The distribution of particles inside hadronic jets produced in the decay of boosted W and Z bosons can be used to discriminate such jets from the continuum background. Given that a jet has been identified as likely resulting from the hadronic decay of . . .

Advocacy planning, especially with the poor, has become an influential theme within the planning profession as evidenced by its continual exposure in professional journals and books and its increasing appearance at the community level. Thus, it is imp . . .

Mentoring programs are known for addressing the multiple developmental needs of at-risk youth, such as supportive relationships and guidance. However, there is limited knowledge about mentoring programs for incarcerated youth. Thus, this study is a pr . . .

Objective: Examine the effectiveness of a therapeutic exercise program on pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain and improved quality of life. Methods: Investigate studies that analyzed an exercise program compared to studies that examined standard prenat . . .

It is the purpose of this thesis to study the influence of conditions in the money and capital markets on credit union operations. It concentrates on the effects of tight money on the level of savings in these institutions.

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Student Transfer Reform Act of 2010 (SB1440) on student success. For the purpose of this study, student success metrics were identified as time to degree conferral, unit accumulation, and tran . . .

Background and Purpose: Seven out of 1000 patients treated in health care clinics have lateral epicondylalgia (LE). Cyriax?s protocol is a common treatment method in physical therapy to treat epicondylalgia. The primary outcomes measured for this diag . . .

Bosnian Ste?ci are some of the most popular and enigmatic tombs among the funerary artifacts of the medieval period. Their uniqueness has provoked significant debate regarding their origins among scholars from different disciplines in the last few cen . . .

The problem grew out of observation of the use of audio-visual materials by teachers in the public schools. These observations raised doubts as to the effectiveness of the general use of audio-visual materials. Questions were raised: What should teach . . .

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Research has identified several factors that play an important role in PD, and one of the factors is protein called α-synuclein.Overexpression of A30P or A53T promotes th . . .

In the graphic arts laboratory there is a need for an inexpensive method for simulating the more expensive method of embossing. The thermograph le one of the machines used In industry for this purpose. Through the uee of this machine, the student will . . .

This was the first survey in the central and southern San Joaquin Valley to identify the hard tick species present in this region. Hard tick distribution and diversity were evaluated in Fresno County and adjacent areas by (i) collection of ticks at th . . .

We report results of a study of the B-s(0) oscillation frequency using a large sample of B-s(0) semileptonic decays corresponding to approximately 1 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider in 20 . . .

This Letter describes a model-agnostic search for pairs of jets (dijets) produced by resonant and non-resonant phenomena beyond the Standard Model in 3.6 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions with a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV recorded by th . . .

To help combat esteem issues and mental health crises related to bullying and other disempowering circumstances that some adolescent females may face, a curriculum was developed for a social work-driven, skill building, peer support group – #LikeAGi . . .

New assessment guidelines for measuring the overall impact of mental health problems in Latin America have served as a catalyst for countries to review their mental health policies. Latin American countries have taken various steps to address long-sta . . .

A measurement of the production cross section of top quark pairs (t (t) over bar) in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider is reported. Candidate events are selected . . .

It was the purpose of this study to demonstrate directorial capabilities through (1) analysis of The Fantasticks in terms of its external elements, (2) analysis of The Fantasticks in terms of its internal elements, (3) review and evaluation of the int . . .

This study examined the relationships between leadership styles, self- efficacy, and team dynamics of special education teachers (SETs) working with the moderate/severe student population. Review of the literature suggests that it is common for specia . . .

Adverbs are one of the most understudied categories in linguistics. The structure of adverbs, their relationships, and their behavior in terms of an overall theory of clausal architecture have received intensive attention in the generative grammar lit . . .

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a problematic gram-negative bacterium which commonly causes nosocomial infections such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, burn wound infections, and bacteremia. K. pneumoniae is particularly virulent due to its ability to . . .