Dynamic systems (e.g., families, student-teacher, etc.) present themselves as a powerful means of assessing multiple informants and how they interact with each other across a given period of time. the current study sought to propose a novel statistica . . .

In collaboration with the Orange County Water District (OCWD) Research and Development Department, water quality of advanced treated recycled water was studied before and after transit from its origin at an Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) . . .

This study analyzes the manner in which Plutarch constructs the feminine principle in the form of Isis in his text, De Iside et Osiride, by using a feminist and gender approach. the essay begins with an analysis of the text and explores the influence . . .

Tonic immobility is a temporary state of motor inhibition that occurs while an individual is fully conscious, thought to develop as a result of extreme panic or fear. Studies of sexual assault have often found that survivors of sexual trauma report ex . . .

Several studies have shown the importance of confidence and even overconfidence in participating in warfare. Some researchers have proposed that religion is an evolutionary adaption for the capacity to participate in warfare, in part due to its abilit . . .

This study argues that in the decades following the end of the Second World War, Italian-Americans achieved the status of “whiteness” in the United States due to the increasing popularity and romanticization of Italians in American pop culture. Throug . . .

The present study sought to determine the level of accuracy in the public perception of atheists as immoral. Moral profiles of atheists, deists, and theists were evaluated and compared within the Moral Foundations Theory framework. Data were analyzed . . .

While the academic literature on veganism investigates the rise of and reasons behind a vegan lifestyle, this literature is void of information on how vegan men understand and experience their veganism. My research draws on 15 in-depth, semi-structure . . .

Cryptic species can often cause problems for baseline and ecological studies as these species are not readily identified in the field. Lottia scabra and Lottia conus form a north/south cryptic species pair where they occupy the same habitat, but L. sc . . .

There are many open questions about holistic processing and its role in visual expertise. Although a person is an expert within a visual domain, there is still much debate about the differences between novices and experts in holistic processing. This . . .

Although sharing many of the same monetary policy tools of the West, Chinese central banking differs in many aspects. the People’s Bank of China leverages both market and non-market tools to fine-tune and dictate monetary policy. This paper seeks to e . . .

The bench press and push-up are used for training upper body muscular strength and endurance. Although used interchangeably, differences between relative to body mass load are unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between . . .

As acculturation can be a positive and negative experience, the negative aspects of the acculturation experience have come to be thought of as “acculturative stress” (Berry, 2005). Research has consistently found that greater acculturative stress is l . . .

Quality early education and kindergarten readiness are now nationally recognized as indicators of future success. A growing body of research links quality preschool education to lifelong benefits, including greater likelihood of high school graduation . . .

This thesis explores Latinas’ relationship to food as depicted in four contemporary American films: Tortilla Soup (2001), Woman on Top (2000), What’s Cooking? (2000), and East Side Sushi (2014). in these films, food shapes the depictions of Latinas an . . .

Throughout modern history, groups of people have emigrated without the ability to return home because of the regime in power. While living in exile, they form or join new communities. They also work to determine their role and relation to their host a . . .

Throughout vertebrate evolution, asymmetries in the ability to inflict costs and defend resources (i.e., formidability) likely impacted individual fitness and collecting information about formidability (e.g., size, strength, fighting ability) would ha . . .

This research studies the objective and subjective walkability of the community of Ladera Ranch, California. Ladera Ranch is a community built on New Urbanist principles and its design includes aspects to make the neighborhood pedestrian friendly. the . . .

Examining diplomatic letters, treaties, and conferences through the lens of entangled histories, borderland studies, and Richard White’s concept of middle ground, Matt Snider claims deceptive negotiation and strategic posturing dominated cross-cultura . . .

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to analyze the impact of a middle school principal’s leadership on school culture. Working within an emerging conceptual framework, this study was grounded in four broad concepts: (a) school culture, (b) . . .

The present study addressed the roles that oxytocin and empathy play in moral judgment on actions involving the killing of one person to save the lives of a larger number of people. Additionally, the study sought to determine whether trait empathy and . . .

This study examines the role of financial socialization in low-income Hispanic households in order to determine if there was evidence of the transmission of values about behaviors such a saving and searching for the cheapest price from parent to child . . .

Eccentric overload is used to enhance athletic performance. The front squat is important because it is a precursor to the clean; an exercise to increase performance. The purpose was to investigate the acute effects of eccentric overload on concentric . . .

The game of rugby requires players to demonstrate horizontal pushing force in forms such as a scrum, ruck, and tackle. Sprint speed is vital for players on offense and defense. Both horizontal pushing force and sprinting require producing maximal forc . . .

Speed is a crucial aspect in softball, and can be the difference between winning and losing. Base stealing is a method used to produce runs. There has been debate over which starting position is the most advantageous to maximize acceleration and speed . . .

Paleozoic shallow marine communities differ considerably from Modern shallow marine communities. for example, Modern animals such as gastropods and bivalves occupy niches once occupied by Paleozoic brachiopods and echinoderms. Researchers suggest the . . .

The use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections is increasingly ineffective worldwide. Genes disseminated by bacteria such as aac(6')-Ib, render aminoglycoside antibiotics ineffective, requiring discovery of new antibiotics or alternatives strate . . .

Various advances in all the areas of concrete technology have been made which include mixture proportioning, partial replacement of cement, durability requirements, materials, testing, structural designing, and recycling. Nowadays, transportation stru . . .

The majority of lacustrine studies from the Mojave Desert Region focus on Mojave River fed lakes, specifically Silver and Soda Lake. the Mojave River headwaters, located in the San Bernardino Mountains, feed the Mojave River lakes and thus contain an . . .

Sled towing is a common form of overload training in sports to work on muscular strength. This type of training leads to two results; chronic and acute. Acute training leads to postactivation potentiation (PAP), which is when subsequent muscle perform . . .

The purpose of this study was to explore distributed leadership and how leadership practices are actualized in three selected schools in Southern California. This qualitative, multiple case study used survey research and interviews to assess how distr . . .

Oximes and oxime ethers have important pharmaceutical and synthetic applications and are widely used in drug design. There are very few studies involving heterocycle formation via oxime ethers. This study investigated the oxime ether radical cation as . . .

Over the last twenty-five years many infrastructure projects have been successfully pursued through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach across the United States (US). While the PPP project delivery model remains the same in principle, the PP . . .

Many model-based approaches have been suggested to improve and accelerate the development process of complex distributed embedded systems (DES) from design to deployment. In this approach, abstract models of the system are created and then transformed . . .

Long path FTIR spectroscopy was used to analyze the reaction of nitrogen dioxide with various phenolic compounds and field samples (sand, soil, compost, and clay). HONO was observed as a product in the NO2 reactions with the aminophenol isomers with a . . .

When an athlete adopts an internal focus of attention, their performance may be hindered. Conversely, when an athlete adopts an external focus of attention, performance has been shown to be enhanced. the purpose of this study was to investigate the ef . . .

Latinxs and first-generation college students (FGCS) make up a considerable portion of students on college campuses. in the university system, these students face unique challenges such as more career barriers and less career knowledge, which may impa . . .

This thesis examines the long-run effects of imposing clean water regulations on the financial performance of firms in the Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI). Recent literature provides opposing viewpoints on how environmental regulation affects a firm’s p . . .

Bridges designed to resist earthquake ground-motions are expected to control the vibrations acting through them. These vibrations are to be dissipated during major seismic excitations. This research is focused on the design of a self-centering frictio . . .

The human epigenetic response to resistance exercise (RE) is poorly understood. This is problematic because RE is a powerful stimulus with numerous performance and health benefits. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic st . . .

Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a serious health concern for women worldwide, negatively affecting the psychological and physical health of millions of women each year. While the immediate physical repercussions of IPA, such as hospital visits, trauma . . .

Foam rolling is a relatively new method of increasing range of motion, but its effects on peak torque and muscle activation are relatively unknown. Purpose: to examine the effects of foam rolling on range of motion (ROM), peak torque (PT), muscle acti . . .

The Shadows of Assimilation: Narratives and Legacies of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School, 1879-1918, investigates the United States policy for assimilating Native Americans into the American national identity by using education as it means. Indian . . .

Disparities in sentencing death penalty cases, amongst other forms of structural violence, ensure that the historic relationship between mostly black defendants and the criminal justice system in the United States far outstrips the visual representati . . .

Increased military and industrial activities involving the use of nitroaromatic explosives has led to a renewed focus on their environmental impact on soil, groundwater and surface water. Remediation of wastewater containing 2,4 DNT is critical to pre . . .

Neonicotinoid insecticides such as Imidacloprid (IMD), Thiamethoxam (THM), and Dinotefuran (DNT) are extensively used in agricultural operations. their occurrence in the environment can have significant adverse ecological consequences to non-target sp . . .

Narratives have been shown to be effective in changing breast cancer survivors’ exercise beliefs, self-efficacy (SE) and intentions for physical activity (Falzon, et al., 2015). The purpose of this study was to facilitate observational learning throug . . .

Disciplinary action rates have increased significantly due to the implementation of zero tolerance policies in schools (Castillo 2014). While proponents of zero-tolerance policies argue that these practices make schools safer, research suggests that-z . . .

Gas chromatography with flame ionization detector (GC/FID) and the relative rate method were used to study the kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of chlorine atoms with six difluorotoluene isomers at 298 K and 1 atm of ultrapure nitrogen. The foll . . .

Sleep paralysis is a brief episode that occurs upon falling asleep or awakening, in which a person experiences full body paralysis and a sensation of pressure on the chest or throat, but is conscious and can see and hear. These experiential features a . . .

In 2016, the Supreme Court took the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association that would solidify its place in society not as an impartial referee, the last refuge in a politicized world, but as a political actor itself. the case presented th . . .

Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram negative, nosocomial pathogen, which has ability to gain resistance against antibiotics. According to CDC antibiotic resistance threats report, 2013, approximately 500 deaths happen annually in the United States of Am . . .

In the Mojave Desert, during a heavy rain, water rushes down a coalescence of alluvial fans and is distributed unevenly through naturally formed channels. When man-made structures such as roads and railroads disrupt these natural flow paths, the major . . .

Compounds that induce cell cycle arrest can potentially be used as anti-cancer therapeutics. This study explores the effects on the cell cycle by a novel class of small molecules that inhibit β-catenin. These β-catenin inhibitors are predicted to affe . . .

This thesis describes the development of a virtual-reality system ARWED, which will be used in the physical rehabilitation of patients with reduced upper extremity mobility. The main purpose of the ARWED is to help increase limb Active Range Of Motion . . .

Based on the theory of aversive racism (Dovidio & Gaertner, 1986), the current thesis addressed whether or not mock jurors show bias toward mother defendants who differ on ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and attractiveness. A 3 (Ethnicity—Black, Whit . . .

There is growing research interest in studying the role of ambivalence over emotional expression (AEE) and anger in adjustment to symptoms of chronic pain. the present research involved studying the mediating effect of AEE between anger and chronic pa . . .

Women are underrepresented in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) from high school to college and into employment. as these are the fastest growing and highest paying fields of the economy this means women are missing . . .

This paper brings forth a smart automatic lighting system (SALS) by expatiating on designing theories together with implementation approaches. This system was designed to realize the goal of cutting down the amounts of electricity usage in people’s da . . .

All through the previous decades, with the advancements in vehicle ownership every year, traffic congestion has appeared to be a growingly stern issue. Increasing numbers of traffic light control systems (TLCS) have emerged in the market in order to f . . .

While the academic literature extensively covers the benefits of body-worn technologies to policing, this literature is limited of information that examines, directly, the police officer experience and perspective with body-worn technologies in the fi . . .

The purpose of this paper is to improve public understanding of the experience of homelessness, and to shed light on the social conditions that co-occur with it. the paper uses ethnographic interviewing techniques and participant observation to explor . . .

There has been tremendous victory and improvement in deep learning with the use of neural networks. Areas of image and video have benefited from this advancement, but there is room for further development in the field of sentimental analysis. Specific . . .

Chagas disease is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). During its life cycle, T. cruzi faces environmental challenges as it propagates from an insect vector to a mammalian host, for which it has d . . .

The spread of antibiotic resistance is rapidly threatening the effectiveness of antibiotics in the clinical setting. More infections are being caused by pathogenic bacteria that have gained resistance to many or all antibiotics that are currently avai . . .

Japanese animation, commonly referred to as anime, has earned a strong foothold in the American entertainment industry over the last few decades. Anime is known by many to be a more mature option for animation fans since Western animation has typicall . . .

Of the Acinetobacter genus A. baumannii is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections, but recently additional species of Acinetobacter have been identified as origins of nosocomial infections. Studies suggest functional type IV pili (T4P) . . .

Obesity is a major risk factor for knee osteoarthritis. Altered walking biomechanics have been documented in obese individuals, and relative quadriceps dysfunction may be present in this population. Both of which may contribute to the development of k . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of isometric preloading on peak ground reaction force, peak velocity, peak power, and surface electromyography (EMG) of the vastus lateralis, biceps femoris, and gluteus maximus in powerlifters . . .

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, the mental and physical health condition of people living in Fukushima under the threat of nuclear radiation has been a major concern. This uncontrollable situation is very stressful for them. However, fe . . .

Stromatolites, laminated accretionary structures, can provide evidence of early microbial life, allowing insight into bacterial interactions with sediment and the environment on early Earth. Modern cyanobacterial mats have shown cone-forming capabilit . . .

Fatigue and exhaustion during high intensity endurance performances may demonstrate psychological task disengagement rather than physiological failure due to increased rating of perceived exertion (RPE). This study examined whether motivational self-t . . .

Sinorhizobium meliloti is a gram-negative alpha-proteobacterium that uses a twocomponent regulatory system, ExoS/ChvI, to help form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legume host plants. This symbiosis is a model for studying the mechanisms used by inva . . .

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are involved in many cellular processes, making them potential drug targets. Many of these interactions involve amino acid residues projecting off of an -helix. Small molecules have been designed to mimic short ami . . .

Many researchers who study the link between media violence and increased aggression in participants use self-report scales to measure attitudes towards media violence (ATMV). Few researchers, however, use scales measuring ATMV that have strong psycho . . .

Work-life balance is a challenge for principals to navigate as the ever-increasing responsibilities of the role as principal requires more time. Because time is limited, achieving balance between principals’ workloads and home responsibilities can cau . . .

This research explores the narratives of bereaved family members in attempts to better understand the contemporary way of dying. I asked three research questions about the end-of-life process. First, how is dying of a relative or partner/spouse experi . . .

Juveniles who commit offences in the U.S. may be mandated to attend school in alternative correctional facilities. Although there are mixed findings in research focusing on general educators’ perceptions of teaching multigrade classes, research on alt . . .

Ultimate, a.k.a. ultimate Frisbee, is a sport rich with historical, sociological, and philosophical themes. This thesis unpacks one of its major issues: A central part of its culture is changing. Specifically, ultimate’s culture revolves around Spirit . . .

In recent years, the number of users for developed devices (e.g., mobile, tablet, laptop, iPad, computer) increased rapidly. This trend is expected to continue in the next upcoming years. Thus, the number of users will rapidly increasing, which will c . . .

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of foam rolling on maximum sprint performance and range of motion in recreational athletes. Eleven men (mean ± SD age = 22.16 ± 3.2 years, body mass = 81.6 ± 7.97 kg, height = 175.2 ± 5.4 cm) . . .

Among all the standardized tests available to assess competency to stand trial, the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA) and the Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial-Revised (ECST-R) are unique in that they are amo . . .

This is an analysis of the impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on the development of international criminal law. It begins with a review of the difficulties faced when trying to enforce the tribunal's authority incl . . .

This study examines life and times of Arno Dosch Fleurot (1879–1951), the American veteran newspaperman, who was a foreign correspondent in Europe since 1914 and reported to Americans about many important world events—World War One and World War Two, . . .

The increasing energy utilization in wireless networks driven by the sensational incremental growth in mobile users and data traffic are presenting mobile operators with a lot of challenges towards meeting the requirement of both cost reduction and en . . .

Aminoglycosides, antibiotics used to treat gram-negative bacterial infections, are becoming less viable due to the rise and dissemination of antibiotic resistance mediated by aminoglycoside modifying enzymes (AMEs). One of the most clinically relevant . . .

PURPOSE: to identify a relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS), cytokines, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in youth with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and non-syndromic obesity (OB). METHODS: Twenty-one youth with PWS (ages 10.7 . . .

Softball and baseball are games that require multiple skill sets such as throwing, hitting and fielding. Players spend a copious amount of time in batting practice in order help a successful hit. Variables commonly associated with successful hitting i . . .

This paper explores the effects of the 2007 market crash on police department staffing. This analysis examines questions related to police force size, civilianization, and part-time employment in police departments. the observation period is from 2005 . . .

The latest data from US Census (2013) estimate the Iranian immigrant population at 470,000 in the US and 215,000 (46%) in California. Los Angeles County has the highest concentration of Iranian immigrants population. Orange County, adjacent to L.A. Co . . .

The challenge of coordinating geography classes in a K-12 setting is that the constituent elements are split artificially between two separate courses—physical science and social science—which are never taught in conjunction. Unfortunately, the regula . . .

The emergence of different pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment is a concern due to their potential adverse effect on human health and the environment. Among various sources, wastewater discharged from treatment plants . . .

Damping is defined as the behavior of the building to absorb the input energy. This damping behavior of the building can be improved by adding dampers. The primary goal of this experiment was to assess the impact of installing a liquid-filled tank . . .

This quantitative study examined the student records of a California community college recognized as a dual enrollment leader in the state. the purpose of the study was to evaluate the influence of demographic and academic variables on college persist . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of first year community college students on academic probation. a mixed methods, two-phase sequential explanatory research design was implemented to carry out this study. the quantitative first . . .

This study looks at different drug arrest patterns. While extensive research has been done on crime and drug mapping, very little has been done on drug arrests as a whole and even less has been done on specific drug types. This study addresses the fol . . .

The Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake struck central Nepal on April 25, 2015 and brought about a huge loss of life and property. The quake was also responsible for the generation of a large number of landslides. They blocked highways, devastated villages, and . . .

Plestiodon skiltonianus and Plestiodon gilberti are two closely related skink species occurring in Western North and Central America that differ in body size. Plestiodon gilberti is hypothesized to have evolved a larger body size from a P. skiltonianu . . .

Fibromyalgia is a multisystem condition that impacts a range of functionality. One function that is particularly impacted is physical movement due to pain. This study examined the relationship between objectively measured and self-reported levels of p . . .

The global spread of non-native seaweeds has become unavoidable due to globalization. Sargassum muticum is a canopy-forming seaweed that originated from Japan and was first observed in southern California in 1970. In this study I conducted field surve . . .