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 . . .