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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Climate and vegetation change in the Newberry mountains, Southern Clark County, Nevada, Ross Joseph Guida

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Bilingualism and math cognition, Michelle M. Guillaume

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Examining experience in depressed and nondepressed individuals, Jedidiah D. Gunter

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Modeling and Control of a Flexible Ionic Polymer Metal Composite(IPMC) Actuator for Underwater Propulsion, Shivakanth Gutta

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Roaming region for Delaunay triangulation, Romas James Hada

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Enhancing therapists' clinical judgments of client progress subsequent to objective feedback, Michael M. Haderlie

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The Relationship of Ethnicity and Familial Factors in the Expression of School Refusal Behavior in Clinical and Community Samples, Courtney Marie Haight

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A comparison of spatio-temporal prediction methods of cancer incidence in the U.S, Michelle Hamlyn

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Chinese Culture and Casino Customer Service, Qing Han

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Zero-sum magic graphs and their null sets, Samuel M. Hansen

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Optimizing heart dose reduction for deep inspiration left breast radiotherapy, Ronald James Harder

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Enhancing the cultural competence of women’s health nurses via online continuing education, Ella T. Heitzler

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School refusal behavior: The relationship between functions and symptom sets, Marisa Charlene Hendron

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Exploring the factors that influence adequate yearly progress within elementary school settings, Shannon Marie Hennrich

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Paired positive carbonate carbon isotope, organic carbon isotope, and oxygen isotope composition study across the Lower Mississippian positive carbon isotope excursion, southeastern Nevada, USA, Robert Alan Henry

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The Effect of early environmental manipulation on locomotor sensitivity and methamphetamine condition place preference reward, Emily Hensleigh

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Public Utilities Commission of Nevada: A research design for data collection, Mario Heresi, Jamie Stout, Brandy Davis, and Cheyenne Pasquale

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Phylogeography of a vanishing North American songbird: The painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Connie Ann Herr

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A comparative study of indicator bacteria present in ice and soda from Las Vegas food establishments, Kimberly Jo Hertin

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Research Study Proposal for Nightlife Company (San Francisco, CA), Trevor Hewitt

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A Content Analysis of Indonesian Hotel Website, Irene Hidayat

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Exploring geographic proximity to fast-food restaurants and convenience stores with dental caries in patients at the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine, Charles K. Hill

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The Development and evaluation of a safety skill intervention for child victims of neglect, Heather H. Hill

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Modeling of a novel solar down beam test facility utilizing Newtonian optics, Ryan J. Hoffmann

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Creating effective leadership development programs: A descriptive quantitative case study, Spencer Holt

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Beyond the demographic transition: The case of Japan, Mary Beth Horiai

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Raman Spectroscopic Study of Solid Solution Spinel Oxides, Brian D. Hosterman

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Teacher gesture in a post-secondary English as a second language classroom: A sociocultural approach, Natalie Hudson

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Automating construction and selection of a neural network using stochastic optimization, Jason Lee Hurt

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Examining the Value of Word of Mouth as a Marketing Tool for Poker Book, Jeffery J. Hwang

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Literature Review on Turnover - To Better Understand the Situation in Macau, Ut Lon Im

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Deterrents to participation and retention in English as a second language (ESL) programs among adult Hispanic immigrants, Jose Irias

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Peripheral soldering of flip chip joints on passive RFID tags, Md Syful Islam

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Self-assembling organic semiconductors with tunable electronic properties based on novel asymmetric phenazine and bisphenazine, Kyoungmi Jang

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Methodological quality of quantitative nursing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender research from 2000 to 2010, Michael Johnson

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Newe country: Environmental degradation, resource war, irrigation and the transformation of culture on Idaho's Snake River plain, 1805--1927, Sterling Ross Johnson

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Impact of home hospital program on empowerment and professional practice behaviors, Marcille Jo Jorgenson

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Fall prevention training and its impact to southern Nevada construction workers, Vedaspati Joshi

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Improved algorithms for ear-clipping triangulation, Bartosz Kajak

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Association of oceanic-atmospheric oscillations and hydroclimatic variables in the Colorado River Basin, Ajay Kalra

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The influence of ethnic identity and family support on posttraumatic symptoms in maltreated youth, Harpreet Kaur

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The relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and Utah's proficiency assessments of students in a suburban school district, Everett N. Kelepolo

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Alumni participation: An investigation using relationship marketing principles, Lisa Ann Kelleher

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Exploring how Employee Empowerment Impacts on Hotel Front Desk Operations, Janggon Kim

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Using self-service technologies to solve the problem of labor shortage in Macau’s lodging industry, U Ka Kit

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Clarinet performance practices for Alberto Ginastera's "Variaciones concertantes": Solutions for orchestral auditions and performances, Thomas James Kmiecik

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Effect of AquaStretch on Range of Motion at Knee Joint in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients, Raja Devinder Kochar

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Odd variations on the species: Stories, Sarah Kokernot

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The Effect of working memory and math ability on decision making, Jeremy A. Krause

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Raise the Still Rabbit, Michael Kroesche

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To receive my services you must be dying and alone, Kathryn Kruse

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For the benefit of others: Harriet Martineau: feminist, abolitionist and travel writer, Laura J. Labovitz

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Traffic safety: Modeling, analysis and visualization, Puneet Lakhanpal

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Imagined interactions as a link to political talk, Megan Lambertz

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Lean and Six Sigma in Hospitality Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation, Justin M. Lancaster

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A Transition of Leadership: Can the Young Generation of Macau Catch Up, Kin Man Yolanda Lao

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After the fall: The post-apocalyptic frontier in The Road and 28 Days Later, Jeffrey J. Lavigne

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Synthesis of a chemical probe for identification of Ger receptor proteins of Bacillus anthracis, Hyelee Lee

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The Gaming Industry Developing Concept in Taiwan-from the U.S. Experience, Jean Ling Lee

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Identifying effort estimation factors for corrective maintenance in object-oriented systems, Michael J. Lee

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Telework within the Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Region office, Theresa Lee, Lynne Arnold, John Wagner, Elias Samorano, and Anita Morgan

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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

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The Future Development for Slots in Macau to the Mainland China Market, Sok In Leong

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Environmental engagement demand differences within and among Holland academic environments, Derek K. Lester

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It's a matter of principal: Examining relationships between leaders' change facilitator style and students' academic progress, Diane Lewis

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Graduating BSN students' EBP knowledge, EBP readiness and EBP implementation, Ludy SM. Llasus

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Mystery Shopping in Singapore’s Retail Sector: A Case Study, Iynee Low

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Parallel machines scheduling with applications to Internet ad-slot placement, Shaista Lubna

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Numerical Simulations of Accretion Disks and Extrasolar Planets, Stefan Luketic

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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

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Colonel John R. Bourgeois: A biography and analysis of transcription style, Jeffrey Alan Malecki

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Investigating the effects of a combined problem-solving strategy for students with learning difficulties in mathematics, Dustin B. Mancl

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Impact of design cost on project performance of design bid build projects, Nirajan Mani

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in urban India, Heidi A. Manlove

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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

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Taming the waters that taketh from the devil’s playground: A history of flood control in Clark County, Nevada, 1955-2010, Jarvis Marlow

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Nabokovilia: References to Vladimir Nabokov in British and American Literature and Culture, 1960-2009, Juan Martinez

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The information battlefield: Al-Qaeda's use of advanced media technologies for framed messaging, Jessica Marie Martin

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The impact of World War II on women's fashion in the United States and Britain, Meghann Mason

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Statistical Analysis of Fatalities Due to Vehicle Accidents in Las Vegas, NV, Annabelle Marie Mathis

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The Effect of Pre-collaborative Activity Instruction on Self-efficacy, Robert Ray Mattson

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Licensing policies of public school principals, Jerri Mausbach

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Modeling gamma-ray bursts, Amanda Maxham

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Woman or warrior? How believable femininity shapes warrior women, Jessica D. McCall

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Personality, presence, and the virtual self: A five-factor model approach to behavioral analysis within a virtual environment, Michael Patrick McCreery

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Learning middle school mathematics through student designed and constructed video games, Camille M. McCue

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The Self: Your own worst enemy? A test of the self-invoking trigger hypothesis, Bradley J. McKay

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A Change of heart: A phenomenographic study of conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner

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A polymerase chain reaction method for the detection of Selenomonas noxia, Arthuro Mehretu

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Causes of job turnover in the public school superintendency: An explanatory analysis in the western United States, Toby A. Melver

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Evaluation of mentoring in southern Nevada, Andrew Merz and Glen Leavitt

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Vertebrate taxonomic composition, species diversity, and paleoecology of two pliocene mid-latitude, inland-basin fossil assemblages: Panaca local fauna (Lincoln County, Nevada) and Hagerman local fauna (Twin Falls County, Idaho), Vicki Lynn Meyers

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Labor Shortage and the Development of Gaming Industry in Macau, Liz Chiu Nga Ming

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To Start a Hospitality Student Investment Club at Schenectady County Community College, Regina A. Mintzer

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Effects of environment on children's motor scores, eligibility status, and administration times, Derrick Mittelstadt, Abigail Parker, Kirsten Pickett, and Heather Temkin

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The effect of endpoint knowledge on dot enumeration, Alex Michael Moore

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A diffusion tensor imaging software comparison and between control subjects and subjects with known anatomical diagnosis, Michael C. Moore

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E-mail Management of Japanese Hotels in Comparison with South Korean Hotels, Kyoko Morikoshi

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Calcium supplemental usage and potential health issues sssociated with the rate of usage in Las Vegas, NV, Tanesha Nicole Moss