The purpose of this paper is to help implement some concepts studied during the Master of Science in Engineering Management program in context of a specific company and its supply chain. The idea to provide solutions to minimize costs, improve supply . . .

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) passed Senate Bill 1371 in 2014 with an overall goal to reduce methane emissions by 40% by 2030. Utilities are mandated to implement mandatory best practices and report on their annual emissions to avoid p . . .

After the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agencies in California in 2012, cities were forced to find alternative funding streams to fund essential economic activity. As such, Business Improvement Districts or BIDs for short, have proven to become an . . .

This project reviewed the effectiveness of marketing on enrollment rates in the CPP Payment Plan offered by the Office of Student Accounting & Cashiering. Marketing is used as a tool to inform students a payment plan is an available and affordable opt . . .

The City of Covina is a city within the County of Los Angeles which faces an unusual issue of having pockets within the City which are under the jurisdiction of the County due to the expansion of City boundaries around areas which chose to remain unde . . .

In the field of web application development, there are three main parts in code implementation: backend architecture, frontend implementation, CI/CI pipeline. Since backend architecture is extremely important, therefore it is crucial to design a maint . . .

The San Dimas Experimental Forest (SDEF) has been used as an outdoor hydrological laboratory since 1934 by the United States Forest Service to investigate watershed management practices, understand the effects of forest fires, and conduct ecological s . . .

Research surrounding the education of minority and disadvantaged student populations has historically been focused on the “deficit model”, the notion that examines the weaknesses of a group rather than their strengths. This study investigated the educ . . .

Music is one of the human hobbies and artistic pursuits. We have conducted extensive and in-depth research on music long ago and put forward many music theories. In the history of music, composers have never stopped summarizing composition techniques. . . .

The Hog Back slide is a large rockslide in the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, located approximately five miles north of San Antonio Heights. This broad mound of translated slide boulders produced a natural dam across San Antonio Cany . . .

This project is a design and implementation of continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) for a modern Dev-Ops environment. The pipeline bridges the gap between development and deployment teams by automating the bui . . .

The tourism industry has suffered significant losses since the outbreak of COVID-19, which began in China in late 2019, although it has been under control in China since March 2020. As the largest city in China, Shanghai can be utilized as an example . . .

Clostridium species make up a large portion of the intestinal microbiota in humans and animals with strong implications that they are necessary for overall gut function. Dysbiosis due to decreased abundances and diversity of Clostridium often cause ma . . .

This study developed a full stack productivity application, called Day Line using the MERN stack (Mongo, Express, React, Node.js). The application provides users with data visualization for all their daily activities and does statistical analysis to s . . .

Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IPA) causes 50-90% mortality with present forms of oral and intravenous (IV) antifungal drugs, emphasizing the need for improved treatments. To explore this, we built an aerosol system to deliver inhalable, antifungal . . .

This thesis explores implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) in the Western Riverside County geographical and political subregion. Specifically, this research was conducted to determine how many (if any) of the twenty membe . . .

Searching on the internet is a part of our life nowadays, we simply type words or sentences in the search box and expect the desired results. Many searching engines that we use nowadays such as Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo use Natural Language Process . . .

Along with the rapid growth of advanced mobile technology, the advancement of interactive technology has recently received more attention. Unlike generalized mobile applications, interactive mobile applications solely focus on interactive functions fo . . .

It is a college professor’s responsibility to offer their university students a high quality education (Harnash-Glazer & Meyer, 1991; Hill, Lomas, & MacGregorr, 2003). Because a student’s academic performance is a significant factor in determining whe . . .

English language learners should be provided with a dual immersion education program that incorporates both English and their primary language. The programs that are currently available for English language learners do not provide the instruction in a . . .

The contemporary hotel industry is marked by a new concept, namely, the boutique hotel idea, which has changed the focus of the sector from services to experiences. The provision of personalized services and exceptional experiences form the basis for . . .

Parental involvement has an evident impact on students’ academic, social, and emotional success in school (Ferrara & Ferrara, 2005; Fritz, 2010). Parent-teacher conferences are one of the key ways of family involvement in the education of a child (Hen . . .

This paper is concerned with asset diversification when the economy is not following a predictable pattern, for example, during a pandemic. Since it is unclear what trends or patterns the assets will follow in an unstable economy, we address this issu . . .

This paper analyzes the rising obesity rates in America and puts a particular focus on statistics in the state of California. As a whole, it focuses on the following three main factors that affect student learning and cognitive development: physical a . . .

The following study has been conducted to further research the leading causes in the gender employment gap within local government. It is believed that average annual income and population may be the contributing factors for the underrepresentation of . . .

Object detection is an important domain in computer vision for robotic autonomy. Detecting visual objects by an autonomous robot in perceptually-degraded environments is challenging due to resource limitations and time constraints, especially in searc . . .

Hospitality industry recruiters visit hospitality programs in search of candidates who can demonstrate technical acumen in service management and data analytics; however, it is reported that employers are prioritizing candidates who can demonstrate pr . . .

The problem of finding a low-cost near-Earth trajectory for a mission to objects of possible interstellar origin is considered. This is formulated by first building a database of distant objects that originate from the Kuiper Belt with a possible link . . .

This study aimed to investigate the satisfaction of tourists from Asia, Europe, and America with their visits to Myanmar (formally known as Burma). The survey was conducted in Myanmar, predominantly in the cities of Yangon and Myeik, using questionnai . . .

The threat of malware is getting increased attention. Yet every day malware evolves, whether it’s brand new or augmented, which forces cyber security experts to turn on the intelligence of machine learning, while still applying traditional static and . . .

Machine learning as a service on the cloud not only provides a solution to scale the demanding workloads, but also allows broader access to utilize trained deep neural network models. For example, in the medical field, cloud-based deep-learning assist . . .

Young children in primary grades must learn about science concepts at early ages and with the use of technology. Children in primary grades were previously thought of as having a limited capacity to form complex science ideas due to their inexperience . . .

Tomatoes are one of the most cultivated fruits worldwide. They are versatile and are used in a variety of products such as ketchup, salsa, paste, sauce, juice, etc. The total soluble solids (TSS) are measured in tomato goods, such as tomato juice, cru . . .

In all manufacturing processes, there are various causes —either special causes or chance causes —that contribute to variation in a process, and identifying them is of vital importance. In quality control, control charts are effective tools for detect . . .

We have an obligation and opportunity to impact the scale and nature of future biophysical impacts on yet unborn critters, both human and more than human. While humans are the essential causal agents of climate warming, we are also the affected party . . .

The National Education Technology Plan, set forth by the U.S. Department of Education, challenged the educational system to incorporate 21st century technology through instruction delivery, in a meaningful and engaging manner in all subject matters. E . . .

In recent years, breakthroughs in deep learning, computer vision, and machine learning techniques have potential to transform and modernize how the crops are grown, cared and even predict yield. One of the problems every farmer encounters is invasive . . .

The gut-brain axis is recently believed to have a significant role in human behaviors, emotions and gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. These disorders are repeatedly correlated with gut inflammation. The effectiveness of probiotics to relieve gastrointe . . .

There has been an increase in the attacks against password-based authentication systems. It has caused an increase in the need for a robust biometric security system. Currently, fingerprint and facial recognition are two of the most popular biometric . . .

Food, like humans, will eventually return to the soil and depending on how it’s done, will contribute variable amounts of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The impacts of food waste in centralized FWM is dependent on fossil fuel transportation, landfill . . .

The research chooses using the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) method to measure the relationship between the investments, direct and indirect, of industry R & D activities and the innovation efficiency. Based on the panel data of China listed firm . . .

The purpose of this project was to create a handbook to assist parents of first grade students with reinforcing foundational reading skills. This handbook was developed based on Common Core Standard requirements. It includes instructional guidance, us . . .

Nondemented with Alzheimer’s Neuropathology (NDAN) cases exhibit similar amounts of amyloid plaques as those of demented individuals, but a reduced amount of abnormal neurofibrillary protein “tangles” (NFTs). This study investigated several hypoxic st . . .

Current types of measurements such as employee surveys aim to measure employee satisfaction which aids in measuring leadership teams. Other measurements include leader evaluations which measures an individual’s performance. However, leader evaluations . . .

Rockweeds (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) are brown seaweeds that dominate temperate rocky intertidal and shallow subtidal habitats. These autogenic ecosystem engineers facilitate high diversity through provision of a canopy that ameliorates desiccation and t . . .

Computational fluid dynamic simulations are performed at a systems level on a portable waste incinerator with actively forced, reacting jets through porous media. In total there are six jets with separate streams of fuel and oxidizer entering a porous . . .

In recent years, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) has been documented with both higher rates of incidence and earlier age of onset. Though treatments for MDD currently exist, they are limited by inherent obstacles, such as anergia and decreased motivat . . .

In the mid-1800s, La Placita de Los Trujillos (La Placita) was situated alongside the Santa Ana River (SAR) in what is now Colton, CA. The settlement had grown to be the largest non-native community between New Mexico and Los Angeles, until the river . . .

A group of polyphenols called flavonoids, which are abundant in a variety of fruits, vegetables, and medicinal plants, have gained increasing interest due to their antioxidant properties. Flavonoids are rich in fruit juices, of which orange juice has . . .

Plants use an isohydric or an anisohydric strategy to cope with declining soil moisture availability and increasing evaporative demand. The goal of this study was to determine the physiological and structural strategies utilized by Pinus attenuata (kn . . .

Juliidae E.A. Smith, 1885 is a family of Sacoglossan bivalve gastropods mistakenly placed in Bivalvia when initially discovered. These are the only known gastropods with bivalve shells, making them a morphologically unique group. A recent morphologica . . .

The genus Cyerce Bergh 1871 is a group of heterobranch sea slugs in the family Caliphyllidae, characterized as having bifid rhinophores, enrolled oral tentacles, multiple leaf-like cerata, and a transverse groove splitting the foot sole of the animal . . .

The Yorba Linda Trend is a proposed NE-SW alignment of earthquakes near the western edge of the Los Angeles Basin in southern California first described by Egill Hauksson in the early 1990s (Hauksson, 1990). Most earthquakes in this area exhibit a str . . .

This article uses 12 years of data from 42 states in the United States, using simple OLS estimates and panel fixed effects models were used respectively to try to study the effect of unemployment rate on divorce rate and other risk factors affecting d . . .

Object detection performed by deep neural networks is a popular research task with diverse real-life applications; these target applications will typically have semantic classes outside of the label maps of publically-available, pre-trained models. Th . . .

The fungus Aspergillus can cause a serious pulmonary infection referred to as Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis, (IPA) in immunocompromised patients, such as neutropenic patients, with 80% mortality if untreated. Aspergillosis also affects the poultry . . .

Industrial Control Systems, or ICSs, are modernizing everyday with new advances in technology. This modernization is being done while old traditions of air gapping, as the main line of defense from security attacks, is still maintained. ICSs are moder . . .

As the hospitality industry has evolved, hoteliers have been developing and implementing innovative practices to attract customers. As a key component of marketing strategies, promotions drive sales by reinforcing customers’ sense of gratification. In . . .

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is the causative agent of anogenital herpes infection, the second most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. There are two HSV serotypes, HSV-1 and HSV-2, which both can cause anogenital infection and a . . .

It is important to investigate which flavonoids are involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics to ameliorate the incidence of cancer around the world. Populations around the world are constantly exposed to a diversity of pollutants from the air, water, . . .

Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792), represents the only species in the genus Micromelo (Family Aplustridae). This species of "bubble snail" is generally found in warm, tropical and subtropical waters across the globe. Recent work on other globally di . . .

The objective of this project proposal is to provide an alternative design of the current pilot water treatment system located in the Civil Engineering Department hydraulics laboratory at the California State Polytechnic University. The existing syste . . .

The extreme environmental conditions found in the International Space Station (ISS) has been shown to weaken the immune system of astronauts during take-off and landing of spacecrafts, while increasing the virulence of microbes by physiological change . . .

Most Indigenous cultures historically employed regenerative methods in their human-environment relationships, interactions, and resource use. Many of these methods stemmed from the Indigenous concept of kincentric ecology, an approach which guides hum . . .

Nucleic acid Aptamers are short single-stranded oligonucleotides that bind to target molecules with high affinity and specificity. Although they function like antibodies, there are several properties that aptamers possess that make them superior for c . . .

Crystallography is the analytical technique used to determine the arrangement of atoms within a highly ordered solid system. This method uses X-rays, which have a wavelength around 10-10 Å, to interact with the electrons in the atoms electron cloud to . . .

It is suggested that obesity and diabetes may exacerbate influenza infection and impact the efficacy of vaccination against influenza. The association between these conditions and more severe infection was not reported prior to the 2009 pandemic and h . . .