Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Power and political process: The case of the Ivanpah Airport, Amy Gayle Walker
The effectiveness of reading programs for the intermediate remedial student, Hope Ann Walter
From equi-graphical sets to graphical permutations: A problem of degrees in graphs, Michael Lee Watson
An analysis of the relationship between alcohol availability and alcohol-related hospital admissions in the city of Chicago, 1990--1997, Dorothy Ruth Wilson
Design and Analysis for Melt Casting Metallic Fuel Pins Incorporating Volatile Actinides, Xiaolong Wu
Modeling and Simulation of the Chemical Etching Process in Niobium Cavities, Qin Xue
Modeling image databases using Xml schema, Min Xu
Large-scale database modeling: Discovering attributes, entities, and relationships, Ying Yang
Identification of dynamic properties of materials for the nuclear waste package, Konstantin Grigoryevich Zabotkin
Unveiling the implicit message: A look at racial, Hispanic/Latino, and Mexican portrayals on "Sesame Street", Magdalena Maria Zepeda
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Challenges for the New West: Economic impacts of wilderness in Nevada's rural counties, Lesley Regina Argo
Challenges for the new west: Economic impacts of wilderness in Nevada's rural counties, Lesley Regina Argo
Three pioneering women in Nicaraguan theater: Dona Gladys Ramirez de Espinoza, Socorro Bonilla Castellon, and Lucero Millan, Maria-Tania Bandes-Becerra
A self-stabilizing interval routing scheme in general networks, Doina Bein
The myth of national unity: President George W Bush's rhetorical reconstruction of America, William Edward Belk
Increasing parental knowledge in treatment of childhood fever, Brian D Bishop
The presence of adverse selection in the Las Vegas resale housing market, Ryan Matthew Bledsoe
A qualitative study of the perceived psychosocial outcomes of gastric bypass surgery, Lindsey Eva Bocchieri
Prediction of performance time on a treadmill stress test following a Bruce protocol, Helena Nadine Boersma
Moderation of age-related cognitive decline in older adults, Joseph Francis Boetcher
Transport of perchlorate in the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead, Manjula Roshan Boralessa
Factors affecting recidivism at a transitional shelter for the homeless, Scianna Elizabeth Bowman Augustine
The relationship between employee turnover and customer service quality in casino restaurants, Karl D Brandmeir
Self-stabilizing binary search tree maintenance algorithm, Sylvain Ronan Brigant
Construction of a random signal with a specific Psd and a uniform Pdf, Venkatraghavan V Bringi
The effects of irrigation and nitrogen management on water use of tall fescue, Christopher Alan Brown
Thunder in the desert: Commercial air travel and tourism in Las Vegas, 1959--2001, Daniel Kenneth Bubb
A comparison of the functional efficacy of osteoarthritic knee joints following viscosupplementation treatment, Stephanie Beasley Buford
An evaluation between confidence judgments and differences in monitoring ability, Brett Douglas Campbell
Human capital in the hospitality industry: Its components, role and importance in achieving corporate goals, Deborah Canale
Exploring family values, Jaime Lynn Carr
Mathematical models for interendothelial cleft, Bin Chen
Analysis of casino table game tipping by Comdex conventioneers, Joseph Nelson Christensen
Albanian-American relations: The past and the future, Vladimir Cicani
Testing the potential of system dynamics models for improving public participation in resource management, Sarah Williams Cloud
Jurors' perceptions of child witnesses with disabilities, Darla Jean Cooper
A descriptive study of positive body image among female adolescent dancers, Amy Bobo Courrier
Modeling of hand-arm-glove vibration system and testing and evaluating of antivibration gloves, Jianying Cui
Photofragmentation of carbonyl sulfide (Ocs) following core-shell photoexcitation and photoionization, Lan Thi Ngoc Dang
The effect of anaerobic exercise on the thermic effect of food, Charlene Marie Denzer
Water policy and theoretical models: Political, bureaucratic and class dynamics in a growth economy, Kelly Michelle De Vine
Radiometric evaluation of the prehistoric mortuary practices of the Chinchorro culture in northern Chile, Matthew Ray Doubrava
Family factors associated with anxiety sensitivity in youth, Kelly Lynn Drake
Investigating the relationship of verbal span and spatial span in a combination task, Miriam E Dunbar
Algal growth potential and nutrient limitation in the Las Vegas Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada, Xiaomo Du
Comparison of methods for determining bulk specific gravity of Hma specimens, Anna Eapen
An Ethical framework for interpreting the United States Endangered Species Act, Cathryn M. Elgin
Excavation and interpretation: 42Ws126, the Watchman Site, Zion National Park, Utah, Suzanne Beryl Eskenazi
Transgender population: Barriers and adaptions to employment, Cecilie H Evans
Auto dealership compliance with hazardous materials management in the Las Vegas Valley, Lisa Evenson
Job characteristics and self-efficacy as predictors of organizational commitment, Min Fang
The dichotomy in the determinacy of certain two-person infinite games with moves from {0,1}, Deborah Sue Fraker
Determination of static contraction times to exhaustion for given percentages of a 1 Rm in the bench press, leg press, and pulldown exercises, Jeremy C Fransen
Protoporphyrin IX distribution in rat brain following the administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its hexylester, Scott Alan Friesen
Cenozoic extension superimposed on a Mesozoic thrust belt, central Nevada, Joseph John Gilbert
Complexity: Theoretical and methodological applications for sociology, Kathryn A Gilpatric
Characterization of the pleiotropic effects of the Drosophila gene mushroom body miniature B, Michael Louis Ginsburg
Estimating effective discharge at Lehman Creek, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, Lisa A Glonek
Determinants of the earnings gap between blacks and whites: A human capital approach, James Michael Goldenberg
Paleoindian technological provisioning in the western Great Basin, Kelly Elizabeth Graf
Starbursts in the UV bright interacting galaxies NGC 3395 and NGC 3396, Mark Hancock
The ecological role of beavers (Castor canadensis) in a Southwestern desert stream, Bryan James Harper
The Nature and Level of Criminal Activity among Pathological Gamblers, Paul Cherbonneau Harvey
Southern Nevada Water Authority, Statler Hasley
Weighted running: Effect on impact and oxygen consumption, Wendy Ann Hibner
Paleoecology of Upper Harkless archaeocythan reefs in Esmeralda County, Nevada, Melissa K Hicks
Electrical characterization of plasma-enhanced Cvd silicon nitride dielectric on copper, Amudha Regina Irudayam
Analysis of the crash potential at signalized intersections with trap lanes, Joanna Kajkowski
Questions and conjectures about multinomial coefficients, Troy Richard Kessler
An analysis of wealth effect to shareholders of the lodging industry in mergers and acquisitions, Sung-Hwan Kim
Near-optimal broadcast in all-port wormhole-routed hypercubes using error-correcting codes, Hyosun Ko
The relationship between employee personality traits and preferred leadership style, Thomas M. Kuhn
Muscle performance during slow isokinetic speeds, Jonathan Michael Kwantes
The recent growth of the Las Vegas Valley and its effect on the criminal justice system, Scott William Larson
Precipitating and prophylactic factors contributing to posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology in maltreated children, Lisa Marie Linning
Sedentism among the Archaic fisher-folk of northern Chile: A malacological perspective, Sally D Llull-Billings
Effects of OCR errors on text categorization, Lidija K Mackovski
Perceptions of caring behaviors by elderly residents in extended care facilities, Ludy Sta Maria-Llasus
The fixture and methodologies for evaluating vibration characteristics of hand-held pneumatic impact tools, Jeffrey G Markle
Peer education and its effects on the beliefs of rape myths, Allison Marmer
Parental perceptions of childhood weight status in preschool children, Alison Faye Martodam
Evaluation of factors affecting the performance of biological phosphorus removal in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant, Cesar Rossas Mota Filho
Assessing learning outcomes in college introductory economics courses: A case study, John Richards Mundy
Characterization of 2-methyl-8-quinolinolato gallium (Iii) chelates, Sanjini Ushika Nanayakkara
An examination of mentoring among graduate teaching assistants, Kimberly Kay Nehls
Perceptions of nonconforming sexualities and genders on television talk shows, Violeta Oliver
Comparison of heart rates between deep water running, treadmill running, and cycling, Jennifer Nicole Padilla
Anomaly detection in hyperspectral signatures using automated derivative spectroscopy methods, Srilatha Panchanathan
Differentiating educational needs of North American and Non-North American tradeshow exhibitors, Hyunsoo Park
Electrochemical techniques for detection of Tnt and other explosives using disposable screen-printed carbon electrodes, Rebecca Ann Pearson
Deterrence and urinalysis of probationers, James Pierre Perdue
An exploration of the inner experience of depression, Carla Nanette Perlotto
Mock juror perceptions of juvenile defendants in adult court, Jennifer Lynne Personius
The effects of static stretching sets in warm-up on maximum vertical jump performance, David R Pestana
Attorneys' perceptions of child witnesses with mental retardation, Michelle Dawn Platt
The effects of thymic hormones on the proliferation of human myelogenous leukemia cells, Melissa Pompilius
Alternative perspectives of projectile point variability during the Levantine Neolithic, Doss F. Powell
Parent pathology and family environment as correlates of child separation anxiety disorder, Courtney Ryan Pursell