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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 1991
The effects of preoperative teaching on anxiety levels of hysterectomy patients, Judy Ann Fillmore
Early speculative bubbles and increases in the supply of money, Douglas Edward French
Political culture and water politics in Nevada: Las Vegas attempts to quench its thirsts, Andrea Kristen Gerlak
The politics of AIDS: An analysis of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, Brian Edward Graf
The window, the mirror, and the stone: A reassessment of the roles of mimesis and opsis in critical theory, Andrea J Hanson
Transracial adoptions: An alternative solution, Kitty Lynn Hardy
Abusive parenting attitudes in parent training subgroups, Jacqueline Ann Harris
A historical study on the "eight revolutionary model operas" in China's Great Cultural Revolution, Joe He
Determinants of the structural niches of columnar cacti in the Southwest, Joseph George Hentz
The effect of music therapy on intensive care patients, Nita L Johnson
Register allocation and optimization techniques in compiler construction, Edward R. Jorgensen
Fractional reserve banking: The genesis of macro-instability, John Nicholas Koch
Modeling of the UNLV-Aro light-weight robot using Lagrange's assumed mode method, symbolic manipulation, and numerical simulation, Edward Yuk-Kam Lam
Virtual time synchronization in distributed database systems, Timothy E LeMaster
The exploitation of pipeline parallelism by compile time dataflow analysis, Joseph Michael Lombardo
Inverse and variable structure trajectory control of a flexible robotic manipulator, Sethu K Madhavan
Mormon women and depression, Jeanmarie Maxwell
Goodsprings: A historical archaeological review of the Yellow Pine Mining District, Christina A Miller
An investigation of photon correlation spectroscopy data analysis packages "discrete" and "contin" using the Schulz-Zimm distribution, Usman Abdul Aziz Qazi
The effects of mathematics methods courses on the mathematical attitudes, content knowledge, and pedagogical beliefs of preservice teachers, Robert John Quinn
Inversion of input/output map, sliding mode and nonlinear flight control system design, James J. Romano
Hydrocollapsible soil correlations, Penny Roullier
Enigmatic commercials: Schema distortion in television advertisements, Micheal Shane Schneweis
The effects of a 12 week aerobic bench stepping conditioning program on cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular leg strength in college women, Sharon Lee Schoff
The effectiveness of psychotherapeutic intervention in the reduction of client symptoms in an employee assistance program, Judy Irene Seymore
The restructuring of a rural Utah high school, Larry K Shumway
Time management behaviors of single parent women educators at a two-year college, Kenneth Harold Steidel
Ethnic admixture in African American ancestry as reflected in dental patterns, Hellen Rudean Taylor
An analytical approach to quantum mechanical tunneling time in electronic devices, Prabhaharan Thanikasalam
The influence of diet on growth rate, thyroid hormone output, and thermoregulation in laboratory white rats, Linda Susan Vanden Heuvel
A methodological study and forecasting of room occupancy trend in Las Vegas, William Weixia Wang
An assessment to determine how a franchisee's thorough understanding of the disclosure statement would affect potential legal pitfalls in a franchisor-franchisee relationship, Scott Hadley Witzman
Trace element analysis of selected springs in the Virgin River Basin, Mary Ann Yelken
Environmental economics: An Austrian approach, Fiammetta Elena Zahnd
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Sharing memory in distributed systems, Oscar Rodrigo Aguilar
A comparison study of two alternative education programs on selected school-related attitudes, Rebecca Ann Albiston
Determination of the thermoneutral zone in young males and females, Darrell Allan Baggs
Effects of athletic participation and gender on moral judgment in student athletes and nonathletes, Elizabeth Mary Baldizan
The role of friendship in Arthur Miller: A study of friendship in his major dramatic and non-dramatic writing, Carlos Alejandro Campo
Gender construction in prime-time sitcoms: "Roseanne" and "Murphy Brown", Claudia Crowley Collins
Billie's Message: An original dance-drama in the modern dance idiom, Vicki Lynn Dale
Senior quality of life issues, Sue Daniel
An assessment of a motivational environment as viewed by dealers in the casino industry, Richard Joseph Darder
Role conflict among women graduate students: A matter of gender, Nancy Lee Downey
Accounts of the homeless, Linda Darlene Foreman
Effects of color and light on selected elementary students, Ellen Mannel Grangaard
A Light Divided (Original short stories), Katherine Green
A comparative study of hospice vs nonhospice nurses' attitudes toward death and dying and level of death anxiety, Debra Panko Harber
Sir Isaac's Duel (Original play), Rand Walter Higbee
Impacts of the Little Ice Age on the vegetation of southern Nevada, Kimberly Lynn Hunter
Optimal joint trajectory planning for a robot with elastic links, Yung-Ming Hu
Government land management and the free market in southern Nevada, William Robert Jacobs
Exploring dance: An outline for the study of dance appreciation with suggested films, Jacque J Jaeger
Design of deadlock detection and prevention algorithms in distributed systems, Ramesh Dutt Javagal
Measurement of thermal energy charge transfer rate of multiply charged molybdenum (molybdenum(6+)) and argon, Ying Jiang
A computerized analysis of anterior teeth as a possible indicator of age, race and sex, Jay A Johnson
Developmental gains by children with special needs as a result of early intervention, Connie Rose Lambert
Novel techniques for molecular ion spectroscopy in a discharge, Guang Lan
Playing with poetry: Lessons utilizing creative drama techniques to teach poetry to senior high school students, John Brooks Lawton
The effect of training on referrals to an outpatient adolescent sex offender treatment program, Michael S Lea
Critical thinking in education: What can the matter be?, Gail K Lenning
Laser spectroscopy of molecular ions in an ion beam, Jun Li
Constitutional privacy: The evolution of a doctrine, Helena Ann Mandarino
The historical origins of the American Peace Test, David Leon Mann
The relationship of the Yucca Mountain repository block to the regional groundwater system: A geochemical model, Nancy Ann Matsuka
Measuring self-worth and certainty of punishment in prison populations, Robert Joseph McKee
Optimizing select-project-join queries, Rebecca Anne Miller
Attitudes of college students toward the world food crisis, Susan Ann Nartker
A Walking Shadow (Original play), John David Newsom
Stromatolites of the Lower Cambrian Deep Spring Formation; Mount Dunfee, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Lynn Oliver
Temporal and spatial patterns of abundance of age 0 threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) in Overton Arm, Lake Mead, William Lee Pelle
A data structural approach to the problem of contour plotting, Sivesh Pradhaan
System identification of a hydraulically-actuated robot, Andreas Otto Ranz
The effects of economic recession on community, Linda Kay Roe
A phenomenological criticism: A phenomenologically based methodology for analyzing theatrical works, Roberta Sterman Sabbath
Rapid serial visual presentation and the leading format: A comparison study, Christopher William Schacherer
The Children's Hair Turned White (Original play), Paul "Red" Shuttleworth
Reaction time and general intellectual ability: The effects of cues on the relationship, Nancy S Sirkin
A study to determine how businesses in the area known as Clark County, Nevada perceive the computer-related skills that high school graduates should possess upon graduation, Lynda Ruth Yates Spann
Computation in director string calculus, Vugranam Chakravarthy Sreedhar
Imitation: A classical art for modern composition, Linda Anne Uhlenkott
A community's dominant religion: A counter definition, Geremia Veglia
Measurements of the length of the zone of flow establishment in a jet using a Laser Doppler Anemometer, James Joseph Ventresca
The relationship between test anxiety and academic performance of untreated test anxious college students, Joanmarie Christine Vlach-Kolesar
The income gap and symphony orchestras, Joseph Anthony Volpi
Development of a test facility for making in-duct sound measurements according to Astm E477-1984, David Arthur Wade
Trace element analysis of bighorn sheep horns, Peter Gordon Weigel
A window to the past: Analysis of flat glass recovered from West Point, Nevada, William G White
Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of the Shallow Alluvial Aquifer Zone, Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, Harry Stephen Wild Jr.
The effects of an eight-hour continuing education course on the death anxiety levels of registered nurses, Susanne Fife Wilkey
Nevada nurses attitudes toward mandatory continuing education, Darlene G Woodruff
Mprolog as an expert system development tool, Grant Edward Wright
Reading levels as a predictor of success in associate degree nursing programs and on the Nclex-Rn exam, Lynn M Young
The combined thermic effect of food, continuous, and intermittent exercise, Stefan Zander
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Development of a tool to investigate factors related to job satisfaction in geriatric nurses, Mary-Jane Snyder Araldi
An investigation of personalities of superintendents from selected public school districts within the western United States, Craig S Babcock
Comparison of the sodium ion channel densities, the water flux changes, and the membrane capacitance changes in the pelvic and pectoral skin of the toad, Bufo woodhousei, Cathleen Ann Baker
Object-oriented data modeling, Donald W Baltz
Structural analysis and design of a flexible three-link hydraulically-actuated robotic arm, Tarek Mitri Bannoura