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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 2011
Traffic safety: Modeling, analysis and visualization, Puneet Lakhanpal
Imagined interactions as a link to political talk, Megan Lambertz
Lean and Six Sigma in Hospitality Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation, Justin M. Lancaster
A Transition of Leadership: Can the Young Generation of Macau Catch Up, Kin Man Yolanda Lao
After the fall: The post-apocalyptic frontier in The Road and 28 Days Later, Jeffrey J. Lavigne
Synthesis of a chemical probe for identification of Ger receptor proteins of Bacillus anthracis, Hyelee Lee
The Gaming Industry Developing Concept in Taiwan-from the U.S. Experience, Jean Ling Lee
Identifying effort estimation factors for corrective maintenance in object-oriented systems, Michael J. Lee
Telework within the Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Region office, Theresa Lee, Lynne Arnold, John Wagner, Elias Samorano, and Anita Morgan
A Cultural Perspective on Motivation Factors Affecting Exhibition Participation, Young Ki Lee
The Challenges of the Labor Shortage in Macau’s Hotel Industry, Lam Lei
The Future Development for Slots in Macau to the Mainland China Market, Sok In Leong
Environmental engagement demand differences within and among Holland academic environments, Derek K. Lester
Graduating BSN students' EBP knowledge, EBP readiness and EBP implementation, Ludy SM. Llasus
Mystery Shopping in Singapore’s Retail Sector: A Case Study, Iynee Low
Parallel machines scheduling with applications to Internet ad-slot placement, Shaista Lubna
Numerical Simulations of Accretion Disks and Extrasolar Planets, Stefan Luketic
Evaluation of the pilot program, Pediatric Early Warning Sentinel Surveillance Program (PEWSS), and its efficacy in monitoring pediatric illness in Clark County, Nevada, Michelle Lee Lutman
Colonel John R. Bourgeois: A biography and analysis of transcription style, Jeffrey Alan Malecki
Investigating the effects of a combined problem-solving strategy for students with learning difficulties in mathematics, Dustin B. Mancl
Impact of design cost on project performance of design bid build projects, Nirajan Mani
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in urban India, Heidi A. Manlove
Thrust joint manipulation education: Student perceptions of learning and practical experiences in spinal manipulation within entry-level physical therapist education programs, Joshua Thomas Marks and Lisa Basl
Taming the waters that taketh from the devil’s playground: A history of flood control in Clark County, Nevada, 1955-2010, Jarvis Marlow
Nabokovilia: References to Vladimir Nabokov in British and American Literature and Culture, 1960-2009, Juan Martinez
The information battlefield: Al-Qaeda's use of advanced media technologies for framed messaging, Jessica Marie Martin
The impact of World War II on women's fashion in the United States and Britain, Meghann Mason
Statistical Analysis of Fatalities Due to Vehicle Accidents in Las Vegas, NV, Annabelle Marie Mathis
The Effect of Pre-collaborative Activity Instruction on Self-efficacy, Robert Ray Mattson
Licensing policies of public school principals, Jerri Mausbach
Modeling gamma-ray bursts, Amanda Maxham
Woman or warrior? How believable femininity shapes warrior women, Jessica D. McCall
Personality, presence, and the virtual self: A five-factor model approach to behavioral analysis within a virtual environment, Michael Patrick McCreery
Learning middle school mathematics through student designed and constructed video games, Camille M. McCue
The Self: Your own worst enemy? A test of the self-invoking trigger hypothesis, Bradley J. McKay
A Change of heart: A phenomenographic study of conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner
A polymerase chain reaction method for the detection of Selenomonas noxia, Arthuro Mehretu
Causes of job turnover in the public school superintendency: An explanatory analysis in the western United States, Toby A. Melver
Evaluation of mentoring in southern Nevada, Andrew Merz and Glen Leavitt
Labor Shortage and the Development of Gaming Industry in Macau, Liz Chiu Nga Ming
To Start a Hospitality Student Investment Club at Schenectady County Community College, Regina A. Mintzer
Effects of environment on children's motor scores, eligibility status, and administration times, Derrick Mittelstadt, Abigail Parker, Kirsten Pickett, and Heather Temkin
The effect of endpoint knowledge on dot enumeration, Alex Michael Moore
A diffusion tensor imaging software comparison and between control subjects and subjects with known anatomical diagnosis, Michael C. Moore
E-mail Management of Japanese Hotels in Comparison with South Korean Hotels, Kyoko Morikoshi
Calcium supplemental usage and potential health issues sssociated with the rate of usage in Las Vegas, NV, Tanesha Nicole Moss
Complex VS profiles to 100 m depth from Rayleigh waves and 3-D VS model for Las Vegas Valley, Helena Murvosh
Engaging non-alumni advisory board members in hospitality education, Judy A. Nagai
What is mission critical in the hotel guest room: Examining in-room guest empowerment technologies, Pelin Nasoz
Phylogeography of three heteromyid taxa: Insight on the evolution of a North American arid grassland rodent guild, Sean A. Neiswenter
Quantification of stochastic uncertainty propagation for Monte Carlo depletion methods in reactor analysis, Quentin Thomas Newell
Ready for Life — An evaluation: Factors relating to truancy and promising practices, Clayton Nichols, Shenita Harper, Maria Thomas, Mikaela Louve, and Christina Vela
A Montage in Its Leaves, Andrew S. Nicholson
Set in stone: Legends, traditions, and symbols influencing place attachment for Southern Utah University students, Claudine Nielsen
The American Homophilic School of Composition, Rik Noyce
The Father Birth, Alissa Nutting
Students with reading disabilities participating in literature discussions: A case study, Elysha Patino O’Brien
A Mixed methods exploration of principal communication and school climate, Reece Oswalt
Strike Out Across the Shoreless Ocean, Julia Claire Paajanen
Korean mask-dance and Aristotle's poetics, Teayong Pakr
International study program for indoor environmental research, Stoil Pamoukov
Global and specific controls of protein synthesis in hibernators, Peipei Pan
Environmental impact of the Three Kids Mine tailings, Henderson, NV, Ji Hye Park
How User-Generated Review Websites Impact a Hotel’s RevPar, Milan Patel
Jackpot! A legal history of Indian gaming in California, Aaron Peardon
Synthesis, extraction, dissolution, and voltammetry of f-species in a room temperature ionic liquid solvent, Wendy Jacqueline Pemberton
Accurate circuit model for predicting the performance of lead-acid AGM batteries, Wenxin Peng
Information Extraction in an Optical Character Recognition Context, Ramon Pereda
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
How to Conduct a Successful Tea Tasting Event, Kaye L. Polivka
Effects of inlet conditions on diffuser outlet performance, Zaccary A. Poots
Sew speak! Needlework as the voice of ideology critique in The Scarlet Letter , "A New England nun," and The Age of Innocence, Laura L. Powell
Analysis of ghrelin concentrations in serum samples processed at one, two, and three hours after collection, Christine E. Prato
Assisting the accompanying partner: A dramaturgical explanatory study of dual career couples offices, Christine Promin
The Road traveled to becoming a safe high school, Monica J. Pufky Cortez
Evaluating Websites by Features: Do Independent Hotels in Singapore Get it Right?, Prasetya Purnawan
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
Seeking Further Education: A Rubric for Evaluating Organizational Behavior PhD Programs, Douglas M. Quist
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
Examining the experience of recent war veterans who report posttraumatic stress disorder, Neda C. Raymond
Adjusting payroll with changes in business volumes: An examination of Nevada gaming properties, Toni A. Repetti
Executive function profiles in pediatric traumatic brain injury, Erik Nelson Ringdahl
Magma chamber processes at Mutnovsky Volcano, Russia, Kelly L. Robertson
Best instructional practices for distance education: A meta-analysis, Robin Michael Roberts
Equilibrium speciation of select lanthanides in the presence of acidic ligands in homo- and heterogeneous solutions, Troy Robinson
The male educational leader in Utah: Gender dynamics, power, and relational leadership in a Mormon dominant culture, Rick Robins
Embryonic Development of the Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, and the Influence of Salinity on Cardiac Physiology, Amie Lynn Romney
“'You done cheat Mose out o' de job, anyways; we all knows dat'”: Faith healing in the fiction of Kate Chopin, Karen Kel Roop
Who Calls the Shots in Dining Customer Service, Kendi Root
The role of metrical structure in tonal knowledge acquisition, Matthew Rosenthal