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Book ChapterWood, Lana MarikoThis chapter outlines the author’s experience co-designing and co-teaching an undergraduate problem-based learning public health course with faculty from her liaison department at a mid-size public university. During the year and a half spent on the d . . .
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Masters ThesisWoodruff, Ta Ta Neshe LecoleWhite 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 massac . . .
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Masters ThesisKurak, IvanaThe 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 counte . . .
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Masters ThesisScott, Jenisia MThis thesis consists of a collection of creative writing pieces by the author.
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Masters ThesisGrimm, Nicole FranchescaThe 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 tim . . .
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Masters ThesisHuanaco, MiguelThere 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 . . .
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Masters ThesisPadmanabhan, Chitra VijayThis 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 b . . .
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Masters ThesisAlgarmi, MohamedThis thesis consists of four short stories by the author.
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Masters ThesisWedding, Katrina EliseThis thesis consists of a collection of poetry and two works of nonfiction by the author.
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Masters ThesisLawrence, GenevieveThis thesis consists chiefly of poems by the author.
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Masters ThesisDizon, Christopher JohnThis thesis is a collection of six short stories by the author.
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Masters ThesisHuggins, Ericka C.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 y . . .
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Research PaperStryker, RachelRecommendations of the task force on academic operations during the COVID-19 pandemic at Cal State East Bay with long-term strategic planning recommendations.
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JournalSmith, Jason A.An appeals court case challenges a law regulating physicians' speech related to patients' gun ownership. The decision may have broad implications for states' ability to regulate physicians' speech and physicians' efforts to protect patients from firea . . .
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Masters ThesisHarirchian, PaymannThe 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 ce . . .
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Masters ThesisRoberts, Nicholas J.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 . . .
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Masters ThesisDunne, Brian DavidThis 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 Count . . .
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Masters ThesisSchenk, RuthThis 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-coloni . . .
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ArticleJohn WenzlerThis essay analyzes the debate about neutrality in the library literature and identifies a fundamental moral dilemma that generates debate. It then advances an argument in favor of library neutrality based on Wayne Bivens-Tatum’s intellectual history . . .
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ArticleJohn WenzlerWhy has the rise of the Internet—which drastically reduces the cost of distributing information—coincided with drastic increases in the prices that academic libraries pay for access to scholarly journals? This study argues that libraries are trapped i . . .
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Masters ThesisHarvey-Costello, NydraPhosphorus (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 soi . . .
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Masters ThesisGüner, NadijaHuman 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 . . .
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Masters ThesisYadegari, JenniferCyclooxygenase-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 partic . . .
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ThesisBrady, Gary LeeThis 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.
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ThesisVogel, Stanley E.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 feedb . . .
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ThesisBolt, Robert L.This study will attempt to measure the vocational interest patterns of Pre-Technology students who attend a Richmond, California high school; further, it will attempt to determine if there is a relationship between the success of these students in the . . .
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ThesisBrunton, Norman DavidThe purpose of the study detailed in this thesis was to investigate the differences between early and later enterers seven years after admission to kindergarten without adjusting for intelligence, then to reexamine the age groups with intelligence hel . . .
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ThesisSun, ChaoyaThis paper analyzes the emergence, development, and future of Chinese new media, especially the Internet, through discussing the restrictions that Chinese media faced under the Kaiserism of the Chinese government in both old and new China. It will add . . .
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ThesisRobertson, Nancy C.By closely reading several of Wordsworth's more famous poems written prior to the completion of The Prelude, one can follow the significant development of his spiritual consciousness. This viewpoint also offers a fresh understanding of Wordsworth's ex . . .
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ThesisBradley, James P.Every Friday and Saturday night a short length of thoroughfare in San Leandro is jammed with kids and cars. About seven-thirty in the evening they begin to arrive, driving their polished and modified cars down the street to a particular intersection w . . .
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ThesisMorse, Atsuko H.This is a participant observation case study of an elementary school in Japan. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate how Japanese elementary schools emphasize moral and social development as well as academic achievement. For this purpose, the J . . .
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ThesisSmiley, Scott P.Wilderness is a concept: it is an idea about the qualities of a particular type of place and about the relationship we have with that place-type. What is the meaning of the wilderness concept in the American context, and what values are attached to it . . .
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ThesisSadauskas, AllisonChildren hold significant roles in most of Flannery O'Connor's fiction, yet critics rarely address her works in comparative discussions of child images in literature. This thesis is an examination of the children who appear as characters in O'Connor's . . .
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ThesisLinscott, TerryThis study investigated the subject of stress from an interdisciplinary orientation with the intent of formulating a premise as to what motivates people to pursue behaviors which, based on their predisposing relationship to illness and mortality stati . . .
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ThesisCooley, Anita N.In this thesis, the author examines four existing methods of stringed instrument instruction, noting that all four methods contain quality materials that help to develop musical technique and performance. However, the author believes that these method . . .
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Masters ThesisFiano, KateThe purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges I encountered when designing and implementing a music technology and composition club in a middle school setting. Specifically, research questions were: a) what challenges did I encounter whe . . .
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Masters ThesisBohan, Andrew A.This thesis provides an analysis of the development and maturation of a Catholic middle class in Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Masters ThesisBoyle, TraceyAfter the Second World War, Europe lay in ruins. European Federalists aimed to rebuild Europe by uniting it. They wanted individual national governments to cede authority to a European union that could provide stimulus to economic growth and stop nati . . .
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Masters ThesisSahebi, ShowhibTritonia diomedea (also known as Tritonia tetraquetra) is a marine gastropod that is used to study how the neuronal system controls behavior. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays an essential role in neurotransmission as it terminates cholinergic signali . . .
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Masters ThesisDoherty, BryanThis Research explores the transition from post-Roman British to Anglo-Saxon as the dominant culture of England took place between the fifth and seventh centuries by utilizing the disciplines of history and archaeology. Studying cultures without a wri . . .
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ArticleAlexander, StephanieThis mixed-methods study explores how the use of satirical news videos contributes to student engagement with information literacy (IL) instruction. The sample was drawn from first-year undergraduate students in for-credit IL courses. Overall, the us . . .
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ThesisRandle, Walt RandyThis thesis documents a study intended to investigate how police officers can benefit from training in the area of psychological counseling. The study examines how police departments teach officers new behaviors that might provide a new approach to ad . . .
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Musical ScoreNieland, ErikThis thesis details the composition of a new work for wind ensemble entitled "Flurry Above the Clouds." The complete score is included in the work.
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ThesisColey, Teresa LynnLaboratory experiments were performed to adapt a catalytic colorimetric method to continuous flow analysis for the shipboard determination of iron(III) in seawater. System parameters such as reagent concentrations, reaction temperature, flow rate, . . .
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DissertationGreenwood, Sylvia JoyceIn public education we are faced with three realities: (1) our student population is diverse and growing in children of color; (2) children of color are the students most at risk of being caught on the negative end of the achievement gap; and (3) the . . .
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ThesisGulamhussein, NizarThe main purpose of this study is to show how heroism and leadership codes can be used in conjunction with myth and drama to craft new heroic leaders in society linguistically. This can be broken into three parts. The first purpose is to outline th . . .
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ThesisAndrews, Nanette NelsonThe intent of this study was to develop and examine a school and home coordinated program to promote the reading achievement of first grade students. The specific objective was to assess a Reading Activity Kit used by first grade students at home . . .
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ThesisJohnson, Timothy J.This thesis examines the symbolism in aspects of environment and other background elements in the works of Charles Dickens. Phenomena such as the weather, rural landscapes, urban landscapes, factories and machines, and fire serve as symbols that revea . . .
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ThesisWittet, Julie A.This study used the Integrated Play Group model (Wolfberg and Schuler, 1992) to assess whether creating peer play groups for students with severe disabilities would increase the number of interactions between students with severe disabilities and the . . .
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ThesisCampbell, Robert D.Elevated arsenic concentrations were detected in groundwater monitoring wells and a test well boring beneath the western portion of the Livermore Valley Basin in Pleasanton, California during regular sampling events in 1997. The source of the arseni . . .