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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
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
Phase Locked Loop (PLL) based Clock and Data Recovery Circuits (CDR) using Calibrated Delay Flip Flop, Sagar Waghela
The Age of Chameleons and Pow Wows, Marta Svea Wallien
Combining Nanofluidics and Plasmonics for Single Molecule Detection, Melanie Maputol West
Development of a Spatial Filtering Apparatus, Nicolle Wilson
Plasmacytoid dendritic cell-derived IFNa modulates Th17 differentiation during Bordetella pertussis infection in mice, Victoria Wu
Wastewater and Water Quality Changes in Lower South San Francisco Bay, 1957-2013., Simret Kesete Yigzaw
Hildegard of Bingen: Mystic of the Rhine, Zachary Jordan Young
Professional Wushu Athletes: Potential Athletic/Personal Dissonance, Yang Zhang
Having Fun about Jesus:" Children's Constructions of Their Relationship to Church, Henry James Zonio
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Galois Theory and the Hilbert Irreducibility Theorem, Damien Adams
Le Déchirement et le Châtiment de Soi dans Épaves de Julien Green et la Chute d'Albert Camus, Imene Aggoun
NCAA Division I Coaches and Athletic Trainers: An Examination of Professional Relationships and Knowledge of the Athletic Training Profession, Laura Alexander
Funding sources of impactful and transformative research, Barrett Anderson
The Fuel That Fans the Fire: Towards an Understanding of Redheads as Signifiers in Western Theatre, Sarah Kate Anderson
A Dancing Paradox: Oral Histories of Dance Pedagogy, Stephanie Marie Anderson
Future Work Selves and Work-Related Outcomes: The Role of Perceived Supervisor Support, Shama Arakeri
Internalized oppression: Latino narratives on educational experience, Carolina Avalos
Farms on Campus: Strong Stakeholder Support for an Educational Garden at a Non-Land-Grant University, Gina M. Bacigalupi
The Effects of Psychological Contract Breach on Job Outcomes, Nichole Simone Ballou
ENSO Effects on Land Surface-Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions: A Global Study from Satellite Remote Sensing and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data, Henry Bartholomew
Experiences of coping with injury in Division I athletes from low-to-middle socioeconomic status backgrounds, Matthew Philip Bejar
L'oeuvre littéraire et plastique d'Eugène Fromentin : Parallèle et Complémentarité, Arnaud Bergerol
Predicting Slender False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) Invasion in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, Janine Ellen Bird
The Intergenerational Transmission of Attitudes on Divorce and Marriage, Rebecca Elizabeth Bivona-Guttadauro
Made Marian: Myth and Reality in the Redondo Beach Public Library, 1895-1924, Lisa Blank
The genetic diversity and population structure of the dugongs (Dugong dugon) of Thailand, Jessie Barr Bushell
Effectiveness of Peer Mentoring in First-Year Program Classrooms, Katherine Casey
Psychopathy and Deception Detection, Lauren Elizabeth Castellano
Use of Stair Prompts to Encourage Physical Activity, Nima Chhay
Strain Measurement Validation Using 3D Photogrammetry Techniques, Tori Chinn
Accent-Based Implicit Prejudice: A Novel Application of the Implicit Association Test, Carolyn Chu
Multiband Spectrum Searching: Optimal Strategies and Localization ROC Analysis, Steven Collins
The American Girl: Delineating an Age Through the Ladies' Home Journal, Cheyanne Michelle Cortez
The Impact of Social Dominance on Gender Biasing and Evaluations for Men and Women in Leadership Roles, Danielle Craven
A Girlhood of Myth, Dreams, and Trauma: Redefining the Asian North American Female Bildungsroman, Danielle Brianna Crawford
An Examination of American Sport for Development and Peace Interns' Program Experiences, Michael Sanh Dao
Immobilization of Rhodococcus Erythropolis as a Potential Treatment for Atherosclerosis, Srikanth Darbha
Effects of stretching on jump performance: A systematic review of literature, Vrashank Bhagirath Dave
Whose Job Is It? An Examination of Archival Roles and Responsibilities in Documenting Disasters, Robyn Dexter
A biomimetic approach to low-cost ceramic armors, Steven Diaz
Virtue and Veiling: Perspectives from Ancient to Abbasid Times, Khairunessa Dossani
Theoretical and Experimental Exploration of Gill Remodeling in Gambusia affinis, Barbara Tess Douglas
Mathematical Inequalities, Amy Dreiling
Investigating the Role of Peptide Backbone Hydration: Use of Guanidine Hydrochloride, Moumita Dutta
Redefining Artemisia's Magdalene, Allyson Marie Dwyer
Creep of High Strength Concrete and Autogenous Shrinkage of Cement Paste, Maryam Fakhari
A Study of Genetic Variability in Larval and Adult Populations of Dungeness Crab (Cancer Magister), Cairbre Fanslow
Novel Systematic Phase Noise Reduction Techniques for Phase Interpolator Clock and Data Recovery, Yu Feng
Belonging, Ownership, Social Values: Three Performances of Place in Current Film, Rory A. Gaughan
Breath of Life: Revitalizing California's Native Languages Through Archives, Susan Gehr
The Prevalence of the Uncultivated Bacterium TM7A in Human Subgingival Plaque, Jamsheed Adrian Ghadiri
Trends in 1970-2010 Southern California Surface Maximum Temperatures: Extremes and Heat Waves, Amanuel Tewolde Ghebreegziabher
Titan I Propulsion System Modeling and Possible Performance Improvements, Oreste Giusti
Quality of Service (QoS) in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Sonalika Gupta
Restoring native plants following invasive Malephora Crocea (coppery iceplant, Aizoaceae) eradication on Anacapa Island, Nathan William Hale
The Effectiveness of Experiential Environmental Education: O'Neill Sea Odyssey Program Case Study, Lauren Elizabeth Hanneman
Performance and GTA Training: Understanding an Adaptation of Boal's Forum Theatre for New Teachers, Tiffany Harbrecht
Big Shot, Annie Joy Heath
Brats: A Memoir, Timothy James Heath
Western Burrowing Owl Predation in an Urban Setting in California: Do California Ground Squirrel Calls Reduce Risk?, Lisa Anne Henderson
Assessing the San José State University Simultaneous Polydrug Use Questionnaire -- Online (SJSU SPUQ -- Online) A Pilot Study, Joseph P. Hennessee
Boom and Whoosh: Verbs of Explosion as a Change-of-State Class, Antonio de Jesus Hernandez
