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1. Influence of education, family involvement and socioeconomic status on crime and recidivism rates
- Creator:
- Schultz, Jennifer Erin
- Description:
- This project explored the influence education, family involvement and socioeconomic status has on crime and recidivism rates. Successful parolees were interviewed and asked questions regarding their experiences with education, family involvement, socioeconomic status and incarceration. The outcome of these interview heeded seven themes, which were 1) Felt no Connection with School, 2) Feeling of not being a part of their family 3) Growing-up in households that did not express emotions or communicate, 4) Traumatic experiences during adolescent or early teen years, 5) Jail as a break from the streets 6) Vocational classes as crime deterrent while incarcerated, and 7) Terminating criminal behavior because of "being tired." and Project (M.S.W., Social Work ) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2009.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Social Work
- Creator:
- Padua-Dean, Hayley and Vo, Jade
- Description:
- There is growing need for staff buy-in and resources to educate school members on the benefits and methods of implementation of student voice strategies. Although schools strive to increase student achievement and create a safe space for students, the lifestyles and needs of high school students are ever-changing. This means school practices should constantly be updated using the input of the students themselves. While some schools have made attempts to implement select student voice practices, knowledge of the many student voice strategies that can be applied school wide are not widely recognized. A review of the literature serves as data for the understanding of student voice and its associated positive student outcomes. A literature and curriculum review was also conducted to create resources to educate high school staff on the background and implementation strategies regarding student voice. A finding from this experience is that school personnel need to be challenged to reevaluate the presumption that adults have a better understanding than youths on issues regarding how youths learn and what youths need to learn. and Project (Ed.S., Education (School Psychology))--California State University, Sacramento, 2019.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Education (School Psychology)
- Creator:
- Romano, Elizabeth Anne
- Description:
- Statement of Problem: There are limited resources which incorporate Spanish literature, dialectology, history and culture while strengthening vocabulary recognition and grammatical concepts. As a teacher of upper-level Spanish classes at the high school level, I found that my classes performed better when I included all of these concepts while simultaneously sharing my personal experiences from my travels with the CSUS Spanish Masters Program. Sources of Information: I researched my information from my Bachelor's program at DePaul University and the California State Graduate Spanish Master's Program, along with class materials already in use. Included in the project are difficult readings and concepts from a multitude of texts, compact discs and photographs; however, the information is then broken down into easier formats to aid understanding. Various reading strategies and practice activities are integrated throughout the text to clarify concepts. End Result: The project encompasses and illustrates the various aspects of the CSUS Spanish Master's Program. The Spain and Guatemala chapters are now part of the Spanish 4/5 curriculum at Ridgewood High School District 234 in Norridge, IL where I teach.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- World Languages and Literatures
- Creator:
- Aggarwal, Nidhi
- Description:
- Virtualizing physical resources of a computer system can improve resource sharing and utilization. Virtualization is the pooling and abstraction of resources in a way that masks the physical. nature and boundaries of the resources from the users. The goal of this project was to analyze primarily the performance aspects of virtualization and understand security implications. This project report presents an overview of virtualization and discusses the key technologies behind it. The report then analyzes the key features of the Intel® Virtualization Technology and AMD® SVM Technology for hardware virtualization, outlining the new instructions and hardware extensions introduced. A detailed performance analysis of various virtual environments and technologies are presented. Initially, comparison between physical and virtual environment is made at the architectural level by analyzing the perl, anagram and gee benchmarks using Simics execution environment. Then, the report presents the performance data for another benchmark (SPEC2006) for three different Virtual Machine Monitors (VMMs) and provides a detailed performance analysis of the VMMs. A detailed analysis of Xen is included based on the profiling done using Xenoprof to highlight the causes behind the performance bottlenecks. Finally, security aspects of virtualization are discussed and analyzed.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Computer Engineering
- Creator:
- Da, Kesar and Whitlow, Dylan
- Description:
- The use as well as misuse of methamphetamines remains a significant social issue in the United States. Little is known about the impact stigma has on treatment recommendations for women who use methamphetamine, particularly mothers. This research attempts to understand if CSUS undergraduate social work students have preconceived gender bias when working with individuals who are drug abusers, particularly mothers who use methamphetamine. This study utilizes a vignette embedded, randomized cross sectional experimental survey with a quantitative descriptive research design in order to identify any potential gender bias and stigmatization of women methamphetamine users. Data was collected from 91 CSUS BASW students and electronically inputted and analyzed using the SPSS system. While there were no significant associations between gender of the client or the status of motherhood when recommending treatment for methamphetamine users, the data did suggest that personal experience with drug addiction as well as previous personal experience with drug addiction is associated with a greater probability of recommendation of treatment. Personal experience also influenced the student’s perception of whether they perceived the client’s problem were caused by his/her choice. The project concludes with an in-depth discussion of findings as well as implications for social work and recommendations for further research.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Social Work
- Creator:
- Quispe, Carlos E.
- Description:
- The potable water distribution system hydraulic model described in this project is in Placer County and was developed to evaluate future Water Conservation Programs (WCP). In the order to complete this goal, the hydraulic model was assembled and then calibrated using an operational calibration. The model is comprised of pipes, junctions, pumps, pressure reducing valves, and tanks/reservoirs. The model is supported by information from a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and the calculation of water demand, water production, and the diurnal curve. The model aimed to replicate the behavior of many of the facilities such as tank levels, flow in pipes, and pressure in valves that were collected in SCADA; however, it is recommended to follow up with a field calibration to correct some inconsistencies in the model’s results for a few facilities. The model helped to evaluate future dynamics of tank levels, flows in the pipes, and pressure, velocities, and water age in the system due to water conservation programs. The hydraulic parameters above mentioned changed due to less water demand, and the settings in valves must be changed to maintain the network in operational conditions. Overall, the results of water conservation programs in summer season that reduce water demand are encouraging because they show that water age issues improve after the implementation in most of the pressure zones. Minimum pressure in nodes under 35 psi are higher after the water conservation programs take place because tank levels are higher, raising the hydraulic gradient line (HGL).
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Civil Engineering
- Creator:
- Williams, Lauren D.
- Description:
- Transgender older adults are amongst the most marginalized communities in the United States, both historically and presently. While many of the challenges experienced by this cohort are also common to the broader aging lesbian, gay, and bisexual population, the social support needs of this community are largely understudied. Alongside the inarguable amount of discrimination and obstructions that elder transgender individuals have experienced across decades, are the qualities of resilience and courage which should not be understated. This research examines the expressed levels of social support and isolationism of transgender older adults. A qualitative and exploratory research design will be utilized to identify statistically significant patterns by exploring six community members’ account of the status of their social support system. This, in turn, will be helpful the field of social work and, most importantly, this underserved community at large.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Social Work
- Creator:
- Onovakpuri, Ogheneruno
- Description:
- Increased penetration levels of Distributed Generation (DG) can cause harmful harmonics and power quality issues for the power distribution system. This project aims to investigate harmonic and power quality issues related to high penetration levels of DG. The existing harmonic and power quality concerns and problems caused by DG on typical power distribution systems will be studied. The focus will be on a commonly used type of DG known as solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) that contributes to power quality issues. Sample tests utilizing a case study of power quality at a PV plant in Princeton, NJ, and simulation results showing the power quality problems will be analyzed. Possible solutions and recommendations for mitigating these power quality issues will be investigated.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Creator:
- Ward, Christian
- Description:
- This study discussed the arrangement of library online help information and examined theories and methods for improving online help effectiveness. A brief historical background of online library systems was provided to both inform the reader and define the library website environment. Theories and methods for evaluating website effectiveness were presented, with an emphasis on improving factors of convenience and relevance of website information. The discussion then turned to help seeking behaviors of students in the academic setting, and examined the expectations and preferences for online help tools through the analysis of anonymous survey data. Student perception data for online help and library research services was compared to librarian perception data and website use statistics in order to identify alignment and misalignment of results. The study concludes with a summary of the finding and their alignment with the discussed theories and methods, and highlights the need for future research to examine user preferences for online help content to improve the effectiveness of library online help tools.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Education (Educational Technology)
- Creator:
- Haigh, Nathan
- Description:
- Chronic wounds are a growing problem caused by increases in the incidence of diabetes, obesity, and the aging population, and they represent a disproportionately large burden to the healthcare system. The risk of complications including infections that result in hospitalization and amputation make chronic wounds particularly pernicious. Many attempts have been made to identify both the molecular basis behind chronic wounds and an effective treatment to improve prognosis. As yet, the exact cause of chronic wounds is idiopathic and may be varied, but research indicates many if not most result from a failure to advance from the inflammatory phase to the proliferative phase of wound healing. Current standard care and even the most advanced treatments currently on the market provide little value to chronic wounds, leaving a tremendous need for both a better understanding of the physiology of chronic wounds and relief for patients suffering with chronic wounds and their complications. One avenue being pursued for chronic wound healing is the application of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) due to their ability to release growth factors and anti-inflammatory cytokines. MSCs normally home to wound sites, but they require a structural support that may be damaged in chronic wounds. Therefore, research is pursuing scaffolds, such as hydrogels, to provide an appropriate niche comparable to a normal wound to hold MSCs at the wound site and stimulate them to release appropriate factors for that point in the healing process. MSCs like other cells anchor to their environment through membrane bound proteins including integrins, which provide signals about the nature of the extracellular matrix (ECM) within which the cell resides. Hydrogels are polymers of either synthetic or natural organic compounds that can serve as anchors for MSCs and delivery vehicles for factors that influence healing. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a synthetic hydrogel that can be tuned to varying degrees of stiffness and used to deliver MSCs. However, PEG requires the conjugation of ligands that integrins can bind. These ligands can be designed to be highly specific to only one or a few relevant integrins. Research in the Maverakis lab has used the one-bead-one-compound method to screen potential ligands for integrin-binding specificity and assessed their capacity to induce differentiation in vitro. However, the capacity of these ligand-conjugated hydrogels to modulate MSC function in vitro or facilitate wound healing has not yet been determined. The overall goal of the Maverakis lab is to develop hydrogels that can be administered in a clinical setting to facilitate healing of chronic wounds. Previous work in the has suggested MSCs differentiate toward chondrogenic and osteogenic lineages using tentagel beads conjugated with integrin binding ligands. Here the effect of 30 cell culture in PEG-hydrogels conjugated to integrin binding ligand specific to a4~ 1 integrin is explored through PCR and RNA-seq. To characterize MSCs received from collaborating labs, flow cytometry was used for cell surface expression of MSC markers: C044, CD73, C090, and C0105. The presence of MSC markers and the absence of markers for ematopoietic cells suggests experiments were conducted on true MSCs. To characterize the effect of specific integrin stimulation in 30 cell culture on hydrogel encapsulated MSCs PCR and RNA-seq was used. The results from RNA-seq analysis support differentiation of MSCs into osteogenic and chondrogenic lineages when treated with LLP2A in support of previous finding in the Maverakis lab from 20 tengel bead cultures. The finding that a4~ 1 integrin stimulation results in osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation suggests that LLP2A may not be effective for dermal wound healing. In contrast, RGD conjugated hydrogel, a control for LLP2A, showed differentiation toward smooth muscle and adipose with enhanced angiogenic signaling, suggesting a potentially effective treatment of improving dermal wound healing. While these findings were not born out in the in vivo studies using hydrogels alone without MSCs, there remains the possibility that hydrogel encapsulated MSCs will be able to enhance wound healing as proposed. Moving forward, additional putative integrin binding ligands will continue to be screened. Specific integrin binding ligands that have been screened will be tested for their effect on MSCs in vitro, and hydrogel encapsulated MSCs will be used in in vivo studies on mouse splint wounds. LLP2A conjugated hydrogel may be studied for in vivo healing in bone and cartilage dysfunction.
- Resource Type:
- Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Biological Sciences (Stem Cell)