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- Creator:
- Woodruff, Ta Ta Neshe Lecole
- Description:
- White terrorism is a phenomenon that is underexamined within the scholarship. This study is designed to add to the limited body of research on white terrorism by using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine two white men who have authored massacres. The articles from mainstream media reports are being examined through the lens of van Dijk’s CDA theoretical approach. Mainstream media reporting supports a narrative that promotes white men as an unexamined and benign character within the discipline of journalism. These acts disempower minoritized people, as they are penalized and overpoliced within quotidian lived experiences. Although journalism is not the only institution that protects white males, the corporate unit is the most visible to the public. The benign tropes allocated to white people should be available to all; however, this is not the case for terrorism. This level of institutional unfairness creates a system in news reporting that confirms the modus operandi of whiteness and white supremacy in journalism. To abate racism, the scholarship as an institution must examine, interrogate, expose, and name white men as terrorists.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- Communication Studies
- Creator:
- Kurak, Ivana
- Description:
- The author's research began with these questions: How far away from social norms did the hippies go regarding gender roles? Were women ever freed from these expectations? What did family life on the communes look like? This research argues that counterculture women were practicing gender equality through social and economic means resulting from communal living. Mainstream society had regulated gender roles to the public sphere and the domestic sphere. Communes represented a third sphere, a new experimental ground safe from mainstream criticisms and economic pressures. This thesis explores everyday women's lives in the counterculture and the complex roles they created within these new societies. This form of inquiry will help fill the historiographical void that revolves around hippie women living on communes.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- History
- Creator:
- Scott, Jenisia M
- Description:
- This thesis consists of a collection of creative writing pieces by the author.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- English: Creative Writing
4. Comparing model-computed turnover rates with isotopic ages for sustainable groundwater management
- Creator:
- Grimm, Nicole Franchesca
- Description:
- The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) provides an opportunity for innovative approaches of assessing groundwater models and water budgets. Advanced models calibrated with groundwater elevation alone may not accurately reflect residence times or aquifer storage turnover times, as uncertainty remains over recharge and seepage rates to deep aquifers. This study compares groundwater residence times based on isotopic signatures with those based on output from the Butte Basin Groundwater Model (BBGM). Comparison of these independent observational and numerical estimates allows for assessment and refinement of the model’s reliability for sustainable management of the groundwater basin. This study focuses on 210 wells located in Butte County, with an emphasis on 45 production and monitoring wells screened over the heavily pumped Tuscan Formation. Groundwater with an apparent age of less than 70 years is dated using the 3H/3He method, and longer residence time estimates are based on radiogenic 4He concentrations. Samples from nested monitoring wells provide greater resolution with depth than samples from long-screened production wells, which typically reflect a broad mixture of ages. Independent estimates of residence times are based on output from the BBGM. The Z-budget subroutine was applied to model output to examine the water budget over specific hydrostratigraphic layers, including the Tuscan Formation. The output budget from the model gives the volume of water in storage in each aquifer layer and the inflow and outflow rates; therefore, the mean residence time is readily calculated. The isotopic data indicate a wide range of groundwater ages and recharge sources with stream water recharging younger water (water table and modern water) and foothill and mixed precipitation recharging older water (pre-modern and fossil water). Of the 45 samples from the Tuscan Formations, half contain a portion of modern water with an average age of 31 years and show evidence of substantial dilution of modern water with pre-modern water. Eighty-seven percent of Tuscan wells contain pre-modern and fossil water, with an average age of ten thousand years. The mean residence time from the model for the targeted Tuscan layers in the Vina and Durham subregions from the model is 25 years. The model outputs a single turnover time, analogous to ‘piston’ flow. If we more appropriately assume an exponential age distribution for the same mean residence time, this translates to only 6 % of all water being older than 70 years, much less than determined from isotopic ages (87 %). More importantly, the exponential age distribution predicts no water older than 500 years, whereas the isotopic data indicate fossil water in 58 % of the Tuscan wells. While the model captures the residence time of the younger portion of groundwater ages, the difference in model and isotope-derived residence time for older groundwater provides an opportunity to improve the model calibration to include these fossil waters. By neglecting this older component of water, recharge rate estimates may be unrealistically high, which could allow unsustainable pumping under some management scenarios.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Creator:
- Huanaco, Miguel
- Description:
- There have been many scholarly works written about Mexico’s Movimiento de Acción Revolucionaria (MAR) or revolutionary action movement; however, there has never been a scholarly work written about its founder Professor Gómez Souza. Ninety percent of the scholarly works written about the MAR are only available in Spanish, limiting their distribution to a broader audience of non-Spanish readers and restricting their research availability for scholars. I saw the need to both write a scholarly work about Professor Gomez Souza and to add to the existing literature about the MAR for a broader audience. This MA thesis project is ninety-percent archival, gathered and translated from Spanish declarations of formerly imprisoned MAR militants. Yet completing research on Mexico’s Dirty War was not easy because accessing archival records about the MAR and Professor Gómez Souza is difficult. The Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS) archives have been sealed, and they were briefly unsealed during the Vicente Fox presidency in 2002, only to be partially resealed again at the end of his presidency. The archival declarations used for this project come to us at a costly price. DFS agents extracted testimonials from MAR militants after hours of questioning and torture, which raises the question about the accuracy of these declarations. However, these archives are all that the historical community has, and we will use them as a window into Professor Fabricio Gómez Souza and the MAR. The archives used were gathered from the Archivo General de la Nación, and donated by Guerrero’s ex-truth commission, or (COMVERDAD) and are now compiled on a non-profit online database for the world to read the injustices of the Dirty War.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- History
- Creator:
- Padmanabhan, Chitra Vijay
- Description:
- This ethnographical research is geared towards understanding the lived experiences of South Asian LGB persons, residing in the United States. The thesis proposes that a strong LGBT cultural competency framework is needed to overcome challenges faced by South Asian sexual minorities. With this idea, the research delves into core aspects of South Asian culture using Geert Hoefstede’s cultural taxonomy. Also, the paper engages in in- depth identity construction of South Asians from macro, meso and micro factors. The scope of the research also includes immigration, group dynamics of South Asian diaspora and individual-level standpoint in ethnic South Asian social spaces. To achieve this the study, uses Harry Wolcott ethnographical methodology for data collection and analysis. Finally, the research sums-up on all cultural factors that affect integration of South Asian LGB persons into mainstream society as well as in-group South Asian circles. The larger aim is to bridge the gap in cross-cultural study, which is deeply rooted in western traditions of thinking.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Creator:
- Algarmi, Mohamed
- Description:
- This thesis consists of four short stories by the author.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- English
- Creator:
- Wedding, Katrina Elise
- Description:
- This thesis consists of a collection of poetry and two works of nonfiction by the author.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- English
- Creator:
- Lawrence, Genevieve
- Description:
- This thesis consists chiefly of poems by the author.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- English
10. Mismatched shoes
- Creator:
- Dizon, Christopher John
- Description:
- This thesis is a collection of six short stories by the author.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- English
11. Countering the effects of multigenerational race and gender trauma: a prescriptive educational mode
- Creator:
- Huggins, Ericka C.
- Description:
- Sociological theorists and researchers in the area of race and education agree that the impact of inferior educational programs and race, class and gender based allocation of funding for public education impact the esteem and sense of worth for poor youth. These inequities significantly impact youth of color, specifically those of African and Latin American descent. This theoretical framework is reviewed in Chapter 1 - Review of Literature. However, there is limited research resulting in concrete change in these inequities and the quality of education for poor youth and youth of color. Additionally, very little research has been done on the impact of the racial history of the U.S. on the education o f children today . This study provides insight into the multigenerational impact of slavery in the United States and the resulting racial segregation in U.S. schools. The basis of this qualitative study is the Oakland Community School (OCS), a model community-based elementary conceived by the Black Panther Party. Through in-depth interviews and qualitative assessments of 20 former students, parents, teachers and staff, coupled with complimentary research, the results show that educational conditions can impact the historical legacy of race and gender trauma. Prevalent in the study are the links between racial inequities in education on the identity formation of young people of color. The study also provides a prescriptive model for the future of public education and the communities that support and house it,
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Creator:
- Harirchian, Paymann
- Description:
- The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) Epstein-Barr virus-induced protein 2 (EBI2) has no known natural/endogenous ligand or activator. EBI2 could potentially have an important function in the human immune system due to its high expression in immune cells. It also shows high expression in psoriatic lesions in comparison to healthy skin perhaps indicating a role during inflammatory responses in the skin. We have demonstrated that EBI2 is involved in the toll-like receptor dependent in vitro modulation of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokine in monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDC). T cells from EBI2-KO mouse showed no defect in ex vivo proliferation. The EBI2-KO mouse was tested in three autoimmune disease models. In the psoriasis model, DNFB induced skin inflammation, no effect was observed on the adaptive immune response. There was a trend in the innate immune response where EBI2-KO mice showed less inflammation. In the multiple sclerosis model, MOG induced EAE, no distinguishable difference was observed between the EBI2-KO and the wild type animals. In the DSS induced colitis we saw no differences between the knock out and wild type groups. In sum EBI2 does not appear to be indispensable to the development of the autoimmune disorder animal models tested. Further studies are required to fully understand the role of this highly and specifically expressed GPCR in the immune system.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Creator:
- Roberts, Nicholas J.
- Description:
- Throughout the year 1972, air filter samples were collected at Kellogg, Idaho, in the Coeur d'Alene mining district. These samples were analyzed to determine the concentrations of trace metallic elements in the air and to look for indications of their sources - for example, which ones are in the air as a result of the mining and smelting operations, and which are there "naturally" through being picked up by winds from the soil surface. The samples were analyzed for 34 elements using instrumental neutron- activation analysis (INAA), and for six elements using x-ray fluorescence analysis (XRFA). The experimental procedures and results are given here.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- Physics
- Creator:
- Dunne, Brian David
- Description:
- This study was undertaken to determine the validity of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) for the prediction of success or failure while on probation. The subjects for this study consisted of 32 male adult probationers in San Francisco County who agreed to take the CPI. These subjects fell into four groups, eight in each group, on the basis of their Base Code Expectancy Scoring Classification System scores and whether they were recidivistic or not. The Base Code system takes into account objective background data available in prison files, such as arrest record, prior employment history, and record of alcohol or opiate usage, and yields an "A," "B," or "C" rating according to the numerical score obtained. Those probationers who receive an "A" were considered low-risk, while those who receive a "B" or "C" rating were considered high-risk. The four groups of probationers were: (1) those who receive an "A" rating and successfully complete probation; (2) those who receive an "A" rating and do not successfully complete probation; (3) those who receive a "B" or "C" rating and successfully complete probation; and (4) those who receive a "B" or "C" rating and do not successfully complete probation. The criteria for failure on probation was the presence of at least one conviction (minor traffic violations excluded) during the probation period. The t test between two independent groups was computed to determine if there were differences among the four groups on any of the CPI scales. The results of this study indicated that the Sociability scale of the CPI significantly differentiated between "A" probationers who succeed on probation and "B" or "C" probationers who succeed on probation, as seen in the testing of H21. Also, the Socialization scale of the CPI significantly differentiated between "B" or "C" probationers who succeed on probation and "B" or "C" probationers who do not succeed on probation, as seen in the testing of H98. However, the overwhelming absence of significant differences among the four groups indicated that the CPI had little use in the prediction of recidivistic or nonredicivistic tendencies in probationers. It was concluded that the probation officer should rely upon the Base Code Expectancy Scoring Classification System and his own judgement in estimating the probability of recidivistic behavior in probationers.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Schenk, Ruth
- Description:
- This thesis examines the ways Nigerian-born British novelist Buchi Emecheta incorporates the strategies of post-colonial and feminist theory. The author explores where and how she satisfies the feminist demands of informing and expanding post-colonial theory. The resistance to the dominant colonial and neo-colonial influences, due to social and economical globalization, would then challenge the woman writer to look to the relationships between 'colonizers' and 'colonized' as well as between men and women. As a result, Emecheta employs the techniques of post-colonial rhetoric that signals the opposition to traditional colonial influences and the increase of neo-colonial presences. In addition, this thesis follows the female characters and the process of self-definition and assertion as they are valued in feminist criticism. When looking at language, relationships and self-actualization one can understand the feminist struggle of Emecheta's heroines in the context of post-colonial existence. Most importantly though, Emecheta seems to question and undermine the given feminist and post-colonial framework; she refuses to the strict adherence of these frameworks. Instead, the mode of deconstructions allows her to free herself from both agendas. As an ultimate act of emancipation, she introduces ambivalence and retraction. As the thesis follows the development of the writer and the prevalent themes of her novels in terms of specific stages and overall commonalities, the act of questioning, deconstructing, reformulating, and reassessing remains the main objective.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- English
- Creator:
- Harvey-Costello, Nydra
- Description:
- Phosphorus (P) is an essential plant nutrient that is critical for productive ecosystems. Phosphorus form, or “speciation,” is an important factor influencing nutrient availability, and the amount of bioavailable or plant-accessible P in soils. As soil genesis and development occurs, the availability of plant-accessible P and other nutrients changes: primary mineral P from the parent material weathers, and P may become associated with secondary minerals or organic matter. Phosphorus K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy was used to investigate evolution of P speciation along two soil sequences: The marine terraces of the “Ecological Staircase” in Mendocino County, CA, which form a soil chronosequence, and the climosequence in Kohala, Hawaii. Previous research demonstrated a decrease in bioavailable P across the “Ecological Staircase,” without identifying causes of this P limitation. We used phosphorus XANES spectra to provide insight on the molecular speciation and retention mechanisms of P in soil, and to distinguish between mineral P and adsorbed or organic P, which have differing bioavailability. At the Ecological Staircase, XANES spectra indicated that P speciation in an older terrace, characterized by the presence of a “Pygmy Forest”, was dominated by Fe-Phytate P (an organic form of P) complex associated with oxide minerals in soils. It is unclear if this chemical change in P speciation caused the nutrient limitation that led to the Pygmy Forest; other factors, such as soil pH, and an iron-stained clay hardpan may also limit plant development and nutrient availability to the trees in the Pygmy Forest. To further understand P speciation and soil development, a P K-edge XANES study of 46 sites along the well-characterized Kohala climosequence indicated, as previous studies have shown, that the arid sites were rich in primary mineral P and the semi-arid and wet sites were dominated by P associated with Fe oxides, such as hematite. No sudden changes in the phosphorus species were observed across the climosequence, but increased moisture appears to induce gradual changes in soil P species. XANES spectroscopy provides insights into changes in P speciation throughout soil development, and changes in P speciation may help to explain the variation of ecological features across a landscape. This work explored the relationship between chemical factors (i.e., P speciation) and other factors (e.g., physical barriers such as a hardpan, or climatic variations) on the ecology of two well-characterized sites.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology
- Creator:
- Güner, Nadija
- Description:
- Human Pegivirus (HPgV) is a lymphotropic virus which causes infection in T and B lymphocytes, including B cells, CD4+ and CD8+ cells. Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) is the causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS) and shares the same modes of transmission as HPgV. A relationship between HIV-1 and HPgV was observed that is very significant which involves a lowered HIV-1 viral load, a higher CD4+ T cell count and a better reaction to HAART therapy which ultimately leads to a slower progression to AIDS in comparison to monoinfected HIV-1 patients. The form of entry that HPgV could potentially use to infect human white blood cells (WBCs) are two forms of endocytosis or viral fusion. Prior to determining the form of entry, infectious virions had to be generated. Verification of the plasmid (pAF121950) took place using a Diagnostic restriction digest. Plasmid isolation and linearization followed by proteinase k treatment took place. Approximately 8 months, were spent on troubleshooting Phenol chloroform extractions which included the various steps and reagents. Vacuum Grease and Glycogen were incorporated into the method which significantly improved the yield. The purified in vitro transcription product (IVT) was verified through an agarose and bleach gel. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis was unable to be completed due to cell death of the infected cells. The cell death could have attributed to the various reasons which range from the transfection method, cytotoxicity from the transfection agent or contamination of the RNA or reagents used during the transfection. A different transfection method such as Calcium phosphate, Diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)- Dextran or electroporation could be employed to generate infectious virions. Autophagy is an intracellular process involving the cellular breakdown of cytoplasmic cellular substances or cellular organelles that become non-functional or lose their integrity over time. The most common form of autophagy is entitled Macroautophagy, which involves the formation of an autophagosome, which is a double membrane bound vesicle generated by using cytoplasmic components, which will eventually entrap cytosolic components. The autophagosome is a very complex structure that uses components not only within the cytoplasm, but from cellular membrane components as well. For example, TMEM55B is a Type I phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphopshate 4 phosphatase, which is located near lysosome and endosomal membranes, but whose ultimate function remains to be elucidated. Thus, it’s role in lysosomal entry is up for debate. It may be involved in modifying the lysosomal membrane by altering lysosomal integral (or potentially peripheral) proteins. One such modifying protein is the serine- threonine kinase, Ulk-1, one of the principal autophagy related genes (Atg). In addition, Ulk-1 is an initiator of Macroautophagy that brings Atg proteins to a region where the formation of an autophagosome occurs. In addition to autophagosome regulation, signals upstream of the pathway allow Ulk-1 to activate based on the nutrient status of the cell. Thus, it is of interest to look at the role TMEM55B has in Ulk-1 expression. A knock- down experiment using the bacterial Crispr-Cas9 system will be employed to reduce the expression level of TMEM55B and look for alterations in Ulk-1 expression. Four different small guide RNAs (sgRNAs) were generated using the Benchling software. The Target Sequence Protocol, provided by Zhang et al. was used to generate the modified Crispr-Cas9 construct. Sanger sequencing was performed to validate the construct transfected into triple negative breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-231 cells by Calcium Phosphate transfection. Two transfection attempts lead to 100% cell death following puromycin selection indicating a unsuccessful transfection. This technique was compared to siRNA technology. The expression of TMEM55B was reduced by 50%, which was completed by Margaret Hackney. Due to problems with Crispr-Cas9, the MDA-MB-231 knocked- down cells, created by Mrs. Hackney were used to determine the expression of Ulk-1. There was no difference in expression that was noted in Ulk-1. Still, this was only determined on a transcriptional level and will need further inquiry to determine if it is based on the translational level and level of TMEM55B inhibition which was only at 50%.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- Biological Sciences
- Creator:
- Yadegari, Jennifer
- Description:
- Cyclooxygenase-2, also known as prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase-2, is an enzyme linked to pain and inflammation. Although several types of prostaglandins can be synthesized via inducible cyclooxygenase-2, high levels of prostaglandin E2 are particularly associated with migraine symptoms. Inhibition of this enzyme can be achieved through pharmaceutical approaches such as NSAIDs and celecoxib, however, these means are not without deleterious side effects. Piper longum is an angiosperm containing several active constituents. Such compounds may function in cyclooxygenase- 2 inhibition, and therefore may be able to provide relief of migraine. Notable constituents of Piper longum include piperine, piperlongumine, and piperlonguminine. Minimal pharmacognostical studies exist on the topic of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition and compounds found in Piper longum. Human COX-2 inhibitor screening assay kits were utilized in order to determine whether piperine, piperlongumine, and piperlonguminine were natural inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2. Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and aspirin were also assayed. Only ibuprofen was able to inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 at a concentration of 1000 μM during reaction.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Department:
- Biological Sciences
- Creator:
- Brady, Gary Lee
- Description:
- This thesis is an examination of how Chicago came to be the site of the 1983 Columbian Exposition, focusing on the factors of partisanship and sectionalism.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay
- Creator:
- Vogel, Stanley E.
- Description:
- This study investigated the effect of visual feedback of the self upon the self-concepts of five educable mentally retarded (EMR) adolescent boys. The central question that the study investigated was, "Can films of EMR adolescents and the visual feedback of these films aid the EMR boys in developing a more realistic view of themselves and a more positive self-concept, as measured by a standardized self-concept scale?"
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- East Bay