Theses/Dissertations from 2011
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
A Mathematical approach for optimizing the casino slot floor: A linear programming application, Kasra Christopher Ghaharian
Altering explicit and implicit racial prejudice towards African American males, Veronica A. Glover
The Write moves: An autoethnographic examination of the media industry, Danielle Gomes
Development of novel biomarkers in cancer: Detection of circulating miR-141 as a potential prognostic marker for prostate cancer, Jason Cadaoas Gonzales
Effects of obesity on the biomechanics of children’s gait at different speeds, Philana-Lee Gouws
The Effects of observation, dialogue, and attentional focus in dyadic training protocol, Carolina Granados
The Portrayal of schizophrenia in television: An experiment assessing how viewer attitudes are affected, Lindsey Jo Hand
Variability of pacing in marathon distance running, Thomas A. Haney Jr.
The Completeness: Novel, Samuel Royce Harr
Neutron flux and energy characterization of a plutonium-beryllium isotopic neutron source by Monte Carlo simulation with verification by neutron activation analysis, Zachary R. Harvey
Experienced clinician’s understanding and approach to treatment with male survivors of child sexual abuse, Blendine Perreire Hawkins
Protocol variation analysis of whole brain CT perfusion in acute ischemic stroke, Peter T. Heiberger
The Relationship of snowmobile year, track length, and riding terrain to the occurrence of musculosketetal symptoms in recreational snowmobile drivers, Erica L. Heisler
Phylogeography of two closely related anurans, the Relict Leopard Frog (Rana onca) and Lowland Leopard Frog (Rana yavapaiensis), Viktoria Hemmings
Transcriptional regulation of Shigella virulence plasmid-encoded genes by VirB and CRP, Christopher Thomas Hensley
Finite strain studies of single crystal Fe3P under high pressures, John William Howard
An evaluation of lead in imported candies within Clark County, Nevada, USA, Lee Reuben Ibarra
Predictors of recall and reading time for seductive and nonseductive text segments, Ivan V. Ivanov
Characterization of unsaturated flow in dual-porosity granular media, Jeevan A. Jayakodilage
Energy efficient LED displays, John Mani Kumar Jupalli
Use of an animal model to explore prenatal predictors of insulin and glucose metabolism in Southwestern Alaskan Yupiit, Julie Jo Kachinski
Data routing in multicore processors using dimension increment method, Arpita H. Kadakia
Weapons labs and city growth: Livermore and Albuquerque, 1945-1975, Layne Rochelle Karafantis
A Comparative study on text categorization, Aditya Chainulu Karamcheti
Removal of arsenic and strontium from aqueous solution using ironoxide coated zeolitized tuff, Nataliya V. Kasimtseva
Civil-military relations: A case study of Pakistan, Najiyah Khan
A Secure on-line credit card transaction method based on Kerberos Authentication protocol, Jung Eun Kim
Oral cancer in Nevada: A Public health perspective, Karl Kingsley
High school student interests in architecture, construction, and engineering education, Krishna P. Kisi
Commercial sex workers: Lives and practices, Sarah J. Knowles
A Change management effort in one large public organization: An exploration of the perception of needed skills for managing change, Brian Paul Knudsen
Study of stemming algorithms, Savitha Kodimala
Detours admitting short paths, Reshma Koganti
The Culture of revolution: Revolutionary transformation in Iran, Autoosa Elizabeth Kojoori-Saatchi
An Exploratory study on energy consumption of Energy Star and non-Energy Star homes, Prajakta Kulkarni
Blameworthiness and dangerousness: An analysis of violent female capital offenders in the United States and China, Courtney Brooke LaHaie
Initial development of a healthy living curriculum within family behavior therapy for substance abuse, Holly B. LaPota
Opportunities for intervention: Characteristics of alcohol related visits to United States emergency departments, 2003 - 2007, Jonathon LaValley
General coupon collecting models and multinomial games, James Y. Lee
Impact of hotel discount strategies on consumers’ emotion and behavior in the presence of high and low involvement consumers, Seung H. Lee