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Mary Shelly, Emily Bronte, And Christina Rossetti: The Literature Of Disability, Georgia E Standish Jan 2004

Mary Shelly, Emily Bronte, And Christina Rossetti: The Literature Of Disability, Georgia E Standish

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Many scholarly studies have examined illness, sickness, and invalidism in British nineteenth-century fiction. Few have explored these concepts in both fiction and poetry as "disabilities." This study traces the origins of the concept of disability in the poetic and fictional representations in three nineteenth-century key women authors: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and her poetry, and Christina Rossetti's "Monna Innominata: A Sonnet of Sonnets" and "Goblin Market." Significant to the early development of the concept of disability is the emergence of the related concept of normalcy in the nineteenth-century. Along with the concept of normalcy are also the …

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Characterization Of Dissolved Organic Carbon In Lake Mead, Yixin Wei Jan 2004

Characterization Of Dissolved Organic Carbon In Lake Mead, Yixin Wei

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Lake Mead is located in the Mojave Desert and provides water for several states in the southwestern U.S. Although most of the water in Lake Mead originates from the Colorado River, there are several minor sources of water, such as the Virgin River, the Muddy River, and the Las Vegas Wash, that could impact water quality. The principal objective of this study was to obtain new and fundamental information about dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the Lake. This study focuses on the development of concentration methods for aquatic humic substances (HS, major components of DOC), and the characterization of HS …

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The Effect Of Specificity Of Relevance Instructions On Reading Time And Learning, Matthew Thomas Mccrudden Jan 2004

The Effect Of Specificity Of Relevance Instructions On Reading Time And Learning, Matthew Thomas Mccrudden

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the specificity of relevance instructions affects reading time and learning. Sixty-three undergraduates read a passage that described the attributes of two fictitious countries. Before reading, participants read pre-reading questions (specific), were given the goal of deciding whether one of the countries would be a good place to live (general), or to read for understanding (control). The specificity of relevance instructions did not affect reading time or recall. Those receiving relevance instructions tended to recall more than those in the control group, although the differences were not statistically significant. Results are discussed …

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Ben Jonson's "Volpone": A Critical Variorum Edition, Michael Wayne Stamps Jan 2004

Ben Jonson's "Volpone": A Critical Variorum Edition, Michael Wayne Stamps

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Ben Jonson's Volpone: A Critical Variorum provides modern scholars with a comprehensive bibliographic reference work devoted to Jonson's early seventeenth-century dramatic comedy and its four hundred years of critical commentary. By joining together Jonson's Volpone and the work's full complement of editorial information and critical material, this Variorum edition illuminates the play's entire history of critical reception and literary interpretation within a format that allows readers and researchers to follow the evolving lines of influence peculiar to the work's critical tradition and to locate new areas of investigation. Based upon an authoritative copy of the 1607 quarto, the Variorum reprints …

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Cavities On The Cob: Dental Health And The Agricultural Transition In Sonora, Mexico, James Thomas Watson Jan 2004

Cavities On The Cob: Dental Health And The Agricultural Transition In Sonora, Mexico, James Thomas Watson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This research uses a predictive model based on dental health to test the hypothesis that maize dependence gradually increased among human groups in the Sonoran Desert over the course of the Early Agricultural period (1500 B.C.--A.D. 200). The hypothesis is tested by recording a suite of ten dental observations that correlate with this fundamental change in subsistence on a sample of 246 prehistoric human skeletons dating to the Early Agricultural period recovered from La Playa (SON F:10:3), Sonora, Mexico. The sample is evenly distributed among demographic variables, burial treatments, and location within the site. Erosion of the burials, however, restricted …

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A Quantitative Investigation Of American History Software On Middle School Student Achievement Scores, Karla V Kingsley Jan 2004

A Quantitative Investigation Of American History Software On Middle School Student Achievement Scores, Karla V Kingsley

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine whether student use of the Ignite! Early American History software significantly affected student outcome achievement scores on a standards-based assessment. Students in three urban middle schools were divided into experimental and control groups with both groups being taught by the same teacher. Experimental group students used the Ignite! history software as a supplement to their regular American history curriculum, and students in the control group did not use the program. The study also examined how students with limited English proficiency (LEP) and students with special needs scored on the standardized test …

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Language, Conflict And Identity: The Hispanic Experience, Jan Henry Oller Jan 2004

Language, Conflict And Identity: The Hispanic Experience, Jan Henry Oller

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis is an attempt to create a theoretical model which could be applied to the study of any situation where a history of ongoing migration and asymmetrical power relationships in constant flux between two or more groups, nation states, or other entities is present. It is the conception and application of a theoretical framework with which to view transnational identity on a different level, one focusing on the historical antecedents of current situations, pan-identities, and language as the main identity marker among transnationals.

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A Comparison Of Video And Illustrated Audio As An Instructional Tool, Christopher E Zakrzewski Jan 2004

A Comparison Of Video And Illustrated Audio As An Instructional Tool, Christopher E Zakrzewski

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the differences in the acquisition of procedural knowledge between the utilization of video versus illustrated audio as an instructional tool. One hundred and forty-five students from two major southwestern universities participated in the study. Results indicate that there are no differences in the acquisition of procedural knowledge between using these instructional tools. It was also determined that several participant demographic characteristics and a participant's learning style---determined by the Gregorc Style Delineator---did not significantly moderate their acquisition of procedural knowledge.

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Ellis Island: The Public And Personal Representations Of The Immigrant Experience, Tara Maras Jan 2004

Ellis Island: The Public And Personal Representations Of The Immigrant Experience, Tara Maras

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants arrived at Ellis Island's shores for the promise of a new beginning in America. During this period of immigrant influx and in the decades to follow, anti-immigrant sentiment remained at the forefront of the collective American conscious, varying in severity, though ever present. This study compares the relationship between the personal stories of immigrants and the print media's account of immigration in Ellis Island's peak year, 1907, in an attempt to understand how storytelling, as communication, helped shape the collective immigrant experience. It also examines how the relationship contributes to U.S. …

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The Other Side Of The Curtain: The Power And The Potential Of Performance In Public Spaces, Nancy Dieckmann Matheny Jan 2004

The Other Side Of The Curtain: The Power And The Potential Of Performance In Public Spaces, Nancy Dieckmann Matheny

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This research study develops a greater understanding of alternative opportunities for performance majors extending beyond traditional theatre venues. The emphasis of this study is the use and application of environmental entertainment. The study examines and synthesizes the skill set, as defined by known executives and decision makers in the entertainment industry who are regularly utilizing the services of environmental entertainers. The resultant data reveals qualities required to successfully gain entrance to and maintain a career as an environmental entertainer.

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The Reconstitutive Power Of Wovoka's Prophetic Discourse: A Rhetorical History Of The 1890 Ghost Dance Prophet, Alexander David May Jan 2004

The Reconstitutive Power Of Wovoka's Prophetic Discourse: A Rhetorical History Of The 1890 Ghost Dance Prophet, Alexander David May

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The tremendous influence of Wovoka, or Jack Wilson as he was commonly known, was manifested through his message of peace and renewal. The Ghost Dance Prophet of 1890 outlined a new way of life for "his people" which included every native nation, not just the Paiute. Delegations that came to hear Wovoka speak and letters he sent to the faithful spread the tenets of the religion among the indigenous people. Wovoka's rhetorical history illustrates the interplay of first persona, substantive message, and second persona as a means of transforming an audience. In addition, the parallels between the Paiute Prophet's discourse …

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An Examination Of Interactions Between Computer Support Staff And End Users, Kim Mia Price Jan 2004

An Examination Of Interactions Between Computer Support Staff And End Users, Kim Mia Price

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

For those employed as information technology support professionals, the message they are receiving is that communication skills are as important as any credential or certification they may possess in terms of staying competitive in the current job market. The goal of this study was to determine the importance of communication skills in interactions between information technology support staff and the end users they support in relation to factors such as stereotypes and expectations. The results of this study suggest that positive end user evaluations of these communication interactions do not rely solely upon the communication skills of the technician, but …

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Attention And Memory Bias For Positive Emotional Words, Gregory P Strauss Jan 2004

Attention And Memory Bias For Positive Emotional Words, Gregory P Strauss

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The current study examined the relationship between attention and memory for emotional words. Theories of "basic emotion" divide emotions into positive and negative classifications, and propose that discrete categories exist within the larger positive negative dichotomy. Previous research on emotion has yet to investigate the areas of attention and memory by dividing positive/negative words into discrete emotional categories. Participants included 30 undergraduate students between the ages 18--40. Attention and Memory were examined using an Emotional Stroop task, The Emotional Verbal Learning Test, and the California Verbal Learning Test-II, respectively. Stimuli for emotional tasks are divided into five emotional word categories …

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A Study Of Pre And Post Cold War Presidential International Crisis Rhetoric, Flora Anne Jackson Jan 2004

A Study Of Pre And Post Cold War Presidential International Crisis Rhetoric, Flora Anne Jackson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examines three speeches delivered by U.S. presidents during times of international crises, Woodrow Wilson's speech on April 2, 1917, George H. W. Bush's speech delivered on January 16, 1991, and the speech by George W. Bush delivered on September 20, 2001. Elements of epideictic, deliberative and forensic strategies were applied to the discourse to determine whether the speeches conformed to expectations for presidential international crisis rhetoric. This thesis extends a study completed in 1989 in which Bonnie J. Dow argued that only epideictic and deliberative strategies appear in international crisis rhetoric. In contrast, this study found that, in …

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Lower Limb Bone Shape And Structure Among Populations Of Differing Lifestyles: Effects Of Biomechanical Stress And Inferences Of Activity, Michele Marcela Bleuze Jan 2004

Lower Limb Bone Shape And Structure Among Populations Of Differing Lifestyles: Effects Of Biomechanical Stress And Inferences Of Activity, Michele Marcela Bleuze

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

It is known that activity-related stresses and mechanical loadings affect adult bone morphology. The purpose of this study is to examine how well presumed subsistence-related activities correlate with bone morphology; In addition, this study will investigate the degree to which sex differences can be explained by differences in mechanical loaDing If such differences in expression are apparent between males and females within a population, then it can be speculated that the sexes were participating in different activities---or at least in activities that yielded different mechanical loadings; Although there have been several biomechanical studies that have looked at the relationship between …

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Effects Of Gender And Seating Arrangement On Perceptions Of Leadership, Danielle Jackson Cervantes Jan 2004

Effects Of Gender And Seating Arrangement On Perceptions Of Leadership, Danielle Jackson Cervantes

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The current study examines the effects that gender and seating arrangement on perceptions of leadership. In order to determine current attitudes regarding women as leaders, this study examines factors that may influence people's perceptions about leadership and gender. Three different hypotheses were tested. The findings are as follows: Seating arrangement is still seen as an important factor when determining leadership, specifically the head of the table positions. Secondly, in this study, men were seen as being the leader of a group significantly more often than women. Lastly, sex of the subject did seem to influence the subjects' choice of leader, …

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The Myth Of Arrival, Zachary Jean Chartkoff Jan 2004

The Myth Of Arrival, Zachary Jean Chartkoff

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A collection of poems composed between the summer of 1999 and 2003. They are in the tradition of "negative ecstasy," a philosophy that the poet is nothing more than a void: in order to create, the poet requires a willing release of the ego and self, which in turn allows the poet's void to be filled with the verse. It is similar to what the Buddhists call "no mind," a method used so that works, ideas and even lives that once appeared as imperfect or failures were, by their very nature, simply unfinished acts; The process was comparable to what …

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The Impact Of Dynamic Changes In Talker Amplitude On Recognition Memory For Words, Kimberly M Cramer Jan 2004

The Impact Of Dynamic Changes In Talker Amplitude On Recognition Memory For Words, Kimberly M Cramer

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study investigated whether dynamic changes in the amplitude of speech were represented along with word information. An emotional manipulation was used to examine if listeners were sensitive to dynamic changes in amplitude. In Experiment 1, six talkers produced 200 phonetically balanced (PB) words with different intended emotions (e.g., joy versus sadness). Intensity measurements across time were recorded for each target word. Statistically distinct amplitude contours were obtained as a function of intended emotion. In Experiment 2, listeners judged whether each word in a list of spoken words was "new" (i.e., word was new to the list) or "old" (i.e., …

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The Effects Of An Elevated Pre-Test Heart Rate On A Cardiovascular Test, Jeffrey Allen Dolgan Jan 2004

The Effects Of An Elevated Pre-Test Heart Rate On A Cardiovascular Test, Jeffrey Allen Dolgan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study investigated the effects of an elevated Pre-Test Heart Rate (PTHR) on the results of the Physical Working Capacity Maximum (PWC max) test and Steady State Heart Rates (SSHR) during the two workloads that are used to predict PWC max. Fifteen subjects (ages 18-33 yrs, height 169.38 +/- 9.77 cm, body mass 68.43 +/- 12.53 kg, percent body fat 22.27 +/- 7.40 %) participated in the study. PTHR was elevated using three methods prior to the administration of the PWC max test and the results compared to a criterion PWC max test that was completed after the subject was …

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Survival Of Enterococcal And Streptococcal Species In Natural Waters, Kameron L Entrekin Jan 2004

Survival Of Enterococcal And Streptococcal Species In Natural Waters, Kameron L Entrekin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Survival capabilities of indicators of fecal pollution, such as enterococci, in the natural aquatic environment are of particular importance in proper management of a watershed. The Las Vegas Wash (LVW) is a naturally occurring and engineered tributary to Lake Mead; The ability of the Las Vegas Wash to sustain microbial viability over time was assessed utilizing ATCC cultures and environmentally isolated species. Wash water samples were autoclaved and seeded with known concentrations of enterococci. Microcosms were incubated at 25°C, and decline was measured by heterotrophic plate counts at specific time intervals. Results of survival studies using ATCC derived species showed …

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Balanced Biosocial Theory For The Social Sciences, Michael A Restivo Jan 2004

Balanced Biosocial Theory For The Social Sciences, Michael A Restivo

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Evolutionary theory is the unquestioned paradigm for all biological sciences and is gaining acceptance in many of the social sciences, predominantly psychology and anthropology. Sociology, as a discipline, has failed to embrace evolutionary theory and remains uninformed about the most powerful scientific theory of living things: the theory of evolution by Darwinian selection. Traditional sociological theory is based largely on empirically questionable ideas about human development, behavior, and psychology, and often contradicts fundamental knowledge about evolution. As such, it often fails to contribute to a coherent and progressive corpus of sociological knowledge. Biosocial theories present a compelling alternative to the …

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Three-Dimensional Modeling And Simulation Of Manufacturing Processes For Transmuter Fuel Fabrication, Richard Arthur Silva Jan 2004

Three-Dimensional Modeling And Simulation Of Manufacturing Processes For Transmuter Fuel Fabrication, Richard Arthur Silva

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A proposed method of converting long-lived radionuclides contained within spent nuclear fuel into shorter-lived radionuclides is known as transmutation. The feasibility assessment of fuel manufacturing for transmutation is necessary for the overall success of the transmutation project. As part of that assessment, this paper reviews current methodologies for handling spent nuclear fuel and other highly radioactive material. While not exhaustive, the review encompassed facilities within the U.S. Department of Energy, international operations, as well as, work performed collegiately; The manufacturing of fuel for transmutation will certainly utilize automation and robotics. A simplified 3-D model of a fuel handling operation was …

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Evaluating The Airline Selection Behavior Of United States Domestic Travelers: An Empirical Study, Zhuo Wang Jan 2004

Evaluating The Airline Selection Behavior Of United States Domestic Travelers: An Empirical Study, Zhuo Wang

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The U.S. airline industry encountered unmet loss as a result of terrorist attacks and slacking domestic economy combined with fierce competition. The industry is exploring ways to reduce cost and generate revenue. However, it is important to better understand the selection behavior of their customers; This study ranked 32 airline selection attributes based on importance and the percentage of respondents considering the attributes when selecting an airline. This study explored significant relationships between the attributes rating and the groups segmented on the basis of demographical information and such traveling activities as frequency of travel. The author also attempted to discover …

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A System Model For Source Water Assessment In The Las Vegas Valley, Silvia Albuquerque Jan 2004

A System Model For Source Water Assessment In The Las Vegas Valley, Silvia Albuquerque

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The 1996 amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 created the Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) with an objective to evaluate potential sources of contamination to drinking water intakes. The development of a Source Water Assessment Plan for Las Vegas Valley surface water runoff into Lake Mead is important since it will guide future work on source water protection of the main source of water; Once the vulnerability of the intake was determined, a tool was developed to help with source water assessment, using the system dynamics model Stella. This model calculates the average vulnerability of the intake, …

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Metricizing' Non-Metric Craniofacial Traits: Application Of Three Dimensional Geometric Morphometric Analysis To Ancestral Identification, Summer Joy Decker Jan 2004

Metricizing' Non-Metric Craniofacial Traits: Application Of Three Dimensional Geometric Morphometric Analysis To Ancestral Identification, Summer Joy Decker

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Non-metric traits are commonly used by anthropologists to distinguish between groups for such things as age, sex, and even ancestry. However, many non-metric traits cannot be measured with traditional osteological tools. While these traditional methods are useful, they do not take individual variation into account. This thesis uses geometric morphometric coordinate data to 'metricize' such traits and to evaluate their accuracy of correctly assigning unknown individuals to statistically defined groups; A 3-D digitizer was used to collect data from 39 craniofacial landmarks to capture the form of several phenotypic facial characteristics. The sample consisted of individuals from four different geographic …

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Martyred Cars, Andrea Rose Gregovich Jan 2004

Martyred Cars, Andrea Rose Gregovich

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The seven story-like chapters of Martyred Cars explore the daily business and labor of a desert junk yard and its brushes with the supernatural. Each chapter takes the point of view of a different character in their own struggles with work, life, and the entities and elements that taunt them from beyond the boundaries of known science. The novel builds these layers of cosmology of archetypal universals, patterns that recur (whether it be in landscape or the pattern on a man's shirt), and a blurring of the boundary between the inanimate and animate, the spiritual and the mundane. Martyred Cars …

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Roaring Orchards, Dan Ionascu Jan 2004

Roaring Orchards, Dan Ionascu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The seeds of Roaring Orchards were planted during a spring drive to Williams College. In one of the outdoor malls spread along the roads that lead east from the northbound curl of the Taconic Parkway, there is on Sundays a small farmers' market. I stopped to get a carton of blueberries from the produce tent, and wandered to a table stacked with used books for sale. Most were illustrated biographies of baseball players and how-to books, but there were also a few dusty yellow paperbacks. I bought The Palm at the End of the Mind, Nostromo, and The Portable Chekov. …

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Ten Percent To Light A Desert Sky, James Cory Ness Jan 2004

Ten Percent To Light A Desert Sky, James Cory Ness

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Ten Percent to Light a Desert Sky is a collection of poems written during my four year residency in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection is tied together through prevailing themes of communication and a collage of the desert imagery scattered throughout the work. My many influences include W. S. Merwin, Federico Garcia Lorca, Lorine Niedecker, and Bob Dylan---as well as lessons learned through careful study with Aliki Barnstone, Claudia Keelan, Douglas Unger, Mark Irwin, and Megan Becker-Leckrone The thesis is organized in four sections: Mojave Lowlight attempts to define the collections physical vocabulary; yes.. dives into the thematic examination of …

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Peremptory Challenges To Jurors Based Upon Or Affecting Religion, John H. Mansfield Jan 2004

Peremptory Challenges To Jurors Based Upon Or Affecting Religion, John H. Mansfield

Seton Hall Law Review

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Guardians Ad Litem And The Cycle Of Domestic Violence: How The Recommendations Turn, Mary Grams Jan 2004

Guardians Ad Litem And The Cycle Of Domestic Violence: How The Recommendations Turn, Mary Grams

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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