Praise is a consequence that consists of different features and it is used in many teaching settings. Research on quality of praise suggests that enthusiasm increases reinforcing value of praise; however, the limited research on type of praise suggest . . .

The Cosunnes Copper Mine is a contact-metasomatic copper deposit located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains approximately fifteen miles southeast of Placerville, California. The deposit is located near the western margin of a large marble and biotite s . . .

It is the evidence in this thesis that demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between art and advertising and the paralleled paths of the two. The back and forth between the two industries illuminates the way they have propelled each other forward. A . . .

Probably not known to most of the general public are how many military commands are in actuality dual commands. There is a mixed working relationship between military and civilian federal employees, and in the case of leadership, both Senior Military . . .

Americans have long held mixed feelings about the issues of immigration (Cox, 1995, p. 14). While some see it beneficial to the U.S., others see it as harm. Despite this, the immigrant’s population, mostly Latin Americans, has maintained an increasing . . .

According to the Army Corps of Engineers ACE, the Lake Isabella Dam is one of the highest risk dams for failure in the United States. Part of the reason for such a high risk factor is because the dam is positioned on top of an active earthquake fault . . .

Better health care for special needs children has been at the statutory basis of Federal Medicaid Law since 1967. The 1967 Federal Medicaid Law included as one of its fundamental rules – the provision of high quality care to children with serious and . . .

Today there is an achievement gap between white students and minority black students. According to the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) which has kept records since 1992 reading and math scores assessment of White 4th-8th and 8-12th . . .

In 2011, the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office was awarded two grants to manage an AmeriCorps mentoring program in ten communities in California. In the rush to design and start a large collaborative project in a short time span, the progra . . .

The 59-year-old Lake Isabella Dam has been deemed one of the most at-risk-of-failure dams in the nation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. If failure of the dam occurred; water, boulders, and debris would bombard the City of Bakersfield causing mill . . .

Intended mainly as a vehicle for rehabilitating draft evaders after the Vietnam War, the Presidential Clemency Board (“PCB”) was largely an orphan of the Ford presidency. Created in the wake of the Nixon pardon as an unpopular compromise between those . . .

This thesis explores how guerrilla movements aided in the formation of women's and feminist groups that emerged in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Chiapas, Mexico. The development of feminism has been attributed to women's participation in the guerrilla m . . .

An optimal linear control-law formulation is developed herein using an evolutionary state-transition to meet various performance objectives in seismically excited structures. The control-law makes use of a predictive optimal linear control algorith . . .

Kern County has reached epidemic proportions when it comes to adults experiencing some type of chronic disease. Government organizations have stepped up and offered grant monies, which will enable organizations to implement research while at the same . . .

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in our country and is causing sickness and disease in our children. Childhood obesity can lead to diabetes and has been linked to certain types of cancer. In the Antelope Valley, the percent of childr . . .

Infrastructure financing has become a major problem for American cities. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that current level of underinvestment in U.S. infrastructure will end up costing each family in the country about $10,600 betwee . . .

Proposition 36 probation (Prop 36) is probation for first or second time nonviolent drug offenders who receive treatment in lieu of incarceration. The problem with Prop 36 is that there is a lack of communication and the lack of uniformity of the law’ . . .

Women farm workers, who greatly affect our society and economy, are some of the most disfranchised workers. They Iive in constant poverty in which they lack opportunities; as a result, they join the agricultural labor force, where they are constantly . . .

The Hmong are undergoing a process of acceptance and rejection in forming their new Hmong American identities. As borderlands citizens, the Hmong’s new identities reflect the bicultural communities around them, and therefore, exemplify both Hmong a . . .

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of older adults with physical disabilities in a physical activity university service-learning program. Subjects participated in the Beyond Exercise: Wellness Enhancement for Lif . . .