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Differences Between Male And Female Principals In Terms Of Demographics, Perceived Barriers Encountered, And Strategies Used While In Pursuit Of The Principalship, Ann Heywood Angulo Jan 1993

Differences Between Male And Female Principals In Terms Of Demographics, Perceived Barriers Encountered, And Strategies Used While In Pursuit Of The Principalship, Ann Heywood Angulo

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Without question, women numerically surpass men in the education profession, composing the greater percentage of teachers. Nonetheless, men dominate administrative positions at all levels. According to the literature, the female administrative aspirant faces numerous unique barriers making it more difficult for her to become a school administrator than for her male counterpart. As a result, she must use additional strategies if she intends to be successful in her pursuit of advancement; In light of previous research, a survey was sent to all 182 principals in the Clark County School District which is centered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of …

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Children's Preferences For Text And How These Preferences Contribute To Classroom Literacy Events, Linda June Johnson Jan 1993

Children's Preferences For Text And How These Preferences Contribute To Classroom Literacy Events, Linda June Johnson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In an exploratory study, I examined young children's text preferences in the classroom and how those preferences contributed to three literacy events: read-alouds, independent reading, and writing. Emergent literacy, interest theory, text structure, and teacher decision-making in literacy instruction provided a framework. Data about children's preferences were compiled and three case children were then studied over five months. Videotaped observations, audiotaped interviews, record booklets, artifacts of student work, and field notes were collected. The classroom teacher and librarian were interviewed and observed to determine how their literacy decisions influenced the study. Findings indicated that the children had mainly fiction interests …

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Multiage Grouping: Interactions Among And Between Students And Teachers, Instructional Strategies, And Influences On Teachers' Constructs As Defined Through An Accelerated Schools Context, Francine Ann Mayfield Jan 1993

Multiage Grouping: Interactions Among And Between Students And Teachers, Instructional Strategies, And Influences On Teachers' Constructs As Defined Through An Accelerated Schools Context, Francine Ann Mayfield

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This ethnographic study explored the interactions among and between students and teachers, instructional strategies and academic shifts, and the influence of those instructional strategies and academic shifts on teachers' constructs defined through a multi-age context. This eight month study was conducted in an elementary school organized under the governance structure of Accelerated Schools with all classes grouped in multi-age configurations; Participants selected were primary and intermediate teachers and students within the elementary school who had been at that site for one to three years. Participating teachers were both experienced and novice ranging from two to twenty years of experience. This …

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The Selective Impact Of Disassociation On Colleges Of Education Which Have Voluntarily Forfeited Ncate Accreditation, Joan Butler Mcgee Jan 1993

The Selective Impact Of Disassociation On Colleges Of Education Which Have Voluntarily Forfeited Ncate Accreditation, Joan Butler Mcgee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The University of Northern Iowa and Arizona State University were chosen for a study of the impact of dropping membership in the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). A written survey was conducted of all full-time faculty members in the Colleges of Education, in an attempt to assess the impact of the forfeiture of NCATE accreditation in five selected areas: financial, the decision-making process, stress, roles and workload. The results showed that while the financial impact was unknown, other areas of impact on the faculty, most notably the process of making the forfeiture decision, were quite noticeable. Faculty …

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Writing From The Spirit, Writing From The Soul: Five Nineteenth Century American Women Writers As Purveyors Of Spirituality And Feminism, Terry D Novak Jan 1993

Writing From The Spirit, Writing From The Soul: Five Nineteenth Century American Women Writers As Purveyors Of Spirituality And Feminism, Terry D Novak

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Writing from the Spirit, Writing from the Soul: Five Nineteenth Century American Women Writers focuses on the fiction writing of Fanny Fern (Ruth Hall), Harriet Wilson (Our Nig), Rebecca Harding Davis (Margret Howth), Frances E. W. Harper (Iola Leroy), and Kate Chopin (The Awakening). Each writer is studied through her life and through the women characters she writes to come to an understanding of how each author uses her unique sense of spirituality and her unique life experiences to formulate a picture of women's life and experiences in nineteenth century America; The concept of writing from the spirit and writing …

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Cultural Coping Strategies Of Involuntary Minority And Non-Minority Chairpersons At The University Level, Paul James Vigil Jan 1993

Cultural Coping Strategies Of Involuntary Minority And Non-Minority Chairpersons At The University Level, Paul James Vigil

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine if there was a difference in the use of cultural coping strategies between involuntary minority and non-minority chairpersons employed at doctoral, degree-granting universities in the American Southwest. The study also examined to what degree John Ogbu's cultural coping strategies were used by the university administrators. Furthermore, the perceptions of the chairpersons with regard to their selection as a chairperson, satisfaction with the chairperson position, and future administrative plans were also determined; A 54-item questionnaire was self-administered by 119 department chairpersons located in 64 universities in the seven Southwestern states of Arizona, California, …

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Effects Of The Process Of Accreditation On Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Programs, John Rodney Poindexter Jan 1993

Effects Of The Process Of Accreditation On Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Programs, John Rodney Poindexter

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs first accredited the profession of athletic training in 1994. Athletic Training was the allied health field devoted to the prevention and care of athletic injuries. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs' accreditation process on the curriculum, finances, enrollment, and faculty of National Athletic Trainers' Association approved undergraduate athletic training education programs; The effects of the process of accreditation were examined by a survey questionnaire completed by the program directors of the accredited institutions. The survey questionnaire requested …

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Dissent Women In Anthony Trollope's Fiction: A Sympathetic Portrayal, Elisabeth Morton Mclaren Jan 1993

Dissent Women In Anthony Trollope's Fiction: A Sympathetic Portrayal, Elisabeth Morton Mclaren

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examines Anthony Trollope's depiction of women, specifically dissent women who, for one reason or another, did not conform to the expectations of their society. His treatment of these women reveals an author who grew more sympathetic to the position of women as he grew older. I have divided his writing career into three periods, and from each period, I have representative women who clearly indicate Trollope changing viewpoint; In Chapter One, the Introduction, I explain Trollope's development as a writer, how he is viewed by modern critics, and his position in nineteenth-century England; Chapter Two, "Single Women" deals …

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A History Of Literary Study Of The Bible, Joseph Patrick Wall Jan 1993

A History Of Literary Study Of The Bible, Joseph Patrick Wall

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Dogmatic biblical exegesis had a near monopoly until well into the modern era. Similarly, in academic circles, "biblical criticism" has invariably meant historical-critical study of the Bible. Both dogmatic and historical interpreters have read the Bible primarily for information--either about religion or history. The Bible's cognitive content has been primary. But now, in the latter part of the twentieth century, the intrinsic literary worth of the Bible is being widely noted; scholarly articles on the Bible regularly appear in standard literary journals; The current explosion of interest in this field may lead one to suspect 'faddism.' Nothing could be further …

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George Eliot: Beyond Feminism, Mary J Dengler Jan 1993

George Eliot: Beyond Feminism, Mary J Dengler

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The three central conflicts of George Eliot's life--an emotional conflict with male rejection, an intellectual conflict with orthodox Christianity, and a gender conflict with the limitations imposed on women--can be attributed largely to the nineteenth-century feminine ideologies. While Eliot used her nonfiction to criticize the ideas responsible for her conflicts, she used her poetry and fiction to dramatize the conflicts and develop an ideal of humanity. Eliot considered feminism, in Romola, as a resolution to these conflicts, then moved beyond feminism to develop her human ideal. This ideal, which transcends gender ideologies in response to natural and moral law, posits …

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Analogies Of Image And Word: Studies In Painting And The Anglo-American Novel From The Eighteenth Century To Postmodernism, Pamela Cantrell Jan 1993

Analogies Of Image And Word: Studies In Painting And The Anglo-American Novel From The Eighteenth Century To Postmodernism, Pamela Cantrell

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Analogies of Image and Word: Studies in Painting and the Anglo-American Novel from the Eighteenth Century to Postmodernism traces the historical progression of the relationship between painting and the novel through four representative analogies. The first chapter traces the critical history of the sister arts tradition, and examines the theoretical approaches most widely used in contemporary analogical studies. Chapter two takes up the modern concern with the sister arts as it blossomed in the eighteenth century with the pictorial iconoclasm of William Hogarth and the literary shift from the poetic tradition to the new generic form of the novel as …

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A Study Of Gifted And Talented Educational Programs In Nevada Public School Districts, Thursenia Dehart-Porter Jan 1993

A Study Of Gifted And Talented Educational Programs In Nevada Public School Districts, Thursenia Dehart-Porter

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate gifted and talented education programs in the 17 public school districts in the state of Nevada. A survey was conducted in two parts. The first section described the participants, delivery models, and staffing of programs for gifted and talented students. The second part, based on resource input methodology (RIM), gathered information on personnel and supply costs; All 17 districts responded. Eleven districts have programs for gifted and talented students; six do not. Only one district, Pershing County, reported no program, but it identified three students as gifted and talented and served them …

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Final Notice (Original Writing), Debra Sarac Jan 1993

Final Notice (Original Writing), Debra Sarac

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Final Notice is a full-length play produced as required for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Playwriting. It consists of four (4) characters and was performed by UNLV undergraduate acting students in the Black Box Theatre in June of 1992.

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From The Civil Law Doctrine To The Reasonable Use Theory And From The Frontier Thesis To Community Action: Flood Control In Las Vegas, Nevada, 1905-1976, James L Scholl Jan 1993

From The Civil Law Doctrine To The Reasonable Use Theory And From The Frontier Thesis To Community Action: Flood Control In Las Vegas, Nevada, 1905-1976, James L Scholl

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Flood control has long been a major problem for southwestern boom towns, and Las Vegas was no exception. From its birth in 1905 until the mid 1970s, the "Civil Law Doctrine" was the legal concept used by courts and residents to settle disputes over drainage problems; This paper will argue that the court's decision to change the guiding legal principle from the Civil Law Doctrine to the Reasonable Use Rule in Nevada ended the frontier viewpoint of individualism and replaced it with a new spirit of communal action. The legal revolution, along with a series of events tied to the …

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Evaluation Of Rutting Resistance Of Coarse Graded Aggregate Asphaltic Concrete Mixes In Clark County, Nevada, Jerold Dewayne Stegeman Jan 1993

Evaluation Of Rutting Resistance Of Coarse Graded Aggregate Asphaltic Concrete Mixes In Clark County, Nevada, Jerold Dewayne Stegeman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of utilizing coarse aggregates in asphaltic concrete pavements for reducing rutting in Clark County, Nevada. Previous specifications used for asphaltic concrete mix designs in the Clark County area allowed for a wide range of aggregate gradations. The aggregate gradations in the asphaltic concrete mixes produced from these specifications tended to be on the finer side of the range. The pavements constructed based on the specifications were observed to be tender and susceptible to rutting. Paving projects were initiated which demonstrated that coarser aggregates in the asphalt mixes appeared to reduce …

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Outward Signs (Original Writing), Charles Robert Supin Jan 1993

Outward Signs (Original Writing), Charles Robert Supin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Outward Signs is a full-length play produced as required for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Playwriting. It consists of seven (7) characters and was performed by UNLV undergraduate acting students in the Black Box Theatre in November, 1991.

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Weight Gain In Females With A Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer, Sheryl Therrien Jan 1993

Weight Gain In Females With A Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer, Sheryl Therrien

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A study was done on 213 female subjects with a diagnosis of breast cancer and weight changes. The study tested the hypotheses: (a) Women with Stage I or II breast cancer gain weight. (b) Women with stage I breast cancer gain more weight than those with stage II. (c) Women with stage II breast cancer on adjuvant chemotherapy gain more weight than women with stage I or II on Tamoxifen alone. (d) Women with breast cancer who gain weight do not lose it after treatment ends; Findings failed to support null hypotheses a and d, but did b and c. …

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Analysis And Evaluation Of Three Promising Nuclear Waste Disposal Options, Venugopal Veeramachaneni Jan 1993

Analysis And Evaluation Of Three Promising Nuclear Waste Disposal Options, Venugopal Veeramachaneni

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Disposal of high level nuclear waste has evoked much interest among scientists, engineers and society at large. Numerous schemes have been proposed in this regard and a few have been analyzed thoroughly. However, these schemes have been found to be valid only under very specific environmental conditions, thus imposing constraints on the scheme of disposal. The option of retrievability imposed another constraint. In addition to accommodating the constraints, the disposal scheme must also comply with federal regulations (NRC 10 CFR PART 60, EPA 10 CFR PART 191, DOE 10 CFR PART 960). Due to the longevity of radionuclide toxicity, the …

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A Study Of Image Of China As Perceived By United States Tour Operators, Franklin Zhiyuan Xiao Jan 1993

A Study Of Image Of China As Perceived By United States Tour Operators, Franklin Zhiyuan Xiao

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between China's image as perceived by U.S. tour operators and tour operators' actions in developing package tours to China; The data for this study was obtained through a questionnaire survey of 300 U.S. tour operators on 22 China's tourism attributes. Two research hypothesis were established. The results indicated that there were no significant differences in the perception of China as a tourist destination between tour operators who had visited China and those who had not. There were also no significant differences in the perception of China as a tourist destination …

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A Comparative Study Between Gaming And Non-Gaming Food And Beverage Operations Using Management By Values As An Analytical Tool, Cheryl Christine Baker Jan 1993

A Comparative Study Between Gaming And Non-Gaming Food And Beverage Operations Using Management By Values As An Analytical Tool, Cheryl Christine Baker

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis analyzes gaming and non-gaming hotel restaurants to determine whether there is a need to reevaluate food and beverage operations in gaming hotel restaurants due to the changing trends in the economy and changing consumer demands; Management by Values is used as an analytical tool to determine if gaming hotel restaurants should follow the trend non-gaming hotel operations have established and reorganize their food and beverage operations. A questionnaire followed by a personal interview was used to gather information and Management by Values is used to evaluate the information; The final results proved that gaming operations do not need …

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Of Mice And Missiles: An Austrian School Economic Appraisal Of Lucas V South Carolina Coastal Commission, Joseph Francis Becker Jan 1993

Of Mice And Missiles: An Austrian School Economic Appraisal Of Lucas V South Carolina Coastal Commission, Joseph Francis Becker

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This paper argues that to maximize the utility of society, a legal system must precisely define and strictly enforce property rights; Chapter I provides a theoretical economic framework by which various policy and judicial decisions affecting property rights can be considered; Chapter II examines the proper role for a legal system as well as the historical and United States Constitutional respect for property rights. Secondly, the devolution of this earlier respect for property rights is discussed by examining case decisions which tolerate to a greater degree, force with respect to physical property. Finally, the notion of the regulatory taking is …

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Performance Evaluation Of Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithms, Kenneth B Been Jan 1993

Performance Evaluation Of Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithms, Kenneth B Been

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In any system in which concurrent processes share resources, mutual exclusion refers to the problem of guaranteeing the integrity of those resources by restricting their use to one process at a time. Due the complex nature of distributed systems, distributed mutual exclusion algorithms are often not amenable to theoretical analysis for performance or even correctness. Experimental inquiries are therefore warranted. This thesis investigates seven well known distributed mutual exclusion algorithms in detail, and uses computer simulation to evaluate the performance and applicability of these various algorithms. Toward this end, a realistic and general model for evaluating distributed algorithms is proposed. …

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The Stress Of Fathers During The Labor And Delivery Of Their Partner, Deann Robinson Brown Jan 1993

The Stress Of Fathers During The Labor And Delivery Of Their Partner, Deann Robinson Brown

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This descriptive, retrospective survey employed a questionnaire to determine what factors cause stress to expectant fathers during their partner's labor and delivery and how that stress is exhibited. Fathers of healthy newborns at two hospitals in Utah accompanying their partner in labor and delivery were asked to complete the questionnaire within 36 hours after the birth of their baby. The survey elicited responses from three different time periods during the labor and delivery: (1) the beginning of labor; (2) labor from the time of admission to the hospital and when labor reached its peak until delivery; and (3) during the …

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Customer Compatibility In Restaurants, Yuh-Jye Cherng Jan 1993

Customer Compatibility In Restaurants, Yuh-Jye Cherng

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study explores the relative level of importance of customer-to-customer relationships in determining perceptions of good value in three types of restaurants. Overall, the findings indicate that customer behaviors and characteristics are not as important as the restaurant attributes investigated in the 1992 National Restaurant Association price-value study. However, the findings suggest that customer compatibility factors become more important as average check increases. Plus, some segments of the population perceive compatibility attributes as very important. Further investigation of compatibility management appears warranted if more competitive service environments are to be created.

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"Early Retirement" And Other Stories (Original Writing), Ardis Coffman Jan 1993

"Early Retirement" And Other Stories (Original Writing), Ardis Coffman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The six short stories that make up Early Retirement are set in a town called Arcadia, somewhere in the Midwest. The characters are Baby Boomers, that group of Americans born in the post World War II years of 1943 to 1958. Themes are drawn from Greek Mythology.

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Evaluation Of Selected Aliphatic Acids And Polytetrahydrofurans For Use As Calibration Agents For Thermospray Hplc/Ms, Tonya Rose Dombrowski Jan 1993

Evaluation Of Selected Aliphatic Acids And Polytetrahydrofurans For Use As Calibration Agents For Thermospray Hplc/Ms, Tonya Rose Dombrowski

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A method of tuning and calibration for a thermospray ion source on a benchtop quadrupole mass spectrometer using trifluoroacetic acid, pentafluoropropionic acid, heptafluorobutyric acid, polytetrahydrofuran-250, and polytetrahydrofuran-650 was proposed and evaluated. A 0.5% solution of the aliphatic acids showed good mass range coverage (163-641) in the negative mode, and no substantial memory effects. This mixture was evaluated over 45 days for fluctuations in the ion intensities and ratios. It remained stable within the expected thermospray reproducibility range, although the volatility of the trifluoroacetic acid made daily preparation of standard mixtures necessary. A similar solution of the polytetrahydrofurans was evaluated in …

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A Comparison Of Maximal Oxygen Uptake Achieved From A Horizontal And Inclined Treadmill Test, Cherri Nowotny Epstein Jan 1993

A Comparison Of Maximal Oxygen Uptake Achieved From A Horizontal And Inclined Treadmill Test, Cherri Nowotny Epstein

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare two protocols and the resulting VO2 max obtained. In one protocol grade only was used to impose greater workloads; in the other protocol speed only was used to impose greater workloads. In addition, maximum heart rate, perceived general fatigue, leg fatigue and cardiorespiratory fatigue between the two protocols was compared. Thirty apparently healthy subjects, 15 men and 15 women, between 18 and 35 years of age participated; The statistical treatment showed that there was no significant difference in VO2 max between inclined and horizontal running. There was no significant difference in max …

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Desert Bighorn Movements And Habitat Use In Relation To The Proposed Black Canyon Bridge Project, Nevada, Donald William Ebert Jan 1993

Desert Bighorn Movements And Habitat Use In Relation To The Proposed Black Canyon Bridge Project, Nevada, Donald William Ebert

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In this study, I used information on topography and the distribution of resources in the Eldorado Mountains, Nevada, to characterize bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) habitat quality, and information on movements of radio-collared bighorn to estimate home range size and patterns of movement. Study results were used to evaluate potential impacts of three proposed highway alignments (Gold Strike Canyon, GSA; Sugarloaf Mountain, SLA; and Promontory Point, PPA) on bighorn sheep; Seasonal preferences for aspect, slope, elevation, distance to water, distance to escape terrain, and land surface ruggedness (LSR) were studied for male and female bighorn sheep. Distinct differences in habitat selection …

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Foster Parent Adoption: Preparing Children Through The Use Of Life Books, Veronica Fiscus Jan 1993

Foster Parent Adoption: Preparing Children Through The Use Of Life Books, Veronica Fiscus

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The trend of foster parent adoption is increasing as more children are placed in foster care requiring a permanent family. This is an exploratory study focusing on foster children who are being adopted by their foster parents and their need for adequate preparation. In this study, a group of four children were prepared for adoption through the utilization of Life Books. Upon completion of the group, all of the subjects improved with respect to: knowledge of genealogical background, understanding reason for placement in foster care and comprehension of adoption. Adoption preparation is a preventative service that has been supported by …

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Self-Stabilizing Deadlock Algorithms In Distributed Systems, Mitchell Elliott Flatebo Jan 1993

Self-Stabilizing Deadlock Algorithms In Distributed Systems, Mitchell Elliott Flatebo

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A self-stabilizing system is a network of processors, which, when started from an arbitrary (and possibly illegal) initial state, always returns to a legal state in a finite number of steps. Self-stabilization is an evolving paradigm in fault-tolerant computing. This research will be the first time self-stabilization is used in the areas of deadlock detection and prevention. Traditional deadlock detection algorithms have a process initiate a probe. If that probe travels around the system and is received by the initiator, there is a cycle in the system, and deadlock is detected. In order to prevent deadlocks, algorithms usually rank nodes …

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