Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of behavioral therapy that incorporates elements of mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Techniques of ACT have been found to help build students’ social-emotional skills and improve their res . . .

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Homeless Assistance program provides assistance to eligible families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. On January 1st, 2017, Assembly Bill (AB) 1603 allowed eligible CalW . . .

This project examined the current status and potential of garden--based learning (GBL), a holistic form of experiential education that has been described as an optimum learning environment by the most prominent education theorists for thousands of yea . . .

The purpose of this research was to analyze the barriers symptoms of schizophrenia have on the individual when accessing mental health services. This qualitative content analysis study explores the professional’s perspectives who works with this popul . . .

School success has traditionally been measured in quantifiable terms such as academic performance or, more specifically, grades and test scores. Recent research highlights the importance of academic enablers, such as social skills, to academic success . . .

This study explored the mental health needs within an academic setting, with particular attention to the mental health needs of at risk youth within Hiram Johnson High School in Sacramento, California. Participants consisted of Hiram Johnson students . . .

The researchers conducted a study exploring the relationship between personal history of maltreatment and perception of child abuse as well as likelihood to report to child protective services, specifically focusing on if personal history of child abu . . .

This study examined the relationship between Master of Social Work (MSW) students’ knowledge and practice skills and whether they impact their application of de-escalation techniques to reduce violent situations in the work-place. The design of the st . . .

This study explored MSW student satisfaction of diversity curriculum taught at California State University, Sacramento. This study used a quantitative survey research design using a Likert-scale based questionnaire. Participants (n=68) were selected t . . .

The study of human-animal relationships deserves unique and targeted consideration within the study of Humanities. This project seeks to examine the place of animals in culture by rethinking current and historical approaches to human-animal relationsh . . .

PC2v10 is a web-based contest management framework which supports the ability to create and configure contests, control who can participate in defined contests, start/stop contests, and a variety of similar operations. [10] PC2v10 consists of various . . .

Nowadays, online social networking is becoming one of the options for botnet command and control (C&C) communication, and QR codes have been widely used in the area of software automation. In this paper, we exploit QR codes, Twitter, Tor network, . . .

There are various approaches for Extensible access control markup language (XACML) security policies implementation. This project demonstrated a solution to use graph database to implement XACML Role-based access control in Neo4j. The project consists . . .

The endolysosomal system has recently come under heavy scrutiny as a potentially major contributor to the progression of late-onset neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, I highlight our current understanding of the endolysosomal system, and the . . .

Land-elevation subsidence is an important issue in the Sacramento- San Joaquin (SSJ) Delta region. The West Pond on Twitchell Island in the SSJ Delta is a constructed wetland established to determine methods by which land subsidence can be slowed or r . . .

With rapid growth of electrical vehicles accessed to grid, EVs charging is considered to be a crucial part of demand side flexibility in future smart grid. Uncoordinated charging of EVs in a high-penetration system can increase peak load and create ne . . .

Energy is a vital component for human economic development and growth. The extensive use of fossil fuels has damaged our living environment. Consequently, the world has turned its attention to renewable energy sources. Among them, solar energy has att . . .

This project work is focused on the study and possible resolution of interface issues between the Texas Instruments TMS C6713 DSP Starter Kit (DSK) and computers operating on Windows versions higher than XP, such as Windows 7, 8 and 10. Essentially, t . . .

The purpose of this article is to evaluate techniques used in modern power systems to reduce arc flash incident energy on station service with voltage level of 480 volt, main and feeder Low Voltage Power Circuit Breakers. The paper will analyze the cu . . .

Design by contract (DBC) is an effective methodology that dynamically checks whether a program meets its specifications which are also called design contracts. The contracts for object-oriented programs are defined in terms of preconditions and postco . . .

An intruder attacks a computer network and breaks into it by exploiting a combination of system vulnerabilities. An attack graph models security vulnerabilities of a network and a sequence of all possible exploits that an intruder can use to get incre . . .

This project is the implementation of Test Run, a test-run feature for the web version of PC2. PC2 is a programming contest control system developed at California State University, Sacramento. PC2 is widely used for conducting programming contests inc . . .

International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is a competition between university teams around the world. Local university contests, regional contests and world finals contest are part of ICPC. The contest usually consists of teams, judges, prob . . .

A very interesting field of Computer Science called Artificial Intelligence is concerned with the study and design of intelligent machines and applications. Advanced AI technologies are already at work around us in almost all areas, and medical scienc . . .

In this body of work, we look at implementing the Generative Adversarial Network to a palliative care dataset. The implementation requires that our model, which we call the Palliative Care Generative Adversarial Network(PCGAN), train on a relatively s . . .

The Internet of Things refers to the connection of everyday objects to the Internet. This allows humans to monitor and interact with these objects from anywhere in the world. With IoT, we can envision a future where everyday objects such as toasters, . . .

International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is a competition between university teams around the world. It was established by ACM in 1977 and sponsored by IBM since 1997. It is a multi-tiered contest which consists of local university contests . . .

Online auctions have become an increasingly important aspect of e-commerce. The major problem with online bidding/auctioning is that there is no way of identifying if the user is a human or a bot. Human bidders are becoming increasingly frustrated wit . . .

The current Automated Teller Machine (ATM) systems require users to authenticate with unique 4 or 6 digits Personal Identification Number (PIN) to make transactions. These systems have physical keypads to do this, so the numeric key positions are cons . . .

This project demonstrates the utility of introducing an Item Response Theory (IRT) methodology, specifically the Rasch model, to complement Classical Test Theory (CTT) in the development and calibration of a multiple-choice exam at a large State Civil . . .

Over the past few years, many cybersecurity incidents were reported worldwide through distributed denial of service attacks. Many of these attacks were conducted through botnet, which usually consists of a group of infected computers, smartphones or I . . .

Mobile Learning Application is an Android application that communicates with a server using RESTful API. The application provides a collaborative platform for administrators, instructors, and students, and is used for enrollment of students, managing . . .

Analyzing the feedback on a product or a service helps to improve the quality of the product or service. That way, reviews from online shopping sites (such as Amazon) not only help a consumer to buy a product but also can help a manufacturer or seller . . .

There are lot of movies available to watch and nowadays people prefer to watch movies at home rather than going to theatres. They don’t want to waste spending time and money on a worthless movie. So how are they going to figure out what’s good and wha . . .

In order for training to be successful, learning has to occur. Some ways of learning are done through informal methods that provide value for acquiring tacit knowledge. However, this type of learning may not be efficient for complicated work processes . . .

Bluetooth is a short-range communication system that was developed with the intent of replacing cables that link portable and fixed electronic devices. Given its widespread adoption, especially in mobile devices, new uses are possible today. Although . . .

Potential climate change impacts on water resources on the Sacramento River Basin (Basin) and their economic impacts on agriculture were evaluated in this study. The Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) software was used to develop a simulation model . . .

In this generation, we have a lot of investment opportunities such as fixed deposits, mutual funds, bullion, properties, and stock market. Due to lack of proper knowledge and experience, people are unable to invest in the stock market and often deem i . . .

Overall there is lack of ethnic studies curriculum to supplement the core social studies curriculum in high school classrooms. Hmong students, in particular, often do not have access to academic courses that teach about the history and culture of Hmon . . .

To reduce emissions of harmful substances in the environment, the current trend in power generation is based on utilization of environmentally-friendly resources such as wind farms and photovoltaic power plants. During the last two decades, because of . . .

Today we live in the world which is growing in terms of technology. This technological growth of the world depends on communication. So as a matter of fact, the field of communication is growing by leaps and bounds. Due to technological advancement in . . .

Work zone crashes have been a major concern of safety for many government agencies and travelling public. According to Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) Fact & Statistics, there is need for maintenance, rehabilitation and advancement of existin . . .

This project provides two methods evaluating the mean life of a group of power system equipment using normal and Weibull distribution only by end-of-life failure data based on paper [1]. The procedure of the methods of normal and Weibull distribution . . .

Conservation voltage reduction (CVR) is an efficient energy saving method and it is becoming popular among electrical utilities. For this project, I plan to model and test a 24.9kV, IEEE 34 distribution system in PSCAD. Firstly, I do the simulation wi . . .

Connectivity verification on a complex and large-scale chip can be a daunting and one of the crucial tasks to ensure the silicon to work on the first attempt of fabrication. Mixed-signal connectivity originates at a digital control bit and terminates . . .

Social emotional learning (SEL) promotes self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, positive relationships, responsible decision-making, and improved attitudes about self, others, and school. It is a critical component of education because soc . . .

The main purpose of power system reliability assessment is to quantify the reliability level of power system, then function as a guide to system planning and operation. Due to the random behavior of wind power generation and the intermittency associat . . .

Argument Mining is a relatively new field that aims to detect and classify arguments and their relations from input text. Link prediction is a subtask of Argument Mining that attempts to determine the structure of arguments by predicting relationships . . .

Three Reflections on Mount Diablo is a large work for wind ensemble, and comprises three movements: Ancient Vistas, March of the Tarantulas, and Wind Caves. The work is inspired by mountain lore and folklore that I learned of while hiking the mountain . . .

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve. If not treated, glaucoma can lead to vision loss or permanent blindness. Glaucoma is very problematic because often there are no symptoms in the early stages. Once symptoms appear, it . . .