Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Competitive Power Down Methods in Green Computing, James Andro-Vasko
Going Old School: Using Eighteenth Century Pedagogy Models to Foster Musical Skills and Creativity in Today's Students, Monique Arar
The Effects of Fatigue on Balance in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease: Influence of Medication and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genotype, Michael Baer, Bradley Klemetson, and Diana Scott
Analysis of Human Movement Patterns during Endurance Running, Joshua Paul Bailey
Reality and Nature in Robinson Jeffers, Joshua D. Bartee
Parent and Teacher Perspectives of the Social Competence of Dual Language Learners, Christine Baxter
Remember the Country and the Age in Which We Live": The British Gothic Novel in the Age of Enlightenment, 1764-1798, Garland David Beasley
Developing a Navajo Educational Media Guide: A Community Perspective, Shawna Lynn Begay
Preschool Teacher Knowledge and Skills: Phonemic Awareness and Instruction, Cecilia Anne Billow
An Evaluation of GABAB Receptors on Modulating Neuroinflammation in a Non-Transgenic Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Monica Bolton
Predictors of Physical Therapy Non-Treatment Among Patients Scheduled for Treatment Two Times a Day in the Acute Hospital, Sara Bookout and Kyle Ozaki
Price Prediction: Determining Changes in Stock Pricing through Sentiment Analysis of Online Consumer Reviews, Daryl F. Boykin
Are Vending Machine Selections Healthier? Trends in Dietary Quality of Vending Machine Food and Beverage Selections among NHANES Participants Age 6-19 Years between 2003-2012, Aurora Maria Buffington
Finding the Shakespeare in Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet: A Comparison of Plot and Character in the Seventeenth-century English Play and the Nineteenth-century French Opera, Bonita Elissa Bunt
Numerical Methods for Option Pricing under the Two-Factor Models, Jiacheng Cai
"Already Writers": A Case Study in Assessment and Visual Rhetoric Connections in Digital Multimodal Composition, Fawn Elise Canady
Reverse Migration: Documenting How the Educational Experiences of Transnational Youth in Mexican Schools are Shaped by Parental Deportation, Sandra Lourdes Candel
Jornaleros Engaged in a Multidimensional Struggle: A Critical Ethnography with Day Laborers in Las Vegas, Jorge Adrian Castrejon
Examining the Decoy and the Phantom Decoy Effects on the Menu Item Choice, Yang-Su Chen
Volatile Technetium Oxides: Implications for Nuclear Waste Vitrification, Bradley Covington Childs
Volunteer Management in Faith-Based Organizations, Cheryl Regina Coleman
Gait and Balance in Alzheimer's Disease: A Retrospective Analysis Across Varying Levels of Cognitive Impairment, Diana Contreras, Jessica Heim, and Jun Nelson
Worked to Leisure: The Intersections of Volunteerism, Work, and Leisure, Denise Nicole Cook
More Bang for your Buck: Bolstering Learning Via Refutation Text with Refutation-based Elaborated Feedback, Jacqueline R. Cordova
Disposition and Success of Patients Following Discharge in the Acute Setting, Ciera Cortney, Kathryn Lutjens, and Kristopher Raines
A Phenomenological Study of the Process of Transitioning Out of the Military and Into Civilian Life from the Acculturation Perspective, Wilisha C. Daniels
Preventing Deaths by Writing: In Search of a Prescriptive Software Solution for Curing Student Writing Ills in Postsecondary Nursing Education, Donald Allen Deever
Temperament and Behavior Factors in a Community Sample of Youth with Selective Mutism, Rachele Alexandra Diliberto
Fine-Wire Intramuscular Insertion to the Lumbar Paraspinal Muscles does not Affect Muscle Activation and Performance During High Exertion Spinal Extension Muscle Contractions, James DiMascio, Rebeka Hicks, Matthew Kimber, and Kelsey Synder
The Reliability of the Thoracic Percussion Test, Casey Donaldson, Rey Veloz, and Kaylee Waters
Synthesis of Actinide Materials for the Study of Basic Actinide Science and Rapid Separation of Fission Products, Jacquelyn M. Dorhout
Remote sensing of the environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy plants, Mohammad Masih Edalat
The Role of Pre-Existing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Colorectal Cancer Stage and Survival in Elderly Americans: A Seer-Medicare Population-Based Study 2002-~2011, Sanae El Ibrahimi
Effects of Judicial Primary Election Systems on Challenger Emergence and Candidate Success, Katherine Eugenis
Etudes for the Bassoon: An Annotated Bibliography and Pedagogical Guide, Eric Joaquin Fassbender
PostPartum Depression Educational Intervention, Leslie Feth (Kalyn)
Everything Is Real, Brett Finlayson
Understanding College Preparedness of First-Semester College Students, Kimberly Marie Florence
Numerical Characterization of the Flow Field and Heat Transfer Inside the Receiver of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Carrying Supercritical Co2, Samad Gharehdaghimollahajloo
Teachers’ Perceptions of Motivational Support in Middle School Classrooms: A Multiple Case Study, Cherie Marlene Gibson
Aging and Fermentation as Adaptive Food Management Strategies in the Arctic, Celeste Giordano
John Philip Sousa and the Wagner Overture: A New Transcription of the Overture to Der fliegende Holländer for Wind Orchestra, Stephen H. Goldeck
Controlled Electrochemical Reduction of Gold and Palladium Metal Precursors in Polyaniline, Nicole Goodwin
Can Simple Postural Instructions Modify Running Forms in Recreational Runners, Casey Gray, Matthew Poggemiller, and Ian Tracy
Factors Influencing Induction of Desiccation Tolerance in Bryophytes: Redefining Fundamental Aspects of the Organism’s Relationship with the Environment in Xeric Habitats, Joshua Lee Greenwood
Applications of Elpasolites as a Multimode Radiation Sensor, Amber Lynn Guckes
Student Expectations and Motivation in Spanish for Heritage Speakers Programs, Sergio A. Guzman
The Implementation Gap Between Evidence-Based Guidelines and Primary Care Providers' Provision of Care for Adult Obese Individuals, Linda Ailene Hagemann
Biomechanical Adjustments during Landing in Response to Task Perturbations, John Robert Harry
The Engaged Eurosceptic: Explaining Eurosceptic Success and Failures in European Parliamentary Elections, Nathan William Henceroth
Instructional Math Technology in Secondary Special Education: Teacher-Reported Practices and Perceptions, Joice M. Higa
Fast Neutron Detection in Nuclear Material Photofission Assay Using a 15 MeV Linear Electron Accelerator, Matthew Steven Hodges
Studies in Words: Laborious Ben Jonson's Lexicon, Steven Hrdlicka
Investigation of Determinacy for Games of Variable Length, Emi Ikeda
Effectiveness of ST Math in College Remedial Mathematics Students of Learning Fraction Concepts, Taro Ito
Evaluation of the Properties of Rubberized Asphalt Binders and Mixtures, Kazem Jadidirendi
Same-Sex Focus in the Visual Attention of Heterosexual Women: An Investigation of Potential Explanations, Sarah C. Jones
Influence of Sustainability Reward Program on Meeting Planners’ Site Selection Decision and Perceived Value-for-Money, Shinyong (shawn) Jung
Pressure Injury Assesment Comparison: Bedside Nurse vs. Experts, Ali'itasi Kelemete, Brandi Hillock, and Casey Snell
Generalized Clusterwise Regression for Simultaneous Estimation of Optimal Pavement Clusters and Performance Models, Mukesh Khadka
The Nature and Extent of Instructors’ Use of Learning Analytics in Higher Education to Inform Teaching and Learning, Janet L. King
The Effect of Oil Prices on Workforce in Selected Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Countries, Amjad Kisswani
Analysis of the Temporal Response of Coupled Asymmetrical Zero-Power Subcritical Bare Metal Reactor Systems, Kimberly Lynn Klain
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Unfinished Business in Bereavement Scale, Kara Klingspon
Surface and Interface Characterization of Solution-Processed Metal Oxides and PEDOT:PSS Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Lynette M. Kogler
Exercise, Learning and Emotional Health: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Translational Action, Tessa L. Koschel
The Relationship Between Mood and Implicit Learning, Kathleen Larson
Measurement of Anterior Translation of the Mandibular Condyle Using Ultrasonography, Brooke Laskowski, Danielle Hahn, and Christensen J. Hardy
Understanding Progenitors of Gamma Ray Bursts with Multi-Wavelength Properties, Ye Li
An Analysis and Band Transcription of Eric Whitacre's The River Cam, Charles Amon Maguire
Environmental Changes across the Early Mississippian Carbon Isotope Excursion, Dev Krishna Maharjan
Effects of Contract Procurement Factors on Performance of Transportation Projects, Ruiko Maharjan
Using Two Simulation Tools to Teach Concepts in Introductory Astronomy: A Design-Based Research Approach, Pamela A. Maher
Grand Solo Op.14 & Rondo Op2. N3: The Sonority of the Classical Era, Hugo Maia Nogueira
Use of Active Video Gaming in Children with Neromotor Dysfunction: A Systematic Review, Robert Manzanares and Lisa Popescu
Sexual Desire Trajectories: Heterosexual Individuals' Perceptions of the State and Trait Characteristics of Desire, Caroline Maykut
Acute Effects of Walking on The Deformation of Femoral Articular Cartilage, Jayson McClaren and Skyler Sudweeks
Acute Salivary Steroid Hormone Responses During Coalitional and Dyadic Competitions in Hong Kong Juvenile Children, Timothy McHale
Obligations of The State: State Behavior and The Occurrence of State Success, Brendan Mark Morris
Songs of the Cajuns: A History and Analysis of Joie de vivre: Five Impressions of Acadian-America, Wendy Kay Moss
The Effects of Distributed Trials on Behaviors of Students with Significant Disability, Mona Nasir-Tucktuck
The Effects of Availability Heuristic Cues on Restaurant Purchase Decisions, Nadia Hanin Nazlan
An Examination of Differences in Division I FBS Student-Athlete Academic and Athletic Performance, Marissa Katherine Nichols
A Rural and Urban Study of the Food Environment in Select Nevada Geographies, Joseph Nickelson
Investigating the Use of a Structured Self-determination Curriculum with Students with Gifts and Talents, Rebecca Carolyn Norton
Success in online credit recovery: Factors influencing student academic performance, David Nourse
Social Cognition in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Elyse Parke
A Comparison of Outdoor Bioaerosol and Particulate Measurements in Las Vegas, Tanviben Yogeshkumar Patel
The Psychophysiological Correlates of Personality, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Social Support, Meghan E. Pierce
Cultural Influences upon Soviet-Era Programmatic Piano Music for Children, Maria Pisarenko