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 2006

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Exploring the relationship between teachers' beliefs in mathematics and their instructional practice, Michelle Vander Veldt

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Design of personalized location areas for future Pcs networks, Radhika Varadarajan

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Statistical models for right-turn related crashes at high crash locations in the Las Vegas Valley, Paul John Villaluz

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Self-stabilizing sorting on linear networks, Lakshmi Visvanathan

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The etiological role of susto in diabetes among Hispanics in southern Nevada, Carin K Wallace

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Broadway in the desert: Defining success for the Broadway musical on the Las Vegas Strip, Jane C Walsh

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Statistical modeling via empirical recurrence rate, Hui Wang

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Influencing factors on plankton populations in a desert man -made lake, Steven Weber

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An improved algorithm for deinterlacing video streams, Christopher Weiss

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A comprehensive structural model of factors affecting online consumer travel purchasing, Hsing Wen

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Answers the Dog Whispered, Allison Marie Wilkins

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Customer and manager's perception and preference on food server gender in fine-dining establishments, Watcharobon Wiraboot

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Roles of Wrky proteins in mediating the crosstalk of hormone signaling pathways: An approach integrating bioinformatics and experimental biology, Zhen Xie

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Character strengths and psychological well-being as predictors of life satisfaction among multicultural populations, Alejandro Patricio Yanez

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High-temperature deformation and environment-induced degradation of Waspaloy, Jagadesh K Yelavarthi

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Casino attributes affecting Las Vegas locals market slot players, SunYoung Yi

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Strategic alliance and loyalty marketing: Do partnerships affect loyalty customers?, Myongjee Yoo

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Macau tourism development in cooperation with its neighbors, Qin Yu

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Photodynamic therapy induces oxidation in breast and brain cancer cell lines, Sarah Ann Ziegler

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Flow shop scheduling with two machines, V. L. Kumar Adusumilli

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Labor unions and corporate campaigns: Necessary tactic or hindrance to bargaining, Cynthia Elise Agnello

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Design of fuzzy logic based adaptive traffic signal controller, Murali Mohan Ande

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Flesh and Stone: A wanderer's mosaic, Tamaria L Anderson

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Thermal comfort in office buildings, Lalith Sandeep Annavarapu

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Scheduling of real time embedded systems for resource and energy minimization by voltage scaling, Naveen Babu Anne

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Performance analysis of error detection and correction code for wireless sensor networks, Gopinath Balakrishnan

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The effects of a personal responsibility model on individual student and class-wide social behaviors, Daniel Wesley Balderson

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Residual stress characterization and defects analyses by microscopy, Subhra Bandyopadhyay

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Interactive message debugger for parallel message passing programs using Lam-Mpi, Hoimonti Basu

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Methyl jasmonate and cis jasmone induce apoptosis in Pc-3 and LncaP prostate cancer lines, Madhavi Bathina

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Youth culture, clothing, and communicative messages, Eric Batson

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Distributed stabilizing data structures, Doina Bein

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Principals' pedagogical knowledge of instructional practices, Carmen Poloni Benedict

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Confidence interval estimation for a geometric distribution, Majgan Beria

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Behavioral ecophysiology of dungeness crabs during feeding and digestion in hypoxia, Jennifer Lynn Bernatis

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The role of transverse faults in Great Basin extension: Transfer faults or N-S extension?, Tandis S Bidgoli

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The Turkish foreign aid program: A helping hand or a snake infested olive branch, Aisha T Bigbee

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Wine allocation: Perspectives of restaurant and retail wine buyers, Heather M Bigley

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Psychological well-being and relationship changes in women after obesity surgery, Lindsey Bocchieri Ricciardi

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Effects of temperature and dissolved lithium perchlorate on the viscoelastic and dynamic properties of poly(ethylene oxide), (Peo) melts, Radoslav B Bogoslovov

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Implementation and analysis of apriori algorithm for data mining, Pavankumar Bondugula

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The problem of prayer in school: A discussion of legal interpretation and policy, Staci Lynn Brick

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The design and testing of a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine, Evangeline Bulla

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Understanding psychopathy and violence: The role of motivation, Jacqueline Patricia Camp

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The Burn: A novel, Kevin Michael Capp

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Exploration of caregiver satisfaction in child maltreatment, Alisha Marie Carpenter

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Racial disparities in the federal sentencing of drug offenders, Jorge Adrian Castrejon

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Shock reduction methods for electronic components in a projectile, Vinod K Chakka

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Evaluation of an intraoperative iodine-125 brachytherapy implant technique, Tserenpagma Chaoui

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Merger and acquisition activities in the hospitality industry, Hyun Kyung Chatfield

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Application of computational fluid dynamics on smart wing design, Parthasarathy Chinnasamy

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Essential management competencies in the timeshare industry, Yun-Kyung Choi

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The determinants of price tolerance in the casino hotel industry, Jangwon Cho

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Functionalized polyolefin graft copolymers via transition metal-catalyzed C--H activation and controlled radical polymerization, Hoyong Chung

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Applications of sensors for in-home elder support, Kofi Baffour Asare Cobbinah

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"Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War": Melville's vision of race, reconciliation, and America's tragic knowledge, AmiJo Comeford

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Development of a dynamic spatial data analysis system for transportation, Mukunda Rao Dangeti

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International fixed-income investing 1985 to 1999, Brad W Davies

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Criminogenic needs and treatment considerations for inmates with dual diagnoses, Jennee Evans Dickens

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The effect of movement velocity and eccentric contractions on the bilateral deficit, D. Clark Dickin

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Hydrostratigraphy and allostratigraphy of the Cenozoic alluvium in the northwestern part of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, David Joseph Donovan

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Experimental and finite element studies of shock transmission through jointed hat sections, Karthik Doppala

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"Cinq Etudes-Tableaux" by Serge Rachmaninoff orchestrated by Ottorino Respighi: A *transcription for wind orchestra with accompanying historical context and transcription techniques, Zane Stephen Douglass

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"Taras Bulba" by Leos Janacek: A *transcription for wind symphony, Beth Anne Lynch Duerden

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An examination of consumer e-loyalty to online travel intermediaries, Gregory E Dunn

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Feasibility for the use of non-contact ultrasound for application with asphalt concrete materials, Michael Robert Dunning

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Changes in the stress tolerance of two Mojave Desert perennial shrubs after eight years of growth in elevated carbon dioxide, Allison Louise Ebbets

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Estimating the effects of September 11 on Las Vegas Strip gaming volume, David Eisendrath

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The effects of L1 literacy and education on point-gain in an adult Esl course, Heidi Ekstrom ElHalta

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Novel cisplating analogs: Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity in breast cells, Kyler Elizabeth Elwell

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Collaborative literacy learning communities: What three Title I schools teach us, Carol Ann Esposito

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Petrogenesis and geochemistry of Pleistocene and Pliocene basalt flows of the Pine Valley Volcanic Field, Utah and their relationship to the tectonics of the Utah transition zone, Matthew Faust

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The influence of instruction set and test format on the detection of malingering, Teri Jean Forrest

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The neuropsychological correlates of individuals at risk for bipolar I disorder, Linda V Frantom

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Interaction between palladium and silicon carbide: A study for Triso nuclear fuel, Goverdhan Reddy Gajjala

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Analyzing association rules produced by applying the apriori algorithm to structured data, Darshana Gala

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Optimization of polymer/ruthenium complex optical oxygen sensor, Sujanie V. S. V Gamage

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The potential impact of the medieval climatic anomaly on human populations in the western Mojave Desert, Jill Kathleen Gardner

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Enhancing collaborative argumentation in an online environment, Jennifer Dawn Golanics

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Cracking of Zircaloy-4 in acidic solution under controlled potentials, Elumalai Govindaraj

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Rangi above/Papa below, Tangaroa ascendant, water all around us: Austronesian creation myths, Amy M Green

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Science education for girls: A partnership between Girl Scouts and Nasa, Anne Grisham

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Short-term compensatory and long-term plastic cardiorespiratory responses to hypoxic exposure, Jutta A Guadagnoli

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A modified bootstrap method for handling non detects in environmental data, Michelle Melissa Guillaume

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The role and relevancy of the black church in today's society, Anthony Fitzgerald Harris

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Understanding the role of predicted outcome value in the negotiation of condom use, Shawna Gwynne Harris

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Embodied language performance: Mediational affordances of dramatic activity for second language learning, John Richard Haught

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Factors that impact the instructional and technical support provided by site-based technology coordinators in K--12 schools, Douglas B Hearrington

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An investigation of the Kaplan-Meier Upper Confidence Limit for the population mean from environmental samples with nondetects, Violeta Graciela Hennessey

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Identifying the characteristics of and quality indicators for associate degree culinary arts programs: A survey of educators and industry, Jean Louise Hertzman

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Characterizing global archaeocyathan reef decline in the Early Cambrian: Evidence from Nevada and China, Melissa Hicks

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The influence of self-efficacy and working memory capacity on problem solving efficiency, Bobby H Hoffman

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An empirical examination of the presence of minority coaches in minor league baseball, Braden E Holcomb

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Nested calderas of the northern Kawich Range, central Nevada, Denise Kelly Honn

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The dynamics of nonviolence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Michael Doc Howard

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An exploratory study of effectiveness in alumni relations at four research universities, Jennifer Lynnette Hurwitz

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Phylogeography and population genetic structure of two anuran species inhabiting the Mojave Desert, Jef Ronald Jaeger

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A reliable and resource aware framework for data dissemination in wireless sensor networks, Vasu Jolly

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A problem-definition approach to stakeholder interests: A case study of the Zion Lodge landscape, Zion National Park, Utah, Susan Bahnick Jones

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A survey of multiple percussion notation with an emphasis on timbre staff notation and setup, Rachel Carissa Julian-Jones