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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 2006
Efficacy of pre-activity stretching, Michelle Nicole Samuel
Risk as a compensating differential in a hedonic wage equation, Cathryn J Santoro
The forgotten Chinese cemetery of Carlin Nevada: A bioanthropological assessment, Ryan William Schmidt
LaKesha and KuShawn: A cultural linguistic approach to Afro-American onomastics, Clara J Senif
The development of children's orthographic knowledge: A microgenetic perspective, Ann C Sharp
The lyric subject, Matthew Shears
Investigating the perceptions of academic dishonesty among special educators, Jane M Sileo
Internet utilization as a medium for training employees in multi-unit restaurants, Dipendra Singh
Converting CCSD prototype elementary school into Leed(Tm) rated builDing, Jagandeep Singh
Robust speaker identification using artificial neural networks, Madhavan Sivathanu Pillai
The struggle for dignity: Mexican-Americans in the Pacific Northwest, 1900--2000, James Michael Slone
Democratic writing pedagogy and the Southern Nevada Writing Project, Thomas B Smith
Missing and abducted children: A critical analysis of the Amber Alert system, Michael John Smoll
Teleconference training within commercial customer service at US Bank, Christy Snyder
Effects of test -taking strategy instruction on high -functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, Dal Hee Songlee
The influence of the discussion leader procedure on the quality of arguments in online discussions, Alexandru Spatariu
Optimization for finite element modeling of electronic components under dynamic loaDing, Srujanbabu Sridharala
Recent developments in federal-state relations: Selected cases in federalism, Michael James Stamcoff
The presidential performance of George W. Bush as a visual construct, Kristen Allen Stetzenbach
Jesus' Shadow, Meredith Lee Stewart
Volcanology and petrogenesis of the Navajo Lake volcanic field, Shara L Stowell
Multi-unit restaurant management training: An exploratory study, Stan Suboleski
Shock isolation using magnetorheologically responsive technology, Vijayasarathy Subramanian
Estimating the impact of entertainment on the gaming volume of Las Vegas hotel casinos, Eunju Suh
The retest of the learning benefits of an external focus of attention in golf, Jiang Su
Literature based discovery: Techniques and tools, Ramalakshmi Sundar
Identification and comparison of crash risk for older drivers, Vamsi K Surapaneni
Alpha particle transport in voxelized trabecular bone images, George Tabatadze
Multi-brand hospitality operations branding strategies, Rikki Tanenbaum
Numerical analysis of oxygen transport in liquid lead bismuth eutectic systems, Xianfang Tan
The effects of local muscle fatigue on shock attenuation characteristics during running, Kaori Teramoto
Low-intensity exercise, vascular occlusion, and muscular adaptations, Masaru Teramoto
Color detection and three-dimensional reconstruction for hand pose estimation as part of an Hci system, Maria Beatriz Teruel
Analysis of runtime re-configuration systems, Utthaman Thirunavukkarasu
Loose slots: Imaginations of the American demos, Jessica Frances Thomas
Hotel employee morale during periods of low occupancy, Nicholas J. Thomas
Verbal and nonverbal mitigating communication on information processing and anger, Rebecca L Thomas
Material characterization and parametric studies of explosion-proof vessel, Jagadeep Thota
"The most powerful woman in the world": The rhetorical image construction of Condoleezza Rice, Karin Dawn Tidgewell
Uncertainty analysis: Mid-term operational model for the Lower Colorado River, Shana Goffman Tighi
The Other Country: Stories and a novella, Vu Hoang Tran
Tibial rotation and valgus movement at the knee during cutting and stopping, Amanda Tritsch
A scholarly edition of the poems of John Henry Newman: "Verses on Various Occasions", Andrew Tucker
Interference reduced routing for sensor networks, Min-Kyaw N Tun
Post-implant dosimetry analysis of brachytherapy patients using pre and post-implant Mri, Deana Lee Tuttle
A decision support tool to identify countermeasures for pedestrian safety, Madhuri Uddaraju
Evaluating the effectiveness of rumble strips in reducing "ran-off-roadway" vehicle crashes, Vinay Kumar Vanapalli
Exploring the relationship between teachers' beliefs in mathematics and their instructional practice, Michelle Vander Veldt
Design of personalized location areas for future Pcs networks, Radhika Varadarajan
Statistical models for right-turn related crashes at high crash locations in the Las Vegas Valley, Paul John Villaluz
Self-stabilizing sorting on linear networks, Lakshmi Visvanathan
The etiological role of susto in diabetes among Hispanics in southern Nevada, Carin K Wallace
Broadway in the desert: Defining success for the Broadway musical on the Las Vegas Strip, Jane C Walsh
Statistical modeling via empirical recurrence rate, Hui Wang
Influencing factors on plankton populations in a desert man -made lake, Steven Weber
An improved algorithm for deinterlacing video streams, Christopher Weiss
A comprehensive structural model of factors affecting online consumer travel purchasing, Hsing Wen
Answers the Dog Whispered, Allison Marie Wilkins
Customer and manager's perception and preference on food server gender in fine-dining establishments, Watcharobon Wiraboot
Clark County outreach assistance to the chronically homeless, Sandy von Wolffradt, Kirk Medina, and Tony Vibabul
Character strengths and psychological well-being as predictors of life satisfaction among multicultural populations, Alejandro Patricio Yanez
High-temperature deformation and environment-induced degradation of Waspaloy, Jagadesh K Yelavarthi
Casino attributes affecting Las Vegas locals market slot players, SunYoung Yi
Strategic alliance and loyalty marketing: Do partnerships affect loyalty customers?, Myongjee Yoo
Macau tourism development in cooperation with its neighbors, Qin Yu
Photodynamic therapy induces oxidation in breast and brain cancer cell lines, Sarah Ann Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Flow shop scheduling with two machines, V. L. Kumar Adusumilli
Labor unions and corporate campaigns: Necessary tactic or hindrance to bargaining, Cynthia Elise Agnello
Design of fuzzy logic based adaptive traffic signal controller, Murali Mohan Ande
Flesh and Stone: A wanderer's mosaic, Tamaria L Anderson
Thermal comfort in office buildings, Lalith Sandeep Annavarapu
Scheduling of real time embedded systems for resource and energy minimization by voltage scaling, Naveen Babu Anne
Performance analysis of error detection and correction code for wireless sensor networks, Gopinath Balakrishnan
The effects of a personal responsibility model on individual student and class-wide social behaviors, Daniel Wesley Balderson
Residual stress characterization and defects analyses by microscopy, Subhra Bandyopadhyay
A Comparison of population sizes and number of captures for the Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida) in two microhabitats in the Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, Jayson Barangan
Interactive message debugger for parallel message passing programs using Lam-Mpi, Hoimonti Basu
Methyl jasmonate and cis jasmone induce apoptosis in Pc-3 and LncaP prostate cancer lines, Madhavi Bathina
Youth culture, clothing, and communicative messages, Eric Batson
Distributed stabilizing data structures, Doina Bein
Principals' pedagogical knowledge of instructional practices, Carmen Poloni Benedict
Confidence interval estimation for a geometric distribution, Majgan Beria
Behavioral ecophysiology of dungeness crabs during feeding and digestion in hypoxia, Jennifer Lynn Bernatis
The role of transverse faults in Great Basin extension: Transfer faults or N-S extension?, Tandis S Bidgoli
The Turkish foreign aid program: A helping hand or a snake infested olive branch, Aisha T Bigbee
Wine allocation: Perspectives of restaurant and retail wine buyers, Heather M Bigley
Psychological well-being and relationship changes in women after obesity surgery, Lindsey Bocchieri Ricciardi
Effects of temperature and dissolved lithium perchlorate on the viscoelastic and dynamic properties of poly(ethylene oxide), (Peo) melts, Radoslav B Bogoslovov
Implementation and analysis of apriori algorithm for data mining, Pavankumar Bondugula
The problem of prayer in school: A discussion of legal interpretation and policy, Staci Lynn Brick
The design and testing of a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine, Evangeline Bulla
Understanding psychopathy and violence: The role of motivation, Jacqueline Patricia Camp
The Burn: A novel, Kevin Michael Capp
Exploration of caregiver satisfaction in child maltreatment, Alisha Marie Carpenter
Racial disparities in the federal sentencing of drug offenders, Jorge Adrian Castrejon
Shock reduction methods for electronic components in a projectile, Vinod K Chakka
Evaluation of an intraoperative iodine-125 brachytherapy implant technique, Tserenpagma Chaoui
Merger and acquisition activities in the hospitality industry, Hyun Kyung Chatfield
Application of computational fluid dynamics on smart wing design, Parthasarathy Chinnasamy