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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 2001
Terrorism in the news: A constructionist approach, Lisa Linn Sharp
The metahistory of the American West, Don Franklin Shepherd
Sales and use taxes in Clark County and potential implications of the Internet sales tax moratorium, Patrick Timothy Collins Smith
A descriptive study of the organizational culture and structure of accelerated schools, Susan Virginia Steaffens
The 2000 presidential election: A content analysis of newspaper media coverage, Jennifer Barbara Stein
Motivations of elders who volunteer with youth in intergenerational programs, Christine Alberta Stergios
Development and validation of an instrument for student evaluation of Web -based instruction, Ingrid Stewart
"The only way to teach these people is to kill them": Pedagogy as communicative action in the major plays of David Mamet, Jeffrey Otto Strasburg
Self-stabilizing interval routing algorithm with low stretch factor, Sripriya Sundaram
Evaluation of geophysical methods to characterize alluvial soils in the arid environment, Bjorn E Sundquist
Nervousness in the works of F Scott Fitzgerald, Michael Emil Tischler
An application of the Kuleshov Experiment on Generation X: Testing viewer reactions to editing, Giselle Touzard
Teens understanding of the indicators of the tendency to abuse alcohol: Focus group discussions, Bob Van Drimmelen
Ecology and evolution of an annual plant following fire in the Mojave Desert, Cheryl Hightower Vanier
Clare Boothe Luce and the 1953--1954 Trieste crisis, Jelena Velisavljevic
Multi-object recognition and retrieval using Puma560 robot, Bharatha R Viswanadha
Characterization of perillyl alcohol as a cell migration-inhibiting compound, Johanna Elizabeth Wagner
An investigation on the impact of training on employees' perceptions of occupational status and self-esteem in the foodservice industry, Keithen Adell Washington
The geochemistry of gold-bearing and gold-free pyrite and marcasite from the Getchell gold deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada, Kelli Diane Weaver
Effects of social skill training for high -functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, Barbara Jane Webb
The impact of being dignified by one's manager on leader-member exchange and psychological empowerment, Loren Brett Wender
"Holy dwarves" and "devil babies": An anthropological world-survey of stigmatization of the disabled, Tommi Louise White
The effects of motor practice on coarticulatory interactions in the speech of children and adults, Kimberly Marie Wieberg
Image interpolation and denoising in discrete wavelet transform domain, Shaojie Wu
Student search and seizure since TLO, Darryl Craig Wyatt
Image segmentation in the wavelet domain using N-cut framework, Dongsheng Yao
Evaluation of in situ biodegradation of perchlorate in a contaminated site, Zhong Zhang
Oasis Deluxe, John M Ziebell
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
The phenomenology of panic disorder in adolescents, Wesley D Allan
Cobalt silicide characterization, Donovan Alldredge
Pultrusion of commingled thermoplastic composite materials, Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan
The Rural hospital dilema: Will Nevada’s rural hospital system survive?, Nancy L. Anderson
Flesh, A Naked Dress, Susan Mary Andrews Grace
The effects of level of training on employee perceived empowerment, commitment and job performance, Pamela Dawn Backeberg
Special event recycling: The future of UNLV's recycling program, Katherine A. Baker
Pre-employment character assessments for United States pretrial services and probation officers, Michael Blake Baker
Participatory resources and African American voter turnout: A comparative analysis of the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections, Wesley LaVelle Barton
Returns to education in the Nevada hotel industry: Incentives for education in Nevada, Alan Lee Beard
The biological removal of phosphorus at the Clark County Sanitation District wastewater treatment plant, Jon Robert Becker
Kinematics and timing of the Pinto shear zone, New York Mountains, northeastern Mojave Desert, California, Mengesha Assefa Beyene
Mapping the Boulder City wetlands using a global positioning system (GPS) and a geographic information system (GIS), Jennifer Lea Bishop
Comparative analysis of three remediation technologies for the clean up of petroleum contaminated groundwater, Thomas Bouck
The relationship between the health-promoting practices of advanced practice nurses and their counseling of patients, Wanda Marie Boyer
Assessment of predictors of health behaviors of elders in frontier Nevada, Pauline Bradshaw
Scaffolding literacy knowledge within a one -on -one tutoring situation: An ethnographic study, Diane Katherine Brantley
Examination of the Bureau of Land Management's implementation of the Wild, Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act at Red Rock National Conservation Area, Christine E. Brehm
Evoked expectations and evaluational reactions to accented English, Caridad F. Brito
The contribution of construction materials to the airborne radon concentrations in an underground facility, Robert Arthur Brounstein
School and student alienation: Perceptions of secondary students with and without disabilities, Monica Ree Brown
Modeling the diffusion of reactive and nonreactive solutes in cores from the Cannikin Test Site, Amchitka Island, Alaska, Nicole Ann Brown
Comparison of in-place versus laboratory binder properties of asphalt, Maqdoom Mohiuddin Bukhari
The effectiveness of functional family therapy in substance-involved family preservation clients, Andrew D Butcher
Attitude of gaming employees towards problem gambling: How it affects their learning at an awareness training, Lisa Michelle Bybee
Effects of a 30-minute walk on ground reaction forces during walking with an external load, Cheryl M Cardillo
Pathways to family preservation services, Rebecca Ann Carman
An Examination of gasoline pollutants from two-cycle Marine Engines within Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Brian Carter
A study of the effect of computer/Internet usage on slot/video machine players' gambling behaviors, Howook (Sean) Chang
Self-stabilizing Border Gateway Protocol, Yu Chen
The ban on reason: Gays in the military, Justin Cohen
The Problem Areas in Diabetes scale: A follow-up study, Roslyn M Collins
Bioinformatic analysis: Retroposon sequences containing multiple putative endonucleases, Seanna Kathleen Corro
GIS-based evaluation of mid-block pedestrian crossing safety, Zhenzhong Cui
Gender differences in presenting symptoms, treatment, and outcome in myocardial infarction, Alona Dalusung-Angosta
Impact of the American's with Disabilities Act on local government (a retrospective review of 10 years of action) specific to personnel administration, Mark A. Dascalos
Traditional vs nontraditional gendered roles in Instant Relay Chat, Jennifer Audrey Del Quadro
Partitioning of large HDL ASIC designs into multiple FPGA devices for prototyping and verification, Nilesh V Dhavlikar
Hazardous materials incidents and emergency medical response in Clark County, Martha Dicey
Tainted perceptions: Liberal-democracy and American popular images of China, Thomas Laszlo Dorogi
Imaging the mantle in southwestern, Utah using geochemistry, and geographic information systems, Reina Fern Downing
Housing location decision under environmental risk: The effects of the Yucca Mountain waste repository, Christine Noel Dwyer
Deposition and uptake availability of lead shot for waterfowl at Honeybee Pond within the Overton Wildlife Management Area, Nevada, USA, Jason Eckberg
Comparative study of zinc bis-quinolates and lithium mono-quinolates: Investigation of the effect of coordination geometry on electroluminescence performance, Flocerfida Lalo Endrino
Two different soil sampling techniques for assessing soil lead concentrations at the Overton Wildlife Management Area, Nevada, Kristen E. Falc
Factors that influence why elderly receive influenza immunizations, Lynn Marie Ferebee
Effects of location, size, and animation on the response rate to a promotional Web banner, Rhett Pono Ferguson
The integration of facial and auditory affect: An emotional McGurk effect?, Teri Jean Forrest
An Examination of a Brownfield: The former North Las Vegas armory site, Rebecca L. Fowler
Modeling of gallium nitride molecular beam epitaxy growth, Wenning Fu
The effects of ADHD child and parenting groups, Tonya Yvonne Gardner-Hernandez
The phenomenal meaning of romantic Love, Howard Roden Giles
The May 4, 1970 Kent State University shootings: Thirty years of myths, memorials and commemorations, Mona Doreen Greenberg
Outcome study of former foster care youth, Donald Craig Gutterman
The dynamics of faith-based organizations and their effects on educational standardization, Patricia Gail Haase
Motivation and negative discretionary effort among casino slot floor-persons, Christian St. Claire Hale
Re-visionary bodies: Feminist/Brechtian theory in the plays of Paula Vogel, Shannon Kay Hammermeister
Characterization of p-type silicon semiconductor detectors for use in in vivo dosimetry, Kamran Ul Haq
Public finance of professional athletic facilities: Case studies in stadium and arena finance, Larry Harala
Fear as a predictor of firearm ownership and concealed weapons permits in Clark County, Nevada, Becky Beckstead Harris
Gospel of the Heavenly Mother, Jennilyn F Hass
An Analysis of the socio-economic impact of casino gambling in Mesquite, Nevada, and its implications for public policy, Janice K. Herfeld
Evolution of the Kingman Arch, southern Nevada, Juliana Marie Herrington
The Legislative history of gambling, 1861 - 1915, Ben Hetfeld
An Analysis of the socio-economic impact of casino gaming in Mesquite, Nevada, and its implications for public policy, Janice K. Hetfeld
Soil and vegetation recovery on abandoned paved roads in a humid tropical rain forest, Puerto Rico, Catherine M Heyne
A study of the effect of music genre and intensity on ethnic menu item selection in a military dining facility, Tammy S Hinskton
A Study of the training methods used by the Vehicle Maintenance Department of the Clark County School District Transportation Division, Jon J. Howard
Two new algorithms for classical problems in computer science, John Gerard Howe
The gamma distribution as an alternative to the lognormal distribution in environmental applications, Ross Joseph Iaci