Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Seat shock test stand development, Christopher Ransel
Development and qualification of a room used to investigate component and system performance characteristics of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems, Jagan M Rayavarapu
Virtual design and modeling of various manufacturing processes for remote fabrication of transmuter fuel, Jamil Mohamad Renno
The method of fundamental solutions for solving wave equations, Lourdes Jeanette Rivera
Synthesis and characterization of strontium fluorapatite, Chirantha Prageeth Rodrigo
gamma-Aminobutyric acid inhibits interleukin-1beta stimulated release of interleukin-6 from rat C6 glioma cells: In vitro evidence for a role of p38 Map kinase, Raghuram Royyuru
Effect of a high protein diet on glucose tolerance in rats, Roxanne Mary Sanchez
Metallurgical and corrosion characterization of structural materials for S-I cycle, Radhakrishnan Santhanakrishnan
Estimation of the covariance matrix in presence of non-detects, Shanmugapriya Saravanan
Performance of Waspaloy at elevated temperature for heat exchanger applications, Lalit Savalia
Immobilization of fission iodine by reaction with fullerene containing carbon compounds or insoluble natural organic matter, Gregory Tye Schmett
Development of a street sweeper fleet management system, Ravi Shenkar Seera
Phytoremediation of perchlorate by native and exotic riparian phreatophytes of the Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, Seth Adam Shanahan
Study on immobilizing radionuclides in apatite-based host phase materials, Gunanda Weduge Chinthaka Silva
Peer relations among female delinquents: A study of racial/ethnic differences and violence, Jenna Rachael Silverman
Pectoral fin control of a biorobotic Auv in the dive pLane, Aditya Simha
Sensationalism in local Tv news: A content analysis comparing ratings and non-ratings periods, Brittany Lee Sinner
Effectiveness of water for dust control on Las Vegas Valley soils, Krishna Kamakshi Sistla Sai
Development of an instrument designed to measure student perception of school connectedness, Nicole Jennifer Smith
An investigation of grid sampling schemes for kriging contaminant concentrations in a riverbed, Matthew Jacob Sokol
Relevance of age and special needs in initial development phases of a child neglect scale, Stephanie Ann Stowman
CFD modeling of compact offset strip-fin high temperature heat exchanger, Sundaresan Subramanian
A problem concerning the existence of graphs with certain degRees, Jonathan Seary Summer
Conceptual modeling and analysis of a solar receiver for thermochemical hydrogen generation, Derek Satoru Taguchi
The differential impact of language skills on the wages of Hispanic men and women, Annette Marie Tanori
A tough one out there, Patryke Kim Thomas
Tissue cooling during cryotherapy with varied types of compression, David Tomchuk
Millipede: A graphical tool for debugging distributed systems with a multilevel approach, Erik Helge Tribou
Islanding issues associated with photovoltaic inverters, Ramachandran Tripunithura Mahadeva
Ancestral Puebloan social hierarchies at Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico, Sali A Underwood
The role of applied potentials on cracking of Zircaloy-2, Unnikrishnan Valliyil
Plyometric training in female adolescent soccer players, Amaris Christine Vandyke
Use of alloy 800H for applications in hydrogen generation using nuclear power, Vinay Virupaksha
Reject inference methodology skewed missing data problem, Atsuko Watanabe
Synthetic methods for catalytically active polyaniline/platinum composites, Neloni Ranamli Wijeratne
Sociability and "Survivor", Shelley Elizabeth Wilkerson
Evaluating hydraulic conductivity of desert soils at the Amargosa Desert research site near Beatty, Nevada, Jon Woodrow Wilson
Missing Letters: Seven stories and one novella, David Biddle Winkler
An analysis of ground stone artifacts from Ghwair I, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in southern Jordan, Claudia C Woodman
Hellfire and damnation through crime or bliss through faith: A look at faith-based corrections, Gregory Paul Warren Wuthrich
Improvements to patient-specific skeletal dosimetry, Jeffrey Scott Wyler
Engine starts and soaks frequencies in southern Nevada, Ping Xi
Reactor modeling and simulation for the copper-chlorine thermochemical solar hydrogen generation process, Mohammed Yassin
Soul shakedown: The politics of soul music, Melanie Catherine Young
Business failure prediction for Korean lodging firms using multiple discriminant analysis and logit analysis, Hyewon Youn
Effects of attentional focus on kinematics and muscle activation patterns as a function of expertise, Tiffany L Zachry
Reliability generalization of the California Psychological Inventory, Helen Zaikina
Sequential procedure for test of uniformity in multinomial models, Hai Zhen
Confidence intervals for the ratio of Poisson parameters, Libo Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Establishing uranium migration parameters for the Indian Springs Range, Clinton E Abell
Community notification laws and sex offender recidivism: A study of state laws in pre and post time periods, Rachel Katherine Abrams
A system model for source water assessment in the Las Vegas Valley, Silvia Albuquerque
CFD Analysis of 3-D Thermalhydraulics Flow Effects on Wall Concentration Gradient Profiles for LBE Loop Fittings, Narain Armbya
CFD analysis of three-dimensional thermalhydraulics flow effects on wall concentration gradient profiles for Lbe loop fittings, Narain Armbya
Effects of residential xeriscape conversions on property values: A baseline case study, Andréa E. Baker
Analysis of the unsteady flow and heat transfer of a dusty fluid between two concentric cylinders in the presence of a magnetic field, Nagarajan Balasubramanian
Comparison of the performance of various bootstrap procedures for gamma and lognormal distributions, Alex N Berejnoi
Pottery and mobility: A functional analysis of Intermountain Brownware, Britt J Betenson
Lower limb bone shape and structure among populations of differing lifestyles: Effects of biomechanical stress and inferences of activity, Michele Marcela Bleuze
Belief in a just world among undergraduates, graduate students, and law students, Joseph F Boetcher
Determining capable guardians in rape incidents, Alicia A Boots
Local newspapers and the restoration of order: Littleton after Columbine, Michelle Laura Bouwkamp
Vietnam and the More Flags campaign, 1964--1965: The search for American allies in the Commonwealth, Becky L Bruce
The relationship between time on the job and compassion/satisfaction fatigue in firefighters, Juanita M Buck
A case study of culture and change in a small architecture firm, Valerie L Bugni
Gender parity in political coverage: A content analysis of major Kenyan newspapers, Kulamo C Bullo
Effects of gender and seating arrangement on perceptions of leadership, Danielle Jackson Cervantes
The myth of arrival, Zachary Jean Chartkoff
Defining soil type and habitat characteristics of the Arctomecon Californica, Philip S. Childers
The Effects of off-road vehicle use in Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitats, Brent D. Clark
Breaking down the wall: Hope and the dialectical nature of education, Ginger Clayton-Lee
The impact of dynamic changes in talker amplitude on recognition memory for words, Kimberly M Cramer
Cultivation of fear of Blacks in Las Vegas television news media, Mark Leigh Curry
Metricizing' non-metric craniofacial traits: Application of three dimensional geometric morphometric analysis to ancestral identification, Summer Joy Decker
Three-dimensional CFD simulations of natural and forced convection solar domestic water heating systems, Sachin Sudhakar Deshmukh
The effects of an elevated pre-test heart rate on a cardiovascular test, Jeffrey Allen Dolgan
GIS analysis of the pre and post-diversion water balances in Owens Valley, California, Anna Corinne Draa
Residual stress measurements and analysis by destructive and non-destructive techniques, Satish Babu Dronavalli
Characterization and extent of expansive soils in the Las Vegas Valley, Lorraine Linnert Dunford
Culture clash: Making the case for a new paradigm in police cultural training, Hal S Edwards
Camera calibration for the NASA Virtual GloveBox project, Ramzi Wasef El-Khater
Arabic stemmers and their effectiveness on the information retrieval system, Rania Fawzi Elkhoury
Survival of enterococcal and streptococcal species in natural waters, Kameron L Entrekin
Discerning academic preparation and responsibilities of Division I and Division Iii athletic administrators, Carl Seth Evans
Evaluating the effectiveness of simulation-based instruction about water resources in Las Vegas, Stephanie Fincher
Congress's failed potential: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the War Powers Act, Jason Andrew Frayer
Habitat preferences of four species of lizards found at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Scott Garncarz
The Effects of environmentally relevant doses of Perchlorate (ClO4-) on Rana Pipiens metamorphosis and development, Andrea N. Golli
Martyred Cars, Andrea Rose Gregovich
Cooling due to collisions between hydrogen molecules and helium atoms, Lisa Ann Grew
Evaluation of the perceptual magnet effect and categorical perception for musical timbre, Melissa Kay Griffith
Pathological gambling and substance abuse in the Las Vegas arrestee population, Jeffrey Michael Groebner
Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance of Martensitic Stainless Steels for Transmutation Applications, Phani P. Gudipati
Suppression of limit cycle oscillations in an aeroelastic system using robust and adaptive control, Sushma Gujjula
Simulation of concentrated photovoltaic cooling system, Christopher K Halford
Pyrite geochemistry across the Betze-Post deposit, northern Carlin Trend, Nevada, Christine Ann Henkelman
Vegetation characteristics associated with small mammal populations in the Las Vegas Wash, Christine Therese Herndon
Modeling consumer choices between domestic and foreign automobiles, Cagla Hirschman