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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Creep Behavior of Solder Joints under Combined Shear and Tensile Stresses, Melika Allami
An Analysis of An Andean Cosmovisión: Nature, Culture, Ecology, and Cosmos, Christian Ardeleanu
Predicting Risky Sexual Behavior in College Students: Preliminary Results From the National College Health Assessment at San José State University, Gabriel Krikor Arden
Perceived Underemployment Among The Foreign-Born: Its Outcomes And The Moderating Role Of Psychological Empowerment And Perceived Organizational Support, Ayse Avcil Okuyucu
The Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on the Development of Early Number Concepts, Brittany Meghan Caldwell
Seasonal and sex-specific diet in rhinoceros auklets, Ryan David Carle
Pathway to the Podium: Situating Rhetorical Agency within the Tommie Smith and John Carlos 1968 Mexico City Olympic Protest, Andrew Carter
The Footprints of Saharan Air Layer and Lightning on the Formation of Tropical Depressions over the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Diana Caroly Centeno
The Tempest, Marina Chappie
Effects of mlc Gene Modulation on Acetate Accumulation in Escherichia Coli Culture, Melvin Chen
Do Parents Rock and Roll All Night? Temporal Egg Turning Behavior In Long-Lived Seabirds, Corey Clatterbuck
Structure, Construction, and Emplacement of Jurassic and Cretaceous Plutons in the Keiths Dome-Echo Lake Area, Southwest of Lake Tahoe, California, Pamela Jamie Clay
Watch the Sky, Kelly Ann Curtis
The Effects of Mapped Meshes on Non-Linear p-Version Finite Element Models using the Single-Pass Adaptive Convergence Method, Shaun Densberger
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Segmented Flow in Microfluidic Chips, Katrina Jolene Donovan
Networking and Craft in Three Generations of Mail Art, Laura Dunkin-Hubby
Evaluating Methods to Anesthetize Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) for Immediate-Release in the Field: Induction, Recovery, and Cortisol Stress Response to Surgical Anesthesia, Jahnava Kiyomi Duryea
WRF-Model Data Assimilation Studies of Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers and Orographic Precipitation Over Northern California, Arthur John Eiserloh
Unequal Error Protection with the RaptorQ Forward Error Correction Scheme, Keshava M. Elliadka
Native American Response and Resistance to Spanish Conquest in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769-1846, Gustavo Adolfo Flores
Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Uvas Creek, California, Downstream of a Reservoir, Carole Ann Foster
Community Structure and Energy Flow within Rhodolith Habitats at Santa Catalina Island, CA, Scott Stanley Gabara
The Legacy of Antonio Sant'Elia: An Analysis of Sant'Elia's Posthumous Role in the Development of Italian Futurism during the Fascist Era, Ashley Gardini
Novel Bacterial Lineages in the Uncultured Candidate Division SR1, Sumreet Kaur Ghotra
Lynn Hershman Leeson's Roberta Breitmore and the Art of Becoming a Woman, Maayan Glaser-Koren
"I speak for the trees": An exploration of environmental advocacy and speaker credibility in Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Kelly Elyse Alviso Glass
Predicting Oil Spill Impacts on Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra Lutris Nereis): Application of a Mechanistic Movement Model, Emily Ann Golson
The Uncanny Valley, Jessy Rose Goodman
The Response of Bats to Introduced Trout in Naturally Fishless Lakes Sierra Nevada, California, Elizabeth Gruenstein
Effect of Various Portland Cement Paste Compositions on Early-Age Strain, Alana Grace Guzzetta
Mapping the Monster: Locating the Other in the Labyrinth of Hybridity, Jill Kristine Harper
Utilization of Crowdsourced Maps in Catastrophic Disasters, Makiko Hong
Effects of Temperature on Sexual Competition in Kelps: Implications for Range Shifts in Foundation Species, Alexis Cynthia Howard
Adaptive Filtering for Heart Rate Signals, Samira Jaafari
The Work Engagement and Job Performance Relationship: Exploring the Mediating Effect of Trait Emotional Intelligence, Lisa Jackson
The Role of Lithology in Glacial Valley Cross-Sectional Shape in Sierra Nevada, California, Kaai Jensen
"Que Comença ja la Pel·li!" A Frame-based Study of Catalan and Spanish Begin-verbs and the Situation-entity Metonymy, José Antonio Jódar Sánchez
Thermal and Compositional Evolution of the Mid-Miocene Searchlight Magmatic System (Nevada, USA) as Recorded in Zircon, Brent Michael Johnson
Experiences of Immigration among Women from Taiwan, Robert Johnston
Coast redwood fire history and land use in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, Gregory Jones
Prediction of Residual Stress and Distortion from Residual Stress in Heat Treated and Machined Aluminum Parts, Robert Michael Jones
SIRPα linked rituximab antibody co-targets CD20 and CD47 permitting selective binding to dual antigen expressing tumor cells, Silvia Juarez
Hittingtime and PageRank, Shanthi Kannan
Design of a Simplified Test Track for Automated Transit Network Development, Adam Livingston Krueger
Examination of Multiparticle Transport as a Function of Slope and Sediment Volume, Alan Kuoch
Sex-Specific Distributions of Leopard Sharks (Triakis semifasciata) In an Estuarine Environment, Andrea Lynn Launer
Phonograph Vs. Radio: The Early Rivals of 20th Century Music Technology, Kristen Nicole Leake
Work-Life Balance Practices, Employee Attitudes, and Behaviors at Work: The Mediating Role of Work-Life Conflict, Hui-Ting Lee
Compression-Based Analysis of Metamorphic Malware, Jared Lee
The Role of Type A Behavior Pattern on the Stressor-Strain Relationship in Nurses, Jenny Anh Thu Le
U-Pb Geochronology of the Miocene Peach Spring Tuff Supereruption And Precursor Cook Canyon Tuff, Western Arizona, USA, Marsha Izabella Lidzbarski
Design and Analysis of RF CMOS Power Amplifiers for Bluetooth Applications, Ying Ying Li
Variation in Tissue Stable Isotopes, Body Size, and Reproduction of Western Pacific Leatherback Turtles, Deasy Lontoh
Commitment Types and Influence of Daily Deals Among Boot Camp Participants, Linda Lund
Perspiration and Motivation: An Examination of Body Image and Exercise, Melissa Luu
Effects of Happiness on Gender Stereotyping in Social Perception, Eurika B. Marina
A Promiscuous Wallflower: The Rare Zayante Sandhills Endemic Erysimum Teretifolium (Brassicaceae) Benefits From Outcrossing, Miranda Kathleen Melen
An Assessment of Artificial Burrows for Burrowing Owls in Northern California, Sandra Menzel
Through Currents of Flesh and Memory, Maria Mesa
Inelastic Analysis of Seismic Loading of Precast Concrete Cladding Using Commercially Available Software, Mohammad Ebrahim Mohammadi
Tuesday Night At 6:30: The WOW Cafe Theatre Through The Eyes of Nineteen Artists, Elissa Mondschein
Bentham, Self and Society, Brian Murphy
Forecasting Peak Adult Activity of Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas Postvittana, Using a Degree-Day Model and Trap Data, Neal Bruce Murray
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) Response to Wind Variability in the California Current, Melinda Nakagawa
Environmental Education as a Catalyst for Changing Students' Environmental Attitudes: A Survey of Ten Universities in the Tokyo Bay and San Francisco Bay Areas, Minako Nishiyama
The Madman: For Mezzo-Soprano and Pierrot Ensemble, Harlan Matthew Otter
Well Clear: General Aviation and Commercial Pilots' Perception of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the National Airspace System, Joseph Taylor Ott
Coast Redwood Community Structure and Composition following Selective-Harvest: A Case Study of Byrne-Milliron Forest, Amy K. Petersen
The Effects of Post-Operative Analgesics on Ovarian Surface Angiogenesis After Transplantation of Young Ovaries Into Aged Mice, Christine Petrovec
Visual Poetics and Cinematic Patterns in Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading, Alesya Petty
Hadrian's Wall: A Study in Function, Mylinh Van Pham
A Theoretical Calculation of the Polarization of Scattered Light and a Comparison with AERONET Measurements: Possible Applications to Aerosol Discrimination, Patricio German Piedra
Between, Patricia Valeria Pinedo
The ABC's of Being a Fan: An Operant Analysis of Sports Consumption Behavior, Sean Pradhan
Control of Hydrostatic Transmission Wind Turbine, Danop Rajabhandharaks
Using Vegetation to Reduce Nitrogen Runoff in California Caneberries, Rebecca Riesenfeld
An Analysis of Occultations and Phase Curves of Kepler Planetary Candidates, Jessica Elizabeth Roberts
Effects of Depth, Site, and Season on Phenotypic Variation of the Geniculate Coralline, Calliarthron Tuberculosum around the Monterey Peninsula, California, Jasmine Elena Ruvalcaba
Intentional Weight Loss among Healthy Women: Behavior Patterns and Psychological Concerns, Kelsea Marie Ryan
Synthesis of Hybrid Inositol Glycan Analogues, Sudi Sabet
A Square Sequence for Constructing a Subset of Aleph-(omega+1), Robert Joseph Sanders
Delay Flip-Flop (DFF) Metastability Impact on Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) and Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Circuits, Alfred Sargezisardrud
The Role of Large Woody Debris in Inhibiting the Dispersion of a Post-Fire Sediment Pulse, Lauren Elizabeth Short
Slipping Away, Terri Smith
Effects of Minimums Depiction and Airport Equipment Outages on Retrieval Errors and Times in Temporally Compressed Operations, Michael Stewart
Stereotype Threat, Self-Affirmation, and Women's Statistics Performance, Blanca Tapia
Testing the Unfolding Theory of Turnover: Development of an Exit Survey, Rachael Tellez
Impact of Correlated and Uncorrelated Noise on Binocular Perception, Linda Tomko
Characterization and Development of an Extended Cavity Tunable Laser Diode, Fnu Traptilisa
An Electrolyte Gated Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor Device, KhanhVan Thuy Tu
Structure and Emplacement of Cretaceous Plutons in Northwest Yosemite National Park, California, Ashley Van Dyne
Forager Subsistence Regimes in the Thai-Malay Peninsula: An Environmental Archaeological Case Study of Khao Toh Chong Rockshelter, Krabi, Hannah Grace Van Vlack
Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game: Causal Attribution Differences Lead Responders to Seek For Proposer's Face, Maria Esperanza Vargas
An Investigation of Coastal Groundwater Discharge and Associated Nutrient Inputs Using Electrical Resistivity, Temperature, and Geochemical Tracers in Pescadero Lagoon, California, Christina Maryann Volpi
