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About the Collection
This collection contains UNLV graduate student theses, dissertations, professional papers, and capstone projects from 1956-present. Records produced before 2009 were previously available only in print or microfilm and were digitized by the University Libraries. Records are organized by Year, Author, and Title.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Effects of a Comprehensive Weight Management Program, Including Nutrition Education, Physical Activity, & Behavior Change Techniques on Weight Loss and Health-Related Behaviors, Christina M. Vergara Aleshire
Non-Learning Semantic Analysis for Context Discovery and Sentiment Estimation: Transportation Application, Himanshu Verma
Factor Structure of the CPT-II, Mary Vertinski
Impact of A Grade Contract Model in A College Composition Course: A Multiple Case Study, Nayelee Villanueva
Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Virgin Branch Puebloan Sites on the Shivwits Plateau, Thomas Carl Wambach
The Untold History of Nevada's Shield Statute, Matthew Travis Ward
Methodological Quality and Study Report Characteristics of Current Nursing Education Research, Staci Lynn Warnert
Reducing Court-Related Stress Through Court Education: Examining Child Witnesses, Attorneys and Parents, Brittnie Turquoise Watkins
Slavery, Sacred Texts, and the Antebellum Confrontation with History, Jordan Tuttle Watkins
Life history tradeoffs and the costs of reproduction in Arizona Bark Scorpions (Centruroides sculpturatus), Michael Marie Webber
The Percussion Music of Donald Martino, Glenn Webb
Application of the Transtheoretical Model: Assessing Exercise Behavior in African Americans in a Church-Based Setting, Robin Marie White
Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Sex Tourism in Las Vegas, Carolyn Willis
Chinese Outbound Tourists Food Consumption in the U.S.: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior, Kaiyang Wu
Isolation and Characterization of Paenibacillus larvae Bacteriophages for Use as a Treatment of American Foulbrood Disease in Honeybees, Diane Gerda Yost
Gilded Age Visual Media as the Impetus for Social Change: Jacob Riis's Reform Photography and the Antecedents of Documentary Film, Denitsa Yotova
Induction of Differentiation of Dental Pulp-Derived Mesenchymal Stem cells (DPSC), Aubrey Young
Physical Therapy Non-Treatment of the Acute Hospital Inpatient, Daniel Lee Young
Exact Controllability of the Lazer-McKenna Suspension Bridge Equation, Lanxuan Yu
Developing Seamless Connections in the Urban Transit Network: A Look toward High-Speed Rail Interconnectivity, Tingting Yu
A qualitative study of the perceived health care needs of undocumented Latino day laborers living in Las Vegas, Nevada, Siboney Zelaya
A Study of Joinpoint Models for Longitudinal Data, Libo Zhou
Evaluation of Video Prompting To Teach Students with Intellectual Disabilities to Use a Cell Phone, Allenda Tharel Zionch
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Mapping the Online Gambling E-Servicescape: Impact of Virtual Atmospherics on the Gambler's Experience, Brett Lillian Levine Abarbanel
A Historical Comparative Analysis of Executions in the United States from 1608 to 2009, Emily Jean Abili
What Factors Impact the Effectiveness of International Non Governmental Organizations (INGOs) in Ethiopia, Ermias Abraham
Stability Aware Delaunay Refinement, Bishal Acharya
Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion on Neck Range of Motion, Pain and Function: A Prospective Analysis, Kate Addis, Jason Longhurst, and Bree-lyn vom Steeg
Utilizing Big Data in Identification and Correction of OCR Errors, Shivam Agarwal
Assessing Different Zeolitic Adsorbents for their Potential Use in Kr and Xe Separation, Breetha Alagappan
Study of a Non-Equilibrium Plasma Pinch with Application for Microwave Generation, Ahmad Al Agry
Dehumanization: As It Is Present Within Bullying Behaviors In An Anti-Bullying Program, Katelyn Amos
A Digital Image Processing Method for Detecting Pollution in the Atmosphere from Camera Video, Amrita Nikhil Amritphale
AlPcS(2a)-Mediated Photochemical Internalization of Bleomycin and Concurrent Hyperthermia of Multicellular Tumor Spheroids, Aaron Andersen
Predictors of Resilience and Their Influence on Adaptation after Elective Abortion, Anna Marie Antonio
Samsara, Erica Anzalone
Assessing Growth Response to Climate Controls in a Great Basin Artemisia Tridentata Plant Community, Lorenzo F. Apodaca
Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Pre-menopausal Breast Cancer: a population-based case-control study, Arash Ardalan
The Importance of Explicitly Mapping Instructional Analogies in Science Education, Loretta Asay
Investigation of Peak Load Reduction Strategies in Residential Buildings in Cooling Dominated Climates, Fady Atallah
Comparison of Mesh and Meshless Methods for Partial Differential Equations of Galerkin Form, Wallace F. Atterberry
Real Time Pattern Recognition in Digital Video with Applications to Safety in Construction Sites, Dinesh Bajracharya
Max Operation in Statistical Static Timing Analysis on the Non-Gaussian Variation Sources for VLSI Circuits, Abu M. Baker
Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Emotional and Physical Infidelity: An Evolutionary Perspective, Alyson Kay Baker
Object Detection Using Contrast Enhancement and Dynamic Noise Reduction, Justin Lee Baker
Friends of Rainbow Company Program Evaluation, Holly Balmer, Christian Downing, and Eric Garner
An Online Algorithm for the 2-Server Problem On The Line with Improved Competitiveness, Lucas Adam Bang
A Qualitative Study of Past Student-Participants' Perceptions of College Mentoring Relationships: A Case Within a Hospitality College, Roberta Jo Barnes
Developing Ethical Competence: The Perspective of Nurse Educators from Pre-Licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Programs Accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Jennifer Lee Bartlett
Dressing Indian: Appropriation, Identity, and American Design, 1940-1968, Alison Rose Bazylinski
Always Away, Mollie Bergeron
How We Complain: The Effect of Personality on Consumer Complaint Channels, Riley Allen Berry
Numerical Modeling of Heat Pipe Radiator and Fin Size Optimization for Low and No Gravity Environments, Virginia Ruth Bieger
Examining the Testing Effect using the Dual-Process Signal Detection Model, Nicole Jessica Bies-Hernandez
Temperature Trends and Urban Heat Island Intensity Mapping of the Las Vegas Valley, Adam Leland Black
How Accurately Can the Inclination Angle, Position Angle, and Location of the Dynamic Center be Measured from the Neutral Hydrogen Disk in the Central Regions of Dwarf Galaxies?, John Henry Boisvert
Actresses Redefining Theater and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century France, Rebecca Anne Bolen
Criticality and Characteristic Neutronic Analysis of a Transient-State Shockwave in a Pulsed Spherical Gaseous Uranium-Hexafluoride Reactor, Jeremiah Boles
Alternations of NMDA and GABAB Receptor Function in Development: A Potential Animal Model of Schizophrenia, Monica Bolton
Paleoecology of Late Pleistocene megaherbivores: Stable isotope reconstruction of environment, climate, and response, Aubrey Mae Bonde
The Lived Experience of the Novice Nursing Dean: Exploring the Meaning and Significance, Melissa Rae Bouws
Exploring the Relationships Between Rap and Hip-Hop Music Use and Objectified Body Consciousness, Body Dissatisfaction, and Gender Norms in Female Juvenile Delinquents, Nina Simone Brathwaite
The Acute Effect of Two Hip External Rotator Stretches on Range of Motion, Cody Brian Bremner
Kinematic analysis of axial rotations and the effects of stress selection on takeoff flight performance, Michael L. Brewer
Friends in the Desert Foundation, Inc. Program Evaluation, Gina Brooksbank, Jessica Wilde, and Holly Williams
Strategic Electronic Property Control of Self-Assembling Pyrazine-Acenes, Lacie Brownell
Pyramid of the Sun, James Joseph Brown
Land-Based Exercise and Its Effect on Quality of Life Outcomes in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review, Cody R. Buckner, Lindsay C. Martin, and Michael L. Soukup
Therapeutic Neuroscience Education for Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Its Effect on Activity Level, Pain Perception, and Function, Stephen Burton, Amber Domingo, and Ryan Spencer
This is the Place: Utah's gaming history and current attitude, Jackson Tad Butterfield
Literacy Coaching and Preschool Teacher's Implementation of Literacy Instructional Practices, Teresa Byington
Examination of Student, Program, and Institutional Support Characteristics that Relate to PGA Golf Management Students' Intent to Persist, Christopher Paul Cain
An Analysis of Reading Skills Instruction Provided To Special and General Educators In Their Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education, Wendie Lappin Castillo
Efficacy of Gold Silica Nanoshells and Gold Nanorods for Photothermal Therapy of Human Glioma Spheroids, Suyog Jung Chhetri
Claiming Citizenship: Las Vegas' Conventional Women's Organizations Establishing Citizenship Through Civic Engagement, Cynthia Cicero
Simulation and Analysis of Insider Attacks, Christopher Blake Clark
Can State and Local Revenue and Expenditure Enhance Economic Growth? A Cross-State Panel Study of Fiscal Activity, Christopher Arthur Clarke
The Role of Body Surveillance, Body Shame, and Body Self-Consciousness during Sexual Activities in Women's Sexual Experience, Kimberly Claudat
The Lived Experiences of Acute-Care Bedside Registered Nurses Caring for Patients and Their Families with Limited English Proficiency, Jami-Sue Coleman
Examining the Relationships Between Internalizing and Externalizing Problems and Academic Achievement, Lara Elizabeth Conrad
Traffic Modeling in Lagrangian Coordinates Using Smartphone Apps, Sergio Contreras
Vitamin and Mineral Intake Relative to the DRIs in Young Adults, Samantha M. Coogan
Reliability and Validity of the NE1 Wound Assessment Tool (WAT), Stephanie Coon, Faustina Tran, and Melinda Vicencio
Motives for Different Types of Medical Travelers: An Analysis of the Current State of Academic Research on the Topic, Dan B. Cormany
An Examination of Walkability in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, Courtney Coughenour
Word Calling In 3rd And 4th Graders: Exploring Student And Teacher Characteristics, Lindsay Starr Couzens
The Hotel Manager’s Perceived Conflict of Providing for Hospitality and Security: Can the Two Exist in Harmony?, Silvano Cozzini
The Impact of Anti-BYOD Policies on Generation Z Hospitality Employee's Engagement, Danny Crinson
The Influence of Person Familiarity on Children's Social Information Processing, Andrew J. Cummings
The Impacts of Colonial and Environmental Processes on Ceramic Plainware at Salinas Province, New Mexico, Lindsey Elizabeth Daub
Investigating Potential Factors that Influence Recruitment for Parenting Skills Classes, Rachel Elizabeth Davis
Sexual Assault Detectives' Justifications for Aggressive Victim Interviewing Methods: A Qualitative Study, Shauna Davis
Resilience and Trauma in Maltreated Youth, Timothy Day
Effects of Footstrike Pattern on Low Back Posture, Shock Attenuation, and Comfort During Running, Traci L. Delgado, Emilia Kubera-Shelton, and Robert R. Robb
The Acute Effects of Upper Extremity Stretching on Throwing Velocity in Untrained Baseball Throwers, Ashley Delobel, Lanisa Harveson, Jason Melton, and Michael Williams
Examining Household Identity Through Lithic Technology at the Harris Site, Justin Albert Demaio