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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Party Central: Networks, Influence, and Party Change in the US House of Representatives, Sean M. Goff

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Comparison of 12-Hour Biweekly Shifts versus 6-Hour Weekly Shifts on Learning Outcomes and Fatigue in Nursing Students on Dedicated Educational Unit, Alena Grewal

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The Archetypal Female Image in Chinese National Opera: A Study of Xi Shi, Xin Guo

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Effects of a Discourse Intervention on End-Of-Life Knowledge and Attitudes of BSN Nursing Students, Jayme Gullone Haynes

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Nonprofit Data Management: A Stage Model, Ashley M. Hernandez-Hall

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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Remote Learning: Parents’ Perspectives on Their Child’s Learning at Home, Stephanie Hernandez

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Utilizing Gamification to Enhance Customer Engagement and Loytalty in the Hospitality Industry, Xiaoting He

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Rotten with Prediction, Serena Raquel Hicks

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Extreme Event Reconstructions for the Upper Fraser River Basin, British Columbia, Canada, Inga K. Homfeld

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Improving Pedestrian Safety with the Implementation of the Demand-Responsive Transverse Rumble Strip as a New Traffic Safety Countermeasure, Md Shakhawat Hossen

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Improving Self-Care Measures of Hypertension Through Implementation of an Education and Action Plan, Crystal Celeste Huffaker

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The Investigation of the Influence of Long-Distance Running on Foot Volume in Healthy Female Collegiate Distance Athletes, Mufaro M. Hungwe

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How Can We Reduce Racism? A Mixed Method Study of Factors That Influence Attitudes Towards Social Change, Kindy Insouvanh

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A Vicious Cycle of Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior in Parkinson’s Disease: A Path Analysis, Kameron Jacobson, Nicole Matsunami, Hannah McCarl, and Michelle Regis

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The Effects of Real-Time Computerized Needle Tip Location Feedback on State Anxiety and Immediate Performance of Simulated Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia, Joseph Janakes

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Factors Affecting Registered Behavior Technicians’ (RBTs’) Intent to Stay or Leave: A Delphi Study, Samantha Joy Villanueva Jasa

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Effect of Boundary Approximation on Visibility, Samridhi Jha

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Transient Ischemic Attacks Evaluation and Management in Specialized Urgent Care Facilities, Zandra Kay Johnson

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Depression and Quality of Life Among Adults with Asthma Presence in Nevada, Elizabeth D. Kahane

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Environmental Rhetoric and an Ecology of Transcendence: A Rhetorical Criticism of Awake, A Dream From Standing Rock, Alyssa Kahn

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The Role of Working Memory in Fraction Arithmetic: Eye Movements During a Dual Task, Krystal Kamekona-Mendoza

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Geometric Quality Assessment of a Modular House using BIM and Photogrammetric Point Clouds, Preetam Kapsikar

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Finding Ways to Increase Physical Activity in Students with Disabilities in a Social Distanced World, Paula Kerchenski

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How long-term, non-monogamous romantic relationships maintain sexual satisfaction, Anna Kessler

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A Human-Embodied Drone for Dexterous Aerial Manipulation, Dongbin Kim

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Comparing the Incidence and Prevalence of Oral Microbial Pathogens Selenomonas Noxia and Streptococcus Mitis within the UNLV-SDM Clinical Patient Population, Namgu Kim

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Measuring Quality of Virtual Event: Scale Development and Validation, Sung-Eun Kim

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Are Gaming and Gambling Disorders Related? Examining the Roles of Money, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility, Anthony J. King

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Social Emotional Learning as a Universal Upstream Approach to Youth Suicide Prevention: A Secondary Data Analysis of a Prevention Program Evaluation, Maria Amaris Knight

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Climate and Soil Moisture Dynamics Inform Potential Climate Change Impacts on Available Moisture and Juvenile Tree Survival in Semiarid Forests, Carolyn R. Koehn

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Factors Influencing the Self-Reported Palliative Care Practices of Acute Care Nurses, Keshia Ryan Kotula

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An Assessment of Hotel Guests’ Perceptions of Preventive Safety Measures in the Era of COVID-19, Un Hyeok Ko

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The Use of Post-Course Feedback on Mastery Learning in a Professional Development Context, Thomas M. Kramer

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Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Precursors to Disinfection Byproducts, Padmanabhan Krishnaswamy

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Is Pristine Inner Experience Linked To Biology? An Examination of Experience Across the Menstrual Cycle Among Women with Premenstrual Distress, Alek E. Krumm

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Healthy Aging in Place: An Integrated Smart Home Using Alexa-compatible Technology, Tyler Kryst

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Customer Purchase Intention Towards the US Airline, Ming-Chun Kuo

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How COVID-19 Has Impacted Romantic Relationship Dynamics, Alexandria Jayci Lake

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Thanks for Your Gift, Ruth Larmore

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Shaping Success for Mobile Applications of Integrated Resorts, Krista Larsen

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Computational Sodium Heat Pipe Simulation in Three Dimensions for Transient Nuclear Reactor Analysis with Variable Surface Heat Flux, Valerie Jean Lawdensky

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Factors Influencing Golfers' Intention to Use a Direct Booking Website, Junghoon Lee

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Functional π-Organogelators: From Nanoribbons to Organic Phosphors, Sae Hui Lee

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Health and Wellness Competencies for an Entry-Level Doctorate Occupational Therapy Course, Teresa Liccardo

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School Climate, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Teaching Practices: Evidence from TALIS 2018, Chengcheng Li

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We Gon' Be Alright: A Narrative Inquiry with Black Male Doctoral Students, Lashaun D. Limbrick

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Exploring the Choiceless Cardinal Hierarchy, David Linkletter

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Development of a Novel Cognitive-Motor Dual Task Assessment Battery in Neurodegenerative Disease, Jason Longhurst

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"Till This Moment, I Never Knew Myself": Letters in Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park, Renee Maalouf

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Dancer Screening Clinic, Kristen Manaloto, John Lencioni, and Laura Nguyen

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A World of Infinite Possibilities: Recoding Popular Culture in Modern U.S. Ethnic Fiction, Todd Martinez

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Food Insecurity and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among College Students, Bertille Octavie Mavegam Tango Assoumou M

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Behavior of Aged Reinforced Concrete Columns Under High Sustained Concentric and Eccentric Loads, Wenchen Ma

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Social Media Activism: Did We Say What We Meant to Say? A Thematic Analysis of SlutWalk Los Angeles Hosted by Amber Rose, Yahindra Maxey

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Determination of the Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in Environmental Surface and Air Samples from Public Areas in Las Vegas, Kristina Mihajlovski

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Calculating the Learning Rate of a Neural Network using a Genetic Algorithm, Eric Miller

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The Influences of Medicaid on Mental Health Practitioners, Matthew Mohan

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Still We Rise: A Black Feminist Qualitative Inquiry Exploring Black Women’s Experiences on Twitter, Yvonne C. Morris

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Magneto Was Right: How the Holocaust Shaped an X-Men Antihero, Benjamin J. Morse

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Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Requirement in Centripetal Migration in Drosophila melanogaster Oogenesis, Sheila Mosallaei

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Exploring the Latent Space of Image Captioning Networks, Mikian J. Musser

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Multiple Approaches to Auditory Rhythm: Development of Sustained Musical Beat and the Relation to Language, Development of Rhythmic Categories Via Iterated Production, and a Meta-Analytic Study of Neural Entrainment to Beat, Karli Marie Nave

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Preparation to Performance: A Conductor’s Journey to the Podium, Geoffrey B. Neuman

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Improving Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project, Patricia A. Nill

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Exploring the Relation Between Musical and Dance Sophistication and Musical Groove Perception, Samantha R. O'Connell

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Increasing Perioperative Outpatient Nurses’ Knowledge of Pediatric Anxiety Through Use of a Developed Clinical Guide, Christine Oliver

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A Hyperelastic Porous Media Framework for Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites and Characterization of Transduction Phenomena via Dimensional Analysis and Nonlinear Regression, Zakai J. Olsen

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Constructing the Perfect Girlfriend: Gender, Class, Race, & Performativity of Paid Intimacy in Nevada Brothels, Christina Parreira

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Measures and Conceptualizations of Symptoms in Schizophrenia, Nina B. Paul

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A Process for ADM-300 Radiation Detector Modernization for Military Applications, Caesar R. Pereira

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Controlled Evaluation of a Family-Based Optimization Intervention Implemented Through Video-Conferencing to Address ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in an Adolescent Athlete, Dereck Davy Phrathep

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Colonization of the Philippines: An Analysis of U.S. Justificatory Rhetoric, Johansen Christopher Pico

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Chronicling Magma Transit Beneath Hawaiian Volcanoes: Every Isotope a Word, Every Crystal a Story, Jonathan Pinko

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Turbulence Modeling of Shock Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flows, Sogol Pirbastami

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Juvenile Conifer Growth and Regeneration Across Diverse Climatic and Environmental Conditions in the Southwestern United States, Nikki L. Pirtel

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Estimation of Spatial Change in Cropland Area and Evaluation of Irrigation Performance in Imperial Valley Using Remotely Sensed Data, Usha Poudel

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Dimitri Mitropoulos a Champion of New Music, Ioannis Protopapas

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Investigation of Bismuth Telluride Nanowire Composites for Enhanced Flexible Thermoelectric Films, Matthew P. Pusko

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TinyML for Gait Stride Classification, Priyanka Rajendra

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Tail-Measurable Functions and Their Corresponding Induced Classes, and Some Determinacy Conditions Involving 3-Player Games, Joshua K. Reagan

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Learning As We Grow: A Multiple Case Study of Teachers Experiences with Graduate Online Courses, Erica K. Reid

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Patient Engagement in Cosmetic Designing of Prostheses: Current Practice and Potential Outcome Benefits, Kenneth Repayo, Cailin Mitchell, Matthew Tillitt, and Collin Weber

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The Unfinished Enlightenment Novel: Comparative Studies in Indeterminacy and Democracy, Andrew Joseph Rhoades

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Investigation of Bench-Scale Packed Bioreactor for Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Co-Contaminants and High Salinity, Julia Ribeiro Rabello

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Exploring Treatment Targets to Mitigate Fear of Falling Activity Avoidance Behavior in Parkinson's Disease and Older Adults, John Vincent Rider

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Relationship between Jump Performance and Asymmetry, Cordero Roche

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Nos/otrxs Que Fuimos Separados: Recovering Testimonios of Separation and Resistance, Marcela Rodriguez-Campo

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Popular Culture as a Tool for Critical Pedagogy: A Case Study, Kyle Rogers

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Kaleidoscope of Urban Evapotranspiration: Exploring the Science and Modeling Approaches, Rubab Saher

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The Effects of Green Exercise on Perception and Connectedness to Nature, Robert W. Salatto

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Development of a Novel Alzheimer’s Therapy, Lorena P. Samentar

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Teaching a Communication Protocol via Graduated Guidance on the IPad to Assist in Functional Communication Training for Nonverbal Children with ASD, Janelle Saunders

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Linking Extreme High Air Temperature Events to Wildfire and Environmental Variation to Water Balance Partitioning in the Western US, Neil Savage

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Soft Machinery, Chelsi Sayti

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Developing Strategic Partnerships to Impact Population Health: A Professional Development Module, Andra S. Scano

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Differential Gene Expression in Starvation Selected Drosophila Melanogaster, Katherine Schultz

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Designs and Outcomes of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Circuits, Daniel Senda

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Analysis of 316 Omnitrophota (OP3) Genomes Reveals a Diverse and Ubiquitous Candidate Phylum of Putative Syntrophs, Predators, and Free-Living Nanobacteria Encoding Giant Open-Reading Frames., Cale O. Seymour

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Disrupting Gender Normativity Through A Social Learning Framework, Ashley Shank

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International Relations and Tourism: Geopolitical Tension in China-United States Relations and Implications in Tourism Development, Le Shen