Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Comparison and Simulation of Salt-Ceramic Composites for Use in High Temperature Concentrated Solar Power, Lauren Michelle Fossile
Structural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Flat Plat Buildings Subjected to Fire, Sara Jean George
Effects of Moisture Augmentation of Municipal Solid Waste Through Addition of Food Waste or Wastewater Treatment Biosolids on Bio-Gas Formation for Power Generation, Jared Michael Gore
Degree Constrained Triangulation, Roshan Gyawali
Shock and Vibration Isolation System for Ambulatory and Litter Patients in Ground and Air Medical Transport, Mohamad R. Hachem
Niche Theory in New Media: Is Digital Overtaking the Print Magazine Industry?, Zeenath Haniff
An Investigation of the Role of GABAb Ligands on Cued and Contextual Fear Conditioning, Chelcie F. Heaney
Blurring Boundaries: Mexican-American Border Patrol Agents Performing Border Guard Roles and Experiencing Emotional Labor, Aaron Hockman
A Comparison of High School Physical Education and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Kathryn Anne Holt
Effects of Controlling Versus Autonomy-Supportive Language on Learning a Novel Motor Skill and Cortisol Release, Andrew Mcmahon Hooyman
Cyberbullying Policy in Public Schools, Alison Humphries
Variables Associated with Critical Illness Among Clark County Residence Hospitalized with H1N1 Influenza A Virus during the 2009 Influenza Season., Jonathan P. Hyatt
Love is Just a Word for the Last Body I'd Like to Keep Vigil Over, Robert Jagger
Creating a Nation in Adversity: Advent of Egyptian Nationalism in British Occupation, Kathryn Louise James
Exploring the Seed Bank Dynamics of Red Brome: Longevity, Density, and Relationship to Fire, Benjamin S. Jurand
Do Toddlers Exhibit Same-Sex Preferences for Adult Facial Stimuli?, Andrea Jane Kayl
Evaluating actinide sorption to graphite with regards to TRISO repository performance, Corey Christopher Keith
An Estimate of Groundwater Recharge in the Nabogo River Basin, Ghana Using Water Table Fluctuation Method and Chloride Mass Balance, Melanie Lynn Krautstrunk
Identifying and Correcting Health Hazards in the Home: A Pilot Test Among Homes in Clark County, Nevada, Sabrina La Monica
Exploring Reasons Why Men and Women Refrain from Sex Despite Desire, Alessandra Lanti
Developing a Simulation Model for Power Demand Control Analysis and Privacy Protection in Smart Grid, Sungchul Lee
Timeliness of Electronic and Traditional Laboratory Reporting in Southern Nevada, 1999-2012, Jennifer Anne Lucas
Label Use and Mixed Race Asian Americans: Discourses, Performances, and Boundaries, Ellen Macdonald
Message Passing Algorithm for Different Problems Sum, Mean, Guide and Sorting in a Rooted Tree Network., Sabaresh Nageswara Rao Maddula
Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text using First Order Hidden Markov Model, Spandana Malreddy
The Zeta Function of Generalized Markoff Equations over Finite Fields, Juan Mariscal
Hardware Implementation Of Processor Allocator For Mesh Connected Chip Multiprocessors, Rana Sangram Reddy Marri
Impact of Secondary Treatment Types and Sludge Handling Processes on Estrogen Concentration in Wastewater Sludge, Erica J. Marti
The Effect of Footwear on the Mechanics of the Lower Back During Treadmill Running, Jeffrey Ray Mcclellan
Evaluating the Impact of a New Casino Loyalty Program on Gaming Volume, Ji Hye Min
On Our Way Out: And Other Stories, Benjamin Champlin Wright Morris
Modeling The Effects Of Substance Dependence On General Self-Reported Health Using Nominal Regression, Taylor Moseley
Buffering PV Output During Cloud Transients with Energy Storage, Yacouba Moumouni
The impact of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and biological soil crust on Ca distribution in arid soils of the Mojave Desert, Brittany Myers
Frictional Forces of a Fixed, Esthetic Orthodontic Appliance System, Brady Michael Nance
Construct and Criterion Validity of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test-Spanish Version in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury, Cristobal Neblina
August 28, 1963: Building Community through Collective Discourse, Jennifer Nestelberger
The Impact of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Wastewater Strength on the Energy Consumption of Large Wastewater Treatment Plants, Timothy Stephen Newell
Statistical Analysis Of A Vehicle Miles Travled Fee For Nevada, Andrew Nordland
Communication and Female Date Initiation: Differences in Perception Based on Sex of Initiator, Lindsey Kay Odom
All Aboard the Succulent Wave, Oscar William Oswald
Valley of Fire Petroglyphs: A New Perspective on an Old Idea, Eric John Pacl
A Genetic, Transgenic, and Transcriptomic Analysis of Larval Salivary Gland Physiology in Drosophila melanogaster, Elana A. Paladino
Modeling of Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Complex Systems, Sara Pallekonda
Periodic Solutions and Positive Solutions of First and Second Order Logistic Type ODEs with Harvesting, Cody Alan Palmer
Exploring the Morality of Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan to Show How It Affected Their Work, Friendship and Society, Dale D. Parry
Modality-Specific and Modality-General Encoding of Auditory and Visual Rhythms, Amanda Pasinski
Does Nation-Building Promote Liberty?, Lisa Jene Piergallini
Image Segmentation for Quantification of Air-Water Interface in Micro-CT Soil Images, Kranthi Kumar Potteti
Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text via Second Order Hidden Markov Model, Srijana Poudel
2000 Year Moisture Source Record from a Central Nevada Speleothem, Paul Pribyl
Descriptive Experience Sampling Interactive Multi-media Training Tool for Subjunctification and Illustrative Interviews, Stacy Lynne Reger
Ask What Your Country Can Do For You: Social Spending and Satisfaction with Democracy in Latin America, Kenneth Retzl
Investigating three decades of vegetation change in a Mojave Desert mountain range, Chris Lee Roberts
"So Much for Fond Five-Dollar Memories": Prostitution in Las Vegas, 1905-1955, Marie Katherine Rowley
Investigating the Use of Pozzolans in Portland Cement Concrete and Inorganic Polymer Mortar, Omar Abdelmalek Saleh
About a Yellow Ball, Shannon Alice Salter
Improving Efficiency and Capacity of Hydro-Turbines in the Western United States, Hoover Dam, Jonathan Sanchez
Evaluation of Highly Efficient Distribution Transformer Design and Energy Standards Based on Load, James Sanguinetti
Effects of Hyperthermia on Photochemical Internalization-mediated Delivery of Bleomycin, Christina Schlazer
Spawning, Veliger Growth and Desiccation of Dreissena bugensis, Lynn Schwaebe
The Acute Effect of Endurance Exercise on Lipoproteins Measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in Healthy Men, Hanaa Adnan Shaheen
Framework Development for Construction Safety Visualization, Kishor Shrestha
Legal Issues in Green Construction, Namrata Shrestha
Tiny Animals Made To Do Unnatural Things, Ashley Mary Siebels
Cultural Competence in the Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Curriculum, Angela Elizabeth Silvestri
CSA Survivors: What Heals and What Hurts in a Couple Relationship, Laura S. Smedley
To Set the World Right: Religious Pluralism and the Progressive Era, Lance Sorenson
Retrospective Evaluation of Oral Health Services for Underserved Children in Clark County, Nevada, Earl Taylor Spader
Reliability and Validity of the Body Caliper to Evaluate Body Composition, Gregory L. Stalker
Couples' Process of Healing from Infidelity While in Therapy, Jordan Mark Staples
The behavior of zircon during partial melting in anatectic migmatites: Insights to metamorphism, deformation and tectonism in the central Santa Fe Range, northern New Mexico, Michelle Renee Stropky
Audience Image Preferences of 1080i and 720p High Definition Video Formats: An Experiment, Michael Thomas Stubben
The Fluvial Muddy Creek Formation Near Overton, Nevada, Carl Taylor Swenberg
The Initial Development of Child-Focused Interventions in the Treatment of Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Neglect, Kendra Tracy
The Effectiveness of Health Education Materials in Influencing HIV Testing Behavior: The UNLV-SIPHI Study, Rebecca Tsegay
Image Processing with CUDA, Jia Jun Tse
Troubled Youth: Girls in Gangs, Mark Manny Valentin
Defining Neighborhood: Social Disorganization Theory, Official Data, and Community Perceptions, Jeremy Waller
Parker Winds Revisited: An Extension to Disk Winds, Timothy Waters
Frequency-specificity and pattern-specificity of the buildup of auditory stream segregation, David Michael Weintraub
A Turkish Dictionary, Andrew Wessels
The Uses and Gratifications of Dance Reality Television Shows, Heather M. Yuille
Evaluation of possible source rocks in northern Nye County, Nevada: implications for hydrocarbon exploration, Inessa Yurchenko
Analysis of Bank Failure and Size of Assets, Guancun Zhong
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Structural, electrical and thermoelectric properties of chromium silicate thin films, Makram Abd El Qader
Energy-based analysis of utility scale hybrid power systems, Kwame Agyenim-Boateng
Molecular organic geochemistry of the oil and source rocks in Railroad Valley, eastern Great Basin, Nevada, United States, LaOde Ahdyar
Effects of classwide self-management intervention on second grade students’ social skills in physical education, Elian Aljadeff-Abergel
Safety of Cervical Manipulation: Are Adverse Events Preventable and Are Manipulations Being Performed Appropriately?, Joseph Anders, Jessica March, and Amber Perez
An Evaluation of the performance characteristics of olivine temper in Pueblo II Virgin River Puebloan ceramics, Sharlyn Anderson
Shop problems in scheduling, James Andro-Vasko
An Ecological study of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 2006-2010, Joseph Graham Barnes
Sensing and transmission strategies in wireless cognitive radio systems, Babak Abbasi Bastami
Optical and Raman characterization of ALD alumina coated multiwall carbon nanotubes and nanoporous gold film, Naod Belai