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- Creator:
- Ammon, Elizabeth
- Description:
- To allow students to reach the full potential of the three-ring agriculture education model, students must excel in all three categories: FFA (formally Future Farmers of America), Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) and the classroom/laboratory. SAE experience begins at the local level. Students in the Lassen High School agriculture program volunteer at local veterinary clinics for their SAE and compete in the veterinary science career development event in FFA. To tie these two to the classroom/laboratory component, the current companion animal care curriculum required addition of veterinary science standards. These standards were embedded into the existing curriculum to provide a model agriculture program. Adding this curriculum allows students to develop knowledge about veterinary sciences. Students will be well prepared for the veterinary science contest, volunteering at the local veterinary clinics and to further their education at the university level.
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- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Peterson, Carolyn
- Description:
- For many community college students, maneuvering through their education to a degree completion is difficult and often requires more than the traditional two years. While academic and financial supports are critical to the completion of a degree, success is also dependent on effective study habits and dedication to coursework. This paper reviews the evidence of the need for highly structured programs. Students must be given specific pathways that guide them towards the receipt of a degree or program certificate. Without this structure, research has shown that students fail to make decisions optimal for success. Thirty-five students enrolled in an introductory animal science course at Woodland Community College were surveyed to identify the following: demographic characteristics; discover student funding of educational expenses; describe their educational and career goals/expectations; and determine student study habits. Students were found to finance their education through either Board of Governors fee waivers or financial support from employment or family members. Students overwhelmingly believe grades were extremely important and intended to complete their coursework at Woodland Community College and attend four-year universities. However, responses showed that most had not met with a counselor, developed an educational plan, and did not devote the appropriate amount of time to the course. The study suggests the agriculture department must implement specific policies to improve student success. The department must require students to meet with a counselor, as well as discuss with students necessary practices they must apply to succeed in college. Ideally, specific pathways must be established in order to insure that students are able to complete their coursework towards a degree in a reasonable amount of time.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Serna, Stephanie Marie
- Description:
- The Monterey county economy is built around the agriculture sector. Top crops produced require knowledge and skill in the horticulture industry. This particular industry provides job opportunities, making it essential for the Everett Alvarez FFA program to retain students in the plant science pathway and more specifically, the environmental horticulture class. This project creates a resource to aid horticulture teachers with an updated curriculum and recommendations procedures to build a shade house and garden/planter boxes to allow students hands on experience in the horticulture industry. Research revealed limited resources for horticulture curriculum. Most resources included very traditional lesson plans with lectures and focus questions. Lesson plans needed to be updated and a laboratory component added to be used in the multiple facets of horticulture industry. This will also align with the current trends in American education, including next generation education, which emphasizes true learning and inquiry. The areas of study for the curriculum were identified along with targeted research on students and the learning process. Next, materials were gathered and collected from former classes, online resources and other horticulture teachers. Materials were compiled and placed into one document divided into subdivisions/ units. The shade house and planter/garden boxes were built by the horticulture class. The shade house was purchased as a do it yourself kit. Students constructed the shade house by leveling the ground, cementing, and leveling the poles into the ground and attaching the shade cloth. Students also constructed 10' X 12' planter boxes by leveling the ground, using power drills and construction screws. In conclusion, recommendations should be the inclusion of technology or web based learning into the curriculum. Recommendations for the shade house included adding pea gravel to for drainage as well as an automatic watering system.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
4. Implementation of an agriculture woodshop class in the Agriculture Department at Tokay High School
- Creator:
- Yates, K. Rachelle
- Description:
- This project focuses on implementing an agricultural woodshop course at Tokay High School. This course is needed to expand the Agriculture Mechanics Pathway at Tokay High School. Currently, courses in the Agriculture Mechanics Pathway do not offer a variety of options. Students lack the opportunity to explore woodworking and carpentry skills. The Career Technical Education classes at Tokay High School have a need for curriculum development to help fill the growing job opportunities in the area of carpentry and wood construction. The development of an agricultural woodshop course will help close this gap, as well as expose students to new career opportunities by adding an additional elective course in the agriculture program. Lodi Unified School District desires to ensure students are both college and career ready. However, due to previous budget cuts, many high schools in the district lack a variety of options for students to achieve this goal. During the budget cuts, many career technical education courses were eliminated, including the wood shop program at Tokay High School. Since this course was eliminated, the wood shop facility has not been utilized to benefits students. Growing support of career technical education classes, coupled with the immense need to teach students soft skills for industry employment, justifies the, need to re-introduce a comprehensive wood shop program.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Trexler, Tiffany
- Description:
- The purpose of this project is to establish the framework for adding an agriculture mechanics pathway to Bear Creek High School. The project focused on the needs of a mechanics pathway, created a budget for cost of equipment and renovations and developed a proposal to present to the Lodi Unified School Board. Adding a mechanics pathway would provide another opportunity for students interested in Career Technical Education (CTE). CTE allows students to develop skills applicable to real life situations, providing relevance to education. There is also a current need to fill jobs in the mechanics field. Providing these classes at the high school level will better prepare Bear Creek students to enter the job market.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Sarvinski, Alissa
- Description:
- Aquaculture education is growing in popularity in California and across the United States. In fact, aquaculture is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture in the world. To meet the needs of a growing population, agriculturalist must face the possibilities of aquaculture production throughout all regions of the United States. In order to prepare agriculturists for the aquaculture industry, aquaculture education must become a necessary part of the typical agriculture curriculum. Many agriculture educators view aquaculture as an ideal way to facilitate project based learning in the classroom while preparing students for college and careers within the industry. Through this project, aquaculture curriculum was created that could be used in a year long aquaculture class. The curriculum was divided into units and a pacing guide was provided to assist implementation of the class. This project was created to assist agriculture educators who are unfamiliar with aquaculture production and practices and can be taught in the classroom through an integrated approach with FFA. The curriculum guide incorporates project based learning standards as outlined through the new Next Generation Science Standards in all areas of aquaculture production and environmental science. Although many projects are based on aquaculture in California, the curriculum can be modified to fit the needs of any agriculture teacher.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Ryan, Natalie
- Description:
- There has been an increased focus on the role of career technical education as school districts shift to Common Core standards. Agriculture Education is an integral role in preparing students to meet the demands of the economy after high school. The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions of agriculture students related to their readiness for college and careers. This research also sought to determine the effectiveness of agriculture programs in providing students with skills that are necessary following high school. The target population for this study included seniors and recent graduates enrolled in agriculture education courses in the Kern High School District in Bakersfield, California. A random sample was used for the population of this study. An electronic survey was used to survey 68 respondents. This study found that a high number of students plan to continue their education beyond high school. Furthermore, students understand the requirements to meet A-G eligibility, but indicated that the most difficult requirements to satisfy include mathematics and language other than English. Results indicated that students perceived their agriculture education program was effective in preparing them with skills necessary for college or a career.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Moore, Katherine Ann
- Description:
- The drastic growth and diversification of post-secondary agricultural programs around the nation heightens the need for instructors to evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum for the incoming millennial generation. Fueled by changing demographics, the disconnect between consumers and producers appears to expand yearly. Additionally, recent technological advances and urbanized student demographics creates a need to re-assess curriculum in traditional agricultural programs, including animal science curricula. The role of student efficacy for millennial students in agricultural environments may impact student performance and thus career readiness. Evaluating the impact of course curriculum on student confidence and academic performance ensures that animal science programs produce successful graduates for the agriculture industry. Therefore, objectives of this study evaluated the impact of a redesigned undergraduate livestock nutrition course at California State University, Chico on academic self-efficacy and academic performance, to determine the role and impact of 21st century teaching methods on student confidence and performance as observed through livestock nutrition concepts. Data were collected and analyze to explore: student demographics, academic performance and perceived self-efficacy in pre- and post testing, and effectiveness of course assignments to determine total impact of the redesigned course. Results show a large proportion of students in the ANSC 230 class were female, animal science majors that were equally divided between urban and rural backgrounds. Students also increased self-efficacy after completing the ANSC 230 course indicating the redesigned course positively impacted livestock nutrition self efficacy. A positive correlation was identified between final course grade and self efficacy scores and academic performance was positively correlated between final grade exam scores and initial case study grades. Finally, an increase in student confidence at the conclusion of the semester was observed; thus, influencing academic performance. Cumulatively, the redesigned course curriculum effectively increases overall livestock nutrition self-efficacy and is an adequate predictor of academic performance (i.e., course grade) in undergraduate students. Previous research explored in the field of education established the validity of self-efficacy as a predictor of academic performance, but a lack of inquiry into context specific domains within agricultural programs created a need for further exploration of the topic. Additional research is required to evaluate the effectiveness of post-secondary animal science curriculum. It is recommended that the researcher-developed survey be explored in additional classroom environments and college campuses. Also, random sampling of more extensive research populations and inclusion of additional agriculture courses may support the effectiveness of alternative teaching methodologies designed to engage 21st century students. This evaluation could assist post-secondary agricultural programs produce confident and successful graduates for the agriculture industry.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Clark, Heather
- Description:
- Safety is an integral part of both learning and participating in agriculture. Right now there is an obvious lack of safety culture for young farmers based on the number of injuries and death represented by their demographic. The current handbook used in agricultural education is a resource for teachers and students. In an effort to keep teachers and students informed about current safety information the California Agricultural Teachers’ Essential Guide to Safety needed to be reviewed and updated. Safety topics, quizzes and answer keys were added in an effort to maximize the effectiveness of the guide in agricultural education. Resources and grammatical changes were also made because as an educational resource the safety guide needs to be free of errors.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- White, Dane
- Description:
- There has been increasing awareness of the disparity between the student population of agricultural education students in California and the involvement in Future Farmers of America (FFA) and Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) components of the program. Hispanic students comprise an ever-larger portion of student demographics, yet are seldom represented in the higher echelons of FFA and SAE activity. This study investigates the factors that affect the decision of Hispanic agricultural education students to engage in leadership development activities through the FFA and the SAE’s hands-on learning elements. A questionnaire was developed and administered to a purposive sampling of 101 students at three high schools. The findings of this study indicate that Hispanic students have a strong set of influences that guide their educational decision making, particularly as compared to Caucasian students. In particular, Hispanic students responded most strongly to an interest in subject matter, with that focus area serving as the strongest influencing factor (p-value= 0.01). In other words, in order to engage Hispanic students in agricultural education’s intracurricular components of FFA and SAE, they must first be interested the subjects inherent in those activities. Additionally, Hispanic students placed a high priority on the social opinion elements of agricultural education (p = 0.01). The influence of social opinion-makers on the decision-making processes of Hispanic youth has been noted by literature and was corroborated through this study (Triandis, 1990; Goodenow & Grandy, 1993). Agriculture teachers seeking to engage Hispanic students to a greater degree will benefit from identifying methods to connect influential students to the activities in their program. Not surprisingly, Hispanic students can be engaged by creating strong relationships between families, the teacher and the student. Hispanic families play a critical role in the decision making of the student, and teachers who develop relationships with families can earn the trust essential to engaging their students. Finally, a teacher who actively creates positive relationships with their Hispanic students may also find a corresponding increase in the engagement of those students in their programs.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Hunt, Wesley Christine
- Description:
- Currently, over 11,000 agriculture teachers instruct students in the areas of agriscience, biotechnology, horticulture, animal science, environmental science, and agriculture mechanics. The nation instructs over 800,000 students in formal agriculture education programs from seventh grade through adult school in 50 states and three U.S. territories. Students pursuing a future in the industry of agriculture need access to instruction and materials pertinent to the current global agriculture industry, which continues to evolve (Vaughn, 1999). Working with administration and district personnel to ensure their understanding of agriculture education’s importance is a direct correlation of community support. The main purpose of study is to identify factors that contribute to community support of agriculture education programs. The population of this research included agriculture administrators and Agriculture Advisory/Ag Boosters members. The target population, accessed through a purposive sample, included schools and communities of the North Coast Region. Survey results indicated 83.33% (n=10) of the respondents were agriculture booster or agriculture advisory members. The other respondents include administrators which were 16.67% (n=6). When surveyed on a scale of 5 (strongly agree) to 1 (strongly disagree), respondents gauged their level of contribution through their current level support. Nearly 70% of respondents agreed to strongly agree to all questions that aimed to gauge their level of support. The majority of respondents believe they support their local agriculture education program through contributions of supplies to classroom/SAE/FFA, along with spending time and providing expertise with SAE projects, Community Service participation, FFA involvement above the chapter level, chaperone and drive to leadership conferences, participation in committees and participation above the chapter level.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Rincker, Lee
- Description:
- This study sought to evaluate critical thinking disposition of students within the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico. A cross-sectional design was conducted using the University of Florida (UF‐EMI) assessment to measure critical thinking disposition scores among a sample of undergraduate students registered in one of three courses (1) introduction to animal science; (2) livestock selection and carcass evaluation, and (3) members of a livestock judging team. Additionally, other potential predictors of performance including prior livestock judging experience, GPA, major and demographics including gender and age were also considered. Difference between groups were not observed. Additionally, prior livestock judging experience, GPA, major, and age failed to yield differences in scores. The only significant differences were found in the Cognitive Maturity sub‐scale where females received significantly (p < .01) higher average score (M = 31.3) compared to males (M = 28.6). Overall, 68.5% students were categorized as having a moderate critical thinking disposition and 29.6% demonstrated a strong critical thinking disposition. These findings may carry some implications for changing teaching pedagogy to enhance critical thinking among students in the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Denney, Audrey
- Description:
- Modern agriculture is faced with many daunting challenges in its attempt to meet global food demand. Agricultural sustainability could be a key component of the solution. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of agricultural sustainability held by California secondary agricultural teachers. Perceptions and self-perceived knowledge levels of sustainable agriculture were examined using a research redeveloped instrument. A simple random sample of the population of California secondary agricultural teachers was used for this investigation. The study found teachers perceived themselves to be knowledgeable regarding sustainable agriculture practices. Additionally, perceptions held by teachers suggested a positive view toward agricultural sustainability, but may be misinformed on a few concepts relating to agriculture’s impact on the environment.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Clement, Haley
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to investigate self-reported reasons why high school students (a) enroll in agriculture courses for the first time and (b) continue to enroll in agriculture courses during their fourth year of high school agricultural instruction. An additional purpose was to compare the reasons first-year agriculture students enroll in their agriculture class to the reasons fourth-year seniors enrolled in their agriculture class. Demographic differences across the two groups were also compared. This study used descriptive research methods. The target population involved agriculture education students at two high schools in Galt, California. A questionnaire was developed and administered to 276 students. The findings of the study are as follows: (a) the students came from mostly rural and suburban living areas, are enrolled in mostly agriculture science courses and come from families with and without production agriculture backgrounds; (b) first-year students enrolled in their current agriculture class because it sounded fun and interesting, it seemed more hand-on, to participate in FFA activities, and because they preferred agriculture teachers; and (c) fourth-year students enrolled in their current agriculture class because it sounded fun and interesting, it seemed more hands-on, to participate in FFA activities, to learn a specific skill or trade, and because they preferred agriculture teachers. Fourth-year students scored higher on nearly all items as compared to first-year students, with 10 items demonstrating statistically significantly differences across the two groups. Understanding enrollment factors allows agriculture programs to enhance recruitment strategies in order to retain more students.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Dodson, Bryan
- Description:
- The purpose of this project is to create curriculum that provides secondary students enrolled in agricultural mechanics courses at Liberty Ranch High School with the practical and real‐world opportunities to apply their skills and knowledge. Current curriculum in the agricultural mechanics discipline provide ample opportunities to build and develop skills in welding technique, however it does not equip students with valuable application experience within the fabrication and construction skill areas. Through the use of a student‐completed needs assessment and literature review of research and trade industry‐related publications, it is evident that both welding technique and fabrication knowledge are essential competencies desired by employers in the metal fabrication industry. This project began with the review of the agriculture mechanics section of the California Content Standards. As with all curriculum creation, standards provide the foundation for curricular objectives and creation. The initial step within the methods was to create the instrument. Once the instrument was created and administered, the results, coupled with the California Content Standards and a review of other program’s curriculum, were used to craft the course learning objectives. The course learning objectives were then organized within units to create a complete course unit plan. Once the unit plan was created, a course syllabus was generated, which includes a course description, course procedures, and grading policy. Once these steps were completed, each unit was created, adding specific activity sequences, assessment, and material lists, which finalized the curriculum.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Goehring, JessLee
- Description:
- Agriculture education programs do an excellent job of teaching youth leadership skills and knowledge though the three ring model of SAE, FFA and classroom instruction. Although these programs provide students with opportunities to succeed, there is a need for leadership courses to be taught in all high schools to provide them with more knowledge and skills that will prepare them for college and their future careers. Not only will this benefit the students, but it will also provide leadership in the work place, which has been at a steady decline. This project focuses on the needs of developing an agriculture leadership class at Lodi High. This course is needed because a leadership course option is noticeably absent from the program. Although the agriculture program at Lodi High School is very successful, a leadership course would provide students with a curriculum that will challenge them to develop and strengthen their leadership skills. Additionally, it will provide students with an elective course option to choose for their junior or senior year of high school. This would help to decrease the number of students repeating courses or not continuing their enrollment. This project used a qualitative study to determine the needs of the current agriculture students (n = 98) at Lodi High School. The study found a strong need for adding the course to the agriculture program exists and over 70% of the students would enroll in the class. Adding an agriculture leadership class at Lodi High is needed and noticeably absent from the agriculture program and leadership development component.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Daniels, Michelle Ann Roth
- Description:
- Theory suggests students with agriculture education and FFA backgrounds are more engaged in community service and leadership roles in their careers. Findings suggest FFA programs provide students opportunities to accept leadership roles that will positively affect both their secondary high school experience as well as their career path. Implementation of the FFA program into the high school setting requires assessment of support, logic models, recruitment and promotional ideas as well as budgets, grant writing, and curriculum models for LAUSD, CDE, and FFA. Factors such as leadership development, community impact, effects of agriculture education and FFA were developed as components of this project. The impact on students and careers, instructional strategies, and implementation requirements were also addressed. Results of this study show a definite need for agriculture education in the high school setting and that students engaged in these programs empower themselves with strong leadership skills and knowledge that will prove to be assets in their future careers.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Creator:
- Rowley, Clarissa
- Description:
- High school students may not be aware of the specific employability skills needed in the workforce, and therefore may not be adequately prepared to enter the workforce upon graduation. The purpose of this study was to assess the perceived importance of 30 employability skills as determined by agriculture-related employers and high school agriculture students in Nevada County. Thirty skills were ranked using a Likert type scale ranging from 0 (no importance) to 3 (most important). The goal was to use the collected data to determine which employability skills should be taught within a high school agriculture course in order to best prepare high school agriculture students for the workplace. Employers ranked employability skills related to personal and social behaviors of greatest importance. Students perceived employability skills related to time management and deadlines as most important. Both employers and high school students ranked most of the employability skills as moderately important.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Welch, Shannon
- Description:
- Research of the science of learning has unveiled the need to teach for understanding. In the same scope, it has been noted that students’ pre‐existing knowledge can affect how they acquire new knowledge. The need for action research became evident when analyzing below average assessment scores of students in early units of a tenth grade, agriculture biology course. The apparent lack of understanding prompted implementation of action research encompassing teaching for understanding while utilizing students’ prior knowledge. Life knowledge is a curriculum released by the National FFA Organization and is designed for integration into agricultural courses. Student test groups were taught small content units with and without Life Knowledge Precepts and were assessed at the close of each unit. Qualitative observations were made noting student engagement, interest and understanding during the units for comparison. Assessment performance and observations during unit instruction were compared to determine if Life Knowledge instruction leads to higher level content knowledge and higher levels of student engagement. The results of the trial showed assessments following Life Knowledge nstruction appear to be more effective in holding student interest and attention. It as further noted that it is most effective to teach Life Knowledge at the beginning of a unit rather than at the end. Observation of student behavior during the trial uggested students were more engaged by Life Knowledge and less resistant to participation in class activities when Life Knowledge was used.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Peters, Erin M.
- Description:
- The objective of this project was to establish the need to add an agriculture based economics and government class at a local high school. The high school is located in Northern California and is surrounded by agriculture. In fact, many graduates acquire agricultural positions after high school. The high school has been open nine years and is still developing classes that connect the community and other programs on campus. As the campus grows and expands, the administration requested various departments to develop courses to meet the needs of students as well as develop skills relevant to post secondary education or the work force. The agriculture department sought to develop a senior level course that addressed graduation requirement for government and economics. After the need to offer the course was confirmed, efforts were then devoted to develop a class syllabus, class outlines and sample lessons to be taught in the class for approval.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Welch, Shannon
- Description:
- Research of the science of learning has unveiled the need to teach for understanding. In the same scope, it has been noted that students’ pre‐existing knowledge can affect how they acquire new knowledge. The need for action research became evident when analyzing below average assessment scores of students in early units of a tenth grade, agriculture biology course. The apparent lack of understanding prompted implementation of action research encompassing teaching for understanding while utilizing students’ prior knowledge. Life knowledge is a curriculum released by the National FFA Organization and is designed for integration into agricultural courses. Student test groups were taught small content units with and without Life Knowledge Precepts and were assessed at the close of each unit. Qualitative observations were made noting student engagement, interest and understanding during the units for comparison. Assessment performance and observations during unit instruction were compared to determine if Life Knowledge instruction leads to higher level content knowledge and higher levels of student engagement. The results of the trial showed assessments following Life Knowledge instruction appear to be more effective in holding student interest and attention. It was further noted that it is most effective to teach Life Knowledge at the beginning of a unit rather than at the end. Observation of student behavior during the trial suggested students were more engaged by Life Knowledge and less resistant to participation in class activities when Life Knowledge was used.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Reid Harris, Kathleen J.
- Description:
- This project examines the development of an agricultural program at Plumas Charter School at Indian Valley Academy. Development of an agricultural program included: Identifying components required for establishing a new FFA program and apply for a FFA chapter for the CA FFA Association; identifying components required for a chapter program of work and submit a program of work to the CA FFA Association, program Bi-laws and identifying recruitment strategies for development a new FFA program at Indian Valley Academy.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Nwagwu, Chinedu
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Ramirez, Alisha
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Percolla, Marta I.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Biology
- Creator:
- Yanez, Ivette
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Identifier:
- 10047
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Biology
- Creator:
- Rahimi, Aeisha
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Diaz, Crystal R.
- Resource Type:
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- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Morga, Karina
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Thomas, Krystal
- Description:
- The purpose of this project was to establish curriculum and a program outline for Perris High School agriculture students who participate in the Rutledge Farm Internship in order to assess knowledge and skills outlined in the programs goals and objectives and determine what was learned during the student’s work experience. While developing curriculum, goals were established, stakeholders were con-sulted, research was conducted, and collaboration created specific internship goals and a method to assess the effectiveness of the internship. It was established that students would create blogs to explain what they have learned throughout the internship. Students would also present to the school board about the internship. It was concluded that students who participated in the internship had a positive experience and learned about agriculture careers in the industry. Blog posts show that students plan on pursing agriculture careers in the future. In the future, it is recommended that interns will express what they have learned throughout the internship utilizing a similar structure.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Reed, Matthew M.
- Description:
- The purpose of this project was to develop curriculum-related record-keeping and project management curriculum for a secondary agricultural program, utilizing video-based curriculum at Gridley High School, Gridley, California. Extensive research was conducted prior to the project implementation to determine if students truly comprehend information better when presented as video-based instruction. The project was designed around videos for the Agriculture Experience Tracker, a new business management records system, where students would watch the video and then practice the skills they learned. Students completed assessments (pre- and post-) to determine whether this style of instruction works. Results show that students do understand material better when they have control over the learning.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Kim, Brian
- Description:
- The purpose of this project was to establish an agriculture economics course at Westminster High School in the Huntington Beach Union High School District that will directly impact the agricultural department’s retention and membership levels. Additionally, this project sought to develop curriculum which includes a syllabus, unit plan, and course proposal for University of California/California State University economic requirements. This study utilized a case-study approach. The target population for the study included all students participating in a current agriculture course at Westminster High School from 2012 until 2013 (N = 270). Results indicated the majority of students would enlist in an agriculture economics course and enroll in agriculture courses throughout high school if this course were integrated. Findings also indicated the majority of students would have a more positive perception of enrolling in an agriculture course knowing they were able to graduate with a specialization in agriculture from Westminster High School. Over 90% of 9th grade students reported they would enlist in an agriculture economics course and take an agriculture course throughout high school. Research indicated that over 85% of 10th grade students, 90% of 11th grade students, and 100% of 12th grade students would have enrolled in an agriculture economics course. Also, high school seniors previously enrolled in an agriculture course were identified and asked the same sequence of questions, resulting in a 72% agreement that they would have enrolled in an agriculture economics course. The researcher recommends that the study be reviewed and collectively submitted to both the school site and district for finalization and curriculum implementation.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Encinias, Vanessa LeAnn
- Description:
- This research of study project concentrates on job shadowing opportunities and the development of an industry instrument to identify concerns. Background for the Agriculture and Natural Resources Academy as well as the community will be noted. A description of the research will identify the topic of the investigation. Justification for the research of study project will specifically identify the current problems in regards to job shadowing along with the need to solve the current problems in regards to job shadowing. Moreover, the identification of potential opportunities for local industry sector business partners to engage with the Agriculture & Natural Resources Academy. Pertinent literature will be reviewed and interpreted to support the need to solve the current problems in regards to job shadowing for the Agriculture and Natural Resources Academy. Action research objectives are identified and explained. The methods of investigation are also to be identified and explained. The nature of the data collected, organized, and analyzed is defined. Results, interpretations, and conclusions are presented. Recommendations for the practice as well as future investigations are shared. Consequently, the Agriculture and Natural Resources Academy will continue to support students in the introduction of agriculture and natural resources concepts as well as support students in the pursuit of careers and college degrees within the fields of agriculture or natural resources as well as be better informed to meet the needs of the local industry business partners.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Candelo-Mize, Tina
- Description:
- Experiential learning (EL) is the process in which a learner’s experience is transformed into knowledge, a change in behavior, or personal growth. EL provides learners with an opportunity to build self-efficacy and actively engage in their learning environment, through the direct application of knowledge they have acquired. In agricultural education, students learn about agriculture, food, and natural resources, through classroom and laboratory instruction, leadership development, and EL. In every learning environment, it is vital to assess learner understanding relative to the material presented. In EL environments there is often a misalignment between the methods of instruction and the methods of assessment, which can render a misrepresentation of learner skill acquisition. This problem often results from the implementation of traditional assessment methods alone. Educators can address this issue by utilizing diverse modes of assessment, and especially by integrating formative assessments into their approach. The principals of EL and authentic assessment methods in EL environments are essential to agricultural educators. It was the intention of this project to examine the foundations of EL and its application in an agricultural learning environment. The purpose of this project was to develop authentic formative assessment methods appropriate for EL-based courses.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Barcellos, William
- Description:
- This project focuses on the planning and coordination of a school farm at Mendota High School. The addition of a school farm to the agriculture program would provide a tremendous educational benefit to the students at Mendota High School. Experiential education would be greatly enhanced with the addition of a farm laboratory. Students would have greater access to hands-on learning activities and provide a greater opportunity to internalize their learning experiences. The program itself is currently experiencing a large growth period and the addition of this facility will provide more resources for the agriculture teaching staff to enhance the classroom learning environment by utilizing a school farm to supplement their lessons. In addition, because of the make-up and characteristics of the student population of the school, agriculture students generally have few, if any, opportunities to develop their own home supervised agriculture experience projects. This proposed facility would allow for a greater number of students to pursue their interests in agriculture. Currently, there is a great deal of support for the idea of constructing a new school farm laboratory at Mendota High School from students, faculty, administrators and the community. This project will hopefully lead to this facility being added to the agriculture program and put it on par with the clear majority of agriculture programs in central California.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Chico
- Department:
- Agriculture
- Creator:
- Cordova, Sierra Christine
- Description:
- When discussing anxiety in sport, gymnastics is often mentioned (Chase, Magyar, & Drake, 2005), as research has found that high-level female gymnasts exhibit higher anxiety levels than that of similarly skilled athletes in other sports (Kolt & Kirkby, 1994). While a career in gymnastics provides a strong foundation for positive physical, cognitive, and psychosocial self-development, the manifestations of anxiety during skill acquisition can decrease perceived physical competency and enjoyment, and decrease or prevent task performance, thus disrupting participation-motivation and continuity of gymnastics. If an athlete is unable to manage the psychological and physical responses of excessive, chronic stress stemming from anxiety, burnout could develop (Smith, 1986), causing gymnasts to retire early from the sport (Martin, Polster, Jackson, Greenleaf, & Jones, 2008). Literature supports that while anxiety is particularly disadvantageous for gymnasts, strategies can be used preemptively and simultaneously for the management of anxiety. Unfortunately, athletes, coaches, and parents lack reasonable or immediate access to interventions when in practice. The purpose of this project is to a) explore research and theories concerning contributing factors and effects of anxiety, b) gather research-based interventions and coping strategies, and c) create informative brochures for athletes, coaches, and parents in effort to promote healthful continuity of gymnastics. Management of anxiety may ultimately motivate affected athletes to continue gymnastics, thus supporting positive self-development through sport and maximum fulfillment of athletic potential in female adolescent non-elite competitive gymnasts.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Kinesiology and Nutritional Sciences
- Creator:
- Hamada, Dane P.
- Description:
- Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. One third of all children are overweight or obese (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2013) and more than two thirds of all adults are overweight or obese (CDC, 2012b). Minority and low-SES populations are at greater risk for overweight and obesity and obesity-related health conditions, including type 2 diabetes (Kumanyika & Grier, 2006). Most recent studies of overweight and obesity in minority populations has focused on African Americans and Hispanics; few studies have been conducted on Asian American populations (Yancey, Ory & Davis, 2006. Asian Americans have high rates of physical inactivity (Yancey, Ory & Davis, 2006), and obesity-related health problems may impact Asian Americans at lower BMI levels than the standard definitions of BMI (Kumanyika, 2008). The purpose of this project is to describe the process of implementing a physical activity education and intervention program delivered to address the needs of low SES Asian-American families with family members who are either overweight or obese.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Kinesiology and Nutritional Sciences
- Creator:
- Wong, Su F.
- Description:
- An alternating treatment design was used to evaluate the effects of response cards on quiz performance of new interventionists. Five participants (ages 23-37) with bachelor and master degrees in psychology, sociology and education participated in the study. A coin flip determined the condition (response cards [RC] or traditional lecture [TL]), and participants were informed of the condition at the beginning of session. Participants took an identical pre- and post-quiz every session. In RC, participants presented answers on a board to the trainer in unison. In TL, participants raised hand to answer questions. In both conditions, praise or feedback was provided depending on correct or incorrect answers. Results indicated that both methods produced higher levels of post-quiz performance. No functional relation was obtained between the two conditions. However, response cards produced more 90% and above scores. Moreover, participants preferred RC to TL.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Special Education and Counseling
- Creator:
- Magdziarz, Patrycja
- Description:
- The protein p53 is a transcription factor that is activated in response to cellular stress such as DNA damage. It promotes cell cycle arrest or apoptosis preventing further proliferation. In most human cancers, the integrity of p53 pathway is compromised. At an overall frequency of 7% of cancers, p53 retains its wild-type status but is inactivated by abnormally high levels of its main negative regulator, the MDM2 protein, which binds to and blocks p53. Well-studied molecules called Nutlins have shown antitumorigenic activity by binding to a hydrophobic cleft in MDM2 resulting in blockage of the interaction between p53 and MDM2. An alternative method for identifying anti-MDM2 drugs, called Computational Conformer Selection, was developed. In this method FDA – approved drugs were identified that show structural similarities to Nutlin 3a. In this study, the dose – dependent anti-proliferation effects of a lead subset of ranked FDA-approved drugs (bepridil, azelastine, and Protirelin / Thyrel (TRH)) were examined on SJSA – 1 (Tp53 wild-type, MDM2 amplified), SW480 (Tp53 mutant), and SaOs-2 (Tp53 deleted) cancer cell lines. Cell viability after drug treatment was measured with the 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The incubation of SJSA-1 cells with the candidate drugs showed a dose-dependent decrease in cell viability. The determined median inhibitory concentration (IC50) values for Nutlin 3a, bepridil, and azelastine were 0.8 µM, 23 µM, and 25 µM, respectively. TRH inhibited cell growth by 56 % at 100 µM. Treatment of SW480 cells with the drugs revealed that the IC50 values for Nutlin 3a, Bepridil, and Azelastine were 0.3 µM, 5 µM, and 11 µM, respectively. TRH did not have a significant inhibitory effect on SW480 cells in the concentration range tested. For SaOs-2 cells, Nutlin 3a was not effective with an IC50 of 25 µM. The IC50 values for Bepridil, and Azelastine on SaOs-2 cells were 10 µM and 15 µM, respectively. TRH was not an effective inhibitor of SaOs-2 cell proliferation. To determine whether the anti-proliferation effects of the candidate drugs were due to the activation of p53 signaling pathway, the cells were exposed to drugs at their respective IC20, IC50, and IC80 for 12 hours and relative protein levels of p53, and its downstream targets MDM2 and p21 were determined by Western blot analysis. In SJSA-1 cells, the p53 protein could not be detected, likely due to its degradation by high levels of MDM2. However, Nutlin 3a activated the p53 signaling pathway in a dose-dependent as observed by increased MDM2 and p21 protein levels. In contrast, there was little to no change in MDM2 and p21 protein levels in SJSA-1 cells exposed to the candidate drugs. As expected, analysis of SW480 cells revealed that the levels of mutant p53 were not altered by drug treatment, and MDM2 and p21 proteins were not detected. In SaOs-2 cells no p53 and MDM2 protein was detected, and although p21 protein was present, it did not show drug dose-dependent increase in its levels. In conclusion, the FDA-approved drugs Bepridil and Azelastine, but not TRH have shown dose a dependent anti-proliferative activity on all three tested cell lines indicating this activity was p53 independent. Western blot analysis further established that the candidate drugs did not activate the p53 signaling pathway. Although the tested drugs work through different mechanisms, their anti-proliferation properties are promising and these drugs may be potentially developed for anti-cancer treatment.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Creator:
- Vergel de Dios, Kevin
- Description:
- The objective of this thesis is to introduce a manual powered option that enables the disabled person to utilize arm motions to initiate the vehicle wheelchair lift giving both exercise and more personal control over the equipment. The purpose of this project is to provide an alternative way for the disabled person to get into his/her vehicle without having to rely on any electrically powered assistance. It has been the author's intent to modify the existing vehicle wheelchair lift to incorporate a new drive system that would allow for functional manual use. A hydraulic drive system has been designed to be installed onto the existing lift structure. The author will go further in depth with the hydraulic analysis, as the other members of the group will focus on other subcomponents of the lift. Necessary design parameters and constraints were given on this project, which limited various options on the choice of drive systems. Extensive design analysis and testing has been performed to achieve the most functional and practical solution to the manual wheelchair lift.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Creator:
- Balasbas, Kayla
- Description:
- Criminalists are tasked with the source attribution of evidentiary fibers by comparing class characteristics with know-source fibers. For example, the polymer type, length, optical properties, and color are discriminating characteristics considered during fiber comparisons. In practice, when textile fabrics are submitted as evidence, precedence is given to the detection and analysis of biological stains and other chemical residues prior to fiber collection and examination during evidence processing. This research investigates the effects of commonly employed semen and ignitable fluid processing techniques on VIS-NIR-Microspectrophotometer fiber analysis. Textile fabrics (including wool, cotton, silk, acrylic felt, polyester, rayon, acetate, olefin, and nylon) of different dye composition were selected as sample substrates. Presumptive screening was performed on semen-stained fabrics, including shortwave ultraviolet light exposure and acid phosphatase testing. In addition, the accelerant passive absorption elution method was replicated for each of the textile fabrics following their saturation with ignitable fluid. Fibers were recovered from each textile fabric pre-and post-application of the processing techniques and the dye components were analyzed using MSP with transmitted light in the visible and near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The findings show that neither acid phosphatase nor UV semen testing have an effect on the color analysis of fiber samples using VIS-NIR MSP. The passive absorption elution method may cause a change in VIS-NIR MSP spectra characteristics, but further investigation is needed. Based on these findings, current laboratory procedures and the order of evidence processing methods are not an immediate concern for VIS-MSP fiber color analysis.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
42. Development of a database to characterize the density of nail polish samples by magnetic levitation
- Creator:
- Martinez, Elisa Nicole
- Description:
- This study describes a simple and non-destructive method to characterize the density of nail polish samples using magnetic levitation (MagLev). Dried nail polish samples were levitated in a 3M MnCl2 paramagnetic solution between two permanent NdFeB magnets. The levitation heights were measured using ImageJ software and the density was calculated by comparing the sample data to a standard density bead linear regression curve. A database of the density values of 76 different nail polish samples from seven different manufacturers was compiled. Questioned nail polish samples may be compared to samples in this database in order to identify a potential manufacturer. The results suggest that density values may be more discriminating that FTIR analysis in distinguishing similarly colored nail polish. Demonstrable differences were also observed in the density of nail polish samples collected from a microscope slide verses in situ sampling of the same nail polish from a fingernail.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
- Creator:
- Perng, Baochin
- Description:
- Coconut oil has been widely used for health due to anecdotal evidence and information posted from the internet. However, researchers still continue to search for the best diets to improve the quality of life, especially for people with cognitive decline. The aim of this project is to create a novel dietary approach, the Keto-Mediet, which may help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The Keto-Mediet approach combines the benefits of Ketogenic diet and Mediterranean diet into a food pyramidal model with evidence from the literature of the years between 1982 and 2015 focusing on gene-by-diet interaction, and lipid and glucose metabolism in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. The Keto-Mediet pyramid is rich in various types of vitamins and substitutes coconut products for saturated animal fats, and limits glucose intake is intended to delay brain degeneration. This approach also encourages adherence to this healthy diet and lifestyle changes including exercise for people whose age ranges from 40 to 75 years. Those who comply with this approach will significantly enhance their knowledge and adopt a healthier lifestyle, as compared to those whose modern eating patterns are typically less healthy. Therefore, the Keto-Mediet approach can be applied in hopes of preventing and decreasing Alzheimer’s disease in different ethnicities and cultural groups.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Kinesiology and Nutritional Sciences
- Creator:
- Aleman Zometa, Jeniffer
- Description:
- Established disturbance theory aimed at understanding community structure maintains that externally imposed disturbances occur randomly over the landscape and interrupt competitive exclusion, thereby increasing community diversity. In contrast to this idea, our detailed landscape surveys show that disturbances happen most frequently in sub regions of the bed that support the greatest productivity and hence thickest cover of Mytilus californianus. Crowding reduces the attachment strength of mussels, making them more susceptible to dislodgment, and also lowers the reproductive condition of those imbedded individuals. A layer of empty shells and debris develops above the rock surface, barring direct rock attachment and promoting lateral attachments in the surface layers. This structurally unstable aggregation with thickened layers incurs more frequent propagating gaps than thinner layers. Mussel beds are comprised of different disturbance regimes, arrayed predictably over the intertidal landscape, and composed of competitive dominants that show self-limitation in thickened regions while maintaining subordinate species.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Biological Sciences
- Creator:
- Ibrahim, Mohamed Elsaid Awad
- Description:
- With the increase in technology, many developers have advanced their knowledge in improving road safety by designing various devices such as Vehicular AD Hoc Networks (VANETs). These VANETs are important in ensuring there is a continuous vehicle-to-vehicle communication along the roads while at close range in order to prevent road accidents. Similarly, VANETS are meant to ensure vehicles are alerted of events occurring at their surrounding through information sharing between vehicles to other vehicles (V2V) and vehicles to stationary objects built along the roads (V2I). However, MAC sub-layer protocol is common when designing VANET devices; this is because VANETs are ineffectual in preventing road accidents when messages cannot get to the other party. The path breaks causes delay of inconsistency and packet delays from source to destination. There are several improvement measures that can be taken to VANET is effective and efficient in improving road safety through inter vehicle communication and vehicle to stationary VANET devices installed along the roads. Since VANET operates in a wireless environment, there are other interferences from wireless devices such as mobile phones, laptops and other operational devices installed in vehicles. This thesis evaluated the performance of multiple routing protocols on MANET to assess their ability in finding stable paths. The evaluation led to practical suggestions on how to design better routing protocols for VANET. Keywords: MAC sub-layer, VANET, RTS, CTS, PASTA, TDMA and V2V/V2I
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Creator:
- Rojas, Brianna
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to develop a finite element (FE) model of an existing DOT-approved, Omni-Directional Suspension (ODS) motocross helmet shell, as a means of optimizing helmet design to mitigate head injury risk. To assess the structural behavior of the composite shell (constructed of various fibers embedded in an epoxy resin), a physical, quasi-static 3-point bend test is conducted on various shell samples. In conjunction with the physical test, a simulated 3-point bend test is conducted in the multi-physics simulation software, LS-DYNA. The helmet shell is represented in LS-DYNA with *MAT_58, a continuum damage material used to model woven fabrics and composite materials. As a means of validating the FE model, comparative analysis is conducted between the simulation and experimental 3-point bend test results to confirm that *MAT_58 is capable of predicting the helmet shell’s structural behavior. Development of a valid motocross helmet shell FE model will contribute to future development of the full OSD helmet model. Once constructed, the full motocross helmet FE model can then be fitted over LS-DYNA’s existing Hybrid III 50th Percentile Male Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) FE model to simulate translational and rotational impact and in turn, assess head injury risk.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Creator:
- Aghajanian, Andreh Andy
- Description:
- The time of death of an individual can contain important information to a crime scene investigator. Current methods to determine the post-mortem interval of a deceased individual are not entirely accurate or reliable. In order to devise a more effective method, we examined the OxyVu Hyperspectral Oximetry system. This system measures the levels of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin across a particular area of the dermis skin layer. It is hypothesized that upon death in an individual, levels of oxyhemoglobin decrease while deoxyhemoglobin levels increase. The OxyVu system was employed on a laboratory rat model where various spectroscopic readings were taken on euthanized rats to see if a relationship exists between oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin levels in the rat after death. The results failed to show any conclusive, accurate or consistent findings between hemoglobin levels after death. These findings suggest that there may be no relationship between oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin levels after death.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
- Creator:
- Sheikh, Sana
- Description:
- ABSTRACT Interface Design for Memory Access in an FPGA-MIPS Datapath This thesis focuses on the design and implementation of memory access control on an Altera DE-1 System-on-chip (SOC) board. The board integrates a Hard Processor System (HPS) with a dual-core cortex-A9 processor, and an FPGA fabric within a Cyclone V SOC chip. A multi-cycle MIPS datapath is implemented on the FPGA fabric, the datapath needs to access the SDRAM for instruction fetch, data fetch and data store. A handshaking protocol between the datapath and the (synchronous dynamic random access memory) SDRAM control is used to facilitate the memory accesses. Data communication between the HPS and the FPGA is performed using the Altera Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) Advanced Extensible Interface (AXI) bridges. The bridges are configured so the MIPS datapath can access instructions and data from the SDRAM. The MIPS machine code and the program data are initially stored in a Secure Digital Multi Media Card (SD/MMC). The HPS, using a burst mode, initiates a mapping of all the code and data from the SD/MMC to the memory banks in the SDRAM. Once the mapping is completed, a run command is performed on the Multicycle Datapath to sequentially execute the instructions. The result, then, is displayed using the on-board LED’s. The interfaces among the HPS, the FPGA, and the SD/MMC are developed via a custom IP Core. The software packages used for the implementation of the system include; Altera Quartus-II which provides the programming environment for the design on the FPGA fabric and the Qsys tool for designing custom IP and the bridge configurations. The Quartus II also allows the user to establish a JTAG and UART connection for hardware debugging on the Altera DE-1 SOC board. The C code compilation, debugging and building are performed using the INTEL SOC FPGA Embedded Design Suite (EDS). The HPS runs a LINUX Operating System (OS) which builds a LINUX KERNEL. When connected to the board, the LINUX KERNEL maps and integrates all the programming components together and synchronizes data communication. The results have shown correct instruction fetching and data accesses for the execution of MIPS instructions on the datapath.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Creator:
- Amegatcher, Chris
- Description:
- The large Continent of Africa has had only two MROs: one in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the second one in Johannesburg, South Africa. The rest of the continent fly their aircraft to Europe for Major Maintenance work when needed. This fits into a picture along with other factors, such as a protracted Colonialism, perpetrated by a few European Countries for several decades; who took away raw materials for processing and manufacturing in Europe. Lack of aviation infrastructure, economic and financial issues, safety and security, had hitherto, worked as barriers to the growth of aviation and other infrastructure in Africa. After the collapse of Ghana Airways Corporation, and the demise of Nigeria Airways Ltd., a strong argument exists for building a repair and overhaul facility for Aircraft operations within West Africa.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Technology
- Creator:
- Subramani, Naveen Kumar
- Description:
- With the rise of Artificial Intelligence over the past decade, many useful applications have been developed and in use. Computer vision is one of the core areas of Machine Learning. Computer vision could solve a range of tasks in many areas like medical computer vision, manufacturing machine vision, in autonomous vehicles and so on. Pedestrian detection is a challenging problem in computer vision. It is also an important task in video monitoring system. The objective of this thesis is to build a true pedestrian detector. The robust model is based on deep residual neural network using Transfer Learning. Trained model can be used to detect pedestrians on traffic videos in real time.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Los Angeles
- Department:
- Computer Science