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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 1996
Las Vegas in popular culture, Edward E Baldwin
Consent and coercion: How the ideology of progressivism preserved capitalist relations in Nevada, 1900-1919, Daniel Mark Barber
Repairing the suburban metropolis: Introducing varied housing typologies into the suburban city model, Randy L Barnes
A stadium of hope: A rhetorical analysis of the Promise Keepers, Matthew H Barton
"Red alert in cyberspace": A battle over First Amendment privileges on the Internet, Derek Michael Belt
Modifying the corrosion resistance of stainless steel through thermal spray and diffusion applied galvanic aluminized coatings, Dave Dror Bergman
The peace process: A case study, Erika Lee Berlant
The influence of prior experiences on teaching schemata of traditional and nontraditional elementary preservice teachers, James Richard Birrell
The petrogenesis of andesites produced during regional extension: examples from the northern McCullough Range, NV and Xitle Volcano, Mexico, Kelly Ann Boland
A numerical investigation of performance and optimization trends of direct contact heat exchangers, Richard Arlen Brickman
Glazing type vs orientation: A comparison of solar gain reduction in Las Vegas product houses, Lisa Evelyn Buchanan
A case study of organizational communication dynamics between intracollegiate departments, Thies Carstens
Use of image manipulation to elicit user preferences in mountain resorts, Kastytis Cechavicius
Developmental physiology of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii, Stacey Lynn Chapman
Robotics for nuclear waste handling, Tao Chen
Modern Western discourse on the subject, Jongryul Choi
Location of the target pitch within a vibrato wave, David Frank Clark
Unwrapping the neolithic package: Wadi Shu'eib and Kholetria-Ortos in perspective, Jason Brandon Cooper
The effects of implementation of Quality Management on employee productivity in the lodging function of a full service hotel: A case study analysis of the Bergstrom Hotels Corporation, Susan Elizabeth Corey-Tuckwell
A Comparative analysis of viable solar thermal technologies for solar field development and commercialization, Sean M. Crawford
Process of adaptation: Prose to stage as applied to Stephen Crane's "Maggie: Girl of the Streets", Marcia Ann Cree
An Experimental technique in lowering total dissolved solids in wastewater, Aaron Crotts
Spectroscopy of galaxies in the Bootes Void, Shawn Timothy Cruzen
Reframing autonomy in informed consent, Pamela M Dalinis
Assessment and treatment of domestic violence in a substance abuse setting, Carlo DeFazio
Acoustic breakout from fiberglass ducts, Keith M Degner
Logical rings in the mutual exclusion problem of distributed memory systems, John Evan Dell
Capitalist "communes" in the United States: The commodification of urban space and the rise of master-planned communities, David Lee Derossett
An economic approach to the study of polygamy: A case study of Mormon polygyny, Joseph Dean Diaz
Hydrostratigraphy and allostratigraphy of the Cenozoic alluvium in the northwestern part of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, David J. Donovan
Atomic age training camp: The historical archaeology of Camp Desert Rock, Susan Edwards
An investigation and analysis of the baccalaureate degree completion rates of community college transfer students, Christian Ifeanyi Egemba
An assessment of lodging/gaming properties' responsiveness to the requirements of Title Ii of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Bradley Jay Elgin
Quality in the travel experience of German charter visitors: The case of Las Vegas, Margaret Erstad
Investigation of regional flow patterns in the Ash Meadows groundwater basin of Southern Nevada using uranium isotope ratios, Dennis Edward Farmer
Maka'ainana (people of the land), the issue of Hawaiian sovereignty: The life cycle of Ka Lahui, Sonia Feldberg
Remote controlled imaging apparatus for a high-temperature environment, Chanaka Joseph Anthony Fernando
Residence time of groundwater issuing from the South Rim Aquifer in the eastern Grand Canyon, Jim Fitzgerald
Frank Norris's "McTeague" and popular culture, Ruby M Fowler
Mortuary practices on children, Stephanie Jo Fox
Contesting the commons: Race, ethnicity, class, occupation, and environment in Central Nevada, 1850-1880, Brian Wesley Frehner
Girlfriend or esposa? Cultural scenarios in translation, Megan S Fuller
Impact of casinos on residential property values: Henderson, Nevada, Barbara Kozarich Giannini
Feature recognition in OCR text, Jeffrey Todd Gilbreth
Music and interpersonal communication: An in-depth view of Ani DiFranco and her lyrics, Robyn Jana Ginsburg
The Barriers present in more developed countries and less developed countries slowing the implementation of substainability, Luke Giovine
Muscle guarding during Kt-1000 testing as measured by electromyography, Tedd James Girouard
A statistical approach to assess the efficiency of bioremediation methods, Cynthia Lynn Glickman
Predictor of OCR accuracy using statistical techniques, Juan Manuel Gonzalez
The use of the genitive in the Arthurian section of Layamon's "Brut", Heather Fleming Grigg
Hopelessness and spiritual well-being in persons with Hiv infection, Kevin Mark Gulliver
A novel, remote cleaning, electromagnetic air filter, Zhongyi Gu
Avian habitat use in southern Nevada riparian areas with varying amounts of Tamarix ramosissima, Sandra Lou Haigh
Colloidal interactions of thorium, Frezewd Haile-Meskel
Predator-prey interactions of zooplankton from a shallow endorheic lake: Little Fish Lake, Nevada, Stephanie Elise Hampton
Regional survey of visiting hour policies and procedures in coronary care units, Karen Sweeney Hanner
The distribution of household labor: Comparing spouses' role orientation, ratings of satisfaction, and amount of discussion, Christina Elaine Hanson
An evolution of creativity and ritual: The immortalizing craftmenship of the Chinchorro morticians, Russell Allen Hapke
Crime prevention through environmental design: A comparative analysis of two Las Vegas apartment complexes, Kim Michelle Hardy
Unbroken chain: Modern social banditry in South La, Kenneth M Harlan
A case study in political rhetoric: Political and religious cohesion in the South, Shauna S Harrington-Donnell
Parting the bamboo curtain: The enigmatic political and strategic quest of Richard Nixon for detente with Communist China, Ian C Harrison
Nontraditional teachers: Personal learning styles and teaching styles, Teresa Delgadillo Harrison
The quality school in postsecondary education, Raymond E Harris
Optimal Var compensation on a utility transmission system, Douglas Earl Harshbarger
A path to nowhere: Violence, sex, and humor in Cormac McCarthy's "Child of God" and "Suttree", Justin Cord Hayes
The effect of caffeine on high-intensity, intermittent exercise to exhaustion, James Andrew Herman
Apple pie, baseball and drag queens: The persuasive elements in current gay-themed films, Michael Jordan Higdon
Estimating Pareto's constant and Gini coefficient of the Pareto distribution, Brian Christopher Hodge
A recent application of the Saxe-Binford hypothesis in establishing social persona, Barbara Ann Holz
An approach to building a secure and persistent distributed object management system, Yu Kin Ho
A critical evaluation of the Dolby Digital compression algorithm, David Andrew Ingbretsen
A study of the American Association of Retired Persons, Lenora Gay Ingram
Determination of frictional losses for fiberglass ducts, Alexander Jeffrey Jackovich
The role of interference in metacognitive monitoring, Katherine M Jacobi
Identifying and illustrating urban traffic congestion, mobility, and accessibility using a Gis, Jeffrey James Jensen
The development of an at-risk index and its implications for the state of Texas, Craig A Kadlub
The utilization of selected marketing elements by higher education institutions, Chester Donald Kajcienski
The long journey: From institutionalization to adult day care, Kristin L Kampschroeder
Message routing between the As/400 token ring network and the Internet, Amuthan Kannan
Ethics and the moral limits of policy, Marlene Beverly Khosropur
Risk features and relationship between financial variables and beta: An analysis of the casino industry, Hyunjoon Kim
Nuclear diffusion: A rethinking of why nation-states "go nuclear", Chris Kofinis
Development of fluoroimmunoassays for the determination of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, Steven Daniel Kohl
Multicasting in generalized class networks, Carl Michael Lane
Marital adjustment across the transition to parenthood: The role of communication and personality, Brandon Mathew Larson
Cost calculation of ancillary services including system security, automatic generation control and reactive power, Mohammad Shahzad Lateef
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India: A social movement striving for political dominance, Joel Aaron Lauer
Dental evidence for the peopling of Guam, Pamela Lin Lawrence
General broadcasting algorithms in one-port wormhole routed hypercubes, Myung Hoon Lee
Accepting blacks and homosexuals into the military: Truman and Clinton argue for equal rights, JayDe Allen Leonard
A rhetorical situation: Contemporary arguments on the legalization of gambling in America, Jan Lewellyn Davidson
Watchman routes in the presence of convex obstacles, Rocky Joseph Lombardo
Jiang Qing and Cultural Revolution, Linda Longley
Public opinion and the deconsolidation of the Clark County School District, Matthew Michael Lusk
Application of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Atm) technology to Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (Pacs): A survey, Sridharan R Madabhushanam
Tunneling phenomenon in heterostructure devices, Sreenivasulu V Maheshwarla