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Senior Quality Of Life Issues, Sue Daniel
Senior Quality Of Life Issues, Sue Daniel
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
As the number of senior citizens entering retirement facilities increases, new and innovative approaches must be developed to address issues, past and present, affecting senior's quality of life. Findings of a prior study by Stock and Kanter (1980) indicate that responses on the Senior Apperception Techniques could be thematically categorized. The present study utilizes issues elicited by the Senior Apperception Technique to prompt life review and to provide care givers information useful in individualizing care within a retirement setting. Participants consisted of 26 subjects, 13 males and 13 females. Participation was voluntary and the subjects were free of severe emotional, …
Billie's Message: An Original Dance-Drama In The Modern Dance Idiom, Vicki Lynn Dale
Billie's Message: An Original Dance-Drama In The Modern Dance Idiom, Vicki Lynn Dale
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Billie's Message is a forty-five minute dance drama expressing through dance and narrative the life of Billie Holiday and the consequences of drug abuse in Holiday's life. It was created in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Education (MEd) degree. The project was presented on October 31 and November 1, 1987, in a public concert at the Judy Bayley Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Focus was placed on the life of Billie Holiday and the anti-drug message found in the last chapter of her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues (Holiday, 1956). The choreographer danced …
The Relationship Of The Yucca Mountain Repository Block To The Regional Groundwater System: A Geochemical Model, Nancy Ann Matsuka
The Relationship Of The Yucca Mountain Repository Block To The Regional Groundwater System: A Geochemical Model, Nancy Ann Matsuka
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Yucca Mountain, in southern Nevada, is being studied by the Department of Energy and the State of Nevada as the site of high-level nuclear waste repository. Geochemical and isotopic modeling were used in this thesis to define the relationship of the volcanic tuff aquifers and aquitards to the underlying regional carbonate ground-water system. The chemical evolution of aground water as it passes through a hypothetical tuffaceous aquifer was developed using computer models PHREEQE, WATEQDR and BALANCE. The tuffaceous system was divided into five parts, with specific mineralogies, reaction steps and temperatures. The initial solution was an analysis of a soil …
Developmental Gains By Children With Special Needs As A Result Of Early Intervention, Connie Rose Lambert
Developmental Gains By Children With Special Needs As A Result Of Early Intervention, Connie Rose Lambert
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study evaluated the developmental gains of sixteen handicapped children who attended an early intervention program at an urban university. The subjects ranged in age from twenty-four months to sixty-six months and included a variety of conditions. A holistic, non-categorical developmental approach was utilized for intervention specifically focusing on early childhood special education. Parental involvement was encouraged. The subjects were taught by graduate students enrolled in a personnel preparation masters degree program, and consultation support services, such as physical therapy and speech therapy, were provided. A pretest developmental score was determined in all areas of child development at program entry, …
Trace Element Analysis Of Bighorn Sheep Horns, Peter Gordon Weigel
Trace Element Analysis Of Bighorn Sheep Horns, Peter Gordon Weigel
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
A total of 249 samples of horn material from bighorn sheep was collected from nine locations. The concentrations of eight elements were determined in all samples by inductively coupled argon plasma spectroscopy. Year of horn growth was determined for 154 of the samples. All elements of concentrations varied significantly with respect to location. Some elements varied similarly to other elements with respect to location, but most locations exhibited unique element concentration profiles. Six of eight elements exhibited significant variation with respect to year of horn growth. A general pattern of annual element concentration fluctuation appeared to emerge. Generally, for a …
Reaction Time And General Intellectual Ability: The Effects Of Cues On The Relationship, Nancy S Sirkin
Reaction Time And General Intellectual Ability: The Effects Of Cues On The Relationship, Nancy S Sirkin
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study examined the relationship between reaction time (RT) and intelligence. Fifteen female and nine male caucasian undergraduates and one black male undergraduate ranging in age from 19 to 38 served as subjects. The measure of intelligence was the Otis-Quick Scoring Mental Ability Test. An Apple MacIntosh personal computer was used to present stimuli and measure reaction time. There were four RT conditions; simple reaction time, and three complex conditions in which no cue appeared, a correct cue, or an incorrect cue appeared. A significant correlation was found between the correct cue/no cue difference score (r = {dollar}-{dollar}.43, p {dollar}<{dollar}.05).
A Study To Determine How Businesses In The Area Known As Clark County, Nevada Perceive The Computer-Related Skills That High School Graduates Should Possess Upon Graduation, Lynda Ruth Yates Spann
A Study To Determine How Businesses In The Area Known As Clark County, Nevada Perceive The Computer-Related Skills That High School Graduates Should Possess Upon Graduation, Lynda Ruth Yates Spann
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of the study was to identify (1) what business functions are being performed with computers in the local community of Clark County, Nevada, (2) those entry-level skills required under each of the three major computer applications of word processing, electronic spreadsheet, and data base, (3) the specific "Brand Name" of third party application software programs used in the local business community of Clark County, Nevada. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).
Mprolog As An Expert System Development Tool, Grant Edward Wright
Mprolog As An Expert System Development Tool, Grant Edward Wright
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The difficult process of designing expert systems has caused the development of many useful expert system design tools. A new tool, called MPROLOG, has been developed into an expert system tool by giving the designer the power of a programming language, PROLOG, along with a method for specifying uncertainties. Descriptions of KEE and ART, two popular expert system design tools, and MPROLOG are presented along with a description of perhaps the most important phase of expert system design: knowledge acquisition. An analysis of the implementation of an MPROLOG expert system, "the F-111 Wing Commander," throughout the knowledge acquisition and design …
A Window To The Past: Analysis Of Flat Glass Recovered From West Point, Nevada, William G White
A Window To The Past: Analysis Of Flat Glass Recovered From West Point, Nevada, William G White
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis presents a comparative archeological analysis of window glass collections recovered from five historic archeological sites located in southern Nevada spanning the years from 1866 to the 1960s. The comparative analysis is used to test the validity of the chronological scheme created by other researchers. The analysis also establishes the frame work by which two specific research questions concerning the abandoned Mormon pioneer colony of West Point are evaluated; Additionally, this study presents, in a descriptive and temporal fashion, the history of West Point and its subsequent use and reuse by later upper Moapa Valley settlers. The archeological and …
The Effects Of An Eight-Hour Continuing Education Course On The Death Anxiety Levels Of Registered Nurses, Susanne Fife Wilkey
The Effects Of An Eight-Hour Continuing Education Course On The Death Anxiety Levels Of Registered Nurses, Susanne Fife Wilkey
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine the effects of a death and dying course on the death anxiety levels of registered nurses; The primary prevention mode of intervention of the Neuman Systems Model and Bandura's belief-oriented approach of the social learning theory provided the framework for this study. Templer's Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) was administered prior to the program (pre-test), immediately following the program (post-test I), and six weeks after the completion of the program (post-test II); Recommendations for further study include: replication with a larger sample group and random sampling, development of a tool which accurately …
Sharing Memory In Distributed Systems, Oscar Rodrigo Aguilar
Sharing Memory In Distributed Systems, Oscar Rodrigo Aguilar
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
We propose an algorithm for simulating atomic registers, test-and-set, fetch-and-add, and read-modify-write registers in a message passing system. The algorithm is fault tolerant and works correctly in presence of up to (N/2) -1 node failures where N is the number of processors in the system. The high resilience of the algorithm is obtained by using randomized consensus algorithms and a robust communication primitive. The use of this primitive allows a processor to exchange local information with a majority of processors in a consistent way, and therefore to take decisions safely. The simulator makes it possible to translate algorithms for the …
Accounts Of The Homeless, Linda Darlene Foreman
Accounts Of The Homeless, Linda Darlene Foreman
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis traces the dominant themes found in the literature explaining homelessness. A discussion of differing types of homeless found in America historically and the categories of homeless living in America today follows. Another aspect of this research is an examination of the accounts given by numerous homeless individuals currently residing in Las Vegas. These accounts are divided into several categories that emerged from the data which reflect some of the experiences and perspectives of those who live without the benefit of shelter. The final part of this research outlines a basic program of action designed to fill the existing …
Measurement Of Thermal Energy Charge Transfer Rate Of Multiply Charged Molybdenum (Molybdenum(6+)) And Argon, Ying Jiang
Measurement Of Thermal Energy Charge Transfer Rate Of Multiply Charged Molybdenum (Molybdenum(6+)) And Argon, Ying Jiang
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
We have made the first measurement of the thermal energy charge transfer rate of Mo{dollar}\sp{6+}{dollar} and neutral argon. This measurement was carried out using a technique that combines the production of ions by laser ablation and an ion trap. The multiply charged ions produced by laser ablation are cooled by crossed beams collision. These ions are stored in a radio-frequency ion trap. The charge transfer rate is determined by measuring the rate of loss of stored ions in the trap. The charge transfer rate coefficient, k, of Mo{dollar}\sp{6+}{dollar} and Ar is 1.02(.10) {dollar}\times{dollar} 10{dollar}\sp{-10}{dollar}cm{dollar}\sp3{dollar}s{dollar}\sp{-1}{dollar}. The estimated uncertainty is {dollar}\pm{dollar}10% and …
A Computerized Analysis Of Anterior Teeth As A Possible Indicator Of Age, Race And Sex, Jay A Johnson
A Computerized Analysis Of Anterior Teeth As A Possible Indicator Of Age, Race And Sex, Jay A Johnson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Various systems of anthropometry have been developed through the years in an attempt to elucidate important characteristics of the human dentition. Few methods are currently relied upon as valuable indicators of age, race or sex; The computerized study of anterior tooth positions is an attempt at further elucidation of age, race and sex characteristics. Bite marks in wax from a general population sample of known age, race and sex are the basis for this computerized study. The computerized procedure allows for the examination of minute variation in tooth position. Twelve teeth in total are analyzed for every specimen.
Novel Techniques For Molecular Ion Spectroscopy In A Discharge, Guang Lan
Novel Techniques For Molecular Ion Spectroscopy In A Discharge, Guang Lan
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Velocity modulation laser spectroscopy has proven to be a successful spectroscopic technique for the study of molecular ions; indeed, it has become the conventional technique. However, there are a number of limitations to velocity modulation in its conventional form. First, there is a background arising from r.f. pick-up or optical emission. Because the background is at the same frequency as the desired signals, the background is hard to eliminate. Fluctuations in the background level can make it difficult to detect signals. Second, in many experiments the dominant source of noise is the detector, and sensitive detectors are often inconveniently slow. …
Critical Thinking In Education: What Can The Matter Be?, Gail K Lenning
Critical Thinking In Education: What Can The Matter Be?, Gail K Lenning
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The paper presents expert commentary on this issue, where informal logic and philosophy are found to be the favored approaches to the teaching of critical thinking, followed by the interpretation and evaluation of the two major types of programs used to teach critical thinking skills; Lipman's Philosophy for Children program is explained as a specific class intended to teach children to reason by means of a dialogical, philosophical approach; Thoughtful teaching or the across-the-curriculum approach will be explained as to its basic parts, which are a selection of skills and a teaching method to introduce them. There is no universally …
Laser Spectroscopy Of Molecular Ions In An Ion Beam, Jun Li
Laser Spectroscopy Of Molecular Ions In An Ion Beam, Jun Li
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The operation of a coaxial ion beam/laser beam experimental apparatus is described, in which an ion beam is overlapped by a laser beam and the ions are Doppler-tuned into resonance. The experimental apparatus is suitable for the study of both positive and negative ions. Resonant transitions are reported in C{dollar}\sb2\sp{-}{dollar} and in CO{dollar}\sp{+}{dollar}. In C{dollar}\sb2\sp{-}{dollar}, a two-photon resonant photodetachment experiment was performed, with detection of fast neutral C{dollar}\sb2{dollar}. The experiment yields a measurement of the R(10) line of the 1-0 band in the B-X electronic transition. In CO{dollar}\sp{+}{dollar}, the blended Q(1) and R(12) lines of the A-X electronic transition were …
Playing With Poetry: Lessons Utilizing Creative Drama Techniques To Teach Poetry To Senior High School Students, John Brooks Lawton
Playing With Poetry: Lessons Utilizing Creative Drama Techniques To Teach Poetry To Senior High School Students, John Brooks Lawton
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Although much has been written on the ways drama can be used in the English classroom, little has focused on the teaching of poetry using dramatic techniques. This paper provides a thirty-lesson creative drama unit for teaching poetry to high school students. The first three chapters introduce creative drama, review current research, and detail the background of the lessons. The bulk of the paper is contained in the fourth chapter, the lessons themselves. The early lessons introduce students to improvisation, poetry writing, spontaneity, and in-class performance. These skills are refined and used in later lessons to teach areas of poetry, …
Temporal And Spatial Patterns Of Abundance Of Age 0 Threadfin Shad (Dorosoma Petenense) In Overton Arm, Lake Mead, William Lee Pelle
Temporal And Spatial Patterns Of Abundance Of Age 0 Threadfin Shad (Dorosoma Petenense) In Overton Arm, Lake Mead, William Lee Pelle
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Temporal and spatial patterns of age 0 threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) abundance and growth, in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead, were examined to evaluate the effects of resource availability on the young fish. This was part of the Lake Mead Fertilization Project, designed to assess feasability of increasing survivorship of juvenile shad by boosting phosphate, thereby increasing algal and zooplankton biomass, during the shad spawning period. Shad are the primary forage base for the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and black bass (Macropterus salmoides); Weekly samples were taken from June to mid-August, in 1988 and 1989. Depth series samples were …
A Data Structural Approach To The Problem Of Contour Plotting, Sivesh Pradhaan
A Data Structural Approach To The Problem Of Contour Plotting, Sivesh Pradhaan
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This paper describes the results of a research on the problem of contouring an estimated surface. It takes a data structural approach to the problem and also uses a special logic developed to make parallelism possible. This algorithm draws all the contour curves at the same time. The data structure used by this algorithm is described in detail here; Intersection points are connected by examining the orientation of the corresponding face used to represent that patch of the estimated surface. The total number of intersections with a contour plane in a cell and the presence of horizontal lines in a …
Rapid Serial Visual Presentation And The Leading Format: A Comparison Study, Christopher William Schacherer
Rapid Serial Visual Presentation And The Leading Format: A Comparison Study, Christopher William Schacherer
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Recently, investigators interested in the most efficient means by which to present text on computer screens have directed their efforts, largely, toward optimizing the rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) display format. This research has led to the discovery, for example, that overlapping information across segments interferes with comprehension. The present study further investigates this issue by comparing RSVP to another frequently used text display format, the leading format. The leading format differs from RSVP with overlapping information in that it does not discriminate between text segments that end with words being truncated and those that do not. The results of …
A Phenomenological Criticism: A Phenomenologically Based Methodology For Analyzing Theatrical Works, Roberta Sterman Sabbath
A Phenomenological Criticism: A Phenomenologically Based Methodology For Analyzing Theatrical Works, Roberta Sterman Sabbath
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The thesis, using Husserlian phenomenology, presents a descriptive, analytical approach for theatrical works. The methodology consists of two parts: "feeling" and "meaning." "Feeling" covers the reader/viewer's experience of the work; "meaning" covers the source of that experience in the work. An introductory portion asks the analyzer to describe the autonomous aspects of the work. The evaluative conclusion asks the reader/viewer to describe change or lack thereof in the personal perspective; Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Edith Stein's treatment of empathy, and Ernst Cassirer's paradigms of cultural expression are all used to enrich the analytical approach. Two plays, Caryl Churchill and …
Constitutional Privacy: The Evolution Of A Doctrine, Helena Ann Mandarino
Constitutional Privacy: The Evolution Of A Doctrine, Helena Ann Mandarino
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Although the right to privacy is not actually enumerated in the Constitution, over a century of common law precedent and judicial interpretation has authorized certain personal activities as being outside the scope of governmental regulation. The constitutional defense of such freedoms have been regarded as Fourteenth Amendment due process guarantees to life, liberty, and property. In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that proscribing the use of contraceptives to married couples was unduly burdensome. Judicial acknowledgment of the right to privacy invited further challenges which involved intensely personal situations and choices, the most controversial of which is the right …
Computation In Director String Calculus, Vugranam Chakravarthy Sreedhar
Computation In Director String Calculus, Vugranam Chakravarthy Sreedhar
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
In this thesis we introduce a modified version of Director String Calculus (MDSC) which preserves the applicative structure of the original lambda terms and captures the strong reduction as opposed to weak reduction of the original Director String Calculus (DSC). Furthermore, our reduction system provides an environment which supports the nonatomic nature of substitution operation and hence can lend itself to parallel and optimal reduction. We shall compare our reduction method with other reduction methods, and discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of our method.
Optimizing Select-Project-Join Queries, Rebecca Anne Miller
Optimizing Select-Project-Join Queries, Rebecca Anne Miller
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
An optimal retrieval algorithm for relational database queries is a highly sought after ideal. A great amount of research has been applied in the quest for a better, faster, and cheaper universal retrieval scheme. Unfortunately there is no panacea, no single "optimal" method. With the many different database languages we find a variety of retrieval algorithms. This thesis explores heuristic methods for optimizing relational database query algorithms. It combines individual works on heuristics, cost modeling, decomposition, and join optimization. Lastly it assesses these optimization methods.
Measuring Self-Worth And Certainty Of Punishment In Prison Populations, Robert Joseph Mckee
Measuring Self-Worth And Certainty Of Punishment In Prison Populations, Robert Joseph Mckee
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis attempts to establish a link between the variables of self-worth and certainty of punishment. The focus of this work centers around the administration of a questionnaire to inmates of four penal institutions (n = 219). The sites visited were the Stewart-Mojave Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada; the Southern Nevada Desert Correctional Centers in Jean and Indian Springs, Nevada; and the California Correctional Center in Tehachapi, California; Chapter one is an introduction and a review of the literature. This includes the plan of the study and background into the problem. Chapter two explains the concepts and discusses prior …
A Light Divided (Original Short Stories), Katherine Green
A Light Divided (Original Short Stories), Katherine Green
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
These short stories are about people in conflict; the characters venture toward personal growth, struggle to improve family relationships, and search for a relationship with God or the cosmos. In the title story a lonely man take actions which cause his increased isolation. His shattered hopes induced him to abandon his newfound friend, a companion who might have added stability to his dismantled existence. The stories show the tension between the rational man and the religious zealot; religious individuals must discover that orthodox prescriptions cannot prevent one from experiencing the pain of life. The themes and characters in these stories …
Development Of A Test Facility For Making In-Duct Sound Measurements According To Astm E477-1984, David Arthur Wade
Development Of A Test Facility For Making In-Duct Sound Measurements According To Astm E477-1984, David Arthur Wade
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Duct silencers must reduce sound levels enough to be noticed by the human ear. By placing the appropriate duct silencer in the air-conditioning duct system, sound levels in rooms where noise is a problem can be significantly reduced. Only through insertion loss measurements can the appropriate silencer be determined for the desired noise reduction; This thesis involves the modification and qualification of the reverberation chamber in the Multi-Function Lab at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the purpose of creating a controlled sound testing environment. It also involves the design and construction of facilities for making insertion loss measurements. …
The Effect Of Training On Referrals To An Outpatient Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Program, Michael S Lea
The Effect Of Training On Referrals To An Outpatient Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Program, Michael S Lea
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study examines the effect of training on referrals to an outpatient adolescent sexual offender treatment program. Fifty-two juvenile court probation officers were trained to assess and identify adolescent sex offenders who met program referral criteria. Pre- and post-training tests were administered to measure the effect of training on a subject's knowledge and understanding of sex offender assessment. Utilizing the Juvenile Sexual Offender Decision Criteria Form (University of Washington, 1986), referrals before and following training were evaluated to determine if they met program criteria. Analysis of the data suggested that training improved subjects' knowledge and understanding, but not their ability …
A Community's Dominant Religion: A Counter Definition, Geremia Veglia
A Community's Dominant Religion: A Counter Definition, Geremia Veglia
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Religious orientations, practices, and attitudes held by people relate in many ways to their behavior in secular society. To evaluate these various relationships several questions were considered. To what degree do religious beliefs influence an individual's daily attitudes and behaviors? Is there a segment of society that benefits from religious practices? Is a part of society harmed by these beliefs?;Seeking to eliminate the possible effects of diffusion and acculturation, a rural town with a dominant religious ideology was chosen. Of the hamlet's four thousand people approximately seventy-five percent were Mormon; The data was compiled using a complete participant observer research …