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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 1998
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
A Comparison of ASTM standard E1599-94 and a site assessment project located in North Las Vegas, Kenneth Anthony Katsuda
Water conservation in the Las Vegas Valley, Judith M. Keir
An empirical analysis of the reasons why guests select and return to Las Vegas hotel/casino properties, Eileen Nancy Kennedy
The ethics of the AIDS-afflicted physician: The death of voluntary compliance, William R Kerney
An analysis of the Black-Scholes model for valuing stock options, Amy Anderson Keyser
Teaching methods and school designs of American elementary schools and how the methods are reflected in the schools' designs, Merrill Eugene Kieffer
The relationship between managerial holdings and performance: An empirical study on the restaurant industry, Young Kwi Kim
Prevailing student disciplinary issues in the California State University System, Joel Steven Kostman
Low-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of gallium arsenide Antisite incorporation and Rheed oscillations: A theoretical study, Natarajan Krishnan
A comparative study of honey mesquite woodlands in southern Nevada and their use by phainopeplas and other avian species, Jeri Brastrup Krueger
Moonscape, Deborah Starr Lake
Vegetation analysis: A graphical analysis of plant succession in desert communities affected by fire, Jeff Lantow
Family and service coordinator agreements in the development and implementation of the Individualized Family Service Plan (Ifsp), Byoung-In Lee
Watercraft impact on the Lake Mead National Recreational Area, Terence Lino
The Las Vegas Fremont Street experience: A new tourist destination to revitalize a declining downtown, Yihong Liu
Crime prevention through environmental design: An analysis of the Boulevard Mall, Kenneth Mac Leod
Howells, Dickinson, Lewis: An exercise in reading the interracial canon, Craig Andrew Magee
Learning to teach literacy: A beginning kindergarten teacher's developing pedagogical content knowledge, Marla H Mallette
The breast feeding practices of women with a history of breast cancer, Lynn Ann Marlett
Recovery and regeneration of lithium manganese oxide from spent lithium-ion batteries, Santosh Mathew
Utilization of therapeutic touch in clients diagnosed with chronic pain, Rosa Matonti
A Strategic analysis of the Rocky Flats cleanup, Patrick McCann
Nursing students' AIDS knowledge, attitudes, social norms, and intentions to care for AIDS patients, Martin Medvejer
Context dependencies for younger and older adults in learning a 4-key motor sequence, Andrew James Meyers
The Price of clean air: A consideration of market based emissions trading, Mark W. Miller
The development of a job-related non-discriminatory physical abilities test for the firefighters at the Nevada Test Site, Nickele A'lise Miller
Coping strategies of ambulatory burn patients during daily dressing changes, Renee P Milonas
Image acquisition and storage for medical imaging systems, Melerick H Mitchell
Language games and computer-aided composition, Ryan M Moeller
Faculty attitudes toward technology -based distance education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Carole Jean Montgomery
The impact of foreign aid on voting inside the United Nations, Daniel Shayne Morey
The failure of altruism: Alternatives to improve the donor rate in organ transplantation, John Richards Mundy
Remedial Action Plan for a petroleum hydrocarbon release, Marty E. Murrietta
Vo(2) transitional response to a crossover from priming exercise, James Wilfred Navalta
The Defense Intelligence Agency: An in-depth study of the development of the intelligence agency, Stacie Delaine Neff
Physician-assisted suicide: The courts leave it to the states, David Wayne Newton
Heat shock protein 27 inhibition of apoptosis in human breast cancer cells, Sindhu Padmanabhan
Navigation system for a mobile robot incorporating trinocular vision for range imaging, Kalyan Chakravarthy Pattisam
God's politics: Three political experiments found in Genesis and Exodus, Ashley MacLaren Peace
A comparison of temper characteristics between Virgin Anasazi black-on-gray bowl rim sherds and plain gray jar rim sherds from Yama-2 and Yama-3, Laureen M Perry
Recreation and gambling behaviors among college students, Laurie Platz
Thermal stress analysis of thermally sprayed coatings on a spent nuclear fuel waste package, Michael Joseph Plinski