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 1992

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Spectral analysis of random number generators, Christy Juinsuk Olsen

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Effects of BSE on depression/anxiety in women diagnosed with breast cancer, Cynthia Ann Schnetter O'Neal

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Parameters of undergraduate gambling, Steven L Oster

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Self-stabilizing network protocols, Eugene Outley

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The Manila-Chattanooga Express: A collection of stories (Original writing), Peter Charles Parsons

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The Japanese-American dilemma: A comparison of their relationship within George Modelski's theoretical framework of long cycles, Valerie Jean Pelton

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A deterministic surface estimation algorithm using parametric line equations, James Peter Poulos

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Model linkages between a hazardous waste transportation impact/risk assessment model and a transportation planning model in a geographic information system environment, Justin Paul Rasas

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The history of wilderness in Nevada and the United States, Jerry Lynn Reynoldson

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Management principles for bed and breakfast inns: Operator needs and "how to" book advice, Pamela Anne Riches

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An evaluation of hotel service by employees and guests and its internal marketing implications, Beverly Lorraine Rihn

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A comparative analysis of human skeletal remains from Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, and Kayenta Anasazi archaeological sites, Heidi Roberts

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Treating communication apprehension in the basic public speaking course: A national survey and recommendations, Thomas Eugene Robinson

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Analysis of automatic guided vehicles and self-guided vehicles for hospital foodservice, Michael Andrew Roden

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Polonium-210 radioactivity in Lake Mead fish, Charlita G Rosal

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Effect of water table fluctuations on petroleum contamination distribution, Jaishankar Sabapathi

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An analysis of strategic planning in land-grant university libraries, Laverna M Saunders

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Improving the frequency and proficiency of breast self examination, Theresa Scalzo Tarrant

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Sampling inner experience in the learning disabled population, Barbara Lynn Schamanek

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The Road Home (Original writing), James Carl Snape

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The impact of child care on the work habits of parents in the Las Vegas hospitality industry: The need for employer-supported day-care centers, Joseph Sola Tafa

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Davey Marlin-Jones: Director, educator, visionary, Frances Jane Talley

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Videocentric criticism, postmodernism and the deconstruction of television, Christopher James Taylor

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Shared comedic elements of three plays in modern American theater: "Six Degrees of Separation", "I'm Not Rappaport", and "Broadway Bound", Paul S Terry

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Dating of fallout in lacustrine sediment in southwestern Utah, Alex Clark Tikanen

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Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleotectonic setting of the Gazelle Formation, eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California, David William Trabert

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Marital assessment from the clients' perspective using the Couple's Pre-Counseling Inventory: A comparison of Mormon couples with the normative sample, Stephen N Tracy

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High current coaxial ion beam/laser beam spectrometer, Qiang Tu

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Sensor-based automated path guidance of a robot tool, Anietie Udo Ukpong

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A sample selective linear predictive analysis of speech signals, Suresh Kumar Venkata Vishnubhatla

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Germany's pivotal role in the construction of a common European house, John P Wallin

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Storm-dominated Lower Cambrian depositional environments in the Ravenswood area, Lander County, Nevada, Readin Isaac Wilson

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The progression of photographic image manipulation in communication: An argument against the "revolution" of technological change, Cynthia Lynn Wood

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Scattered surface data estimation and visualization, Weibao Wu

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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Economic development, aid and debt crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, Hassan Ziad Ahmed

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Sampling for volatile organic compounds from an aquitard: A field evaluation of screen length, purging method, and sampling time, Amy Josephine Alduino

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The Severed Son and other poems (Original writing), Angela Sue Witzke Andersen

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Formulation of a full dynamic transport model for heterojunction devices, Anoushiravan Arman

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A multisubband self-consistent two-dimensional numerical model for Hemt including intersubband and intrasubband scattering mechanisms in the quantum well, Helen Arman

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Consideration of interdependencies in the relational database system, and, A proposal and evaluation of an expert system for the relational database structure, Timothy Jon Arndt

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A new optimization approach to the design of one-dimensional and two-dimensional finite impulse response digital filters, Eddie G Awad

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Output feedback rotational maneuvers and vibration damping of Nasa Scole system by inversion theory, Misbahul Azam

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The detection of crevice corrosion in titanium and its alloys through the use of potential monitoring, Dave Dror Bergman

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Feedback linearization, invertibility of map, zero dynamics, and nonlinear control of the space station, Theodore Charles Bossart

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Scale economies in college and university student health centers: An econometric analysis, MaryAnn Brady

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Style of volcanism and extensional tectonics in the eastern Basin and Range Province: Northern Mohave County, Arizona, Tracey Elaine Cascadden

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The immediate perceived needs of family members of trauma patients and how they differ from the nurses' perceptions of needs, Suzanne Cecilia Case

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Determination of radium-226 in drinking water by alpha spectroscopy, Jae-Gu Choi

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Today's racism and black frustrations, Ernest Elmo Clark

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Gas chromatographic-electron capture analysis of disinfection byproducts from the chlorination of swimming pools and lake water, Gary William Coates

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Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the northern part of the upper Gazelle Formation, eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California, Christine Ann Cram-Barry

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Character education through secondary school literature classes, Mary Elizabeth Curfman

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From hunters to fisherman? Developing marine resource specialization on the Santa Barbara Channel Analysis of the artifacts and midden constituents from Ca-Sba-71, Anne Evelyn DuBarton

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Euthanasia: Does the elderly individual have the right to die?, LeDonna Ree Durant

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Gas chromatography/Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy/mass spectrometry for environmental analysis: A quick turnaround method for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Irene Marie Farnham

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The best of times, the worst of times: A bio-cultural analysis of the Ferguson District, 1892-1909, Dawna Eileen Ferris

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The effects of preoperative teaching on anxiety levels of hysterectomy patients, Judy Ann Fillmore

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Early speculative bubbles and increases in the supply of money, Douglas Edward French

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Political culture and water politics in Nevada: Las Vegas attempts to quench its thirsts, Andrea Kristen Gerlak

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The politics of AIDS: An analysis of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, Brian Edward Graf

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The window, the mirror, and the stone: A reassessment of the roles of mimesis and opsis in critical theory, Andrea J Hanson

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Transracial adoptions: An alternative solution, Kitty Lynn Hardy

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Abusive parenting attitudes in parent training subgroups, Jacqueline Ann Harris

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A historical study on the "eight revolutionary model operas" in China's Great Cultural Revolution, Joe He

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Determinants of the structural niches of columnar cacti in the Southwest, Joseph George Hentz

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A study of long time behavior of aqueous solution of polyethylene oxide (Peo) and aqueous salt (potassium sulfate) solution of Peo using dynamic light scattering, Ziyi Hu

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The effect of music therapy on intensive care patients, Nita L Johnson

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Register allocation and optimization techniques in compiler construction, Edward R. Jorgensen

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Fractional reserve banking: The genesis of macro-instability, John Nicholas Koch

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Modeling of the UNLV-Aro light-weight robot using Lagrange's assumed mode method, symbolic manipulation, and numerical simulation, Edward Yuk-Kam Lam

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Virtual time synchronization in distributed database systems, Timothy E LeMaster

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The exploitation of pipeline parallelism by compile time dataflow analysis, Joseph Michael Lombardo

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Inverse and variable structure trajectory control of a flexible robotic manipulator, Sethu K Madhavan

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Mormon women and depression, Jeanmarie Maxwell

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Goodsprings: A historical archaeological review of the Yellow Pine Mining District, Christina A Miller

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An investigation of photon correlation spectroscopy data analysis packages "discrete" and "contin" using the Schulz-Zimm distribution, Usman Abdul Aziz Qazi

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The effects of mathematics methods courses on the mathematical attitudes, content knowledge, and pedagogical beliefs of preservice teachers, Robert John Quinn

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Inversion of input/output map, sliding mode and nonlinear flight control system design, James J. Romano

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Hydrocollapsible soil correlations, Penny Roullier

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Enigmatic commercials: Schema distortion in television advertisements, Micheal Shane Schneweis

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The effects of a 12 week aerobic bench stepping conditioning program on cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular leg strength in college women, Sharon Lee Schoff

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The effectiveness of psychotherapeutic intervention in the reduction of client symptoms in an employee assistance program, Judy Irene Seymore

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The restructuring of a rural Utah high school, Larry K Shumway

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Time management behaviors of single parent women educators at a two-year college, Kenneth Harold Steidel

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Ethnic admixture in African American ancestry as reflected in dental patterns, Hellen Rudean Taylor

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An analytical approach to quantum mechanical tunneling time in electronic devices, Prabhaharan Thanikasalam

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The influence of diet on growth rate, thyroid hormone output, and thermoregulation in laboratory white rats, Linda Susan Vanden Heuvel

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A methodological study and forecasting of room occupancy trend in Las Vegas, William Weixia Wang

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An assessment to determine how a franchisee's thorough understanding of the disclosure statement would affect potential legal pitfalls in a franchisor-franchisee relationship, Scott Hadley Witzman

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Trace element analysis of selected springs in the Virgin River Basin, Mary Ann Yelken

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Environmental economics: An Austrian approach, Fiammetta Elena Zahnd