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An Analysis Of Smoking And Gambling Among Las Vegas Visitors, John Paul Koenen Jan 1995

An Analysis Of Smoking And Gambling Among Las Vegas Visitors, John Paul Koenen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This research surveyed 414 Las Vegas visitors and obtained information on smoking status, gambling behavior, opinions of a smoking ban in casinos, and the effect a smoking ban would have on casino patronage. This information was analyzed to determine if there is an association between smoking and gambling among Las Vegas visitors; The study found that 24 percent of Las Vegas visitors smoke. Smokers spent more hours per day in casinos and budgeted more money for gambling than non-smokers. Smokers and non-smokers stayed in Las Vegas about the same number of nights and had the same number of repeat visits …

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Chinese Information Processing, Yucheng Liu Jan 1995

Chinese Information Processing, Yucheng Liu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A survey of the field of Chinese information processing is provided. It covers the following areas: the Chinese writing system, several popular Chinese encoding schemes and code conversions, Chinese keyboard entry methods, Chinese fonts, Chinese operating systems, basic Chinese computing techniques and applications.

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A Search For Primitive Voice In Post-Modern Theatre, Lucinda Jane Neal Jan 1995

A Search For Primitive Voice In Post-Modern Theatre, Lucinda Jane Neal

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines the influences of primitive vocal delivery on Post-Modern Theatre. Beginning with a review of the work of three directors: Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, and Richard Schechner; the thesis moves to a case study of a 1991 production of Macbeth where primary research is documented. Focusing on the production of a language based on primitive culture, the theatrical community is furnished with a vocabulary of sound/communication that may be implemented for Macbeth's Weird Sisters. Finally, the thesis directs the use of primitive vocal scoring, like musical transcription, toward a future outlook at similar projects.

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Automated Robotics System For Nuclear Waste Handling (Hardware And Software), William Michael O'Donnell Jan 1995

Automated Robotics System For Nuclear Waste Handling (Hardware And Software), William Michael O'Donnell

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Hazardous materials handling involves the use of robotics manipulators, which are controlled by operators outside a sealed environment. The operator's reduced vision and decreased dexterity causes slower job performance and fatigue, which ultimately leads to mistakes. These mistakes can be dangerous, expensive, and time consuming to clean up. Thus, the goal of this thesis is to lay the foundation for a safety system that could be implemented in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan (WIPP) at Argonne National Labs West (ANLW). The safety system should both reduce operator error and prevent costly mistakes; The system consists of a computer and accompanying …

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The Effect Of Static Stretching On Lactate Removal During Recovery From High Intensity Exercise, Kevin T Pitt Jan 1995

The Effect Of Static Stretching On Lactate Removal During Recovery From High Intensity Exercise, Kevin T Pitt

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of static stretching on lactate removal following high intensity exercise to a passive and a low intensity cycling recovery. Eight male subjects, ages 19-50, with an average VO2{dollar}\sb\max{dollar} of 46.1 {dollar}\pm{dollar} 8.2 ml/kg.min., performed a high intensity cycling protocol followed by one of the three possible recovery periods: sitting, stretching, or cycling. To determine blood lactate concentration, a fingertip blood sample was taken at minute 0, 3, 8, 16, 24, and 32 of the recovery periods. Blood lactate was significantly lower in the cycling and stretching recoveries versus the sitting …

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Adaptive Sorting Algorithms For Evaluation Of Automatic Zoning, G. S Rajarathinam Jan 1995

Adaptive Sorting Algorithms For Evaluation Of Automatic Zoning, G. S Rajarathinam

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) involves analysis of machine-printed and hand written document images. The first step in an OCR process is to locate the text to be recognized on a page. An OCR device tries to identify the characters in these text regions and outputs the characters in ASCII. To evaluate the performance of any OCR device, the ASCII output of the OCR device is compared with the ground truth text which is entered into the computer manually; Some OCR devices provide the users with automatic zoning. The output of any automatic zoning algorithm has to be corrected manually to …

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Life History, Diversity And Patterns Of Bat Community Structure In The Spring Mountains Of Southern Nevada, Marikay Allene Ramsey Jan 1995

Life History, Diversity And Patterns Of Bat Community Structure In The Spring Mountains Of Southern Nevada, Marikay Allene Ramsey

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study investigated the bat community of the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada from June 1992 through September 1994. Distributions, life history and general ecological attributes of fourteen species of bats were summarized. Thirteen species were present in low to mid elevations, ten species in mid to high elevations, and three species at all elevations. Bats were most abundant in mid summer. Few differences were found among species in time of activity. The ranges of temperatures in which bats were active generally reflected their habitat use. Maximum and minimum temperatures, and weather were the abiotic factors best predicting bat activity; …

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Women's Practice Of Breast Self Examination Following Surgical Intervention For Breast Cancer, Carol Ann Rayfield Jan 1995

Women's Practice Of Breast Self Examination Following Surgical Intervention For Breast Cancer, Carol Ann Rayfield

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the breast self examination practices of women with the diagnosis of breast cancer who have undergone surgical intervention. A descriptive design was employed to address the problem under study, specifically: the BSE practices of women who have experienced surgery for breast cancer. Participants were obtained from several general surgical practices in a major metropolitan city in a southwestern state (N = 97). The women were English speaking, who were at least three months post surgical intervention. The data was collected by way of two questionnaires that were mailed to the …

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A 3-Dimensional Finite Element Method For Groundwater Flow And Containment Transport, Harinder Singh Sethi Jan 1995

A 3-Dimensional Finite Element Method For Groundwater Flow And Containment Transport, Harinder Singh Sethi

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A code was written to model groundwater flow and to solve for contaminant transport in variably saturated porous media using the Finite element method. The numerical code was written in FORTRAN 77. The GWGRID program was used for mesh generation. This numerical model was applied to two nuclear waste sites; Two test cases were run. The first one was the Savannah River Site, located in Aiken, South Carolina (SRS). The SRS has been storing radioactive waste material for several decades. Numerous studies as well as field data for the properties of the surrounding soil and contaminant presence have been conducted. …

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Packrat Middens: A Tool For Environmental Reconstruction And Human Adaptation Analysis, Polly Ann Sullivan Jan 1995

Packrat Middens: A Tool For Environmental Reconstruction And Human Adaptation Analysis, Polly Ann Sullivan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Vegetal remains from radiocarbon-dated ancient packrat middens were used to develop an early and middle Holocene paleoclimate sequence from the Mojave Desert. Identified species from both modern and ancient middens were tabulated by elevation range based on modern analogs to estimate the modern equivalent of the elevations of ancient middens. Differences of these reconstructed vegetation elevations relative to modern elevations of vegetation are ordered chronologically, after correction for modern midden data, creating a paleoclimate reconstruction. The reliably-dated history of human occupation at four sites on Fort Irwin in the Mojave desert are compared with the paleoclimate reconstruction for an evaluation …

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Interest Group Influence On Sex Education Policy In Utah: A Cultural Perspective, Thomas H Terry Jan 1995

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.

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Assessment Of Ultraviolet Light Disinfection Efficiency Of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent, Man N Truong Jan 1995

Assessment Of Ultraviolet Light Disinfection Efficiency Of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent, Man N Truong

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Pilot-scale operation of a 3-bank UV disinfection system for filter effluent from the Clark County Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant has shown {dollar}>{dollar}4-log removal of seeded MS-2 coliphage at UV dosages of 80-100 milliwatt-seconds per square centimeter (mW-s/cm{dollar}\sp2{dollar}), and consistent removal of fecal and total coliforms to less than 2.2 MPN/100 mL at dosages in the vicinity of 50-80 mW-s/cm{dollar}\sp2{dollar} UV transmittance varied from 40% to 70% over the monitoring period and was strongly correlated with turbidity. No diurnal variations in effluent quality were detected during intensive sampling. Effluent quality was most strongly affected by storm events that change filter …

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Transport Of Solutes In Complex Hydrogeological Media, Vinod Vallikat Jan 1995

Transport Of Solutes In Complex Hydrogeological Media, Vinod Vallikat

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study presents numerical simulations of conservative solute transport in a complex heterogeneous porous media. A methodology to incorporate all the available information for describing the heterogeneity is developed. A Particle Tracking Random Walk method is used to simulate the solute transport through a heterogeneous hydraulic conductivity field generated based on a bimodal distribution. The effect of bimodal distribution on plume migration is examined and the correlation structures of the concentration field is analyzed; The numerical results indicate that the plume separates into small blocks and travels at different velocities through the preferential flowpaths. This was also noticed in the …

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Importance Of Nurse Caring Behaviors As Perceived By Patients After Myocardial Infarction: A Replication Study, Larae Mcclellan Ward Jan 1995

Importance Of Nurse Caring Behaviors As Perceived By Patients After Myocardial Infarction: A Replication Study, Larae Mcclellan Ward

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study replicates Cronin and Harrison's (1988) study which examined nurse caring behaviors perceived by myocardial infarction (MI) patients (n = 40) using the Caring Behaviors Assessment (CBA). Reliability ranged from 0.69 to 0.89. Findings support Cronin and Harrison's study (1988), with items as "knows how to handle equipment", "check my condition closely", and "knows how to give shots, IV's, etc." as most important nurse caring behaviors. "Talk to me about my life outside the hospital" and "visit me if I move to another hospital unit" were identified as least important nurse caring behaviors. No findings at the p = …

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Defending An Empire With Public Relations: A Case Study Of Caesars World Incorporated's Strategies Against Corporate Raiders, Mercedes Warrick Jan 1995

Defending An Empire With Public Relations: A Case Study Of Caesars World Incorporated's Strategies Against Corporate Raiders, Mercedes Warrick

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis is a case study of the public relations aspects of the 1987 and 1995 acquisition attempts of Caesars World Incorporated, a gaming and hotel company whose most prominent subsidiary is Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of the study was to explore what scholars and professionals had postulated about the role of public relations and determine whether these practical applications melded with their concepts. The study indicates that during these episodes public relations was an important component of the takeover process in that it helped align communication strategies with financial objectives. However, the functions performed were …

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Nurse Caring Behaviors As Perceived By The Emergency Room Nurse And The Emergency Room Patient: A Comparative Study, Carolyn Thatcher Whipple Jan 1995

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. …

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Striking A Balance: The Centrality Of The Hamiltonian/Jeffersonian Debate In American Foreign Policy Development, John Anthony Zeuli Jan 1995

Striking A Balance: The Centrality Of The Hamiltonian/Jeffersonian Debate In American Foreign Policy Development, John Anthony Zeuli

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

"Foreign policy is the face a nation wears to the world. The aim is the same for all states--the protection of national integrity and interest. But the manner in which a state conceives and conducts its foreign policy is greatly affected by national peculiarities."{dollar}\sp1{dollar} The focus of this thesis is to illuminate the national peculiarities that have put a unique face on American foreign policy. I will examine the two basic tenets, or impulses, that have characterized U.S. foreign policy development: the Jeffersonian, or idealist, impulse and the Hamiltonian, or realist, impulse. My purpose is to show that each impulse …

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Evaluation Of Key Factors In Transportation Risk Analysis, Krishnapriya Madhavapeddi Jan 1995

Evaluation Of Key Factors In Transportation Risk Analysis, Krishnapriya Madhavapeddi

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Pursuant to the enactment of federal legislation, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is presently evaluating Yucca Mountain as a candidate site for a repository to store spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLRW). Risk analyses could be used to support transportation decisions (such as route and mode selection) pertaining to the repository program; The purpose of this study is to develop a procedure to facilitate comparative transportation risk assessment. A case study of Lincoln County, Nevada is used to discuss the significance of key input data required to support such risk analysis. A methodology was developed to …

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Grant: "The Tanner Boy" And Reconstruction, Leslie Jonathan Mcnamara Jan 1995

Grant: "The Tanner Boy" And Reconstruction, Leslie Jonathan Mcnamara

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Reconstruction, as viewed by historians, is usually divided into two distinct periods, "Presidential" and "Congressional," each controlled by a different branch of the United States Government; This approach leaves one major question unanswered: What of Grant, "the tanner boy," and Reconstruction? After all, President Ulysses S. Grant was elected to the office of President of the United States in 1868, and served in that capacity from March 4, 1869, until March 4, 1877, when Rutherford B. Hayes assumed office; Grant: "The Tanner Boy" and Reconstruction answers this question and determines why Grant has been deemed less important than Lincoln, Johnson, …

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Determination Of Indoor Air Quality At The Unlv Campus, Latika Datta Jan 1995

Determination Of Indoor Air Quality At The Unlv Campus, Latika Datta

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Research on air pollution has gained particular momentum over the past decade. The presence of volatile hydrocarbons, and aldehydes in indoor environments has raised concern about the safety and well-being of personnel exposed to environments containing these pollutants. Because of potential sources of hydrocarbons and formaldehyde, the anatomy lab in the Biology building and the working areas of the Reprographics building on the UNLV campus were singled out for study. Air samples were collected from the Reprographics building for hydrocarbon analysis. A charcoal sorbent tube attached to a commercially available sampler was used for sample collection. Analyses were performed with …

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Transport Properties Along The Channel Of A Hemt, Narendra B Balakrishnan Jan 1995

Transport Properties Along The Channel Of A Hemt, Narendra B Balakrishnan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In the theoretical modeling of a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), it is inherently assumed that the variation of quantum confinement along the channel from the source to the drain is about the same and therefore, the transport properties are independent of position and only dependent on the electric field along the channel. In this study, the scattering rates for polar optical phonons (POP), acoustic phonons (AP) through deformation potential and impurity scattering are obtained theoretically based on the Fermi's golden rule as a function of position along the channel for an {dollar}Al\sb{0.37}Ga\sb{0.63}As/GaAs{dollar} HEMT. It is observed that the POP …

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Living The Bomb: Martin Amis's Nuclear Fiction, Rebecca L Bostick Jan 1995

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.

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Hamlet's Objective Of Killing Claudius Fuels Dramatic Action, Charles David Cannon Jan 1995

Hamlet's Objective Of Killing Claudius Fuels Dramatic Action, Charles David Cannon

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Hamlet's Objective of Killing Claudius Fuels Dramatic Action proves that Hamlet's overall objective fuels the dramatic action of the play. The overall objective of Hamlet, for the purposes of this thesis, is to avenge his father's murder. The thesis also examines the structural elements of Hamlet, such as the delay aspects of Hamlet's behavior, and determines how these elements affect the audience. The paper investigates Shakespeare's skillful strategy of scene construction, transition, and the use of juxtaposition and parallelism. The thesis shows how these elements contribute to the movement of dramatic action as Hamlet attempts to achieve his objective. Furthermore, …

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William Faulkner's Public And Poetic Voices: A Discussion Of The "Human Condition", Elaine Bunker Jan 1995

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.".

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A Study Of The Preferences Of The Elderly In The Design Of Ambulatory Health Care Facilities, Stewart Carlton Cluck Jan 1995

A Study Of The Preferences Of The Elderly In The Design Of Ambulatory Health Care Facilities, Stewart Carlton Cluck

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This research paper is a study of the preferences of the well elderly for the design of ambulatory health care facilities. The paper first explores the literature of health care needs and in particular the needs of the elderly segment of the population. Then the structural and physiological conditions of the elderly are discussed and linked to areas of design. A matrix is developed and used to construct a questionnaire that is used in structured interviews. Through a qualitative analysis of the interviews, the preferences of the sample group are determined. These preferences are compared to generally accepted rules of …

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Hybrid Force And Position Control Of A Manipulator With An Elastic Link, Randy S Conn Jan 1995

Hybrid Force And Position Control Of A Manipulator With An Elastic Link, Randy S Conn

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis describes the hybrid force and position control of an elastic manipulator constrained by a surface. Based on the inverse and predictive control techniques, the proposed controller minimizes a quadratic function of contact force error, tip tracking error, elastic deflection, and control torques. Applying the proposed controller to a two-link planar manipulator where the first link is rigid and the second elastic, computer simulation and laboratory experiment results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller for force and position control and elastic mode stabilization.

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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 Jan 1995

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 …

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Win The Lead! Television News Philosophy And The Life Cycle Of A Social Movement, Marie Curkan-Flanagan Jan 1995

Win The Lead! Television News Philosophy And The Life Cycle Of A Social Movement, Marie Curkan-Flanagan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate what effect the evolution of a social movement has on the depth of broadcast news coverage. By focusing on the American Indian take-over of Alcatraz Island 1969-71, this study examines whether a television news story has a life cycle of its own which contributes and/or detracts from the life cycle of a social movement. The Alcatraz occupation was selected because it was the first aggressive and prolonged act of Indian protest in the United States. The foundation for this thesis rests upon the idea that the "lead story" to a television newscast …

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Physiological Response Of Two Turfgrass Species To Increasing Drought And Salinity Stress Using A Line Source Gradient, Dorothy E Dean Jan 1995

Physiological Response Of Two Turfgrass Species To Increasing Drought And Salinity Stress Using A Line Source Gradient, Dorothy E Dean

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A line source gradient study was initiated to investigate the feasibility of using the saline aquifer, existing beneath the Las Vegas valley, as an alternative irrigation source for turfgrass. Results indicated that the aquifer could be used as a supplemental irrigation source, without any diminished turfgrass quality, if total water potentials {dollar}\rm(\Psi\sb{T}){dollar} were maintained above species specific thresholds, where {dollar}\rm\Psi\sb{T}{dollar} is defined as the sum of the matric {dollar}\rm(\Psi\sb{M}){dollar} and osmotic {dollar}\rm(\Psi\sb{\Pi}){dollar} potentials. The soil water potential components {dollar}\rm(\Psi\sb{M},\Psi\sb{\Pi}){dollar} were found to additively affect yield, evapotranspiration, turf color, percent cover, and turf temperature. Leaf xylem water potential, stomatal conductance, and …

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Developing Language Skills In Second Language Learners Through Literature Discussions, Ruth K. A Devlin Jan 1995

Developing Language Skills In Second Language Learners Through Literature Discussions, Ruth K. A Devlin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study analyzed book discussions of primary aged ESL students and their teacher to examine the benefits to language development. Collected over one school year, data included transcribed audiotapes of the book discussions, class interviews, and personal journal entries of the teacher which described classroom events and interactions. Analysis of the transcripts resulted in the identification of seven categories which illustrated the diversity of types of talk. In addition, changes in the amount of student and teacher talk over time were noted, with student talk increasing, and teacher talk becoming less pronounced. Four students were highlighted to illustrate the benefits …

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