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The Phenomenology Of Panic Disorder In Adolescents, Wesley D Allan
The Phenomenology Of Panic Disorder In Adolescents, Wesley D Allan
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The Phenomenology of Panic Disorder in Adolescents examines correlates of panic disorder in adolescents. Specifically, 20 adolescents with panic disorder were compared with 20 adolescents with a non-panic anxiety disorder (e.g., overanxious disorder). Results showed that adolescents with panic disorder displayed higher levels of anxiety sensitivity (i.e., anxiety pertaining to the symptoms of anxiety such as heart palpitations). Based on the obtained results, anxiety sensitivity is proposed as a potentially critical variable in the examination of adolescent panic disorder.
Evoked Expectations And Evaluational Reactions To Accented English, Caridad F. Brito
Evoked Expectations And Evaluational Reactions To Accented English, Caridad F. Brito
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Researchers have found that variations in listeners' judgments of speakers are associated with the speakers' accent. It was hypothesized that: (1) Spanish accented speakers would be evaluated less favorably than standard English speakers; (2) listeners would rate both accented and non-accented speakers on the basis of their expectations and not according to the speakers' actual vocal characteristics; (3) listeners would evaluate speakers differently, depending upon the lexical complexity of the speech utilized by speakers; and (4) listeners would evaluate standard and nonstandard English speakers differently, depending upon the speakers' gender. One hundred-twenty subjects evaluated four speakers on semantic differential type …
The Effect Of Developmental Disabilities On The Externalizing Behavior Of Siblings, Tiffany Kara Kostelec
The Effect Of Developmental Disabilities On The Externalizing Behavior Of Siblings, Tiffany Kara Kostelec
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Early intervention for children with developmental disabilities or delays has become an important topic in the fields of education and psychology. Equally as important are the effects on children who are typically developing if one or more of their siblings is a child with a disability. Particularly of interest in this study was the level of externalizing behavior displayed by the typically developing siblings of children who have disabilities; This study compared the externalizing behavior (measured by the CBCL) of 16 siblings of children who have developmental disabilities with the externalizing behavior of 14 siblings of children who are typically …
Film And Architecture: Discovering The Self-Reflection Of Frank Capra And Frank Lloyd Wright Through Contextual Analysis, Marie Lynore Kohler
Film And Architecture: Discovering The Self-Reflection Of Frank Capra And Frank Lloyd Wright Through Contextual Analysis, Marie Lynore Kohler
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Film and architecture were analyzed to evaluate the rhetorical potential these media hold in communicating the self-reflection of their creators. In an attempt to uncover common communication elements which further link the relationship between film and architecture, specific works of director Frank Capra and architect Frank Lloyd Wright were examined. The study utilizes both an historical, case study approach, combined with a contextual analysis of two selected works. Because Zettl's (1990) theory of applied media aesthetics emphasizes the importance of the medium in the communication process, this methodology was applied to Capra's film It's A Wonderful Life and Wright's building …
A Downward Spiral: Young People, The Media, And Political Disengagement, Jacqueline M Maloy
A Downward Spiral: Young People, The Media, And Political Disengagement, Jacqueline M Maloy
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study examines whether political disengagement is related to the amount and/or type of television that young people watch. The study was conducted through survey research at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with over one hundred undergraduate participants. It demonstrates that there is no relationship between the amount of television which students watch and their political engagement. However, it also demonstrates that there is a relationship between the types of television programs which students watch and their attitudes toward politics and politicians. Frequent viewers of local news feel less trusting toward the government in Washington, whereas frequent viewers of late-night …
The Effect Of Feedback At Test On Source Memory Performance, Shelby Kainani Morita
The Effect Of Feedback At Test On Source Memory Performance, Shelby Kainani Morita
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Previous research has demonstrated that witnesses can come to believe they saw details that were only suggested to them after the witnessed event. For both theoretical and practical reasons, there is interest in developing techniques that reduce the effect of misleading post-event information. The present study examined the effect of receiving feedback at the time of retrieval on eyewitness suggestibility. All participants watched a videotaped crime of a home burglary and then answered questions that contained misleading information. On a final source memory test, participants that were provided with feedback as to the accuracy of their attributions during the first …
Targeting Families And Teens: Television Violence On The Wb, Rick Brian Marks
Targeting Families And Teens: Television Violence On The Wb, Rick Brian Marks
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The author investigates the amount of violence contained within WB primetime programs in order to determine The WB's number of violent acts per program and per program hour as well as determine some of the possible effects of The WB's violence. The author sampled one week of WB primetime programming. A definition of violence similar to other violence studies was employed for comparability. The unit of analysis used for coding was the violent act. The author found all WB primetime programs to contain some violence. The most violent WB primetime program was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the highest number …
National Sovereignty And Economic Globalization: An Analysis Of The Role Of The Imf In The Changing World, Olga Vladimirovna Kuznetsova
National Sovereignty And Economic Globalization: An Analysis Of The Role Of The Imf In The Changing World, Olga Vladimirovna Kuznetsova
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Chapter 1 outlines empirical and normative theories of national sovereignty. A comprehensive analysis of the origins and evolution of sovereignty is offered. We suggest that the notion of absolute sovereignty is antiquated and needs scientific reassessment; Chapter 2 discusses theories of the nation-state , while keeping in mind that the conceptualization of the nation-state is intertwined with that of sovereignty; Chapter 3 gives a comprehensive overview of contending theories of globalization ion and definitional confusion associated with the concept. We conceptualize globalization in general and economic globalization in particular; Chapter 4 takes the International Monetary Fund as a case study …
Making Choices Real: Increasing Electoral Participation By Voting For None, Shanna S Phillips
Making Choices Real: Increasing Electoral Participation By Voting For None, Shanna S Phillips
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
While Nevada legislators have consistently changed Nevada's election laws in order to keep up with the advance of modern society, there are several problems with Nevada's election rules. I intend to discuss reforms that could increase the effectiveness of the "none of these candidates" law in Nevada. First, I will assess the need for a binding "none of these candidates" law since the 1970's. I will track patterns of electoral participation so that I can assess the impact of Nevada's electoral laws on the voters of our state. Next, I will define the problems with Nevada's electoral structure and address …
A Marxist Analysis Of An Editorial Column As A Site Of Struggle For Meaning, Theresa Hubbard Pfeifer
A Marxist Analysis Of An Editorial Column As A Site Of Struggle For Meaning, Theresa Hubbard Pfeifer
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study calls into question the repressive authoritarianism of state-corporate capitalism and the "march of the megamedia" by investigating the media's role in perpetuating and sustaining hegemony. According to Marxist critics, the collective operations of the culture industry have worked to destroy the revolutionary potential of the working class. In a resistant textual reading and content analysis utilizing Gramsci's theory of hegemony, this study looks at how a newspaper editorial fatalizes readers into passive acquiescence of the prevailing political and socioeconomic system. To gain the willing consent of the masses, the technocratic elites of media systems create a world that …
Wounded Knee, 1973: Consummatory And Instrumental Functions Of Militant Discourse, Lucie Moya Melchert
Wounded Knee, 1973: Consummatory And Instrumental Functions Of Militant Discourse, Lucie Moya Melchert
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Little academic research exists of the American Indian takeover of the hamlet of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973. This thesis is an analysis of the discourse of the Wounded Knee incident, which served dual purposes for the activists. First, American Indian discourse served as a reinforcing agent to American Indians, both at Wounded Knee and across the country. Second, the rhetoric was meant to effect change within the general American public. This thesis will adopt and expand on Randall Lake's 1983 theory of the consummatory function of rhetoric by dissecting the fascinating discourse that shaped the identity of the …
Dance In The Contemporary American Musical Theater: What Has Become Of The Dream Ballet?, Phoebe Ellen Newsted
Dance In The Contemporary American Musical Theater: What Has Become Of The Dream Ballet?, Phoebe Ellen Newsted
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The dream ballet is defined. The discussion explains the inception, subsequent rise and eventual disappearance of the dream ballet. The research follows the development of the dream ballet and identifies its contributions to the American musical theater. The thesis specifically examines the amplification of the emotional realm of character and plot development, as elicited by the dream ballet; The study evaluates the void left today by the absence of the dream ballet in relation to an examination of the climate of contemporary American musical theater. The analysis explores the correlation between the decline of the dream ballet and the decline …
Traditional Vs Nontraditional Gendered Roles In Instant Relay Chat, Jennifer Audrey Del Quadro
Traditional Vs Nontraditional Gendered Roles In Instant Relay Chat, Jennifer Audrey Del Quadro
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Communication technology, such as the Internet, reflects social norms in society, including gender roles. The author explored traditional and nontraditional gender roles in Instant Relay Chat (IRC) rooms. This quantitative study tested five hypotheses: H1: Participants who portray themselves as women tend to use more supportive language than men in IRC; H2: Participants who portray themselves as women tend to use more attenuated language than men in IRC; H3: Participants who portray themselves as women tend to use more graphic accents (GA) than men in IRC; H4: Participants who portray themselves as men tend to use more challenging language than …
Racing For Fans: Communication Technology, The Total Experience, And The Rise Of Nascar, Elizabeth M Smith
Racing For Fans: Communication Technology, The Total Experience, And The Rise Of Nascar, Elizabeth M Smith
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR, has seen a tremendous popularity surge in the past decade. The sport is attracting record crowds at its events nationwide and its televised broadcasts are gaining audiences rapidly. While there are many reasons why NASCAR has gained an audience recently, this exploratory study examines the role of communication technology in the proliferation of the sport; Each technology is discussed as it relates to a NASCAR fan's enjoyment of the "total experience," a term that defines the ultimate mediated experience available to a fan using communication technology without his or her …
The Las Vegas Phenomenon, Juliet Reubens
The Las Vegas Phenomenon, Juliet Reubens
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis supposes that people gambling in Las Vegas are engaged in religious-like and transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors. Those which are religious-like are categorized into separate groups. These separate groups are Magic, Charms and Jinxes, Ritual, Altered-States of Consciousness, and Divining each having a subsequent section in my thesis. The transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors are like-wise categorized into separate groups. These separate groups and subsequent sections are Adults at Play, Fantasy, Theming, and Rebellion. People who play slot machines are studied and to them is applied the theory developed by Luhrmann in the book Persuasions of the Witches …
An Analysis Of Medical Futility Dilemmas, Eloise Angela Powell
An Analysis Of Medical Futility Dilemmas, Eloise Angela Powell
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Medical futility has caused serious dilemmas in the fields of medicine and bioethics recently. It has become more confusing due to the use of high technological equipment and medicines that are given to prolong life and interrupt the natural process of death; Therefore, we have created a dilemma of medical futility. Until recently, not many steps have been taken to address futile or inappropriate care that is given to a large number of the population, but with healthcare costs rising substantially, the time has come when these issues must be addressed; This thesis will include a short history of medical …
Thought To Thesis: A Look At The Collaborative Process And Its Value To The Student Playwright, Bryant Jonathan Turnage
Thought To Thesis: A Look At The Collaborative Process And Its Value To The Student Playwright, Bryant Jonathan Turnage
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Thought To Thesis is an examination of the individual facets of the theatrical collaborative process and their use to a student playwright in creating, writing, editing, and staging a graduate thesis production. Components taken into consideration are the following: the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program itself, the required laboratory class, and the thesis director; The research was gathered through a series of interviews and observations coupled with relevant writing from established theatre professionals. The body of the thesis is organized into chapters, each discussing a particular aspect of the collaborative process.
College Radio Curricula: Las Vegas General Manager Views, Brad Leonard Weiss
College Radio Curricula: Las Vegas General Manager Views, Brad Leonard Weiss
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Radio continues to prosper in hundreds of different formats, with five radios on average in each American home, and over 10,000 radio stations in the United States. The key variables in the study of radio curriculum would seem to include: the specific classes that professionals believe would help students prepare for the radio industry; the theory/practical blend of course work; and the outside internship and professional programs available for students prior to entering the full-time radio job market; The purpose of this study is to gather and assess radio station general managers' perceptions of the ideal radio curriculum. Since general …
Gospel Of The Heavenly Mother, Jennilyn F Hass
Gospel Of The Heavenly Mother, Jennilyn F Hass
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
A collection of poems, Gospel of the Heavenly Mother asks, and attempts to answer, questions regarding the freedom that is available to the individual within a power structure. The two structures examined in the book are the grammar of the English language and organized religion, specifically the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The poems enact the belief that as we reorient ourselves to these structures, freedom is possible; by usurping the syntax in which we communicate (and therefore the language by which we understand God and our relationship to Him/Her), we gain the ability to speak more fully …
The Rise And Fall Of A Wall And A Dialect: Observations Of Shifting Linguistic Behavior Among Former East Berliners, Anja Vogel
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
After the dividing wall between East and West Berlin fell in 1989 many changes occurred on what was formerly the eastern side of the city. Polls taken soon after found out that the East Berliners' excitement about the reunification vanished quickly. One of the more prominent---but largely ignored---new problems was the linguistic barrier that had developed between East and West during the forty years of separation; The people in and around Berlin speak a regional dialect, Berlinish. Unbeknownst to most Berliners, the dialect took on a vastly different symbolic meaning for the people in the West than it did for …
Die Deutschen Enwanderer In Sacramento: German Immigrants In Sacramento, 1850--1859, Carole Cosgrove Terry
Die Deutschen Enwanderer In Sacramento: German Immigrants In Sacramento, 1850--1859, Carole Cosgrove Terry
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The economic and political conditions in Europe pushed German immigrants from their homelands, while the gold rush in California pulled them with dreams of riches. Some came directly from Germany, some made an intermediate stop in the United States, but, after arriving in California, many went to Sacramento. A small nucleus of permanent residents created an ethnic community where they practiced the German tradition of Vereinswesen, supported each other economically through loans and ready employment and, led by their Turnverein, continued practicing their customs and rituals emphasizing frivolity and celebration as they had in the "fatherland." Rather than assimilate, they …
The Seer's Abacus, Sasha Megan Steensen
The Seer's Abacus, Sasha Megan Steensen
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Negative Capability is the capacity to subtract the self so that there is room to add the other. Simone Weil, John Keats, Jack Spicer and Emily Dickinson suggest that the poet ought to renounce the self so as to offer up her own voice as a sacrifice to the world. The poet who hopes to speak for others must become no Body so that she can become every Body---she must subtract so that she can add. Weil insists that in order to annihilate the self, one must pay close attention to something other than her own ego. The poet must …
Pultrusion Of Commingled Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan
Pultrusion Of Commingled Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The work involves the analysis and verification of the pultrusion process. The pultrusion machine at UNLV was improved by modifying the consolidation and the cooling system. A comparative study of the material properties of the pultrusion process and the compression molding were done with the theoretical material properties. This involved a series of compression molding experiments of the commingled material followed by the pultrusion process itself. The results were then confirmed by a series of mechanical tests of the material obtained as a result of the pultrusion and the compression molding processes in the Material Test System (MTS) machine. The …
Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa Michelle Bybee
Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa Michelle Bybee
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study is to analyze the efficacy of a problem gambling training class to train adult learners and to determine whether the attitude of this sample towards problem gambling affects their ability to learn about this issue. A survey instrument was designed by the author. The researcher used frequency distribution, crosstabulations, and linear regression to analyze the collected data. The survey sample consisted of adult gaming employees in Las Vegas who attended compulsory problem gambling awareness training; What makes this topic, problem gambling, provocative is that people have difficulty accepting that the pursuit of the intangible product …
On The Come: A Novel, David Smith Stevens
On The Come: A Novel, David Smith Stevens
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
A creative, book-length work of fiction written at the end of the 20 th Century, this dissertation invariably converses in narrative concerns common to contemporary fiction, such as character point of view, plot and theme; however, in a narrower focus, specific issues of story and story telling and their relations to personal identity are examined through the maturation of a protagonist. As members of any society, we witness events common to a percentage of the whole but the meaning assigned to the common event may vary for each individual. For example, an automobile accident is a single event; however, every …
Imaging The Mantle In Southwestern, Utah Using Geochemistry, And Geographic Information Systems, Reina Fern Downing
Imaging The Mantle In Southwestern, Utah Using Geochemistry, And Geographic Information Systems, Reina Fern Downing
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Basaltic volcanism is common in the transition zone from the Basin and Range to the Colorado Plateau. This study focuses on an 80 km long transect containing seven separate basalt fields spaced less than 20 km apart. The transect extends from eastern Nevada through northwestern Arizona and into southwestern Utah, across the crustal boundary defined as the transition zone; Geochemistry and geographic information systems (GIS) define the geometry and orientation of a mantle boundary trending approximately E-W, almost perpendicular to the crustal boundary. This study suggests that there is no genetic link between the mantle boundary and crustal boundary between …
Effects Of Location, Size, And Animation On The Response Rate To A Promotional Web Banner, Rhett Pono Ferguson
Effects Of Location, Size, And Animation On The Response Rate To A Promotional Web Banner, Rhett Pono Ferguson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate the layout and design of promotional Web banners on a company home page. To accomplish this, three variables; location, size and animation were used to test their effect on the response rate to those banners. Response rates were calculated by dividing the total number of click-throughs to the banner by the total number of visits to the Web pages. In each case, a relationship existed between the variable and the response rate. The results of this study also show that both animation and size can have a positive effect on response rate. …
Internet-Based Manufacturing Database, Shashidhar Iddamsetty
Internet-Based Manufacturing Database, Shashidhar Iddamsetty
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis presents the concept of using distributive databases and World Wide Web as a tool for deploying the Internet based Manufacturing database for insert selection. The rapid phase of development of Internet and its wide usage in the areas of business and Engineering has opened a wide spectrum for the areas of research. This tool is useful in the selection of the cutting inserts for the various machining processes based on the conditions, which a user provides; The Internet based System for Inserts and Parameter selection (ISIPS) has two research databases connected to the Internet, which provides the user …
Soil And Vegetation Recovery On Abandoned Paved Roads In A Humid Tropical Rain Forest, Puerto Rico, Catherine M Heyne
Soil And Vegetation Recovery On Abandoned Paved Roads In A Humid Tropical Rain Forest, Puerto Rico, Catherine M Heyne
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
I examined soil and vegetation characteristics on a 60 yr chronosequence of abandoned paved roads in Puerto Rico. Rapid recovery obscured successional changes in soil regeneration. Littermass, bulk density, soil moisture, soil organic matter, and total Kjeldahl nitrogen reached forest levels within 11 yr of road abandonment despite residual pavement. Road soil pH showed a clear successional trend, and approached the more acidic forest soils within 60 yr. Pool sizes were similar to the forest by ≥30 yr; Road revegetation displayed strong successional trends across the chronosequence. Vegetation on roads abandoned for ≥30 yr reached a mature forest state for …
Communicating The Risks And Hazards Of Methylmercury To The Ojibwe Population, Glenna Lee
Communicating The Risks And Hazards Of Methylmercury To The Ojibwe Population, Glenna Lee
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Fatal poisonings due to the consumption of fish containing high concentrations of methylmercury have been well documented, and demonstrate that the consumption of mercury-contaminated fish and other organisms can contribute to adverse human health effects. Native Americans of the Great Lakes region are one of the populations potentially subjected to greater concentrations of methylmercury than the general population because fishery is an integral part of their culture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Ojibwe of the Great Lakes region's understanding of the risks and hazards associated with the consumption of fish contaminated with methylmercury and increase their …