This thesis is an investigation into the role of names within Olga Grushin’s Forty Rooms, in order to in understand the protagonist, Mrs. Caldwell, as an “everywoman” in which readers can see themselves. I use the names of the male characters to show . . .

Hospital readmissions are becoming more and more prevalent in our communities. Increased medical attention and additional care is directly affecting the rising medical costs in the United States. The goals of Transformational Care is to improve the qu . . .

American contemporary and multicultural literature focuses on issues surrounding race. This project analyzes race through differing spaces, places, and environments in three works of 20th and 21st century American literature. Despite their differences . . .

This paper evaluates the performance of OFDM system by simulating the system in AWGN channel and multipath fading channel to obtain the bit error rate from employing the low density parity check (LDPC) code. In addition, the comparison between LDPC co . . .

The purpose of this project was to create a handbook to assist parents of first grade students with reinforcing foundational reading skills. This handbook was developed based on Common Core Standard requirements. It includes instructional guidance, us . . .

“Mother Outsider” is a collection of poems that explores non-conventional motherhood while also pushing against cultural assumptions of motherhood. Questioning these societal assumptions and the speaker’s own questions of herself are central to the po . . .

Nondemented with Alzheimer’s Neuropathology (NDAN) cases exhibit similar amounts of amyloid plaques as those of demented individuals, but a reduced amount of abnormal neurofibrillary protein “tangles” (NFTs). This study investigated several hypoxic st . . .

Every year, millions of scrap tires are either discarded in huge piles across the landscape or dumped in landfills in large volumes all over the world. These tire piles cause environmental pollution while posing fire and health hazards. Being volumetr . . .

A Capstone Project submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the California State University – Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science in Transportation and Engineering Management with a specialization . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine whether Sonoma State University (SSU) undergraduate students who visit career services manifest significant differences in levels of persistence, or different persistence rates than students who choose not to . . .