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Crit, Andrew Kiraly Jan 2003

Crit, Andrew Kiraly

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This creative thesis, a long work of fiction, is about a rock critic, Gabe Sack, who writes for a Los Angeles-based music magazine. He is tired of his job and decides to quit. However, his boss gives him one final assignment: he must track down an obscure lounge singer and write a profile of him. With his friends Staley and Darcy in tow, Gabe drives to Las Vegas. During the trip, he reflects on his life, his attitude, and his relationships with others. He senses that his job, which requires him to criticize the work of others, has had negative …


A Benefit-Cost Analysis Of An Interstate Seawater Desalination Plant Shared Between California And Nevada, Mcclain L Peterson Jan 2003

A Benefit-Cost Analysis Of An Interstate Seawater Desalination Plant Shared Between California And Nevada, Mcclain L Peterson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

According to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (2002), increasing demands for water in southern Nevada will require the importation of additional water resources. The purpose of this thesis was to examine one possible imported resource: an interstate seawater desalination cooperative between entities in California and Nevada. This cooperative would provide a permanent transfer of Colorado River water from California to southern Nevada, in trade for a capital contribution toward California coastal seawater desalination. This study uses a benefit-cost approach as outlined in Dively and Zerbe (1994). Costs of both entities in Nevada and California were calculated and technical feasibility detailed. …


Measurement Of Inorganic Arsenic And Chromium Species In Southern Nevada Groundwater Using Ion Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, Julie A Bertoia Jan 2003

Measurement Of Inorganic Arsenic And Chromium Species In Southern Nevada Groundwater Using Ion Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, Julie A Bertoia

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Two analytical methods employing an ion chromatograph-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer were used to separate inorganic arsenite from arsenate and trivalent from hexavalent chromium in southern Nevada groundwater. Method detection limits were found to be 0.011 ppb and 0.005 ppb for arsenite and arsenate respectively, and 0.015 ppb and 0.02 ppb for trivalent and hexavalent chromium respectively. Following an investigation of the stability of the oxidation states of arsenic and chromium in aqueous solution with time, the following procedures were adopted. Samples collected in the field for arsenic were filtered, stored at 4°C, and analyzed within 7 days; and those …


The Effects Of Environmentally Relevant Doses Of Perchlorate (Clo(4)(-)) On Rana Pipiens Metamorphosis And Development, Andrea N Golli Jan 2003

The Effects Of Environmentally Relevant Doses Of Perchlorate (Clo(4)(-)) On Rana Pipiens Metamorphosis And Development, Andrea N Golli

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Perchlorate not only blocks the body's ability to incorporate iodine into T3 and T4 hormones through the sodium iodine symporter system, but also depletes the thyroid glands' internal stores of iodine. Many of the steps that regulate metamorphosis in amphibians are also triggered by thyroid hormones therefore we investigated the ability of perchlorate to interfere with the development and metamorphosis of Rana pipiens . Aquaria containing concentrations of 40 ppb, 400 ppb, and 4000 ppb perchlorate with a 0 ppb perchlorate control as well as a magnesium control (since magnesium perchlorate was used) to evaluate the growth and development of …


Dietary Habits Of Two Threatened Co-Roosting Flying Foxes (Megachiroptera) Subic Bay Philippines, Samuel Cord Stier Jan 2003

Dietary Habits Of Two Threatened Co-Roosting Flying Foxes (Megachiroptera) Subic Bay Philippines, Samuel Cord Stier

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Habitat Use Reproductive Biology And Nest-Site Selection Of Ground-Nesting Birds At Freezeout Lake Wma In Central Montana, Alison E. Perkins Jan 2003

Habitat Use Reproductive Biology And Nest-Site Selection Of Ground-Nesting Birds At Freezeout Lake Wma In Central Montana, Alison E. Perkins

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Vegetation Structure And Floristics At Nest Sites Of Grassland Birds In North Central North Dakota, Melvin P. Nenneman Jan 2003

Vegetation Structure And Floristics At Nest Sites Of Grassland Birds In North Central North Dakota, Melvin P. Nenneman

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Radical Innovations, Social Revolution, And The Baroque Guitar, Craig H. Russell Jan 2003

Radical Innovations, Social Revolution, And The Baroque Guitar, Craig H. Russell

Music

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The Chronic Health Effects Of Smokeless Tobacco Use., Neil Allen Accortt Jan 2003

The Chronic Health Effects Of Smokeless Tobacco Use., Neil Allen Accortt

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Why Won’T Someone Help Me?: The Unspeakable Epidemic Of Domestic Violence: An Annotated Bibliography, Therese A. Clarke Arado Jan 2003

Why Won’T Someone Help Me?: The Unspeakable Epidemic Of Domestic Violence: An Annotated Bibliography, Therese A. Clarke Arado

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

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Morphing Many Polygons Across A Change In Topology., Xiaqing Wu Jan 2003

Morphing Many Polygons Across A Change In Topology., Xiaqing Wu

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection In Wild Chimpanzees., Mario Luis Santiago Jan 2003

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection In Wild Chimpanzees., Mario Luis Santiago

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Endoluminal Response To Injury Is Exaggerated In A Model Of Type 2 Diabetes., Jonathan Edward Shelton Jan 2003

Endoluminal Response To Injury Is Exaggerated In A Model Of Type 2 Diabetes., Jonathan Edward Shelton

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Nuclear Localization Of Polyglutamine Expressed In An Ectopic Context Correlates With Onset Of Abnormalities In The Mouse., Walker Scot Jackson Jan 2003

Nuclear Localization Of Polyglutamine Expressed In An Ectopic Context Correlates With Onset Of Abnormalities In The Mouse., Walker Scot Jackson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


The Recovery And Characterization Of Vertebrate Dna From Forensically Important Fly Larvae: An Optimization Study., Jason Graef Linville Jan 2003

The Recovery And Characterization Of Vertebrate Dna From Forensically Important Fly Larvae: An Optimization Study., Jason Graef Linville

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Antimicrobial Exposure And Clinical Outcomes Associated With Vancomycin -Resistant Enterococci., Leon Scott Chavers Jan 2003

Antimicrobial Exposure And Clinical Outcomes Associated With Vancomycin -Resistant Enterococci., Leon Scott Chavers

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Modulation Of Endothelial Cell Viability By Oxidized Low -Density Lipoprotein., Douglas Roger Moellering Jan 2003

Modulation Of Endothelial Cell Viability By Oxidized Low -Density Lipoprotein., Douglas Roger Moellering

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Fak Signaling Through The Ras/Mapk Pathway Promotes The Progression Of Malignant Astrocytic Tumors., Timothy Paul Hecker Jan 2003

Fak Signaling Through The Ras/Mapk Pathway Promotes The Progression Of Malignant Astrocytic Tumors., Timothy Paul Hecker

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Targeted Assembly And Cytoplasmic Transport Of Mason -Pfizer Monkey Virus Capsids., Jeffrey Nicholas Sfakianos Jan 2003

Targeted Assembly And Cytoplasmic Transport Of Mason -Pfizer Monkey Virus Capsids., Jeffrey Nicholas Sfakianos

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Population Dynamics Of Ambystoma Maculatum In East-Central Alabama., Eric A. Blackwell Jan 2003

Population Dynamics Of Ambystoma Maculatum In East-Central Alabama., Eric A. Blackwell

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Studies On The Expression And Function Of Uncoupling Protein 3., Matthew Lantz Blaylock Jan 2003

Studies On The Expression And Function Of Uncoupling Protein 3., Matthew Lantz Blaylock

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Manganese In The Virulence Of Streptococcus Pneumoniae., Jason W. Johnston Jan 2003

The Role Of Manganese In The Virulence Of Streptococcus Pneumoniae., Jason W. Johnston

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Correction Of Mouse Models Of Sickle Cell Disease And β-Thalassemia Using Stem Cell And Genetic-Based Therapy., Dana N. Levasseur Jan 2003

Correction Of Mouse Models Of Sickle Cell Disease And β-Thalassemia Using Stem Cell And Genetic-Based Therapy., Dana N. Levasseur

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Genetic Markers Associated With Levels Of Visceral Adipose Tissue In Women From A Bi-Ethnic Population., Cristina Lara-Castro Jan 2003

Genetic Markers Associated With Levels Of Visceral Adipose Tissue In Women From A Bi-Ethnic Population., Cristina Lara-Castro

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Role Of Chloride Channels In Volume Regulation Of Rat Cortical Astrocytes., Kimberly A. Parkerson Jan 2003

Role Of Chloride Channels In Volume Regulation Of Rat Cortical Astrocytes., Kimberly A. Parkerson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Signaling Crosstalk In Insulin Regulated Gene Expression., Adam B. Keeton Jan 2003

Signaling Crosstalk In Insulin Regulated Gene Expression., Adam B. Keeton

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Predictors, Associations, And Impacts Of Condom Use Errors Among Std Male Clinic Patients., Mingwei Xu Jan 2003

Predictors, Associations, And Impacts Of Condom Use Errors Among Std Male Clinic Patients., Mingwei Xu

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Characterization Of Mouse Ovarian Tumor Antigens And Their Human Orthologs., Saengsoon Trirekapan Jan 2003

Characterization Of Mouse Ovarian Tumor Antigens And Their Human Orthologs., Saengsoon Trirekapan

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Early B Cell Factor And Helios In Hematopoiesis., Zheng Zhang Jan 2003

The Role Of Early B Cell Factor And Helios In Hematopoiesis., Zheng Zhang

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Neuronal Control Of Nematocyst Discharge In Hydra, A. A. Scappaticci Jr. Jan 2003

Neuronal Control Of Nematocyst Discharge In Hydra, A. A. Scappaticci Jr.

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation research seeks to understand how the neuronal circuitry of the battery cell complex in hydra functions in order to accomplish the basic biological necessity of food acquisition through its effector organelles, the nematocysts. A behavioral assay was used to discharge individual nematocysts from the tentacles of Hydra vulgaris. Cnidocils were mechanically deflected using a piezoelectrically driven glass probe. Standard immunohistochemical methods were used to localize the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in hydras tissues. Desmonemes and stenoteles differentially responded to imposed forces on the cnidocil. Desmonemes discharged when the cnidocil was struck with a force of at least 3.7 × 10−3 …