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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
It’s Not about Brooklyn, Elee Maybelle Oak
Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of PANI/Ni and PANI/Au/Ni Composites, Morgan Emily Pacini
An Examination of Accuracy and Elaborations for Character Traits in a Narrative, Michael Palena
Social Cognition in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Elyse Parke
Advanced Applications Of Big Data Analytics, Sai Phani Krishna Parsa
A Comparison of Outdoor Bioaerosol and Particulate Measurements in Las Vegas, Tanviben Yogeshkumar Patel
A Potential Solution to a Poopy Problem: Bile Salt Analogs as Prophylactics Against Clostridium Difficile Infection, Jacqueline Renee Phan
An Evaluation of the Effects of the Coach-Athlete Relationship on Athlete Mental Health, Corey Rae Phillips
The Psychophysiological Correlates of Personality, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Social Support, Meghan E. Pierce
Cultural Influences upon Soviet-Era Programmatic Piano Music for Children, Maria Pisarenko
Athlete Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Consequences: The Role of Drinking Motives, Michelle Pitts
Surface Hydrologic Modeling and Analyzing Watershed Hydrologic Response to Landcover Change, Roshan Poudel
Sparse MRI and CT Reconstruction, Ali Pouryazdanpanah Kermani
Cli-Fi Cinema: An Epideictic Rhetoric of Blame, Chloe Louise Powell
Miocene-Pliocene(?) Folds, Normal Faults and the Left-Lateral Buckhorn Fault with Regional Implications, Pahranagat Shear Zone, Nevada, Thomas Godfrey Price
The Role of Social Location in Coping with Caregiving, Jacqueline Ragin
Audits and Accountability in Non-Governmental Organizations, Kenneth J. Retzl
Acculturation and Causes of Death Among Filipinos in the US: Focus on Cancer, Abegail Terso Reyes
Self-Monitoring: A Behavioral Intervention for Children Attending Head Start, Samantha Riggleman
An Analysis of Stress and Self-Efficacy Experienced by General and Special Educators, Joanne Lyn Ringer
Phase equilibria, compressibility, and thermal analysis of bastnaesite-(La), Richard Lee Rowland
Cost Comparison of Cement Concrete and Polymer Concrete Manholes in Sewer Systems, Sayan Sakhakarmi
The Balance Between Privacy and Safety in Police UAV Use: The Power of Threat and Its Effect on People’s Receptivity, Mari Sakiyama
Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Studies of Technetium-99m and Rhenium-188 Peptides, Vanessa Anne Sanders
Reaching across Land and Ocean: Daughters of Bilitis, Minorities Research Group, and Resistance Formation in the International Lesbian Network, Linsey Scriven
Novel Methods for the Time-Dependent Maxwell’s Equations and their Applications, Sidney Shields
An Investigation of Employment and Wage Distribution in the Construction Industry by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, Binit Kumar Shrestha
Calibration of Microscopic Traffic Flow Models Enabling Simultaneous Selection of Specific Links and Parameters, Kul Prasad Shrestha
Deep Learning Implementation for Comparison of User Reviews and Ratings, Nishit Shrestha
Value Co-Creation Propositions: A Self-Determination Theory of Customer Acceptance, Trust and Wellbeing, Lenna V. Shulga
Defining Problematic School Absenteeism Using Nonparametric Modeling, Kyleigh Kay Skedgell
Secular Resonances during Main-Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Planetary System Dynamics, Jeremy L. Smallwood
Launching Conservative Resistance: A Rhetorical Criticism of the Young Americans for Freedom, Tyler John Snelling
A Systematic Literature Review: Existing Hospitality & Tourism Research on Big Data, Jiaojiao Song
The Transformation of American Federalism, 1848-1912, Lance Sorenson
The Effects of an Acute Bout of Exercise on Hunger Hormones in Individuals at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, Sydney Spoon
Association of Genetic Factors with Chronic Kidney Disease in US Young Adults, Sabra Stanford
Cooling Down Crime Hot Spots: Impact of Saturation Patrol on Crime Hot Spots in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rachel Ware Stephensen
Proposing a Manager Profile that is Predictive of Employee Job-Embeddedness, Satisfaction, and Engagement, Lauren Stephens
Attitudes, Attachment Styles, and Gender: Implications on Perceptions of Infidelity, Christian M. Stewart
Maintaining Nurses' Currency in Informatics, Jennifer Alaine Strawn
Average Cayley Genus for Groups with Two Generators of Order Greater Than Two, Dawn Sturgeon
Lock-free Self-adjusting Binary Search Tree, Sachiko Sueki
Characterization of Dust on Solar Devices in Southern Nevada, Jason Sylva
Dynamic Risk Analysis of Construction Delays Using Fuzzy-Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Crossover Trumpet Performance: Jazz Style and Technique for Classical Trumpeters, Kevin Christopher Tague
High Utility Itemsets Identification in Big Data, Ashish Tamrakar
Prediction of Cardiorespiratory Fitness from Maximal Anaerobic Capacity, Elizabeth Ann Tanner
Violence in the Canyons: The Human Cost of Raiding and Warfare in Northeastern Arizona (AD 300-~1300), Caryn Elizabeth Tegtmeyer
"The Destruction of a Legacy": Agenda Setting and the Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Allegations, Larissa Teran
Using Mobile Technology to Increase the Math Achievement and Engagement of Students with Disabilities, Dominique Marie Tetzlaff
Implementation and Analysis of Communication Protocols in Internet of Things, Priyanka Thota
Psychometric Testing of the Malaria Critical Thinking Test, Tally Rae Tinjum
Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Capacitive Sensor Using Delta-Sigma Modulation, Charikleia Tsagkari
President Barack Obama Responds to Gun Violence: A Rhetoric of Transformation., Gabriela Tscholl
Succession Planning for Nursing Leaders in a College of Nursing, Cheryl Ann Tucker
Case Studies of Teach for America Teachers’ Teacher Identity Development in Relation to English Language Learners, Refika Turgut
Strange Wedding, Ariana Nicole Turiansky
Of Sharks and Spaceships: The Role of the Tuba in John Williams's Film Scores for Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stephen Davis Turner
International Responses to Human Trafficking: A Comparative Secondary Data Analysis of National Characteristics, Olivia Germaine Tuttle
The Development and Testing of Potential Music Piracy Warnings, Joanne Ullman
Associations among Benevolent Sexism, Relationship-Contingent Self-Esteem, and Relationship Maintenance Strategies in Heterosexual Women, Carrie Underwood
An Elemental Highway: Investigation of a High Nickel Anomaly in Olivine from the Island of Niihau, Hawaii, Alexander James Valentine
The Relationship between Roles and Responsibilities of Co-teachers and Co-teacher Self-efficacy, Janet Van Heck
Understanding Stress Reactivity in Schizophrenia, Mary Vertinski
Focus On Success: An Explanatory Embedded Multiple-Case Study On How Youth Successfully Navigate Workforce Development Programs In Southern Nevada, Ricardo Villalobos
Setting the Childless Free: An Ethnographic Study of the Practice of the Childfree Identity, Shelly Volsche
Emerging Infectious Disease and the Imperiled Relict Leopard Frog, Anthony Wayne Waddle
Race, Resilience, and Resistance: A Culturally Relevant Examination of How Black Women School Leaders Advance Racial Equity and Social Justice in U.S. Schools, Tonya Evette Walls
Analog and Mixed Signal Verification using Satisfiability Solver on Discretized Models, Nikita Ramesh Wanjale
The Formation and Dynamics of Clouds in the Environment of Active Galactic Nuclei, Timothy Waters
Probing Broad Line Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei, Champika Sandamali Weerasooriya
Pure Strategies and Equity Optimization for Multi-Draw Video Poker, D. Williams
Preview-View-Review: Increasing Academic Access for Students with Intellectual Disabilities who are English Learners, Dolores Marie Williamson
Are You Grieving Girl, Leia Penina Wilson
Is There a Link Between Fantasy Sports Players and Sports Bettors?, Wayman Wittman
Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure of Pararescuemen During Routine Training, Andrea Woita
Improved Partial Charge Models in Siliceous Zeolites for the Simulation of Adsorption and Identification of Catalytic Sites, Jarod J. Wolffis
Broadcast News Directors' Perceptions of Race: A Survey of Psychological and Sociological Measures, Amaya Nichele Worthem
Spectroscopic Signatures of Uranium Speciation for Forensics, Nicholas Wozniak
Examining the High-End Gaming Segment: Toward a Shift in Market Focus, Jiaqi Wu
Neural Processes Underlying Auditory Context Effects, Breanne Yerkes
Understanding Transitions of Trust across Different Business Contexts: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Sungsik Yoon
"Less than a Relationship:" Transitions into an Impactful Romantic Relationship, Yuliya Yurashevich
Improving Pattern Recognition and Neural Network Algorithms With Applications to Solar Panel Energy Optimization, Ernesto Zamora Ramos
Development and Validation of a Brief Assessment of Social Cognitive Abilities, Ryanna Zenisek
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Hands, and Numbers, and Dots Oh My! Examining the Effect of Nearby-hands on Counting and Subitizing, Gabriel Allred
A Multiple Case Study Analysis of Mentor-Mentee Perception of the Effectiveness of Self-Disclosure in the Field Experience, Khaled Ismail Alnajjar
From Belief to Action: Omani EFL Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Relation to their Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, Abdullah Khamis Al-Shukri
High-Pressure Properties of Several Narrow Bandgap Semiconductors from First-Principles Calculations, Andrew Michael Alvarado
A Performance Analysis of Dorothy Rudd Moore's Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death, Cordelia Elizabeth Anderson