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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
American Generation Y and The Hotel of 2030, Brian Kelley
Molecular Processes in Astrophysics: Calculations of H + H2 Excitation, De-Excitation, and Cooling, Matthew Kelley
Business Plan for a U.S. Based Healthy and Organic Ethnic Korean Quick-Service Restaurant, Daniel W. Kim
Smartphone application effecting potential increase of hotel business revenue and guest satisfaction, Katelyn H. Kim
Two Hundred Hour Internship for a Las Vegas Convention Sales Department, Kristen Kostis
An Estimate of Groundwater Recharge in the Nabogo River Basin, Ghana Using Water Table Fluctuation Method and Chloride Mass Balance, Melanie Lynn Krautstrunk
A Comparison of Bias in Four Measures of Monitoring Accuracy, Fred Kuch
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
An Examination of the Compositional Style of Dorothy Rudd Moore and its Relationship to the Literary Influence of Langston Hughes, Latoya Andriel Lain
Identifying and Correcting Health Hazards in the Home: A Pilot Test Among Homes in Clark County, Nevada, Sabrina La Monica
Exercise-induced neuroprotection in a hemiparkinsonian 6-hydroxydopamine rat model, Merrill Russen Landers
Exploring Reasons Why Men and Women Refrain from Sex Despite Desire, Alessandra Lanti
Model Provisions For Building a Successful Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: A Case Study for the Western United States, Kathleen Lauckner
From fandom to tourism: An examination of self-~expansion theory, So Jung Lee
Developing a Simulation Model for Power Demand Control Analysis and Privacy Protection in Smart Grid, Sungchul Lee
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
The Marketing Effectiveness of Hotel Facebook Pages: From Perspectives of Customers and Messages, Xi Yu Leung
The Legalization of Casino Gambling in Mainland China, Xi Liu
The Leadership Orientations and Effectiveness of College and University Career Services Directors, Jacob A. Livengood
Novel Production Techniques of Radioisotopes Using Electron Accelerators, Daniel Robert Lowe
Timeliness of Electronic and Traditional Laboratory Reporting in Southern Nevada, 1999-2012, Jennifer Anne Lucas
Archiving Joyce & Joyce's Archive: Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and Copyright, Jessica Michelle Lucero
Nutritional Management of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant: An Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guideline, Dana J. Lunde
Label Use and Mixed Race Asian Americans: Discourses, Performances, and Boundaries, Ellen Macdonald
A Case Study Using Principal-Agent Theory to Explore How a Public, Four Year University Interacts with a System Office, Annie Macias
Message Passing Algorithm for Different Problems Sum, Mean, Guide and Sorting in a Rooted Tree Network., Sabaresh Nageswara Rao Maddula
Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text using First Order Hidden Markov Model, Spandana Malreddy
The Zeta Function of Generalized Markoff Equations over Finite Fields, Juan Mariscal
Provider Variations in Cesarean Section (CS) and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Practice, Rita Elizabeth Marrero
Hardware Implementation Of Processor Allocator For Mesh Connected Chip Multiprocessors, Rana Sangram Reddy Marri
Impact of Secondary Treatment Types and Sludge Handling Processes on Estrogen Concentration in Wastewater Sludge, Erica J. Marti
The Role of Ethics in Athletic Participation, Ryan Matthews
Antecedent Influences: Factors that Guide African American Men to the Field of Education, Michael James Maxwell
Response to Intervention Data in Grade Retention Decisions: How is it Used?, Cheryl Anne Mayfield
Fan Loyalty and Motivation, Jason Mays
Reclaimed from a Contracting Zion: The Evolving Significance of St. Thomas, Nevada, Aaron James Mcarthur
The Shifting of the Las Vegas Tourism Industry: A Historical Perspective on Management and Resort Revenues, Eden McCallister
Population-Based Survey of Lumbar Surgery Beliefs in the United States, Amanda Elyse McCauley and Zachery Clark Rasmussen
The Effect of Footwear on the Mechanics of the Lower Back During Treadmill Running, Jeffrey Ray Mcclellan
Therapist Characteristics Influencing Physical Therapy Non-Treatment in the Acute Care Setting, Daniel McGarvey, Colby Olsen, and Aaron Van Wagoner
Community Resources and Black Social Action, F Street, A Case Study, Robert Joseph Mckee
Facing The Music: Student Power Relations in Student Leadership Within High School Band Programs, Curtis James Melton
A study of district leadership practices in the principal professional learning community, Danielle Grace Miller
Evaluating the Impact of a New Casino Loyalty Program on Gaming Volume, Ji Hye Min
Leadership Practice in Elementary School Dual Language Programs: A Collective Case Study, Joanie K. Monroy
Teaching Online Social Skills to Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Joseph John Morgan
On Our Way Out: And Other Stories, Benjamin Champlin Wright Morris
Modeling The Effects Of Substance Dependence On General Self-Reported Health Using Nominal Regression, Taylor Moseley
Buffering PV Output During Cloud Transients with Energy Storage, Yacouba Moumouni
Muddy Creek Formation: A Record of Late Neogene Tectonics and Sedimentation in Southern Nevada, Thomas William Muntean
The impact of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and biological soil crust on Ca distribution in arid soils of the Mojave Desert, Brittany Myers
Education Interest Groups: The Influence of Networks on Rulemaking and Policy in Public School Reform, Brian Curtis Myli
Frictional Forces of a Fixed, Esthetic Orthodontic Appliance System, Brady Michael Nance
The Internet Gaming Industry for Newbies, Cory Nebel
Construct and Criterion Validity of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test-Spanish Version in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury, Cristobal Neblina
August 28, 1963: Building Community through Collective Discourse, Jennifer Nestelberger
The Impact of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Wastewater Strength on the Energy Consumption of Large Wastewater Treatment Plants, Timothy Stephen Newell
Statistical Analysis Of A Vehicle Miles Travled Fee For Nevada, Andrew Nordland
The New American Conservation Movement: New Strategies, Focus and Organizations for the 21st Century, Amy Deanna Northrup
Communication and Female Date Initiation: Differences in Perception Based on Sex of Initiator, Lindsey Kay Odom
Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Hotel Industry: Impact on Hotel Performance In Service Delivery, Clement K. Odoom
Recycling and Reuse of Radioactive Materials, Thomas Joseph O'dou
Maintaining the Profitability of Gaming’s Premium Players, Maxwell J.H. Olson
All Aboard the Succulent Wave, Oscar William Oswald
Social Media Helps Small Businesses, Nicholas J. Oxborrow
Valley of Fire Petroglyphs: A New Perspective on an Old Idea, Eric John Pacl
A Genetic, Transgenic, and Transcriptomic Analysis of Larval Salivary Gland Physiology in Drosophila melanogaster, Elana A. Paladino
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Providers' Evaluation of Patient Fitness to Fly, Kerry Colleen Palakanis
Modeling of Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Complex Systems, Sara Pallekonda
Periodic Solutions and Positive Solutions of First and Second Order Logistic Type ODEs with Harvesting, Cody Alan Palmer
Exploring the Morality of Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan to Show How It Affected Their Work, Friendship and Society, Dale D. Parry
Modality-Specific and Modality-General Encoding of Auditory and Visual Rhythms, Amanda Pasinski
CPU Scheduling for Power/Energy Management on Heterogeneous Multicore Processors, Rajesh Patel
Celebrity Athlete Endorser Effectiveness: Construction and Validation of a Scale, Theodore Byrne Peetz
Why Access Barriers to Primary Care Exist for People with Mobility Disabilities: A Mixed Methods Study of Health Care Administrators, Jennifer Renee Pharr
The effect of casino tax policy on short-run gaming development, Kahlil Philander
Safety First -In Search of Justice -School & Law Enforcement Agency Partnerships, Michael Anthony Pickett
Does Nation-Building Promote Liberty?, Lisa Jene Piergallini
Image Segmentation for Quantification of Air-Water Interface in Micro-CT Soil Images, Kranthi Kumar Potteti
Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text via Second Order Hidden Markov Model, Srijana Poudel
Environmental Adaptations at Neolithic Ghwair I as seen from a Zooarchaeological Perspective, Doss F. Powell
2000 Year Moisture Source Record from a Central Nevada Speleothem, Paul Pribyl
Non-Monetary Strategies to Retain Key Employees, Becky Rader
A Social Media Plan for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Matthew Radmanovich
A Father's Hands: African American Fathering Involvement and The Educational Outcomes of Their Children, Theodore Samuel Ransaw
Descriptive Experience Sampling Interactive Multi-media Training Tool for Subjunctification and Illustrative Interviews, Stacy Lynne Reger
Molecular Forensic Science Analysis of Nuclear Materials, Dallas Reilly
Ask What Your Country Can Do For You: Social Spending and Satisfaction with Democracy in Latin America, Kenneth Retzl
Program Evaluation of Stroke in Rural Nevada Hospital, Starla Cheri Ricks
Investigating three decades of vegetation change in a Mojave Desert mountain range, Chris Lee Roberts
Creating a Positive Motivational Climate: Strategies for Division I Women’s Tennis Coaches, Mark Roberts
Restaurant Service Employees Organizational Commitment: Shared Gratuity versus Independent Gratuity Environments, Susan J. Roe
Training and Development Guide for a Culinary Department in a Private University, Kimberly Rosenbaum
James Jones's Codes of Conduct, Matthew Samuel Ross
"So Much for Fond Five-Dollar Memories": Prostitution in Las Vegas, 1905-1955, Marie Katherine Rowley