Purpose: The intent of this thesis is to propose a collaborative landscape level management strategy for the Saline Valley Salt Tram (SVST). This unique aerial tramway was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1974 and was the f . . .

On December 30, 2004, my father murdered my mother. The wound left by my mother’s absence has never fully healed. This work is my attempt to describe what it felt like to lose everything in one day, to try and find my place in a new family, and to mov . . .

The author studied the effects of bacterial invasion on biofilm structure of another bacterium. Myxococcus xanthus and Bacillus subtilis were grown on 1.5% CYE agar. The cultures were incubated at 31° C for 3-4 days to give the colonies time to grow . . .

This thesis consists of creative fiction by the author.

The proliferation of Information and Communications Technologies is a gamechanger for international relations, and the classical theories are not suited for application in cyber studies. The current literature on cyber studies, is fragmented, and lack . . .

A wide variety of assessment procedures have been utilized to ascertain the typical personality traits of student activists of both the right and left. Also, much research concerning nocturnal dreams has been conducted, but few investigations have dea . . .

According to Byron Massialas the traditional image of a teacher has been one of an older maiden lady who has de voted her entire life and love to teaching children. She was not likely to be outspoken on political issues nor influential in educati . . .

The discovery of antitoxins to both diphtheria and tetanus toxins dramatically introduced two immunological phenomena to twentieth-century science. First, biologically active molecules, such as toxins and enzymes, may have the potential to be neutr . . .

A dual purpose furnace was constructed and used to obtain F 16 3center densities up to 6 X 10 centers/cm in natural sodium chloride by additive coloration methods. The sample crystal was heated to temperatures around 600° C in a vacuum of 45 mm me . . .

The city of Exeter is in a rural area of Tulare County near the center of the San Joaquin Valley, California. The economy is agriculturally oriented with an emphasis on citrus. Exeter Union High School, located in the city of Exeter, is a single hi . . .

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that commonly causes serious nosocomial infections. P. aeruginosa’s virulence is derived from its large genome that allows adaptations to many environments and high antibiotic resistance. Gene sequ . . .

That people assimilate and react in multl-cultural environments is a fact that is observable even in present day United States. The way people solve and adapt to this problem determines the survival, extinction or amalgamation of each separate cul . . .

This study attempted to demonstrate whether or not nursing personnel adequately turn, cough and deep breathe postoperative patients. Criteria were established for adequately carrying out these procedures and then nursing, performance was measured. . . .

Since the advent of electronic data processing equipment, white- collar jobs have been subject to a high degree of subdivision. This division process has reduced many formerly interesting and responsible jobs to mere repetitive tasks. Thus, the env . . .

In the history of American education, patterns of pedagogy have always reflected the values and self-assessments of the larger society which fostered and sustained them. Though initially rooted and set in theocratic values, by the end of the eight . . .

This paper is a general study of the quintets of Padre Antonio Soler. It briefly surveys the material itself: its instrumentation, its technical aspects, and its form. The paper further attempts to relate the quintets to the period in music history i . . .

Penicill ium exnansum is a common fungus occurring in the organic debris in soil. It can also be found in food products, such as grains, cereal products, eggs and chickens (Raper and Thorn, 194-9). However, it is most common in ripe fruits suc . . .

Discovery of career fields in metalworking by the student is one of the primary goals of vocational-technical education at the community college. Through the offering of specially selected metal- working courses, the student is given the opportunit . . .

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In Social Psychology, attention has been given to interpersonal response traits which affect the social behavior of persons. Krech, Crutchfield, and Ballachev have called attention to such traits which characterize the social conduct of people. They . . .

This study was undertaken to investigate seasonal acclimatization in two populations of Hyalella azteca as measured by their oxygen consumption. One population was taken from a high Mg habitat and one from a low Mg environment. No significant seasonal . . .

This pilot study was designed to test the null hypothesis that tnere is no significant difference between the information obtained by the indigenous Mexican Health Worker on the initial visit to a Mexican patient and that obtained by the professional . . .

Since its inception with the flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903, aviation has undergone great advances both in military and civilian aircraft. The need for better and faster aircraft has placed the aviation industry in a most desirabl . . .

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The purpose of this paper is to study the factors that determined the emergence of leftist radicalism among Brazilian students in the 1960®s. The present research starts from the assumption that during this period, when Brazil was undergoing political . . .

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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) is a very useful tool to study atomic structure where energy level differences are on the order of I Oyev to lOOyev. The first successful experiment was performed by Zavoisky in 19^5 (Ref. I). Since then numero . . .

Many programs operate successfully for several years, yet do not seem to have an impact on other programs in need of the same success. This thesis will attempt to bridge that gap by describing the inception, development, implementation, and project . . .

We describe the power graphs of split metacylcic groups of order 2(2kp). We do this by looking at the order of the elements in the group and containment relationships among subgroups of maximal subgroups. Through finding the power graphs of this family . . .

Psycho linguistics, as the term implies, is concerned with the integration of psychological and linguistic knowledge. Although the term had been used prior to the 1950s, the disciplines of psychology and linguistics were relatively autonomous unti . . .

A large body of research demonstrates significant enhancement of retention when encoding episodes are temporally spaced versus massed together. Researchers use either a ‘restudy’ or a ‘retrieval’ method of encoding during relearning trials, but the . . .

Superstitious ritualistic behaviors provide athletes a level of control in a sports context where they lack it (Cohn, 2000). Superstitions are personal in nature; thus, the individual should also be considered as a potential component of superstitious . . .

Discussion of purpose, intent. Segments of American society are differentiated from each other by such things as amount of income, quantity and quality of material possessions, areas of occupation, place-type of residential dwelling, and social s . . .

We show that, in the spaces Lp(0,∞) (1 ≤ p < ∞), the bounded weighted backward shift operator (Tx)(t) = wx(t + a) and its unbounded counterpart (Tx)(t) = wtx(t + a) (w > 1 and a > 0) are chaotic. We also extend the unbounded case to the space C0[0,∞) . . .

Contemporary Young Adult Dystopias and Utopias alike are now a part of our popular culture, and in effect, have begun to lose credibility in the academic setting, especially within the secondary classroom. Yet, I argue, YA dystopian literature is an . . .

This investigation was designed to examine potential relationships between communicative disorders and socioeco- nomic status. Widely-held assumptions associate upper- or upper-middle socioeconomic status with stuttering, middle socioeconomic stat . . .

Captive breeding is a critical management strategy in the recovery and preservation of certain threatened and endangered species. Programs that implement captive breeding must maintain a balance between preserving the genetic purity and genetic dive . . .

During the Cold War, United States government officials used a “soft power” strategy to conduct foreign policy known as public diplomacy. The consensus found in historical scholarship links a “state-private” network between U.S. government officials . . .

The 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education Topeka marked the beginning of desegregation in schools across the country. While the primary target of the court ruling was the South, school districts in the North and West also suff . . .

High school students who have left their comprehensive high school site for a form of alternative education and successfully returned to their original site for a period time before graduating have beaten the odds. It is absolutely necessary to supp . . .

The purpose of this thesis was to conduct a visual rhetorical analysis of several images of Barack Obama crying. This study proposed four research questions intended to explicate the significance and meaning of the images: (1) What are the potential . . .

We take a close look at the nature of expansive mappings on certain metric spaces (compact, totally bounded, and bounded), provide a finer classification for such mappings, and use them to characterize boundedness. We also furnish a simple straightforwa . . .

About Gertrude Stein there has been much controversy, little competent criticism, but many prejudiced utterances. There has been extravagant praise and damaging accusation. Was she a literary fraud? A clinical case of megalomania? Just a rich and garr . . .

This thesis focused on the problem of adapting pistachio cultivation to warm winters such as the Central Valley of California is likely to face in the future. Warm winters negatively affect pistachio yields through two known mechanisms: bloom as . . .

There has been an extensive amount of effort to combat tobacco use, yet the emergence of electronic cigarettes threatens to jeopardize the current progress. This study sought to determine statistically significant differences in electronic cigarette . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of additional time allotment in a remedial reading class on a selected group of students in grades two through five in Wasco, California. The study was designed to find the effect of the additi . . .

This thesis seeks to examine the extent to which Californians and the Southern Pacific Railroad were at odds during the twenty-year span from 1874–1894 through the framing of Frank Norris’s 1901 work, The Octopus, a representational yet highly sensa . . .

Business schools have been placing an increased emphasis on the use of interactive simulation as an educational device. These tech- niques are known variously as Business Games, Business Simulations, and Management Games and have been used for trai . . .

The so-called Poetic Realism which prevailed as a literary movement in the middle of the nineteenth century was well expressed in the writings of authors such as Adalbert Stifter, Annette von Droste-Hillshoff, Gottfried . . .

Since the main focus of this study is on parentchild relationships as portrayed in the folktales of East and West Africa, Germany, Scandinavia, Turkey and Japan, this introduction will be divided into three parts. The first section will explore som . . .

As with roost educational programs, it has become increasingly important in the field of speech, language and hearing pathology (communicative disorders) to provide visible indication of the benefits derived by recipients (adults and children) as . . .

"Vocational education" is a term which has long been an integral part of education's vocabulary. When mentioned, the words frequently bring to mind such things as a "dumping ground" in the school for those students who are less academically incline . . .

The practice of requiring physical education in institutions of higher learning is of many years' standing. It originated nearly a century ago because college administrators thought that a certain amount of participation in physical education activ . . .

Schistosomes or blood flukes are trematodes which belong to the family Schistosomatidae as described by Poche (1907). Members of this family differ from other flukes in a number of ways, such as difference in choice of habitat within the vertebrat . . .

Many methods of producing electricity are utilized today. Steam plants, thermal plants, and nuclear plants all employ different sources of energy to achieve the same goal: the turning of generators to create electricity. The earliest source of ene . . .

The purpose of this paper is to study selected aspects of the use of educational television in early childhood education. In order to understand the need and purpose for such a study, it is necessary to have some background information about early . . .

There is considerable evidence that teaching practice in spelling has tended to remain influenced by habit, public opinion and commercially prepared materials, resulting in a cycle of practices that have little research validity. Often undue stress . . .

In the summer of 1972 a field study was conducted at California State University, Fresno, to evaluate the effects of variety, date of planting, seeding rate and row spacing on some growth and quality characteristics of soybeans. Four planting dates (D . . .

A number of studies have been done on attitudes toward death and dying. In general, conclusions infer that most people, including nurses, have anxiety regarding death. Studies about nurses show that their attitudes about death and dying are reflec . . .

It was the purpose of this investigation to study the development of relational position concepts of four-year- old disadvantaged children as influenced by opportunities for block manipulation with verbal naming of the position by an experimenter. . . .

This research project bears upon a number of fields of study, including physiology, biochemistry and psychopathol- ogy. The experiment was designed to create an altered behavioral state by the stress of sensory deprivation. The altered behavioral . . .

The plight of the town of Del Rey, California, is typical of many rural communities in California and throughout the nation. Communities such as Del Rey have been forgotten in the wake of urban migration. However, the residents feel a sense of com . . .

Inauguration of the embryonic development of the vertebrate nephros begins within the cranial reaches of the intermediate mesoderm. The anterior portions of this mesoderm give rise to the nephrotomes which are the forerunners of the first nephrons . . .

The study of biomolecules has now entered a promising period. From these studies it can be expected that we will begin to understand fundamental biological processes at the molecular level. To effect the transition from the phenomenologic to the me . . .

This thesis deals with issues pertaining to ethno-cultural identities. I recognize that terms used to denote ethno-cultural groups are often evolving and that, consequently, some terms are contested if they no longer fit the needs of a community and s . . .

This thesis focuses on whether there is conclusive evidence of mammoth utilization by humans at Owl Cave. Archaeologists should intensely scrutinize any mammoth kill site and should explore all avenues of inquiry. Taphonomic analysis is necessary to e . . .

Xylem is a complex vascular tissue that performs several functions related to the growth and survival of woody plants. These functions include the transport of water, biomechanical support, and the storage of water and nutrients. Trees are large organ . . .

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the Title IX “Not Anymore” training’s effectiveness among students at the main CSU Bakersfield campus and see if there are any cultural, sex, age, or student status differences among the responses. “Not Anymor . . .

Suicide has long been recognized as a major public health problem in the United States. The United States Public Health Service lists suicide as the twelfth leading cause of death in the United States. Shneidman estimated the actual number of suic . . .

As mechanization of agriculture increases in importance in Afghanistan, it is necessary to devise a way to apply this technology to achieve maximum production while keeping the price of production to a minimum.

The intent of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the services provided the mentally retarded person and his family by the Central Valley Regional Center, Fresno, California. The study was done during the school year 1972-73. Parents r . . .

Intestinal nematodes of the family Heligmosomidae have been the subject of investigation for many years. Perhaps, the best studied species in the family has been Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Dujardin, 1845) (Nematospiroides dubius Baylis, 1926). Alt . . .

Generalizing beyond the data of this study, but reflecting on his own observations as a social worker in Israel, the researcher suggests that American social workers need be of the Jewish faith to adjust professionally in Israel. The emotional cli . . .

There is nothing in the national interest which has, recently, been given higher priority than giving every child an equal opportunity to develop his physical and intellectual self. Yet, there is one group of children, those with a minimal brain d . . .

Tulare Lake, CA, is the terminus of several major rivers fed by Sierra Nevada stream discharge. Over the last several decades, the study of Tulare Lake sediments has established the climate history for the Pleistocene and Holocene. In this study, Late . . .

It is suggested that obesity and diabetes may exacerbate influenza infection and impact the efficacy of vaccination against influenza. The association between these conditions and more severe infection was not reported prior to the 2009 pandemic and h . . .

Crystallography is the analytical technique used to determine the arrangement of atoms within a highly ordered solid system. This method uses X-rays, which have a wavelength around 10-10 Å, to interact with the electrons in the atoms electron cloud to . . .

Nucleic acid Aptamers are short single-stranded oligonucleotides that bind to target molecules with high affinity and specificity. Although they function like antibodies, there are several properties that aptamers possess that make them superior for c . . .

Most Indigenous cultures historically employed regenerative methods in their human-environment relationships, interactions, and resource use. Many of these methods stemmed from the Indigenous concept of kincentric ecology, an approach which guides hum . . .

The question, of newspaper ethics is an ever present one, and seems unanswerable. Because what may constitute an ethical newspaper varies somewhat from person to person, the constructing of a study to determine if a newspaper is ethical would seem imp . . .

There is no question that the United States enjoys great affluence as a result of its superior technology and productivity. It is often taken for granted that the gross national product, which is far higher than that of any other nation, is an ind . . .

During recent years, convalescent hospitals have emerged as important facilities to help meet the nation's need for long-term care. Crowded conditions and ever increasing expenses have made hospitals an economically infeasible answer to providing . . .

Project Follow-Through is a federally-funded five year effort to sustain and supplement in the early grades the gains made by low-income children who have had a full year's experience in a Head Start or Preschool program. In Fresno, California, th . . .

The extreme environmental conditions found in the International Space Station (ISS) has been shown to weaken the immune system of astronauts during take-off and landing of spacecrafts, while increasing the virulence of microbes by physiological change . . .

Coronary heart disease is the major public health problem in the United States and in many other countries. In 1970 some 666,000 Americans, of whom about 171,000 were under the age of sixty-five, died of coronary heart disease and many more were d . . .

In the last ten years, there has been an increasing tendency to use crisis intervention therapy in lieu of in- patient therapy. As the trend develops and crisis inter- vention becomes more prevalent, one cannot help but wonder how effective it is, . . .

The purpose of this study is to formulate a theo- retical structural model of the Fresno County economy. The application of Leontieff's Input-Output Analysis to the Fresno County economy will provide an internal conceptuali- zation of the flow of . . .

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There is a vigorous and determined struggle in today's modern industrial societies to acquire a quantity of high-quality, fresh air. Many people believe that this implies escape to air that has a "mountainside" freshness. Outside air in any form . . .

A limited number of studies indicate that Vietnam era veterans are experiencing serious psychological and social problems in readapting to civilian life, Others state that the majority of these veterans have taken their military experience and rec . . .

A casual reflection on human intellectual history suggests that human nature has not changed significantly over the span of time. Support for this contention can be drawn from what Samuel N. Kramer tells us. One fundamental and unchanging aspect o . . .

In less than twenty-five years since the passage of the first National Mental Health Act of 1946, three revolutionary changes have occurred which have greatly influenced the treatment of the mentally disturbed. One change was the shift from custod . . .

The field of sociolinguistics has set for itself the task describing a specific variety of a language which characterizes of a specified group of speakers. Joshua Fishman gives the following description of the disciplinei Sociolinguistics is the . . .

Methods of locating the optimum width for self- propelled machines were evaluated in order to ascertain the relationship that certain economic inputs; i.e., fixed cost, labor, timeliness, purchase price and value of crop, have upon optimum width o . . .

Sculpins of the genus Cottus are commonly found in brackish water and streams of the Pacific drainage of North America (Morris, 1961). Though common, they are infrequently encountered being small, bottom dwelling fish, rarely exceeding 1 50 mm S. . . .

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is the causative agent of anogenital herpes infection, the second most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. There are two HSV serotypes, HSV-1 and HSV-2, which both can cause anogenital infection and a . . .

A report of the National Conference on Life Adjust- ment Education known as the Prosser Resolution was held in Chicago on May 8-10, 1947. This conference set the stage for what might well have been the next great important development in secondary . . .

In the effort to do this thesis on the subject of Black English and Black culture and the teaching implications of standard English to Black children, the researcher found very little research had been done until recently. There were few books in p . . .

Industrial Control Systems, or ICSs, are modernizing everyday with new advances in technology. This modernization is being done while old traditions of air gapping, as the main line of defense from security attacks, is still maintained. ICSs are moder . . .

The Nematode suborder Strongylata is among the most important groups of nematodes to man. In addition to two species of hookworms which infect millions of people in the world today, some 40 species of Strongyles infect domestic animals, causing co . . .