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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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American Generation Y and The Hotel of 2030, Brian Kelley

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Molecular Processes in Astrophysics: Calculations of H + H2 Excitation, De-Excitation, and Cooling, Matthew Kelley

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Business Plan for a U.S. Based Healthy and Organic Ethnic Korean Quick-Service Restaurant, Daniel W. Kim

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Smartphone application effecting potential increase of hotel business revenue and guest satisfaction, Katelyn H. Kim

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Two Hundred Hour Internship for a Las Vegas Convention Sales Department, Kristen Kostis

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An Estimate of Groundwater Recharge in the Nabogo River Basin, Ghana Using Water Table Fluctuation Method and Chloride Mass Balance, Melanie Lynn Krautstrunk

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A Comparison of Bias in Four Measures of Monitoring Accuracy, Fred Kuch

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Measured Rates of D2 Abstraction in H2O+ , D2 Substitution in H2DO+ and Charge Transfer of He2+ with Noble and Other Gases at <1eV, Chrysanthos Kyriakides

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An Examination of the Compositional Style of Dorothy Rudd Moore and its Relationship to the Literary Influence of Langston Hughes, Latoya Andriel Lain

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Identifying and Correcting Health Hazards in the Home: A Pilot Test Among Homes in Clark County, Nevada, Sabrina La Monica

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Exercise-induced neuroprotection in a hemiparkinsonian 6-hydroxydopamine rat model, Merrill Russen Landers

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Exploring Reasons Why Men and Women Refrain from Sex Despite Desire, Alessandra Lanti

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Model Provisions For Building a Successful Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: A Case Study for the Western United States, Kathleen Lauckner

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From fandom to tourism: An examination of self-~expansion theory, So Jung Lee

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Developing a Simulation Model for Power Demand Control Analysis and Privacy Protection in Smart Grid, Sungchul Lee

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Supervised Lower Extremity Strengthening Program to Improve Function in Women Over Fifty with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Time Series Design, Janelle Brooke Lemons, Diane Christine Sheesley, and Pamela Reagan Sutton

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The Marketing Effectiveness of Hotel Facebook Pages: From Perspectives of Customers and Messages, Xi Yu Leung

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Effects of Teacher-led Reading Teaching Activities and Student Independent Reading on Fourth Grade ELL Student Reading Comprehension, Siping Liu

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The Legalization of Casino Gambling in Mainland China, Xi Liu

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The Leadership Orientations and Effectiveness of College and University Career Services Directors, Jacob A. Livengood

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Students' Conceptions about Climate Change: Using Critical Evaluation to Influence Plausibility Reappraisals and Knowledge Reconstruction, Doug Lombardi

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Novel Production Techniques of Radioisotopes Using Electron Accelerators, Daniel Robert Lowe

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Timeliness of Electronic and Traditional Laboratory Reporting in Southern Nevada, 1999-2012, Jennifer Anne Lucas

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Archiving Joyce & Joyce's Archive: Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and Copyright, Jessica Michelle Lucero

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Nutritional Management of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant: An Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guideline, Dana J. Lunde

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Label Use and Mixed Race Asian Americans: Discourses, Performances, and Boundaries, Ellen Macdonald

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A Case Study Using Principal-Agent Theory to Explore How a Public, Four Year University Interacts with a System Office, Annie Macias

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Message Passing Algorithm for Different Problems Sum, Mean, Guide and Sorting in a Rooted Tree Network., Sabaresh Nageswara Rao Maddula

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Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text using First Order Hidden Markov Model, Spandana Malreddy

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The Zeta Function of Generalized Markoff Equations over Finite Fields, Juan Mariscal

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Provider Variations in Cesarean Section (CS) and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Practice, Rita Elizabeth Marrero

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Hardware Implementation Of Processor Allocator For Mesh Connected Chip Multiprocessors, Rana Sangram Reddy Marri

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Impact of Secondary Treatment Types and Sludge Handling Processes on Estrogen Concentration in Wastewater Sludge, Erica J. Marti

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The Role of Ethics in Athletic Participation, Ryan Matthews

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Antecedent Influences: Factors that Guide African American Men to the Field of Education, Michael James Maxwell

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Response to Intervention Data in Grade Retention Decisions: How is it Used?, Cheryl Anne Mayfield

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Fan Loyalty and Motivation, Jason Mays

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Reclaimed from a Contracting Zion: The Evolving Significance of St. Thomas, Nevada, Aaron James Mcarthur

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The Shifting of the Las Vegas Tourism Industry: A Historical Perspective on Management and Resort Revenues, Eden McCallister

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Population-Based Survey of Lumbar Surgery Beliefs in the United States, Amanda Elyse McCauley and Zachery Clark Rasmussen

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The Effect of Footwear on the Mechanics of the Lower Back During Treadmill Running, Jeffrey Ray Mcclellan

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Therapist Characteristics Influencing Physical Therapy Non-Treatment in the Acute Care Setting, Daniel McGarvey, Colby Olsen, and Aaron Van Wagoner

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Community Resources and Black Social Action, F Street, A Case Study, Robert Joseph Mckee

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Facing The Music: Student Power Relations in Student Leadership Within High School Band Programs, Curtis James Melton

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A study of district leadership practices in the principal professional learning community, Danielle Grace Miller

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Evaluating the Impact of a New Casino Loyalty Program on Gaming Volume, Ji Hye Min

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Leadership Practice in Elementary School Dual Language Programs: A Collective Case Study, Joanie K. Monroy

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An Examination of Modernist Culinary Techniques and Equipment and their Application in Catering Operations, Jill Mora

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Teaching Online Social Skills to Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Joseph John Morgan

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On Our Way Out: And Other Stories, Benjamin Champlin Wright Morris

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Modeling The Effects Of Substance Dependence On General Self-Reported Health Using Nominal Regression, Taylor Moseley

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Buffering PV Output During Cloud Transients with Energy Storage, Yacouba Moumouni

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Muddy Creek Formation: A Record of Late Neogene Tectonics and Sedimentation in Southern Nevada, Thomas William Muntean

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The impact of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and biological soil crust on Ca distribution in arid soils of the Mojave Desert, Brittany Myers

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Education Interest Groups: The Influence of Networks on Rulemaking and Policy in Public School Reform, Brian Curtis Myli

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Frictional Forces of a Fixed, Esthetic Orthodontic Appliance System, Brady Michael Nance

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The Internet Gaming Industry for Newbies, Cory Nebel

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Construct and Criterion Validity of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test-Spanish Version in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury, Cristobal Neblina

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A Forensic Identification Utility to Create Facial Approximations using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography of 100 Hispanic Females: A Pilot Study, Behzad Nejat

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August 28, 1963: Building Community through Collective Discourse, Jennifer Nestelberger

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The Impact of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Wastewater Strength on the Energy Consumption of Large Wastewater Treatment Plants, Timothy Stephen Newell

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Statistical Analysis Of A Vehicle Miles Travled Fee For Nevada, Andrew Nordland

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The New American Conservation Movement: New Strategies, Focus and Organizations for the 21st Century, Amy Deanna Northrup

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Communication and Female Date Initiation: Differences in Perception Based on Sex of Initiator, Lindsey Kay Odom

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Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Hotel Industry: Impact on Hotel Performance In Service Delivery, Clement K. Odoom

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Recycling and Reuse of Radioactive Materials, Thomas Joseph O'dou

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Maintaining the Profitability of Gaming’s Premium Players, Maxwell J.H. Olson

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All Aboard the Succulent Wave, Oscar William Oswald

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Social Media Helps Small Businesses, Nicholas J. Oxborrow

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Valley of Fire Petroglyphs: A New Perspective on an Old Idea, Eric John Pacl

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A Genetic, Transgenic, and Transcriptomic Analysis of Larval Salivary Gland Physiology in Drosophila melanogaster, Elana A. Paladino

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Providers' Evaluation of Patient Fitness to Fly, Kerry Colleen Palakanis

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Modeling of Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Complex Systems, Sara Pallekonda

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Periodic Solutions and Positive Solutions of First and Second Order Logistic Type ODEs with Harvesting, Cody Alan Palmer

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Exploring the Morality of Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan to Show How It Affected Their Work, Friendship and Society, Dale D. Parry

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Modality-Specific and Modality-General Encoding of Auditory and Visual Rhythms, Amanda Pasinski

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CPU Scheduling for Power/Energy Management on Heterogeneous Multicore Processors, Rajesh Patel

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Celebrity Athlete Endorser Effectiveness: Construction and Validation of a Scale, Theodore Byrne Peetz

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Why Access Barriers to Primary Care Exist for People with Mobility Disabilities: A Mixed Methods Study of Health Care Administrators, Jennifer Renee Pharr

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The effect of casino tax policy on short-run gaming development, Kahlil Philander

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Safety First -In Search of Justice -School & Law Enforcement Agency Partnerships, Michael Anthony Pickett

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Does Nation-Building Promote Liberty?, Lisa Jene Piergallini

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Image Segmentation for Quantification of Air-Water Interface in Micro-CT Soil Images, Kranthi Kumar Potteti

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Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text via Second Order Hidden Markov Model, Srijana Poudel

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Environmental Adaptations at Neolithic Ghwair I as seen from a Zooarchaeological Perspective, Doss F. Powell

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2000 Year Moisture Source Record from a Central Nevada Speleothem, Paul Pribyl

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Non-Monetary Strategies to Retain Key Employees, Becky Rader

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A Social Media Plan for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Matthew Radmanovich

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The abundance and distribution pattern of quagga mussels in the Las Vegas Bay of Lake Mead, Nevada and potential correlation with environmental parameters, Scott Rainville

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A Father's Hands: African American Fathering Involvement and The Educational Outcomes of Their Children, Theodore Samuel Ransaw

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Descriptive Experience Sampling Interactive Multi-media Training Tool for Subjunctification and Illustrative Interviews, Stacy Lynne Reger

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Molecular Forensic Science Analysis of Nuclear Materials, Dallas Reilly

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Ask What Your Country Can Do For You: Social Spending and Satisfaction with Democracy in Latin America, Kenneth Retzl

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Program Evaluation of Stroke in Rural Nevada Hospital, Starla Cheri Ricks

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Investigating three decades of vegetation change in a Mojave Desert mountain range, Chris Lee Roberts

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Creating a Positive Motivational Climate: Strategies for Division I Women’s Tennis Coaches, Mark Roberts

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Restaurant Service Employees Organizational Commitment: Shared Gratuity versus Independent Gratuity Environments, Susan J. Roe

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Training and Development Guide for a Culinary Department in a Private University, Kimberly Rosenbaum

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James Jones's Codes of Conduct, Matthew Samuel Ross

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"So Much for Fond Five-Dollar Memories": Prostitution in Las Vegas, 1905-1955, Marie Katherine Rowley