An important component of California’s smog check program is the policy of directing the highest polluting vehicles to specialized smog check stations for testing. The State Bureau of Automotive Repair identifies these ‘directed vehicles’ through the . . .

Anthropogenic forces, including dams, artificial levees, channel modification and overall urbanization have led to streambed degradation and the decline of resident salmonid populations in the Lower American River. Approximately one third of natural s . . .

Paul Warburg’s contributions to the movement for technocratic central banking reflected a teleological vision of the modern economy that rejected American exceptionalism. He believed that the US could only become a fully civilized country if it create . . .

Essential Tremor (ET) is a progressive neurological condition that affects over 10 million Americans. It causes a rhythmic trembling of the body that is most pronounced in the hands. Many ET patients lose the ability to perform simple yet vital tasks, . . .

This thesis examined rape and sexual assault survivor narratives in visual images to better understand lived experiences of sexual assault. The thesis sought to determine ideologies of sexual assault that emerge on the tumblr blog Project Unbreakable . . .

The purpose of this thesis is to share my personal experiences in the graduate program at California State University, Sacramento.

The United States has a large immigrant population, which only seems to be increasing. Many of these immigrants are currently living in poor economic conditions and are achieving academically (as measured by matriculation into a four-year university a . . .

Recent national reports have highlighted the importance of recruiting and retaining more college students from diverse backgrounds in the sciences. To this end, science educators have been tasked to critically evaluate their teaching methods in order . . .

This preliminary investigation examined potential barriers to effective assessment and treatment of patients who undergo radiotherapy in the head and neck cancer (HNC) population. The focus of the study was to determine whether oral or vocal hygiene i . . .

This thesis focuses on examining director and theatre method innovator Jerzy Grotowski’s argument that theatre can do what film cannot: involve the spectator permitting a connection. By comparing the methods and theories of film director Stanley Kubri . . .

The high-probability instructional sequence with and without demand fading has been used in the treatment of food refusal to establish consumption of non-preferred or novel foods. Previous research suggests that this may be an effective treatment in i . . .

The literature shows that first-generation students are among the most disadvantaged groups when considering their opportunities for higher education. They face a number of challenges that impede their academic progress and consequently their success . . .

In recent years, wind power has become one of the fastest growing energy supply industries in the world. In fact, wind turbines are considered to be fairly simple mechanical applications powered by the energy of the wind. In order to generate adequate . . .

This thesis explores household savings responses to income shocks in the context of liquidity constraints. Using log and linear specifications, we implement a two stage least squares state and time fixed effect model. The first stage estimates unexpec . . .

Changes to the natural (historical) disturbance regime of riparian ecosystems can increase the likelihood of invasion by non-native species. Dams increase non-native plant species invasion into riparian ecosystems by altering hydrological regimes and . . .

This thesis explores the ways in which Henry James’s short stories, “The Figure in the Carpet,” and “The Beast in the Jungle,” reiterate his artistic theory as he expresses it in “The Art of Fiction.” In the critical essay, James guides novelists to r . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of response instructions on situational judgment test (SJT) performance. Participants (N = 2,224) completed one of two forms of a 15 item SJT test as part of an entry-level firefighter selection . . .

There are many different variables that affect a future criminal offender; however, one factor that is consistent in the research is the importance of family variables and the likelihood they have on the development of delinquency. This study focused . . .

As well as inflicting harm upon to the environment through the production of green house gases and harmful to people through fires, oil spills and toxic ashes; fossil fuels are also a limited resource with a rising cost. Additionally, society as a who . . .

Moore’s Law has brought upon innovation and technological advances to the semiconductor industry, which has resulted in advancements to Solid-State Drives (SSD). This thesis is a design verification of a Solid-State Drive that utilizes a Peripheral Co . . .

Universities are treasure troves of knowledge. From the vast halls of teaching to the academic hub in the library, there is an abundance of resources. California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) has other treasured resources, treasures . . .

Through the study of such historically significant artists as Fridha Kahlo, Salvador Dahli, and Marc Chagal and the understood symbols and icons, I taught students how to execute their own compositions of personal and societal known icons and symbols . . .

During the Italian Renaissance female artists were able to emerge from the confines of the convent and develop their skills in the outside world due to changing attitudes towards women and the heightened status of art. The intelligent and artistically . . .

Stannous-chloride-reducible divalent mercury, or ‘reactive’ mercury (Hg(II)R), is a methodologically defined Hg fraction that is increasingly being used as a surrogate measure of the Hg pool available for microbial Hg(II)-methylation. A critical exami . . .

The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of how Chicanas experience graduate school, given their historical underrepresentation in higher education. Chicanas’ educational experiences in academia can provide a qualitative glimpse of . . .

Economists have long been interested in understanding the relationship between economic inequality and urban form. Suburban white-flight, flight from blight, and spatial mismatch between jobs and low-income neighborhoods are believed to contribute to . . .

My intention for this comparison study was to bring awareness to the struggles of Pakistani and American Pakistani women’s in achieving higher education. Additionally, the study measured the influence of social construction of gender, parental expecta . . .

The present study examined the relationship between religious identity and well-being in a structural model. Four hundred and seventy-two college students (78% female and 27.7% White/European American) at a large public university in the Western Unite . . .

Modern agriculture faces many challenges in the twenty-first century. Sustainability and productivity must move together in stride if humans expect to minimize the impact to the environment with pesticides and fertilizers while still producing the vol . . .

Brief Literature Review Of approximately 300,000 former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 25, about half obtain a high school diploma (Emerson, 2007). Aside from trauma or abuse, various factors stand in the way of their academic success. Of the . . .

This thesis employed dialectical theory to compare communication practices in two online anorexia-based communities of practice, Myproana.com and Grace on the Moon. This study served three primary purposes: (1) to compare dialectical tensions and tens . . .

Lake Tahoe is a popular national resource for recreational and scenic attractions, but is impaired due to excess fine sediment and nutrients (NDEP, 2011). Nutrients can stimulate algal growth, which also reduces clarity. The nutrients of greatest impa . . .

The goal of this study was to explore fifth and sixth grade math motivation. The three research goals were: (a) to assess math related motivation among fifth and sixth grade students, (b) to compare gender differences in motivation for mathematics in . . .

Since the early 1990 between 150,000 and 230,000 immigrants have emigrated from the former Soviet Union to California. Sacramento County has the highest concentration of Russian refugee in California. Although an increasing number of cross-cultural st . . .

Over the past three decades, the number of students with learning disabilities enrolling in post-secondary education has increased (Astin et al., 1988). Recent estimates indicate that 45% of students with learning disabilities transition to some form . . .

The market-matching program offers Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients a monetary incentive when they purchase fruits and vegetables at participating farmers’ markets. The 2014 Farm Bill contains additional funding for the prog . . .

Since their discovery in naturally occurring compounds such as dynemicin and neocarzinostatin, enediyne-containing compounds have been investigated as potential chemotherapy drugs. When photoactivated, enediynes can undergo Bergman cyclization. The pr . . .

Projections vary, but those who estimate populations agree that the number of retirees will increase dramatically as waves of Baby Boomers retire. No one can say for certain how many of the retiring Baby Boomers will require assistance to live out the . . .

This study sought to explore how the Cultural Adoption/Diffusion model applied to the import of Japanese popular culture products, specifically anime and manga. This was done through a content analysis of four periodicals covering a period between 199 . . .

This thesis explores the serious problem of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the influence of ethnicity on bystander intervention, an emerging stance and tactic in the field of IPV. Researchers in the field of sexual IPV intervention have found tha . . .

The current study examined ethnic differences in procrastination on six academic tasks between 58 Asian, 28 African, 73 Latino, and 93White American college students, while controlling for the covariates of age, gender, ESL, and SES. In addition, read . . .

A watershed model of the Sacramento River Basin of northern California was developed to simulate the streamflow and suspended sediment transport to the San Francisco Bay Delta for fifty years (1958-2008) using the Hydrological Simulation Program – FOR . . .

Subsurface properties of soils are an important attribute of watershed functionality. The Dotta Canyon meadow system, located in the Upper Feather River Watershed, Plumas County, California, was studied to measure sediment volume and groundwater stora . . .

Causal learning development in young children has been explored extensively through quantitative studies. However, to date no studies have qualitatively examined young children’s causal learning development. The current study aims to fill this lacuna . . .

Collaboration addresses the “knottiest” of problems that society faces, and collaboration addressing natural resource management issues becomes as complex as the ecosystems collaborative groups affect. While collaborative processes have received more . . .

The review of the literature is broken down to three subtopics. First, understanding how the foster care system works to the benefit of foster youth; fully understanding the barriers they face and resources available to them is important information g . . .

The County Administrator’s Office of Yolo County continues to seek new opportunities to improve processes for operational improvement. In recent years, many local governments have begun to further engage the public in the budget process. Given Yolo Co . . .

The present study explored the relationship of self-determination, autonomy, intrinsic motivation, self-actualization, relationships with academic members and family, well-being, and adaptation and commitment to college in a structural model. Three hu . . .

Feedback is considered an essential function of skill learning and yet previous research often reports findings without controlling for learners background information, skill level, and perceptions of instruction. This study investigated child to adol . . .

This study explores the profile of social enterprises in China, the processes of how they select and pursue earned income opportunities (EIOs), the opportunities and challenges of pursuing EIOs as well as the coping mechanisms to address these challen . . .