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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 1999
Classification of galaxies using fractal dimensions, Sandip G Thanki
Voice and body incorporated into actor training, Rochele Ann Tillman
The selection and preparation of paramedic preceptors in emergency medical services, Brian James Tilton
Crack as a moral panic: The racial implications inherent to crack and powder cocaine sentencing, Deena R Trueblood
Impacts of stock prices and interest rates on tourism consumption, Ming-chih Tsai
Chinese children's evaluation of authority's responses to social events, Pui San Tse
Technique and impulse: A practical approach, Thomas Carl Turner
Public participation in Clark County, Nevada: An analysis of public participation in the land use planning process, Fred R. Turnier
Historical and archaeological investigations at 26Pe2137: American Canyon, Pershing County, Nevada, David Wayne Valentine
The creation of the Las Vegas image: A case study of Harvey Diederich, Leta Lafay Ver Hulst
Exploring age-related changes in creativity, Diane Villa
Rodent effects on shrubs in a Mojave Desert shrub community, Steven Schuyler Vrooman
The Las Vegas Monorail, an innovative solution for public transportation problems within the resort corridor, Cam C. Walker
Changing images: The end of legalized prostitution in Las Vegas, Sarah Hall Washburn
Convention and Visitors Bureaus' services under review: The meeting planners' perspective, Karin Weber
Ethical climates in lodging operations: An exploratory study of management perceptions, Todd Isaac Weinstein
Business practice knowledge of advanced practice nurses in Nevada, Sandra Jean Wheaton
Matrilineaology: Mother-daughter relationships in contemporary fiction, Terra Ann Williams
Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Bonanza King mafic intrusive complex, Trinity terrane ophiolite, California, Keith R. Willse
An assessment for religious contexts: An ecological assessment tool for church environments, Lawrence Scott Wilson
Feedback linearization and adaptive control of a nonlinear aeroelastic system, WenHong Xing
A GIS-based traffic infrastructure management system for pavement markers and markings, Kaizad Jehangir Yazdani
The effect of dietary creatine supplementation on compensatory muscle hypertrophy and performance characteristics of specific fiber types, Robert Earl Young
Concealed carry weapon permits and their relationship to crime in Las Vegas, Gary Wayne Yuen
Financial characteristics of takeover targets in the gaming industry, Seung Jai Yuh
Automated stenosis quantification in coronary arteriograms, Yu Zhang
Marketing the city of North Las Vegas: Marketing plan and image enhancement program, Janet Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Lithic analysis of three Lowland Virgin Anasazi sites, Vikki Allen
Cognition in the Christian reformulation of Tonga: Motivation, internalization, and schemas, Dorothea Neal Arin
Beverage management: A curriculum needs assessment for undergraduate hospitality education, Lisa Marie Assante
Democracy behind barbed wire: Examining the political culture of Japanese American Evacuees, Allen Atkinson
Effects of oxygen variation on the ecology of Devil's Hole, Death Valley National Park, Norma J. Azad
Motives and characteristics of gift-giving at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Judy M Belanger
Lead shot concentration in soil at the Overton Wildlife Management Area, Nevada, George R. Bertoty
Pawns of fate: Chinese/Paiute intercultural marriages, 1860-1920, Walker River Reservation, Schurz, Nevada, Ruth Kretzler Billhimer
Flexible AC transmission system compensation on a utility transmission system, Julia Jesi Black
Instrument development and validation for use in a health education program, Joanna Lynn Blockey
Constructing Deseret, Dana Boam
You: A study of second-person narrative in two postmodern novels, Thomas E Breene
Facilitation of Yucca brevifolia recruitment by Mojave Desert shrubs, Steve B Brittingham
The cooling of a pultrusion process simulator, Fredericka Delores Brown
An examination of "Laura's Closet", Laura Ellen Browning
Minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system, Shirley G Burgess
Casino gambling's proliferation throughout the United States: A case study of legal gaming in Louisiana, Kenneth Edward Burke
The validity of percent body fat estimates by Jackson & Pollock skinfold equation, near infrared, bioelectrical impedance and body mass index, Jeffrey Lane Burns
Fraction instruction for students with disabilities: Comparing two teaching sequences, Frances Mary Butler
The impact of family and other social involvement on overall client satisfaction for individuals with developmental disabilities, Sean Timothy Carey
Astronomical image manipulation in the transform domain, Biao Chen
The influence of blood flow on angiogenesis in the 3-day chick embryo, Brett Mark Clarke
A study of the participation of marginally academic students in extracurricular activities and the relation to school persistence, Annette Jean Conners-Harris
Supermarket tabloid influence on mainstream daily newspaper editorial content, William Glenn Cook
The Symbionese Liberation Army movement: An historical, theoretical, and rhetorical analysis, Crystal Joy Cox
Postural control: Visual and cognitive manipulations, Megan C Dailey
Critical multiculturalism in the classroom: From theory to practice, Denise Michelle Dalaimo
Petrogenesis of the phase 1 gabbro-diorite of the Miocene Mt Perkins Pluton, northwest Arizona: Implications for the role of mantle-derived mafic magmas in calc-alkaline magma evolution, Lisa Renee Danielson
The dollarization process in Mexico: 1983-1997, Luis J Del Rivero
Radionuclide dose assessment of groundwater migrating from the Benham Events, Nts: A solute flux approach, Lloyd T Desotell
Fear itself: Assessing the risks of transporting high-level nuclear waste, Fred Carl Dilger
Anorexia nervosa: An exploration of early- and later-onset, Jennifer Claire Duddy
Optical variability of radio-luminous palomar-green quasars, Diane Eggers
The relationship between travel and won/loss records and performance measures in Major League Baseball, Tracey Lynn Elikan
Homogeneous landscape: The American motel as a cultural indicator, Troy Jay Elston
Uncertainty in recharge from subsidence craters at Frenchman Flat, Nevada Test Site: Impacts of initial and boundary conditions and media properties, David Matthew Ely
Paleolimnology and paleoecology of the Coal Valley region, Lincoln County, Nevada, Anthony Dean Feig
A Teachers guide: The basic characteristics of wetlands and why they are important to the environment, Charles W. Fisher
Symbolic student speech since Tinker, George W Flanders
Implementation of least restrictive environment (LRE) in Nevada rural schools according to the Rachel H standard, Laurie Magee Flanders
Stachybotrys: Is Nevada at risk?, TerryLynn C. Foley
Analysis of temporal trends in southern Nevada wastewater pond parameters with an emphasis on ammonia removal, Bruce D Foster
Balance of power, adjustment, and violence within marital relationships, Melissa Ann Franklin
Parallel Courses: Poetry and essays, Nicole Anne Freim
Neighborhood councils: A family-driven approach to community change, Merlinda Raquel Gallegos
LDS seminary participation in the Las Vegas, Nevada area for the class of 1998, Norman William Gardner
Health care needs of sheltered homeless women, Mary Ellen Gauthier
Predictors of exercise behaviors in nursing students, Eileen K Gemmell
An analysis of contributory effects of teamwork characteristics within collegiate basketball and football, Robert Michael Gibbons
Toward effective and ethical drug abuse prevention policies: The case against indiscriminate drug testing, Robert Eugene Gladd
Cable access television and the Las Vegas community: A study of Clark County viewers, Jeannette Lynn Green Davies
Harvey Fierstein: A prophetic voice in the gay community, Ernest James Hall
Philosophical foundations, social power and social work practice, Timothy Duane Hamilton
Determination of ground-water tracer 2,6-difluorobenzoic acid by Gc/Ms, Cong Han
Video-Theatre and self-esteem, Taylor Raymond Hanes
Eve and the creation cycle: Christina Rossetti's reaction to John Milton's "Paradise Lost", Melanie Ann Hanson
A diachronic analysis of porotic hyperostosis in prehistoric populations of northern Chile, Maria Sloan Hart
Wild horses and the Bureau of Land Management: A policy review and critique, Julene Haworth
Population size estimation from mark-resighting surveys, Huawen He
A comparison of resting metabolic rates among cardiovascular fit, muscularly fit, and sedentary men, Katherine Durand Heimburger
Navigational fuzzy logic control of an autonomous vehicle, Neil Eugene Hodge
Use of the case study method to provide initial design strategies for daylighting as a primary design determinant in earth-integrated structures, Brian Christain Holm
Analysis of courtship behaviors of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, Rebecca Lynn Holte
Special education students: Which ones are prepared to receive a high school diploma?, Rhoton Titus Hudson
Experimental investigation of shear deformation in laboratory prepared layered soil specimens, Nicholas William Hudyma
The relationship of teacher cognitive style and teacher job satisfaction, moderated by administrator management style, Holly Shella Jaacks
"Dilbert": A rhetorical reflection of contemporary organizational communication, Beverly Ann Jedlinski
Voice-interactive computer graphics and games, Nataraj Jeedigunta
Critical incidents in the gaming industry: Perceptions of guests and employees, Lesley Jeanne Johnson
Economic feasibility analysis of photovoltaic installations in the Las Vegas Valley, Rinly Joseph
Redefining the self in postmodern cyberspace, Roy Joseph
Effects of discrete wavelet compression on automated mammographic shape recognition, Ravikiran Kalluri