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Geologic Controls of Base-Flow of Mountain Streams in Northern Nevada
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Quality of Life of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals in Northern Nevada
… deaf and hard of hearing individuals living in Northern Nevada. A model, that included four deafness-related factors (e.g. age of onset of hearing loss, mode of communication while growing up, type of high school attended and degree of hearing loss), four cultural competency styles (e.g. hearing …
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Examination of Transfusion Practice in Cancer Related Anemia in Northern Nevada, A Pilot Study
… cell transfusion in the largest hospital in northern Nevada. A representative sample was obtained with the inclusion criterion for this study including: Any patient admitted to the hospital between January 1-March 31, 2013 (defining the 'Pre' guideline group) as well as between October 1 and …
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Thallium Isotope Implications for the Metalliferous Source of Carlin-type Deposits in northern Nevada
The Carlin-type deposits of northern Nevada comprise a world-class accumulation of Au deposits with a characteristic geochemical signature of elevated Tl, As, Hg, and Sb. Three possible sources of Au in Carlin-type systems have been described, and include: (1) leaching of Au from pre-enriched …
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The Effect of Prescribed Burning on Soil Microbial Communities, Nutrients, and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes Under and Between Sagebrush Canopies in the Semi-Arid Rangelands of Northern Nevada
… burn was conducted at the University of Nevada Reno Experimental Station Gund Ranch. A greenhouse experiment was also conducted using burned and unburned soils collected from the experimental site to monitor cheatgrass invasion, the cultivation of cheatgrass, and squirreltail. We …
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Discerning Agronomic Best Management Practices for the Bioenergy Crop Camelina: A Focus on Water Requirements, Sowing Date and Method, and Nitrogen Application Rate in the Semiarid Environment of Northern Nevada
… application rate in the semiarid environment of Northern Nevada. A two-year study was performed at the University of Nevada, Reno Main Station Field Laboratory, and Reno, Nevada during the spring growing seasons of 2016 and 2017 ( for planting date and method, and nitrogen application rate), and …
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Rockin' the Comstock: Exploring the Unlikely and Underappreciated Role of a Mid-Nineteenth Century Northern Nevada Ghost Town (Virginia City) in the Development of the 1960s Psychedelic Esthetic and "San Francisco Sound"
Virginia City, Nevada, epitomized and continues to epitomize a liminal community -- existing on the very limen of the civilized and uncivilized, legitimate and illegitimate, parochial frontier and cosmopolitan metropolis. Throughout a 150-year history, its theaters attracted performers of national …
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Chinese Gaming in the Nineteenth-Century American West: An Ethnic and Cultural Reassessment.
… in understanding Chinese ethnic identity in Nevada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Utilizing archaeological material from four Northern Nevada sites (Lovelock Chinatown, Island Mountain, Yeong Wo Mercantile and 90 H Block), it can be determined whether or not Chinese …
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An Ye Harm None
… with Becky, an evangelical Christian new to Northern Nevada, and the two come to terms with each other's religion. Meanwhile, Kes, fresh from two borderline-abusive relationships, enters into a relationship with Dark, a fellow pagan respected in the community, who has childhood issues of his …
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Tobacco Availability Based on Socioeconomic Statuses in Relation to Chronic Disease Prevalence in Washoe County, Nevada
… cancers and chronic diseases. Using the Nevada Department of Taxation's cigarette retailers list, the U.S. Governments Census Data, and other databases, this study will explain the prevalence and distribution of tobacco products within a wide range of Northern Nevada strata through a GIS …
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Nurses' Perception of Diabetes: A Comparative Analysis
… surgical nursing unit at a large hospital in the Northern Nevada area. Critical care and medical/surgical nurse responses were compared to explore the impact of unit type on nurses' perceptions of diabetes. Nurses' value of training arose as an important predictor of their perceptions of diabetes …
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The Audacity of Happiness: The Good Life for People in Recovery from Opiate Addiction
… means to help-seekers and workers at an NGO in Northern Nevada that has served the community for more than two decades, which I will name Life. At Life, nurses, counselors, psychologists, medical doctors and former substance users work together towards the help-seekers' recovery from opiate …
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Effectiveness of Mandatory Online Supplemental Instruction in an Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology Course
… biology course at a community college in Northern Nevada. To accomplish this, the study focused on the dependent variable of course GPA, and the issuance rate of "D" or "F" letter grades and withdraws for students who enrolled in sections which used mandatory online supplemental …
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Instrumentation and Dynamic Characterization of the Galena Creek Bridge
… in 2012 as part of the I-580 freeway in Northern Nevada. The research in this report covers the instrumentation and in-field experiments conducted to characterize the dynamic properties of the structure in its baseline condition.A system of accelerometers was installed for this project in …
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A Factor Analysis of the Student School Uniform Survey
… eighth grade students at three middle schools in northern Nevada. The data were collected in each school at the conclusion of the first year of a mandatory school uniform policy. A factor analysis was conducted on 32 of the survey items which revealed 13 of the items contributed to three …
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Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… of breakfast by elementary school children in northern Nevada. Controlling for potential selection bias and unobserved individual fixed effects with a panel version of the Heckman sample selection model, it is shown that extra time allowed for breakfast leads to an approximately 20% increase in …
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Reading First Sustainability
… program in first, second, and third grade in a Northern Nevada urban school district elementary setting. A t-test compared 449 Reading First students' ELA mean Scale Scores from the Nevada CRT to a comparative group of 621 students who did not participate in the Reading First program. Two …
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Geologic setting, Mineralization, and Detailed Underground Mapping of the Fire Creek Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Nevada
… northwest of the town of Crescent Valley in the northern Shoshone Range in Lander County, Nevada produces high grade gold and silver ore from a series of north to northwest-striking high angle veins along the western margin of the Northern Nevada Rift (NNR). This shallow, low sulfidation …
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Petrography and Field Mapping of Eocene Intrusions and Adjacent Breccia Zones at the Scraper Springs Prospect, Elko County, Nevada
… prospect located in northwestern Elko, County, Nevada, approximately 8 miles northeast of the Midas district. Regionally, the property can be considered to be along trend with the northern-most projection of the Carlin trend, approximately 25 miles north of the Dee/Rossi area. The eastern limit …
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Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… groups in the Reno/Sparks metropolitan area in Northern Nevada. The results show that although PM2:5 has a positive impact on the number of out- patient admissions in most of the age groups, there is no evidence that shows any relationship between the pollen count and the number of in-patient or …
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