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Graduate projectHakim, Kawther.The purpose of this introductory course is to serve as a guide and manual to the Arab instructor. It is an aid to help solve the problems of teaching English as a foreign language. The differences in structure and sounds and in the cultures reflec . . .
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Masters ThesisGates, John VanAtta.A dual purpose furnace was constructed and used to obtain F 16 3center densities up to 6 X 10 centers/cm in natural sodium chloride by additive coloration methods. The sample crystal was heated to temperatures around 600° C in a vacuum of 45 mm me . . .
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Masters ThesisGarner, Jack.The discovery of antitoxins to both diphtheria and tetanus toxins dramatically introduced two immunological phenomena to twentieth-century science. First, biologically active molecules, such as toxins and enzymes, may have the potential to be neutr . . .
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Masters ThesisJaniga, Kathleen.No Abastract or Summary.
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Masters ThesisBishop, Suzanne Germain.According to Byron Massialas the traditional image of a teacher has been one of an older maiden lady who has de voted her entire life and love to teaching children. She was not likely to be outspoken on political issues nor influential in educati . . .
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Graduate projectMacMillan, William.Die casting is the metal working process by which molten metal is forced into steel molds, under pressure, in order to form simple or complex parts with a rapid cycle and little labor. Die casting is the fastest of all casting processes; it is most . . .
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Masters ThesisKerber, George Lawrence.Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) is a very useful tool to study atomic structure where energy level differences are on the order of I Oyev to lOOyev. The first successful experiment was performed by Zavoisky in 19^5 (Ref. I). Since then numero . . .
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Masters ThesisMarney, Kyle LawsonDuring the Cold War, United States government officials used a “soft power” strategy to conduct foreign policy known as public diplomacy. The consensus found in historical scholarship links a “state-private” network between U.S. government officials . . .
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Masters ThesisBondshu, Janice Elaine.A wide variety of assessment procedures have been utilized to ascertain the typical personality traits of student activists of both the right and left. Also, much research concerning nocturnal dreams has been conducted, but few investigations have dea . . .
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Masters ThesisVelazquez, Dulce MariaThere has been an extensive amount of effort to combat tobacco use, yet the emergence of electronic cigarettes threatens to jeopardize the current progress. This study sought to determine statistically significant differences in electronic cigarette . . .
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Masters ThesisPilecki, Dianne.A number of studies have been done on attitudes toward death and dying. In general, conclusions infer that most people, including nurses, have anxiety regarding death. Studies about nurses show that their attitudes about death and dying are reflec . . .
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Masters ThesisKottcamp, Glenn M.Sculpins of the genus Cottus are commonly found in brackish water and streams of the Pacific drainage of North America (Morris, 1961). Though common, they are infrequently encountered being small, bottom dwelling fish, rarely exceeding 1 50 mm S. . . .
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Masters ThesisFringer, Mikaela KimThe objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a functional protein (FP) program in dairy calves raised in a California rearing program. Experiment 1 was conducted from January – March. Upon arrival the dairy origin, body weight . . .
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Masters ThesisMoshier, Shelby PaigeSandy beaches support dynamic and diverse, but physically narrow intertidal ecosystems that are vulnerable to the effects of anthropogenic disturbance, such as coastal dredging and beach nourishment. Our study site in Morro Bay, California has been . . .
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Masters ThesisMuñoz, EvelinFewer than 40% of students that pursue college degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) do not graduate with a STEM degree. The rate of college degree attainment in STEM is about 20% lower for women, people with disabiliti . . .
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Masters ThesisMoreno, JoselynThere are an estimated 10.5 million undocumented immigrants that live in the United States (Krogstad, Passel, & Cohn, 2019). As changes in immigration policies and legislation become harsher and more restrictive, the purpose of this phenomenological . . .
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Masters ThesisHernández, Rocío SolísDuring the 1960s and 1970s, Chicanas/os at Fresno State College formed part of the larger Chicano movement aimed at obtaining civil rights for individuals of Mexican descent living within the United States. Between 1965 and 1975, Chicanas/os enrolle . . .
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Masters ThesisSingh, KrizmaBladderworts, aquatic carnivorous plants, use specialized traps (with a mouth opening of about 0.2 mm in diameter) to complete their feeding strike in less than a millisecond after the trap begins to open. Suction feeding is well understood in animals . . .
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Masters ThesisReyes Fuentes, Karina J.This study provides further insight regarding the aspirations of Latinx mothers and their influence to support more access for Latinx students into higher education. Parental engagement is very rarely seen in higher education spaces. I am interested . . .
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Masters ThesisRamirez Munoz, MarielaThis research study explored the perceptions of university campus climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Latinx students, specifically feelings of safety and inclusion. The purpose of this study was to examine how safety . . .
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Masters ThesisNies, Michael DavidThis descriptive study assessed the relationship between infrastructure and health outcomes. This study utilized secondary data from the CalEnviroScreen 3.0 to analyze environmental and health measures from the ZIP codes of 93702, 93706, 93711, and . . .
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Masters ThesisMontes, Yaneth A.The study focuses on the experiences of school counselors and outlines their perspectives on supporting first-generation Latinx students. The study examines the literature surrounding the perceptions on the roles, practices, challenges, and demands . . .
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Masters ThesisMeier, Kaitlin C.Using feminist psychoanalytic and rhetorical theory, this thesis reclaims and reimagines how female relationships and voices are represented in literature by focusing on the ancient myth of Persephone and Demeter in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and t . . .
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Masters ThesisGorden, Mary Amanda.The city of Exeter is in a rural area of Tulare County near the center of the San Joaquin Valley, California. The economy is agriculturally oriented with an emphasis on citrus. Exeter Union High School, located in the city of Exeter, is a single hi . . .
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Masters ThesisLyon, MireyaThe subject of the present research is public criticism of police conduct and professionalism, as well as public perception of an officer’s guilt in shooting situations. The hypothesis driving this research is that people will be more critical of a . . .
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Masters ThesisArlen, Linda.In the last few years educators have experimented with two innovative techniques: non-grading, so that a student never fails, and self-pacing, where a student is allowed to progress at his own rate of speed. These techniques have most often been e . . .
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Masters ThesisAnderson, Gwen.There are various ideas concerning what role guidance should play within the school organisation. One point of view* which stresses the individual in his uniqueness, is concerned with helping youth develop self-concepts involving realistic self-und . . .
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Masters ThesisAmundsen, Edward Lee.For the past several years there have been courses entitled power mechanics, power technology, and transporta- tion and power which have been offered in the field of industrial arts. This new course can be found in the schools at the junior high s . . .
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Masters ThesisWillems, Caroline.During the years until World War II public school education retained many of the moral and spiritual teachings which were found in the earlier private schools. There was much leniency toward prayer and Bible reading in the classroom, as well as towa . . .
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Masters ThesisLopez, RodrigoConsumer demand regarding standards of care, welfare, and production methods are increasingly important for livestock producers. To meet consumer demands, the United States (US) is on a path to increase levels of welfare. Structures added to the envir . . .
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Masters ThesisHendricksen, Laura T.The general morphology of Hidatsa has been studied extensively by a handful of scholars (Matthews, W. 1874; Robinett 1955; Matthews, G. H. 1965; Jones 1979, 1992; Boyle 2007, 2011; Gebhardt & Boyle 2012; Park 2012), but little work has been done on . . .
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Masters ThesisBrito, Patricia DeanneOn July 25, 2018, another wave of feminist political action crashed onto the Chilean shore. Taking to the streets of Plaza Italia, a public space in the capital city of Santiago where protestors often gather, thousands of women sought to demand the . . .
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Masters ThesisYu, Jeanny Chen-Li.Malnutrition is found almost everywhere around the entire globe. In developing countries the problem of malnutrition has been long established as the world's most serious, unsolved health problem. It is mainly a result of an inadequate consumption . . .
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Masters ThesisGraham, Clifford Ray.Posthypnotic amnesia has long been considered an essential characteristic of hypnosis. It was first reported by the Mar- quis de Puysegur in 1784 while experimenting with his famous subject, Victor. Since it was well known that sleepwalkers experi . . .
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Masters ThesisGuyette, Philip.Fluid power is a science so ancient that its beginning precedes written history. The water wheel, in the pre-Christian era, is the first example of fluids in motion used to do work. The ancient Egyptians, in approximately 250 B.C., used the Archim . . .
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Masters ThesisArmstrong, John William.Three out of five wild populations and a laboratory- population of Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hubner), were found resistant to malathion. A malathion-susceptible Indian meal moth population, stressed with malathion, showed a 110-fo . . .
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Masters ThesisAycock, Linnea."The Crystal Cabinet," "The Golden Net," and particu- larly The Mental Traveller" have long intrigued students of Blake, but only in the last few years have scholars begun to explore these poems in depth. The value of studying these shorter poem . . .
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Masters ThesisSoundarajan, SanjayUnknown regulatory motif finding on DNA sequences is a crucial task for understanding gene expression and the task requires accuracy and efficiency. We propose DMF, a combinatorial approach that uses hash-based heuristics to skip unnecessary computat . . .
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Masters ThesisArmstrong, Donna.Verbal communication, the sharing through words of knowledge, ideas, and experiences, is considered the essence of humanity. Non-verbal language systems, such as those being taught to chimpanzees (Fleming, 1974) , seem to be judged non-human becau . . .
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Masters ThesisCanfield, Marybelle Moyer.In recent years mankind has been involved in major social problems. In the United States involvement with social problems has existed within persons and within groups, and between persons and between groups. The energies of our populace, whether m . . .
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Masters ThesisBogard, Linda Lee.A few years ago a college degree was the key to a wide variety of career positions. Today, it is not uncommon to hear of the glutted job market in fields such as teaching, social welfare and engineering. Students are looking for positions which wi . . .
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Masters ThesisBarclay, Marilynn.In the early history of tonality, English music theory exhibits distinctly progressive tendencies. This brief comparative study is an attempt to provide a view of the English contributions to the evolving diatonic system.
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Masters ThesisMacías, Patricia AyalaSince 2007, the California State University (CSU) system has partaken in two initiatives in the past: Access to Success and the Graduation Initiative 2015. These initiatives laid the foundation for the most recent initiative, the Graduation Initiati . . .
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Masters ThesisAngeles, JorgeOver the last two decades, processing tomato planting in the San Joaquin Valley has transitioned to the use of transplants, buried drip irrigation, and shallow tillage from the traditional direct seeded, flood irrigated systems. The use of pre-plant . . .
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Masters ThesisYounker, Stephen Allen.On September 1, 1924, F. J. Lee, General Overseer of the Church of God,"'" wrote: "In making up the program for the Assembly, I thought it would be well to have something concerning the young people . . . This is what Charles W. Conn, a former Gen . . .
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Masters ThesisWyman, Wilton.A major problem confronting the tennis instructor at the junior college, college, and university level is the classification and subse- quent evaluation of students enrolled in elementary tennis classes. The instructor should have a means for q . . .
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Masters ThesisWorrell, Joanne.The subject of this study, Peromyscus boylei (the brush mouse), is found from "Honduras northward to Oregon and Utah and eastward to the Ozark Mountains" (Hooper, 1968: 50). In California, it is found characteristically in the Upper Sonoran life zo . . .
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Masters ThesisWinston, William R.Unemployment and the circumstances which surround it have been a long standing problem in this nation. Despite the high degree of interest which government officials have shown in recent years through programs sponsored by the Federal government, . . .
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Masters ThesisWilton, Judith.Mexican Americans are a segment of the rural poor. These low income people face uniquely complex problems. Often they do not speak English; their children are virtually un- touched by existing school programs; their lack of job skills and the incr . . .
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Masters ThesisAved, Barbara Marie.is obvious from the large number of illigitimate births, legally and illegally induced abortions, and legitimate but undesired pregnancies in the United States that contra- ceptive measures are commonly ignored or actively rejected by a substa . . .