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Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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How Did the NRA Employ Presidential Election Year Propaganda Against Barack Obama within the Shifting Paradigm of the Digital Age?, Rodney James Edgar

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Sacred Song Sisters: Choral and Solo Vocal Church Music by Women Composers for the Lenten Revised Common Lectionary, Lisa Elliott

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Vibration Overtone Hyperpolarizability Measured for H2 Using Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation, Rachel Ellis

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Functional Capacity Profiles in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Ashley Sara Emami

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The Influence of G4 DNA Structures on Stationary Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis, Tatiana Ermi

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The Impact of Culturally-Tailored Education on Knowledge and Behavior Related to Screening and Lifestyle Management of Blood Pressure in African Immigrants, Sarah Erskine

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Uncertainty Quantification for Maxwell's Equations, Zhiwei Fang

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Public-Private Partnership Contract Framework Development and Project Performance Analysis Compared to Design-Build in the US Highway Projects, Medya Fathi

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Physical Therapy after Amputation in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A Quantitative and Qualitative Interview Study, Amanda Ferraro, Jennifer Gorton, Lindsey Horn, and Michaela Kubo

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Implicit Attitudes, Explicit Attitudes, and Priming: A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Affecting Use of Force Decisions, Christopher Allen Forepaugh

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Water Quality Prediction Based on Machine Learning Techniques, Zhao Fu

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An Investigation of White-Collar Criminal Sentencing Disparities in Six Federal District Courts, Lauren Frances Elizabeth Galloway

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Interwoven Worlds? A Mixed Methods Study of Student Engagement and Student Belonging within the University Classroom when Courses use Social Networking Sites, Christie Gardner

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Rejection Sensitivity and the Intent to Seek Medical Help Among Gender Minority Individuals, Kellyann Garthe

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3D Parametric Hand to Improve Prosthetic Hand Functionality, Maria C. Gerardi

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Anxious and Oppositional Behavior Factors in a Community Sample of Youth with Selective Mutism, Andrew Gerthoffer

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Prosocial Rule-Breaking to Help Customers Among Hospitality Employees, Ankita Ghosh

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Nothing Orphic, Nothing Foreign, Samuel Merriman Gilpin

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Rusalka and the Snow Maiden: A Comparative Study of Two Fairytale Operas, Olivera Gjorgoska

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A Divide and Conquer with Semi-Global Failover for Software Defined Networks, Kasra Goravanchi

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Validity and Diagnostic Accuracy of an ADHD Symptom Rating Scale for Identifying Adults with ADHD, Stacy Jean Graves

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Using the Critical Mathematics Pedagogical Framework to Teach Adult Basic Education Learners: A Transformative Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study, Matthew D. Gromlich

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An Intervention to Increase Nurses’ Knowledge of Non-Opioid Pain Management in Post-Operative Elective Knee and Hip Replacement Patients, Kristen K. Grunerud

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Gardasil Vaccine Trends within Nevada, California, and the U.S.: A Comparative Study, Karen S. Gutierrez

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Hispanics and the War on Drugs: An Explanation for the Rise in Hispánica Imprisonment, Bryan James Haakma

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Examination of the Relationship Between Sport-Specific Thoughts and Emotions and Anxiety and Depression in College Athletes, Marina Elizabeth Harris

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A CHC Theoretical Approach to Examining Cognitive and Academic Deficits Among Students with ADHD Using a Three-Battery Approach, Jacqueline Scott Hart

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(Non-Consensual) Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll: Sexual Harassment and Violence at Live Music Events, Miliaikeala Sj. Heen

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Radiology Students' Attitude Toward Learning Communication Skills: Impact of Clinical Education, Chad Hensley

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Escaping Time: Messiaen’s Musical Language, Religious Symbolism, and Undermining Time in Quatour Pour La Fin Du Temps, Sarra Elizabeth Hey-Folick

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Addressing Disproportionality in School Discipline Through Alternatives to Exclusionary Discipline Practices, Kevin Matthew Higley

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Reliability of the Lateral Reach Test in People with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputations, Stephen Hill, Samantha Leonard, and Elizabeth Vianey Trujillo

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The Child Dreams: An Examination of Gil Shohat’s Adaptation of Hanoch Levin’s Play, Karin Hochman

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Creating a Structural Empowerment Culture: A Professional Development Module for the Novice Nurse Leader, Beth A. Hock

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Examining the Factor Structures of the A-Des and PTCI to Identify Unique Predictors of PTSD Symptom Clusters in Maltreated Youth, Amanda Howard

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The Musical Style and the Cultural Connotation of Bright Sheng's Opera 'Dream of the Red Chamber', Xirui Huang

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The Implementation of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention and Awareness Pamphlet in the Daycare Setting, Kaylie Marie Humphreys

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The Effects of Somatosensory Input on Gait in Individuals Post-Stroke, Victor Hung, Amanda Reilly, Rachel Wood, and Nikita Yuskov

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Thermo-Mechanical Modeling and the Application of Coiled Polymer Actuators in Soft Robotics and Biomimetics, Robert Hunt

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Exploring the Airline Passengers’ Preferences of Inflight Foods, Eun Min Hwang

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Material Characterization of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials Under Dynamic Loading Condition, Abu Iqbal

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Partitioning the Mechanical Cost of Human Walking: Unveiling Cost Asymmetries for Bionic Technologies, Michael Richard Isaacs

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Analysis of Palatal and Upper Airway Dimensions in Patients with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: A Retrospective Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study, Daniel Jarrett

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Strategic Resistance in an African Owned Hair Salon: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Nationality in U.S. America, Nicole Jenkins

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Physical Therapy Nontreatment Events with Primary Physical Therapist, Stephen Johnson

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Three-Dimensional (3D) Characterization of the Middle Ordoovician (Darriwilian) Strata in the Southern Great Basin, Western United States, Uday Mohamed Baheej Kara Ali

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Effects of Embedded Tacting Trials and Systematic Prompting On Intraverbal Skill Acquisition, Sarah Ilana Katz

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Toward Developing a Valid and Reliable Assessment of Learners’ Nature of Engineering Views, Erdogan Kaya

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Remote Radiation Sensing using Robotic Platforms, Monia Kazemeini

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Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Air-Cooled Condensers, Kaipo Kekaula

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Comparisons of Patellar Bone Mineral Density Between Individuals with and without Patellofemoral Pain, Chris Khuu, Allina Cummins, and Steven Shepherd

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Experimental Polycrystal Stress Mapping Using Raman Spectroscopy, Genevieve C. Kidman

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How Consumers Assess Multiple Cues: The Role of Dual Processing System on Hotel Booking Decisions, Eun Joo Kim

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Association between White Matter Hyperintensities, Cortical Thinning, and Clinical Outcomes in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Thomas Helmut Knoblauch

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3-D Silk Fibroin Porous Particles Created by the Ouzo Effect for Biomedical Applications, Ashley Nicole Lamb

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Fast Neutron Assay of Elemental Content of Bulk Samples, Calder Emerson Lane

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Advanced Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Methods for Unsteady Multiphysics Problems Involving Moving Interfaces/Boundaries, Rihui Lan

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A Comparison of Orthodontic Intraoral Scan Results Between Staff and Volunteers, Andrew Lee

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A Circle Hough Transform Implementation Using High-Level Synthesis, Carlos Lemus

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The Influence of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Function in Parkinson’s Disease, Lidio Lima De Albuquerque

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A Bara by Any Other Word: Female Subjectivity and Cultural Crises in Japanese Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Gary Dean Lindeburg

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Public Perceptions of Police Militarization: A Nuanced Understanding of Public Support for Police Practices, Leobardo Lopez-Cristobal

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The Relationship Among Sociocultural Assimilation, Dietary Behavior, and Physical Activity in Adult Latinxs in the U.S., Erick Lopez

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The Relation between Positive Stereotypes, Negative Stereotypes, and Discriminatory Behavior toward Hispanic and White Populations, Aileen Ynez Lovitt

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Synthesis and Characterization of Synthetic Urban Melt Glass, Rebecca Kristien Lowe

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Alternate Novel Thermal Structure Interaction Designs of Molten Salt Shell Structures at High Temperatures Ranging from 565˚C to 700˚C, Nathan David Tyrrell Loyd

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Zooarchaeology of Bone, Antler, and Ivory Technologies: A Case Study from the Central Anatolian Bronze and Iron Age Site Kaman Kalehӧyük, Sarah Raffae Macintosh

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Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Cancer Using Gene Expression, Aashi Maharjan

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Impact of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Participation and Mobilization Cost on Highway Project Performance, Shristy Maharjan

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School Gardens as a Tool to Improve Student Health Outcomes and Increase Parent Engagement in the Clark County School District, Sabina Malik

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Fall Prevention Service-Learning Project, Alexis Mansoor, Kendra Morrison, Jeremy Nordfelt, and Cheng Yang Tu

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Consumers, Critics & Chromatography: An Analysis of 100-Point Wines, Gina Marano

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Studies on Kernels of Simple Polygons, Jason Mark

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An Alternative Approach to Food Market Design: Strategies That Nurture Human Health and Well-Being, Kendall Marsh

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The Significance of MFD and Oxidative Damage in Stationary-Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis, Holly Anne Martin

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High Salinity, High Concentration Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromium, Nitrate, and Chlorate, Nicole Martin

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Parents’ Beliefs of Cultural Consideration During the Special Education Process: A Delphi Study, Monique Evette Matute-Chavarria

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Investigation of Acute Response to Carbohydrate in Subsequent Resistance Training, Damon Mccune

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Rapid Evolution of Starvation Resistance in Drosophila: Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms, Austin Joseph McKenna

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Transcriptional Control of Virulence Genes in the Bacterial Pathogen Shigella Flexneri, Joy Asami Mckenna

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Stirring the Pot - The Application of Electoral Gender Quotas in Africa, Jonathan Georges Mehanna

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Does Wearing Multiple Pairs of Shoes Influence Injury Rates?, Julien Mihy

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An Ideological Criticism of The Green New Deal and Media Responses, Corynn Miller

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Sexually Transmitted Infections and the 65 and Older Population: Knowledge and Perceived Risk, Alexus Miranda

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The Prevalence and Predictors of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse College Students, Hermella Misiker

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Synthesis, X-Ray Absorption, and X-Ray Diffraction Spectroscopy Studies of Uranium Based Heavy Fermion Systems, Vahe Mkrtchyan

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Shattering the Glass: Will Gen Z Bring Us Closer to Gender Equality in US Hospitality Leadership?, Denise Holly Ramirez Molintas

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Seniors and Sexual Health: A Profile of Sexual Behaviors and Perceptions of Sexual Risks in Southern Nevada’s Older Adult Population, Amanda Elizabeth Morgan

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Thatcherism in the Contemporary British Novel, 1978-2012, David Mowatt

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Investigating the Inner Experience of Individuals Attending Psychotherapy at a Community Mental Health Center, Stefanie A. Moynihan

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A Fortified Extension of the AES and Its Implementation, Ashby Mullin

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Implementation of a Training Program in the Use of the Electronic Medical Record to Improve Performance on Quality Measures and Reduce Burnout among Healthcare Providers, Mary Monica Nara

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Musical Meter: Examining Hierarchical Temporal Perception in Complex Musical Stimuli Across Human Development, Sensory Modalities, and Expertise, Jessica Erin Nave-Blodgett

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A Hybrid Experimental-Numerical Study on the Flow Topology in the Confluence Hydrodynamics Zone of an Open Channel with Lateral Drainage Pipe Discharge, Mohammad Nazari-Sharabian

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Love in South Korea: Transformations of Intimacy and Gender Relations in Korean Romantic Relationships, Alex Joseph Nelson

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Tissue-Specific Responses from a Global Developmental Signal: A Detailed Subcellular Analysis of the 20E and Rab Signaling Pathways Controlling Exocrine Secretion During Drosophila Development, Nichalas Nelson

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The Art of 'Stick to Sports,' Politics, and Sports Media Industry Studies, Shi-Quan Nettingham

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Towards Multi-Modal Data Classification, Henry Ng

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A Nevanlinna-Type Counting Function and Pullback Measure, John Nguyen

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Temporal and Spatial Analysis of the Wage Gap for Women and Underrepresented Minorities in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Workforce, Saba Nikkhah Manesh