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About the Collection
This collection contains UNLV graduate student theses, dissertations, professional papers, and capstone projects from 1956-present. Records produced before 2009 were previously available only in print or microfilm and were digitized by the University Libraries. Records are organized by Year, Author, and Title.
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Combinatorial Ant Optimization and the Flowshop Problem, Tasmin Chowdhury
Latino Youth Leadership Conference: Evaluation of Program Success, Participant College Attendance and Completion, Christian Clapp, Gil Revolorio, Juman Sharif, and Marjorie Stewart
Police Interventions, Public Perceptions, and The RDFC Interaction Model, Stacey L. Clouse
Literature in the World: A Critical Discourse Study of World Literature Pedagogy, Elisa Cogbill-Seiders
The Effects of a Retrieval Practice Intervention on Undergraduates’ Monitoring and Control Processes Using Performance Feedback in a College Classroom, Meganclaire Cogliano
Petrology and Geochemistry of the Enriched Poikilitic Shergottite Northwest Africa 10169: Insight into the Martian Interior, Logan Matthew Combs
A Comparison of the Product Topology on Two Trees with the Tree Topology on the Concatenation of Two Trees, Katlyn Kathleen Cox
Algorithms for Tower Placement on Terrain, Binay Dahal
Force Multiplier Calculations for X-ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei, Randall Cody Dannen
The Synthesis of Balkan Folk Tunes in the Music of Vlastimir Nikolovski and Alexander Vladigerov, Dejan Daskalov
Mitigating Accumulation of Aeolian Dust Particles on Solar Power Generator Panels without Water, Sanjana Das
Determination of Anthropogenic Radionuclides in Ocean Water Using Extraction Chromatography, Jaimie Daum
Employee Perceptions of Organizational Corporate Responsibility and Their Effect on Employee Organizational Commitment, Lisa R. Davis
Virginia Woolf and the Flâneuse: A Geocritical Approach to Mrs. Dalloway and the Voyage Out, Kayla Dean
Hexavalent Chromium Removal from Residual Ion-Exchange Brine Using Ferrous Sulfate, Ana Luiza De Araujo Silva
Associations between Opioid-Related Hospitalizations and Intravenous Drug Users, Jacklynn De Leon
Elliptic Cryptosystem, Elizabeth Dettrey
Effects of a Multimedia Shared Story on Comprehension of an Employee Handbook, Stephanie M. Devine
Investigating Land Use by the Inhabitants of Western Cyprus During the Early Neolithic, Katelyn Dibenedetto
UAS-based Object Tracking via Deep Learning, Marc Dinh
Hotspot Homes: An Analysis of the Situational/Contextual Factors, Windows of Opportunity, and Attempted Burglaries on Repeatedly Burglarized Residential Homes, Joshua W. Donnelly
Evaluating the Feasibility and Sustainability of Direct Potable Reuse in Las Vegas, NV, Cory Dow
Life in Roman Canterbury: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of Health Status in a Late Romano-British Cemetery (AD 300-400), Elizabeth Sara Duffy
MOB-NDR Kinase Signaling Components are Required for Epithelial Tube Formation in the Drosophila Follicular Epithelium, Juan Carlos Duhart
Individuals with Recurrent Low Back Pain Exhibit Significant Changes of Paraspinal Muscle Performance after Lumbar Multifidus Intramuscular Fine Wire Electrode Insertion, Anthony Duong, Vincent Dinglasan, and Russell Totten
Family Promise Final Evaluation, Muriel Duval, Heather Ashley-Henderson, and Patrick Becker
Motor Impairments in Children with Autism: Insight into the Complexity of the Disorder, Jeffrey Douglas Eggleston
Structural Evolution and Regional Implications of the Arrowhead Mine Fault within the Pahranagat Shear Zone, Nevada, USA, Michael Dennis Evans
Exploring the Effectiveness of Model-Based Instruction to Improve Sixth-Grade Students’ Science Content Knowledge, Scot D. Ewen
Reverse Engineering an Expository Paragraph for Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities and English Learners, Kathy Ewoldt
Program Evaluation for Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada, Josephine Fenton
Numerical Analysis of an Electrical Transformer with Fins and Horizontal Pins, Sean Ferneyhough
Media Portrayals of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A CARS2 and Frame Analysis of the Sesame Street Character Julia, Sallyann Ficarrotta
Mechanisms for the Incorporation and Distribution of Radionuclides in Near-Surface Fallout, Marc Alan Fitzgerald
Designing National Indoor Radon Surveys According to IAEA Guidance, Charles Fitzpatrick
Money Matters: Exploring the Financial Resources for Sports Medicine Programs in Public and Private Secondary Schools--A Qualitative Study, Natalie Mercedes Aviles Flores
Mate Preferences among Single Mothers, Carol Yvette Franco
Patellofemoral Joint Stress During Uphill and Downhill Running in Healthy, Theresa French, Brooks Klein, and Young Lee
A Distributed Real-Time Short-Term Solar Irradiation Forecasting Network for Photovoltaic Systems, Michael Adelbert Gacusan
Comparison of Cervical Angle during Different Equipment Removal Techniques Used In Ice Hockey for Suspected Cervical Injuries, Kendell Sarah Galor
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder within Clinically Referred Youth, Breanna Garcia
Having or Serving: Perceptions of HSIs, Rebecca Gates
A Framework to Capture Dynamic Traffic Trends from Historical Sensor Data, Carlos Gaviria
Design, Layout, and Testing of Sige APDs Fabricated in a Bicmos Process, Dane Laurence Gentry
Learning Communities and Early Student Success, Beth Gersten
Implementing Evidenced-Based Tools and Obesity Bias Training when Counseling Overweight and Obese Truck Drivers, Sheryl M. Giordano
Malingering Undetected Successfully: Does Extrinsic Motivation and Coaching Have a Significant Impact?, Jennifer Golanics
Optimization of Useful Hard X-ray Photochemistry, David Lewis Goldberger
Influencing Hawai‘i Hotel Patrons to Use Reef-Safe Sunscreens, Rochelle Good
114 Years in Oblivion: The History and Development of International Flute Festivals in Central America, Dafne Zenice Guevara
Examining the Training Transfer Practice of a Financial Institution: An Action Research Study, Maria Lourdes Lourdes Gutierrez
To Remain Near the "Water Ditch," Paiute Sovereignty and United States Settler Colonialism, Owens Valley, California, 1870-1937, Lee Murray Hanover
Spiritual Roots and Classical Fruits: A Stylistic Analysis and Performance Guide of Selected Spirituals and Art Songs by Jacqueline Hairston, Phillip Lewis Newell Harris
Detector Arrays for Nuclear Security and Safeguards Applications, Jessica Hartman
Postpartum Maternal Mood among Hadza Foragers, Kristen Herlosky
Affinity Points in Variable Frequency Drive – Motor Systems, Christophe Hicks
Clinical Instructors' Cultivation of Pre-Licensure Nursing Students' Pharmacology KSAs, Rieneke Holman
A Cross-cultural Investigation of the Relationship between Customer Demographics and Hotel Room Price Perception, Jinhua Hong
"The Only People Who Can Get AIDS-Are People": The AIDS Crisis in Mainstream Crisis, 1981-1995, Franklin Howard
Investigation of the Cardiovascular Endurance of Dance Majors, Arnold Huang, Ali Ross, Kelsey Taelour, and Geneva Winters
Telelactation and Breastfeeding Outcomes among Low-Income Mothers in Mississippi: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Aaron Thomas Hunt
Examination of Mental Health and Family Relationship in Collegiate Athletes, Julia Hussey
Waiting For Nothing, Jiwoong Hyun
Change Deafness: A Comprehensive Examinations, Vanessa Claire Irsik
Leonardo Balada and Surrealism in Music, Ivan Ivanov
Movement Efficiency Through Autonomy Support, Takehiro Iwatsuki
Supranational Identity Politics: Sovereignism in the EU, Emilio Jacintho
Preliminary Investigation of Tensile Strength and Impact Characterization Of Cementitious Composite Incorporating Carbon Nanotubes, Robabeh Jazaei
Air Pollution Related Asthma Inpatient Hospital Admission in the Las Vegas Valley, Joshua Allen Jensen
The Moderation Effect of BDNF Genotype and Self-Reported Habitual Physical Activity Levels on Age of Onset, Disease Progression, and Postural Instability in Parkinson's, Kyle Johnson, Danielle Salgo, and Jessica Zorn
Expression Of Line-1 In Human Somatic Tissues And The Factors Correlated With Line- 1 Expression, G. M. Jonaid
You're Out! Explaining Non-Criminal Diplomatic Expulsion, Anthony Jordan
Concurrency in Blockchain Based Smartpool with Transactional Memory, Laxmi Kadariya
Novice versus Expert Algebraic Problem-Solving Strategies: An Eye Tracking Approach, Krystal Kamekona-Mendoza
Modeling Impaired Hippocampal Neurogenesis after Radiation Exposure, Kapukotuwa Walawwe Sidath Chathuranga Kapukotuwa
Morphological and Energy Transport Optimization of Spectrally-Selective Solar Absorber Coatings at Mesoscale, Dale Karas
Investigating the Role of Liminality in the Cultural Transition of the Late Eighth Millennium BC on Cyprus, Levi Keach
Effect of BMP Treatment on Periostin Gene Expression in Pre-Osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 Mouse Cells, Vincent Lee Khang
Successful Patient Participation in Acute Hospital Physical Therapy, Jesse Kim, Joseph Fertitta, and Patrick Williams
Reimagining High School Writing: A Multi-Case Examination of the Impact of External Pressures on High School Writing Contexts, Nicole Elizabeth Klimow
Using Design Science Research to Develop a Conceptual Solution for Improving Knowledge Sharing in a Virtual Workspace, Lata Koneru
Power and Authority of Royal Queen Mothers: Juxtaposing the French Queen Regent and the Ottoman Validé Sultan During the Early Modern Period, Reneé N. Langlois
School Bullying: Exploring Juvenile Victimization Trends with the NCVS School Crime Supplement (NCVS-SCS), Matthew Morris Le Claire
Breaking the Language Barrier: Equitable Assessment in General Chemistry, Eshani Lee
Design Optimization and Control of a Fully Actuated Hexrotor UAV for Use in Aerial Manipulation Applications, Jameson Yau Sung Lee
Deep Data Locality on Apache Hadoop, Sungchul Lee
Fundamental Tradeoffs in Estimation of Finite-State Hidden Markov Models, Justin Le
An Examination of Student-Athlete Stress and Risky Alcohol Use, Travis Albert Loughran
Promoting Vocabulary Knoweldge In Inclusive Science Classrooms: Comparison Of Instructional Methods, Matthew Love
Handgrip Fatigue and Forearm Girth in Intermediate Sport Rock Climbers, Grace Antoinette Macdonald
Fathers’ Caregiving in Fragile Families: Variation by Family Contexts, Gender Ideology, Race and Ethnicity, Rachel Teressa Macfarlane
Performance Analysis of Blockchain Platforms, Pradip Singh Maharjan
Biodegradable and Biocompatible Silk Fibroin for Optical Applications, Corey Bryce Malinowski
Outer Space in a Western Place: How Environmental Perceptions of the American West Shaped the Space Race, William Marino
Changes in IGF-1 Levels Post Deer Antler Velvet Supplementation, Nicole Alexandra Marmillo
Working with Constraints: The Merit of Prudence, Matthew Martinez