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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
A Windows-based roadway maintenance management system, Ranjit Menon
The rhetoric of martyrdom: A case study analyzing the rhetorical situations of Joan of Arc, John Brown and Jim Jones, Chris S Meservey
UNLV residence hall recycling & reuse program for move-in and move-out, Angela Michelson
Baseball's manifest destiny: The good, the bad, and the ugly, Patrick Valenti Miller
The aerodynamic response of airborne discs, Timothy Lewis Mitchell
Domestic violence in the hyperreal: An examination of race and ethnicity in "real life" police drama, Melissa J Monson
A Comparative assessment of the status, structure and process utilized by Nevada's family support and preservation consortia to achieve collaboration, Marlys A. Morton
Trackless online two-server problems and red-black games, Anna N Naydenova
What does the gaming industry pay in taxes, and does the gaming industry pay a proportionate share?, Jewelene Nelson
Gender tragedy in George Eliot's "Mill on the Floss", Elizabeth Anne Nielsen
Metaphorically speaking: Putting Las Vegas on the cultural map, Ester Sara O Fearghail
Midpoint estimation applied to the vertical-horizontal illusion, Gary Wayne Ogren
Towards the cloning of the human heat shock protein twenty-seven multigene family, Ann A Ohiaeri
I/O embedding and broadcasting in star interconnection networks, Kalyanram Palagummi
Bankruptcy prediction in the casino industry, David William Patterson
The effects of catastrophizing and labeling on pain tolerance, sensation, and affect, Otto Pedraza
A heuristic approach for path planning for redundant robots, George Petrescu
Gambling addiction and life meaning, Andrew Bohdan Plesh
A parametric study on the contained burning of solid rocket motor propellant, Jennifer Erin Politano
An analysis of the funding of public school transportation in New Mexico, Joseph Roger Pribyl
Probationary periods- promoting excellence or legel loophole?, Daryl R. Privott
The reality gap of employee-management misperceptions: Comparing United States Air Force Services squadron members to their private sector counterparts, Michael Christopher Rakoczy
An examination of distance learning utilization in post-secondary hospitality management programs, Susan J Raymakers
"Pygmalion" vs "My Fair Lady": A comparison of the vision of two authors and what each play says to women, Jessica Lynn Raymer
Examining specialized drug courts: An evaluation of the Las Vegas Drug Court treatment program, Erin Nicole Reese
A Comparative analysis of Southern Nevada municipalities, and their active participation to implement historical preservation, Rhonda M. Reeves
A political -economic view of the federal organization of work, Rose Marie Richardson
A survey of southern Nevada employers regarding the importance of Scans workplace basic skills, Greg P Richens
An Analysis of the impact of the internet as a marketing tool for economic development in municipal governments in the western region of the United States, Jacquelin Risner
The United States federal law enforcement response to increased drug smuggling on the Southwest border, Even Rosenthal
Experimental study of drying of a porous medium at sub-residual saturations, Adaikkalavan Kumar Sathappan
Filtered Fiction, Tunnel Truth, Karen Ruth Schierhoff
Ecofeminism as invitational rhetoric: Envisioning the shift in Western consciousness, Julie Ann Schutten
Soluble mineral content of soils using electrical conductivity, Merrill Gene Schweppe
Mineral paragenesis and ore fluids at the Turquoise Ridge gold deposit, Nevada, Michiko Shigehiro
Amerikan dreams: Dialogues with white supremacists, Pete George Simi
The relationship of hamstring and hip flexor flexibility to injury rates in collegiate football players, Joseph Slat
The language of sovereignty: Lucien Bouchard and the separatist movement in Quebec, Christine Elizabeth Smith
Post-traumatic stress disorder: The hidden epidemic and its effect on society, Donald Phelan Stewart
Minority housing conditions in urban settings: Proposals for the improvement of Las Vegas' Amerindian homes, Patricia Epee Stissi
A method for determining elements for elemental signature analysis of groundwater and treated Lake Mead water, F. Xavier Suarez
Summary fading knowledge of results (Kr): Test for the dynamic acquisition protocols, Changjiang (River) Sun
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