Histone N-terminal tails are subject to covalent post-translational modifications (PTMs) including methylation and phosphorylation which signal gene activation. Like phosphorylation, methylation affects cellular regulatory mechanisms and its implicati . . .

My project was to work as a dramaturg on The Mystery of the Missing Mutts, part of The John Lion New Plays Festival. This report describes my dramaturgical projects including the creation of a dramaturgical protocol, a study guide, program notes, and . . .

Arduino is an open source platform based on user friendly hardware and software. It is able to take inputs from its sensors and affects its surroundings by controlling motors, lights and actuators. This project is describing and producing four differe . . .

Older adulthood is often accompanied by physical and emotional challenges that put individuals at greater risk for developing depression, and, if left untreated, suicidal ideation. Research points to healthy aging as a holistic approach to increasing . . .

The United States has the highest rates of juvenile incarceration in the world. For decades, African American and Latino youth have been disproportionately overrepresented at every level of the juvenile justice system, including confinement. This is a . . .

Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) function to protect organisms from freezing in subzero temperatures. AFPs in insects have been discovered to be the most effective in decreasing the freezing point of water without affecting the melting point, apparently a p . . .

The mental health wellbeing of adolescents is an important issue affecting our youth population today. This study examined the effect of gender identity, substance use and parental involvement have on the mental health of adolescents. Data used from t . . .

My Master's` thesis is an installation. I replicated a brick wall with a window like the opening from my grandmother's house. Behind the window there will be a slowly melting wax figure, signifying change. The concept behind the work is how memory is . . .

The purpose of this thesis research project is to explore correlates associated with caregiver burden among caregivers who care for an older adult with at least one chronic illness. The results from Chapter two suggest that caregiver burden is predomi . . .

ABSTRACT A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXAMINING THE ASSET BUILDING BARRIERS AND FACILITATING FACTORS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG LATINOS By Kimberly Martinez Building assets is important for everyone in United States, because it guarantees individuals and families . . .

The purpose of the thesis is to determine the mechanical properties of a soft cohesive soil know as Kaolin (Peerless 2) clay, running a static direct simple shear (DSS) test using the GEOCOMP ShearTrac-II cyclic direct simple shear apparatus. The thes . . .

The current research investigated factors that influence perceived employability of former offenders: the effects of type of custody (state prison versus county jail versus a CBAC program), type of offense (violent versus N3: non-violent, non-serious, . . .

Mammoth Mountain, CA is a volcanic region with elevated CO2 emissions from a sub-surface source, which are likely inducing mineral weathering that is leading to varied As concentrations in the surrounding springs. This study examines possible geochemi . . .

Falls to the ground is a major health issue in older adulthood and a primary cause for nursing home placement and premature death. Older adults who are sedentary have a greater likelihood of falling to the ground than those who exercise. The present s . . .

It is proposed that the high failure rate of novice programmers is due to the absence of pedagogies that teach a programming language as a language, per se. A 2014 fMRI study (Siegmund et al.) demonstrated that comprehension of computer programs utili . . .

Research has shown that the first years of childhood are crucial in the psychological development of children, and traumatic events such as sexual, physical and emotional abuse interrupt children’s psychological development and negatively impact their . . .

Existing studies of masculinity lack thorough and sociological examinations of how adult Latino gang members construct alternative masculine and sexual identities within hyper-masculine gang subculture. To address this topic, the study at hand examine . . .

With the significant rise in immigration to the United States in the past few decades, understanding the impact of immigration on crime, unemployment and migration is crucial to find out which direction the country is taking. As defined by the Census . . .

Thesis (M.F.A.) California State University, Los Angeles, 2012

As digital networks become more prevalent between people, information and curricular content, researchers such as George Siemens have proposed new pedagogical approaches based on the principles of Connectivism through which the process of learning is . . .

The purpose of this project is to explore the repertoire available for the wind band medium. In the author's studies, a question often asked by fellow students studying music education was, "what kind of works are available to program for our future s . . .

The benefits of pairing a children’s choir with an instrumental ensemble are numerous, but when it comes to performing works within this idiom, conductors are often limited by three things: their resources, their knowledge of available and appropriate . . .

This study aims to break down the fear associated with nonmetric music and give conductors a way to approach conducting choral nonmetric music. Most of conducting education is spent on metric music. While metric music encompasses a vast majority of th . . .

The aim of this study is to explore the application of an exponentially weighted moving average-PI Controller for the purpose of stock trading. Previous research has been conducted on stock trading using a pure PI controller that resulted in a robust . . .

Let $D$ be a fixed set of prime numbers. In this thesis we investigate the chromatic number of graphs with vertex set of the integers and edges between any pair of vertices whose distance is in $D$. Such a graph is called a prime distance graph, and t . . .

Children who are hospitalized face disruption of daily life. With this there can be many emotional disturbances. Surgical procedures can cause fears and stress, especially for children. Research indicates children who have negative experiences in hosp . . .

This thesis project aims to examine risk factors involved in the psychosocial adjustment among children in gay and lesbian families and the interventions used to address negative outcomes. Two research questions guide this paper: 1) What factors corre . . .

Currently, stroke is the fifth cause of death and disability among adults, affecting approximately 795,000 people every year in the United States. Hand mobility is commonly impaired in stroke victims. Treatment for hand impairment range from therapist . . .

Spin-up flows, which result when fluids experience an impulsive increase in their rotation rate, are relevant to large-scale geophysical fluid motions. Mixing of temperature, pollution and nutrition in such flows are important aspects of our climate c . . .

Anaphylaxis in the school setting is a growing concern. As epinephrine prescriptions and cases of pediatric anaphylaxis increase, the school provider faces challenges including first time allergic events at the school, missed identification of anaphyl . . .

The role of information spread and the impact it has on societies in the modern world cannot be understated. In the age of mass communication, digital misinformation, and social media, the importance of understanding and developing control mechanisms . . .

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq allow systematic study of genome wide protein-DNA binding and gene expression, respectively, and generation of hypotheses regarding gene regulation. NGS experiments generate vast amounts of data in . . .

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health concern for its impact on the direct victims of the violence and on the children who have been exposed to it. Children who witness IPV tend to repeat a cycle of violence by exhibiting externalizing be . . .

This project examined the utilization levels of current on-street metered parking spaces in Old Pasadena, and how they related to other public parking facilities. In order to identify where and when these parking spaces were used, field surveys were c . . .

The purpose of this project is to identify the educational value in each selected piece and discuss what technical and musical demands they make on the ensemble playing it. The conductor should choose elements within each piece that can be used to gui . . .

This thesis explores migration of women in the United States from EL Salvador from the 1970’s to 1985 who took initiative to migrate to Los Angeles, California before any men in their family. Within familial expectations, they were obligated to leave . . .

The repertoire for my M.M. recital draws heavily from the twentieth century and includes a piece I composed for première on this program: my Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. The concerto relies on the use of so-called “extended” techniques for the fl . . .

Although many critics have written extensively on the character of Eve in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, her response to the Fall remains under-examined. A close reading of Eve’s birth narrative foregrounds her hermeneutic capabilities, while her initia . . .

Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) are narrow, long, water vapor rich corridors of the atmosphere that are responsible for over 90% of the poleward moisture transport across mid-latitudes and into high latitudes. This suggests a crucial role for ARs in establis . . .

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

This thesis project examines how incarceration effects the mental health status of incarcerated adults. More than half of the individuals who are incarcerated have been diagnosed with a mental illness and do not receive adequate treatment for it. The . . .

This thesis provides research surrounding the integration of digital tools in mathematics instruction for students with disabilities. The research examines the perceived potential of the digital tools to enhance the mathematics learning experience and . . .

<italic>Syntrichia caninervis</italic> is a dominant moss in the Mojave Desert, where it plays an important role in the composition of biotic soil crusts. To date, it has been assumed that individual patches of this moss species represent multiple bra . . .

Many critics have read <italic>The Golden Bowl<italic> as a fairy tale because the novelist Henry James designs his protagonist, Maggie Verver, as a young woman who in her innocence flees from life until the Prince ironically awakens her to the redeem . . .

Committee members: Jeffrey Benedict, James Ford,III, Kimberly R. King, John M. Kennedy

Lorenzo de’ Medici (1449-1492) became heir to the Medici family of Florence in 1469 at the age of twenty after the death of his father, Piero de’ Medici. Under the shadow of the great patronage of architectural and artistic works of his grandfather, C . . .

This study was to investigate the issues preventing the co-location of Fischer-Tropsch (coal-to-fuel) and algae plants in alternative jet fuel production. The literatures reviewed were those solely associated with alternative aviation fuels for the F- . . .

Previous research has explored the development and establishment of perspective-taking. Perspective-taking is a behavior that has tremendous social significance; it impacts social relationships, workplace relationships, and more. Individuals with pers . . .