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- Creator:
- Vahle, Laura
- Description:
- Incest is underdiagnosed in the clinical setting. Clinicians often assign non-incest diagnoses based on symptomatology that is secondary to the underlying primary problem which is the impact of the externally induced trauma, incest. Another aspect of this underdiagnosis lies in the clinical setting in which the victim is examined. In this setting, her symptomatology is out of the context which gave rise to it and is therefore misinterpreted. A diagnosis of incest based on the same symptomatology would "make sense" if placed in the context of her family structure. Family patterns characteristic of paternal incest have been identified and used as the basis for a preliminary instrument for the identification of incest.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Psychology
- Creator:
- Mohan, Kalavathy
- Description:
- This Project presents an easily testable design for Programmable Logic Arrays (PLAs). The design is made in such a way to make the PLAs fully testable. This is achieved by adding extra logic. The extra logic added consists of one shift register, two output lines and one watch line. The Watch Line constantly monitors the shift register bits and warns the system of any fault. Based on this design of PLA, an algorithm is developed for testing the PLA. The augmented fully-testable PLAs have the following properties: I. for PLAs with n inputs, m product lines there exists a test set such that test patterns and responses do not depend on the functions realized by the PLA. They depend only on the personality matrix of the PLA. 2. the test set detects any combination of single and multiple crosspoint faults, stuck faults and adjacent bridging faults 3. the number of test patterns required is knm + 4m + 2n where k is dependent on density of crosspoints in AND array. Finally, a program is written which simulates the developed testing technique of the PLAs.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Creator:
- Hsu, Ivan S.
- Description:
- It is sometimes difficult to purchase an IC to perform the exact function one desires. Generic motor controller parts are usually available, but they contain many useless functions and lack others for specific applications. This project covers the design of a custom motor controller using VHDL as the design medium. This design mediun1 allows faster development, easier modification and a customized implementation. The VHDL source is platform independent and technology independent, which gives the owner of the design even more flexibility. The motor controller design was coded in VHDL for logic synthesis. This designed was simulated and is ready for timing verification, test synthesis fault grading and then production. Some available end products and the procedures for production are covered in the text.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Creator:
- Sumii, Felicia
- Description:
- Data was previously collected on 228 incarcerated pregnant women during their MIRACLE project intake interview. During the intake interview demographic data, criminal histories, social histories, and personal and family trauma histories were collected by MIRACLE advocates. This study analyzed the data to identify the common demographic characteristics and social history of incarcerated pregnant women, and to evaluate the relationships between those characteristics. The sample was predominantly made up of young, single, women with fairly low levels of educational attainment. More than two-thirds (68%) of the sample had not completed high school. More than half (60.4%) of the women in the sample had been arrested for the first time before 18 years of age. Ninety-six percent of the sample reported that they had experienced drug addiction and over half of the sample also repo1ied a history of child neglect and emotional abuse in their childhood. The women also reported that over 40% of fathers, 3 3 % of mothers, and 27% of siblings had been arrested, which demonstrates the pattern of intergenerational crime and incarceration. Unless programs for this population address these women's social and trauma histories they are unlikely to have an impact, which is evident in the high rate of recidivism.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Blauvelt, Serenity
- Description:
- This project focuses upon designing an intentionally structured group for college men about the multiple expressions of masculinity. Within the project, there is information and exercises that are included to prepare a college professional to facilitate this groups' exploration of the subject. The content presented is intended to be a starting point for further efforts to change cultural attitudes about gender roles and other related social constructions.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Basarkar, Girish Madhav
- Description:
- The research described in this report is the application of numerical and parameter identification techniques to the pressure and flow data from a group of maximal expiratory flow tests to estimate the mechanical properties of the lungs (pleural pressure etc.). The data is taken from the research done previously by Dr. Willis Downing on maximal expiratory flow as a part of his doctoral thesis. This research is unique in the sense that it provides an alternative to the traditional way of estimating these parameters by an esophageal balloon (soft air balloon) test, which can be both uncomfortable and painful.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Creator:
- Guerrero, Veronica
- Description:
- The sole purpose of this project is to emphasize the importance of early preparation for college. Research indicates that Latinos are underrepresented in institutions of higher learning. Furthermore, it also ventures to demonstrate that factors such as a lower socioeconomic status, low parental educational attainment levels, language barrier, and low-quality education are obstacles that maintain Latinos at the bottom of the education ladder. The purpose of this graduate project is to develop a college outreach program for Latino middle school students. The project intends to reach a minority group that is often underrepresented in higher education due to institutional inequities and cultural factors. In addition, it strives to orient Latino students to the idea of a college education. Latino middle school students will be knowledgeable about the college admissions process and the benefits of a college education by the end of 8th grade with hopes of starting the 9th grade on the right track. Most importantly, this program's goal is to inform Latino middle school students of the importance of early preparation to meet college admission requirements to help increase the representation of Latinos in institutions of higher education.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Wasef, Rosalie G.
- Description:
- This project provides the guidelines for the creation of a multicultural classroom and implementation of these guidelines in a classroom of three year old children at Oxnard College Child Development Center. An evaluation of both the manual and the classroom was conducted by professionals in the education field. They were an elementary school teacher, a Child Development Instructor and Children Center Director, a parent of a child in the multicultural classroom and a Child Advocacy Consultant, and a College Instructor and Coordinator of Child Development Studies. The evaluators' ratings and comments reflected unanimous approval of the project.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Creator:
- Wong, Lai F.
- Description:
- Anorexia nervosa is becoming an increasingly common disorder, especially in Western countries where great emphasis is placed on being slim. Fashion models face an exaggerated need to maintain a slim shape not only because their success depends upon it but because their livelihoods do as well. A study was conducted to determine if there might be a higher incidence of anorexia nervosa symptomatology in fashion models since any population which places a higher premium on slimness combined with achievement expectations is at risk. A screening instrument for anorexia nervosa known as the Eating Attitudes Test-26 was administered to 122 models/students at two Los Angeles based modeling agencies. Thirty-six percent were found to have symptoms ascribed to anorexia nervosa. A significantly higher frequency of anorexic tendencies was found in those who had modeled the least amount of time and in those who were possibly full-time models and therefore might be in a more competitive environment. Subjects from families whose parents were of higher socioeconomic standing demonstrated a significantly higher degree of anorexic tendencies, an observation noted a century earlier.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Creator:
- Yoder, Sean C.
- Description:
- The genus Mycobacterium is commonly associated with diseases such as leprosy, tuberculosis and other pulmonary infections. Mycobacterium avium is increasingly identified as a cause of disseminated disease in AIDS patients. A need for a better understanding of possible sources and routes of transmission of this organism is necessary. This study firc
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Biology