The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of a management by objectives training program for managers and their subordinates in a health care setting. This paper described the present management by objectives performance evaluation . . .

A method for encoding and decoding Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem codes has been investigated. The algebraic theory is presented to help understand the concepts necessary for manipulations of fields and polynomials. This, in turn, helps in understanding t . . .

The modern east-flowing Amazon River system is geologically recent, resulting from a major drainage reorganization in the Miocene to Pliocene. Different depositional environments (fluvial/ deltaic/ lacustrine/ tidal-marine) have been proposed for the . . .

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the responses (behavior) of preschool children designated as possessing varying levels of self-esteem, to a structured, mildly frustrating experimental task. It was hoped that the investigator would . . .

This project uses integrating FPGA with multicore Software Defined Radio development platform to design wireless communication system. It constructs the system on the Matlab/Simulink environment in the way of Model-based Design, and realizes transmitt . . .

The fitness of an organism depends on its energetics, which includes both the amount of energy entering the individual and the distribution of energy within the individual. The present thesis examined the energetics of a scleractinian coral during and . . .

This workshop is intended for guardians of adolescents who are returning from a residential care facility. This is a one-day, eight hour workshop. The material covers; 1) the purpose of the workshop, 2) the importance of the workshop, 3) why adolescen . . .

Gastrulation is a fundamental process that mediates formation of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm in most animals. Revealing the mechanism of gastrulation will provide a better understanding of embryonic development. Due to its transparency, simplicity . . .

BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain (Gage, 2004 . . .

This project presents a tagged model of the dataflow computer. The first part contains a detailed description of the architecture, and the computer operation of the dataflow computer. In the second part, a dataflow computer assembler with limited asse . . .

The prevalence of substance abuse-related disorders is alarmingly high among adolescents and adults in the United States. Some of these individuals seek alcohol and drug treatment voluntarily as a result of personal, family, and relational problems. M . . .

The main goal of this project is to design a processor based on architecture of choice. I have chosen to create an out-of-order execution processor based on the Tomasulo architecture. The main feature of this architecture is its instruction level para . . .

In this thesis we examine Godel's argument that (1) the absolute proof of the consistency of arithmetic is not possible and that (2) arithmetic is an incomplete mathematical system. Absolute proof of the consistency of arithmetic requires that the pro . . .

As the technology sizes of semiconductor devices continue to decrease, the effect of nanometer technologies on congestion, signal integrity, crosstalk etc. are becoming more significant. These all factors are affecting and forcing various technologica . . .

The hydrodynamic mass is virtual mass that can be added to the mass of moving body through fluid medium to account for the resistant due to pressure gradient. In this research, potential flow about bluff bodies with and without cavity was computed num . . .

ABSTRACT CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR MALES IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION TRANSITIONING TO RETIREMENT By Deanna Gurrola Master of Science in Counseling, Career Counseling The career development needs of males retiring from the law enforcement fi . . .

This report presents a project on a screen output function tool (SOFT). SOFT is a graphics-oriented package for screen manipulation. It is designed to enable Pascal programmers to write terminal-independent graphic software. The purpose of this packag . . .

This thesis is a study of how software design ideas have evolved from the invention of the flowchart in 1947 to the present. The intent of this study is to accurately record software design history, to discover how new design ideas are conceived, and . . .

The application of a new type of managerial authority has been steadily growing within the Aerospace industry since 1955. It is commonly identified as the program. or project management technique and is concerned with the centralization of program dec . . .

Down syndrome, or trisomy 21, is the most frequent chromosomal cause of mild to moderate intellectual disability in the United States. Research suggests persons with Down syndrome have a reduced risk of cancer due to an over expression of Down Syndrom . . .

The key elements in the active world of Microwave are amplifiers and oscillators. The selection of these circuits is based on the application in need. All these circuits have played an important role in the evolution of technology which we see around . . .

Publicly available data on satellite positions and clock corrections for the Global Positioning System was analyzed and used in combination with the results of prior terrestrial clock comparison experiments to confirm the time dilation of general rela . . .

·The content of this project demonstrates and explains the design and implementation of a digital circuit that will be used as a programmable interface device for a commercial piece of equipment; Dana Digiphase Frequency Synthesizer, model number 7030 . . .

The purpose of this project was to design a 8085 based pH controller. This instrument has a capability to measure and control pH levels of solutions for industrial applications. The list of features includes a keyboard input, a digital display of the . . .

The project consisted of developing a system which provides management information about data entry in a data processing organization. All the necessary steps to develop a management information system were performed which consisted of the requirement . . .

Over the years, the number of single mother households has increased (United States Census Bureau, 2011). Single mothers represent approximately 70% of single parents (Kotwal & Prabhaker, 2009). Correspondingly, these women represent a large populatio . . .

The differentiated state of somatic cells can be reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), leading to the reactivation of the inactive X chromosome (Xi) of female differentiated cells in the mouse. In somatic cells, the Xi is very stable . . .

Microarray data can be used to derive an understanding of the relationships between the genes involved in various biological systems of an organism, given the availability of web applications and databases of gene expression measurements from the comp . . .

The significant increase in the prevalence of Type II Diabetes Mellitus (t2DM) worldwide is a major public issue among rural Latinx adolescents. Peer education classes have shown many positive results for increasing nutrition knowledge. However, lack . . .

VIOLET is a computer terminal which enables the handicapped user to communicate via voice input and output with a host computer. VIOLET is comprised of a Votrax voice synthesizer, an Interstate Electronics Voice Recognition Module, and an Apple II Plu . . .

A cost effectiveness study is made on three of the most promising candidates for a standardized memory system which could be used with a large variety of new and yet to be developed space and airborne computers. A description of the three candidates: . . .

Fitting concentric geometric objects to digitized data is an important problem in many areas such as iris detection, autonomous navigation, and industrial robotics operations. There are two common approaches to fitting geometric shapes to data: the ge . . .

A greater amount of empirical research utilizing adult (Buhsnell, Wells, & Oakley-Brown, 1992; Dansky, Brewerton, Kilpatrick, & O'Neil, 1997, Garfinkel et al., 1995 Pribor & Dinwiddie, 1992; Steiger & Zankow, 1990; Wonderich, Donaldsonet al., 1996; Wo . . .

Sarcoma 180, a mouse ascites tumor, was examined ultrastructurally using transmission electron microscopy. Its general fine structure, and the cell surface interactions occurring as a result of agglutination were examined. Three types of agglutinins w . . .

The purpose of this Project was to develop and test a manual that helps staff members of free clinics train volunteer Intake Workers and Family Planning Educators. Volunteer commitment at free clinics has been declining due to the inadequate amount of . . .

A computer code has been developed for use on a personal computer to calculate thermodynamic properties of working fluids. The code was written for use with an MS-DOS operating system using version 3.13 of the Microsoft FORTRAN language. This particul . . .

In Chapter I, it was proposed (in the hypothesis) that newspaper advertising is more effective than other forms of persuasive communication in yielding home sales in a residential tract development in the West San Fernando Valley with specific referen . . .

Stem cells are necessary for proper development, tissue homeostasis and regeneration while dysregulation of their activity leads to diseases such as diabetes, neurodegeneration and cancer. Yet, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive stem cel . . .

This thesis presents a tool developed for the comparison of R and Weka time series models for predicting undergraduate Computer Science course enrollments at CSUN. Current methodologies used at other universities along with related work on course enro . . .

Self-esteem, an affective evaluation of one's own worth, has been shown to have positive associations with academic performance and achievement, future educational attainment, occupational success and civic involvement, and a negative relationship wit . . .

Various stages of developing sea urchin embryos were fixed and fractured open in order to study the structural nature of the blastocoel. Fine structural analyses revealed a voluminous, fibrillar, extracellular matrix (ECM) composed of collagen-like fi . . .

Bullying in elementary school is very common and is extremely detrimental to children's emotional health, social welfare and academic success. Although there are many anti-bullying programs implemented all over the world in every level of school, bull . . .

The purpose of this project was to understand and examine the importance of designing successful spatial layouts and furniture arrangements that will enhance the learning experiences and social interactions among interior design students. Territoriali . . .

The purpose of the project is to collaborate with African American churches to create an intervention curriculum addressing the needs of African American women survivors of domestic violence (DV). The faith-based intervention includes an instructors' . . .

As part of the southern California Continental Borderland, the San Pedro Shelf represents the southwestern extension of the Los Angeles Basin. The wide configuration of the shelf is predominantly a function of tectonic activity and the resulting sedim . . .

The main goal of this project is to design a filter to smoothen the given image based on Gaussian blur technique. Image Blurring or image smoothening is a technique of averaging the group of pixels in order to reduce noise and sharpness at the edges. . . .

An apparently healthy infant is put to sleep and found several hours later dying or dead, suddenly and unexpectedly. Such deaths, recognized as sudden infant deaths, are the consequence of a disease which is taking on increasing importance as a cause . . .

A Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) model is designed for presenting most algorithms; it contains the following main features: • user selected breakpoints • double screens presentation • visible and reversible execution • hardcopy of trace For saving t . . .

The aim of this project is to propose a super conducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) based excitation system for doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) utilized in the wind power system. This proposed system consists of rotor-side converter, grid-si . . .