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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Investigating Students’ Lived Experience with Prebriefing Structure and Elements in Nursing Simulation Education, Meghan Liebzeit
Creating a University-Based Performing Arts Clinic: Challenges and Lessons, Carissa Limtiaco and Alan Savanapridi
Development of a Post-Op Transgender Care Program for Acute Occupational Therapy Practice, Marieliz Llanos
A Pilot Program to Inform High School Students About Allied Healthcare Professions, Nhu Mac
Utilization and Perception of Peer-Support After Lower Limb Loss in the United States: Potential Benefits on Mobility Outcomes, Moriah Maluotoga and Roopkiran Thind
The COVID-19 Pandemic and On-Time Vaccine Completion in the Childhood Population: A Strategic Plan, Chris Elaine Mariano
Examining Reflexive Communication Following a Break in Alcohol Abstinence, Lynda Kay Maxfield
Critical Metals: From Granitic Pegmatites to the Anthropogenic Cycle, Dalton Mccaffrey
Robert Starer and His Music, with a Focus on Solo Works for Trumpet, Allison Mcswain
Longitudinal Relations among Expectancy-Value Beliefs, Achievement, and Intentions to Leave for Health Science Students, Kyle C. Mefferd
The Influence of Prediction Error Strength on Reconsolidation, Kevin D. Mohawk
Simulating Radial Ring Structure with an Ambipolar Elsasser (Am) Bump in Non-Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics of Protoplanetary Disks, Aleksey S. Mohov
Getting Hitched and Unhitched: The History of Marriage and Divorce in Las Vegas, 1931-1965, Angela Christine Moor
Identifying Trauma Related Predictors of Dissociation in Maltreated Youth, Amanda L. Mraz
Kazimierz Serocki’s Trombone Concerto: Prominent Work in Post-War Poland, Dawid Mzyk
Telehealth in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Saghi Nassrouie
Enhanced IoT-Based Electrocardiogram Monitoring System with Deep Learning, Jian Ni
Using Critical Questions to Improve Perspective Taking Online, Christina M. Nishiyama
Algorithmic Approaches to Battery Consolidation in a Smart Grid, Dara Nyknahad
Physiological Effects of a Traditional Active Warm-Up Versus a Passive Warm-Up During Submaximal Endurance Exercise, Vernice Ollano
The Effect of Sleep and Emotion on Pattern Separation, Alanna N. Osmanski
Systemic Theoretical Instruction: Tense and Aspect in Italian a Sociocultural Study of American Learners of Italian, Charles Joseph Panarella, Jr.
A Comparison of the Traditional Chinese Vocal Style and Western Bel Canto Singing, Jie Pan
Association Between Rural Background and Physical Therapist Practice Location, Caitlin Parker and Jace-Anne Sharp
Comparing Comics and Illustrated Texts in Multimedia Learning, Jackson S. Pelzner
The Role of Style in Community Identity and Group Affiliation: An Archaeological Study of Virgin and Kayenta Branch Ceramics, Daniel Melvin Perez
Rock Or Relic? Lithic Technology and Social Life in the Mimbres Mogollon Region of Southwestern New Mexico, Jeffrey Dylan Clark Person
Poop! There it is! Anti-Germinants and Biological Variables as Modulators of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI), Jacqueline Renee Phan
Characterization of Hematite Coated Bedrock Fault Scarps in the Northern Colorado River Extensional Corridor Near Lake Mead, Nevada, Molly E. Pickerel
An Ergonomic Approach for Esport Athletes: The Potential for Less Injury and Increased Occupational Performance, Nicholas Nalic Pierides Jr.
Polish Nationalism and the Flute Sonatina: The Influence of Folklore on Inter-War Composers Tadeusz Kassern, Wojciech Kilar and Aleksander Tansman, Marta Plominska
Gendered Bodies, Engendered Lives: Bioarchaeological Exploration of the Intersectionality of Gender, Health, and Trauma at Turkey Creek Pueblo, Arizona (AD 1225-1286), Claira Elizabeth Ralston
A Qualitative Exploration of Parent Involvement Programs in Higher Education, Heather Rappaport
Implementation of 2D Running Gait Analysis in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Clinics, Justin Rasavage, Tristan Trumbull, Melissa Goo-Tam, and Micah Wilson
Co-Teaching at the Secondary Level: A Qualitative Study of Perceptions, Implementations, & Constructivism, Anne-Marie Raskin
Morphologic Comparisons of Recrystallized and Neocrystallized Fibrous Amphibole Asbestos: Implications for Corresponding Health Risk Potential, Natalie G. Renkes
Mathematical Modeling: Finite Element Analysis and Computations Arising in Fluid Dynamics and Biological Applications, Jorge Reyes
Inferring the Compositions and Interior Structures of Small Planets, David R. Rice
Independent Living Skills Training for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Through Program Development and Grant Writing, Bianca Rideout
Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environment, Deborah Rojas
A One-Dimensional Analysis of a Microbial Fuel Cell for Efficient Acetate Removal and Power Density Output, David Rouhani
Developing a Physical Therapy Initial Evaluation Screening Tool for a Multidisciplinary Clinic for Adults with Down Syndrome, Isabella Russell, Alvin Lacap, and Francis Lacap
Mental Health Education Protocol for Staff Members in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, Charles Nicholas Salvatera
Development of an Automated GPIB System for Characterization of SiGe Avalanche Photodiodes, David A. Santiago
The Impact of an Ostomy Training Workshop on Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ and Students’ Confidence in Client Education on Ostomy Management, Amanda Rae Shizue Shimabukuro
Exploration of Occupational Therapy Program Development Through NIH Grant Writing, Larissa Silcox
Yoga as an Occupational Therapy Intervention for Inpatient Rehabilitation, Sydney Sladek
Stoichiometric Determination of Hydride Materials at Extreme Conditions, Gregory Alexander Smith
Sight Words: Poems, Benjamin Harrison Socolofsky
Public Transportation, Benjamin Stallings
Experiences of Violence and Captivity: Labor Divisions at La Plata (Ad 600-1250), Kathleen D. Stansbury
Implementing The Use of Lesson Plan Templates Within the Mentorship Program for Dignity Health Hand Therapists, Ronell Matthew Sueno
Supervision in the Digital Age: Online Sexual Solicitation of Children and Youth, Kaitlyn Taylor Swanberg
The Issue of Communicability in Guerra-Peixe’s 1947 Solo Violin Works, Lucas Henrique Teixeira Martins
Development and Usefulness of an Advocacy Toolkit to Promote Systems-Level Advocacy among Occupational Therapy Students in Nevada, Mary Angela Mendoza Terencio
High Clearance Collision-Free Paths, Barun Thapa
Exploring the Usefulness of the Alert Program on Children with Developmental Delays or Disabilities at Positively Kids, Ashley Cassandra Manabat Tolentino
No Scrubs: Nursing Applicant Trajectories After Rejection, Jennifer Torgerson
Multiple Approaches to Examining Gender Norms in Romantic Relationships, Carrie Underwood
A Kinesio Tape ® Protocol to Improve Postural Stability and Mouth Closure for Feeding and Eating in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Ariana Naomi Valdez
Simulating Condensation in the Theory of Classical Nucleation, David Vallet
Examining the Effects of Perspective-Taking and Empathetic Concern on Attractiveness Biases in Millennial and Generation X Adults, Stephanie Verba-Quinones
The In/visible Stockade: Sex Offender Management, Governmentality, and the Search for Normal Life, Christopher Wakefield
An Investigation of Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators: Theory, Characterization, and Conceptual Applications, Alexandrea Washington
The Role of Small Puebloan Architectural Sites on the Southern Shivwits Plateau, William M. Willis
Development and Initial Validation of the Mindful Self-Regulated Learning Scale (m-SRLS), Sarah Wolff
Musculoskeletal Injury Concealment in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Joshua D. Wooldridge
An Adolescent Concussion Management Toolkit for Occupational Therapists, Coby Yoshimura
Acute Effects of Post-Activation Potentiation on Increasing Bat Velocity in Competitive Baseball Players: A Case Series, Phillipp Yu, John MacDonald, and Katrina Myers
Asian Culture in Western Music: Piano Music by Tan Dun and Bright Sheng, Guqi Zhang
The Importance of an Educational Occupation-Based Work program for Young Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Zielinski
Fear of Recurrence as a Mediator of Illness Perception and Perceived Stress in Acute Myocardial Infarction Survivors, Sarah E. Zvonar
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
A Parent-Mediated Intervention to Teach a Generalized Repertoire of Auditory Tacts to a Child with Autism, Hazim Aal Ismail
Fault Development and Interaction by Compaction, Tectonism, and Linkage: Examples from Quaternary Fault Development in Southern Nevada, Shaimaa Mohamed Ali Abdelhaleem
Polar Alignment of Massive Retrograde Circumbinary Discs, Charles Abod
Nexuscapes: A Landscape Approach for a Transdisciplinary Water-Energy-Food Nexus Decision-Making Process, Fortino Acosta
“Failure Is Not an Option”: Sub-Saharan African International Graduate Students’ Experiences in U.S. Higher Education Institutions, Alfred Acquah
Diurnal Regulation of Exercise-Induced Myocardial Signaling and Transcription, Charli Aguilar
Physics of Electromagnetic Counterparts of Binary-Neutron-Star Mergers, Shunke Ai
Self-Reported Covid-19 Diagnosis and Severity and Its Association with Utilization of And Delays in Needed Medical Care, Mohammad Hesam Alavi
A Control Integrated Circuit for a Hysteretic Flyback Power Converter, Armani Alvarez
Perceived Value of Acute Care Physical Therapy, Juliana Amenta, Andrew Falcinelli, Erin Heenan, and Hannah Kendall
Activity-Based Intervention and One-to-one Correspondence for Children with Developmental Delays, Cyndy Anang
The Emergence of Serviced Apartments/Apart-Hotels and Opportunities Post COVID-19, Ding Jie Ang