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 . . .

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 . . .

"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 . . .

California's Probation Subsidy Program (formally known as the State Aid for Probation Services Program) began operation on July 1, 1966. The program provides a kind of partnership between the state and counties with the intent of providing effecti . . .

At the turn of the century the history of California was best known through the chronicles of two major groups of adventurers. The first of these were the early American seamen-smugglers who visited the Golden State in the early nineteenth century . . .

Faculty advisers responsible for the content of student newspapers cannot avoid concern over questions of taste in the handling of newspaper copy and pictures. To become a community college newspaper adviser in California is to learn quickly that . . .

My purpose in preparing this study has been to determine if California and its banking system were as adversely affected as the rest of the United States during the banking crisis of 1932-33, Some historical background of banking in Californi . . .

The thyroid gland is unique among endocrine glands in that its secretion, the thyroid hormone(s) , includes in its structure a specific chemical element, iodine. Essentially, the function of the thyroid gland involves the concentration of iodide a . . .

The problem of the suicide rate in the United States poses a challenge to the field of health care delivery. At a time when giant strides are being made in other fields of medical research, progress has been slow in the understanding and preventio . . .

Behavioral contrast was investigated in rats in four separate experiments. In three experiments, one component of a multiple schedule was associated with a sucrose pellet of either 8%, 16%, or 32%, while the reinforcer in the other component was a . . .

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 . . .

The principal human effects associated with photo- chemical oxidants include impairment of athletic perform- ance, an increase in attacks among asthmatics, and eye and throat irritation. A statistically significant relationship was found between . . .

The purpose of this study is twofold: (l) to investi- gate the attitudes of selected students concerning career education in general and (2) to gain insight in how these students view the home economics field in relation to career education.In rev . . .

Ultra-marathons are endurance races that are 50 miles or more in length. Previous research has suggested that elite distance runners cognitively monitor the pain and discomfort for athletic events in an associative manner. In contrast, amateur runne . . .

Probiotics are live microorganisms that provide therapeutic effects to their consuming host’s gastrointestinal tract and immune system. Although they are considered “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) by the FDA and are added to a plethora of prob . . .

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 . . .

Although Buddhism found fertile soil in China in which to grow and develop its doctrines, it suffered many persecutions and mass destructions of its art. Conse- quently the art of Chinese Buddhism is almost nonexistent. A few major monuments e . . .

The structure of intermittent streams has been described by Abell (1956) . Her work was based on the analysis of Dry Creek, Fresno County, California, which she considered a typical intermittent stream. An earlier work (Stehr and Bransen, 1938) ha . . .

A consultant is often engaged by an organization to function as a change-agent. A variety of techniques are utilized by a consultant in his performance in a change-agent role. This study analyzes and describes how a consultant utilizes the Modifie . . .

One need only examine the literature on steroid analogs for a short time before concluding that no sound theory presently exists which correlates structure with activity. In many cases it is found that changes in the basic steroid structure can dr . . .

The term anornie comes from the Greek root nomos, which is said to mean "custom," "way," "fashion," "practice," and/or "law," and the prefix a-, which is used to convert the meaning of a word into the opposite of its root. Durkheim defined the conc . . .

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 . . .

It has been reported by Chew (1965) that all pathways of water exchange are reduced when mammals are subjected to dehydration. With few exceptions, evaporation is the major loss, and usually the greatest absolute conservation of water is realized . . .

On August 30, 1973, the Omaha World Herald announced in big headlines on its first page a sensational finding. The cameras of the skylab-satellite had helped to discover a lost group of Mennonites in the Paraguayan Chaco. This article is a typical exa . . .

Industry has often been called the heart of an area's economy and transportation facilities labeled as the life supplying arteries. The most significant factor in the development of Stanislaus County since 1940 - unquestionably has been the indust . . .

The purpose of this paper is to contrast some surface structure characteristics in English and Spanish from a semantic point of view. However, since the syntactic component and especially the phrase structure rules convey all the necessary inf . . .

The basis of this investigation was five written passages chosen to correspond to the features of English style described by Martin Joos. From eight subjects, spoken paraphrases of these passages were recorded and transcribed. Fifteen features of . . .

In the decade 1962-1972 , more than twenty major pieces of federal consumer legislation were passed. Among the many subjects covered were: protection of children against hazards, toy safety, restricted sale of potent drugs, cigarette labeling and . . .

Electoral geography is that division of political geography which studies the geographical distributions of voting behavior. In spite of the availability of voting data and the fact that many guantitative geographic methods are quite applicable to . . .

Evaluation as a concept has many definitions and uses. In general, evaluation is an attempt to appraise the value or worth of something. When related to a discipline, the concept becomes more precise. Evaluation within the discipline of urban and . . .

Environmental issues are not a new phenomenon. However, the rapid development in the last decade of science, technology and industry, tooether with rapid growth of the population which has caused the tremendous increase in property development, es . . .

This study analyzes the latent demand for transporta- tion in the Parlier, California, study area.1 It tests the hypothesis that specific community groups in Parlier—the elderly, low-income and Mexican-American households, and the housewives—hav . . .

The numerous Mexican-American children in central California schools usually come from a Spanish-speaking background. When they enter school, however, they find themselves in an English speaking environment. The children are expected to understand . . .

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 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 . . .

There is little doubt that music produces in people a variety of effects. The study of which aspects of music- (e.g., tempo, dynamics, loudness) produce its effects has been the subject of many philosophical and empirical reports (e.g., Farnsworth . . .

Without question, machining is one of the most important methods of shaping metal. The ability to machine a wide variety of metals into almost any conceivable shape has made possible our highly mechanized society and the resultant standard of livi . . .

When William Stephenson wrote that "communication is carried on in play," he provided the theoretical basis for an understanding of newsreading behavior "supra- ordinate," in his words, to other theory in this area.^" Thus Stephenson is not ne . . .

Photographic interpretation is the act of exam- ining photographic images of objects for the purpose of identifying and deducing their significance. Everyone can consider himself a photo interpreter. Books, magazines, newspapers, etc., all provi . . .

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 . . .

Frequently, people interested in the behavioral sciences can be heard discussing the many facets of the American culture. Much has been written about trends that may lead to the deterioration of the family. Of major concern to this investigator is . . .

The nutritional value of fruits commonly grown and consumed by Americans is well documented (26). However, the fruits of the cacti of Arizona, which are widely used in the diets of native desert peoples, are not well characterized for nutritional c . . .

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 . . .

In a study developed by Norman and Bohn in 1961, industrial arts was proven to he a beneficial part of the total general educational program in our public schools. The industrial arts teacher, through the variety of tools, materials, and industria . . .

This study consists of a discussion of certain Japanese adverbs and their classifications based on various properties of these adverbs. The adverbs selected for discussion are two types, sentence and manner adverbs, which have received much attent . . .

Making errors is very natural for students when they are learning a foreign language. Errors occur in various aspects of syntax, phonology, and semantics. However, some aspects of the target language seem to cause more errors than others, depending . . .

In recent years man has had a growing concern over the earth's food supply. At the same time people are becoming more concerned with the quality of the food they are eating. As a result, there has been a growing and continual search to find new an . . .

Weight reduction and weight control have become a national obsession. Statistics state that one-fourth to one-half of the American population is overweight or obese (1-6) . Recent surveys show that one-third of the population of the United States is o . . .

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Khmer is known as a member of the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austro-Asiatic family of languages, and is spoken by about eight million persons, not counting millions of Khmers living in some parts of Thailand and South Vietnam. The existing structure . . .

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have been a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, while also serving as a source of significant financial loss for American healthcare facilities. Along with HAIs, infections such as . . .

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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 . . .

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 . . .

This study addresses the California Prevailing Wage Laws and their impact on the State economy. It is recommended that the California Legislature amend the current labor laws. By amending these laws and suspending the prevailing wage sections, Califor . . .

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 . . .

Narratives or stories are perhaps one of the oldest forms of meaningful communication. With narratives one has the ability to entertain but also the power to influence, to shape future course of action, and to create meaning (Jones, Shanahan, & McBeth . . .

The Board of Trustees of the Selma (California) Unified School District in September of 1973 authorized a Community Congress on Education. The Community Congress was constituted to involve a broad cross section of the people of the Selma area. Invitat . . .

The Housing Plan for downtown Lagos, Nigeria, is intended to suggest housing alternatives which focus on the provision of a suitable living environment for the residents. The housing plan is also meant to identify certain basic policies for resid . . .

The present study attempted to explore the effective- ness of family operant therapy when used in conjunction with a sample of adolescents on probation from Fresno County. The theoretical underpinnings of this project represent an assimilation o . . .

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 . . .

Grain size, lithology, and sedimentary structures of the Miocene/Pliocene basal Etchegoin Formation were described from cores within the southeastern edge of the San Joaquin Basin, north of Bakersfield, CA for depositional environment analysis. Lithol . . .

One of the most perplexing areas of clinical audio- logy is the selection and evaluation of hearing aids for the hearing impaired. For those hearing losses where medical remediation is contraindicated, hearing aids are the primary rehabilitative . . .

During the last several years the digestibility of many agricultural by-product feedstuffs has come under investigation due to the rapidly increasing need to find new sources of feed for the livestock industry. In addition, the fast growing world . . .

Basic skills in interviewing are an integral part of the stock of skills that any worker in the helping professions should have at his command. "Regardless of what area of social work, what method being practiced, what treatment mode or theoretica . . .

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 . . .

Geochemical, petrologic, and geochronologic studies of the ~83 Ma Coso and Golden Bear quartz monzonite dikes and corresponding ~102 Ma Cactus Flat and Independence host plutons suggested 65 km of syn- or post-Laramide dextral offset in the southe . . .

Faults create a structurally weak zone within the lithosphere that can be reactivated again and again through geologic time. This reactivation can occur under varying tectonic stresses, temperatures, and pressures within the fault zone. This study foc . . .

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 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 . . .

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 . . .

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Wechsler's (1949, 1974) conception of intelligence concerns the individual's ability to comprehend and function within his environment. In focusing in on this multi- determined and multifaceted entity, he selected subtests contributing to the . . .

The Wasco oil field produces mainly from the Oligocene Vedder Formation and Eocene sandstones within the Kreyenhagen Formation in the San Joaquin basin, California. The Vedder and Kreyenhagen sandstones in the Wasco oil field consist of fine-to coars . . .

Student organizations at California State University campuses are encouraged to get involved outside the walls of their clubs. Community engagement and service are held in high esteem. Every club is required to participate in a minimum of 10 hours of . . .

A comparative analysis was performed on nine countries based on the Health Care Models their health care operates under in order to determine if there were any best practices regarding the diagnosis and treatment of amblyopia. Amblyopia is an eye cond . . .

The purpose of this study was to explore how a marginalized population such as tattoo artists and body piercers plan to make decisions regarding the new health care requirement to have health care insurance. Interviews were initially conducted with ei . . .

The Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is having a major impact on many of the nation’s hospitals due to the demand for care, increased patient revenues, and lower uncompensated care costs for the uninsured (Cunningham et al., 2015). Currently, public hospit . . .

Heritage Living Inc. has a problem; service information is not being delivered efficiently to potential residents and is affecting the facility dramatically. This is causing residents and family members to perceive the quality of care offer by the fac . . .

Introduction Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), defined as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE), or both, affects an estimated 300,000-600,000 individuals in the U.S. each year, causing considerable morbidity and mortality (Center for Diseas . . .

The topic explored in this study pertains to needlestick and sharps occupational injuries among hospital staff in the United States. Health care workers are exposed to over 20 blood-borne pathogens in their work environment. In their attempt to help p . . .

This thesis consists of four short stories by the author.

This thesis consists of a collection of poetry and two works of nonfiction by the author.

This thesis consists chiefly of poems by the author.

This thesis is a collection of six short stories by the author.

Sociological theorists and researchers in the area of race and education agree that the impact of inferior educational programs and race, class and gender based allocation of funding for public education impact the esteem and sense of worth for poor y . . .

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

Although the sunflower is native to the United States, only since the 1960's has it emerged as an agronomic crop in the United States, In the western states, tests for its possible utilization as a second crop are being conducted. In 1972 and 1973f . . .

With the discovery of mycorrhizal fungi in 1885, most scientific investigations have concentrated on the biology, classification, distribution, and environmental factors necessary for infection of host plants as well as benefits to both agricultura . . .

Lady of the Dawn, by Alejandro Casona (born Alejandro Rodriguez Alvarez) , is a study in human relationship with death. The framework for this study is the story of a family whose lives were first transformed by death, then by the life of a beauti . . .

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There has been some uncertainty regarding the subspecific variation, distribution, and resultant taxonomy Dipodomys nitratoides. It was the purpose of this study to critically examine the geographic variation of this species and, on the basis of t . . .

Measures of religious orientation, open-mindedness, manifest anxiety and trait anxiety were obtained using 124 Ss_ attending Pacific College and California State University, Fresno. The independent variables were sex, school attended and academic . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the practicability of mechanical strawberry harvesting and to design a prototype harvesting system which would be suitable for conditions predominating in the Central Valley of California. The Tioga variety . . .

The acquisition of verbal strength starts long before the child begins his formal education, and the schools have little or no control over individuals or institutions who influence his language development. In the home, for example, a child learns . . .

Mass-production has become the dominant method of producing almost any item in the United States, The majority of wood products made today are produced with techniques and machines designed to cut costs, speed production, and meet the demands of a . . .

This paper will provide a comprehensive idea about California’s Medi-Cal Denti-Cal policy, recent amendments in the system, and its effects on delivering dental services within the past few years. The California Department of Health Care Services is t . . .

The problem was to create costumes appropriate to the play utilizing the basic elements of costume design described under the problem section of this chapter. To solve this, the designer analyzed the script, researched the historical period, devel . . .

The question under investigation in this research is: what complimentary, alternative medicine (CAM) services are offered to under-resourced individuals by local healthcare organizations in Kern County? Eastern medicine is synonymous with unconvention . . .

Urban planners recognize the value of citizen input in the planning process, but the degree to which they utilize and encourage this input varies. Citizens have criticized planners for not including them in the planning process. Planners have found . . .