Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Comparison of PIPRT to VMO to Increase Social Play Skills in Children with Autism, Kathleen Scarlett Ohara
A Comparison Study of Parents’ Perceptions of Quality in Early Childhood Programs, Juanita Ortiz
Bodies in Motion: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Migration and Identity in Bronze Age Cyprus, Anna Jean Osterholtz
The Effects of Enhanced and Decreased Expectations on Balance Performance in Those with and without Parkinson’s Disease, Joshua Ostrander, Granuaile Parrish, and Jacob Blood
Tweet vs Status Update: Exploring Ways to Promote Collaborative Argumentation in an Online Classroom Setting, Marissa Christina Owens
Reviving a Spirit of Controversy: Roman Catholics and the Pursuit of Religious Freedom in Early America, Nicholas Pellegrino
General Application of Smart Inverters in Distribution and Smart Grid, Wenxin Peng
An Evidence Based Approach to Sepsis: Educational Program, Dolores Perez
Multicultural Education in Action: A Multiple Case Study of Black Elementary Aged Children's Identity Development and Engagement with Civil Rights Literature, Rebekah E. Piper
The Lived Experience of Nurses Working in a Modified Therapeutic Community, Victoria Lynn Plagenz
Forms Abandon, Derek Pollard
The voices of the people: Lower Sioux Indian Community members speak out on what they need and want in a primary health care clinic on the reservation, Darin Michael Prescott
Engineering the Path to Higher-Order Thinking in Elementary Education: A Problem-Based Learning Approach for STEM Integration, Abeera P. Rehmat
Partnering with the community for establishment of alternate care sites during disasters or emergencies: A staff training matrix, Jean Marie Roberts
An Approach to Model Plastic Deformation of Metallic Plates in Hypervelocity Impact Experiments, Shawoon Kumar Roy
The Convergence of Structure and Design Between Video Games and Video Gambling, Daniel Sahl
Ediacaran ocean redox evolution, Swapan Kumar Sahoo
Ecosystem response to recent climate change in alpine environments, Patrick Shawn Sawyer
Perceptions of mattering in the doctoral student and advisor relationship, Holly Anne Schneider
Improving Transitions of Care in the Perioperative Setting, Brian Wayne Selig
The Role of the Integration-Responsiveness Framework in an International Branch Campus: A Case Study, Tammy Joy Silver
The Predictors of Cultural Competence in the Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Curriculum: Implications for Nursing Education, Angela Elizabeth Silvestri-Elmore
Crystalline Phase Change in Steel Alloys due to High Speed Impact, Muna Slewa
Negative Impacts of Teacher Evaluation Reform: The Role of Federal Policy in Student Achievement and Teacher Quality, Allison Smith
The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Subsequent Injury in Young Adulthood: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health, Michelle M. Sotero
Comparing Functional Motor Control and Gait Parameters in Children with Autism to those of Age-Matched Peers who are Typically Developing, Patricia Stevenson, Samantha Novotny, Jillian May, and Christopher Ancell
The Effects of the HCAHPS Learning Module on Undergraduate Nursing Students During the Simulated Hospital Day, Ronnie C. Stout
Citizen Participation within Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils, Ronald W. Strickland
Public Sector Compensation: Is The Public School District Superintendent Compensation Worth It?, Ashok Em Sudhakar
Modeling studies and numerical analyses of coupled PDEs system in electrohydrodynamics, Yuzhou Sun
The Experience of Participating in DES, Dio Turner Ii
Examining the role of supportive others in substance abuse treatment and child welfare, Jessica Marie Urgelles
Functional capacity in schizophrenia: Relationship among effort, reinforcement learning and self-beliefs, Sally J. Vogel
From Paper to Podium: Exploring the Gap between University Training and Professional Experience in Orchestral Conductors, Rachel L. Waddell
A study of sequential inference for the risk ratio and measure of reduction of two binomials, Zhou Wang
Effect of Contextual Speech Rate on Speech Comprehension, David Michael Weintraub
Zwischenfach – a Distinct Voice Type: A Study of Fach through Specific Roles in the Works of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, Stephanie Weiss
What I Wore Today: Gender, Self, and Brand Culture in the Blogosphere, Jennifer Marie Whitmer
Division I Men's Basketball Scholarship : The Challenges of Being a Black Male Athlete, Lonnie Gene Wright
A Phenomenology Study of First-~year Teachers Looking at the Shared Lived Experience of Learning to Grade, Brandon Lee Yost
Effect of Void Geometry on Strength, Stiffness, and Failure Modes of Rock-like Materials, Omed Yousif
Developing a Parasocial Relationship with Hotel Brands on Facebook: Will Millennials Differ from GenXers?, Yun Ying Zhong
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Mars-Relevant Phosphate Minerals and Implications for Martian Habitability, Christopher Adcock
Effect of Caliche on the Behavior of Drilled Shafts, Rouzbeh Afsharhasani
Behind His Father's Saying: Robert Frost's Wisdom Tradition, James H. Altman
Detecting Arguments: The Rhetoric of Evidence in Nineteenth--Century British Detective Fiction, Katherine Anders
Going Anywhere: Stories, David Armstrong
Family Nurse Practitioner Mentoring Relationships' Impact on Organizational Commitment, Patricia Bartley-Daniele
The Reduction of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units through the Implementation of the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program, Michael Andrew Basinger
A Competency Model for Catering and Event Professionals Using a Modified Delphi Technique, Donnell G. Bayot
Development of a Tool to Assess Children’s Perceptions of Their Own Balance (The Pediatric Balance Perception Battery): A Pilot Study, Jillian L. Beckett and Ashlee A. Harmon
A Narrative Study of Male Accompanying Partners: Adaptation to a Nontraditional Role in Dyadic Partnerships, Donald J. Bernard
Design and Analysis of Hydrogen Powered Actuator Integrating Metal Hydride Storage System, Md Mainul Hossain Bhuiya
Effects of Internalizing Behaviors on Processing Speed and Academic Fluency, Kristen Bjork
The Relationship among School Playground Design and Conditions and Physical Activity Levels in Children, Ipuna Estavillo Black
A Critical Edition and Trumpet Ensemble and Keyboard Reduction of Philipp Jakob Rittler's Sonata à 17 and Sonata à 18, Justin Lee Bland
International City/County Management Association 1999 Revenue Estimation Survey Revisited, Benjamin Bond
Evidence for the Validity of a Tool for Improved Pressure Ulcer Staging by the Non-Expert in the Live Patient, Janelle Borg, Carrie Johnston, Megan Lucke, and Jordan Sinclair
Blended Pedagogy Pathophysiology Course: Effectiveness and Student Satisfaction, Betsy Botsford, Samantha Corn, and Alanna Keenan
Jack Kerouac's Artistic Apprenticeship and the Discovery of His Authentic Voice, Nathaniel Botsis
An Efficient Standardized Method of Maintaining Quality Assurance in Therapeutic Treatment Record Keeping, Kelsey Michael Bradshaw
The Effect of Trigger Point Dry Needling to the Multifidus Muscle on Resting and Contracted Thickness of Transversus Abdominis in Healthy Subjects, Sarah Buckingham, Crystal Montoya, and Daniella Morton
Evaluating the Impact of a Home-~Based Childhood Asthma Intervention Program in Clark County, Nevada, Mackenzie Suzanne Burns
The Effects of a Progressive Exercise Program on Functional Activity and Quality of Life for Older Overweight Women with Knee Osteoarthritis, Ty Carlson, Devin Edvalson, Tyler Peck, and Brad Robison
Ability of Ages and Stages Questionaire 3rd Edition to Identify Children in Need of Comprehensive Motor Evaluation, Courtney Michele Carmichael, Elizabeth Ann Willison, and Qing Zhang
No Prejudice Here: Racism, Resistance, and the Struggle for Equality in Denver, 1947-1994, Summer Marie Cherland
Mitigation of Moving Shocks in an Expanding Duct, Veraun Chipman
A Novel Multimodal Image Fusion Method Using Hybrid Wavelet-based Contourlet Transform, Yoonsuk Choi
Factors Which Predict the Use of Active Transportation to School Among Children in Clark County, NV, Sheila G. J. Clark
Cognitive Differences Between High and Low Responders of a Tier II Reading Intervention, Jillian Cohen
Use of Standardized Tests Within Nursing Education Programs, Irene Coons
Social Network Analysis (SNA) of Clark County, Nevada Tuberculosis (TB) Case and Contact Investigation Data to Determine Pediatric Risk Factors for Disease Transmission, Darin Michael Cozatt
Evaluation of PHB Mid-Street Crossing System in Las Vegas, Nevada - Pedestrian Perspectives, Anna Eapen
Runnin' With the Rebels: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Highly Identified College Student Sports Fans, Joseph Stanley Ervin
Simultaneous Determination of Multiple Actinide Elements in a Variety of Soils Utilizing a Standardized Sequential Extraction Protocol, Sherry Alina Faye
Technetium Sulfide: Fundamental Chemistry for Waste Storage Form's Application, Maryline Ghislaine Ferrier
Validation of a Personality Scale: A Factor Analytic Approach, Leslie Forbush
Physics of Gamma-ray Bursts and Multi-messenger Signals from Double Neutron Star Mergers, He Gao
Analyses of Suspension, Expulsion, and Incarceration Data Reported Under IDEA 2004, William Dennis Garnett
Morning's Porch, Colby Gillette
Conceptual Framework of a Novel Intervention to Improve Mobility in Children with Cerebral Palsy: The Successes and Challenges of Implementing a Large Amplitude Movement Protocol, Tania Goodwill, Erin Jarrett, Beren Shah, and Alanna Stockford
The Formation of Situation Models in Multimedia, Kris Gunawan
Las Vegas in an Era of Limits: Urban Water Politics in the Colorado River Basin, Christian S. Harrison
Examining the Target Levels of State Renewable Portfolio Standards, Laurence Douglas Helwig
School climate, absenteeism, and psychopathology among truant youth, Marisa Charlene Hendron
The Effect of Early Life Stress on Methamphetamine Damage in the Striatum, Emily Hensleigh
Digital Behavior Intervention Plans: Effects on General Education Teacher fidelity of Implementation, Christopher G. Holcomb
Spectroscopic Investigation of the Chemical and Electronic Properties of Chalcogenide Materials for Thin-film Optoelectronic Devices, Kimberly Horsley
Li+ Ion Transport in Select Lithium-Rich Antiperovskites, John William Howard
The Dakini Project, Kimberley Harris Idol
Subalklaine Volcanism in the Eastern Basin and Range Province: Examples from the Miocene McCullough Range Volcanic Field and the Pliocene to Holocene Black Rock Desert Volcanic Field, Racheal Leighann Johnsen
Binary Technetium Halides, Erik Vaughan Johnstone
Enhancing Teaching and Learning through iPad Integration in a Clinic-~based Literacy Course, Kyle F. Kaalberg