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- Creator:
- Craven, Lauren
- Description:
- The purpose of this thesis project is to create a reference guide that school counselors in the Los Angeles area can utilize to better understand eating disorders. The information will include specific types of eating disorders, as well as their symptoms and warning signs. Also mentioned, is how the school counselor can play a role in the life of a student who has an eating disorder. In addition to this project being a reference guide, there is also a short listing of referrals which includes support services for those who are suffering from an eating disorder.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Nunez, Annette
- Description:
- This study investigated that the use of Floor time in a social-emotional skills group, would increase the emotional development of the group, and increase the spontaneous initiations within the group. The social skills group consisted of four children age three, diagnosed with autism. The group met for one hour a week, for eight weeks. During this time, the Floor time protocol was implemented. A pre-test and post-test video was taken of the children without any facilitation, to measure the emotional development and the total number of initiations within the group. Results indicate there was a significant amount of improvement. The group increased in their overall social-emotional developmental level, as well as their capacity to initiate more social interactions.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education
- Creator:
- Fang, Qi
- Description:
- This graduate project designed and implemented a prototype of an easy-to-use, yet very versatile and powerful 20 sketcher and 30 interactive modeler for architects. The predominant concepts of the modeler design are a simplified and integrated GUI that supports MDI, a transparent 20 sketch board that imitates tracing paper, and efficient creation and modification of 30 objects. These concepts are proven to be feasible and valuable by the partial implementation. Lessons and experiences gained from the design and implementation processes are presented. This report also listed ideas for future enhancements.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Hightower, Whitney Jennifer
- Description:
- This applied research project investigates the use of culturally responsive teaching as a means of increasing students' knowledge and understanding in social studies, and provides a culturally responsive unit incorporating primary sources on the Japanese-American internment during World War II. Culturally responsive teaching as a whole instructional and curricular approach is defined, and includes equitable pedagogy and social justice analysis and application. (See more in text.)
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Elementary Education
- Creator:
- Deaton, Jack Wesley
- Description:
- Experimental and theoretical studies of the manner in which molecules are distributed amongst micelles are described. Micelles are spherical, when separated "compartments" in aqueous solution that have the ability to solubilize water insoluble molecules. Much work and speculation have appeared over the years concerning the number distribution of these solublizates. In this work, the technique of electron spin resonance has been employed to test the dogma that uncharged molecules distribute randomly i.e. according to the Poisson distribution. Unlike most experimental techniques, this technique offers the tremendous advantage of being able to separate the contributions due to singly, doubly, triply, etc. occupied compartments. We have proved that the experimental results are inconsistent with a random distribution, and that particle-particle interactions must be taken into account. These interactions were studied theoretically in the framework of the grand canonical ensemble and also in the framework of a new phenomenology which models the flow of particles into compartments under the influence of an impedance to entry. The number distributions are shown to be identical in both frameworks, allowing two physical views of the process and allowing calculations to be carried out by either technique. In addition to a formal repulsion between particles that might be expected, an attractive pairing potential for singly occupied micelles was necessary to explain the results. Both the attractive and repulsive parts of the potential are found to be the same for two different solubilizates.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Physics and Astronomy
- Creator:
- Lopez, Elizabeth
- Description:
- In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in HIV infection rates among women. Young females in particular have been disproportionately affected. Current HIV prevention interventions fail to meet the needs of those young females who are at highest risk for HIV. Incarcerated female youth are at particularly greater risk due to their life circumstances and propensity to take risks. The current program is _different from other programs in that it strives to address HIV prevention within the context of interpersonal relationships rather than relying solely on knowledge acquisition and skills building. Objectives of the twelve-week curriculum are to increase self-esteem, increase self-efficacy, identify resources within themselves and the relationships in their lives, and learn effective communication skills.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
7. Any truth
- Creator:
- Kellis, Melody T.
- Description:
- In 2003 I came home to the United States after living in Europe for almost eight years. The week of my return was also the week that Colin Powell made his presentation to the United Nations regarding the American "proof' for war against Iraq. As I left Europe I watched the BBC and CNN International, both news outlets I had grown to rely on during my time abroad. My beliefs regarding current international affairs had been constructed by those news outlets as my country went through a contentious presidential election in 2000, was attacked on September 11, 2001, went to war in Afghanistan and considered going to war again, this time against Iraq. I still quite vividly remember turning on the news after I returned home and the confusion that followed. The proof that Colin Powell had presented was interpreted completely differently here. I realized over the passing weeks that almost all the news events had been interpreted and reported very differently in my hometown. Nobody wanted to hear me talk about what people thought in Europe, in Asia. I was called anti-American by close family friends -I felt angry and isolated. In the midst of all of this, my artwork changed direction completely and an entire body of work, culminating in my thesis, was born. Initially my work assumed a political perspective and was focused on simply showing different reports of the same news event. In conversations with my professors, however, I realized that my vision of this topic was quite limited and would benefit from an expansion of perspective. I began to disregard the notion of right and wrong and instead focus on the construction of media itself. I studied Media Literacy and documentary and questioned the very notion of truth through film or media. As I progressed in my theoretical studies regarding media truth, I also advanced in my profession as a television editor. I lefilned the tricks of the trade, so to speak, from the inside. Initially, I became an editor to make documentfilies, and cinema verite documentaries in particular. This "filmmaker as tly-on-the-wall" approach had become my personal favorite and the form of documentary that I felt came the closest to telling the truth, or at least inspiring the viewer to interpret events using his/her own critical thinking skills. In 2007 I began conceptualizing my thesis project. At the same time I was hired to work on a few reality shows. The film Any Truth, my thesis project, is what resulted from my studies and the realistic professional demands that are put on an editor in the work place to tell a story, no - to create a story as compellingly as possible not for the sake of the truth but for the eyeballs.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Art
- Creator:
- Deyirmencian, Nuran Ohannes
- Description:
- The behavior of water flow through a rectangular open channel spillway with a stilling basin and step was analyzed using Excel and Visual Basic for Applications. All the parameters of the flow (such as critical flow, depths at key points, lengths of different segments) were calculated given a set of parameters. For the initial stilling basin design, the Froude number at the beginning of the jump and the length of the stilling basin after the jump were set. Also it was assumed that the flow will become "uniform" after the step. Given these parameters a flow profile was derived. To test the design for various conditions, the flow was decreased while the channel dimensions (such as total length of the spillway, step size) were left the same as the initial design to simulate seasonal flow changes. Then the new flow profile and Froude number at the beginning of the jump were determined as functions of flow rate.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management
- Creator:
- Hallin, Mary J.
- Description:
- Africa is often called the "Dark Continent". Few studies have sought to understand African consumer behavior from the consumers' perspective. Utilizing conjoint analysis and Likert statements, this thesis evaluates the determinants of Cameroonian purchase buying behavior of over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers. This thesis also organizes and integrates academic and government data and personal interviews to present a comprehensive background on the Cameroonian pharmaceutical market. Key to marketing in Cameroon and Africa is distribution: distribution barriers limit the choices available and increase prices in rural areas. The increased price forces many rural Cameroonians to obtain drugs from the black market. Informal distribution channels were found to exist among NGO's and drug peddlers. This study found that effectiveness was the most important attribute to the consumer, followed by price, the type of shop selling OTC pain relievers and country-of- origin. The attributes product packaging, distance one must travel to obtain the pain reliever and the type of pain reliever were not considered important. This study also found that increased familiarity with a country does not increase perceived quality for that country. Cameroonians perceive drugs from Europe to be of higher quality than those made in Africa, thus they prefer drugs made in Europe over those made in an African nation. This research contributes to the limited existing body of research on marketing in Africa, in addition to providing an in-depth analysis of one sub-Saharan nation. Suggestions for future research in this area are also provided.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Public Administration
- Creator:
- Ruiz, Linda
- Description:
- Mexican-American immigrants have been key figures in one of the greatest migration occurrences in the United States. This population makes contributions to the culture, financial system, and employment industry of the United States. They are an ongoing influx of positive attributes and support to the wellbeing of the United States. Mexican-American immigrants are faced with various challenges as they take part in the employment arena. The career issues they encounter such as being expected to work in the secondary labor market, having minimal knowledge of their work environment, and limited employment experience affects their career paths. The purpose of this project is to assist Mexican-American immigrants with their career issues and have them learn through a career developmental process. The career development program will consist of eight weekly sessions that include one individualized session and seven group sessions. The program is geared to assist them through a career exploration process, to become knowledgeable of the world of work, to develop appropriate career decisions techniques, and make effective career plans. The program features experiential learning activities focused around John Holland's theory of types and Donald Super's life-span theory. It also provides them knowledge of employment information necessary to succeed in the labor market.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Education