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About the Collection
This collection contains UNLV graduate student theses, dissertations, professional papers, and capstone projects from 1956-present. Records produced before 2009 were previously available only in print or microfilm and were digitized by the University Libraries. Records are organized by Year, Author, and Title.
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Diversity leader: Case study of a selected organization's transformation, Aileen Guerrero Zaballero
Decentralizing police detectives: Increasing efficiency of property crime investigations, Jon M. Zeh
Improving casino profitability through effective offer packages, Ren Zhang
Performance evaluation of network-on-chip interconnect architectures, Xinan Zhou
The Impact of the 2007 Oklahoma immigration reform act on labor costs in the restaurant industry, Xun Zhou
Bone Rattlers Bar & Grill business plan, Lovedy Ann Zie Carroll
Job satisfaction comparison between foreign educated nurses and U.S. educated nurses, Kari Zizzo
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Activation of platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase by proinflammatory mediators, Mohammed Abdel-al
Mathematical model to simulate a hybrid lighting system, Ahmad Abu Heiba
Estimating the effect of the 2003 Illinois gaming tax restructuring on riverboat gaming volume, Mikael Ahlgren
Which way does your beard point tonight? Ginsberg's quest to resurrect Whitman's America, James Altman
The development and evaluation of a child maltreatment reporting training program for mandated mental health professionals, Krisann Marie Alvarez
Country lawyer in a maverick boom town: The legal career of Harry Claiborne, J. Bruce Alverson
The Environmental and economic benefits of highway access management: A multivariate analysis using system dynamics, Dan Andersen
A Cfd model to predict pressure loss coefficient in circular ducts with a motorized damper, Pallavi Annabattula
Understanding the motivations of rock climbers: A social worlds study, Amy Miller Ansari
The characteristics, knowledge, and preparation levels of K--12 online distance educators in the United States, Leanna Matchett Archambault
Comparison of confidence intervals for binomial proportions, Narain Armbya
Kinematics and timing of orogen-parallel flow, Grouse Creek Mountains, Utah, Tonia Gail Arriola
Customer loyalty program integration in a restaurant: POS system tracking, Raegan D. Ashcraft
Modeling natural resource scarcity and poverty effects on fertility in Honduras, Nepal, and Tanzania, Ayoub Shaban Ayoub
Modeling natural resources scarcity and proverty effects on fertility in Honduras, Nepal, and Tanzania, Ayoub Shaban Ayoub
Predicting evapotranspiration from sparse and dense vegetation communities in a semiarid environment using Ndvi from satellite and ground measurements, Malika Baghzouz
Synthesis and characterization of bulk and thin film antimony-selenium phase change alloys, Nirup Bandaru
Air void characteristics of air-entrained self-consolidating concrete, Mary Ellen Barfield
An Economic development plan for Boulder City, Mel Barosay, Amber Z. Cunningham, Dollinda Fields, and Silas Prince
The "white-eyed" Eastern Towhee: A molecular assessment of the validity of Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni, Jeremy Shawn Batten
The Development Of A Replicable Model For Implementation Of A High School Minimum Competency Program, Nils Golden Bayles
Exploratory study of construction safety culture through systems thinKing, Charles J. Jr Benford
Adult autism policy: An analysis of current policy and legislation in the US, Maren A Bennett
Enhanced detection of induced fluorescence from residual radioactive materials, Craig-Alan Crawford Bias
The effects of feedback protocol and learning environment perceptions on self -regulated learning, Kevin David Biesinger
Authenticity and love in "The Sun Also Rises" and "On the Road", Nate Botsis
An Assessment of the world wine auction marketplace, Michael M. Bowden
Life history and population dynamics of Daphnia in seven ephemeral pools in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, Priscilla Kathleen Bowman
Modeling the unsaturated zone at the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site: Effects of climate change and vegetation on flow conditions, Amanda Marie Brandt
Developing a software for pharmaceutical promotional meeting planning, Michele S. Brouse
The relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction of selected urban middle school teachers in the Clark County School District, Ouida Mildred Brown
Knowledge of personal energy requirements in college students, Aurora Maria Buffington
Analyzing cost and schedule growth in public works projects, Leslie Ann Burns
Urban corruption policy analysis, Michael Buttars, John Devaney, Jared Gerber, and Kevin Sansom
The Implications Of Milieu Upon Educational Administration, Margaret Elizabeth Draper Cahoon
Monitoring and modeling the performance of a solar powered hydrogen filling station, Mark R Campbell
Public advocacy by the Roman Catholic Church and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the twenty-first century, Michele L Cannella
Examination of clinical and legal issues relevant to child maltreatment reporting, Alisha Marie Carpenter
The Relationships Of Selected Factors To Success In A College Reading Program, Corene Flowerette Walker Casselle
Boulder City, Nevada revenue generating analysis, Mayra A. Castro, Dolores P. Leyva, Arnetta M. Meagher, and Wade Zimmerman
An analysis of the differential power of the Fake Bad Scale of the Mmpi-2, Nicole Ann Cavenagh
Road to the Green Seal, Milos Cerovic
Analysis of the application of First Amendment jurisprudence to university student fees *policies, Christine Chairsell
Temperature and silicon effects on tensile and corrosion behavior of chronium-molybdenum steel, Hanumantha Rao Chava
Numerical analysis of the solid particle solar receiver with the influence of an air-jet, Zhuoqi Chen
The impact of promotion on inventory forecasting for an Asian wholesale corporation, Tzu-Chu Chien
Evaluation of photodynamic therapy-induced edema in the rat brain using magnetic resonance imaging, David Chighvinadze
Effects of pavement macrotexture on Pm(10) emissions from paved roads, Swarup China
Recruit training academy Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, Kristin Cooper, Christine Dudas, Torrell Huber, Stephanie Jordan, and Darryl Martin
Statistical modeling of skewed data using newly formed parametric distributions, Kahadawala Cooray
The treatment of minorities and women by southwestern courts and prisons, Donna Crail-Rugotzke
A study of California Community College student retention and persistence with Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (Eop&S), Leonard Marvin Crawford
Policy analysis: Compressed workweek, Rick Crosby, Matt Richardson, Stephen Nowicki, and Ly Doan
A Study Designed To Investigate A New Dimension For Educational Accountability...Malpractice, Marshall Cloyd Darnell
The logic of movement: Consumption logistics on the Las Vegas Strip, Robert Dean
The logic of movement: Consumption logistics on the Las Vegas Strip, Robert Dean
An estimation of the performance limits and improvement of dry cooling on trough solar thermal plants, Huifang Deng
Techniques for document image processing in compressed domain, Shulan Deng
Parametric study of self -consolidating concrete, Hamidou Diawara
Worksite schools: A study of cooperation between public education and private business, D. Janell Dietz
Aerodynamic optimization for low Reynolds number flight of a solar unmanned aerial vehicle, Louis Dube
The neurocognitive impairment associated with comorbid schizophrenia and Ptsd, Lisa Duke
The effects of mushroom body lobe disruption on learning and memory, Brian S Dunkelberger
Determining protein biomarkers for chemotherapeutic drug resistance in breast cancer, Shauna Durocher
Study of the interaction between hydrogen and carbon-based nanomaterials, Roberto Felix
Examination of the depression screening patterns of nurse practitioners, medical doctors, and physician assistants in primary care, Leslie Erin Feth
The nature of epistemic climates in elementary classrooms, Florian C Feucht
Sex and the agricultural transition: Dental health among early agricultural females, Misty Fields
The effects of different sport mouth guards on respiration rate and tidal volume at sub-maximal exercise level, Kevin Michael Finnegan
The athletic, academic, and social experiences of female intercollegiate team sport student-athletes, Jason Michael Frank
How subjective and objective memory, family history, and knowledge of Alzheimer's disease influence older adults' fear of developing Alzheimer's disease, Samantha Lyn French
The effects of automated essay scoring as a high school classroom intervention, Kathie L Frost
A multi -case study of teacher retention with veteran teachers in hard to staff schools, Jacqueline Lissette Garcia
Colonization and invasion of a lake drawdown in the Mojave Desert, Stephanie Dianne Gayvert
A Comparison Of Two Approaches To Teaching Public Speaking At The Community College Level, Harvey Allen Godorov
The Three Saras, Peter Golub
Managing cultural diversity in hospitality industry, Yi Gong
Implementation of JPEG compression and motion estimation on FPGA hardware, Ramakrishna Gopalakrishnan
Cooperative extension and the practical education needs of Clark County citizens, Sonya S Greene
Poppe Culture, Jaq Greenspon
Clark County town advisory boards and citizens advisory councils: Participation rates, Lucy Greger, Jason Hafen, Aaron Mueller, Heather Rosich, and Rebecca Saoud
Learning in the context of math anxiety, Michelle Melissa Guillaume
An exploratory study of Proximal Mentoring in graduate education, Susan E Gunn
Self-stabilizing protocol for anonymous oriented bi-directional rings under unfair distributed schedulers with a leader, Chitwan Kumar Gupta
Interleukin-10 inhibits cytokine-mediated synergistic release of interleukin-6 in astrocytoma cells, Liliya V Harizanova
Development and empirical analysis of a self-advocacy readiness scale with a university sample, Katrina R Harris
Service dimensions of service quality impacting customer satisfaction of fine dining restaurants in Singapore, Ko King Lily Harr
Investigating shear capacity of RC beam-column joints using artificial intelligence techniques, Eslam Mohamed Alnaji Hassan Khalifa
Funding sources implementing technology standards in rural schools, Johnathan David Hawk
Ecotourism sustainability, Lori W. Hedrick
Temporal orientation and consumer empowerment: Examining a Las Vegas casino loyalty program, Flavia Hendler
Managing change: The challenges faced at CNE, Brandon Hill