If Shakespeare “invented the human,” a claim made rather spectacularly by the critic Harold Bloom in a 1998 book, then the six British poets who comprised what was to become known as the Romantic Period perfected the mode. Shakespeare, in Bloom’s term . . .

The N-word, a linguistic tool of racism, has been historically used, by primarily White Americans, to demean and degrade Black Americans, and since slavery ended it continues to be used in a derogatory manner by both Blacks and Whites in the present d . . .

Since the turn of the century, the U.S. has become proactive in addressing the obesity epidemic that affects more than two-thirds of the adult population and 17% of children between the ages of two and nineteen (U.S. Dept. of HHS, 2013). However, as p . . .

This thesis, entitled “The Politics of Cultural Trauma and Violence in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” asserts that transgenerational trauma takes place in the aftermath of the 1930-1961 reign of Dominican president Rafael Leonidas . . .

This thesis is an evaluability assessment of the Public Safety Realignment Program (AB109) and its potential effect on recidivism. It is anticipated that given the absence of specific language on recidivism reduction in the overall program that the ef . . .

As of May 2013, the Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) operates an Individual Development Account (IDA) program called Kern IDA in Bakersfield, California, alongside several partner organizations. Unfortunately, Kern IDA has suffered several . . .

Geochemical and geophysical proxy data from the TL05-4A lake plain cores of Tulare Lake, California extends the previously published record for this lake back to 19,000 cal yr B.P. The new Tulare Lake record principally consists of carbon/nitrogen rat . . .

With over 1,300 known species, the genus Megaselia Rondani is the largest phorid genus, largely the result of high cryptic diversity and a past tendency for researchers to lump species into the genus that defied convenient classification. For many of . . .

In an effort to reduce sexual offenses against minors, the community, political leaders and the media have pushed for new measures and laws. In the process, laws such as Jessica's Law and Megan's Law have been produced, funneling hundreds of millions . . .

Located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley of California, Kern County is comprised of over 8000 square miles of desert, mountains, foothills, river and creek bottoms, lakes marsh, and reclaimed land. During the time period of this study- th . . .

The Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) is a federally and state-listed endangered species, endemic to the San Joaquin Valley, Carrizo and Elkhorn Plains, and the Cuyama Valley. Populations of the endangered Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) hav . . .

The text offers a barren landscape and desolate setting, governed by a violent zealot. We are presented with characters whose minds we cannot penetrate and an unresolved ending, with our only potential hero dying off just like the rest of them, except . . .

Barnes’s works are steeped in overt grief and rage, and all of her longer works can be directly traced back to traumatic events in her life. Antiphon and Ryder both are vicious retellings of her early family life. Themes of incest, rape and stolen vir . . .

Critics have been known to connect Fitzgerald’s personal life with the characters and events in Gatsby. Once a reader does research on Fitzgerald’s life, obvious connections can be made such as the attitudes and names that some of his characters share . . .

University and college students today are reading and writing more than ever before, but in spite of this they often do not consider themselves successful writers. This is because the material they read and respond to is mostly electronic, is constant . . .

In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” does Chaucer merely retell the story popularly known as “The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell?” These two stories are essentially the same, except that Chaucer’s is more humorous. In order to argue against the claim . . .

In 1990, term limits on our nation's elected officials began with the State of Oklahoma, followed by California and Colorado later that year. In California it has been customary for members of the state legislature to serve at the pleasure of the peop . . .

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the largest incarcerator in the nation with the sole purpose of housing individuals that violate the law. CDCR is housing inmates at an unconstitutional rate, operating at 170% over . . .

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) is an investor-owned utility located in the State of California. SoCalGas is directed by the California Public Utilities Commission to promote energy efficiency via several utility managed programs. This prog . . .

Recommendation: There is not enough evidence to support the theory that unified school districts are better for students than districts that do not contain both primary and secondary grades. Increasing a school districts budget also does not in itself . . .

Depleted oil and gas reservoirs in the petroliferous San Joaquin Basin are attractive starting points for geologic carbon storage efforts in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California. An added benefit of such carbon storage is that, in addition to . . .

Non-native grass invasion is a major concern for land management and native plant conservation. In the southern San Joaquin Valley of California, human-disturbed environments that are heavily invaded by non-native grasses often contain some native ann . . .

Every Bakersfield Police Officer is required to pass a physical agility test prior to graduating the police academy. Like most police departments across the country, Bakersfield Police Officers are not required to pass a physical agility test for the . . .

The problem with the death penalty statute in California is the cost impact it has on taxpayers.The cost impact was one of the goals for Proposition 34 to address. If Proposition 34 would have passed, taxpayers could have saved about $1 billion every . . .

Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program that several law enforcement agencies have implemented, which focuses on educating and informing the community on how to discourage, deter, and prevent several different property crimes from occurring, . . .

Examination of fish skeletal remains from archaeological sites serves both archaeological and biological interests. For archaeologists, it can establish the role of fish consumption in a people’s diet, provide clues to their fishing technology and ove . . .

California's Three Strikes law was approved by many states in the beginning of the late 1970s, and is known as one of the most striking examples of the increase of mandatory sentencing policies. While supporters and opponents predicted that the law wo . . .

Music education has been the foundation of learning and advancement for many years. In recent years, music through public education has diminished significantly, almost into non-existence. The purpose of this program proposal is to outline the social . . .

Analyses of recently collected geochemical and petrophysical proxy data derived from 18.5 meters of core material obtained from the North Soda Lake of Carrizo Plain, California has allowed for the extension of the paleoclimate record for Carrizo Plai . . .

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory condition of the central nervous system that is generally considered to be autoimmune in nature. The cause of MS is unknown. MS affects 500,000 people in the United States and another 2 million people worldwi . . .

Clinica Sierra Vista created the Patient Navigator Program because a need was identified among the population they serve to improve the health care outcome for individuals with chronic diseases. The purpose of the study was to identify the level of pa . . .

Compared to the rest of the United States, California unequivocally has the largest prison system. This has come as a result of “tough on crime” polices implemented beginning in the 1970s. More specifically, the “Three Strikes Law” of 1993 was a major . . .

80% of California residents say they definitely or probably would like to talk to a doctor about end-of-life wishes, but only seven percent have done so. More than half of all Californian’s say they have not communicated their end-of-life wishes to a . . .

Awareness of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) among individuals within the field of Early Childhood Development was assessed using an online survey. Respondents, 134 in all, affiliated with the Child Development or Early Education Departments at City . . .

The purpose of this study is to understand the perceptions and attitudes towards the high risk of diabetes among Asian Indians. The research questions to guide this study are: (a) What do you know about diabetes? (b) How do your beliefs and values aff . . .

The purpose of this project was to create a survey tool for the California State University, Bakersfield Athletics Student-Athlete Alumni. The survey tool was designed to assist with gathering information and identifying potential donors. In 2005, Pre . . .

The purpose of this project is to determine the amount of knowledge that high school coaches and college athletes have of steroid use among high school athletes. There has been a problem with athletes using steroids, especially professionals. High sch . . .

The Coso Volcanic Field in California contains at least 38 high-silica rhyolite domes, many of which contain workable obsidian (Bacon and Duffield, 1981). The area was quarried by the indigenous population for over 12,000 years (Gilreath and Hildebran . . .

The Middle to Late Eocene Point of Rocks Sandstone serves as an important petroleum reservoir in at least a dozen fields on the west side of the San Joaquin basin. The Point of Rocks Sandstone in the McKittrick oil field consists of moderately sorted, . . .

Ecological interactions can vary in strength depending on environmental conditions. The outcomes of these interactions are often dependent on the abiotic environment, but can also depend on the presence of other biotic species, including mutualists, . . .

The purpose of this study was to learn about the barriers to understand the challenges faced by Sikh women to control hypertension in their families. To accomplish the purpose this study was guided by the following research questions: (a) How do Sikh . . .

The purpose of this study is to learn about the cultural factors and health issues faced by older Sikh immigrants in Bakersfield. In order to achieve this purpose; my research will focus on questions like: How do older Sikh immigrants learn about heal . . .

The purpose of this study is to explore and analyze the previous research on what young people with MS need regarding long-term care in order to come up with the best practices for long-term care facilities in California. This way, young patients can . . .

The primary concern of this study was to examine and improve the King Abdullah Scholarship Program (KASP) to maximize the anticipated benefits. Furthermore, it was hoped the government of Saudi Arabia hopes that the Kingdom would benefit since they sp . . .

Ensuring the adequate care and treatment of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) has been a nationwide goal for the better part of the last century. California’s current system of care for these children provides many valuable services, but . . .

Studying the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Saudi women is important, as it will reflect the impact of psychosocial, cultural, and religious role on health behaviors. The lack of studies on trends in the use of CAM, types of CA . . .

National health insurance is health insurance that insures a national population for the costs of healthcare that is usually enforced by law. The Nigeria National Health Insurance Scheme is a law set up under Act 35 of 1999 and was established in 2005 . . .

The right to bear arms has become a state-controlled issue by which every state has different laws that pertain to firearms. While right to carry laws vary, some argue that such laws result in lower crime rate while others argue the opposite. This stu . . .

The healing power of prayer has been studied thought-out the world. The origin of prayer can essentially be found in a request or act that seeks to connect and communicate with a deity or deities. This study focused on the healthcare perceptions of th . . .

Career academies were founded over 30 years ago in California, and the primary purpose was to let students transition successfully towards higher education and employment. They serve about 150 to 200 students from high-school each year. They are organ . . .

Transporting water efficiently is one of the chief functions of plant vascular systems. Highly efficient transport is generally beneficial; however, tradeoffs arise because vascular systems have multiple functional roles that interact with one another . . .

The 2001 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is a federal mandate that is intended to help disadvantaged students by setting high standards and establishing measurable goals that can improve individual outcomes in education by closing achievement gaps by . . .

This thesis paper explores the current federal laws that aim to reduce methamphetamine manufacturing and consumption and the current federal drug policies in the United States. Methamphetamine’s unique effect on the human brain, long lasting side effe . . .

The focus of this study is aimed toward the healthcare systems of the United States and Greece. The paper will compare the similarities and differences relating to the state of health for citizens in these countries. The structure, behavior, and inter . . .

This article seeks to evaluate the states’ capacity to create environmental regulation that does not give in to the major pitfalls associated with environmental new federalism. The emergence of environmental new federalism as the federal government’s . . .

The desire to help others is an essential part of an individual’s motivation to give; this desire is timeless. This consistency cannot be said about other aspects of fundraising. Social media has been game changing; it has affected how gifts are made . . .

The expansion of the Internet and change in Government acquisition policy gave rise to the use of online reverse auctions in the federal acquisition system. The purpose was to increase flexibility and implement new sourcing and acquisition strategies . . .

The transition from the 19th century to the 21st century has brought an increase in the crime of sex trafficking of foreign females into the United States. Traffickers forcefully engage these females into prostitution with the purpose of making a fina . . .

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of the TIL program based on job attainment of graduate students, with an emphasis on the career education section of the program with the use of the ADA and how it has facilitated their transition into indepe . . .

The issue related to young undocumented students has captured the attention of scholars, politicians and general public. The Development, Relief, Education for Alien Minor Act (DREAM Act) has been proposed various times and has failed to become a law. . . .

This report proposes to increase prevention of childhood onset obesity (COO) through a 41-week afterschool social work lifestyle intervention program teaching nutrition, cooking, and healthy eating habits to middle school students and their families. . . .

Step Up is an anti-gang prevention program that several agencies and communities have implemented, which focuses on education and informing community on how to discourage, deter, and prevent at risk youth in joining gangs. As of 2014, Step Up has impl . . .

Yemeni-American females (Yemeniat) in Kern County face many barriers that prevent and limit their educational aspirations. These barriers, when educational opportunities present themselves, limit what school they can go to, what area they can study, h . . .

For years, the health conditions of adolescents in juvenile facilities have caused an ongoing stir due to the conditions, cost, and problems created behind it. Most notably, this is seen for the females being held inside the juvenile detention center . . .

Volunteering is a dynamic force in the management of a nonprofit organization. In order for a nonprofit organization to run effectively the management of volunteers is important. Nonprofit organizations play a large part in the structuring of the comm . . .

The purpose of this policy analysis is to defined to my readers how truancy is define statewide; and explain school districts’ truancy polices in a variety of States; and compare Panama Buena Vista and Bakersfield City Schools truancy rates. Also expl . . .

The Kern County School Threat Assessment Taskforce (KCSTAT) was formed to establish partnerships, review current policies, procedures, for site security and threat assessments to identify resources and introduce key personnel to protect, detour and mi . . .

The literature and drama of the long eighteenth century is overpopulated with nuns, and they are all transgressors of patriarchal society in one way or another. These nuns are all vow-breakers, fornicators, and fallen women; whether they were ruined a . . .

Although significantly lower than the state average, Delano High School administration seeks to eliminate the dropout rate by developing an intervention program that motivates at-risk students to want to succeed in the class room and in life. Many neg . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the implementation of video modeling to teach a group of children with moderate and severe disabilities the self-help and functional skill procedure for getting lunch in the cafeteria, and t . . .

A clear gap exists in the availability of quantitative data regarding characteristics for determining the likelihood that individuals will self-identify as allies to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Many studies have provi . . .

In this study, eleven Evangelical Christian pastors participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews regarding the occurrence of dishonesty within the Senior Pastor-Associate pastor relationship that exists in the local church congregation. The res . . .

Facebook is the biggest social network site with 1.23 billion monthly users as of 2013. It has generated much attention from users because of its connection qualities, causing large online networks to emerge. These online networks, however, are differ . . .

In the play of Othello, Shakespeare perfectly explores the issue of racial tension that existed in the Elizabethan era. Othello, a loyal soldier and the protagonist of the play, appears as an outsider in Venice because of his dark skin; he is repeated . . .

Welding is the plastic deformation of pyroclastic material in response to high post-emplacement temperatures, load stresses, and to a lesser extent, retained volatile content. There are few field studies pertaining to the use of physical properties in . . .

In this study, I examine the relationship between parental marital status and social exclusion among parents. Existing literature identifies parental marital status as an influential factor to socioeconomic status, but does not identify whether or not . . .

This paper is dedicated to improving the classroom experience of students enrolled in writing courses one level below university level composition. Everyone's goal is persistence and completion. The question this paper seeks to answer is, what do inst . . .

Melancholy, enigmatic, haunting, spectral. These are words often used to describe W.G. Sebald’s prose style. Critics and lay readers who find themselves enmeshed in Sebald’s enchanting, dark web of words sometimes find his work difficult to categorize . . .

Although the evidence suggests that bison were consistently taken by aboriginal hunters on the eastern Snake River Plain throughout the Holocene, quantitative faunal analyses indicate that bison were taken in modest numbers. However, Owl Cave is an ex . . .

With the ever-present demand the new Common Core State Standards are placing on various educational stakeholders, the instructional community is seeking pedagogical strategies to utilize in their classrooms. Strategies applied by the AVID program (Adv . . .

The purpose of this study is to compare the genetic distances of Mimetus hesperus and Theridion neomexicanum within and between the San Joaquin Valley and Mojave Valley regions. To my best knowledge this is the first genetic study of M. hesperus. Moun . . .

Shallower/deeper lake levels at Summer Lake, OR, coincide with colder/warmer air temperatures at millennial time scales throughout the northern hemisphere between the end of Heinrich Event 4 (~38 ka) and the end of the intensity low associated with th . . .

In the United States there are over 500,000 children in foster care. The state of California ranks among the highest in the nation with approximately 100,000 foster children --children of all ages, backgrounds and varying needs that have been removed . . .

Proposition 36 (2000 General Election) was passed by California voters on November 7, 2000. The proposition is also known as the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (SACPA). The significance of the Act is to save the tax payer’s dollars b . . .

The Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta or Delta is 700,000 acres of pure magic. It is versatile and serves multiple purposes. The Delta has been the heart of the California water system since its inception. Over time, the Delta has suffered from ove . . .

This Applied Research Study identifies complex regulation as one of the key factors in the recent trend for businesses to relocate outside of California. Since the field of regulation is exceptionally intricate, the study focuses on environmental-rela . . .

In October 1999, California Governor Gray Davis signed into law Assembly Bill 537. The law amends the California Education Code and mandates prohibiting discrimination against students and staff on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, ap . . .

Parental Involvement in student education has been studied by scholars for many years, focusing on key features, such as, race and ethnicity and socioeconomic status, that have been found to affect parents participation in their child’s education, the . . .

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) of carbon dioxide (CO2) from high emission point-source sites such as power plants is one strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mobilize residual hydrocarbon in reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery. Thi . . .

Two competing hypotheses suggest different directions of fluvial transport during deposition of the late Miocene Kern River Formation. The first proposes that the Kern River Formation was deposited by west-flowing channels of the Kern River and the se . . .

Depleting oil and gas fields are ideal storage sites for atmospheric carbon dioxide because of their large capacities and proven ability to retain fluids for millions of years. In addition, the CO2, when injected at depths greater than 3000 feet, can . . .

The Blainville's Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) is endemic to California and ranges from northern California (Butte County), to the northwestern tip of Baja California in the southern part of its range, west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and . . .

The street gang problem in Kern County most certainly affects all residents; making criminal street gang activity a public problem. In Bakersfield, the statistics show that gang related gun violence is burdening society with devastating social and fi . . .

Several policymakers and economists believe that California’s corporate tax is in need of reform. To assist policymakers, specific policy measures are addressed in this research that should be included in its reform. In designing and evaluating potent . . .

Successful reentry is essential to our country, as the economic and societal costs of high incarceration and recidivism rates are significant. Though a large body of research examines the topics of recidivism and prisoner reentry, less research focuse . . .

The Vedder Formation (Oligocene) and Eocene sands at the Greeley oil field consist of arkosic to subarkosic arenites and graywackes. Grain size ranges from fine to coarse sand and the sands vary from poorly to well sorted. Burial depths of the Vedder . . .

The purpose of this project was to research all of the community agencies in Bakersfield and Antelope Valley and create an agency guide. The guide will contain agency contact information, a description of the agency, the resources the agency provides, . . .

The rising cost of living among the majority of industrialized nations across the world requires the majority of the parents to return to work while the children are young. According to a report published by the Organization of Economic Cooperation an . . .

There are over 8 million people who are living in poverty in California. Policy makers have struggled to comprehend why the poverty rate has been increasingly high in recent years and how to reverse this negative cycle. There are current anti-poverty . . .

Cyber bullying is a dangerous phenomenon that is increasing along with the new appearance of digital media. Our government has made several attempts to prevent all forms of harassment or bullying during some decades. Several states, including Californ . . .