California has a grave fire deficit, threatening public safety and ecological integrity. Increasing prescribed fire is a state priority. Yet despite California’s rich history of community-based prescribed fire, today’s private landowners are not light . . .

Proliferation of nuclear weapons is currently one of the most critical issues facing international relations. The region where this is currently of greatest concern is the Middle East. The Islamic Republic of Iran is an emerging regional power in the . . .

The area of study for this project is a microRNA called miR-375 which is overexpressed in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and has been linked to decreased insulin secretion and beta cell proliferation. Investigation into the transcription factor ind . . .

It has been hypothesized that some accidents in the backcountry are due to individuals being hypoglycemic (low blood glucose concentration). Glucose is the brain’s main energy source. Without proper blood glucose concentrations, the brain’s functional . . .

Vocational preparation programs in institutions of higher education aim to develop skill sets that transfer to participants post graduate experiences. The literature suggest that outdoor education programs aim to increase technical, interpersonal, and . . .

Making sense of health practices requires attention to the lives and experiences of the individuals and collectivities involved in them, along with a basic understanding of the historical, sociocultural, political economic, and ecological contexts tha . . .

Summer camps in the US gross more than $18 billion in revenue while providing over 14,000 individual programs. Summer camp counselors, like other outdoor workers, are at risk of occupational solar exposure. Occupational solar exposure increases an ind . . .

In my thesis exhibition, clandestine: conversations with a shadow, I render elements of my psyche to act as a window for the outside world, exploring the psychological concept of the shadow self. The concept of the shadow self, is a psychological arch . . .

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a disease that affects the normal growth of myeloid cells, which are blood cells that protect the body against foreign invaders in the blood and bone marrow. In humans, 95% of CML cases are caused by a chromosomal tra . . .