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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 2001
Nurses, pharmacists, and information technology in public healthcare, Larry Allen Malato
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
Technology leadership at a junior high school: A qualitative case study, Alvin Wesley Matthews
A study of allied health care entry -level employee workplace basic skills and competencies, Mildred Arroyo McClain
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998: Implementation in the state of NSvada, Kimberly Meier
Analysis of the cell-specific expression of the serpent gene and its role as a cell -fate switch in Drosophila melanogaster, Jennell Marie Miller
Spectroscopy of negative molecular ions: Studies in the infrared of methide (Ch(3)-) and in the vacuum ultraviolet of No(-) and atomic and molecular oxygen (O(-) and O(2)-), Stephen Earl Mitchell
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
Factors affecting enrollment and retention at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints St George Institute of Religion, John Savage Naegle
Characterization of 2-methyl-8-quinolinolato gallium (Iii) chelates, Sanjini Ushika Nanayakkara
An examination of mentoring among graduate teaching assistants, Kimberly Kay Nehls
Coping strategies and stress levels of parents of children with autism, Tammy L Neil
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
Facilitating the process of knowledge construction among preservice teachers through computer -mediated communications, Jennifer Ann Peterson-Lewinson
The politics of lesbian "nature": A feminist critique of scientific knowledge and practice, Jaime L Phillips
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
Burnt Rock Mound (26Ck3601): Late Archaic and Ceramic period human use of a northern Mojave spring mound, Hal Boyle Rager
An empirical investigation of the adoption and usage of electronic data interchange in the hotel industry, Collin D Ramdeen
A comparative analysis of church and state issue attitudes in the United States and Norway, Bryan Arlon Smith Rasmussen
The acute effects of transdermal testosterone precursor administration on serum steroid hormone levels in females, Mark Anthony Rasmussen
The experience of successful smoking cessation: A phenomenological inquiry, Gail Ann Rattigan
An assessment of financial ratios as predictors of casino stocks' behavior, Flavia Godoy Razuk
The effect of surface compliance on the cost and benefit of performing drop-jumps, Michele Nicole Reid
Craniofacial morphology and the consequences of intentional cranial deformation among prehistoric Andean populations, Matthew Paul Rhode
Heart failure: Its impact on women's lives, Diane L Rhodes
Variables that affect the amount of the consent that clinical research subjects read, Joanne Hembree Robinson
In vitro analysis of integrin mediated adhesion, migration, and signaling, William Lathrop Rust
The professional development needs of high school principals for school improvement, Pamela Cummins Salazar
Cyclic irrigation of turfgrass using a shallow saline aquifer, Christopher M Schaan
Terrorism in the news: A constructionist approach, Lisa Linn Sharp
The metahistory of the American West, Don Franklin Shepherd
Sales and use taxes in Clark County and potential implications of the Internet sales tax moratorium, Patrick Timothy Collins Smith
A descriptive study of the organizational culture and structure of accelerated schools, Susan Virginia Steaffens
The 2000 presidential election: A content analysis of newspaper media coverage, Jennifer Barbara Stein
Motivations of elders who volunteer with youth in intergenerational programs, Christine Alberta Stergios
Development and validation of an instrument for student evaluation of Web -based instruction, Ingrid Stewart
"The only way to teach these people is to kill them": Pedagogy as communicative action in the major plays of David Mamet, Jeffrey Otto Strasburg
Self-stabilizing interval routing algorithm with low stretch factor, Sripriya Sundaram
Evaluation of geophysical methods to characterize alluvial soils in the arid environment, Bjorn E Sundquist
Nervousness in the works of F Scott Fitzgerald, Michael Emil Tischler
An application of the Kuleshov Experiment on Generation X: Testing viewer reactions to editing, Giselle Touzard
Teens understanding of the indicators of the tendency to abuse alcohol: Focus group discussions, Bob Van Drimmelen
Ecology and evolution of an annual plant following fire in the Mojave Desert, Cheryl Hightower Vanier
Clare Boothe Luce and the 1953--1954 Trieste crisis, Jelena Velisavljevic
Multi-object recognition and retrieval using Puma560 robot, Bharatha R Viswanadha
Characterization of perillyl alcohol as a cell migration-inhibiting compound, Johanna Elizabeth Wagner
An investigation on the impact of training on employees' perceptions of occupational status and self-esteem in the foodservice industry, Keithen Adell Washington
The geochemistry of gold-bearing and gold-free pyrite and marcasite from the Getchell gold deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada, Kelli Diane Weaver
Effects of social skill training for high -functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, Barbara Jane Webb
The impact of being dignified by one's manager on leader-member exchange and psychological empowerment, Loren Brett Wender
"Holy dwarves" and "devil babies": An anthropological world-survey of stigmatization of the disabled, Tommi Louise White
The effects of motor practice on coarticulatory interactions in the speech of children and adults, Kimberly Marie Wieberg
Image interpolation and denoising in discrete wavelet transform domain, Shaojie Wu
Student search and seizure since TLO, Darryl Craig Wyatt
Image segmentation in the wavelet domain using N-cut framework, Dongsheng Yao
Evaluation of in situ biodegradation of perchlorate in a contaminated site, Zhong Zhang
Oasis Deluxe, John M Ziebell
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
The phenomenology of panic disorder in adolescents, Wesley D Allan
Cobalt silicide characterization, Donovan Alldredge
Pultrusion of commingled thermoplastic composite materials, Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan
The Rural hospital dilema: Will Nevada’s rural hospital system survive?, Nancy L. Anderson
Flesh, A Naked Dress, Susan Mary Andrews Grace
The effects of level of training on employee perceived empowerment, commitment and job performance, Pamela Dawn Backeberg
Special event recycling: The future of UNLV's recycling program, Katherine A. Baker
Pre-employment character assessments for United States pretrial services and probation officers, Michael Blake Baker
Participatory resources and African American voter turnout: A comparative analysis of the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections, Wesley LaVelle Barton
Returns to education in the Nevada hotel industry: Incentives for education in Nevada, Alan Lee Beard
The biological removal of phosphorus at the Clark County Sanitation District wastewater treatment plant, Jon Robert Becker
Kinematics and timing of the Pinto shear zone, New York Mountains, northeastern Mojave Desert, California, Mengesha Assefa Beyene
Mapping the Boulder City wetlands using a global positioning system (GPS) and a geographic information system (GIS), Jennifer Lea Bishop
Comparative analysis of three remediation technologies for the clean up of petroleum contaminated groundwater, Thomas Bouck
The relationship between the health-promoting practices of advanced practice nurses and their counseling of patients, Wanda Marie Boyer
Assessment of predictors of health behaviors of elders in frontier Nevada, Pauline Bradshaw
Scaffolding literacy knowledge within a one -on -one tutoring situation: An ethnographic study, Diane Katherine Brantley
Examination of the Bureau of Land Management's implementation of the Wild, Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act at Red Rock National Conservation Area, Christine E. Brehm
Evoked expectations and evaluational reactions to accented English, Caridad F. Brito
The contribution of construction materials to the airborne radon concentrations in an underground facility, Robert Arthur Brounstein
School and student alienation: Perceptions of secondary students with and without disabilities, Monica Ree Brown
Modeling the diffusion of reactive and nonreactive solutes in cores from the Cannikin Test Site, Amchitka Island, Alaska, Nicole Ann Brown
Comparison of in-place versus laboratory binder properties of asphalt, Maqdoom Mohiuddin Bukhari
The effectiveness of functional family therapy in substance-involved family preservation clients, Andrew D Butcher
Attitude of gaming employees towards problem gambling: How it affects their learning at an awareness training, Lisa Michelle Bybee
Effects of a 30-minute walk on ground reaction forces during walking with an external load, Cheryl M Cardillo
Pathways to family preservation services, Rebecca Ann Carman