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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Influence of National Culture on Tipping Behavior, Zina Abraham
Mars-Relevant Phosphate Minerals and Implications for Martian Habitability, Christopher Adcock
Effect of Caliche on the Behavior of Drilled Shafts, Rouzbeh Afsharhasani
Simulation of Thermal Transit-Time Flow Meter for High Temperature, Corrosive and Irradiation Environment, Elaheh Alidoosti
A Survey of Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in the Western United States: Successes and Challenges, Gayle Louise Allenback
Salivary Alpha-Amylase as an Indicator of Body Stress Following an Acute Session of Repetitive Jumping, Shaelee Allen
Behind His Father's Saying: Robert Frost's Wisdom Tradition, James H. Altman
Detecting Arguments: The Rhetoric of Evidence in Nineteenth--Century British Detective Fiction, Katherine Anders
Design and Implementation of an Instruction Set Architecture and an Instruction Execution Unit for the REZ9 Coprocessor System, Daniel Spencer Anderson
Accessibility of Tourism Websites: Attitudes and Behaviors, Filza Armadita
Going Anywhere: Stories, David Armstrong
The Impact of Managerial Styles and Job Satisfaction on Employee Turnover in the Hospitality Industry, Amanda Ayres
An Evaluation of Kinematic Variables during Stance Phase of a Training Endurance Run, Joshua Paul Bailey
Integrating Start-Up Companies Organizational Structure in a Business Intelligence Team Environment, Patrik Balint
Family Nurse Practitioner Mentoring Relationships' Impact on Organizational Commitment, Patricia Bartley-Daniele
The Reduction of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units through the Implementation of the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program, Michael Andrew Basinger
A Competency Model for Catering and Event Professionals Using a Modified Delphi Technique, Donnell G. Bayot
Development of a Tool to Assess Children’s Perceptions of Their Own Balance (The Pediatric Balance Perception Battery): A Pilot Study, Jillian L. Beckett and Ashlee A. Harmon
A Narrative Study of Male Accompanying Partners: Adaptation to a Nontraditional Role in Dyadic Partnerships, Donald J. Bernard
Design and Analysis of Hydrogen Powered Actuator Integrating Metal Hydride Storage System, Md Mainul Hossain Bhuiya
The Interrelationships Among a Concussion-Related Biomarker, Head Hits, And ImPACT Test In Collegiate Football Players, Lucas Bianco
Effects of Internalizing Behaviors on Processing Speed and Academic Fluency, Kristen Bjork
The Relationship among School Playground Design and Conditions and Physical Activity Levels in Children, Ipuna Estavillo Black
A Critical Edition and Trumpet Ensemble and Keyboard Reduction of Philipp Jakob Rittler's Sonata à 17 and Sonata à 18, Justin Lee Bland
International City/County Management Association 1999 Revenue Estimation Survey Revisited, Benjamin Bond
Evidence for the Validity of a Tool for Improved Pressure Ulcer Staging by the Non-Expert in the Live Patient, Janelle Borg, Carrie Johnston, Megan Lucke, and Jordan Sinclair
Hotel Bukovyna, Rebecca Ann Bosshart
Blended Pedagogy Pathophysiology Course: Effectiveness and Student Satisfaction, Betsy Botsford, Samantha Corn, and Alanna Keenan
Jack Kerouac's Artistic Apprenticeship and the Discovery of His Authentic Voice, Nathaniel Botsis
Table Games Revenue Management: A Bayesian Approach, Daryl F. Boykin
An Efficient Standardized Method of Maintaining Quality Assurance in Therapeutic Treatment Record Keeping, Kelsey Michael Bradshaw
Listening to the Ranks: Perceptions of the U.S. Air Force Occupational Health and Safety Training, Melissa Jo Breunig
Takes Dying Animals, Brittany Leigh Bronson
Characteristics of Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Admissions Clark County, Nevada 2009-2013, Tamara Bruno
An Analysis of Capacity Issues within the Division of Mental and Behavioral Health for the State of Nevada, Jeffrey Buchwald, Tara Cooley, Enrique Mazon Jr., and Jessica Sifuentes
The Effect of Trigger Point Dry Needling to the Multifidus Muscle on Resting and Contracted Thickness of Transversus Abdominis in Healthy Subjects, Sarah Buckingham, Crystal Montoya, and Daniella Morton
Evaluating the Impact of a Home-~Based Childhood Asthma Intervention Program in Clark County, Nevada, Mackenzie Suzanne Burns
The Effects of a Progressive Exercise Program on Functional Activity and Quality of Life for Older Overweight Women with Knee Osteoarthritis, Ty Carlson, Devin Edvalson, Tyler Peck, and Brad Robison
Ability of Ages and Stages Questionaire 3rd Edition to Identify Children in Need of Comprehensive Motor Evaluation, Courtney Michele Carmichael, Elizabeth Ann Willison, and Qing Zhang
Understanding brand authenticity in specialized communities: An interpretive qualitative study of the Brit Iron Rebels Las Vegas Clan, Sullivan Charles
No Prejudice Here: Racism, Resistance, and the Struggle for Equality in Denver, 1947-1994, Summer Marie Cherland
Speciation of Pentavalent Technetium Complexes with Aniline and Thiobenzene Derivatives, Kyle E. Childs
Mitigation of Moving Shocks in an Expanding Duct, Veraun Chipman
A Characterization of Open Shop Scheduling Problems using the Hall Theorem and Network Flow, Arunasri Chitti
A Novel Multimodal Image Fusion Method Using Hybrid Wavelet-based Contourlet Transform, Yoonsuk Choi
Stride Length-Speed Relationship During Body Weight Supported Running, Carmen Chona
Factors Which Predict the Use of Active Transportation to School Among Children in Clark County, NV, Sheila G. J. Clark
New Beginnings: A Discussion Guide Adaptation for Living with Diabetes among an Urban American Indian Community, Eudora Lynette Claw
A Model for Meeting and Event Venues to Implement Green Practices, Justine Clewer
The effect of single crystal elastic and plastic anisotropy on stress and strain heterogeneity: comparison of olivine to other common minerals, Christopher Joseph Cline Ii
Cognitive Differences Between High and Low Responders of a Tier II Reading Intervention, Jillian Cohen
Examining the Effects of Casino Lottery Promotions, Maria Colin Magaña
"I Got Shot Five Times and I Got Crucified to the Media": Tupac Amaru Shakur -- Moral Panic, Media Crucifixion and Resurrection, Lucas Jerome Combs
Work and Home-Life Balance: A Comparative Study of Hotel Employee Satisfaction in the West and Midwest, Amanda Connick
Observability in Traffic Modeling: Eulerian and Lagrangian Coordinates, Sergio Contreras
Use of Standardized Tests Within Nursing Education Programs, Irene Coons
Social Network Analysis (SNA) of Clark County, Nevada Tuberculosis (TB) Case and Contact Investigation Data to Determine Pediatric Risk Factors for Disease Transmission, Darin Michael Cozatt
Development of a Black-Box Transient Thermal Model for Residential Buildings, Andrew Cross
Walt Disney and the Propaganda Complex: Government Funded Animation and Hollywood Complicity During WWII, Amanda Michelle Cunningham
Attributions and Coping Behaviors Communicated Among Bullied Students: An Analysis of Bullying Blogs, Carly Marie Danielson
A Taxonomy of Polynomially Solvable Shop Problems with Limited Number of Machines or Jobs, Megha Sairam Darapuneni
Oppositional and Anxiety Behavior Profiles in a Clinical Sample of Youth with Selective Mutism, Rachele Diliberto
City of North Las Vegas Complete Streets Corridor Ranking Study Evaluation, Yasmin Dixon, Brianna Lawrence, Sarah Saenz, and Imari Thompson
A Spatial Analysis Test of Decennial Crime Patterns in the United States, Kristina R. Donathan
Evaluation of Conservation Voltage Reduction as a tool for demand side management, Ali Dorrody
Combining the Names of Ancestors with the Names of Birds, Jessica Sierra Durham
Evaluation of PHB Mid-Street Crossing System in Las Vegas, Nevada - Pedestrian Perspectives, Anna Eapen
Presidential Epideictic Rhetoric During Times of Crisis: Barack Obama's "9/11" Moment, Michael Eisenstadt
Investigating the Physical Properties and Runoff Treatment Capability of Pervious Concrete Containing Granular Activated Carbon, Mark Elias Elkouz
Determining the Presence of Carbapenem Antibiotic Resistance in Clinical Isolates, Fidelis Uzoma Enyinnaya
Adoption of External Voting in Latin America and the Caribbean, Hafthor Brynjar Erlingsson
Runnin' With the Rebels: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Highly Identified College Student Sports Fans, Joseph Stanley Ervin
Ground Stone Technology and Household Activities at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico, Lauren W. Falvey
Simultaneous Determination of Multiple Actinide Elements in a Variety of Soils Utilizing a Standardized Sequential Extraction Protocol, Sherry Alina Faye
Keeping in Touch: Exchange as an Adaptive Strategy in Southern Nevada, Timothy Joshua Ferguson
Technetium Sulfide: Fundamental Chemistry for Waste Storage Form's Application, Maryline Ghislaine Ferrier
Ore Classification and Breccia Formation in the 144 Zone Gold Deposit: A Chemical Replacement Model, Bare Mountain Range, Nevada, William Thomas Fischer
Feedback Speed Control of a Small Two-Stroke Internal Combustion Engine that Propels an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Paul D. Fjare
Ore Characterization of the Estelle Property in the South-~Central Alaska Range, Ember Flagg
Validation of a Personality Scale: A Factor Analytic Approach, Leslie Forbush
Physics of Gamma-ray Bursts and Multi-messenger Signals from Double Neutron Star Mergers, He Gao
The Effects Of A Single Bout Of Self-~Myofascial Release On Flexibility And Maximum Voluntary Contraction, Jonathan Robert Garcia
Analyses of Suspension, Expulsion, and Incarceration Data Reported Under IDEA 2004, William Dennis Garnett
Designing a Process to Reliably Split Extracted Teeth to Access the Dental Root Canal, Happy Singh Ghag
Morning's Porch, Colby Gillette
Conceptual Framework of a Novel Intervention to Improve Mobility in Children with Cerebral Palsy: The Successes and Challenges of Implementing a Large Amplitude Movement Protocol, Tania Goodwill, Erin Jarrett, Beren Shah, and Alanna Stockford
Prymnesium Parvum and Fish Kills in a Southern Nevada Man-~made Reservoir, Tara Gregg
Should Las Vegas Pursue Establishing an Online Gaming Cluster? An Exploratory Study, Laimonas Gubista
Novel Deployment of Elpasolites as a Dual Neutron / Gamma-ray Directional Detector, Amber Lynn Guckes
The Formation of Situation Models in Multimedia, Kris Gunawan
Approaches for Generating 2D Shapes, Pratik Shankar Hada