A study was performed to evaluate an alternative method to the current Dithiooxamide and Sodium Rhodizonate tests used to detect the presence copper or lead residues at a bullet impact. The alternative method was the pre-treated test strips: Cupertesm . . .

Developing a music skill like singing is a worthy endeavor, but the ability to sing in only one musical style is not enough. To be a professional commercial musician, a singer must learn to perform in a variety of genres utilizing appropriate fundamen . . .

Little is offered to connect the theoretical knowledge obtained in the classroom with the applied education experience achieved by observation and operation. The abstract concept of electricity is especially difficult to comprehend due to its intangib . . .

ABSTRACT Interface Design for Memory Access in an FPGA-MIPS Datapath This thesis focuses on the design and implementation of memory access control on an Altera DE-1 System-on-chip (SOC) board. The board integrates a Hard Processor System (HPS) with a . . .

Sacred Music has seemed to be strict and structured to the listeners; from it's origin in Gregorian chants and monophonic solemn melodies, to the polyphonic harmonies of children's choirs. It has taken many years to see change come around. This percep . . .

Women's health is a modern social movement focusing on the specific needs of women's health care. Despite the success of this movement there remains a need to educate policy makers and reform legislation that has traditionally excluded large numbers o . . .

Arduino is an open-source preliminary platform based on ergonomic hardware and software. It can read inputs like from its sensors and influences its surroundings by controlling lights, motors and actuators. This project mainly focused on four differen . . .

ABSTRACT Optimization of a Parallel Sum of Absolute Difference Algorithm Using OpenCL By Tae Kyun Kim This thesis focuses on the development of a parallel sum of absolute difference (SAD) algorithm using Open Computing Language (OpenCL) on an Intel® C . . .

Women entering the criminal justice system present with a high prevalence of mental health and substance abuse issues. More than half of women in the criminal justice system have reported experiencing childhood trauma, specifically physical and sexual . . .

This body of work consists of large, coil-built ceramic vessels that present the viewer with evidence of the process of their construction. The layered textures reflect the action of my hands working the clay and my body moving around the forms. The v . . .

ABSTRACT Interface Design for Memory Access in an FPGA-MIPS Datapath This thesis focuses on the design and implementation of memory access control on an Altera DE-1 System-on-chip (SOC) board. The board integrates a Hard Processor System (HPS) with a . . .

Throughout the school year, the California State University, Los Angeles hosts several programming competitions in which students and other programming aficionados from various schools vie for first place as coding kings. One competition in particular . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of tootling, a class wide positive behavior support, on the problem behavior of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Four students in sixth grade were taught to report the pro-social beh . . .

Time of death assists with crime scene reconstruction and corroborating suspects' alibis. Determining time of death involves estimating post mortem interval. The OxyVu Hyperspectral Tissue Oxygenation Mapping System measures oxygenated and deoxygenate . . .

The purpose of this case study was to demonstrate the influence of Tier 1 of Response to Intervention and Instruction (RtI2) and instructional coaching on teachers' instruction and on students' and English Language Learners' (ELL) learning. Research w . . .

This study provides a current examination of recidivism among juvenile delinquents. Trends in crime rates have shown to have dropped in the last 15-years. However, recidivism rates continue to remain high, and data is often not accounted for by indivi . . .

William Blake’s poem entitled The Lamb has been set to two very effective settings; one by John Rutter and the other by John Tavener. These two composers were close friends who were both educated at the prestigious Highgate School in London, England. . . .

The fact that public health is moving towards a proactive approach in combating chronic diseases through diet and lifestyle changes and consumer demands are shifting towards health-promoting foods, creates a necessity in expansion of the functional fo . . .

Thesis (M.S.W.) California State University, Los Angeles, 2012

Epithelial cells contribute to innate immunity by recognizing microbial pathogens and secretingantimicrobial effector molecules to prevent invasions. Recently, epithelial cell derived lipids have been added to the list of antimicrobials effectors. Lip . . .

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of functioning difficulty on mental health among the elderly, ages 65 years old and over. The data utilized for this study was collected from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2009 Older . . .

Solar Power in Thailand

Carbonate clumped isotope paleothermometry was applied to fill a critical knowledge gap about climate change from ~36,000 to 9,000 years ago by providing novel terrestrial paleoenvironmental data derived from two ancient soils from the Columbia Basin . . .

The objectives of this project report is to build a test bed or a dynamometer that enables to measure the torque acting on the motor, and also Implementation of a regenerative braking system in an electric go-kart. The main purpose is to measure torqu . . .

A pilot study was conducted at the Ballona Wetlands Saltwater Marsh where the study used water quality parameters, major ions, and water isotope ratios to identify possible sources of water that contributed to the saltwater marsh, analyze the mixing o . . .

My stories explore the connection between surrealism and the urban milieu. "Rabbit Drunk Punk," "Weenie City," and "Amor de Mar" are polished looking glasses of Southern California subcultures, the disenfranchised population, and the immigrant experie . . .

Regulated antisense RNA (asRNA) expression has been employed successfully in Gram positive bacteria. However, there have been few reports published about antisense approaches in Gram negative bacteria. <italic>Acinetobacter baumannii</italic> is a Gra . . .

This recital program reflects the art music tradition of Europe, as represented by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Lute Suite #996 in E Minor and Fernando Sor’s Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9, and two examples of how that tradition fo . . .

This descriptive study examined the relationship between intermittent noise, crowding, chaos, and stress behaviors in children from Los Angeles preschools. Naturalistic observations and survey methods were used to capture children’s everyday behaviors . . .

Sweet potatoes are easily distinguished by their bright red-orange color skin and bright orange flesh. However, different cooking and storage methods may have color changing effects as well as cooking loss. This research study evaluated the above chan . . .

ABSTRACT Marijuana in the City of Angels: A spatial analysis of the geographical distribution of medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of Los Angeles The people of the state of California passed the Compassionate Use Act, Proposition 215, in 1996 . . .

The native western gray squirrel, <italic>Sciurus griseus</italic>, has been extirpated in some of its former range due to habitat fragmentation, and the introduction of the invasive eastern fox squirrel, <italic>Sciurus niger</italic>, in the western . . .

Metabolic syndrome is a group of symptomologies such as abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance, antiinsulinic, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. It is positively associated with increased risks of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cance . . .

With recent technological advances, more minors are using cell phones as their primary mode of communication and expression (Lenhart, 2012). The phenomenon of `sexting' leaves minors at risk of facing severe legal and social consequences for their sel . . .

Data from the 1993, 2003, and 2013 Monitoring the Future Surveys are used to investigate how using and abusing cigarette and alcohol among high school seniors in the United States relate to prices, family socioeconomic status, backgrounds, lifestyles, . . .

The Dutch artist M.C Escher became known to the mathematical community in 1954, at the time the British mathematician Sir Roger Penrose came up with the idea of the impossible triangle after seeing Escher’s lithograph Relativity. From 1937 to 1941, M. . . .

There is a high need to use research evidence to guide practice in juvenile delinquency because billions of tax dollars are used to incarcerate the youth. The purpose of this thesis project is to advance our understanding of the complex social issue t . . .

After briefly introducing the background of Jazz development in the United States, this thesis focuses on the characteristics of Jazz music, including its rhythm, mode, harmony, improvisation, arrangement, and performance. The thesis will also study h . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine number of hours children are in childcare and the impact that family's socioeconomic status, marital status, and availability of family members have on the number of hours children are in child care. The Califor . . .

There are many types of routing algorithms in regards to networking. Requests from one destination, or node, to another require mapping out a path for each specific request. Each path will have many nodes in it until the request reaches its intended d . . .

College students who are undocumented face additional barriers to higher education that first generation college students also struggle to overcome. These barriers include access to college admissions and financial aid as well as resources to support . . .

There is a significant lack of research in the area of interventions for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Literature within this scope of research suggests that researchers should conduct interventions to teach community living skills, . . .

This study attempts to understand the effects of air temperature on the frequency of snow days, rain days, and frozen rain days in British Columbia Canada. This was conducted by using historical climate observations among 12 stations from 1953 to 2001 . . .

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the dynamics and factors that influence binge drinking alcohol among the elderly population. In addition, this thesis aims to examine the relationship between binge drinking, demographic factors (income, gender . . .

The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between children’s use of iPads and other touch screen devices and children’s engagement in handwriting activities at home. This study surveyed children between the ages of three and five who atte . . .

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen. In immunocompromised patients, it can cause a life-threatening infection. Its ability to switch morphologies from yeast to hyphae form in various environments is a key virulence trait. The regulato . . .

This thesis project focuses on the development of a CSULA Faculty-led Study Abroad and Service Learning Course Proposal that will be taking place in Costa Rica during summer 2015. There is an underrepresentation of undergraduate students involved in s . . .

Metabolic syndrome is a group of symptomologies such as abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance, antiinsulinic, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. It is positively associated with increased risks of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cance . . .

This study examines a short-term international service-learning course based at a Hispanic Serving Institution. Though study abroad and international service-learning have grown in popularity within higher education, they remain relatively new in the . . .

Water vapor plays a key role in the atmospheric hydrological cycle by allowing winds to move water around Earth and by providing the water source for the formation of clouds and precipitation. This study utilizes the complete 14-year observational dat . . .