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 1993

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A comparison of the comprehension of procedural information using computer and hard-copy media, Aiessa Moyna Lawrence

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The effect of preoperative intensive care orientation on postoperative anxiety levels in spouses of coronary artery bypass clients, Eva Marie Lenhart

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A comparative study of management's perception of front desk service quality at casino and non-casino hotels, Howard Mark Levy

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The effect of prophylactic knee braces on running gait, Charles Lawson Liggett

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Relationship between participation in a self-directed work group and employee communication competence and apprehension: An exploratory study, Gretchen Dahlberg Lychuk

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Algorithms for automatic parallelism, optimization, and optimal processor utilization, Katharine J Macke

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Multiage grouping: Interactions among and between students and teachers, instructional strategies, and influences on teachers' constructs as defined through an accelerated schools context, Francine Ann Mayfield

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The selective impact of disassociation on colleges of education which have voluntarily forfeited Ncate accreditation, Joan Butler McGee

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Dissent women in Anthony Trollope's fiction: A sympathetic portrayal, Elisabeth Morton McLaren

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Optimal scheduling of thermal generating units in electric power systems, Narsimha Misra

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A genetic algorithm applied to the fractal inverse problem, Hiroo Miyamoto

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Dynamic analysis of an overhead crane carrying a canister by finite element method, Vijayachander Reddy Musukula

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Writing from the spirit, writing from the soul: Five nineteenth century American women writers as purveyors of spirituality and feminism, Terry D Novak

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Potential use of ultrasound in chemical monitoring, Grazyna Elzbieta Orzechowska

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The cognitive and social world of schizophrenics as perceived by health care professionals and experienced by schizophrenics themselves: Autoethnography and interviews, Pauline Bukantz Paz

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Myceloid cell formation in Arthrobacter globiformis during osmotic stress, Ganegodage Shyama Perera

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Effects of the process of accreditation on undergraduate athletic training education programs, John Rodney Poindexter

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The secret smile: Mirth and humor in the tales and sketches of Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Steele Power

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The effect of fly ash on clay, Bahman Purkhosrow

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Federal power, states' rights and nuclear waste: What is a just solution?, Steven Mark Randall

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The relationship between future time perspective and breast self-examination in young adult women, Nancy Marie Ronan

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Final Notice (Original writing), Debra Sarac

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Effects of soil moisture, soil carbonate and organic matter content on vapor phase sorption of volatile organic compounds using inverse gas chromatography, John Stephen Schmeltzer

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From the Civil Law Doctrine to the reasonable use theory and from the frontier thesis to community action: Flood control in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1905-1976, James L Scholl

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Physical characteristics and functional fitness of Senior Olympic athletes, Dahn Edward Shaulis

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Exchange of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes between water and water vapor: Experimental results, Michael Willem Slattery

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Evaluation of rutting resistance of coarse graded aggregate asphaltic concrete mixes in Clark County, Nevada, Jerold Dewayne Stegeman

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Outward Signs (Original writing), Charles Robert Supin

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The effect of surface treatment and rolling direction on the fatigue behavior of grade one commercially pure titanium, Shilong Tang

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Weight gain in females with a diagnosis of breast cancer, Sheryl Therrien

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Surface ordering of MBE grown 001 gallium(05) aluminum(05) arsenic: A theoretical study, Rita C Trivedi

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The validity of using grip strength to represent total body strength and of using a 1Rm bench press to represent upper body strength, Kristina Lynn Tucky

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Analysis and evaluation of three promising nuclear waste disposal options, Venugopal Veeramachaneni

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Cultural coping strategies of involuntary minority and non-minority chairpersons at the university level, Paul James Vigil

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Sexuality research: Untested gender assumptions amid paradigm shifts, Donna J Walker

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The impact of legalized casino gambling on regional economic development: The case of Atlantic City, Neil Evan Walkoff

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A history of literary study of the Bible, Joseph Patrick Wall

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On the design of a multiagent user interface for Next Generation Geographic Information System, Guishen Wang

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The status of speech communication in the Clark County high schools, Rheba C Washington-Lindsey

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Job satisfaction of slot department shift managers in Las Vegas casinos, Gary A Waters

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The role of affective information in the sociomoral development of preschool children, Noelle Susanna Wiersma

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The relationship between abused adolescents and their pets, Simone G Williams

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A study of image of China as perceived by United States tour operators, Franklin Zhiyuan Xiao

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The impact of empowerment on job satisfaction: A case study in a hotel, Ssu-fei Sophia Yang

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Development of a GIS-based routing model, Xinnong Yang

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History, organization and belief among Cuban "plantado" political prisoners, 1959-1993, William Raymond Yaworsky

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Theoretical study of interacting low dimensional electron systems, Jianzhong Zheng

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Parametric studies of the criticality of radioactive spent fuel canisters in a tuff repository, Paige Robin Zielinski

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Isotope hydrology of Lehman and Baker creeks drainages, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, Stephen Yaw Acheampong

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Models for estimating compensation for college graduates entering careers in business, Charles F Barr

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A five-year trend analysis of attitudes of female high school seniors toward post-high school work and education possibilities, Evelyn Ruth Beck

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A post processing system for global correction of Ocr generated errors, Bryan Edward Bullard

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Comparison of computer models in forecasting hotel and motel guestroom supply, Francois Arnaud Camou

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The recurring appeals of the Mormon rhetorical vision, Arthur Thomas Challis

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Is the conservation of classical liberal thought inherent in the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?, Thomas Godwin Chapman

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Diet and diseases of Zion Canyon mule deer, Zion National Park, Utah, Brenda Cunningham

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Identity and community through sport boosterism, Tim Delaney

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The structure, conduct, and performance of Nevada's slot route industry, Benedict Dell'Orto

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The validity and reliability of a 1-minute half sit-ups test, Maria Hortensia Diener

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Returns to scale in college and university student health centers: A Cobb-Douglas approach, Frank A Dieterich

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Reduction and analysis of Vla maps for 281 radio-loud quasars using the Cray Y-Mp supercomputer, Ailian Ding

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Sampling the inner experience of bulimic and other individuals, Stephanie Anne Doucette

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Non-linear excitation and governor control, Subbarao Venkata Govindaraju

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The complicated web: Mediating cultures in the works of Louise Erdrich, P. Jane Hafen

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Recovery and characterization of microbiota from Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Dana Leigh Haldeman

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The effect of music on anxiety in patients undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery, Giselle Hampel-Peters

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The political economy of Iran: A conceptual, theoretical and historical analysis, Stacey Whitmore Hanlon

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Is family environment a mediator of bulimia and child sexual abuse?, Teresa Lynn Hastings

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Comparison of three scoring procedures within context-dependent item sets, Pamela Ann Henderson

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Perceived and actual level of knowledge of diabetes among medical-surgical nurses, Patricia Helen Hess

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The use of jargon in education, 1920-1990, Susan Lynn Pearson Hollingshead

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Six adult university Esl students' perspectives of dialogue journal writing: A multiple case study, Vicki L Holmes

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Attitudes and beliefs of preservice elementary school teachers towards mathematics, Deborah Beam Ingalls

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A comparison of health-promoting practices of Nevada rural and urban nurses, Donna Nepper Jacobs

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A study of the association of non-structured school days with daily detainee population counts, Robert W Johnson

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Heat pipe effect in porous medium, Martin Joseph

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Mathematical modeling, trajectory and vibrations control of a three link flexible robot, Satish Jupudi

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Validation of current body composition estimation equations for men over 60 years of age, Elizabeth Lorain Kelley

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Factors affecting airport terminal configuration: An application and design for the future Jerusalem International Airport terminal, Odeh Saliba Kheir

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Conceptual models of fluid flow in fractures, Rajsekhar Reddy Kona

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Policy making and civic involvement: Apathy or impotence?, Chris Gregory Kuchuris

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An exploratory study of marketing standardization by international hotel companies: Some research propositions, Ramesh Kanjuli Kurup

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A study of Japanese guests' satisfaction with hotel attributes and performance in Taiwan, Chih-Lin Lee

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Impact assessment using geographic information system (Gis): Transportation engineering applications, Soon-Tin Lim

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Ambrose Bierce: Between politics and philosophy, Jeffrey Raymond MacMillan

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A study of transportation needs of selected samples of frail elders in Las Vegas, Carolyn Worth Martin

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The effect of amino acid supplementation on weight, body composition, muscle size, and muscle strength in amateur weightlifters, Lisa Anne Martin-Risucci

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The cult of culture: An analysis and plan for teaching about organizational culture, James E Mason

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The influence of teachers' beliefs on literacy instruction for at-risk first graders: A multiple case study, Sylvia P Maxson

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Incestuous Wharton: A consideration of the theme, Laura Kathleen McBride

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The validity of perceived physical fitness in adult men and women, Patricia Anne Mortati McCollum

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Design and optimization of three-dimensional scanning laser range finder, Robert Ben McFarland

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An investigation of social isolation and well-being among the elderly, Claudia Layne Mehl

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A study of the relationship between anxiety and social support systems, Nancy Knight Miller

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An early childhood study of the water cycle, Jolynne Taylor Miner

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Determinants of salary in nonprofit organizations: A study of executive compensation in symphony orchestras, Michael David Moss

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Gender discrimination and the future of equality, Clotilde Ann Casados Mueller

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Microwave digestion methods for preparation of platinum ore samples for Icp analysis, Piotr Nowinski

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Donation: The family's perspective, Ann Marie Occhi

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Family decision making in convention participation, HaeMoon Oh