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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
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
Striptease: An anthropological view, Angela Lee Ramsey
Critical care nurses' knowledge of cardiac rhythm strips, Marlene Carol Riley
A study of x-ray substructure in rich clusters of galaxies, Philip Leroy Rogers
The maize from Black Dog Cave: Testing the concept of races of maize in the American Southwest, James Jonathan Sagmiller
Prediction of maximum oxygen uptake from a modified Ymca 3-minute step test, Antonio Saraiva Santo
Recreational disturbance of a desert stream fish community: Detecting ecological effects of environmental impact, Johnny Mark Sappington
An analysis of the causes and consequences of urban sprawl on the Las Vegas Valley, Robert R Schmidt
The adventures of GI Jane: Women in the military, Jennifer Amy Schneider
Nhetoric: Rhetorical power in cyberspace, David Paul Schulz
Independent counsel: Process and policy, Sheri Michele Schwartz
The concerns, needs and coping strategies of fathers when their children have cancer, Judy Anne Christensen Scott
A comparison of elite tennis players' motor abilities with those of elite basketball, soccer and volleyball players, Sarit Shalev
The relationship between employee benefit satisfaction and organizational commitment, Rachel Sheli Shinnar
Propaganda or persuasion: The Communist Party and its campaign to integrate baseball, Martha McArdell Shoemaker
A sturdy house built on shifting soil: Separation of powers Interpretations from the bench, Michael Justin Sibley
Use of leadership practices by the managers and their impact on the job satisfaction of employees in the hotel industry, Jasvir Singh
Application of cubic B-splines to boundary value and optimal control problems, Deborah Ann Skidmore
Equilibrium studies of ion sorption on zeolitized tuff from Rainier Mesa, Nye County, Nevada, Derek Alan Sloop
The media's coverage of jury trials, Gregory M Smith
The influence of an intermediate intervention model on two teachers' literacy practices, Margaret Michelle Smith
An Aristotelian ethic for the professional naval officer, Ronald L Smith
The effectiveness of traditional instructional methods in an online learning environment, Steven Bradford Smith
Tourist victimization in and around the artificial environment, Theodore R. Snodgrass
Factors that effect breast-feeding in women who access Wic clinics in southern Utah, Sandra C Snow
Experimental investigation of local properties in two-phase fluid-flow hydrodynamics, Jonathan Carl Sparks
The inclusion of herbal remedies in the patient care practices of nurse practitioners, Diane Renee Stricker
Effects of sodium chloride and sodium gluconate concentration on hydration behavior and water transport in the red-spotted toad, Bufo punctatus, Polly Ann Sullivan
Semiotic analysis of a Versace visual myth, William Earl Taylor
Assessing silica and dissolved oxygen effects on copper corrosion control in southern Nevada water treatment and supply system, Abdel-Rahman M Toubat
Waccara's Utes: Native American equestrian adaptations in the Eastern Great Basin, 1776-1876, Stephen P Van Hoak
A study of the influence of physical parameters on the drying of porous media, Jason C Viggato
An examination of conflict in developing relationships, Amy Elisabeth Wagner
The midwife and birth of conservatism in 1960: Barry Goldwater and the ascendancy of the right in the Gop, Thomas R Wahl
Chain reaction: The tragedy of atomic governance, Mary Dawn Wammack
Development of a phosphotriesterase enzyme assay for determination of organophosphate pesticides, Yan Wang
Formative evaluation: An instrument to measure the effects of using the Universal Format, Dale B Warby
Impact on employee motivation of management's perception of what employees want from their work: An application to the ski resort industry, Lisa Anne Ward
A comparison of Scs runoff prediction methods for two large watersheds in Sri Lanka, Arjuna Dahrshaka Weragoda
Indexing androgyny: The transgendered phenomenon and its challenge to ethnology, Christopher Todd White
Nurse-patient perception of stressors associated with coronary artery bypass surgery, Robin Marie White
Normative, validation, and reliability studies of the Nine-Hole Peg Test scores with children, Yvonne Smith Widner
Drazin inverse and its application to linear degenerate systems, Trevor Allen Wilcox
Teacher beliefs about educational software now and in the future: A Delphi study, Diana Leigh Williams
A comparison of the preferred visual characteristics of selected resort hotels and casinos along the Las Vegas Strip, Honoree Marlo Wilson
Molecular analysis of microbial diversity within Yucca Mountain, Yingchun Wu
Beat sociology: Ethnographic journeys in event spaces, Jonathan R Wynn
A study of thermal exchange in a thermophotovoltaic (Tpv) system at moderate temperature, Yan Xu
Molecular-dynamics simulations of polymers in a solvent, Anthony Jon Zukaitis
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
A study to determine the impact of summer teacher externships on curriculum and teaching methods, Andrea C Anderson
The effects of early intervention on young handicapped children who are nonverbal or have limited expressive language skills, Joyce Mott Anderson
The changing face of the KGB, Julie Anderson
Family planning in developing countries: A study in communication strategies, Carolyn Babcock
Critical evaluation of the Double Tracks Remediation Project, Craig J. Barnes
Rhetorical Byron: An interpretation of his historical tragedies, Vicki Maxine Bertolino
The relationship between chronic alcohol abuse and information processing ability in older adults, Christopher P. Bertram
Improved communication skills through customized training programs: An applied study of organizational development, Angela Autumn Betke
A cause-and-effect relationship between leadership and corporate culture: An educational perspective, Shane C Blum
An ethnography of homeless men in Las Vegas, Kurt B Borchard
The potential for use of stormwater detention basins in the Las Vegas Valley for groundwater recharge, Timothy L Buchanan
Reaction as image: Comic books and American life, 1940-1955, William S. Bush
The effectiveness of court appointed special advocates (Casas) to assist in permanency planning, Cynthia Ann Calkins
The Circum-migration of the Animalis Manes, Joseph N. Cameron
Yield management and its practical application in hotels, Jeffrey M. Caneen
"King Arthur" by Benjamin Britten: A transcription for wind orchestra with accompanying historical context and transcription techniques, Steven John Capaldo
Recycling at work: Waste reduction and recycling in the Las Vegas hospitality industry, Darlene M. Cartier
Heat shock proteins as indicators of environmental stress, Arthur Louis Castle
Capability of native Yucca Mountain microorganisms to corrode 1020 carbon steel, Patricia Russo Castro
Faculty attitudes toward distance education in Utah public colleges and universities, Arthur Thomas Challis
Vertical equating of curriculum-based tests in reading, mathematics, and language arts, Judith Susan Gage Costa
Canons by consensus: Critical trends and American literature anthologies, Joseph Thomas Csicsila