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La construcción y el papel de la identidad vasca en la literatura vasco americana
(2013)The last quarter of the twentieth century celebrated the advancement of multiculturalism in several scholarly fields. As Western criticism left behind its penchant for ethnocentric and binary opposition hermeneutics, so ... -
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La New Mujer: How Economic Factors Redefine Gender Roles for Latina Immigrants
(2010)This study posits that Latina immigrants who participate in the U.S. workforce are empowered to redefine traditional gender roles as they gain economic autonomy. The scholar focuses on how gender roles are changing with ... -
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La Vida Nueva: Detainees, Arkansans, And Libertad During the Cuban Refugee Crisis of 1980-1983
(2023)Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and the surrounding communities were at the center of racial discrimination throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The area also serves as a case study for the treatment of Cubans during the Mariel ... -
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Labor, Limits, and Liberty: A Study of Day Laborers at a Grassroots Collective in Southern California
(2018)AbstractDay laborers in the United States have increasingly become a source of labor in the informal economy due to the pressure for businesses to reduce labor costs (Gonzalez 2007; Ordóñez 2016; Valenzuela 2001). Day ... -
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Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Performance-Engineered Stress Relief Courses in Nevada
(2020)Asphalt Concrete (AC) overlay is one of the most common technique used by Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to maintain and repair aged and deteriorated flexible pavements in Nevada. A major challenge associated ... -
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Laboratory Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt Mixtures in South Dakota, USA
(2011)The implementation of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) is becoming more widespread with a growing number of contractors utilizing various WMA technologies. WMA processes were developed to reduce the mixing and compaction temperatures ... -
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Laboratory studies on cleaning of slags from copper smelters
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1984)The use of sulfide washing combined with carbothermic reduction as a technique for recovering As, Bi, Sb, and Cu from reverberatory furnace slag was examined. Samples of slag were melted under an argon inert atmosphere at ... -
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Laboratory Study of Electrical Discharges on Vapor Grown Ice Crystals Subjected to Strong Electric Fields
(2009)Thundercloud electric-field observations have consistently yielded peak values that are an order of magnitude weaker than the dielectric strength of air at relevant altitudes. Various discharge processes have been proposed ... -
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Lagrangian Stochastic Dispersion Modeling in the Atmospheric Surface Layer with an Embedded Strong Flow Perturbation
(2009)This thesis concerns the development of a modeling method to simulate the dispersion of dust in the atmospheric surface layer (ASL) with an embedded strong flow perturbation. In this study, the wake of a rotorcraft operating ... -
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Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII HENSHAWI): Population Genetics of an Endangered Species
(2014)Nevada’s state fish, the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Onocorhynchus clarkii henshawi), is an invaluable species to both the freshwater ecosystems where it occurs and the inhabitants of the state. Since they were first discovered ... -
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Lake Mead, Third Intake Structure
(2010)This project considers the Lake Mead third intake shaft. The third intake shaft was commissioned by the SNWA in order to provided continued access to clean water for the Las Vegas Valley in light of a recent trend in ... -
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Lakes and Groundwater of the Rieti Basin, Central Italy: Hydrochemistry, Paleolimnology, and Seismologic Influences
(2017)A combination of water and sediment core samples were recovered and analyzed to study the hydrochemistry and paleolimnology of two lakes in the Rieti Basin and adjacent groundwater springs. Chemical and stable isotopic ... -
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LAMININ AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
(2019)Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a group of devastating diseases that result in increasing degeneration of skeletal muscle. Two of the most common MDs are Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and LAMA2-related Congenital Muscular ... -
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Laminin-111 Protein Therapy for the Treatment of Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A
(2013)Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A (MDC1A) is a serious neuromuscular disease caused by a mutant LAMA2 gene. Loss of function of the LAMA2 gene leads to a deficiency of laminin-211/221, which are ... -
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Land Use and Settlement Patterns in the Central and Southern Sierra Nevada: A Comparative Study
(2020)This thesis compares the pre-contact settlement patterns of the Miwok and the Mono in the central and southern Sierra Nevada. Both groups occupied similar environments and relied on the same staple subsistence foods but ... -
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Land-atmosphere Exchange and Air Quality during Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer Events
(2019)Elevated air pollution concentrations have been observed under conditions with stable atmospheric boundary layers. The multiday stagnant meteorological conditions, especially the vertical structure of the atmospheric ... -
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Language and Discounting Behavior
(2014)Subjective devaluation of hypothetical outcomes is a widely used metric in the fields of behavioral economics and the experimental analysis of behavior to detect the presence of impulsive behavioral characteristics. While ... -
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Language And Literacy Skills of Adolescent University Students Enrolled in Developmental And Traditional College-Level Writing Courses
(2012)With the high rate of college enrollment, students can be expected to bring with them a wide range of academic skills. In 2010, the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) reported that 34% of recent Nevada high school ... -
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Language and Literacy Skills, Attitudes, and Motivation of At-Risk Adolescents
(2018)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the language/literacy skills of at-risk adolescents. In addition, this study aimed to know more about at-risk adolescents’ perceptions, attitudes, and motivation about ... -
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Language Barriers and Interpretation Methods in Physical Therapy: Best Practices Review and Nevada Survey
(2011)Language barriers in health care have been found to have negative impacts on quality of care provided to patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). The purpose of this study was fourfold: to review research on ...