The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of nontraditional children’s literature on kindergartner’s attitudes toward gender roles and occupations. Adults are highly responsible for children’s attitudes and beliefs about many subject ma . . .

During the seven years spanning 1948 through 1954, a bifold unit embracing the principles and practices of home nursing and mother-and-baby care was taught freshman girls enrolled at the Rio Vista Joint Union High School at Rio Vista, California. This . . .

It was the purpose in this study (1) to establish standards, based upon recommendations made by persons judged to be authorities on physical education facilities, for determining the adequacy of physical education facilities for small rural high schoo . . .

The current study evaluated the effects of vocal and motor blocking tasks on sequencing visual stimuli for 16 participants. In Experiment 1, we trained participants to vocally tact stimuli and blocked vocal-verbal mediation during sequencing. In Exper . . .

The purpose of this project is to research the effectiveness of a condensed and modified social and emotional (SEL) learning curricula based on the Strong Kids 3-5 (Merrell, 2007a) materials. The goal is to provide school communities and teams (teache . . .

This study examined the effectiveness of the Empowering Women Workshop Series program on higher education employees in Northern California. The workshop series focused on its effects on females in the areas of self-confidence building, value and goal . . .

Due to the passage of the NCLB act, the phenomenology of the policy has caused teachers' instructional practices and educational values to change within the past ten years. As a result, the culture of a classroom and school has also changed. Teaching . . .

Higher education has integrated many new technologies into its courses. 'the hybrid model takes full advantage of technological advances with the incorporation of learning technologies used during online interactions combined with in-person instructio . . .

This work examines the opportunities for irony that exist within Troilus and Criseyde.

It was the purpose of this project (1) to present seven specific scripts suitable for the teaching of English, speech, and radio broadcasting at the secondary level by recording on magnetic tape; (2) to show the need for scripts of this particular typ . . .

It was the purpose of this study to answer the primary question: What has been the history and development of Sacramento Town Hall? To trace the lines of development in human thought and action which resulted in the organization and operation of this . . .

The transportation of pupils to and from school is now commonly regarded by educators and the public at large as an essential phase of an educational program. As a phase of education it is a service supported for the public welfare by every state in t . . .

When a nation faces a shortage in its supply of oil or wheat, a method of increasing the supply is welcomed. Today, the nation is faced with a serious shortage -- not of a natural resource -- but of a human ability. This study is concerned with the pr . . .

The Oriental Recherché Vision is a study of the art of two Japanese print-makers, Hiroshige and Hokusai, and their influence on Western art.

It was the purpose of this study (1) to discover the factors affecting the physical education programs of selected rural elementary schools of Yuba County; (2) to analyze said factors with respect to certain authoritative standards; and (3) to make re . . .

The introduction of Senate Bill 1070 revitalized the immigration discourse on a national level. Through a qualitative content analysis method, this study uses a novel Integrated Covert Nativism Framework to understand how 21st century nativism frames . . .

This thesis looks at the apologia employed by British Petroleum in the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the summer of 2010. The critical question of this thesis is: What modes of apologia did British Petroleum emplo . . .

Research has shown that interest and enjoyment are some of the key ingredients to physical activity and sport participation. Additionally, research has shown that appropriate feedback can improve skill and motivation in physical activity. The purpose . . .

Acute static stretching has been shown to cause detrimental effects on athletic performance (McHugh & Cosgrove, 2010; Shrier, 2004). Judo, a descendent of jujitsu, usually incorporates a period of stretching into the warm-up before physical activi . . .

The data for this study was collected during the course of 99 interviews with sworn officers from seven Northern California police departments. Thirty-nine of the 99 officers interviewed made comments which related to this study and a total of 65 stat . . .

Road vehicles such as passenger cars, trucks and SUVs are categorized as bluff bodies. As a vehicle moves forward, the motion of the air around it produces pressure gradients, which vary across the entire body surface. This in turn helps to develop a . . .

The recent mandatory, unpaid California state furloughs were unprecedented, yet we know little about how state workers themselves reacted to this major change in working conditions. This thesis set out to obtain this information, and to assess four hy . . .

Social support may mitigate the negative effects adolescents might experience when exposed to bullying. This study aimed to identify who adolescents turned to when they experienced bully victimization and whether their choice of support differed by ty . . .

This study examined infertility patients’ communication with their physicians. Face-to-face, phone, and electronic communication were analyzed to measure patients’ satisfaction and anxiety levels. Participants included 53 women ranging in age between . . .

The purpose of this essay is to perform a close examination of two of T. S. Eliot’s early, uncollected poems, entitled “The Love Song of St. Sebastian” and “The Death of Saint Narcissus.” One of the problems that arises in an appraisal of these poems . . .

Fuel combustion inside the cylinder of an engine is greatly affected by the mixing of the air and the fuel. Better mixing leads to more efficient combustion. There has been a lot of research in the past to improve the mixing of air fuel mixture in the . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine whether print media portrays men and women athletes in ways that are consistent with traditional gender stereotypes. A content analysis of newspaper articles concerning the 2009 NCAA basketball championship was . . .

Introduction Substantial research exists detailing the oxygen kinetics, blood lactate responses, and the effect of warm ups on subsequent exercise performance but very few studies attempt to combine these variables. Recent research has demonstrated re . . .

The author examined the prevalence of hegemonic masculinity in the male-centered television program “MANswers”. The author conducted content analysis to analyze the questions posed in the episodes of “MANswers”. Ten categories relating to hegemonic ma . . .

How bilinguals mentally store representations of their two languages in one mind is essential for understanding the mental processes involved during linguistic and nonlinguistic experiences. Research suggests that mental representations for both langu . . .

The Master Plan for higher education, passed in 1960, expressed clearly the intention that college tuition in California should be free for legal residents. Students were responsible for paying “fees” that covered the costs of things excluding instruc . . .

The goals of this study were to examine cross-gender relational aggression during adolescence and how it may be related to depression and self-esteem. Specifically of interest was how gender composition of aggressor-victim dyads may relate differently . . .

This project determines the eligibility of and establishes a historic context for the nomination of the Francis P. “Squeaky” Williams house to the National Register of Historic Places single property, with appropriate nomination forms. Sources employe . . .

Brief Literature Review The literature review explored the effects of undergraduate student support services and activities on the retention and academic success of low-income and first-generation college students. Topics from demographics, disadvanta . . .

This paper presents an exploration of the way mini lessons used to teach Six Trait Writing improves student motivation to write and writing performance. The approach of mini lessons is proven to be rather efficient for providing relevant opportunities . . .

Introduction: The maximal steady state (SS) blood lactate concentration [La-] and oxygen consumption (VO2) during exercise is identifiable by the second threshold from a graded exercise test (GXT). Consequently, these variables rise to peak values dur . . .

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) has been the leading killer of adults in the United States for nearly 80 years and hypertension (HTN) is the chief indicator of future cardiovascular complications (Lloyd-Jones et al., 2010). Fortunately, even small decrea . . .

This study examined the effect of manipulation of motivating operations prior to intervention on the outcome of the extinction procedure for two children with developmental disabilities who displayed problem behavior maintained by access to attention. . . .

Healthcare disparities are the unequal health outcomes of specific groups of the population based on race, ethnicity, culture, or country of origin. Of the many strategies researched that disable and reduce these disparities are to increase the divers . . .

Using participant observation at Tea Party rallies held in Northern California in 2010 and 2011, this research analyzes how the movement performs diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational framing tasks and explores how the movement operates within alle . . .

The establishment of a secure channel of communication between two parties is a primary goal of modern cryptography. In an ideal world, the secure channel is a dedicated, untappable, and impenetrable method of transmitting data between a sender and re . . .

Apolipoprotein (apo) A-I is a major component of high density lipoprotein (HDL) which removes and transports cholesterol from peripheral cells to the liver to be excreted in a process known as reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). Plasma apo A-I levels . . .

The suburban community of El Dorado Hills (EDH), California, is the embodiment of modern-day suburbanization, characterized by its mostly low-density housing and auto-dependent residents. Suburban developments lack connectivity, walkability, and mixed . . .

At the summit of American nations in 1994, thirty- four countries in the western hemisphere agreed to form the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), an agreement that would include all democratic nations on the American continent. However, despite p . . .

The United States has taken some action to reduce carbon emissions through a voluntary carbon credit market. This is a start, but other policies, such as increased gasoline taxes, are likely needed to reduce carbon emissions to levels that have the po . . .

Sugar-sweetened beverages have been pinpointed as a major contributor to adolescent obesity; the rates of obesity have dramatically increased over the past twenty years. This study investigates the effects of California’s SB 965, which banned certain . . .

Food refusal in children occurs as a result of various factors, (e.g., medical conditions, premature birth), and can lead to oral aversion. In the current investigation, 2 fading procedures were evaluated for children exhibiting total food refusal and . . .

Integrating internet-based technology into academia is not a new struggle, but a more effective integration is needed to stay viable to incoming students. This study attempts to integrate internet-based technology into a section of English 1X, a peer . . .

The fundamental belief expressed in this project is that diversity is necessary for learning and that often mechanisms that assess and track students work to erase diverse perspectives from classroom populations. Such homogenizing practices make the e . . .

The Sacramento Valley red fox is a recently discovered native subspecies of red fox residing in the northern Central Valley of California. This subspecies differs in ecology and morphology from its closest relatives, the Sierra Nevada red fox, and oth . . .