrik Singh

PDF

Theoretical and experimental analysis of the thermoacoustic refrigeration, Amritraj B Singh

PDF

The effects of a seven week slideboard training program, Douglas Boyd Smith

PDF

Videotape peer-modeling and self-modeling with preschoolers, Kimberly Ann Smith

PDF

Winnetka-6 (Original writing), Bettina E. Sobey

PDF

Woodstock: The creation and evolution of a myth, Jo Raelene Sorrell

PDF

Use of log normal transformation in environmental statistics, Sally L Stewart

PDF

Microbial transport in volcanic tuff Rainier Mesa, Nevada test site, Sandra Paige Story

PDF

Economists and the state: An Austrian critique of public finance economics, Richard Antonio Tejidor

PDF

Design of a heat transfer subsystem using a real time expert system, Rajitha Thalluri

PDF

Inference of moisture content in unsaturated media using ultrasonics, Suresh N Thota

PDF

Follow-through in conflict resolution as a factor in marital satisfaction and personal happiness, Carol Hemington Turner

PDF

The poetics of sketch comedy, Michael Douglas Upchurch

PDF

Self-stabilizing routing protocols, Rajesh Viswanathan

PDF

Sex guilt and its associations in a sexually abused population, Robyn Darleen Walser

PDF

Identification of cultural factors pertinent to effective cross-cultural management in luxury multinational hotel chains in Asia Pacific countries, Chen Yee Wang

PDF

Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry response pattern analysis of volatile organics in soils, Steven Edward Ward

PDF

The presidency and environmental policymaking: A critical assessment of George Bush, Ronald Gene Westfall

PDF

Studies of the use of time domain reflectometry to determine moisture content in finite regions, Xiang Xu

PDF

New empirical equations for calculating sound pressure levels in rooms, Wen Bo Zeng

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

PDF

Concept-based text classification, Shanthi Kumar Adloori

PDF

Application of multirate digital signal processing to image compression, Ali Akrouf

PDF

A cubic and bicubic method for curve and surface estimation, Niki M Anagnostopoulou

PDF

"Such contented workers": Mine-mill organizers in the Ely, Nevada copper district, 1920--1943, David Myrwin Anderson

PDF

Differences between male and female principals in terms of demographics, perceived barriers encountered, and strategies used while in pursuit of the principalship, Ann Heywood Angulo

PDF

Practical algorithms for image compression and surface estimation, Matthew Y Au

PDF

Familial influences of anxiety in youngsters, Diane Wadiak Backus

PDF

David Shaw in the continuum of press self-criticism, Mark S Bacon

PDF

A comparative study between gaming and non-gaming food and beverage operations using Management by Values as an analytical tool, Cheryl Christine Baker

PDF

Distributed mutual exclusion algorithms, Paul Banta

PDF

Groundwater contamination by selenium, nitrate, coliform bacteria, and volatile organic compounds in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, shallow aquifer zone, Arthur Neil Bashor

PDF

Evaluating daily life stressors in children: Parent-child agreement, Julie Foutz Beasley

PDF

Of mice and missiles: An Austrian School economic appraisal of Lucas v South Carolina Coastal Commission, Joseph Francis Becker

PDF

Performance evaluation of distributed mutual exclusion algorithms, Kenneth B Been

PDF

The mechanism and function of transient pressure fluctuations occurring in the lungs during diving in the turtle, Trachemys (=Pseudemys); scripta elegans, Henry Lee Bermudez

PDF

Estimation of leakage between the shallow and principal aquifers in the Las Vegas Valley Water District's main well field, Las Vegas, Nevada, Alan Joseph Bernholtz

PDF

Prediction of performance criteria for passive heating ventilation and air conditioning silencers, Mark Olen Bodie

PDF

Character recognition and information retrieval, Julia Ann Cooley Borsack

PDF

A phylogeographic investigation of the mountain chickadee, Michael John Boyles

PDF

The stress of fathers during the labor and delivery of their partner, DeAnn Robinson Brown

PDF

Members' perception of service quality at the Nellis Air Force Base Officers' Open Mess, Brian Douglas Campbell

PDF

Analogies of image and word: Studies in painting and the Anglo-American novel from the eighteenth century to postmodernism, Pamela Cantrell

PDF

Ethics and foreign policy decisions: Iran-Contra United States-Iraq interaction, 1988-1991, Maureen Stephanie Carroll

PDF

Probing corruption: Elite perceptions of sting operations, John L Chaddic

PDF

Task allocation and migration on a star-network, Safdar F Chatiwala

PDF

Variable structure and singular perturbation control of elastic dynamical systems, Shailaja Chenumalla

PDF

Customer compatibility in restaurants, Yuh-Jye Cherng

PDF

Music video viewing and adolescents' perceptions of movie musicals, Patricia Callanan Coaley

PDF

"Early Retirement" and other stories (Original writing), Ardis Coffman

PDF

Comparison and correlation of lithostratigraphic and hydrostratigraphic units of southwest area 20, Pahute Mesa, Nevada test site, Deborah Ann Dale

PDF

A study of gifted and talented educational programs in Nevada public school districts, Thursenia DeHart-Porter

PDF

George Eliot: Beyond feminism, Mary J Dengler

PDF

Nixon and Carter: A comparative analysis of American foreign policy toward the Middle East, Kristen Josie Dolan

PDF

Evaluation of selected aliphatic acids and polytetrahydrofurans for use as calibration agents for thermospray Hplc/Ms, Tonya Rose Dombrowski

PDF

Desert bighorn movements and habitat use in relation to the proposed Black Canyon Bridge Project, Nevada, Donald William Ebert

PDF

A comparison of maximal oxygen uptake achieved from a horizontal and inclined treadmill test, Cherri Nowotny Epstein

PDF

On the effect of dynamic adjustment of recurrent network parameters on learning, Stephen Lee Felgar

PDF

Foster parent adoption: Preparing children through the use of Life Books, Veronica Fiscus

PDF

Self-stabilizing deadlock algorithms in distributed systems, Mitchell Elliott Flatebo

PDF

The role of attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, and negative life events on depression in college students, Linda V Frantom

PDF

Influence of interdisciplinary teaming on teachers in an urban high school, Amy Gwendolyn Gaskins

PDF

Harmonic analysis of transformer excitation currents, Xiaoqiang Gong

PDF

The effect of participation in a sport and recreation program on job and community satisfaction, Stacey Marie Gorney

PDF

An estimate of the impact that mega-resort casino-hotels have on existing Las Vegas strip casino/hotels, Gregory Wayne Goussak

PDF

The influence of a transformative elementary science curriculum on at-risk students: A case report, M. Katheryn Grimes

PDF

The metabolic rate of Xenopus laevis: Interactional influences of development and short term hypoxia, Dulynn Hastings

PDF

Evaluation of filter pack dewatering on Voc concentrations in a simulated low-yield monitoring well, Gary Allen Icopini

PDF

Social support and the woman with breast cancer: Issues of measurement, Bonnie Margaret Ivey

PDF

The use of synthesized images to evaluate the performance of Ocr devices and algorithms, Frank Robert Jenkins

PDF

An examination of the first national Senior Adult Theatre festival: Senior Theatre Usa, Jill Marie Jensen

PDF

Weldings (Original writing), Mark Steven Jensen

PDF

Consumers' attitudes of fast food restaurants in hotels, Miyoung Jeong

PDF

Children's preferences for text and how these preferences contribute to classroom literacy events, Linda June Johnson

PDF

Formal verification of distributed deadlock detection algorithms, Brian Matt Johnston

PDF

Effects of transmission line compensation and power factor correction on harmonic propagation, Robert Douglas Kingston

PDF

On strong reduction in director string calculus, Matthew Edward Kinkenon

PDF

Identification and comparison of factors affecting breast self-examination between professional nurses and non-nursing professional women, Sandra Christina Klimek