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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Economy of (Dis)Honor in the Americas: A Transnational Rupturing of American Literature through Faulkner, García Márquez, and Silko, Clayton Neil Cobb
Managing The Performing Arts Center: Best Practices For University-Based Performing Arts Centers, Lori Cobo
Partnering with the Nevada Physical Therapy Association to Improve PT/PTA Engagement, Rachel Cooklin, Joshua Cooper, and Madison Luna
Preserving Nevada's Higher Education Governance Entity: A Case Study, Deanna Cooper
The Fabric of Civil War Society: The Effect of Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1861 to 1939, Shae Cox
Do Compression Garments Work? The Effect of Compression Garments on Biomechanical and Physiological Factors, Andrew Craig-Jones
Toward Productivity Improvements in Programming Languages Through Behavioral Analytics, Patrick Daleiden
3D Upper Airway Analysis of Skeletal Class I, II, and III Adults with High or Low Risk for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Alexander Dao
The Noise from the Writing Boundaries: Collaboration and Tutor Identity in Writing Intensive Courses, Laura Decker
An Examination of the Role of Online Reviews for Niche Restaurant Segments: Casino Buffet Restaurants, Tevfik Demirciftci
A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Retention of Computer Science Students at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Sudhir Deshmukh
Examining Crime Reporting Behaviors in the Presence of Body-Worn Cameras, Tanya Dudinskaya
The Effect of Body Armor on Pulmonary Function and Repeated Sprint Performance, Dustin Dunnick
Light Conditions during Desiccation and Rehydration Impact the Recovery of Cultured Timmiella Crassinervis, Sotodeh Ebrahimi
How Did the NRA Employ Presidential Election Year Propaganda Against Barack Obama within the Shifting Paradigm of the Digital Age?, Rodney James Edgar
Sacred Song Sisters: Choral and Solo Vocal Church Music by Women Composers for the Lenten Revised Common Lectionary, Lisa Elliott
Vibration Overtone Hyperpolarizability Measured for H2 Using Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation, Rachel Ellis
Functional Capacity Profiles in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Ashley Sara Emami
The Influence of G4 DNA Structures on Stationary Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis, Tatiana Ermi
Uncertainty Quantification for Maxwell's Equations, Zhiwei Fang
Physical Therapy after Amputation in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A Quantitative and Qualitative Interview Study, Amanda Ferraro, Jennifer Gorton, Lindsey Horn, and Michaela Kubo
Implicit Attitudes, Explicit Attitudes, and Priming: A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Affecting Use of Force Decisions, Christopher Allen Forepaugh
Water Quality Prediction Based on Machine Learning Techniques, Zhao Fu
An Investigation of White-Collar Criminal Sentencing Disparities in Six Federal District Courts, Lauren Frances Elizabeth Galloway
Interwoven Worlds? A Mixed Methods Study of Student Engagement and Student Belonging within the University Classroom when Courses use Social Networking Sites, Christie Gardner
Rejection Sensitivity and the Intent to Seek Medical Help Among Gender Minority Individuals, Kellyann Garthe
3D Parametric Hand to Improve Prosthetic Hand Functionality, Maria C. Gerardi
Anxious and Oppositional Behavior Factors in a Community Sample of Youth with Selective Mutism, Andrew Gerthoffer
Prosocial Rule-Breaking to Help Customers Among Hospitality Employees, Ankita Ghosh
Nothing Orphic, Nothing Foreign, Samuel Merriman Gilpin
Rusalka and the Snow Maiden: A Comparative Study of Two Fairytale Operas, Olivera Gjorgoska
A Divide and Conquer with Semi-Global Failover for Software Defined Networks, Kasra Goravanchi
Validity and Diagnostic Accuracy of an ADHD Symptom Rating Scale for Identifying Adults with ADHD, Stacy Jean Graves
Using the Critical Mathematics Pedagogical Framework to Teach Adult Basic Education Learners: A Transformative Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study, Matthew D. Gromlich
An Intervention to Increase Nurses’ Knowledge of Non-Opioid Pain Management in Post-Operative Elective Knee and Hip Replacement Patients, Kristen K. Grunerud
Gardasil Vaccine Trends within Nevada, California, and the U.S.: A Comparative Study, Karen S. Gutierrez
Hispanics and the War on Drugs: An Explanation for the Rise in Hispánica Imprisonment, Bryan James Haakma
Examination of the Relationship Between Sport-Specific Thoughts and Emotions and Anxiety and Depression in College Athletes, Marina Elizabeth Harris
A CHC Theoretical Approach to Examining Cognitive and Academic Deficits Among Students with ADHD Using a Three-Battery Approach, Jacqueline Scott Hart
(Non-Consensual) Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll: Sexual Harassment and Violence at Live Music Events, Miliaikeala Sj. Heen
Radiology Students' Attitude Toward Learning Communication Skills: Impact of Clinical Education, Chad Hensley
Escaping Time: Messiaen’s Musical Language, Religious Symbolism, and Undermining Time in Quatour Pour La Fin Du Temps, Sarra Elizabeth Hey-Folick
Addressing Disproportionality in School Discipline Through Alternatives to Exclusionary Discipline Practices, Kevin Matthew Higley
Reliability of the Lateral Reach Test in People with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputations, Stephen Hill, Samantha Leonard, and Elizabeth Vianey Trujillo
The Child Dreams: An Examination of Gil Shohat’s Adaptation of Hanoch Levin’s Play, Karin Hochman
Creating a Structural Empowerment Culture: A Professional Development Module for the Novice Nurse Leader, Beth A. Hock
Examining the Factor Structures of the A-Des and PTCI to Identify Unique Predictors of PTSD Symptom Clusters in Maltreated Youth, Amanda Howard
The Musical Style and the Cultural Connotation of Bright Sheng's Opera 'Dream of the Red Chamber', Xirui Huang
The Implementation of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention and Awareness Pamphlet in the Daycare Setting, Kaylie Marie Humphreys
The Effects of Somatosensory Input on Gait in Individuals Post-Stroke, Victor Hung, Amanda Reilly, Rachel Wood, and Nikita Yuskov
Thermo-Mechanical Modeling and the Application of Coiled Polymer Actuators in Soft Robotics and Biomimetics, Robert Hunt
Exploring the Airline Passengers’ Preferences of Inflight Foods, Eun Min Hwang
Material Characterization of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials Under Dynamic Loading Condition, Abu Iqbal
Partitioning the Mechanical Cost of Human Walking: Unveiling Cost Asymmetries for Bionic Technologies, Michael Richard Isaacs
Strategic Resistance in an African Owned Hair Salon: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Nationality in U.S. America, Nicole Jenkins
Physical Therapy Nontreatment Events with Primary Physical Therapist, Stephen Johnson
Three-Dimensional (3D) Characterization of the Middle Ordoovician (Darriwilian) Strata in the Southern Great Basin, Western United States, Uday Mohamed Baheej Kara Ali
Effects of Embedded Tacting Trials and Systematic Prompting On Intraverbal Skill Acquisition, Sarah Ilana Katz
Toward Developing a Valid and Reliable Assessment of Learners’ Nature of Engineering Views, Erdogan Kaya
Remote Radiation Sensing using Robotic Platforms, Monia Kazemeini
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Air-Cooled Condensers, Kaipo Kekaula
Comparisons of Patellar Bone Mineral Density Between Individuals with and without Patellofemoral Pain, Chris Khuu, Allina Cummins, and Steven Shepherd
Experimental Polycrystal Stress Mapping Using Raman Spectroscopy, Genevieve C. Kidman
How Consumers Assess Multiple Cues: The Role of Dual Processing System on Hotel Booking Decisions, Eun Joo Kim
Association between White Matter Hyperintensities, Cortical Thinning, and Clinical Outcomes in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Thomas Helmut Knoblauch
3-D Silk Fibroin Porous Particles Created by the Ouzo Effect for Biomedical Applications, Ashley Nicole Lamb
Fast Neutron Assay of Elemental Content of Bulk Samples, Calder Emerson Lane
A Comparison of Orthodontic Intraoral Scan Results Between Staff and Volunteers, Andrew Lee
A Circle Hough Transform Implementation Using High-Level Synthesis, Carlos Lemus
The Influence of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Function in Parkinson’s Disease, Lidio Lima De Albuquerque
A Bara by Any Other Word: Female Subjectivity and Cultural Crises in Japanese Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Gary Dean Lindeburg
Public Perceptions of Police Militarization: A Nuanced Understanding of Public Support for Police Practices, Leobardo Lopez-Cristobal
The Relation between Positive Stereotypes, Negative Stereotypes, and Discriminatory Behavior toward Hispanic and White Populations, Aileen Ynez Lovitt
Synthesis and Characterization of Synthetic Urban Melt Glass, Rebecca Kristien Lowe
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
Zooarchaeology of Bone, Antler, and Ivory Technologies: A Case Study from the Central Anatolian Bronze and Iron Age Site Kaman Kalehӧyük, Sarah Raffae Macintosh
Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Cancer Using Gene Expression, Aashi Maharjan
Impact of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Participation and Mobilization Cost on Highway Project Performance, Shristy Maharjan
School Gardens as a Tool to Improve Student Health Outcomes and Increase Parent Engagement in the Clark County School District, Sabina Malik
Fall Prevention Service-Learning Project, Alexis Mansoor, Kendra Morrison, Jeremy Nordfelt, and Cheng Yang Tu
Consumers, Critics & Chromatography: An Analysis of 100-Point Wines, Gina Marano
Studies on Kernels of Simple Polygons, Jason Mark
An Alternative Approach to Food Market Design: Strategies That Nurture Human Health and Well-Being, Kendall Marsh
The Significance of MFD and Oxidative Damage in Stationary-Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis, Holly Anne Martin
High Salinity, High Concentration Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromium, Nitrate, and Chlorate, Nicole Martin
Parents’ Beliefs of Cultural Consideration During the Special Education Process: A Delphi Study, Monique Evette Matute-Chavarria
Investigation of Acute Response to Carbohydrate in Subsequent Resistance Training, Damon Mccune
Rapid Evolution of Starvation Resistance in Drosophila: Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms, Austin Joseph McKenna
Transcriptional Control of Virulence Genes in the Bacterial Pathogen Shigella Flexneri, Joy Asami Mckenna
Stirring the Pot - The Application of Electoral Gender Quotas in Africa, Jonathan Georges Mehanna
Does Wearing Multiple Pairs of Shoes Influence Injury Rates?, Julien Mihy
An Ideological Criticism of The Green New Deal and Media Responses, Corynn Miller
Sexually Transmitted Infections and the 65 and Older Population: Knowledge and Perceived Risk, Alexus Miranda
The Prevalence and Predictors of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse College Students, Hermella Misiker