Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Comparison of design-build and design-bid-build performance of public university projects, James David Fernane
Spectroscopic studies of melamine at high pressure, Martin Donald Galley
1983: The most dangerous year, Andrew R. Garland
Redefining security in sub-Saharan Africa, Winta Sintayehu Gebremariam
Patient factors and day of the week influencing physical therapy non-treatment events in the acute care setting, Daniel Goodrich and Curtis Doug Jensen
Public interest standard characteristics in hybrid digital multicasts of noncommercial educational radio, Michele Ann Gothard
Pleistocene climate in Alaska from stable isotopes in an ice wedge, Corinne Y. Griffing
Climate and vegetation change in the Newberry mountains, Southern Clark County, Nevada, Ross Joseph Guida
Roaming region for Delaunay triangulation, Romas James Hada
A comparison of spatio-temporal prediction methods of cancer incidence in the U.S, Michelle Hamlyn
Zero-sum magic graphs and their null sets, Samuel M. Hansen
Optimizing heart dose reduction for deep inspiration left breast radiotherapy, Ronald James Harder
School refusal behavior: The relationship between functions and symptom sets, Marisa Charlene Hendron
The Effect of early environmental manipulation on locomotor sensitivity and methamphetamine condition place preference reward, Emily Hensleigh
A comparative study of indicator bacteria present in ice and soda from Las Vegas food establishments, Kimberly Jo Hertin
Modeling of a novel solar down beam test facility utilizing Newtonian optics, Ryan J. Hoffmann
Beyond the demographic transition: The case of Japan, Mary Beth Horiai
Automating construction and selection of a neural network using stochastic optimization, Jason Lee Hurt
Methodological quality of quantitative nursing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender research from 2000 to 2010, Michael Johnson
Newe country: Environmental degradation, resource war, irrigation and the transformation of culture on Idaho's Snake River plain, 1805--1927, Sterling Ross Johnson
Fall prevention training and its impact to southern Nevada construction workers, Vedaspati Joshi
Improved algorithms for ear-clipping triangulation, Bartosz Kajak
The influence of ethnic identity and family support on posttraumatic symptoms in maltreated youth, Harpreet Kaur
Effect of AquaStretch on Range of Motion at Knee Joint in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients, Raja Devinder Kochar
Raise the Still Rabbit, Michael Kroesche
To receive my services you must be dying and alone, Kathryn Kruse
For the benefit of others: Harriet Martineau: feminist, abolitionist and travel writer, Laura J. Labovitz
Traffic safety: Modeling, analysis and visualization, Puneet Lakhanpal
Imagined interactions as a link to political talk, Megan Lambertz
After the fall: The post-apocalyptic frontier in The Road and 28 Days Later, Jeffrey J. Lavigne
Synthesis of a chemical probe for identification of Ger receptor proteins of Bacillus anthracis, Hyelee Lee
Identifying effort estimation factors for corrective maintenance in object-oriented systems, Michael J. Lee
Parallel machines scheduling with applications to Internet ad-slot placement, Shaista Lubna
Evaluation of the pilot program, Pediatric Early Warning Sentinel Surveillance Program (PEWSS), and its efficacy in monitoring pediatric illness in Clark County, Nevada, Michelle Lee Lutman
Impact of design cost on project performance of design bid build projects, Nirajan Mani
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in urban India, Heidi A. Manlove
Thrust joint manipulation education: Student perceptions of learning and practical experiences in spinal manipulation within entry-level physical therapist education programs, Joshua Thomas Marks and Lisa Basl
Taming the waters that taketh from the devil’s playground: A history of flood control in Clark County, Nevada, 1955-2010, Jarvis Marlow
The information battlefield: Al-Qaeda's use of advanced media technologies for framed messaging, Jessica Marie Martin
The impact of World War II on women's fashion in the United States and Britain, Meghann Mason
Statistical Analysis of Fatalities Due to Vehicle Accidents in Las Vegas, NV, Annabelle Marie Mathis
Personality, presence, and the virtual self: A five-factor model approach to behavioral analysis within a virtual environment, Michael Patrick McCreery
The Self: Your own worst enemy? A test of the self-invoking trigger hypothesis, Bradley J. McKay
A polymerase chain reaction method for the detection of Selenomonas noxia, Arthuro Mehretu
Effects of environment on children's motor scores, eligibility status, and administration times, Derrick Mittelstadt, Abigail Parker, Kirsten Pickett, and Heather Temkin
The effect of endpoint knowledge on dot enumeration, Alex Michael Moore
A diffusion tensor imaging software comparison and between control subjects and subjects with known anatomical diagnosis, Michael C. Moore
Calcium supplemental usage and potential health issues sssociated with the rate of usage in Las Vegas, NV, Tanesha Nicole Moss
Complex VS profiles to 100 m depth from Rayleigh waves and 3-D VS model for Las Vegas Valley, Helena Murvosh
What is mission critical in the hotel guest room: Examining in-room guest empowerment technologies, Pelin Nasoz
Strike Out Across the Shoreless Ocean, Julia Claire Paajanen
Korean mask-dance and Aristotle's poetics, Teayong Pakr
International study program for indoor environmental research, Stoil Pamoukov
Environmental impact of the Three Kids Mine tailings, Henderson, NV, Ji Hye Park
Jackpot! A legal history of Indian gaming in California, Aaron Peardon
Accurate circuit model for predicting the performance of lead-acid AGM batteries, Wenxin Peng
Statistical inference of a measure for two binomial variates, Serena Petersen
Characterization and regulation of the icsP and ospZ locus in Shigella flexneri, Krystle Lashell Pew
Bacterial adherence of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus on poly-methyl methacrylate and thermoplastic polypropene used in orthodontic retention, Lindsay Ann Pfepper
The hormonal correlates of stress and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in female veterans, Meghan Pierce
Gatekeeping in a TV news editorial conference: Shift of force, other media, personal experience and pack mentality, Kyril Daniel Plaskon
Effects of inlet conditions on diffuser outlet performance, Zaccary A. Poots
Analysis of ghrelin concentrations in serum samples processed at one, two, and three hours after collection, Christine E. Prato
An Empirical comparison of life cycle cost of green school buildings and non-green school buildings, Nitisha Pushpala
Modeling Mortality Rates for Leukemia Between Men and Women in the United States, Blessed Quansah
Recycling waste latex paint in overlays, rigid pavements, and pervious concrete, Oscar Inez Quiroz
Electrochemistry of PANI/metal composites in basic solutions, Tamthinhan Quy
Seismic characterization of select engineered nanoparticles in essentially saturated glass beads, Mohamed Nihad Rajabdeen
A New socialist world in Latin America?, Dana R. Ramos
Executive function profiles in pediatric traumatic brain injury, Erik Nelson Ringdahl
Embryonic Development of the Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, and the Influence of Salinity on Cardiac Physiology, Amie Lynn Romney
The role of metrical structure in tonal knowledge acquisition, Matthew Rosenthal
Time-dependent crack growth behavior of alloy 617 and alloy 230 at elevated temperatures, Shawoon Kumar Roy
Child advocacy centers and child sexual abuse in Nevada, Chrystal Ruggieri
The Effect of self-controlled practice on forearm passing, motivation, and affect in women’s volleyball players, Nels Rydberg
“Change” in the 2008 presidential campaign: A study in rhetorical definition, Graciela Saez Kleriga
Reintegrative shaming and juvenile delinquency in Japan, Mari Sakiyama
Boundary Element Method (BEM) and Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS) for the boundary value problems of the 2-D Laplace's equation, Ermes Anthony Salgado-Ibarra
A study of a novel modular variable geometry frame arranged as a robotic surface, Christopher James Salisbury
Modeling passive solar distillation production in Las Vegas, Nevada, Noe I. Santos
Sharp feature identification in a polygon, Joseph P. Scanlan
The relationship between the functions of school refusal behavior and family environment, Rachel Marie Schafer
The Watchmaker Series, Christopher Michael Seelie
Electrochemistry of technetium analogues rhenium and molybdenum in room temperature ionic liquid, Pauline Nancy Serrano
The impact of age, education, political knowledge and political context on voter turnout, Roy Edward Snyder III
ProcessJ: A process-oriented programming language, Matthew Sowders
The pedagogy of pornography: What popular pornography on the Internet teaches us about aggression and consent, Anthony Springrt Jr.
Development of a simulation tool for analysis of freeway crashes due to cell phone usage, Sourabh Sriom
Analysis of the morbidity and mortality of severe influenza infection in Clark County, Nevada for the 2010--2011 influenza season, Kindra Maureen St. Jacques
Groundwater contamination potential in northern Nevada from mining, associated communities, and agriculture as forecasted by two vulnerability methods, John L. Swatzell
Effects of high-impedance-contrast boundary upon multi-modal seismic surface wave data, Prajwol Tamrakar
Examining revenue management practices in Las Vegas casino resorts, Arun Tanpanuwat
A Statistical model for long-term forecasting of strong sand dust storms, Siqi Tan
Topic detection and tracking using hidden Markov models, Aditya S. Tatavarty
Implementation of numerically stable hidden Markov model, Usha Ramya Tatavarty
A landscape approach to Late Prehistoric settlement and subsistence patterns in the Mojave Sink, Tiffany Ann Thomas