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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Human(e) Sexual Assault: A New Rape Narrative, Irma Garcia
Modeling the Neuro-Ocular Control System and Identifying the Presence of Neurological Disorders by Examining Saccades, Gerald Gardner
A Modular Multi-level Converter for Energy Management of Hybrid Energy-Storage Systems in Electric Vehicles, Sharon Sanjeev George
A Numerical Study of the van Roosbroeck System for Semiconductors, Alan Ghazarians
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of 2013 Boston Marathoners' Experience of Running a Subsequent Boston Marathon, Allison Grace
Social Recommendation Systems, Avni Gulati
Personality, Technology, and Learning, Andrew Guydish
Biophysical Approaches for Studying Desolvation Energy in DNA:DNA Binding Systems, Caroline Rose Harmon
Drink the Moon, Sherri D. Harvey
Relationship between Aerobic Capacity and Episodic Memory in Older Adults, Nicole Henderson
Effects of a Preschool Arts Curriculum on Social and Emotional Competence, Sarah Rose Henderson
Vehicle Tracking Based on Historical Intersection Over Union, Shuai Hua
Taking A Stand On One Knee: A Content Analysis Study of the San Francisco 49ers' National Anthem Protests, Jack Hunter
Rock Strength: A Main Control of Yosemite's Topography?, Alex Jon Hutcherson
Our Homes, Our Stores: Aging in Place For LGBTQ Communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Simon Dean Jarrar
Families Come Arranged, Navdeep Kaur
Low-cost Air Monitors Effectively Show School-Level Particle Matter Risks Are Comparable Across Demographic Groups Within An Impacted California Air Region, Farkhondeh Kazemi
Microbial Metagenomes from Cryptofaunal Sponges and Ascidians from Moorea, French Polynesia, Jennifer Keliher
Hes1 Notch Response Elements and their Roles in RBPJ-K Binding, Michael Majid Khayat
Change and Transformation: The Harp as a Symbol of Liminality in Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (1892), Jeanna Kim
Computational Models Exploring the Role of Flexibility in Binding Tat Peptide to TAR RNA, Thanh Quoc Le
Autonomy in Video Games and Gamification, Jonathan Leventhal
Heat Transfer Interface to Graphitic Foam, Fang-Ming Lin
Lenstra-Hurwitz Cliques In Real Quadratic Fields, Daniel S. Lopez
An Examination of the Demographic Antecedents and Job Outcomes of Participation in Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Emily Erin Lopez
A Biochemical Study of The Autocatalytic Nature of a Serine Protease (Early Trypsin) From The Aedes aegypti Female Mosquito, Rachael Marie Lucero
In-situ Measurement of Plasma Etch Rate Using EtchRate Wafer, Razieh Mahzoon
Soul In A Matchbox, Kimy Martinez
The Conservation, Excavation, and Analysis of Ancient Human Remains: A Bioarchaeological Case Study of Prehistoric Reburials from Nevis, West Indies, Marissa Nicole Massaro
Framework for Acceleration and Compression of Convolutional Neural Networks, Joshua Misko
Numerical Studies of Turbulence Effects in Cross-Flow Ventilation, Mina Mohammadmirzaei
Using a Photoaffinity Approach to Identify the Target of an Antipyocyanin Compound in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Rebecca Moore
Advanced Control on Dual-Stage Converters for Power Factor Correction Applications, Akarsh Murthy
Analysis of Fiber Network Architecture in Blood Vessels and Blood Clots, Dustin Michael Nguyen
Proactive Personality Benefits: The Role of Work-Life Salience, Career Encouragement, and Career Satisfaction, Mariah Patterson
Minority Stress Impacts In-Group Attitudes and Reactions to Masculinity Threat of Gay Men, Erin Thomas Pereida
Changes in the Elasmobranch Assemblage in a California Estuary, Catarina Pien
Thinking Through the Happily Ever Afters, Roxanne Elizabeth Powell
Preparation and Characterization of a Ferrocene Containing Main-Chain PEG-CNT Phase for Hybrid Supercapacitor Application, Shalaka Rahangdale
The Photographic Capacity: Intentionality and Direct Connection in the Artwork of Meghann Riepenhoff, Klea McKenna and Chris McCaw, Allison Wedemeyer Railo
Machine Learning Methods for Kidney Disease Screening, Rathna Ramesh
Effects of Optimizing the Respiratory Pump on Performance During a Simulated Ice Hockey Period, Kurtis Ryan Rayfield
All Eyes on You: The Impact of Increased Surveillance and Media Publicity on Police Identity, Sara Serpa Rodrigues
Airborne Doppler Radar Observations of PyroCu/Cb Plume Kinematics and Thermodynamics During the 2016 Pioneer Fire, Bruno Rodriguez
Separation Events in Modern Greek, Vasiliki Lydia Rounti
A Multivariate Model for Predicting Global Leadership Expertise, Andrea Sanchez Chavez
Ban the Box: Outcomes of Mandatory Disclosure and Predictors of Voluntary Disclosure of Criminal History in Job Applications, Ginevra Marta Scherini
Reproductive Performance, Foraging Effort, and Diet of an Apex Predator, the Common Murre, at one of the Largest Nesting Colonies in the California Current System, Stephanie Rianne Schneider
Structure and Emplacement of the Eocene Golden Horn Batholith, North Cascades, Washington, Christopher Scudder
Personality, Motivation, and the War Between Facebook and Twitter, Elizabeth Shallal
Application of Model Predictive Control in Modular Multilevel Converter for MTPA Operation and SOC Balancing, Mohit Sharma
Empowerment to Action: Youth Participation in a Community-Based Stewardship Program, Carly Egnater Silverman
The Effects of Eccentricity and Saliency on Visual Attention in Avionic Displays, Chad Aaron Smith
Diversity Training Outcomes: Assessing Impact of Diversity Training on Attitudes Towards Societal Diversity and Cognitive Empathy, Iris Lenette Smith
Job Level and Job Family as Predictors of Preferences for the Physical Environment, Rachel Smith
Constructing Dynamic Ad-hoc Emergency Networks using Software-Defined Wireless Mesh Networks, Roop Kumar Sriramulu
Landscape Mobility of the Precontact Ohlone: an Isotopic Investigation of Dietary Reconstruction, Landscape Mobility, and Marriage Patterns, Kelli Sullivan
Predicting Spatial Distributions of Demersal Fishes off Central California, Anne Catherine Tagini
Current Feedback-Based High Load Current Low Drop-Out Voltage Regulator in 65-nm CMOS Technology, Melody Teoh
Characterization of Four Type-C Silica Columns Using Resveratrol Analogues, Joshua Topete
Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation on Light-Evoked Pupil Response Dynamics, Terence Lloyd Tyson
Media Representations of Bipolar Disorder Through the Case of Suzy Favor Hamilton, Rachel Vaccaro
Assessment of Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) Nesting Habitat in the San Francisco Bay Area, Prabha Venu
Prophecy for Sale: On American Rails, Erik Bryan White
Nonpoint Source Bacterial Pollution in the Coyote Creek Watershed, Elisabeth Wilkinson
The Effects of Driving Automation Systems on Human Driving Performance and Driver Fatigue, Lily R. Wong
Psychological Presence in Immersive Virtual Environments, Steven L. Wu
Pre-service Education in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Student Ratings of Self-Efficacy, Jennifer Nobue Yoshimura
Migration, Individualism and Dependency: Experiences of Skilled Women from the Former Soviet Union in Silicon Valley, Ievgeniia Zasoba
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Using Recycled Water For Potable Reuse In Santa Clara County, CA: High School Students' Knowledge and Acceptance, Nicholas Ronald Ajluni
An Experimental Study of Human Body Magnetic Communication, Arvind Allawadi
The Effects of Acute Stress on Multiple Object Tracking, Carlos Alberto Almeida
Synthesis of 2-Palmitoyl-Myo-Inositol and 2-Hexadecyl-Myo-Inositol, Deepthi Anumala
The Effects of Alcohol and Stress on Cognitive Performance, Erick Arambula
Latino Representation On Primetime Television In English and Spanish Media: A Framing Analysis, Gabriela Arellano
The Progressive Jail: An Exploration of Carceral Living Conditions and Employment/Educational Life Plans, Inessa Arutunyan
The Relationship Between Perceptions and Actual Use of Workplace Flexibility and Employee Engagement, Katherine Baer
Nocturnal Drying in Elevated Coastal Terrain of Central California: A Fire Weather Perspective, Richard Bagley
Inhibition of Virulence by Targeting LuxI-type Synthases and Volatile Free Fatty Acid Profiling of Streptomyces, Anthony Balistreri
Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Collaborative Forest Restoration in the Sierra Nevada, Michael Boero
A Method for Detection of Local Dimension in Point Cloud Data, Catherine Boersma
Illegal Dumping as an Indicator for Community Social Disorganization and Crime, Amory Anne Brandt
Knight's Tours and Zeta Functions, Alfred James Brown
The Effect of Video Game Play on Human Performance: An Investigation of Cognitive Skill Transfer Mechanisms, Preston Brown
Isolated Incidents: A Short Story Collection, Justin Bryant
Structural Analysis of Eocene Dike Swarms in and Near the Duncan Hill Pluton, North Cascades, Washington, Kathleen Bryant
Construction and Emplacement of Cretaceous Plutons in the Crystal Range, Southwest of Lake Tahoe, California, Brad Buerer
Mobile Doppler LiDAR Observations of the Convective Boundary Layer Over California, Christopher Paul Camacho
A Complete Study Of N,N’ bis(1 phenylpropyl) 2,6 pyridinedicarboxamide, Victoria Y. Chang
Library Synthesis of Thiol-linked Hybrid Inositol Glycans, Scott Chan
The Perception of Trust Between Athletic Trainers and Musical Performing Artists, Jenna Lea Chinburg
Construction of Bacterial Strains Containing a Plasmid Producing an Opossum-Based Anti-Venom Peptide for Low Cost Production of the Peptide, Angela Cifelli
MINE: El Despojo de María Zacarías Bernal de Berreyesa, Jenny Clendenen
Life History Aspects and Taxonomy of Deep-Sea Chondrichthyans in the Southwestern Indian Ocean, Paul Joseph Clerkin
Design and Analysis of Bio-inspired Nacelle for Current Energy Turbine, Michael Coe
True Confessions of a Kindergarten Teacher, Jennifer Lynne Creech
Surfactant Effect on Hydrate Crystallization Mechanism, Kevin Dann
Examining a Hierarchical Linear Regression Model of Overgeneral Memory: Methodological Issues, CaR-FA-X Model Mechanisms, and Memory Encoding as Represented by Cognitive Attributional Style, Carrie Adrian Davis
