The Bakersfield Association of REALTORS® has experienced challenges in recent years with the current method of communicating information to members about events and dues billing assessments. This problem has led to lower attendance at Association even . . .

The region occupied by the Chumash of south-central California were divided into sub-groups who occupied different territories and spoke separate, but related languages. The Cuyama sub-group occupied the Cuyama Valley and the surrounding hills and mou . . .

California had to make changes. With an economic downturn and the Supreme Court poised to order our overcrowded prisons to reduce population, Governor Brown signed into law AB 109. It was enacted in April of 2011 and went into effect October 1, 2011. . . .

In response to United States Supreme Court ordered to reduce the population in its seriously overcrowded prisons. California as October 1, 2011 began implementing Realignment Act Assembly Bill 109. The projected plan shifts the responsibility for non- . . .

In 2003, the red light photo enforcement system was implemented in Bakersfield under the supervision of the Bakersfield Police Department, thereby enacting a system to deter red light running and the subsequent intersection collisions. Although the sy . . .

Student government organizations within higher education systems serve as the official voice for students attending any designated institution. Student government organizations are put in place for the purpose of representing higher education institut . . .

Kern County public high school student-athletes are an underdeveloped population in California. They need an efficient transition process that is concentrated on gaining access to postsecondary education opportunities through sports participations. Th . . .

The purpose of this research study was to assess and provide recommendations for improving the grievance tracking process for a major health care hospital system. Current problems with the system included manual input of grievances by different users, . . .

The purpose of this research study is to examine the factors behind the low rates among Latinos in postsecondary education in California in comparison to other ethnic groups. Some of the findings indicate that this gap exists because of problems with . . .

This culminating project focuses on program evaluation by looking at pharmacy drive-through efficiency. The study was non-experimental and used both qualitative and quantitative data. Context analysis and regression analysis were used to analyze the g . . .

One of the biggest problems facing incoming freshmen in American colleges today is lack of preparation in appropriate reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. These abilities are necessary for success not only in college but also in the profess . . .

Background: In 2013, there were a total of82 children that had a recurrence of maltreatment within 6 months in the county of Tulare. The goal of Tulare County CWS is to reduce and prevent recurrence of maltreatment. Tulare County Child Welfare Service . . .

The California Assembly Bill 109 Program Evaluation Thesis evaluated the overall effectiveness of the Public Safety Realignment Act. It noted the key objectives the legislation attempts to accomplish. The California Department of Corrections and Rehab . . .

Arvin is mainly composed of a migrant farm labor Spanish-speaking community. These community members make up parents of Arvin’s youth and they are the key to keeping the youth gang and crime free. By teaching these parents a focused gang prevention an . . .

In this study, information regarding the demographics, geography, and economy of Saudi Arabia is discussed to give overall background information about Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian healthcare system and structure is discussed in more detail includi . . .

The healthcare system in El Salvador is perceived as a fundamental human right that falls under the responsibility of the government. Based on this principle, the government of El Salvador promotes a public healthcare model that provides not only heal . . .

The Integrated Health Care Organization referenced in this paper has a service unit known as the Patient Representatives. The role was created as part of strategic planning to improve the overall service level provided throughout the organization. Pat . . .

Compared to the United States, little or nothing is known about prenatal care and childbearing globally. The United States has its own health care system standards when it comes to prenatal care and delivery. What is known about the process of prenata . . .

Ensuring the adequate care and treatment of mothers and their newborns has been a nationwide goal for the better part of the last five years. Specifically the reduction in early elective deliveries throughout the U.S. and Dignity Health’s current syst . . .

New employee orientation programs have shown to socialize newcomers to the company, in addition to increasing their knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is considered to be an essential part of an employee’s development (Acevedo & Yancey, 2011). Accor . . .

The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of job related stress and organizational stress on negative coping behaviors in police officers. It was hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between job related stress and organizat . . .

Wraparound services serve to support children/youth with remaining in a family setting. This study examines the level of the Kern County Aspiranet Wraparound Program in improving life domain functioning for children/youth and parents/ planned permanen . . .

Healthcare organizations must meet the medical needs of the population and in order to meet those needs, accreditation covers the Institute of Medicine’s six aims for improving healthcare services for patients: safe, effective, patient-centered, timel . . .

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) otherwise known as “crib death”, and Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUIDs) were to be the focus of this study, and the research was to review steps that Kern County should do to reduce these rates, however it was . . .

This program proposal examines the current circumstances affecting emancipated foster youth transitioning into adulthood. Specifically, it deals with foster care youth who reside in the state of California. A disproportionate number of children in the . . .

When President William “Bill” Clinton signed the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the bill added 100,000 more police officers into already fragile low-income American communities. Now, 21 years later, the National Academy of Sciences, es . . .

Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise and is among the top three crimes globally (Couch, 2015). Human sex trafficking of domestic minors is the act of forcing children under the age of 18 to partake in sexual acts in the United . . .

The gender wage gap has managed to maintain a significant and persistent presence throughout history. When considering the significant strides women have made in terms of social and economic status, and the importance of gender equality, there has bee . . .

The employees in the Resident Service Department at Corporation for Better Housing are currently facing issues such as low morale, little staff appreciation and high stress from increased workload. This organizations current culture, to which the staf . . .

This research project will commence with the description of the health system in Saudi Arabia. This involves the history of health care in Saudi Arabia and how it has devolved to usher in the EHRs. Secondly, the research will address the significant t . . .

The purpose of this research study is to design a program proposal to address bullying in schools. Bullying issues are no longer viewed as isolated events that only occur at school, nor is bullying considered to be an experience that is simply a part . . .

The Social Security Administration has long been a popular subject with regard to benefits running out. Baby boomers are retiring and collecting their Social Security benefits that they have earned; but there are not enough people working today contri . . .

Dual diagnosis, two disorders occurring simultaneously was “first identified in the 1980s”. Today the term is most commonly referred to as co-occurring disorder (COD). COD greatly impacts a small number of individuals diagnosed with IDD and mental ill . . .

Immunity to natural pertussis disease is not life-long and neither is the vaccine that has been developed and utilized to protect individuals from contracting this disease. For decades, a whole cell pertussis vaccine was used to combat disease with di . . .

In 1965, the Older American Act was the first federal legislation which aimed to provide a variety of services to seniors ages 60 and above (Administration on Aging, 2006). As a part of this legislation, the National Aging Network (which includes the . . .

There are multiple gang prevention programs implemented throughout the Kern County but gangs are still continuing to be a significant issue. Kern county probation department does an excellent job keeping this troubled youth of the streets by incarcera . . .

Social Security Administration (SSA) administers the Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs that affect the lives of many American families. These programs pa . . .

Kern County currently leads California in obesity rankings. As a result, Kern County, along with its biggest city Bakersfield, has begun to take the necessary steps in order to promote healthier lifestyles. In particular, California State University, . . .

Distracted driving has become an issue that occurs on a national scale. Particularly, in the state of California, which houses numerous motorists, distracted driving has a higher probability to occur. Regardless of location, distracted driving is beco . . .

The purpose of this study is to identify best practices in regards to HPV. The study was non-experimental and used qualitative research. Content analysis and hermeneutics were used to locate and analyze the data. The researcher describes what HPV is, . . .

Elvery’s life illustrates how the art world interacted with Ireland’s path to independence and acts as an example of female agency during a time when women struggled for their own independence. Beatrice Elvery’s middle-class status kept her out of eli . . .

Little is known regarding the reliability of translations of epic poems such as the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf. This is partly because of the time period in which the Beowulf manuscript was created, approximately 1000 A.D. For this manuscript, most Ang . . .

Law enforcement agencies across America utilize police motorcycles as a tool to improve traffic safety and quickly respond to calls for service. Motorcycles have proven to be very effective in enforcing traffic laws by providing officers with a higher . . .

Spurred by an exciting thought, a woman rises from the river bank and hurriedly walks across the university lawn, only to be reverted, by the gaze of a man, to the gravel path. Returning to the designated pathway, the woman—the unnamed fictional narra . . .

The purpose of this thesis is two-fold – on the one hand translation and on the other analysis of Sappho’s influences and depictions in English art and literature. I will include own translations of selected fragments of Sappho of Lesbos taking into c . . .

The San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) is an endangered species endemic to the San Joaquin Desert in the Central Valley of California. Much of the habitat in the San Joaquin Desert has been converted for agricultural, industrial, and urban d . . .

The debate over the correct political interpretation of Dracula has been waged by critics for decades. It is unlikely to achieve a clear resolution in the near future. However, one aspect of the postcolonial question that has been largely ignored is t . . .

Milton was without a doubt the seventeenth century's most intelligent and prolific artist. He was also the most ambitious counting himself among the most learned and talented men of the era. Idealistic and ambitious he appeared to have personified eve . . .

Palynological, geophysical, and geochemical proxy data from TL05-4A/B core and TL12-1B trench localities of Tulare Lake, California provide a record of regional paleoclimate and paleolake-levels for most of the past 19,000 years. Hydrologic balance mo . . .

Lake sediments are often associated with high deposition rates, thus offering a detailed repository of lake level, climate, and the terrestrial environment surrounding the lake. Prior to diversion of stream flow for the purpose of irrigation, Tulare L . . .

The Introduction to this thesis defines a number of key terms and concepts related to the study of paratexts in historiographic metafiction. The chapters that follow describe how paratextual forms operate within specific historiographic metafictional . . .

With California suffering from one of the worst droughts on record, accurate models for paleohydrology are in high demand. Understanding the lake level histories of terminal lakes and their connection to Sierran runoff is an important step toward such . . .

The lake-level record from Tulare Lake, CA has been shown to provide valuable constraints on late Pleistocene and Holocene channelized runoff from the Sierra Nevada mountain range into the San Joaquin Valley of California, one of the world’s most prol . . .

Ever-Becoming Whitman: mythic perceptions cast long showers

Deformation band shear zones play an important role in the migration of hydrocarbons and hydrothermal fluids through permeable sandstone reservoirs, acting as either conduits or barriers. Formed as planar zones of shear accommodation in porous materia . . .

The Antelope shale consists of fine-grained, deep-marine, organic-rich, diagenetic, biosiliceous shales, and clastic turbiditic sandstones in the San Joaquin basin. This heterogeneity in lithology is challenging when characterizing and correlating the . . .

Ever since the MIS 2 glacial maximum, Tulare Lake, CA, has been the terminus of four of the largest rivers from the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains and hydrologic modeling has shown that its surface elevation is a good gauge of Sierran stream dischar . . .

Holocene-aged, high resolution lacustrine stratigraphy from the Tulare Lake basin in the San Joaquin Valley paired with oceanic surface temperature data form the components necessary to inform models that forecast regional precipitation in this import . . .

The purpose of this study was to address the challenges faced by Bakersfield Sikh community in receiving preventative care by developing information materials that can be available to the Bakersfield Gurdwaras. A brochure was created based on the reco . . .

A high-resolution paleomagnetic record of the 34-31 ka Mono Lake excursion was acquired from sediments of Summer Lake, Oregon. In order to fully understand and trust the magnetic-field behavior recorded in these cores, it is necessary to determine . . .

Acquired Brain Injury is a growing concern both at the state level and national level. The incidence rate and prevalence rate of brain injury is increasing from year to year. Research and advocacy for reducing and/or preventing brain injury is not as . . .

This paper analyzed the validity and viability of passenger vehicles and highways as an alternative means to the California High-Speed Rail. Each system was analyzed under four basic criteria: Cost, Utilization, Economic Impact, and Environmental Impa . . .

This plan is designed to address the problems associated with information sharing among threat assessment teams. Teams analyze various pieces of information in an attempt to determine potential threats and then determine the response to the threat bas . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine the need for a body-worn police camera system and suggest the best and most effective way to implement such a program in the Bakersfield Police Department. Analysis of other organizations’ successes and failu . . .

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have been a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, while also serving as a source of significant financial loss for American healthcare facilities. Along with HAIs, infections such as . . .

This study addresses the California Prevailing Wage Laws and their impact on the State economy. It is recommended that the California Legislature amend the current labor laws. By amending these laws and suspending the prevailing wage sections, Califor . . .

Grain size, lithology, and sedimentary structures of the Miocene/Pliocene basal Etchegoin Formation were described from cores within the southeastern edge of the San Joaquin Basin, north of Bakersfield, CA for depositional environment analysis. Lithol . . .

Faults create a structurally weak zone within the lithosphere that can be reactivated again and again through geologic time. This reactivation can occur under varying tectonic stresses, temperatures, and pressures within the fault zone. This study foc . . .

The Wasco oil field produces mainly from the Oligocene Vedder Formation and Eocene sandstones within the Kreyenhagen Formation in the San Joaquin basin, California. The Vedder and Kreyenhagen sandstones in the Wasco oil field consist of fine-to coars . . .

Student organizations at California State University campuses are encouraged to get involved outside the walls of their clubs. Community engagement and service are held in high esteem. Every club is required to participate in a minimum of 10 hours of . . .

A comparative analysis was performed on nine countries based on the Health Care Models their health care operates under in order to determine if there were any best practices regarding the diagnosis and treatment of amblyopia. Amblyopia is an eye cond . . .

The purpose of this study was to explore how a marginalized population such as tattoo artists and body piercers plan to make decisions regarding the new health care requirement to have health care insurance. Interviews were initially conducted with ei . . .

The Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is having a major impact on many of the nation’s hospitals due to the demand for care, increased patient revenues, and lower uncompensated care costs for the uninsured (Cunningham et al., 2015). Currently, public hospit . . .

Heritage Living Inc. has a problem; service information is not being delivered efficiently to potential residents and is affecting the facility dramatically. This is causing residents and family members to perceive the quality of care offer by the fac . . .

Introduction Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), defined as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE), or both, affects an estimated 300,000-600,000 individuals in the U.S. each year, causing considerable morbidity and mortality (Center for Diseas . . .

The topic explored in this study pertains to needlestick and sharps occupational injuries among hospital staff in the United States. Health care workers are exposed to over 20 blood-borne pathogens in their work environment. In their attempt to help p . . .

This paper will provide a comprehensive idea about California’s Medi-Cal Denti-Cal policy, recent amendments in the system, and its effects on delivering dental services within the past few years. The California Department of Health Care Services is t . . .

The question under investigation in this research is: what complimentary, alternative medicine (CAM) services are offered to under-resourced individuals by local healthcare organizations in Kern County? Eastern medicine is synonymous with unconvention . . .

Marijuana is listed as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. Schedule I narcotics are perceived as having- no acceptable medical use, having a high danger for abuse, and being considered unsafe under medical supervision. As . . .

While same-sex marriage has been legal in the United States since 2015, the laws pertaining to LGBTQ+ foster families have been slow to catch up. Currently, only eight states have laws protecting LGBTQ+ foster families from discrimination. Conversely, . . .

The Housing Authority of the County of Kern administers a wide range of programs intended to serve the housing needs of low-income residents, however, this evaluation will focus on the Section 8 program in Bakersfield. Tenant-based Section 8 vouchers . . .

Women now significantly outnumber men in college attendance and graduation rates in the U.S. However, evidence suggests that the work of female professionals within institutions of higher education is significantly devalued in relation to men. Despite . . .

Over the past six years the CSUB wrestling program has raised on average $250,000 a year to keep the program alive. While this funding model has proved sufficient to this point, two influences could deter fundraising efforts easily ending the communit . . .

The Housing Authority of the County of Kern (HACK) has failed to administer the controls in the event that participants default in making payments of rents; damage claims; residents owing in excess of security deposits; intentionally misreporting inco . . .

Human trafficking is not a crime that only happens in other countries, it is something real and existing even in the United States. People need to know that human trafficking is not a hidden crime, but instead a real crime occurring in every part of t . . .

Social media is a relatively recent phenomenon that has transformed the way humans interact and communicate. Since face‐to‐face interaction is not always possible or conveniently available, humans have had to come with up with creative solutions to ma . . .

Genetic engineering (GE) involves the manipulation of genes in the lab to create new varieties of plants, animals, and organisms with desired characteristics. Most consumers in the United States are not aware of the amount of GE ingredients in the foo . . .

Wait times at the ED has been a rising problem in the United States. This problem is caused by external and internal factors such as healthcare funds, the decrease in the number of ED's in the country, the change in the demographics for the population . . .

The purpose of the study is to conduct a program evaluation of AB 109 through the analysis of periodicals, scholarly journals, CDCR data and other government websites. The researcher will analyze the findings using secondary research via quantitative . . .

Hydraulic fracturing, also referred to as “fracking,” has made technological advancements that allow for unconventional gas and oil extraction. Fracking is beneficial as it taps into finite resources that cannot otherwise be extracted and brings econo . . .

After ending its contract with Kern County in 2013, Bakersfield began providing animal control services to city residents. Within the first year, the city operated over budget while offering no proactive programs to combat severe animal overpopulation . . .

The fundraising CSUB faculty and staff campaign was made to raise awareness of giving on the CSUB campus by faculty and staff. President Horace Mitchell of California State University, Bakersfield invited all CSUB faculty and staff to participate in a . . .

Student-athletes have always been subject to stereotypes that typecast them unintelligent, or lazy. This has slowly been halted by the increasing standards that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has implemented. The GPA and credit ho . . .

The purpose of the study is to address questions raised in determining the effectiveness of the Tribal TANF program with the hope of offering a recommendation for a program assessment strategy that indicates effectiveness, pinpoints areas of strengths . . .

This study aims to review and analyze previous research regarding after school programs and if participation in these programs reduces juvenilely delinquent behaviors and eliminates risk factors of delinquency. This study was non-experimental using a . . .

In a campus environment, it is important to be up-to-date with all campus diversity. Students, staff, and faculty need education on LGBTQ+ issues. Education can come in the forms of physical and mental health, terminology, news, and assistance in fost . . .

The main objective of this research paper is to analyze the attitudes toward the legalization of prostitution and compare the attitudes to human trafficking statistics. The purpose of this research is to draw a conclusion as to whether an increase in . . .

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a highly potent neurotoxin found in diverse group of genetically unrelated organisms. Given that convergent evolution of TTX biosynthesis genes in such a wide range of phylogenetically distinct organisms is unlikely, the occurren . . .

Infectious diseases are one of the world’s leading causes of death, and there is an increasing need for naturally occurring anti‐infectious agents to combat resistant strains of fungi and other pathogens. Numerous studies have demonstrated that metabo . . .

Easter Seals’ mission is to provide applied behavior analysis services to clients with disabilities both in the community and at home. This mission has been the same since 1919. Easter Seals’ provision of applied behavior analysis services is crucial . . .