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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Hormones, Daniel C. Miao
Geometric Algebra: An Introduction with Applications in Euclidean and Conformal Geometry, Richard Alan Miller
Blood Burning Rose, Katie Minks
LiveJournal Loyalty and Melodrama: Stakeholder Relations in Web 2.0, Christine Moellenberndt
Still Life & Other Stories, Amanda Catherine Moore
Les Sociétés Secrètes dans les Romans de Balzac, Maria Jose Moore
El cuento borgeano y la metafísica idealista, Dana Mor
Response of Waterbirds to Salt Pond Enhancements and Island Creation in the San Francisco Bay, Stacy M. Moskal
Evaluation and Improvements of the Offline CLM4 Using ARM Data, Terrence J. Mullens
Benthic Invertebrate Response to Habitat Complexity in South Bay Salt Ponds, Jessica Louise Murphey
An Ecological Assessment of Insect Diversity at Organic Central Coast Vegetable Farms on Two Spatial Scales, Emily Musgrave
Use of DNA Sequences to Identify Forensically Important Fly Species in the Coastal Region of Central California (Santa Clara County), Angela T. Nakano
Foraging behavior, habitat, health, and survival of resident and translocated Hawaiian monk seals at Nihoa Island, Hawaii, Tenaya A. Norris
Basking Western Pond Turtle Response to Trail Use in Mountain View, California, Paul Eric Nyhof
An Apartment in Paris - Travel Stories, Colette O'Connor
In Pursuit of a Globalized University: An Analysis of the SJSU Salzburg Program, Elizabeth Diane Ohlhausen
The Evolution of an Image: An Analysis of Defining Depictions of Native Americans in Popular Cinema 1913-1970, Gerald Theodore Olson
This Could Be a Game!": Defining Gamification for the Classroom, Darcy Elaine Osheim
Grading Non-Gradable Adjectives: A "Totally Unique" Corpus Study, Laura Maggia Panfili
Characterization of Hydride-Based Silica and Diamond Hydride Stationary Phases, Nima C. Parmar
Embedded Cloud System for Ann-Cod Analysis Using UV Spectroscopy, Kaushik Patra
Outcomes of a Recreation Therapy Yoga Meditation Intervention on Prison Inmates' Spiritual Well-Being, Kim Hoang Pham
Fostering Affective Commitment and Work Engagement Through Mentoring, Luis Portillo
MASTERMIND-LIKE 1-Dependent Notch Target Gene Activation Requires a Sequence-Paired Site and a TATA Box, Cassandra Agbayani Ramos
Ecotourism as a Tool for Conservation of Coast Redwoods in Santa Cruz County, California, Chandana Rao
Without Agony: Analyzing Don Richardson's Approach to Actor -Training for the University Curriculum, Summer Jenara Reeves
The Relationship between Job Embeddedness and Work Engagement, Raymond William Ringl
Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry for the Study of Methanol-induced Conformational Transitions in Ubiquitin, Steven Raul Rocha
Effects of Compression on the Temperature Distribution of a Tissue-Mimicking Material During High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Ablation, Austin Robbins Roth
Developing a library of display effects on pilot performance: Methods, meta-analyses, and performance estimates, Ellen Salud
The Effects of Ethnicity, Compassion, and Culture on the Attribution of Guilt, Arnold E. Sanchez Ordaz
The Effects of Indoor Climbing Route Rating Manipulation on Participant Climbing Self-Efficacy, Phillip James Sandlin
Nowhere: Blank Verse Concerning Small-Town Life in California, Daniel Scarpa
A Sign Of The Times: Contemporary American Post-Holocaust Imagery And Post-Jewish Identity, Stacy Rebecca Schwartz
Use of Urea Solutions to Study Backbone Hydration in Protein Folding, Harini Sekaran Parthasarathy
Low-Cost Anodes for Ammonia Electrooxidation, Steven Selverston
Pagal, Shabana Hassan Serang
The Actor Within: An Exploration of Present Moment Awareness in Business Presentations, Billie Shepard
Natural Recovery of Second-Growth Coast Redwood Stands in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Jeffrey M. Sinclair
Making the Right Impression: An Exploratory Study of Job Applicants' Social Networking Sites, Ka Weng Sitou
The Identity Diamond, John Staedler
Design and synthesis of electrochemically degradable hydrogels, Vivian Jan Tarkul
Effect of level of automation and failure frequency on operator performance, Margarita Taula
Star Polymer-Based Thin Film Materials for Biomedical Applications, Andy Theodora Tek
Classification of Web Pages in Yioop with Active Learning, Shawn Cameron Tice
The Current Life, Sara Jane Totten
Zazie de Louis Malle : une traduction intersémiotique, Clara Elahe Varjavandi
Effect of nanodroplet ink concentration on image contrast for reverse-emulsion electrophoretic displays, Winston Kuantung Wang
The Pittsburgh Courier: Advocate for Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces (1934-1940), Shelly Lynette Watson
Ethnic Continuity and Change at Gezer, Philip Webb
Discovering Pattern Using Automata, Ahmad Marzdasht Yazdankhah
Characterization of Silver Nanoparticle-Infused Tissue Adhesive for Ophthalmic Use, William Yee
Elucidating The Sax-3/Roundabout Axon Outgrowth Termination Pathway, Johann Claude Zaroli
Attention Restoration Theory in Gaming as it Pertains to Subsequent Academic Learning, Joseph Daniel Zoland
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Relationship Between Servant Leadership and Job Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study, Rupa Amin
Factors Influencing Athletic Training Students' Selection of Graduate Programs, Sonja E. Askew
Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis of Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) from California to northern British Columbia, Bryan Thomas Barney
The Investigation of the UNC-6/Netrin and UNC-40/DCC-mediated Synaptic Partner Recognition Pathway, Kelli Benedetti
Coming From Sounds of Blackness: Exploring the Effects of Hip-Hop on Views of Race, Eliezer Bercasio
Maintenance of Polish Language and Culture among First Generation Polish Immigrants Living in the Southern San Francisco Bay Area, California., Dominika Bialek
Analysis of Sol-Gel Encapsulated Aggregate-Prone Peptides by Circular Dichroism, Nathan James Birtwhistle
The Gold Mountain Theater Riots: A Social History of Chinese Theater Riots in San Francisco during the 1870s and 1880s, Morgan Gerard Boyd
Godless Americans: How Non-Religious Persons are Labeled as Deviant in a Religious Society, Damian M. Bramlett
Habitat use by Myotis yumanensis and Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana in South San Francisco Bay wetlands: An Acoustic Study, Theresa Brickley
Reproduction of Twentieth Century Intradecadal to Multidecadal Surface Temperature Variability in Radiatively Forced Coupled Climate Models, Patrick Thomas Brown
The Muse of Fire: Exploring Origin Stories of Shakespeare Professionals, William J. Brown
Visualizing Landslide Hazards: Methods for Empowering Communities in Guatemala Through Hazard Mapping, Patrick Burchfiel
Modeling Wildfire Hazard in the Western Hindu Kush-Himalayas, David Bylow
Ethics and Wolf Management: Attitudes Toward and Tolerance of Wolves in Washington State, Julie Callahan
Outrageous Pamphleteers: A History Of The Communication Company, 1966-1967, Evan Edwin Carlson
Differences and Similarities between Female Managers and Female Entrepreneurs, Maria Cespedes
Doppler Wind Lidar Observations of a Wildland Fire Plume, Allison Marie Charland
Immediate Effects of Positive Self-Talk on Stress and Speech Performance, Wei-Ju Chen
Geography and Social Structure of Monasteries: Cultural Diffusion or Convergent Evolution?, Constance Powell Chin
Hydrostratigraphy of the Shallow Aquifer in the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin, Ramon W. Cioco
Measurement of Laser-Induced Thermo-Elastic Deformation In an Optic Using Polarization-Based Lateral Shearing Interferometry, Mark A. Cordier
Rural Water Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study between Uganda and Tanzania, Paola de Cecco
Analyzing the Impact of County Radon Levels and Population Size on the Allocation of the State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) Funds, Stephen Douglas De Jong
Nothing But The Truth And The Whole Truthiness: Examining Markers Of Authenticity In The Modern Documentary, Andrew V. Dickerson
Thermal Modeling of Nanosat, Dai Dinh
Diffusive and Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Alginate Stents, Sabra Djomehri
Prey and Plastic Ingestion of Pacific Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) Collected in Monterey Bay, California, Erica Lynn Donnelly-Greenan
Motivating California Organic Farmers to Go Solar: Economics May Trump Philosophy in Deciding to Adopt Photovoltaics, Johnathon A. Fata
The Role of Perceived Organizational Support and Career Opportunities as Moderators of the Relationship between Work Engagement and Job Satisfaction, Farideh Forootan
The Effectiveness of Glare-Obscuring Glasses on Nighttime Driving Performance, Heath Theodore Friedland
Genetic Population Structure and Cryptic Speciation of Ghost Shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis) in North American West Coast Estuaries, Daphne Anne Gille
Investigation of Star Polymer Nanoshells for Use in Diagnostic Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy Applications, Lizabeth Gomez
Growing Greens and Soiled Soil: Trends in Heavy Metal Contamination in Vegetable Gardens of San Francisco, Jennifer Gorospe
Effects of Stress and Co-Rumination on Creativity and Performance, Subha Govindarajan
Evaluating the Contribution of Hashtags to Sentiment Analysis of Microblogs, Elena Grossfeld
(Re)defining < Marriage >: An Autohistoria of an Ideograph, Robert Gutierrez