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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 1995
Breakdown in the broker state: The Cio in southern Nevada during World War Ii, Richard W Mingus
Comparative study of advanced heat pumps, Craig M Moiola
Housing conditions & demographical survey: Housing rehabilitation for the city of North Las Vegas, Lisa M. Morris
Literacy acquisition and family systems: A case study of adult literacy learners, Margaret R Moulton
Analyzing a benefits communication method for a hotel/casino resort, Cynthia Kiser Murphey
The mobility of radiocesium and plutonium in Roach Lake in southern Nevada, Mohammadtagi Nassehzadeh-Tabriz
A search for primitive voice in post-modern theatre, Lucinda Jane Neal
Automated robotics system for nuclear waste handling (hardware and software), William Michael O'Donnell
Where are the girls? Gender differences in secondary science and math grades, Jeff Matthew Ommen
High frequency surface estimation, Sai Prasad V Pallati
The effect of prior exercise on the thermic effect of carbohydrate versus fat feeding in man, Cindy Beth Palmer-Lynch
Measurements of the second hyperpolarizabilty of argon, methane, carbon tetrafluoride, and sulfur hexafluoride, John J Palubinskas
Leadership styles of three Hispanic-American women in health science, Kristel Heira Pankau
A framework for modeling risk and emergency response in hazardous materials transportation, Emelinda Maano Parentela
Promoting the nation: The rise of ethno-nationalism and early modern drama, David Elwood Phillips
Periodic complementary binary sequences, Maria Consuelo C Pickle
New methods in image compression using multi-level transforms and adaptive statistical encoDing, Thomas William Pike
Characterization of microbes implicated in microbially-influenced corrosion from the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository, Beth Jessie Pitonzo
The effect of static stretching on lactate removal during recovery from high intensity exercise, Kevin T Pitt
Nerva-derived reactor coolant channel model for Mars mission applications, Edward W Porta
Influence of grain size of a porous medium on the movement of diesel fuel due to water table fluctuations, Vasanthakumar Rajagopalan
Adaptive sorting algorithms for evaluation of automatic zoning, G. S Rajarathinam
Life history, diversity and patterns of bat community structure in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada, Marikay Allene Ramsey
Geology and geochemistry of tertiary volcanic rocks in the northern Reveille and southern Pancake ranges, Nye County, Nevada, Kelly Brian Rash
Women's practice of breast self examination following surgical intervention for breast cancer, Carol Ann Rayfield
The framers, The Bill of Rights, and the Ninth Amendment, Kara Sue Rickey
Adoption anxiety among prospective adoptive parents, Stephanie A Robinson
An integrated systems methodology for pedestrian traffic flow analysis, Richard Thomas Romer
Mafic volcanism in the Colorado Plateau: basin and range transition zone, Hurricane, Utah, Alexander Sanchez
Mafic volcanism in the Colorado Plateau/Basin-and-Range Transition Zone, Hurricane, Utah, Alexander Sanchez
Development of an automated throw room and HVAC component acoustic test systems, Michael Anthony Schwob
A 3-dimensional finite element method for groundwater flow and containment transport, Harinder Singh Sethi
Experimental hydrodynamic study of the slurry distribution in a vertical slurry heat exchanger, Cheng Tsu Shih
Hydrostratigraphic units within the alluvium and tertiary volcanics of East Central Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Craig Thomas Shirley
Old French borrowings in "The Owl and the Nightingale", Kari J Smith-Boyer
Factors influencing teacher use of computer aided learning, Mark Leonard Spencer
Packrat middens: A tool for environmental reconstruction and human adaptation analysis, Polly Ann Sullivan
Collection of gas phase chlorine using bonded silica sorbents, Bhaskar Tadepalli
Test and analysis methods for resolving fan/motor vibration problems in air-conditioning units, Xiaolei Teng
Interest group influence on sex education policy in Utah: A cultural perspective, Thomas H Terry
Self-stabilizing tree algorithms, Visalakshi Thiagarajan
A modern synthesis of faith and reason, Ralph Wm Thomas
Assessment of ultraviolet light disinfection efficiency of advanced wastewater treatment plant effluent, Man N Truong
High-resolution spectroscopy of nitrogen(2)(+), Qiang Tu
Transport of solutes in complex hydrogeological media, Vinod Vallikat
A study of bistable behavior and parameter variation in dark molecular clouds, Robert Lee Vaughn
The Interdependent Morality Directive: An extension of the animal rights and environmental ethics debate, Gerald Anthony Voltura
Differences in the degree of learning of students taught using computer aided-mastery learning versus expository instruction, Essington Rupert Wade
Mental rotation and sexual orientation, Patricia Ann Wade
The paper tiger and its predecessors: An ethnologic history of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Daniel Spencer Wall
Benefit segmentation of slot players, Chen-Wei David Wang
Importance of nurse caring behaviors as perceived by patients after myocardial infarction: A replication study, Larae McClellan Ward
Defending an empire with public relations: A case study of Caesars World Incorporated's strategies against corporate raiders, Mercedes Warrick
Development, modeling, testing and evaluation of vibration attenuating gloves, Douglas James Weaver
A garden in the desert? A regional study of ranching and farming in Southern Nevada, 1870-1930, Sherryl Lynn Weber
Standard penetration test correlations for Las Vegas soils, Christopher Robert Wener
Dynamic task distribution in a heterogeneous loosely-coupled distributed computer system, Samuel K West
Nurse caring behaviors as perceived by the emergency room nurse and the emergency room patient: A comparative study, Carolyn Thatcher Whipple
Risky business: Moral arguments againts the Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1987 Can consent be engineered?, Mary Manning Whitaker
The effect of measurement technique, and load and fatigue, with changes in crank arm length, on lower limb kinematics in cycle ergometry, Chris D Williams
Creating a panethnic identity: The Asian American movement's vision of racial and political solidarity, Rosette Ho Wirtz
Striking a balance: The centrality of the Hamiltonian/Jeffersonian Debate in American foreign policy development, John Anthony Zeuli
Lower Cambrian bioherms in central Nevada and eastern California, Xiaoping Zhou
A self-stabilizing distributed maximum flow algorithm, Yan Zhou
An assessment of the potential to use water chemistry parameters to define ground water flow pathways at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Kim Alison Zukosky
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Finite element analysis of permanent indentation of solids due to low velocity impact, Sarath Abayaweera
On line tracking of moving objects from moving platforms, Raveen R. K Abhishetty
In defense of private property: The role of private property rights and ethics in the market economy, Iftikhar Ahmed
Writing apprehension and the computer classroom, Jennifer Ann Alarid
Bounded population forecasts of Nye County communities generated by the cohort-component method: A mushrooming development, Douglas George Arnold
A finite element approach to open channel flow, Michael J Bagstad
Analysis of time-varying harmonics in electrical distribution systems, Venkatasubra Banunarayanan
Effects of computer use on the writing process, Nancy Bates
The Renaissance: An age of classical wonder, Robert T Behunin
Determinants of Southern Nevada in-migration: Similarities and differences between labor force and elderly migrants, Chittima Bejrananda
Thermal considerations in the drift due to the emplacement of a horizontal high level nuclear waste container, Akshay Bhargava
Evaluation of page quality using simple features, Luis Ricardo Blando
The effects of an eight-hour affective education program on fear of Aids and homophobia in student nurses, Frances Allen Brown
Risk analysis for hazardous materials transportation using geographic information system, Anil Kumar Chagari
The attitudes of key executives of international tourist hotels in Taiwan toward casino investments in Taiwan, Shiang-Lih Chen
Origin and geological significance of mylonitic shear zones, northern Lucy Gray Range, Clark County, Nevada, Clinton H Christensen
Autotag: A tool for creating structured document collections from printed materials, Allen S Condit
Photometry of the galaxies in the Bootes Void, Shawn Timothy Cruzen
A study of recognition coating response for quartz crystal microbalances, Robert Louis Curiale
The gulf between congress and the president over war powers: An analysis of the Persian Gulf War, Lorrie Lynn Curriden
The simulation of selfhood in cyberspace, Denise Michelle Dalaimo
An assessment of the causes of cognitive dissonance in the working environment of the hospitality industry, Susan Elizabeth Demarinis
Interactions within the social environment of schools: Perspectives on dropouts Voices of administrators, teachers, stay-ins, and dropouts, Andre Brent Denson
Recursive backpropagation algorithm applied to a globally recurrent neural network, Steven Michael Dionisi
Modelling of a temporal object-oriented geographic information system, David Edward Disalvio
Nonlinear dynamics of a particle in an electric and magnetic field, Sean James Doyle
Beyond 'justice vs care': Can the ethic of care coordinate with the ethic of justice to support palliative care?, Susan Helen Drongowski
Gwadapt: An adaptive finite element algorithm for groundwater contaminant transport problems, Bryan Edwin Dunlap
An algebra for structured text, Srinivasulu Erva
A proposed community college two year hospitality program relative to the needs of the Mammoth Lake community, Andrew Hale Feinstein
Systematics and biogeography of the Great Basin pocket mouse, Perognathus parvus, Carolyn Sue Ferrell
A review of the history and structure of public speaking at Nevada Power Company: A case study, Julie Ann Foley
Determining recreational visitor carrying capacity: The case of Black Canyon at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Kenneth C. Forman
Child sexual molestation by priests and reactions of Catholic parishioners: A comparative study, Merlinda Raquel Gallegos