Theses/Dissertations from 2015
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
A Model of Hospitality Employee Engagement, Hee Jung Kang
Simulation, and Overload and Stability Analysis of Continuous Time Sigma Delta Modulator, Kyung Kang
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Multiracial Youth, Harpreet Kaur
Interorganizational Performance Comparisons Using Quality Assurance Audit Results, Raymond E. Keeler
Retirement and the Registered Nurse: The SAVER Study, Shanna Field Keele
An Autoethnography of Heart-Based Hope Leadership: A Matter of Life or Death, Cynthia Jeanne Kimball
After Polarity: World Political Systems, Polar Structural Transitions, and Nonpolarity, Nerses Kopalyan
Modeling of Short Term and Long Term Impacts of Freeway Traffic Incidents using Historical Data, Vidhya Kumaresan
Songs By Hsiao Tyzen: The Interaction Between His Music And Taiwan, Pei-Ning Ku
Evaluation of Earthquake Hazard for Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Incorporating Probabilistic Hazard Assessment and Non--Linear Site Response, Suchan Lamichhane
Progressive Collapse Analysis of Older Reinforced Concrete Flat Plate Buildings Using Macro Model, Jinrong Liu
Family Environment and Severity of Absenteeism in Youth, Rachel Marie Loftis
Characteristics of Subjects Who Avoid Activities and Participation due to a Fear of Falling in Parkinson’s Disease, Morgan Lopker and Molly Newman
Understanding how honey bee flight and senescence are connected through oxidative stress., Joseph Margotta
Effects of Cooperation Games on Social Interactions of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Teri Alicia Marx
The Lived Experience of Nursing Students During Their Psychiatric Nursing Education: Does It Influence View of Psychiatric Nursing as a Career Choice?, Lisa Mcconlogue
The Percussionist Bodybuilder: Optimizing Performance Through Exercise and Nutrition, Anthony Joseph Merlino
Dual Task Interference in Low-Level Abilities: The Role of Working Memory and Effects of Mathematics Anxiety, Alex Michael Moore
Numerical study of a novel fin configuration of a high temperature ceramic plate fin heat exchanger, Vijaisri Nagarajan
What's age got to do with it? Examining how the age of stimulus faces affects children's implicit racial bias, Erica Cheree Noles
Social Capital of Last Resort: The Role of Religion, Family, and Trust among People with Low Socio-Economic Status, Jean Reid Norman
Sex in the Brain: The Relationship between Event Related Potentials and Subjective Sexual Arousal, Taylor Lynn Oliver
Global Climate Change: The Political Impact of Global Warming on Developing Countries. The Case Studies of Egypt and Oman, Eugene Thomas O'Neal
Possible Benefits of Playing Music Video Games, Amanda Pasinski
Through the Eyes of the Present: Screening the Male Homoerotics of Shakespearean Drama in Anglophone Cinema, 1936-2011, Anthony Guy Patricia
Exploring the Inner Experience of Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Stacy Reger
Speciation Behavior of Americium Higher Oxidation States for the Separation of Americium from Curium, Catherine Lynn Riddle
Impaired Theory of Mind in Psychotic and Affective Disorders, Erik Nelson Ringdahl
Hemispheric asymmetry in the perception of musical pitch structure, Matthew Adam Rosenthal
Weight-Based Microaggressions Experienced by Obese Women in Psychotherapy, Kerri Jo Schafer
Remote sensing based on hyperspectral data analysis, Ershad Sharifahmadian
An Examination of Implicit Values in Cornerstone Student Affairs Textbooks, Nathan Slife
Modern to Late Pleistocene Stable Isotope Climatology of Alaska, Alison Sloat
The Lived Experience of Black African Nurses Educated Within the United States, Amy Elizabeth Smith
Analysis of Bolted Joints Under Medium and High Impact Loading, Deepak Somasundaram
Study of Water Transport Phenomena on Cathode of PEMFCs using Monte Carlo Simulation, Karn Soontrapa
Merging Educational Technology into Routine Care for Patients Living with Fibromyalgia, Toni Sparks
Factors Influencing the Perceived Impacts of Medical Tourism Development on Quality of Life, Courtney Suess
Empirical Studies on Interest Rate Derivatives, Xudong Sun