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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
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
Rhetoric of Social Change in Documentary Film Scores: An Analysis of The Cove, Brianna Chanel Hackley
The Examination of the Moderating Variables of Job Exposure and Need for Cognition on the Effects of Type of Job Preview on Pre-Hire Outcomes, Ashley Jo Hacnik
The Effect of Pseudo-absence Data on the Performance of a Logistic Regression Habitat Model, Cyrus Hiatt
Dovetailing, Nicole Ashley Hughes
Dynamics of Vibrio with virulence genes detected in Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) off California: implications for marine mammal health, Stephanie Nichole Hughes
Black Oak Restoration in Multiple Use Management Projects: A Case Study in California, Gizelle Hurtado
Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Multiple Object Tracking, Atsuko Iwasaki
An Examination of the Sportspersonship Values of Collegiate Ultimate Frisbee Players, Allan Jong
Consequences in Alcohol Use Portrayals on Emerging Adult Attitudes, Stephanie Jwo
The Effect of Competence, Likeability, and Sex on Performance Evaluations of Managers, Connie Kehn
The Darkers, Greg Koch
How Smart is CEQA About Climate Change? An Evaluation of CEQA's Greenhouse Gas Analysis, PAPIA KOWSHAL
An Examination of the Theory of Planned Behavior on Faking an Overt Integrity Test, Janie Marie Kuhlman
Radioprotective Effects Of 10 µM Curcumin On 2 Gy Gamma- Irradiated CHO Cells, Monica Kukreja
Asahi Shimbun and The New York Times: Framing Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 Attacks, Maiko Kunii
Eye-Tracking Analysis of Next Generation Air Transportation (NextGen) Taxiing and Departure Concepts, Christina Kunkle
A descriptive study of old-growth Sequoia sempervirens growth form and canopy structure on a pygmy forest ecotone in Mendocino County, Zuhayl Rochin Lambert
Scaling CUDA for Distributed Heterogeneous Processors, Siu Kwan Lam
Beating The Odds? An Analysis Of Dialectical Tensions Experienced By First Generation College Students, Laurina Jane Lanham
The Effects of Restored Aquatic Large Woody Debris Structures on Invertebrate Populations in the Napa River, Clayton Christopher Leal
Towards a secure sotware development lifecycle with SQUARE+R, Kyle Le
Investigation of the Role of Dietary Flavonoids on Cell Death: Evidence to Support a Non-Classical Apoptotic Mechanism, Tetiana Lialiutska
Visual Search on a Mobile Device While Walking, JI JUNG LIM
Aging Arab Immigrants: Family Portraits from the San Francisco Bay Area, Kanhong Lin
Performance Management and Performance: The Mediating Role of Engagement, Mina Luong
Mental Arithmetic across Three Language Groups, Tianyu Luo
Commentary on Canvas, The Five Paintings of The Execution of Maximilian by Edouard Manet, Orna H. Makleff
Did the CDC guidelines for suicide reports affect the New York Times?, Joni Kathryn Marshburn
A Candle in the Dark - Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble, Jason Gary McChristian
Health implications of mercury, selenium, and a red pelage in Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) off central California, Elizabeth Alexis McHuron
More Myself, Karin Louise McKie
The Effect of Stretching and Tool-Assisted Friction Massage on Hamstring Flexibility, Sarah E. Merkel
Lovers and Friends: Understanding Friends with Benefits Relationships and those Involved, Lydia Kathleen Merriam-Pigg
Individual Differences and Pet Ownership Status: Distinguishing Among Different Types of Pet Owners and Non-Owners, Shannon Marie Merrill
Producing short and long run projections for the Ecological Footprint, David Gordon Moore
Climate-Related Floral and Vegetative Size Variation in Leptosiphon androsaceus (Polemoniaceae), Aggie Morrow
A Morphological Study of Eriogonum nortonii (Polygonaceae) and Implications for its Biogeography, Lisa Deree Morton
Solution Processable Polydiacetylene Architectures via Macromolecular Self-Assembly, Meisam Movassat
A Study on the Micro/Nano Resolution CT Scanner for a GPGPU Computing Environment, Norio Nagai
Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Hyperfine Structure of Rubidium, Khoa Nguyen
An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between Creativity, Religion, and Religiosity, Kim-lien Thi Nguyen
Synthesis and Functionalization of Biodegradable Star Polymers for Drug Delivery Applications, Timothy Tuannam Nguyen
Utilization of Protein Tertiary Contacts to Improve Protein Structure Prediction Using Sequence Homology, Trung Thanh Nguyen
L'enseignement Des Temps Verbaux Français Aux Débutants Vietnamiens, Tung Thanh Nguyen
The Effects of Self-Monitoring on the Facebook User Experience, Pamela Eden Ong
Being Desired, Ninos Aglantinos Oshaana
Documenting the Delta: Lessons Learned From Film, Charies Lee Parker
Program Directors' Perceptions of Quality in NATA-Accredited Post-Professional Athletic Training Education Programs, Joshua Pendleton
A Versatile Group of Investigative Theater Practitioners: An Examination and Analysis of "The Civilians", Kimberly Suzanne Peterson
Determining the Intracellular Concentrations of Flavonoids in MDA-MB-231 Cells Using HPLC-Coupled Mass Spectrometry, Anh Dang Pham
Luminescence studies of Europium (III) - D-glucosamine complexes in water, Triny Trinh Pham
Cracking the Coven: Shakespeare, the Supernatural, and the Female Power Base, Doll (Heather) Elizabeth Piccotto
Entre L'ombre et la lumière: La problématique du mal et l'instance du gouffre chez Charles Baudelaire et Albert Camus, Laurence Pilot-Darier-Baziere
Assessment of Water Storage Trends and Distributions in the Mississippi River Basin as Simulated by IPCC Models and Compared to GRACE Satellite Data, Katherine Pitts
Mexican Photography Collected: Graciela Iturbide and Tina Modotti, Camille F. Porter
Kinetic Modeling Of Methanol Synthesis From Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, And Hydrogen Over A Cu/ZnO/Cr2O3 Catalyst, Daaniya Rahman
Design of a 4-Seat, General Aviation, Electric Aircraft, Arvindhakshan Rajagopalan Srilatha
The Role of Language in Shaping the International Cultural Tourism Experience of Student-travelers, Avina Ramnani
A Comparison of Two Versions of Modified Mercalli Intensity for Earthquake Exposure Assessment, Jamie Lynne Ratliff
Differential and Temporal Immunomodulation of alpha4 Integrins on CD4+ Memory Cells by Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis, Dipti Ravindra
Métamorphoses D'électre D'eugene O'Neill à Marguerite Yourcenar, Celine Richard
Binge Drinking and Drug Use Among College Students: A Test of Hirschi's Social Control Theory, Katelyn Riley-Cook
Effects of a Virtually Abroad Program on Students' Cross-Cultural Competence, Emalynn Lucie Robinson
Making Hiring Decisions Using Facebook: How Job Applicants are Evaluated, Tatyana Rozenblum
Who Framed Silicon Valley and Hollywood: Newspaper Coverage of Regional Business Clusters in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California, Frank Michael Russell
Application of Microbiological Crack Dating Technique for Mixed Biota Species on Non-porous Surfaces, Tasnuva Safi
Effects of Middle Management Support for Improvement on Perceived Organizational Performance Capabilities, Stacy Sakellarides
