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Understanding The Role Of Predicted Outcome Value In The Negotiation Of Condom Use, Shawna Gwynne Harris Jan 2005

Understanding The Role Of Predicted Outcome Value In The Negotiation Of Condom Use, Shawna Gwynne Harris

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study is a quantitative analysis of influences on college students' willingness to persist with a request to use a condom. The participants consist of 129 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory and upper division courses at a large, southwestern university. The research design is a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial: prediction of cooperation (yes, no), prediction of future relationship (long-term, one-night stand), and gender (male, female). Four different instruments, each with a different hypothetical scenario manipulating the relationship status and cooperation independent variables, were randomly distributed to all participating students with request persistence and message directness as the dependent …

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Identifying Low-Carb Dieter's Characteristics And Their Diet Practices During Business Travels, So Jung Lee Jan 2005

Identifying Low-Carb Dieter's Characteristics And Their Diet Practices During Business Travels, So Jung Lee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The low carbohydrate diet phenomenon has recently evolved to such an extent that there is now extensive consumer demand for carbohydrate conscious dining options. The power of the recent movement is impacting all facets of the hospitality industry including restaurants, hotels, airlines and conventions. The purpose of this study is to identify business travelers' low carbohydrate diet practices and to understand their experiences with low-carbohydrate menus during business trips; This research identified low-carb dieters' characteristics and their diet practices during business trips. Results indicated that, compared to other dieters, low-carb dieters are older, more likely to be overweight or obese, …

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Justifying The Plaintiff's Receipt Of Punitive Damages, Marlisa Moschella Jan 2005

Justifying The Plaintiff's Receipt Of Punitive Damages, Marlisa Moschella

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis addresses the punitive damages reform issue of whether or not the plaintiff should receive the award. Reformers argue the purposes of punitive damages would be better served with other distribution options; and prioritized societal gains, above the gains of the plaintiff. The various purposes of punitive damages show that receipt by the plaintiff is in accordance with original intentions of punitive damages and serves justice. The historical and modern purposes of punitive damages such as vengeance satisfaction, redeeming honor, repairing insult, and supporting 'private attorneys general,' are maintained by the plaintiff receiving damages. These purposes provide an important …

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Design And Control Of A Smart Fin Using Piezoelectric Actuators, Surya Kiran Parimi Jan 2005

Design And Control Of A Smart Fin Using Piezoelectric Actuators, Surya Kiran Parimi

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this research work is to design and implement control algorithms for smart fin of a projectile, which is currently under development in the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The smart fin is used to maneuver small aerial vehicles by controlling the rotation angle of the fin. The fin is activated by a composite laminated plate that has two active piezoelectric layers. The prototype of the smart fin is assembled using Macro Fiber Composite (MFC actuator model M8557, Smart Material Co); Control algorithms for rotating the fin when subject to external aerodynamic forces are proposed. These controllers use a …

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Effect Of A High Protein Diet On Glucose Tolerance In Rats, Roxanne Mary Sanchez Jan 2005

Effect Of A High Protein Diet On Glucose Tolerance In Rats, Roxanne Mary Sanchez

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a high protein diet on glucose tolerance in the rat model. Nine Sprague Dawley rats received a high protein diet (65% protein, 35% fat) and eight rats consumed a standard chow diet over the course of eight weeks. An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed at the end of the third and the seventh week to measure blood glucose and plasma insulin concentrations. The diet did not effect glucose tolerance in the first OGTT (t = 1.2095, p = .1226) or the second OGTT (t = -.9855, p …

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Immobilization Of Fission Iodine By Reaction With Fullerene Containing Carbon Compounds Or Insoluble Natural Organic Matter, Gregory Tye Schmett Jan 2005

Immobilization Of Fission Iodine By Reaction With Fullerene Containing Carbon Compounds Or Insoluble Natural Organic Matter, Gregory Tye Schmett

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Since the start of the nuclear age, weapons testing and commercial nuclear power plants have been producing radioactive iodine-129 as a fission by-product. Iodine-131 has a half-life of 8 days and is generally not deemed a serious storage problem. Iodine-129 has a half-life of sixteen million years and decays by Beta emission; The Department of Energy (DOE) has determined there are three major contributors to public radiation dose as a consequence of radionuclides releases. The three isotopes of major concern for the DOE are iodine-129, technetium-99 and neptunium-237 (129I, 99Tc, 237Np). DOE has a research and development program called the …

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Development Of An Instrument Designed To Measure Student Perception Of School Connectedness, Nicole Jennifer Smith Jan 2005

Development Of An Instrument Designed To Measure Student Perception Of School Connectedness, Nicole Jennifer Smith

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to design and validate an instrument to measure student perception of school connectedness. The intended use for this instrument was to evaluate school-based health interventions such as "Planned Approach to Healthier Schools" (PATHS; Lounsbery, Gast, & Smith, 2005), and to potentially examine other important correlates of student perception of school connectedness, such as attendance in school, referral rates, as well as school drop out and graduation. The development of the instrument included a series of steps which comprised (a) identification of a purpose, (b) specification of an underlying theory, (c) item development, (d) content …

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The Role Of Applied Potentials On Cracking Of Zircaloy-2, Unnikrishnan Valliyil Jan 2005

The Role Of Applied Potentials On Cracking Of Zircaloy-2, Unnikrishnan Valliyil

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Consistent with the earlier observation, this investigation revealed that Zircaloy-2 (Zr-2) may exhibit enhanced ductility at elevated temperature when tested under the combined effect of applied stress and an acidic environment. Since the cracking susceptibility of Zr-2 may be influenced by applied potentials, SCC tests were performed in a similar environment under cathodic and anodic controlled potentials (Econt). While the effect of cathodic Econt was insignificant, Zr-2 exhibited enhanced cracking susceptibility when tested under an anodic Econt. The localized corrosion study using cyclic polarization indicates that the critical potentials became more active with increasing temperature. Secondary cracks were noted in …

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Business Failure Prediction For Korean Lodging Firms Using Multiple Discriminant Analysis And Logit Analysis, Hyewon Youn Jan 2005

Business Failure Prediction For Korean Lodging Firms Using Multiple Discriminant Analysis And Logit Analysis, Hyewon Youn

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study makes an attempt to develop business failure prediction models for lodging firms located in South Korea using multi-variate analyses. These multi-variate analyses include Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA) and logit analysis. This study looked at the financial statements from a total of 154 firms to develop the prediction models, and used 11 different financial ratios from liquidity, solvency, leverage, and efficiency categories as classifying variables. The descriptive statistics of the 11 ratios for the failed and non-failed groups indicated that non-failed hospitality firms were significantly better than failed hospitality firms in terms of liquidity, leverage, and solvency, demonstrating the …

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Effects Of Attentional Focus On Kinematics And Muscle Activation Patterns As A Function Of Expertise, Tiffany L Zachry Jan 2005

Effects Of Attentional Focus On Kinematics And Muscle Activation Patterns As A Function Of Expertise, Tiffany L Zachry

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

It has been demonstrated that for motor tasks, an external focus of attention can yield better results than an internal focus of attention. To be more specific, focusing on the effect of the movements seems to be more beneficial to performance and learning than focusing on the movements themselves (for a review, see Wulf & Prinz, 2001). To explain this phenomenon, Wulf, McNevin, and Shea (2001) proposed that an internal focus of attention is less effective because concentrating on the movements interferes with the motor system's attempt to naturally self-organize, the "constrained-action hypothesis." The purpose of this study was to …

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Thermal Comfort In Office Buildings, Lalith Sandeep Annavarapu Jan 2005

Thermal Comfort In Office Buildings, Lalith Sandeep Annavarapu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Department of Energy (DOE), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and other government agencies and professional associations which are interested in to the building industry have initiated policies and developed methods to reduce energy consumption in buildings. Policies and methods designed to reduce energy usage in buildings have had significant impacts on building performance characteristics and indoor air quality and environmental conditions. These include ventilation and space conditioning, temperature and humidity control, acoustics, occupant perception, worker productivity, and other related factors. An integrated protocol consisting of appropriate engineering measurements and related occupant surveys is developed …

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Flesh And Stone: A Wanderer's Mosaic, Tamaria L Anderson Jan 2005

Flesh And Stone: A Wanderer's Mosaic, Tamaria L Anderson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

There are places in the world that never seem to leave the news, and yet for all we hear of them, we really know very little. The West Bank is one of these, its truths and realities obscured by the blinding flash of news cameras and political manipulation. It remains near the front of our consciousness in part because of its constant unrest, but also due to its role as nexus for three main world religions; This work grew out of an impulse to describe and explain the experience of living as a foreigner on the West Bank. Taking the …

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Performance Analysis Of Error Detection And Correction Code For Wireless Sensor Networks, Gopinath Balakrishnan Jan 2005

Performance Analysis Of Error Detection And Correction Code For Wireless Sensor Networks, Gopinath Balakrishnan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Recent advances in wireless communications and electronics have enabled the development of low-cost, low-power, self-organizational, multifunctional wireless sensor networks. Wireless sensor networks can be applied to a wide range of application areas including heath, military and homeland security, environment, industry and commercial, and home. A typical wireless sensor network consists of one or more sink nodes and a large number of sensor nodes scattered in a sensor field. Each of these sensor nodes is capable to collect the data and relay the data back to the sink through a multi-hop architecture. The key challenge in sensor networks is to overcome …

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Exploration Of Caregiver Satisfaction In Child Maltreatment, Alisha Marie Carpenter Jan 2005

Exploration Of Caregiver Satisfaction In Child Maltreatment, Alisha Marie Carpenter

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The importance of, and need for, a psychometrically validated instrument measuring caregiver satisfaction is delineated. More specifically, the need to assess caregiver satisfaction in a specific caregiver-child relationship within child maltreatment populations is addressed. The current study demonstrates the psychometric properties of the Caregiver Satisfaction with Maltreated Child Scale (CSMCS) within a child maltreating population. The role of caregiver-child relationship satisfaction within child maltreatment is also explored and the need to examine caregiver satisfaction with a child maltreatment population is supported. Caregiver satisfaction, as measured by the CSMCS, along with other variables evidenced to contribute to maltreatment (e.g., depression and …

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Criminogenic Needs And Treatment Considerations For Inmates With Dual Diagnoses, Jennee Evans Dickens Jan 2005

Criminogenic Needs And Treatment Considerations For Inmates With Dual Diagnoses, Jennee Evans Dickens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Individuals with both a mental illness and substance use disorder (i.e., dual diagnoses) are over represented and underserved in state prisons. Without treatment, inmates with dual diagnoses (DD) are at an increased risk for a variety of negative outcomes, including re-incarceration. Unfortunately, few prison-based treatment programs are designed to meet the special needs of these inmates, and none are empirically supported. Various researchers have stressed the importance of incorporating criminogenic needs into treatment programs to reduce recidivism. The criminogenic needs of inmates with DD have gone largely unstudied. Utilizing a bottom-up approach, the present study offered a first look at …

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Experimental And Finite Element Studies Of Shock Transmission Through Jointed Hat Sections, Karthik Doppala Jan 2005

Experimental And Finite Element Studies Of Shock Transmission Through Jointed Hat Sections, Karthik Doppala

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Shock transfer performance of joints has substantial influence on the dynamics of assembled structures as they induce a large amount of damping into the structure. Study of shock transmission through the various jointed (both mechanical and adhesive) components of the combat vehicle is of particular interest to the army. The principal objective of this work is to develop solutions that enable ARL to generate improved physics-based shock models for lightweight combat vehicles focusing mainly on shock transmission across structural joints. Shock transmission through two identical simple hat sections joined together with different joint configurations like adhesive bonding and bolted joints …

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A Problem-Definition Approach To Stakeholder Interests: A Case Study Of The Zion Lodge Landscape, Zion National Park, Utah, Susan Bahnick Jones Jan 2005

A Problem-Definition Approach To Stakeholder Interests: A Case Study Of The Zion Lodge Landscape, Zion National Park, Utah, Susan Bahnick Jones

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Environmental decision making seems predisposed to conflict and impasses because it involves complex technical issues and attracts multiple stakeholders. Overcoming an impasse requires a look beyond entrenched positions to identify, clarify, and communicate stakeholders' underlying interests. Problem-definition theory offers one way to clarify those interests. It integrates stakeholder perspectives on problem causes, evidence, harms to affected populations, and solutions; This study proposed an analytic framework for clarifying stakeholders' interests and tested it at Zion National Park. Stakeholders participated in semi-structured research interviews about their ideas for creating a sustainable landscape for the Zion Lodge area. The proposed framework helped stakeholders' …

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Estimation Of Pedestrian Trip Generation Rates In Urban Areas, Pankaj Maheshwari Jan 2005

Estimation Of Pedestrian Trip Generation Rates In Urban Areas, Pankaj Maheshwari

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study investigates factors that can be used to quantify average hourly pedestrian trips in urban areas and hence help in estimating pedestrian trips. Various models are developed for morning period, early and late evening periods, and an overall average hourly model was also developed depending on the type of the facilities near the high pedestrian activity locations. General linear regression modeling and other statistical methods are used to identify the significant factors. The best subset regression is used to model four different hourly pedestrian volumes and the F-test is used to support the analysis. The model is validated and …

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The Last Quiet Place: Pipe Spring And The Latter-Day Saints, 1870--1923, Stephen E Nepa Jan 2005

The Last Quiet Place: Pipe Spring And The Latter-Day Saints, 1870--1923, Stephen E Nepa

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

"The Last Quiet Place: Pipe Spring and the Latter-day Saints, 1870-1923" was the telling of the role of the Mormons in the settling and development of the Arizona Strip. Pipe Spring, before its acquisition by the National Park Service in 1923, was used by the LDS church as a cattle ranch, defensive installation, polygamous refuge, and telegraph station. Between the years of 1870, when construction of the fort began, and 1923, when the fort became a national monument, there existed a fascinating convergence of cultures and ideals that defined as a whole the dynamics of the American West; The body …

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Analysis Of Fatty Acids In Soil And Sediments, Deepika P Panawennage Jan 2005

Analysis Of Fatty Acids In Soil And Sediments, Deepika P Panawennage

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Fatty acids are one of the most important classes of naturally occurring organic compounds. Various organisms have distinctive fatty acid profiles. Therefore analyzing fatty acids present in soil and sediments can provide important information on sources of origin of the organic matter; Analysis of fatty acids by gas chromatography requires derivatization to produce a derivative volatile enough for gas chromatography followed by mass spectrometric (GC/MS) analysis. In this work conventional acid catalyzed derivatization methods and tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) chemopyrolysis methods were examined and compared. Results obtained for Lake Mead sediments show the variation of fatty acids profile with depth, which …

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Charm City, Victoria Elizabeth Plasse Jan 2005

Charm City, Victoria Elizabeth Plasse

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Charm City is under construction. It is a space occupied with mutability, free will and perception through physical evidence. This is the ephemeral renovation project of the individual. It is a poetic city trying to articulate what it is to have the rhythms of history and new philosophy manifest into the real. Motion is central to the city and central to the empty space the city has yet to define or occupy. Could Charm City exist outside of America---yes---but the words and sounds would be different. Central to America is motion and central to motion is a guttural voice: an …

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Conceptual Modeling And Analysis Of A Solar Receiver For Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation, Derek Satoru Taguchi Jan 2005

Conceptual Modeling And Analysis Of A Solar Receiver For Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation, Derek Satoru Taguchi

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Hydrogen has the potential to revolutionize the way we live our everyday lives in the near future. With the global demand for oil increasing and pumping capabilities running at, or almost at full capacity, the world will eventually have to turn to alternative energy sources to satisfy the need for fuel in the near future; The processes involved in designing a system capable of hydrogen production include many different components. For the generation of hydrogen through a solar process, one of these components is the design and analysis of the solar receiver. The solar receiver is the component of the …

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Attitudes, Knowledge, And Intentions Related To Breastfeeding Among Women And Men, Sonia Elizabeth Anne Marrone Jan 2005

Attitudes, Knowledge, And Intentions Related To Breastfeeding Among Women And Men, Sonia Elizabeth Anne Marrone

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Population Ecology Of White-Tailed Deer In The Drift Prairie-Coteau Of North Dakota, Jason R. Smith Jan 2005

Population Ecology Of White-Tailed Deer In The Drift Prairie-Coteau Of North Dakota, Jason R. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Planning For Cultural/Heritage Tourism For East Grand Forks, Minnesota, Sharon M. Grzeskowiak Jan 2005

Planning For Cultural/Heritage Tourism For East Grand Forks, Minnesota, Sharon M. Grzeskowiak

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Nurse Practitioners : A Call For Implimentation In Manitoba, Celina M. Denechezhe Jan 2005

Nurse Practitioners : A Call For Implimentation In Manitoba, Celina M. Denechezhe

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Avian And Vegetative Diversity Of Restored And Natural Basin Wetlands In East Central North Dakota, Blane A. Klemek Jan 2005

Avian And Vegetative Diversity Of Restored And Natural Basin Wetlands In East Central North Dakota, Blane A. Klemek

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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A Community Besieged : A Comparison Of Local And National Television Coverage During The Red River Flood Of 1997, Aaron D. Quanbeck Jan 2005

A Community Besieged : A Comparison Of Local And National Television Coverage During The Red River Flood Of 1997, Aaron D. Quanbeck

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Discover Mojave Outdoor World: Open House, Public Lands Institute Jan 2005

Discover Mojave Outdoor World: Open House, Public Lands Institute

Presentations (DM)

Increase the connection of urban youth to the natural world and our public lands through discovery, recreation, and education.

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Unlv Magazine, Lori Bachand, Regina Barcolas, Barbara Cloud, Holly Ivy De Vore, Gian Galassi, Cayrn Key, Jennifer Robison, Gillian Silver, Jason Vaughan, John F. Gallagher, Cate Weeks, Diane Russell Jan 2005

Unlv Magazine, Lori Bachand, Regina Barcolas, Barbara Cloud, Holly Ivy De Vore, Gian Galassi, Cayrn Key, Jennifer Robison, Gillian Silver, Jason Vaughan, John F. Gallagher, Cate Weeks, Diane Russell

UNLV Magazine

No abstract provided.

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