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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Climate and vegetation change in the Newberry mountains, Southern Clark County, Nevada, Ross Joseph Guida
Bilingualism and math cognition, Michelle M. Guillaume
Examining experience in depressed and nondepressed individuals, Jedidiah D. Gunter
Modeling and Control of a Flexible Ionic Polymer Metal Composite(IPMC) Actuator for Underwater Propulsion, Shivakanth Gutta
Roaming region for Delaunay triangulation, Romas James Hada
Enhancing therapists' clinical judgments of client progress subsequent to objective feedback, Michael M. Haderlie
The Relationship of Ethnicity and Familial Factors in the Expression of School Refusal Behavior in Clinical and Community Samples, Courtney Marie Haight
A comparison of spatio-temporal prediction methods of cancer incidence in the U.S, Michelle Hamlyn
Chinese Culture and Casino Customer Service, Qing Han
Zero-sum magic graphs and their null sets, Samuel M. Hansen
Optimizing heart dose reduction for deep inspiration left breast radiotherapy, Ronald James Harder
Enhancing the cultural competence of women’s health nurses via online continuing education, Ella T. Heitzler
School refusal behavior: The relationship between functions and symptom sets, Marisa Charlene Hendron
Exploring the factors that influence adequate yearly progress within elementary school settings, Shannon Marie Hennrich
The Effect of early environmental manipulation on locomotor sensitivity and methamphetamine condition place preference reward, Emily Hensleigh
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada: A research design for data collection, Mario Heresi, Jamie Stout, Brandy Davis, and Cheyenne Pasquale
Phylogeography of a vanishing North American songbird: The painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Connie Ann Herr
A comparative study of indicator bacteria present in ice and soda from Las Vegas food establishments, Kimberly Jo Hertin
Research Study Proposal for Nightlife Company (San Francisco, CA), Trevor Hewitt
A Content Analysis of Indonesian Hotel Website, Irene Hidayat
The Development and evaluation of a safety skill intervention for child victims of neglect, Heather H. Hill
Modeling of a novel solar down beam test facility utilizing Newtonian optics, Ryan J. Hoffmann
Creating effective leadership development programs: A descriptive quantitative case study, Spencer Holt
Beyond the demographic transition: The case of Japan, Mary Beth Horiai
Raman Spectroscopic Study of Solid Solution Spinel Oxides, Brian D. Hosterman
Teacher gesture in a post-secondary English as a second language classroom: A sociocultural approach, Natalie Hudson
Automating construction and selection of a neural network using stochastic optimization, Jason Lee Hurt
Examining the Value of Word of Mouth as a Marketing Tool for Poker Book, Jeffery J. Hwang
Literature Review on Turnover - To Better Understand the Situation in Macau, Ut Lon Im
Peripheral soldering of flip chip joints on passive RFID tags, Md Syful Islam
Self-assembling organic semiconductors with tunable electronic properties based on novel asymmetric phenazine and bisphenazine, Kyoungmi Jang
Methodological quality of quantitative nursing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender research from 2000 to 2010, Michael Johnson
Newe country: Environmental degradation, resource war, irrigation and the transformation of culture on Idaho's Snake River plain, 1805--1927, Sterling Ross Johnson
Impact of home hospital program on empowerment and professional practice behaviors, Marcille Jo Jorgenson
Fall prevention training and its impact to southern Nevada construction workers, Vedaspati Joshi
Improved algorithms for ear-clipping triangulation, Bartosz Kajak
Association of oceanic-atmospheric oscillations and hydroclimatic variables in the Colorado River Basin, Ajay Kalra
The influence of ethnic identity and family support on posttraumatic symptoms in maltreated youth, Harpreet Kaur
The relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and Utah's proficiency assessments of students in a suburban school district, Everett N. Kelepolo
Alumni participation: An investigation using relationship marketing principles, Lisa Ann Kelleher
Exploring how Employee Empowerment Impacts on Hotel Front Desk Operations, Janggon Kim
Using self-service technologies to solve the problem of labor shortage in Macau’s lodging industry, U Ka Kit
Clarinet performance practices for Alberto Ginastera's "Variaciones concertantes": Solutions for orchestral auditions and performances, Thomas James Kmiecik
Effect of AquaStretch on Range of Motion at Knee Joint in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients, Raja Devinder Kochar
Odd variations on the species: Stories, Sarah Kokernot
The Effect of working memory and math ability on decision making, Jeremy A. Krause
Raise the Still Rabbit, Michael Kroesche
To receive my services you must be dying and alone, Kathryn Kruse
For the benefit of others: Harriet Martineau: feminist, abolitionist and travel writer, Laura J. Labovitz
Traffic safety: Modeling, analysis and visualization, Puneet Lakhanpal
Imagined interactions as a link to political talk, Megan Lambertz
Lean and Six Sigma in Hospitality Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation, Justin M. Lancaster
A Transition of Leadership: Can the Young Generation of Macau Catch Up, Kin Man Yolanda Lao
After the fall: The post-apocalyptic frontier in The Road and 28 Days Later, Jeffrey J. Lavigne
Synthesis of a chemical probe for identification of Ger receptor proteins of Bacillus anthracis, Hyelee Lee
The Gaming Industry Developing Concept in Taiwan-from the U.S. Experience, Jean Ling Lee
Identifying effort estimation factors for corrective maintenance in object-oriented systems, Michael J. Lee
Telework within the Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Region office, Theresa Lee, Lynne Arnold, John Wagner, Elias Samorano, and Anita Morgan
A Cultural Perspective on Motivation Factors Affecting Exhibition Participation, Young Ki Lee
The Challenges of the Labor Shortage in Macau’s Hotel Industry, Lam Lei
The Future Development for Slots in Macau to the Mainland China Market, Sok In Leong
Environmental engagement demand differences within and among Holland academic environments, Derek K. Lester
Graduating BSN students' EBP knowledge, EBP readiness and EBP implementation, Ludy SM. Llasus
Mystery Shopping in Singapore’s Retail Sector: A Case Study, Iynee Low
Parallel machines scheduling with applications to Internet ad-slot placement, Shaista Lubna
Numerical Simulations of Accretion Disks and Extrasolar Planets, Stefan Luketic
Evaluation of the pilot program, Pediatric Early Warning Sentinel Surveillance Program (PEWSS), and its efficacy in monitoring pediatric illness in Clark County, Nevada, Michelle Lee Lutman
Colonel John R. Bourgeois: A biography and analysis of transcription style, Jeffrey Alan Malecki
Investigating the effects of a combined problem-solving strategy for students with learning difficulties in mathematics, Dustin B. Mancl
Impact of design cost on project performance of design bid build projects, Nirajan Mani
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in urban India, Heidi A. Manlove
Thrust joint manipulation education: Student perceptions of learning and practical experiences in spinal manipulation within entry-level physical therapist education programs, Joshua Thomas Marks and Lisa Basl
Taming the waters that taketh from the devil’s playground: A history of flood control in Clark County, Nevada, 1955-2010, Jarvis Marlow
Nabokovilia: References to Vladimir Nabokov in British and American Literature and Culture, 1960-2009, Juan Martinez
The information battlefield: Al-Qaeda's use of advanced media technologies for framed messaging, Jessica Marie Martin
The impact of World War II on women's fashion in the United States and Britain, Meghann Mason
Statistical Analysis of Fatalities Due to Vehicle Accidents in Las Vegas, NV, Annabelle Marie Mathis
The Effect of Pre-collaborative Activity Instruction on Self-efficacy, Robert Ray Mattson
Licensing policies of public school principals, Jerri Mausbach
Modeling gamma-ray bursts, Amanda Maxham
Woman or warrior? How believable femininity shapes warrior women, Jessica D. McCall
Personality, presence, and the virtual self: A five-factor model approach to behavioral analysis within a virtual environment, Michael Patrick McCreery
Learning middle school mathematics through student designed and constructed video games, Camille M. McCue
The Self: Your own worst enemy? A test of the self-invoking trigger hypothesis, Bradley J. McKay
A Change of heart: A phenomenographic study of conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner
A polymerase chain reaction method for the detection of Selenomonas noxia, Arthuro Mehretu
Causes of job turnover in the public school superintendency: An explanatory analysis in the western United States, Toby A. Melver
Evaluation of mentoring in southern Nevada, Andrew Merz and Glen Leavitt
Labor Shortage and the Development of Gaming Industry in Macau, Liz Chiu Nga Ming
To Start a Hospitality Student Investment Club at Schenectady County Community College, Regina A. Mintzer
Effects of environment on children's motor scores, eligibility status, and administration times, Derrick Mittelstadt, Abigail Parker, Kirsten Pickett, and Heather Temkin
The effect of endpoint knowledge on dot enumeration, Alex Michael Moore
A diffusion tensor imaging software comparison and between control subjects and subjects with known anatomical diagnosis, Michael C. Moore
E-mail Management of Japanese Hotels in Comparison with South Korean Hotels, Kyoko Morikoshi
Calcium supplemental usage and potential health issues sssociated with the rate of usage in Las Vegas, NV, Tanesha Nicole Moss