The novel coronavirus (SARs-COV or COVID-19) pandemic was an unprecedented event in recent human history. Communities, schools, and businesses were forced to make rapid large scale changes in action and policy with little direction or empirical data t . . .

Student behavior continues to be a significant concern among administrators and teachers. Traditional suspension and expulsion practices have failed to reduce negative behavior and prevent discriminatory practices. This study investigated secondary ad . . .

Children with developmental delays have been found to be at higher risk for behavior problems. Marital satisfaction has been found to have strong correlations with child behavior problems. Based on existing research, it is not yet clear whether marita . . .

This study explored religious and spiritual struggles and marital satisfaction for individuals in same-sex and different-sex marriages. Data were collected from 220 participants (167 from a previous study) in the United States who were 18 years of age . . .

This qualitative research study focused on students as stakeholders. The research question consisted of how do students benefit from their participation as stakeholders in the school context? The ultimate goal in asking questions regarding students’ i . . .

The purpose of this paper was to develop and articulate a feasibility study to purchase and operate a 35 to 65 room hotel in California’s Lake Tahoe area. South Lake Tahoe is in the midst of a rebirth of new or updated hotels, eateries, and breweries. . . .

Prior research has posited that forgiveness has many benefits. Forgiveness is said to reduce depression and anxiety, improve physical health, promote closeness, and be used as a self-repair strategy in a romantic relationship. The present research e . . .

In an effort to evaluate alternative discipline practices and reduce school suspensions, an opportunity to implement a Focus Intervention Room program for the first time was made available at the school that was selected for this study. The purpose of . . .

One way to identify potentially reinforcing stimuli is to conduct a preference assessment. There has been evidence to support the use of a single-session multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO) preference assessment. This procedure has been shown . . .

Morphology is an effective way of teaching vocabulary to students. Using morphemic analysis gives students tools that allow them to learn vocabulary on their own, when resources are unavailable. This study sought to understand students’ perceptions . . .

In order to be an effective public health tool, the Newborn Screening panel (NBS) must only include technology that is affordable, reliable, and fast. Historically, molecular testing was so costly that it was not feasible to consider adding molecula . . .

Purpose: To investigate the status of policies and practices of in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics regarding transfer of embryos with positive, abnormal, or mosaic results following preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy and for monogenic . . .

The UCSF Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program (CGPP) has implemented an alternative service delivery model to provide rapid genetic services to a growing number of patients with breast cancer. Dubbed the Genetic Testing Station (GTS), this Genetic C . . .

As direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) grows in popularity, the unanticipated “Not Parent Expected” (NPE) result has become more prevalent than ever before. An NPE result is the discovery that one parent, often the father, is not a biological . . .

This study aimed to examine the relationship among parents’ knowledge of child development, parent-child interactions, and child’s language ability in upper-middle class to high-income households. This study examined which specific parenting behavio . . .

Females affected with mitochondrial disease originating from the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have struggled in the past with the decision to have biological children who are at risk of developing symptoms of mitochondrial disease. M . . .

There is a need to increase knowledge concerning effective family and parent-school partnerships in regards to increasing student success academically and in life. The involvement of parents and family in school has been associated with student’s in . . .

The first purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of idealized media images from fashion magazines on women’s body satisfaction. The second purpose of the present study was to determine whether body satisfaction would increase after a . . .

Race and ethnicity can play an important role in assortative mating for some, and less so for others. In the current study, we examined perceptions of interethnic couples. Participants were 801 individuals recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk who eac . . .

Rapid advancements in DNA sequencing technology have drastically increased the accessibility of genetic testing, generating vast amounts of genomic data that require clinical interpretation. The increasing demand for clinical genetics services has out . . .