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Family Court: An Analysis Of A Unified Judicial System To Serve The Administration Of Justice For All Juvenile And Family Matters, Lori Ann Higdon
Family Court: An Analysis Of A Unified Judicial System To Serve The Administration Of Justice For All Juvenile And Family Matters, Lori Ann Higdon
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Several states have created family courts by coordinating juvenile and family law matters within one court in an effort to provide efficient and timely service delivery to children and families. This thesis will evaluate this court model by providing a literary review, including problems facing children and families. Ethical concerns regarding family preservation, the quality of justice, parent's rights vs states obligations, punishment vs rehabilitation and the social worker vs cop role conflict will be included. A survey which was conducted as a part of this thesis together with a previous survey provides current evidence supporting the premise that the …
Travel Demand Modeling For Developing Countries, Satyakala Jarugumilli
Travel Demand Modeling For Developing Countries, Satyakala Jarugumilli
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The transportation planning process or travel demand forecasting process which is most commonly used at present, called the Urban Transportation Planning Process (UTPP), has its origins in studies performed about three decades ago in urban areas in the United States. This conventional planning process was designed primarily for the western/developed world where affordability and accessibility to a personal automobile is a common feature; The UTPP based models used in forecasting future travel demand rely heavily on socio-economic variables that are associated with an individual's propensity to travel. The socio-economic environments in the developing and the under-developed world are different from …
Dining Habits And Preferences Of Young Patrons Of Fast Food Restaurants In Singapore And Las Vegas, 1994, Gerry Eng Seng Koh
Dining Habits And Preferences Of Young Patrons Of Fast Food Restaurants In Singapore And Las Vegas, 1994, Gerry Eng Seng Koh
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the dining habits, preferences, and expectations of 1,012 young patrons of fast food restaurants in Singapore and Las Vegas. The Singapore respondents were students from a Pre-university and SHATEC, a hospitality industry vocational institute. In Las Vegas, the respondents were from the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); Overall results indicated that there existed more similarities between Pre-university and UNLV students than between Pre-university and SHATEC students. This conclusion was unexpected given differences between Pre-university and UNLV students in terms of age, marital …
Analyzing A Benefits Communication Method For A Hotel/Casino Resort, Cynthia Kiser Murphey
Analyzing A Benefits Communication Method For A Hotel/Casino Resort, Cynthia Kiser Murphey
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
There is a need in the hospitality industry to maximize employee satisfaction with medical insurance benefits provided by the company. This study examined the influence that one-on-one benefits communication meetings have upon the satisfaction or perception of a medical plan for a large hotel, casino resort property in Las Vegas, Nevada; The methodology used in this study was a survey which was administered to employees immediately before and again 5 to 6 months after they attend a one-on-one benefits communication meeting. This Pre-test and Post-test methodology is considered to be an appropriate test for satisfaction research; Survey results did not …
Adoption Anxiety Among Prospective Adoptive Parents, Stephanie A Robinson
Adoption Anxiety Among Prospective Adoptive Parents, Stephanie A Robinson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Adoption has existed for thousands of years. Originally, the process was closed, i.e., the natural and the adopting parents did not have direct contact with one another. They remained anonymous. Recently, the process has opened up to include an open adoption, i.e., the natural and adopting parents meet each other before the adoption process is completed and they maintain contact with each other thereafter. This has created some anxiety among the prospective adoptive parents regarding the possibility that their contact with the birth mother may somehow create a problem or spoil a successful adoption from taking place. Anxiety surrounding this …
Benefit Segmentation Of Slot Players, Chen-Wei David Wang
Benefit Segmentation Of Slot Players, Chen-Wei David Wang
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The importance of slot machines to casinos is ever increasing. It is important for marketers to understand this growing market. The benefit segmentation of the slot players could help marketers use the resources to target the slot market efficiently and effectively; This study explored the benefits sought by the slot players from playing slot machines. The author researched twelve benefits sought by slot players. The findings provide useful implications for casino marketers and identify areas for future research.
Mental Rotation And Sexual Orientation, Patricia Ann Wade
Mental Rotation And Sexual Orientation, Patricia Ann Wade
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Mental rotation, a type of visuo-spatial ability, is the ability to imagine a figure rotating in space without verbal mediation. Gender differences in the performance of mental rotation tasks are well documented but the relationship between sexual orientation and mental rotation is uncertain. This study investigates the relationship between gender, sexual orientation and scores of 584 university students on the Vandenberg Mental Rotation Test. A 2 x 2 ANOVA reveals a main effect for gender, a main effect for sexual orientation, and significant interaction between gender and sexual orientation. Mental rotation scores differentiate heterosexual male students from gay male, lesbian, …
Battle In The Skies: Sex Discrimination In The United States Airline Industry, 1930 To 1978, Cathleen M. Dooley Loucks
Battle In The Skies: Sex Discrimination In The United States Airline Industry, 1930 To 1978, Cathleen M. Dooley Loucks
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The flight attendant occupation in the United States, developed in the 1930s, created new opportunities for women workers, but defined flight attendants as docile, temporary, and easily exploitable workers. Airlines soon discovered that flight attendants provided a marketable image, based on physical appearance. This thesis traces the development of policies, such as marriage bans, age ceilings, weight regulations, and prohibitions against pregnancy, designed to create and maintain this image. In the 1960s and 1970s, flight attendants challenged the legitimacy of these policies using the sex provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Gaining support from their …
Quality Judgment: Toward The "Essentially Human" In Ethics And Policy, Kenneth Wayne Johnson
Quality Judgment: Toward The "Essentially Human" In Ethics And Policy, Kenneth Wayne Johnson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis describes a framework, a component of a larger paradigm, designed to improve the thinking, planning, and acting of individuals within society. It is based upon factors of human existence that most can agree are fundamental to pursuing matters of importance, however disparately we may see them. Assuming that human choice is a function of consciousness and compassion--it argues that insight from ethics and policy studies can be improved if founded upon an understanding of the implications of the full development and use of the essential human capacities that underlie consciousness and compassion: critical and creative thinking; communicating in …
Where Are The Girls? Gender Differences In Secondary Science And Math Grades, Jeff Matthew Ommen
Where Are The Girls? Gender Differences In Secondary Science And Math Grades, Jeff Matthew Ommen
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
To investigate gender differences in secondary science and math grades, I used a cumulative numerical grade, a method to reduce a single student's many grades into a single number. Subjects were 640 students, who graduated from two small, mid-west high schools from the years of 1986-1993. Gender differences in cumulative numerical grades were not continuously supported in single class tests, in single school tests, or combined school tests. There were instances gender differences in cumulative numerical grade were upheld, however. A definite interaction was evident between math and science cumulative numerical grades. The differences between male and female cumulative numerical …
Dangerous Women, Dangerous Times: Women At The Nevada State Prison, 1890-1930, Donna Crail-Rugotzke
Dangerous Women, Dangerous Times: Women At The Nevada State Prison, 1890-1930, Donna Crail-Rugotzke
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This work examines the treatment Nevada's female prisoners received from Nevada's press, courts, and the Nevada State Prison from 1890 to 1930. It argues that gender perspectives held by Nevada's criminal justice officials caused them to treat female criminals both benevolently and harshly. This thesis also compares the treatment of minority women with Anglo women and finds minority women also received mixed treatment. Factors used to judge treatment include the sentences women received, how much of these sentences they served, the living conditions they faced at the Nevada State Prison and the conditions of their paroles and pardons.
Validation Of The Ymca's Guide To Setting Workloads For The Submaximal Cycle Ergometer Test, Nicole Marie-Smith Dacuma
Validation Of The Ymca's Guide To Setting Workloads For The Submaximal Cycle Ergometer Test, Nicole Marie-Smith Dacuma
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The YMCA cycle ergometer test is a nationally used submaximal test that measures heart rate response to an increasing exercise workload. Two exercise heart rates are used to estimate maximal physical working capacity. A workload guide was established to make testing more efficient. The principle underlying the workload guide was that the examiner would assess the heart rate response to the first low intensity workload and from there would set workloads according to the guide. Problems have occurred with the guide, specifically with the highest intensity workload column. The purpose of this study was to validate the YMCA's guide to …
Hollywood's Image Of The Working Woman, Jody Elizabeth Dawson
Hollywood's Image Of The Working Woman, Jody Elizabeth Dawson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Hollywood's Image of the Working Woman examines the stereotypes presented of working women in main stream Hollywood films. The thesis compares films portrayals of working women from "women's films" of the 1930s and 1940s with more contemporary films from the 1980s and 1990s. The paper explores the idea that there are "hegemonic processes" at work in American culture that limit the possibilities for substantive change in the way mass media portray women. This study will investigate whether these processes are at work in films which center on career-oriented female characters.
Honor And The Southern Lady: The Persitence Of Antebellum Ideology Among Elite Southern Women, 1820-1877, Joan Meyer
Honor And The Southern Lady: The Persitence Of Antebellum Ideology Among Elite Southern Women, 1820-1877, Joan Meyer
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Honor and the Southern Lady: The Persistence of Antebellum Ideology Among Elite Southern Women, 1820-1877 investigates whether the war permanently changed elite white women's legal, economic and social status, gender relations and race relations. Southern honor and slavery were the social and economic basis of the hierarchical order of antebellum Southern life affecting women's lives and worldview. The war forced elite women to assume a greater responsibility which resulted in a more independent self-image and in more difficult race relations. Southern life changed because of post-war economic deprivation and emancipation, but Southern culture, including its hierarchy, remained. Elite women's preceptions …
A Multi-Varied Approach To Meaning Of Some East Baltic Neolithic Symbols, Indre Rita Antanaitis
A Multi-Varied Approach To Meaning Of Some East Baltic Neolithic Symbols, Indre Rita Antanaitis
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Three sets of material and ideological data from East Baltic Neolithic pre-Corded Ware culture sites c. 6500-3500 B.P. are compiled and compared in order to reasonably interpret certain aspects of these prehistoric people's ideology, specifically as it relates to their faunal environment and gender-based patterns in their social system. Approaches taken consist of (1) statistical analyses of a symbolic data base comprised of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic art data, and grave good inventories as they relate to gender, (2) a comparison of frequencies of faunal types represented in economy and zoomorphic symbols, and (3) a cross-cultural comparison of contexts of the …
Transition To Parenthood: The Effect Of Division Of Labor Discrepancies On Marital Satisfaction, Alison Paige Done
Transition To Parenthood: The Effect Of Division Of Labor Discrepancies On Marital Satisfaction, Alison Paige Done
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
In a longitudinal study of couples during the transition to first time parenthood, I examined several hypotheses regarding expectations and the division of labor between spouses. Seventy couples expecting the birth of their first baby filled out questionnaires late in pregnancy and three months postpartum. Before the birth of their babies an experimental group participated in a marital skills training workshop. Results indicated that husbands' and wives' expectations about the post-birth division of labor differed significantly from actual post-birth division of labor. This discrepancy affected marital satisfaction for wives but not for their husbands. The discrepancy also affected spouses' satisfaction …
The Effect Of Prior Exercise On The Thermic Effect Of Carbohydrate Versus Fat Feeding In Man, Cindy Beth Palmer-Lynch
The Effect Of Prior Exercise On The Thermic Effect Of Carbohydrate Versus Fat Feeding In Man, Cindy Beth Palmer-Lynch
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Prior exercise potentiates the thermic effect of a carbohydrate meal. The purpose of this study was to determine if the potentiating effect of exercise is unique to carbohydrate meals or whether prior exercise also potentiates the thermic effect of a fat meal. Subjects were 15 healthy females (24 years, 60 KG, 20% body fat). Each subject completed an exercise and a control trial for each meal, each trial on a separate day. Meal size was 2510 KJ (600 kcal) and consisted of 100% carbohydrate, compared with 90% fat combined with 10% carbohydrate. Subjects exercised for 45 minutes at 70% of …
Interest Group Influence On Sex Education Policy In Utah: A Cultural Perspective, Thomas H Terry
Interest Group Influence On Sex Education Policy In Utah: A Cultural Perspective, Thomas H Terry
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
A case study of Utah's sex education debate of the late 1980s and early 1990s is the vehicle used to study the education and social policy process of Utah. Interest group influence is tested, and Utah history and Mormon sexual culture are discussed. The influence of historical and cultural forces on policy, through the medium of interest groups, is explored. Strong indications of group influence are revealed and groups are found to be representative of dissimilar, competing cultures in Utah. Migration is found to play a key role in social conflict in Utah.
Nurse Caring Behaviors As Perceived By The Emergency Room Nurse And The Emergency Room Patient: A Comparative Study, Carolyn Thatcher Whipple
Nurse Caring Behaviors As Perceived By The Emergency Room Nurse And The Emergency Room Patient: A Comparative Study, Carolyn Thatcher Whipple
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine what emergency room nurses (n = 60) and emergency room patients (n = 60) perceived as caring behaviors, as measured by the Caring Behaviors Assessment (CBA) tool. Unlike other studies the emergency room nurse ranked technical skills, "Know how to give shots, IV's, etc." as most important. The nurse ranked many of the helping and feeling cares significantly higher than the patient. There were eleven areas of correlation, between the demographics and the CBA subscales, with a significance level set at p =.05. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient for the CBA tool was.96. …
Living The Bomb: Martin Amis's Nuclear Fiction, Rebecca L Bostick
Living The Bomb: Martin Amis's Nuclear Fiction, Rebecca L Bostick
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Living the Bomb: Martin Amis's Nuclear Fiction examines the importance of nuclear issues in Amis's fiction, particularly Einstein's Monsters and London Fields. Critical attention is given to Amis's concept of "thinkability," his political agenda and the effect of nuclear weaponry on his literature. Amis's nuclear symbolism is examined and the corrupt effect of nuclear weapons on our powers of creation (literal and artistic) and the environment is illustrated. Finally, Amis's anti-nuclear philosophy is linked with feminism: both espouse pacifism and a reinventing of gender roles in a post-nuclear world.
The Dilemma Of Development Policy In The Third World And Some Ramifications For Women, Pamela Jones Brown
The Dilemma Of Development Policy In The Third World And Some Ramifications For Women, Pamela Jones Brown
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The first part of this thesis deals with the theoretical approaches to development and a discussion of the dilemma facing the policy makers in choosing the best approach to the Third World. I then offer examples from South Africa and India which support the premise of economic prosperity versus ethical concerns; Lastly, the ramifications for women affected by Third World Development are presented with an emphasis upon the disruptive influences of advanced capitalist countries in their attempt to modernize technology and promote industrialization. The complexity of societal implications is explored from economic and political to social and cultural concerns.
William Faulkner's Public And Poetic Voices: A Discussion Of The "Human Condition", Elaine Bunker
William Faulkner's Public And Poetic Voices: A Discussion Of The "Human Condition", Elaine Bunker
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
William Faulkner claimed that his fiction "failed" to show that "man will prevail," the standard that he set for literature in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. However, this statement and others by Faulkner can be misleading without an understanding of Faulkner's terms. A study of his speeches, essays, public letters, and interviews (Faulkner's public voice) in conjunction with his major fiction (his poetic voice) clarifies what Faulkner meant by "immortality," "evil," "fear," and "failure" and thereby demonstrates that both Faulkner's fiction and his nonfiction do in fact illustrate his belief that "man will prevail.".
The Effect Of Hip Position And Emg Biofeedback Training On Selectively Increasing The Vastus Medialis Oblique In Relation To The Vastus Lateralis, Christina Diane Davlin
The Effect Of Hip Position And Emg Biofeedback Training On Selectively Increasing The Vastus Medialis Oblique In Relation To The Vastus Lateralis, Christina Diane Davlin
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a patellar tracking dysfunction usually associated with a muscular imbalance between the vastus medialis oblique (VMO) muscle and vastus lateralis (VL) muscle. The imbalance is most commonly attributed to a weak VMO resulting in a smaller VMO:VL ratio. Several electromyographic (EMG) studies have defined specific limb positions (such as external rotation of the hip) that preferentially activate the VMO. However, there has been no literature to show that preferential activation of the VMO successfully translates into increased VMO:VL ratios with training. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hip rotation on …
Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict And Job Satisfaction Of Clark County School District Counselors, Lynne Ann Herman
Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict And Job Satisfaction Of Clark County School District Counselors, Lynne Ann Herman
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Counselors in the Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada were chosen for a study of the relationship of job satisfaction, role ambiguity and role conflict. A written survey consisting of the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (Lester, 1984) and the Role Questionnaire (Rizzo et al., 1970) was conducted of selected full-time K-12 counselors in an attempt to assess the effects of role ambiguity and role conflict in six selected areas of job satisfaction: work itself, working conditions, recognition, responsibility, supervision and colleagues; The results showed that as the job satisfaction of the counselors increased, the amount of role ambiguity and …
"Surely, A Wench Can Choose Her Own Work!" Women Coal Miners In Paonia, Colorado, 1976-1987, Dona G Gearhart
"Surely, A Wench Can Choose Her Own Work!" Women Coal Miners In Paonia, Colorado, 1976-1987, Dona G Gearhart
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
In 1842 the British Parliament passed the Mines and Collieries Act which excluded women from working in underground mines. The legislation created a gender based, industry-wide segmentation of labor that persisted in Great Britain and the United States for 130 years. Post-World War II social and legal changes created a context from which women reappropriated their choice to seek jobs as underground coal miners. Women's representation in the industry increased into the 1980s, peaking at between eight and eleven percent of the workforce, but by 1983 their numbers began to substantially deCline After the coal boom of the 1970s ended, …
Differential Oppression, Alienation And Edgework: Keys To Understanding Juvenile Delinquency, William John Miller
Differential Oppression, Alienation And Edgework: Keys To Understanding Juvenile Delinquency, William John Miller
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study tests several tenets of the theory of differential oppression. The theory of differential oppression suggests that the social order is created by adults for adults. Children are forced to conform to this order, despite their possible reluctance, because they lack the power to create meaningful social change. The extended use of power by adults leads to the oppression of children. The theory of differential oppression maintains that delinquency is one possible reaction to oppression; This study also attempts to expand the theory of differential oppression by addressing the role of alienation in the development of delinquency. It suggests …
Leadership Styles Of Three Hispanic-American Women In Health Science, Kristel Heira Pankau
Leadership Styles Of Three Hispanic-American Women In Health Science, Kristel Heira Pankau
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Case study methodology was utilized to explore and describe leadership styles of selected Hispanic American women in management positions in the field of health science. A non-probability, stratified sample of convenience was used to process and determine final selection of three participants. At the time of the study all participants held full-time management positions for no less than four consecutive years. Participants ranged in age from thirty-five to fifty years; The study also investigated the influence of personal biography, including, factors which fostered and constrained leadership in the women selected. Data were collected from questionnaire responses, interviews, and observations at …
Promoting The Nation: The Rise Of Ethno-Nationalism And Early Modern Drama, David Elwood Phillips
Promoting The Nation: The Rise Of Ethno-Nationalism And Early Modern Drama, David Elwood Phillips
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Most political scientists locate the rise of ethno-nationalism in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. English ethno-nationalism is developed throughout that period through a xenophobic identification of racial, religious, and national others. This study examines how Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Willian Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Middleton promote English ethno-nationalism through the use of stereotypes, especially the collection of stereotypes known as the Black Legend of Spain. Chapter one outlines the theory and psychology of ethno-nationalism, laying the foundation for subsequent chapters devoted to specific plays, including Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, Marlowe's The Jew of the Malta, Shakespeare's The …