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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.

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The Role of Style in Community Identity and Group Affiliation: An Archaeological Study of Virgin and Kayenta Branch Ceramics, Daniel Melvin Perez

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Rock Or Relic? Lithic Technology and Social Life in the Mimbres Mogollon Region of Southwestern New Mexico, Jeffrey Dylan Clark Person

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Poop! There it is! Anti-Germinants and Biological Variables as Modulators of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI), Jacqueline Renee Phan

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Characterization of Hematite Coated Bedrock Fault Scarps in the Northern Colorado River Extensional Corridor Near Lake Mead, Nevada, Molly E. Pickerel

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An Ergonomic Approach for Esport Athletes: The Potential for Less Injury and Increased Occupational Performance, Nicholas Nalic Pierides Jr.

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Polish Nationalism and the Flute Sonatina: The Influence of Folklore on Inter-War Composers Tadeusz Kassern, Wojciech Kilar and Aleksander Tansman, Marta Plominska

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Engineered Biomass-Derived Carbon Adsorbents for Targeted Contaminant Remediation from Aqueous Environments, Suraj Venkat Pochampally

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Increasing Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ and Students’ Perceived Self-Confidence and Knowledge in Pelvic Floor Disorders Specifically in Stress Urinary Incontinence, Sarah L. Pond

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Compassion, Oxytocin, and Simulation Experiences Among Prelicensure Nursing Students, Shelley L. Price

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Numerical Investigations of sCO2 Compressor Aerothermodynamics Using a Streamline Curvature Based Throughflow Method, Victor Quintanilla

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Implementation of ADAS and Autonomy on UNLV Campus, Zillur Rahman

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Gendered Bodies, Engendered Lives: Bioarchaeological Exploration of the Intersectionality of Gender, Health, and Trauma at Turkey Creek Pueblo, Arizona (AD 1225-1286), Claira Elizabeth Ralston

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A Qualitative Exploration of Parent Involvement Programs in Higher Education, Heather Rappaport

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Implementation of 2D Running Gait Analysis in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Clinics, Justin Rasavage, Tristan Trumbull, Melissa Goo-Tam, and Micah Wilson

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Co-Teaching at the Secondary Level: A Qualitative Study of Perceptions, Implementations, & Constructivism, Anne-Marie Raskin

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Identifying Clinical Profiles in a Community Sample of Youth with Selective Mutism, Melanie Rede

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Morphologic Comparisons of Recrystallized and Neocrystallized Fibrous Amphibole Asbestos: Implications for Corresponding Health Risk Potential, Natalie G. Renkes

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Mathematical Modeling: Finite Element Analysis and Computations Arising in Fluid Dynamics and Biological Applications, Jorge Reyes

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Inferring the Compositions and Interior Structures of Small Planets, David R. Rice

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Impact of Dietary Pattern Adherence and Physical Activity on Indicators of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults with and without Type 1 Diabetes, Leigh Ann Pouncey Richardson

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Independent Living Skills Training for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Through Program Development and Grant Writing, Bianca Rideout

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Informing Management Strategy for the Relict Leopard Frog (Rana onca): Insights Into Breeding Biology and an Attempt to Improve Augmentation Success Through Pre-Exposure and Clearance of an Emerging Amphibian Pathogen, Rebeca Rivera

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Examination of Performance Validity and the Relationship to Cognition and Symptoms in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Erick A. Rogers

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Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environment, Deborah Rojas

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An Examination of the use of Effects to Convey Narrative in Nikita Koshkin’s the Prince’s Toys Suite and Francis Kleynjans’ A L’aube Du Dernier Jour, Michael Root

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A One-Dimensional Analysis of a Microbial Fuel Cell for Efficient Acetate Removal and Power Density Output, David Rouhani

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Towards CFD Investigations into Particulate Air Pollution of a Desert Urban Environment, Prosun Roy

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Developing a Physical Therapy Initial Evaluation Screening Tool for a Multidisciplinary Clinic for Adults with Down Syndrome, Isabella Russell, Alvin Lacap, and Francis Lacap

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Treatment of Oxyanion Contaminants from Waste Brine Streams Using Halophilic/Halotolerant Microorganisms, Yasaman Saedi

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Mental Health Education Protocol for Staff Members in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, Charles Nicholas Salvatera

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Development of an Automated GPIB System for Characterization of SiGe Avalanche Photodiodes, David A. Santiago

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Regulation of Toxicity in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Envelope Stress Response, Melissa C. Schofield Londono

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New Observations on the Age and Origin of the Geologist Seamounts, South Hawaiian Seamount Province, Brandon Chester Scott

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Actinide Behavior in Soft Ligand Environments and Higher Oxidation States of Neptunium in Aqueous Media with Solid-State Synthesis of Np(VII) Compounds, Kelly Floyd Seeley

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Applying Unsupervised Multi-Omic Learning to Identify Patterns of Human Genomic Regulatory Regions with an Emphasis in Characterizing HERVH Loci., Corinne Sexton

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Oral Prevalence of Akkermancia Muciniphila Among Pediatric and Adult Orthodontic and Non-Orthodontic Patients, Ching Shen

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The Impact of an Ostomy Training Workshop on Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ and Students’ Confidence in Client Education on Ostomy Management, Amanda Rae Shizue Shimabukuro

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Performance Comparison of Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Design-Build (DB) and Construction Management-At-Risk (CMAR) Methods, and Identification of Critical Success Factors for DB and CMAR in Water and Wastewater Projects, Shrijan Shrestha

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Exploration of Occupational Therapy Program Development Through NIH Grant Writing, Larissa Silcox

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Facial Expression Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for Data Augmentation and Image Generation, Shekhar Singh

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Yoga as an Occupational Therapy Intervention for Inpatient Rehabilitation, Sydney Sladek

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The Psychopathology Circumplex+: A Novel Conceptualization of Psychopathology and Associated Measure, Edward A. Smith

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Stoichiometric Determination of Hydride Materials at Extreme Conditions, Gregory Alexander Smith

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Sight Words: Poems, Benjamin Harrison Socolofsky

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Monitoring and Classification of Tissue Perfusion Through the Combined Use of Thermal, RGB, and Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging, Ivan Soto

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Public Transportation, Benjamin Stallings

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Experiences of Violence and Captivity: Labor Divisions at La Plata (AD 600-1250), Kathleen D. Stansbury

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Implementing The Use of Lesson Plan Templates Within the Mentorship Program for Dignity Health Hand Therapists, Ronell Matthew Sueno

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Physiological and Biomechanical Response to Indoor Cycling with and without the Ability to Sway, Alina P. Swafford

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Supervision in the Digital Age: Online Sexual Solicitation of Children and Youth, Kaitlyn Taylor Swanberg

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The Issue of Communicability in Guerra-Peixe’s 1947 Solo Violin Works, Lucas Henrique Teixeira Martins

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Development and Usefulness of an Advocacy Toolkit to Promote Systems-Level Advocacy among Occupational Therapy Students in Nevada, Mary Angela Mendoza Terencio

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High Clearance Collision-Free Paths, Barun Thapa

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Restorative Justice Implementation: Examining the Effects of White Fragility and Race on Implementation of Restorative Justice Practices in Schools, Heather M. Thompson

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A Tale of Two Townsites: The Formative Years of the Las Vegas Valley 1902-1907, Joseph Thomson

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Exploring the Usefulness of the Alert Program on Children with Developmental Delays or Disabilities at Positively Kids, Ashley Cassandra Manabat Tolentino

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Examining Health Literacy and Patient-Centered Communication: A Secondary Analysis of U.S. Adults with a History of Cancer, Kimberly Ann Dy Tomas

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No Scrubs: Nursing Applicant Trajectories After Rejection, Jennifer Torgerson

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The Effects of Habitat Isolation on Fine-Scale Genetic and Geographic Structure of Populations of Two Threatened Endemic Insects in Southern Nevada, Pseudocotalpa giulianii and Icaricia shasta charlestonensis, Kristen Tovar

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Multiple Approaches to Examining Gender Norms in Romantic Relationships, Carrie Underwood

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A Kinesio Tape ® Protocol to Improve Postural Stability and Mouth Closure for Feeding and Eating in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Ariana Naomi Valdez

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Simulating Condensation in the Theory of Classical Nucleation, David Vallet

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On the Synthesis of Heavy Rare Earth Solid Solutions and Their Hydrides, Joshua R. Van Cleave

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Exploring the Influence of Technology-Supported Immersive Experiences: The Case of Golf Simulators as a Way of Relieving Stress in the Workplace, Luka Van Der Merwe

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Examining the Effects of Perspective-Taking and Empathetic Concern on Attractiveness Biases in Millennial and Generation X Adults, Stephanie Verba-Quinones

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Benchmarking and Practical Evaluation of Machine and Statistical Learning Methods in Credit Scoring: A Method Selection Perspective, Gwen Verbeck

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Examining Oppressive Social Systems: Activism, Academics and Alpha Males, Kristin Dee Vierra

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A Dynamic Scoring Methodology for Morphing Airfoil Designs with Application to a Stalling Scenario, Stone Wachs

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The In/visible Stockade: Sex Offender Management, Governmentality, and the Search for Normal Life, Christopher Wakefield

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The Floating World Around and Between; Print Culture, Racial Blurring, and Japanese Views of Black People from the 15th to the 19th Century, Angel J. Wakiihuri

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Perceptions and Acceptance of Guestroom Technology: A Cross-Cultural Study, Jueer Wang

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An Investigation of Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators: Theory, Characterization, and Conceptual Applications, Alexandrea Washington

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Mob Family Proteins and Tricornered Kinase Are Required to Form Dorsal Appendages of the Drosophila Eggshell, Keala H. D. Watson

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Introduction to Chinese Ethnic Percussion through the Concept of Free Rebound, Yupeng Wei

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Offender Reintegration in Nevada: A Longitudinal Study Focusing on Transitional Challenges, Reentry Capital, and Recidivism, Carolyn S. Willis

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The Role of Small Puebloan Architectural Sites on the Southern Shivwits Plateau, William M. Willis

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Systems Dynamics of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Hippocampus in Behavioral Switching, Spatial Working Memory, and Disease, Ryan Wirt

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Development and Initial Validation of the Mindful Self-Regulated Learning Scale (m-SRLS), Sarah Wolff

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Musculoskeletal Injury Concealment in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Joshua D. Wooldridge

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Development of a MetaPGS for Accurate Prediction of Osteoporotic Fracture, Xiangxue Xiao

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Polygenic Risk Score Development and Validation for Early Detection and Risk Stratification of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis in Postmenopausal Women, Yingke Xu

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Exploring Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education Personnel Preparation for Teaching Social Emotional Skills and Addressing Challenging Behavior, Melissa Yarczower

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An Adolescent Concussion Management Toolkit for Occupational Therapists, Coby Yoshimura

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Acute Effects of Post-Activation Potentiation on Increasing Bat Velocity in Competitive Baseball Players: A Case Series, Phillipp Yu, John MacDonald, and Katrina Myers

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Asian Culture in Western Music: Piano Music by Tan Dun and Bright Sheng, Guqi Zhang

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The Framing Effects of In-Flight Workplace Sexual Harassment Awareness Campaigns on Passengers’ Attitudes and Reporting Intentions, Yunxuan Zhang

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Decision Making Under Uncertainty – Percieved House Edge or Game Outcome, Haocheng Zhou

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Analysis and Application of Finite Element and High-Order Finite Difference Methods for Maxwell’s Equations in Complex Media, Li Zhu

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The Importance of an Educational Occupation-Based Work program for Young Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Zielinski

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Fear of Recurrence as a Mediator of Illness Perception and Perceived Stress in Acute Myocardial Infarction Survivors, Sarah E. Zvonar