Historians have written much about the people and places in the San Joaquin Valley, but most often have neglected the historical significance of the newspapers of this area. Often historians, who read as well as write studies of the growth and develop . . .

The 1970s have found many of the nation's cities financially and environmentally vulnerable. Many municipalities are now studying any reasonable proposals which could avoid a desperate fiscal situation. At the same time, these urban areas are being be . . .

Each year, high school students across the nation enroll in first-year shorthand, generally with the thought of becoming a secre- tary. Unfortunately, most of these high schools do not provide a formal procedure for counselors to follow in plac . . .

There are multiple gang prevention programs implemented throughout the Kern County but gangs are still continuing to be a significant issue. Kern county probation department does an excellent job keeping this troubled youth of the streets by incarcera . . .

Social Security Administration (SSA) administers the Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs that affect the lives of many American families. These programs pa . . .

Kern County currently leads California in obesity rankings. As a result, Kern County, along with its biggest city Bakersfield, has begun to take the necessary steps in order to promote healthier lifestyles. In particular, California State University, . . .

One difficulty in preparing a lexicon for Finnegans Wake lies in coming to grips with the way Joyce fuses the basic English underlying the book with the seemingly endless number of words, fragments, and phrases from every conceivable language. For tho . . .

The frontier merchants played an important role in the development and growth of the American West; however, their contributions have been overshadowed by the more colorful escapades of cowboys, Indians, and cavalry. Although these groups are more int . . .

One of the linguistic features that differentiates languages like Indonesian, Japanese, and Korean from well known IE languages is their well-developed system of honorifics. What is to he understood by honorifics is that in these languages, a speaker . . .

Chlortetracycline (CTC 50) is widely used today as a livestock feed supplement because it promotes growth of poultry, swine, and calves by increasing weight gains. It is widely used in human and veterinary medicine for infections caused by organisms s . . .

The aboriginal population of what is now the State of California exhibited remarkable linguistic diversity. According to one study, seven major language families, accounting for ninety-one different languages, were present in California at the time of . . .

Excessive salts in the soil have been and will continue to be a serious problem in irrigated agriculture, particularly in arid regions. Jacobsen and Adams (1958) stated that the buildup of soil salinity played an important part of the breakup of th . . .

There is a quiet revolution currently underway in this country. It is directed at the way land is used, or more specifically, at the land use decision-making process and the information that is used in the process. New tools are being proposed and uti . . .

The field of membrane investigation is over 80 years old. Yet that remarkably complex and diverse structure, the cell membrane, continues to elude precise definition of structure and function. Observers have found cell membranes to be involved . . .

In this study it is proposed that in Japanese the influence of consonant voicing is reflected more systematically on the duration of the preceding mora as a whole than on the preceding vowel segment alone. In other words, mora duration, not vowel s . . .

The rapid changes and expanding scope of nursing have led nurses to an open confrontation with routine nursing care. It is written that there exists a need for the eradication of the routinized care given patients and the establishment of a "system . . .

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Stress, as a concept, was first introduced in the scientific literature by Selye in 1936. The term tended to replace the concept of emotion to convey the idea that a person experiences pressure from living which requires biological and psychological a . . .

Writing is essentially a rhetorical problem--how to demonstrate to the reader that the ideas presented in a composition are valid, justifiable, logical, fair-minded, clear, and, therefore, convincing. But despite this fact, the emphasis in ESL writing . . .

The evolution of Vulgar Latin into the modern Romance languages is a long and complex process. Because of the extensive nature and complexity of the subject, it is not within the scope of this paper to discuss all aspects of this evolution. Therefore, . . .

Philanthropic concern for the particular problems of institutionalized elderly adults dates back to the late nineteenth century, but until recently a dearth in specialized psychological assessment devices for the aged existed. During the last decade a . . .

This study was designed to identify and compare psychosocial adjustment problems in preschool children. The hypothesis was that kindergarten children with non-working mothers have fewer psychosocial adjustment problems than kindergarten children w . . .

The rate of growth of catfish farming in the United States during the past 16 years is. unequalled in the history of fish culture. Commercial production of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) has increased from its beginnings in 1960 to an estim . . .

The presence or absence of intestinal parasites in a human population is one indication of the quality of life the people lead. Particularly, human intestinal helminths and protozoans have been used to indicate the sanitary standards of a populatio . . .

Physical educators and coaches in their quest for success have generally ignored one very important principle: heat acclimatization. The ability of the human body to adapt to hot environmental temperatures is being discussed more and more by educat . . .

The increase in costs and decrease in availability of chemical P fertilizers has resulted in increased efforts of finding new ways of rendering residual soil P available to plants. It has been found that acidifying certain calcareous soils, low in . . .

Segun el diccionario Pequeno Larousse Ilustrado, la soledad se define como un "estado del que vive lejos del mundo; lugar solitario pesar y melancolia por la ausencia, muerte o perdida de persona o cosa. En esta tesis veremos la relacio'n entre el tem . . .

The study of the idealized electron gas is more than an exercise in abstraction. This system provides a model for both a fully ionized classical plasma and the conduction electrons of a metal or semimetal. In either case the ions of the system a . . .

The promotion of classes and productions sponsored through the Child Drama Center at California State University, Fresno, has been viewed for the past two years by the Directors of the Center and the investigator for this study as having two basic obj . . .

Are mentally retarded children more likely to be involved in assaultive behavior than non-retarded children? Have students in a class for mentally retarded children been referred more often to an administrator of a school because of hitting or o . . .

Sputnik provided a powerful stimulus to the study of creativity, but until then it was an area in which psychologists "feared tread" (Guilford, 1950). Close to twenty-five years ago Morgan (1953) published twenty-five definitions selected from the . . .

The script included in the text of this study was written as a creative endeavor for possible theatrical production. More specifically, it was written strictly as a vehicle for public entertainment

Shortly after the discovery of the role of bacteria as the etiological agents of human disease, the search for bacterial toxins began. Bacterial toxins were an important discovery, because they may enhance the pathogenicity of infection; the effect of . . .

Herman Melville will surely be remembered as the author of that epic of whaling, Moby Dick, with its savage harpooneers, loyal mates, and the monomaniac Captain Ahab grimly pursuing the white whale. His accounts of trips to the South Seas (Typee, Omoo . . .

Measurable immigration of Japanese to the United States began in 1866. Generally, the people who made the decision to come to this country were very homogeneous with regard to their chronological age, the geographic location in Japan they emigrate . . .

Agriculture is reported to be adversely effected by local air pollution (Middleton, 1953, 1964; Darley, 1966; Benedict, 1970, 1973; Millecan, 1971). Damage to vegetation is one of the earliest manifestations of contaminated air. The compounds in the a . . .

Tills study investigated whether a relationship existed on an Articulation Function Curve between air and bone conducted CM Auditory Tests W-l and W-22. The slopes of the Articulation Function Curve for bone conducted spondees and monosyllables . . .

This paper analyzes the pronominal system of Moore, the language of the Mossi people of Upper-Volta in West Africa. It is the predominant language of that country with nearly three million native speakers. Moore is used as a second language by peop . . .

It is generally agreed that psychiatric nursing has changed within the past decade. Research in the social sciences, technology, and psychopharmacology have all contributed to formation of a new framework for the mental health professions. Kalkman sta . . .

One of the most highly developed and interesting forms of folk or primitive music is Ceol Mor, a type of music originated in the Highlands of Scotland and performed exclusively on the bagpipes. The term means "Big Music" as distinct from the Ceol Beag . . .

Farmers often face the problem of disposing of the straw portion of crops after harvesting cereal grains. In many areas the practice each year has been to burn straw in fields causing billowing amounts of smoke for periods of time. Grass seed producer . . .

The courts of the United States are encouraging medical review to determine accountability. The public is increasingly aware of the many aspects of health care and no longer regards the hospital as an institution totally foreign to those who are not d . . .

Previous work on the North Kings deer herd has shown that the reproductive potential of the does was high; however, there was a 50 percent neonatal loss of fawns. The neonatal loss was hypothesized to be the result of a nutritional stress expe . . .

There is an apparent need for effective and realistic vocational rehabilitation services for the handicapped and disabled. In the development and promotion of these services, there is a growing concern for establishment of effective "In-Service Traini . . .

It was hypothesized that children of premature birth would not differ significantly in mental ability from children born fullterm, but the prematures would have a higher number of behavior problems and achieve developmental milestones at a later age. . . .

In the search for economically priced feedstuffs for ruminants, the use of fibrous by-products from food processing industries has a potential and reasonable advantage over standard feed products. These materials in someway must be disposed of and . . .

The objective of this study was to obtain normal hematological and serum biochemical values of the healthy Quarter Horse foal from birth to 24 weeks of age. Such data would be useful in assessing the well-being of the foal and serve as standards o . . .

Ranch ponds are numerous in the foothills of the western Sierra Nevada. An article appearing in the California Cattleman (anon, 1975) estimated that there were more than 50,000 ponds of less than 0.0123 cubic hectometers (10 acre feet) in California. . . .

The notion that there must be a relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and other personality factors is one that has titillated investigators in hypnosis for some time. Because people differ greatly in their susceptibility to hypnosis it see . . .

Mankind has historically dealt with various types of parasitic infestations. One such parasite, Pediculosis Capitis, has survived all efforts toward extermination. This is true even though treatment of pediculosis in humans has become readily avai . . .

The morality, ethics, and conscience of a society are the sum total of the moralities, ethics, and consciences of the individuals comprising that society. Establishment of a more advanced social morality is contingent upon understanding the v . . .

It is estimated that ten million Americans are alcoholics and that for each alcoholic, four other people (e.g., family) are affected (Fresno Bee, 11/17/74). Thus we are dealing with a problem that directly or indirectly affects approximately forty . . .

Though education is defined as a function of the state, the bulk of the decisions and policies that govern the operation of schools are made on the school district level. The quality of the educational offering that results is as varied as the dis . . .

The belief that urban growth does not occur the way it "ought to" is no longer only the view of a few city planners and sensitive intellectuals. It has developed into one of the most widely believed "facts" of modern American life. As with the rest of . . .

Two hemipterans, Oncopeltus fasciatus Dallas (Lygaeidae) and Leptocoris trivittatus Say (Corizidae) (Feir, 1974; Woolley, 1949), have been used extensively in research and teaching due to availability and/or ease of rearing. The common squash bug, . . .

A major area of interest to today's educator is the influence of early environment on the child's school achievement. Literature in early childhood education is involved in the debate over assumptions about the relationship between various stages of d . . .

Distracted driving has become an issue that occurs on a national scale. Particularly, in the state of California, which houses numerous motorists, distracted driving has a higher probability to occur. Regardless of location, distracted driving is beco . . .

The purpose of this study is to identify best practices in regards to HPV. The study was non-experimental and used qualitative research. Content analysis and hermeneutics were used to locate and analyze the data. The researcher describes what HPV is, . . .

Elvery’s life illustrates how the art world interacted with Ireland’s path to independence and acts as an example of female agency during a time when women struggled for their own independence. Beatrice Elvery’s middle-class status kept her out of eli . . .

Little is known regarding the reliability of translations of epic poems such as the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf. This is partly because of the time period in which the Beowulf manuscript was created, approximately 1000 A.D. For this manuscript, most Ang . . .

Law enforcement agencies across America utilize police motorcycles as a tool to improve traffic safety and quickly respond to calls for service. Motorcycles have proven to be very effective in enforcing traffic laws by providing officers with a higher . . .

Social psychology is currently in a state of crisis. During the past few years the creative and critical aspects of the social psychology paradigm have come under increasing attack. It has been argued that hypotheses should be formulated for their rel . . .

The main goal of Child Development Practicum (CDP) courses taught at many colleges and universities is to permit students the opportunity to acquire skills, knowledge, and information in dealing with preschool children. Concerns related to these . . .

The light horse type, in contrast to the draft horse type, made the largest population gains on the North American continent during the 1960s. The light horse industry now has a population of eight to ten million. This represents a greater light horse . . .

This nation, thousands of miles in width and breadth, attempts offer an education to children and youth of every economic, ethnic, and cultural background. The enormity of the task to provide quality educational opportunity for every child in Am . . .

High quality cotton seed for planting purposes is of utmost importance in obtaining a stand. The success of precision planting is dependent upon the ability of each seed to emerge and survive under adverse conditions. This ability of the seed is in . . .

The folia theme has a specific harmonic progression melody and a sarabande melody. Composers wrote variations upon this folia theme. In the Baroque the harmonic scheme is used throughout the variations. In some pieces the sarabande melody is used thro . . .

The increased interest in industrial safety by government has brought about a conscientious effort in the industry to curb employee accidents. In the past few years, industry has taken an increased interest in the causes of on-the-job accidents in . . .

The Spraings Visual Discrimination Battery was administered to 432 elementary school students in grades kindergarten through four. These students included 323 normal students, 58 L.D.G. students, and 51 E.H. students. Data from the normal population w . . .

One very large and distinct problem in Vocational Education is that of keeping the educational program up to date. Not only is the course material continually changing due to the advances made in industry but instructors coming from industry into e . . .

Johnny, age seven, is entering the first grade for the second time. His teacher describes him as extremely disruptive and academically Impoverished. He plays by himself on the playground and often is aggressive toward his peers. In the classroom h . . .

Spurred by an exciting thought, a woman rises from the river bank and hurriedly walks across the university lawn, only to be reverted, by the gaze of a man, to the gravel path. Returning to the designated pathway, the woman—the unnamed fictional narra . . .

The purpose of this thesis is two-fold – on the one hand translation and on the other analysis of Sappho’s influences and depictions in English art and literature. I will include own translations of selected fragments of Sappho of Lesbos taking into c . . .

The San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) is an endangered species endemic to the San Joaquin Desert in the Central Valley of California. Much of the habitat in the San Joaquin Desert has been converted for agricultural, industrial, and urban d . . .

The development of the neoclassical interpretation in the study of stereochemical systems has been of interest to chemists ever since Winstein demonstrated stereochemical control by a neighboring bromine atom in the solvolysis of the diastereomeri . . .

Vocational placement is a necessary goal for our modern educational system. Placing the right person on the right job is a matter of coordinating educational and vocational planning carefully and accurately. Personality characteristics are impor . . .

Billy's teachers are frustrated. Billy seems to defy all attempts to teach him to read and write. He has been described by his teachers as inattentive and disruptive in class, quarrelsome on the playground, and generally ambivalent towards authori . . .

The purpose of this essay is to analyze recent trends in the writing of American history, paying particular attention to the origins and significance of the so-called "New Left" historiography. Specifically, it is an attempt to deal with the many ways . . .

Waters containing enteropathogenic microorganisms (i.e., Salmonella, Shigella) are considered unsafe for human consumption. Traditionally, indicator bacteria have been utilized for the assess- ment of bacteriologically unsafe waters. However, a d . . .

Prolactin is one of the most interesting anterior pituitary factors. This hormone is elaborated by acido- philic cells of the anterior lobe. It was one of the earliest pituitary hormones to be extracted from the gland. Indeed, it was the first . . .

According to Medinnus (1967), the interest of delinquency researchers in parent-child relations was stimulated by Freud's emphasis on the importance of early childhood experiences on personality development and by the mental hygiene movement's que . . .

Since the advent of Chcmskian competence, the concept of the mind of the language learner has developed from what was previously considered a tabula rasa to what may now be considered a network of fine connections linking nearly all facets of the . . .

The project consisted of two phases. The first phase was to construct a high pressure, high speed liquid chroma- tography system (HPLG). The HPLC system consists of a solvent reservoir, high pressure pump, pressure gauge, packed glass columns, . . .

Tissue analyses of grape petioles showed differences in phosphorous uptake in different positions in the rows for both irrigation systems. Potassium uptake varied in similar geographical positions in all rows in the plot, but in opposite direction . . .

Research in the areas of child development and school readiness over the years has consistently emphasized the great variation in cognitive and perceptual maturity of children of similar chronological age (Rowher, 1970). Conse- quently elementar . . .

Americans have learned to respect, fear, and even worship Science. Few, however, have ever learned anything about how science affects their lives. Many people believe that science is too sophisticated and mathematical to understand. It is the belief o . . .

The present study was initially designed to investigate the speech of native Oklahomans in the vicinity of Tulare, California, with the intent to demonstrate the stratification of regional dialect features across social classes. Such stratificatio . . .

In the shaping of teen-age lives, it seems important to concentrate on the methods being used to prepare teen-agers for family living. Perhaps the most effective way of guiding teen-agers for their future roles of adults is through the education t . . .

In 1976, two experiments were conducted in the greenhouse at California State University, Fresno, to evaluate the chemical control of wild oats in wheat. Experiment A was designed to evaluate 3 foliar applied herbicides, barban, difenzoquat an . . .

Traditionally, the role of the school nurse in sex education has been centered around teaching a unit on personal hygiene and menstruation. Occasionally a factual lecture on the anatomy and physiology of reproduc- tion might also have been presen . . .

The debate over the correct political interpretation of Dracula has been waged by critics for decades. It is unlikely to achieve a clear resolution in the near future. However, one aspect of the postcolonial question that has been largely ignored is t . . .

Milton was without a doubt the seventeenth century's most intelligent and prolific artist. He was also the most ambitious counting himself among the most learned and talented men of the era. Idealistic and ambitious he appeared to have personified eve . . .

Palynological, geophysical, and geochemical proxy data from TL05-4A/B core and TL12-1B trench localities of Tulare Lake, California provide a record of regional paleoclimate and paleolake-levels for most of the past 19,000 years. Hydrologic balance mo . . .

Despite the general affluence and cultural advancement of the American people, malnutrition remains a serious problem. Its negative consequences are far-reaching. Some of the more important of these are poor physical health and poor mental health . . .

Open education, the integrated day, the develop- mental classroom, informal education: these phrases refer to an educational movement that began in England and that is now growing in the United States. The traditional classrooms which exist in . . .

The purpose of this study was to illuminate issues of planned change common to developing countries, specifically in the areas of national and subnational development plan- ning. The approach taken was to first develop a set of general concept . . .

A major role of psychologists in school programs has to do with evaluation of children for purposes of categorization, special place- ment, and differential program planning. As we have approached the mid-1970s special education opportunities f . . .

Scientific and technological advances, along with a fast, competitive pace of life, have confronted humans with unique, often paradoxical, situations. Although we have obtained considerable mastery over the physical world, we know very little of o . . .

The past decade has seen tremendous progress in the understanding of mental retardation, early identification and diagnosis, education and training, prevention and treat- ment, and research. However, most mentally retarded persons are said to . . .