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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Highway Routine Maintenance Cost Estimation for Nevada, Monika Hagood
Using the Web 1T 5-Gram Database for Attribute Selection in Formal Concept Analysis to Correct Overstemmed Clusters, Guymon Hall
Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow: Treatment Effects of the Stages of Employment Job Readiness Program on Program Completion and Employment Outcomes for Ex-Offenders, Michael Hammer, Stephanie Pocchia, and Stacy Howell
Las Vegas in an Era of Limits: Urban Water Politics in the Colorado River Basin, Christian S. Harrison
Neutron Spectroscopy with Scintillation Detectors using Wavelets, Jessica Hartman
Socio-economic and Cultural Determinants of Health Care Services Utilization in Ghana, Vickita Akosua Antwiwaa Harvey
Putting the Microscope on Crime Labs: The Effects of Evidence Complexity and Laboratory Type on Jurors' Perceptions of Forensic Evidence, Miliaikeala S.j. Heen
Examining the Target Levels of State Renewable Portfolio Standards, Laurence Douglas Helwig
School climate, absenteeism, and psychopathology among truant youth, Marisa Charlene Hendron
The Effect of Early Life Stress on Methamphetamine Damage in the Striatum, Emily Hensleigh
Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Jean Ho
Digital Behavior Intervention Plans: Effects on General Education Teacher fidelity of Implementation, Christopher G. Holcomb
An Evaluation of the Clark County Wetlands Park Volunteer Program, Stephanie Holguin, Riley Kelley, Aaron Manfredi, and Michael McQuatters
Spectroscopic Investigation of the Chemical and Electronic Properties of Chalcogenide Materials for Thin-film Optoelectronic Devices, Kimberly Horsley
Li+ Ion Transport in Select Lithium-Rich Antiperovskites, John William Howard
Power Optimization, Diagnostic Monitoring, and Modeling of Photovoltaic System, Khalid Hurayb
The Dakini Project, Kimberley Harris Idol
Postural Sway and Brain Hemispheric Power Spectral Density Under Different Attentional Focus Conditions, Sharon Jalene
The Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes, Pugio: Hypoxic Influences on Embryonic Development, Christensen C. Javier
A comparative evaluation of the effects of incline on kinematics and muscle function during backward walking, Daniel Brent Jensen
Subalklaine Volcanism in the Eastern Basin and Range Province: Examples from the Miocene McCullough Range Volcanic Field and the Pliocene to Holocene Black Rock Desert Volcanic Field, Racheal Leighann Johnsen
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Offspring Recruitment on the Carrizo Plain National Monument: Evaluating the Effects of Low Population Density and Marginal Habitat Quality., Diego Ramirez Johnson
Binary Technetium Halides, Erik Vaughan Johnstone
Golf Tourists at Two Courses in Las Vegas: A Demographic Profile, Brian Milford Jones
Enhancing Teaching and Learning through iPad Integration in a Clinic-~based Literacy Course, Kyle F. Kaalberg
A Model of Hospitality Employee Engagement, Hee Jung Kang
Simulation, and Overload and Stability Analysis of Continuous Time Sigma Delta Modulator, Kyung Kang
Implementing Influence Diagram Concepts to Optimize Border Patrol Operations using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Ashish Karki
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Multiracial Youth, Harpreet Kaur
Producer Fans: How Twilight Fans are Using Facebook to Blur the Lines Between Media Producers and Consumers, Nichole Roslyn Kazimirovicz
Spatial Analysis of Chipped Stone at the Cypro-PPNB Site of Krittou Marottou Ais Giorkis: A GIS-Assisted Study, Levi Lowell Keach
Interorganizational Performance Comparisons Using Quality Assurance Audit Results, Raymond E. Keeler
Retirement and the Registered Nurse: The SAVER Study, Shanna Field Keele
Modeling and Analysis of Pedestrian Flows, Romesh Khaddar
Modeling and Development of Human Interface for Pedestrian Simulator, Romesh Khaddar
Development of a Visualization System for Highway Safety Management Using Safety Analyst, Indira Khanal
All is Ripe for Fire, Dana Marie Killmeyer
An Autoethnography of Heart-Based Hope Leadership: A Matter of Life or Death, Cynthia Jeanne Kimball
Unfinished Business in Bereavement: A Mixed Methods Study, Kara Lee Klingspon
A Branch and Bound Method for Sum of Completion Permutation Flow Shop, Swapna Kodimala
After Polarity: World Political Systems, Polar Structural Transitions, and Nonpolarity, Nerses Kopalyan
Using Seismic Reflection to Locate a Tracer Testing Complex South of Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, Levi Kryder
Concurrent Localized Wait-Free Operations on a Red Black Tree, Vitaliy Kubushyn
Modeling of Short Term and Long Term Impacts of Freeway Traffic Incidents using Historical Data, Vidhya Kumaresan
Songs By Hsiao Tyzen: The Interaction Between His Music And Taiwan, Pei-Ning Ku
Numerical Simulations of Traffic Flow Models, Puneet Lakhanpal
Evaluation of Earthquake Hazard for Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Incorporating Probabilistic Hazard Assessment and Non--Linear Site Response, Suchan Lamichhane
An Importance-Performance Analysis of Multigenerational Preferences in Guestroom Technology, Sidian Lan
The Mental Organization of People's Permanent and Situational Attributes, Kathleen Larson
Integrated Casino Resort Plan in Korea: The Perception of Korean Government Representatives, Donghwa Lee
Maritime Piracy and Armed Robbery Confrontations Across the Globe: Can Crew Action Shape the Outcomes?, Justin Stewart Lewis
High Stakes of Media Messages: Decoding Visual Narratives from the Iraq War in the U.S. and British Presses, Jennifer Liese
Collective Film Camera in Shanghai: A Business Plan, Sha Li
Progressive Collapse Analysis of Older Reinforced Concrete Flat Plate Buildings Using Macro Model, Jinrong Liu
A Study on Employee Turnover in Shanghai’s Fine Dining Restaurants, Yang Liu
Determinants of Head and Neck Cancer Survival in Nevada for 1995-2008, Xiao Q. Li
Family Environment and Severity of Absenteeism in Youth, Rachel Marie Loftis
Characteristics of Subjects Who Avoid Activities and Participation due to a Fear of Falling in Parkinson’s Disease, Morgan Lopker and Molly Newman
Prison, Perceptions, and Policy: Authoritarianism and Attitudes toward Sexual Assault Victims in U.S. Correctional Facilities, Amy Michelle Magnus
Understanding how honey bee flight and senescence are connected through oxidative stress., Joseph Margotta
Effects of Cooperation Games on Social Interactions of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Teri Alicia Marx
Who or What Should I Be Like? The Self-Assessment of Sexual Desire, Caroline Maykut
A More Perfect World, Amy Katherine Mayo
The Lived Experience of Nursing Students During Their Psychiatric Nursing Education: Does It Influence View of Psychiatric Nursing as a Career Choice?, Lisa Mcconlogue
25-Hydroxyvitamin D, IGF-1, and Waist Circumference A Cross-Sectional Study, Damon Mccune
Development of a Molecular Method for Detecting the Causative Agent of Swimmer's Itch (Trichobilharzia) in Freshwater Ecosystems, Heidi Mcmaster
Porphyry Copper Exploration of the Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA: A Multi-faceted Approach, Patrick Kevin Meazell
The Percussionist Bodybuilder: Optimizing Performance Through Exercise and Nutrition, Anthony Joseph Merlino
The Rhetoric of Gay Christians: Matthew Vines and Reverend Nancy Wilson as Exemplars, Joshua Holman Miller
A Comparative Study: Utilizing Data Mining Techniques to Classify Traffic Congestion Status, Abbas Mirakhorli
Dual Task Interference in Low-Level Abilities: The Role of Working Memory and Effects of Mathematics Anxiety, Alex Michael Moore
Factors Associated with Rapid Readmission Among Nevada State Pyschiatric Hospital Patients, Christopher Owen Moore
Transport Properties of Nano-Silica Contained Self-Consolidating Concrete, Borhan Moradi
The Presentation of Childhood Parental Divorce in Adulthood: A Retrospective Phenomenological Study, Sheala Catherine Morrison
The Effect of Acute LPS-Induced Immune Activation and Brain Insulin Signaling Disruption in a Diabetic Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Andrew Scott Murtishaw
Numerical study of a novel fin configuration of a high temperature ceramic plate fin heat exchanger, Vijaisri Nagarajan
A Study of Airbnb as a Potential Competitor of the Hotel Industry, Quynh Nguyen
N-Dimensional Quasipolar Coordinates - Theory and Application, Tan Mai Nguyen
What's age got to do with it? Examining how the age of stimulus faces affects children's implicit racial bias, Erica Cheree Noles
Finite Difference Modeling of Surface-~Wave Scattering for Shallow Cavity Detection, Heston Travis Norcott
Social Capital of Last Resort: The Role of Religion, Family, and Trust among People with Low Socio-Economic Status, Jean Reid Norman
Economic Voting in the Developing World, Rafael Oganesyan
Sex in the Brain: The Relationship between Event Related Potentials and Subjective Sexual Arousal, Taylor Lynn Oliver
Global Climate Change: The Political Impact of Global Warming on Developing Countries. The Case Studies of Egypt and Oman, Eugene Thomas O'Neal
Before You Knew Me, Isabel Ontiveros
Lung Cancer Survival Disparities in Nevada, Chima Osuoha
WISC-IV Profiles in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Comorbid Learning Disabilities, Elyse Parke
Possible Benefits of Playing Music Video Games, Amanda Pasinski
Through the Eyes of the Present: Screening the Male Homoerotics of Shakespearean Drama in Anglophone Cinema, 1936-2011, Anthony Guy Patricia
Thermal Impacts of Salt on Sandstones and Mudstones in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal, Brett Perry
A Survey of Tabu Search in Combinatorial Optimization, Lemasri Piniganti
Development and Testing of the Home Safety and Beautification Checklist with Mothers Referred for Child Neglect and Substance Abuse, Michelle Pitts
The Hotel College First Year Experience at UNLV: Does it Make a Difference?, Jill Plumer