Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Examining the Role of MPA Signage in Helping Provide Protection for Marine Environments of Monterey Bay MPAs, Gwendolyn A. Barry
Abyssal hydrothermal springs-Cryptic incubators for brooding octopus, James P. Barry, Steven Y. Litvin, Andrew DeVogelaere, David W. Caress, Chris F. Lovera, Amanda S. Kahn, Erica J. Burton, Chad King, Jennifer B. Paduan, C. Geoffrey Wheat, Fanny Girard, Sebastian Sudek, Anne M. Hartwell, Alana D. Sherman, Paul R. McGill, Aaron Schnittger, Janet R. Voight, and Eric J. Martin
The Moderating Effects of Sleep Quantity and Quality on the Relationship between Job Stressors and Job Satisfaction, Olga A. Baryshnikova
Distributed Finite-Time Secondary Control for DC Microgrids with Reduced Internetwork Data Transmission Dependency, Amir Basati, Saeid Bashash, Josep M. Guerrero, and Juan C. Vasquez
Advanced polynomial trajectory design for high precision control of flexible servo positioning systems, Saeid Bashash
Modeling the “B” regional dust storm on Mars: Dust lofting mechanisms predicted by the new NASA Ames Mars GCM, Courtney M.L. Batterson, Melinda A. Kahre, Alison F.C. Bridger, R. John Wilson, Richard A. Urata, and Tanguy Bertrand
Development of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Vehicles for Ease of Operation, Vernol Battiste and Thomas Z. Strybel
Bias Detector Tool for Face Datasets using Image Recognition, Jatin Vamshi Battu
Enhancing Deep Learning Classifiers for Dynamic Keystroke Authentication via GANs, Jonathan A. Bazan
Quantifying annual spatial consistency in chick-rearing seabirds to inform important site identification, Martin Beal; Paulo Catry; Richard A. Phillips; Steffen Oppel; John P.Y. Arnould; Maria I. Bogdanova; Mark Bolton; Ana P.B. Carneiro; Corey Clatterbuck; Melinda Conners; Francis Daunt; Karine Delord; Kyle Elliott; Aymeric Fromant; José Pedro Granadeiro; Jonathan A. Green; Lewis Halsey; Keith C. Shaffer; and For full author list, see comments below
Scenic design for "Fannie - The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer", Andrea Bechert
Scenic Design for "Steel Magnolias", Andrea Bechert
Scenic Design for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", Andrea Bechert
Accounting for Occupational Identity Work in the Attrition of Newcomer Civil Engineers: Theoretical Model, Kacey Beddoes
Thinking Systemically to Better Serve Engineering Students' Mental Health Needs: Policy and Process Recommendations, Kacey Beddoes and Andrew Danowitz
Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven, Tristan James Alexander Begg; Axel Schmidt; Arthur Kocher; Maarten H.D. Larmuseau; Göran Runfeldt; Paul Andrew Maier; John D. Wilson; Rodrigo Barquera; Carlo Maj; András Szolek; Michael Sager; Stephen Clayton; Alexander Peltzer; Ruoyun Hui; Julia Ronge; Ella Reiter; Cäcilia Freund; William Rhea Meredith; and For full author list, see comments below
Development of a bio-chair using electromygraphic actuation for rehabilitation excercises, Pranav Bellannagari, Sohail H. Zaidi, and Vimal Viswanathan
Algorithms and their Affordances: How Crowdworkers Manage Algorithmic Scores in Online Labour Markets, Francesca Bellesia, Elisa Mattarelli, and Fabiola Bertolotti
Assessing the size and growth of the US wetland and stream compensatory mitigation industry, Todd K. BenDor, Joungwon Kwon, and T. William Lester
Analysis of Fire-Induced Circulations during the FireFlux2 Experiment, Jeremy T. Benik, Angel Farguell, Jeffrey D. Mirocha, Craig B. Clements, and Adam K. Kochanski
Analysis of Fire-Induced Circulations During the Fireflux2 Experimental Burn and Operational Rate of Spread Models, Jeremy Tyler Benik
An Invitation to Imagine: Conclusion of the HPP Series “What Is Anti-Racism in Health Promotion Practice?”, Wriply Bennet, Keon L. Gilbert, and Kathleen M. Roe
Distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface-mixed layer water and intertidal sediments of Lagos lagoon, Gulf of Guinea, Nsikak U. Benson, John P. Unyimadu, and Imokhai T. Tenebe
Teaching Theme Identification, Melissa Beresford and H. Russell Bernard
Moral economies for water: A framework for analyzing norms of justice, economic behavior, and social enforcement in the contexts of water inequality, Melissa Beresford, Amber Wutich, Dustin Garrick, and Georgina Drew
Hall’s universal group is a subgroup of the abstract commensurator of a free group, Edgar A. Bering and Daniel Studenmund
Assessing the relationship between census tract rurality and severe maternal morbidity in California (1997-2018), Rachel L. Berkowitz, Peiyi Kan, Xing Gao, Elleni M. Hailu, Christine Board, Audrey Lyndon, Mahasin Mujahid, and Suzan L. Carmichael
Biogeochemical River Runoff Drives Intense Coastal Arctic Ocean CO2 Outgassing, C. Bertin, D. Carroll, D. Menemenlis, S. Dutkiewicz, H. Zhang, A. Matsuoka, S. Tank, M. Manizza, C. E. Miller, M. Babin, A. Mangin, and V. Le Fouest
The Perpetuation of Racial Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System, Chloe Bessette
How the case against empathy overreaches, Riana J. Betzler
Visualizing classification errors and mislabeling in machine learning, Vedashree Bhandare
Finding BERT Errors Using Activation Vectors, Vedashree P. Bhandare and William B. Andreopoulos
Distress Signal Recognition Using Pose Estimation and Neural Networks, Palash Shankar Bhusari, Shreya Nagaraddy Hunur, Ravi Kumar Tanti, Saurabh Ramesh Warathe, and Magdalini Eirinaki
Effects of Therapeutic Intervention on Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Adults With Neurologic Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Alka Bishnoi, Meghna Shankar, Rachel Lee, Yang Hu, and Manuel E. Hernandez
Electronic and Optical Properties of 2d Materials and Their Van Der Waals Heterostructures Using Density Functional Theory, Paridhi Bisht
The effect of histone deacetylase inhibitors on the efficiency of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, Ymer Björnson, Codey Y. Huang, Jaedyn L. Rollins, Guadalupe Castañeda, Navneet Kaur, Emiko Yamamoto, and Jennifer M. Johnston
In Search of Project Management Principles, Nigel Blampied, Robert Buttrick, George Jucan, Crispin Piney, Chris Stevens, Dave Violette, and R. Max Wideman
Preconstruction Support Cost Hours Estimating on Caltrans Pavement Rehabilitation Projects, Nigel Blampied, Tariq Shehab, Elhami Nasr, and Laxmi Sindhu Samudrala
Blood’s Evidentiary Value Based on its Biological and Physical Properties, Samantha Boman
Reflections on the Scientific Legacy of Sergej S. Zilitinkevich on PBL and Urban Parameterizations in NWP Models, Robert D. Bornstein and Alexander Baklanov
(EN)COUNTERSPACES: An Analysis of Working Conditions for Student Affairs Professionals of Color in an Un-Ideal World, Ginny Jones Boss and Nicole Bravo
Genomic approaches to mitigating genetic diversity loss in declining populations, Christen M. Bossu, Marina Rodriguez, Christine Rayne, Debra A. Chromczak, Philip G. Higgins, Lynne A. Trulio, and Kristen C. Ruegg
Pragmatic Pessimism in Black Higher Education: The Case of Benner C. Turner, Travis D. Boyce
Steady and Measured: Benner C. Turner, A Black College President in the Jim Crow South, Travis D. Boyce
The Inverse Association between Prebiotic Consumption and Depression Status in American Adult Females, but not the Greater Population or in Males: NHANES 2015-2018, Cassandra L. Boyd
Introduction to Volume Twelve: Counting Our Blessings, Noelle Brada-Williams
In Praise of Limes, Poets, and Mentors: A Conversation with Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Noelle Brada-Williams and Elizabeth Asborno
Where Relational Commons Take Place: The City and its Social Infrastructure as Sites of Commoning, Christof Brandtner, Gordon C.C. Douglas, and Martin Kornberger
Roadmap to Cooperative Operating Practices for Strategic Conflict Detection and Resolution in the Upper Class e Traffic Management Concept, Connie L. Brasil, Hyo Sang Yoo, Paul U. Lee, Deborah L. Bakowski, and Mark Evans
Inherent envelope fluctuations in forward masking: Effects of age and hearing loss, Marc A. Brennan, Adam Svec, Afagh Farhadi, Braden N. Maxwell, and Laurel H. Carney
Advancing child sexual abuse investigations using biometrics and social network analysis, Russell Brewer, Bryce Westlake, Thomas Swearingen, Stephen Patterson, David Bright, Arun Ross, Katie Logos, and Dana Michalski
Ocean carbon from space: Current status and priorities for the next decade, Robert J.W. Brewin; Shubha Sathyendranath; Gemma Kulk; Marie Hélène Rio; Javier A. Concha; Thomas G. Bell; Astrid Bracher; Cédric Fichot; Thomas L. Frölicher; Martí Galí; Dennis Arthur Hansell; Tihomir S. Kostadinov; Catherine Mitchell; Aimee Renee Neeley; Emanuele Organelli; Katherine Richardson; Cécile Rousseaux; Dustin Carroll; and For full author list, see comments below
Habitat Value of Stormwater Retention Basins for Avian Species in the South San Francisco Bay, Maya D. Briones
Gender-Neutral Language Policy at the Student Research Journal, Ben Brown
Book Review on Creating a Shared Morality: The Feasibility of Ethical Constructivism (by Heather Salazar), Karin BROWN
When the fraction of attributable risk does not inform the impact associated with anthropogenic climate change, Patrick T. Brown
Climate warming increases extreme daily wildfire growth risk in California, Patrick T. Brown, Holt Hanley, Ankur Mahesh, Colorado Reed, Scott J. Strenfel, Steven J. Davis, Adam K. Kochanski, and Craig B. Clements
California AB 1249, Sales Tax Holiday for School Supplies, Michelle Buchner and Aizhan Toibazarova
The 28th Annual Tax Practitioner/Fall IRS Seminar on October 26, 2022, Michelle Buchner and Inessa Zlobina
Responding to multiple events in 2020: A qualitative study exploring areas of growth and development among California college students, Anji Buckner, Allyson Khau, and Alana Martin
Why I Climb Mountains With Students: Using Metaphor as a Teaching Tool, Anji Buckner-Capone
Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination on Campus: A Qualitative Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Study of California College Students, Anji Buckner-Capone and Marcelle Dougan
Classifying Real and Bot Users Based on their News Spread for Combating Misinformation, Thi Bui, Anson Pham, Warada Kulkarni, Yutong Yao, and Katerina Potika
Detecting Twitter Bots with Machine Learning and Propagation Graph Analysis, Thi Bui and Katerina Potika
Using extended reality (XR) for medical training and real-time clinical support during deep space missions, B. K. Burian, M. Ebnali, J. M. Robertson, D. Musson, C. N. Pozner, T. Doyle, D. S. Smink, C. Miccile, P. Paladugu, B. Atamna, S. Lipsitz, S. Yule, and R. D. Dias
Data Quality Procedures in Survey Research: An Analysis and Framework for Doctoral Program Curricula, James Burleson, Gregory J. Bott, Michelle Carter, and Jalal Sarabadani
S. 4691 (117th Congress) – Volunteer Driver Tax Parity Act of 2022, MST Students BUS 223A Spring 2023
Beyond Social Emotional Learning: Toward a Humanizing and Transformative Teacher SEL, ash ray busby
AI-Generated Images as an Emergent Record Format, Jessica Bushey
A Participatory Archives Approach to Fostering Connectivity, Increasing Empathy, and Building Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jessica Bushey
Wound assessment fundamentals for nurses, Alice Butzlaff
Severe hypoglycemia: A diabetes emergency, Alice Butzlaff and Dorothy James Moore
The Power of Dance: The Viennese Ballroom and European Monarchy after the French Revolution, Erica Buurman
The large-scale structure of globular clusters in the NGC 1052 group, Maria Luisa Buzzo, Duncan A. Forbes, Jean P. Brodie, Steven R. Janssens, Warrick J. Couch, Aaron J. Romanowsky, and Jonah S. Gannon
National CO2 budgets (2015-2020) inferred from atmospheric CO2 observations in support of the global stocktake, Brendan Byrne; David F. Baker; Sourish Basu; Michael Bertolacci; Kevin W. Bowman; Dustin Carroll; Abhishek Chatterjee; Frédéric Chevallier; Philippe Ciais; Noel Cressie; David Crisp; Sean Crowell; Feng Deng; Zhu Deng; Nicholas M. Deutscher; Manvendra K. Dubey; Sha Feng; Omaira E. García; and For full author list, see comments below
Identifying Potential Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers Beyond Amyloid-Beta and Tau, Frank Cai
Positioning Paradata: A Conceptual Frame for AI Processual Documentation in Archives and Recordkeeping Contexts, Scott Cameron, Pat Franks, and Babak Hamidzadeh
Queering Fitness: Experiences of Transgender/Non-binary Personal Trainers Implementing Inclusive Training Practices, Kendra R. Campbell
A Curriculum Framework for Autonomous Network Defense using Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning, Robert G. Campbell, Magdalini Eirinaki, and Younghee Park
Evaluating the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of tele-comprehensive behavior therapy for tics (teleCBIT) for Tourette syndrome in youth and adults, Matthew R. Capriotti, Brianna C.M. Wellen, Brianna N. Young, Michael B. Himle, Christine A. Conelea, Flint M. Espil, Heather Simpson, and Carol A. Mathews
Aerial View of the Labyrinth, Alexandra L. Carrillo
Work in Progress: Applied Programming Experiences (APEX) for Community College Students, Valerie A. Carr, Jennifer Avena, David Schuster, Wendy Lee, and Belle Wei
Mapping the Influence: A Nexus Analysis Approach to Addressing Food Access, Andrew Carter
“We’re open to all”: The paradox of diversity in the U.S.-based free fitness movement, Andrew Carter, Adam C. Alexander, Vicky Gomez, Ni Zhang, and Monica Allen
“Elite but not elitist”: Negotiating race, place, class, and culture in public physical activity spaces, Andrew Carter, Michael Dao, Adam Alexander, and Vicky Gomez
Measuring High School Counselor Beliefs on the Importance of MTMDSS Universal Supports Since COVID-19, Ryan J. Carter
Weight of Dreams, Irene Carvajal
AIMS for wildlife: Developing an automated interactive monitoring system to integrate real-time movement and environmental data for true adaptive management, Michael L. Casazza, Austen A. Lorenz, Cory T. Overton, Elliott L. Matchett, Andrea L. Mott, Desmond A. Mackell, and Fiona McDuie
The Downfall of Capitalism: Its Exploitation of Mental Health and the Working Class, Joanna Castaneda
Mosaic Atlas: Interview with Leti Castellano, Leti Castellano and Jan English-Lueck
Los Angeles Homeless Encampments: East of Mainstreet, Desarey Castellanos
Implementation of a Peer Support Program to Increase Resilience in Nurse Managers in Acute Care Hospitals: A Pilot Study, Juana Castillo
Curiosity, Connection, & Community in Vertebrate Evolution & Natural History, Jessica Castillo Vardaro
Examining pandemic stress and mental health among a community-based sample of sexual minority women in Los Angeles County, Alison Cerezo, Roberta E. Emetu, David B. Rivera, Isaiah J. Jones, Jacquelyn Chin, Adrian Valadez, and Laurie Drabble
Examining COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Economic and Household Stress and Its Association With Mental Health, Alcohol, and Substance Use in a National Sample of Latinx Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adults, Alison Cerezo, David B. Rivera, Delida Sanchez, Lucas Torres, Fiorella L.Carlos Chavez, and Laurie A. Drabble
Numerical Modeling of Firebrand Transport, Antonio Q. Cervantes
Pet Loss and Grieving Strategies: A Systematic Review of Literature, Ruth E. Cervantes
“This is fine”: the impact of blowouts on subsequent game performance in the National Hockey League (NHL), Ravi Chachad, Sean Pradhan, and Arman P. Medina
