Theses/Dissertations from 2011
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
Consensus on the Colorado: Issues in the allocation of a limited resource, Jeffrey D. Tilton
Factors of adoption: Initiating relationships using online dating sites, Rachel Lee Toyer
High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV): An emerging health issue for women and minorities, Dierdre O. Turner
Challenges in Researching the Relationship Between Delinquency and Family Dynamics in Juvenile Sex Offenders, Dio Kevin Turner II
An examination of the grieving processes of suicide survivors, Sarah Van Der Pol
Estimating wildfire potential on a Mojave Desert landscape using remote sensing and field sampling, Peter F. Van Linn III
Bioarchaeology of compassion: Exploring extreme cases of pathology in a Bronze Age skeletal population from Tell Abraq, U.A.E., Jamie D. Vilos
Planning for building-integrated agriculture in Las Vegas, Robert Vralsted
Finding acronyms and their definitions using HMM, Lakshmi Vyas
Comparative and critical analysis: The roles of civic and traditional journalism, Kendle Walters
Dispersion of the hyperpolarizability of the carbon tetrachloride molecule, Scott Wilde
On the back of the army: A comparative study of Romanization in Britain and Egypt, Renee Wiseman
Effect of Toothbrush Abrasion on Frictional Resistance of Aesthetic Orthodontic Archwires, Stephen Alexander Yamodis
Development of a Sustainable Water Resource Financing Mathematical Model for Donors and End-Users, Sahar Zavareh
Indigent women and access to prenatal care, Zoe Ann Zelazny
Association between childhood demographics and blood lead screening---Nevada Kindergarten Health Survey 2010, Lina Zhang
New cross sections for H on H2 collisional transitions, Qianxia Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Modeling arterial blood flow using radial basis functions, Jacqueline M. Acres
Using fluid inclusions to trace formative fluid evolution at the Verde and Pancho porphyry Au deposits of the Refugio District, Chile, Brian Joshua Aillaud
The Integration of biomimicry into a built environment design process model: An alternative approach towards hydro-infrastructure, Timothy Lee Albertson
Dynamic distributed programming and applications to swap edge problem, Feven Z. Andemeskel
Effects of environmental prompts on stair usage, Lori Andersen
Composite of complexity: Manifestations of whiteness and class among Las Vegas Italian Americans, Danielle Nicole Axt
From ‘baggage’ to not ‘non-persons’: Levy v. Louisiana and the struggle for equal rights for ‘illegitimate’ children, Sherrie Anne Bakelar
Carbon isotopic fractionation across a late Cambrian carbonate platform: A regional response to the SPICE event as recorded in the Great Basin, Jonathan Lloyd Baker
Evaluation of video based pedestrian and vehicle detection algorithms, Varun Bandarupalli
Health status of infants and children from the Bronze Age tomb at Tell Abraq, United Arab Emirates, Kathryn Mary Baustian
Cascading simulation: A critical perspective on Barack Obama‘s foreign policy during the 2008 presidential election, Ian P. Beier
Temporal and spatial assessment of evaporation, transpiration, and soil moisture redistribution, Brian M. Bird
Association of body mass index, fruit and vegetable intake, and acculturation in a sample Las Vegas Hispanic population, Anne L. Bolstad
Design standards within constructed wetlands for the reduction of mosquito populations in Clark County, Nevada, Phillip C. Bondurant
Factors influencing attitudes towards prostitution, Brian Robert Brehman
Factors associated with blood lead levels of children in southern Nevada, Mackenzie Suzanne Burns
Recent Accelerated Second-Degree Baccalaureate Graduates’ Perceptions of Educational Preparation, Susan Candelaria
Management research in the hospitality and tourism industry, Xu Cheng
Poisson Process Monitoring, Test and Comparison, Qing Chen
An Analysis of restaurant food safety violations: human factors, non-human factors, and food-borne illness, Jai Choung
Attitudes towards Megan's Law and juvenile sex offenders, Debra Lee Cochrane
A Grounded theory approach to faculty’s perspective and patterns of online social presence, Rebecca A. Cox-Davenport
Diabolical ventriloquism: A Case study in rhetorical transcendence with C. S. Lewis’s infamous imp Screwtape, Daniel J. Coyle
Sex, drug courts, and recidivism, Doria Nour Dandan
Attitudes of young adults about breastfeeding and the association of breastfeeding exposure, Cheryl Lynn Darby-Carlberg
Saints in Sin City: Religion and community building in twentieth century Las Vegas, Matthew R. Davis
Health care access disparities among children entering kindergarten in Nevada, Nadia Deashinta
Evaluation of a 3-dimensional inertial tracking system for quantifying human movement, David T. DeLion
Latino locales: Does context matter?, Matthew C. Dempsey
Attachment theory as a predictor of communicative responses to infidelity, Sandra Donovan
An Examination of the relationship between the hypersexual environment of Las Vegas and forcible rape, Lisa Ann Dooley
The Gendering of Nevada politics: The ERA ratification campaign, 1973-1981, Caryll Batt Dziedziak
The Effects of contact metamorphism on the host rocks for Carlin-type mineralization at the Getchell Development, Nevada, USA, Nathan C. Eck
Implementation of the Wiegand Sun Safety Program into physicians’ offices in southern Nevada, Breanne Eddington
Multiform segregation in the context of the urban crises in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, 1930 - 1980, Colin M. FitzGerald
History and transnational identities in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Brian Joseph Flores
ARIMA model for forecasting Poisson data: Application to long-term earthquake predictions, Wangdong Fu
The role of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems in postural balance, Mary Grace Gaerlan
Plato’s Gorgias: Rhetoric, the greatest evil, and the true art of politics, Paul A. George