Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Trust, Reciprocity, Fairness, and Mind Reading Under Stress, Charles Jia Yao Xie
Summaries for the Fourth Annual IRS/SJSU Small Business Tax Institute, Padmini Yalamarthi; Fan Wang; Jie Shen; Xuan Hong; Marla Hampton CPA, MBA; and Aaron Grey
Relationships Between Sensory Processing Patterns and Play Experiences, Krista Yee, Nathan Nam, Christine Huynh, Larkin Petralli, Naomi Starr, and Megan C. Chang
The Differential Reproductive Performance Of Female Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Catherine Yi
A Framing Analysis of Latinos in the Facebook Pages of News Organizations, Juliana Zapata Acosta
American Popular Psychology in Egypt: Muhammad al-Ghazali, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, and the Social Benefits of Religion, 1956–1969, Arthur Zárate
Rethinking Islamic ‘Moral Economy’, Arthur Zárate
The Virtues of Wealth and Desire in Contemporary Islamic Thought, Arthur Zárate
Evolutionary dynamics of tree invasions: complementing the unified framework for biological invasions, Rafael D. Zenni, Ian A. Dickie, Michael J. Wingfield, Heidi Hirsch, Casparus J. Crous, Laura A. Meyerson, Treena I. Burgess, Thalita G. Zimmermann, Metha M. Klock, Evan Siemann, Alexandra Erfmeier, Roxana Aragon, Lia Montti, and Johannes J. Le Roux
Evaluating an Instagram intervention promoting seat belt use, Ni Zhang, Stacy Drake, and Katilyn McIntire
Sharing for Health: A Study of Chinese Adolescents’ Experiences and Perspectives on Using Social Network Sites to Share Health Information, Ni Zhang, Michele Teti, Kellie Stanfield, and Shelly Campo
Real-time Online Chinese Character Recognition, Wenlong Zhang
Cryptanalysis of Homophonic Substitution Cipher Using Hidden Markov Models, Guannan Zhong
A discrete chemo-dynamical model of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5846: dark matter fraction, internal rotation, and velocity anisotropy out to six effective radii, Ling Zhu, Aaron Romanowsky, Glenn van de Ven, R. Long, Laura Watkins, Vincenzo Pota, Nicola Napolitano, Duncan Forbes, Jean Brodie, and Caroline Foster
Assessing Glacial Modification of Bedrock Valleys in the Sierra Nevada, California, Using a Novel Approach, Paul D. Zimmer
Strategies Employed by Community-Dwelling Japanese-American Elders to Maintain Social Participation, Maxine Ziprin, Marissa Oshige, Megan Chang, Mary Corey, Jenny Knowles, and Rose Ngo
Geometric Control Theory: Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications, Geoffrey A. Zoehfeld
Images from 2015
Diversity and Community Structure of Marine Invertebrate Fossil Assemblages from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, Nina Abdollahian
The Progress of Heartbreak: A Short Story Collection, Areeba Abid
One County, Two Libraries: Watsonville and the Organizing of the Santa Cruz County Library System, 1900-1930, David Robert Addison
Managing with Data: Using ACRLMetrics and PLAmetrics [Review of the book], Ann Agee
Are Ebooks for Everyone? Evaluating the Accessibility of Academic Ebook Platforms, Ann Agee, Christina Mune, and Jeanine Gonzalez
Public Diplomacy for a Global World: The United States and Iran, Sarah A. Aghazadeh
What Do Americans Think about Public Transit? A Review of U.S. Public Opinion Polling Survey Questions, Asha W. Agrawal
Comparing Data Quality and Cost from Three Modes of On-Board Transit Passenger Surveys, Asha W. Agrawal, Stephen Granger-Bevan, Gregory Newmark, and Hilary Nixon
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Public Transit, Highways, and Local Streets and Roads? Results from Year Six of a National Survey, Asha W. Agrawal and Hilary Nixon
“’Chinese don’t drink coffee!’”: Coffee and Class Liminality in Elaine Mar’s Paper Daughter, Christian Aguiar
The Challenges of Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans’ Transition from Military to Civilian Life and Approaches to Reconnection, Jennifer Ahern, Miranda Worthen, Jackson Masters, Sherri Lippman, Emily Ozer, and Rudolf Moos
Clustering Web Concepts Using Algebraic Topology, Harleen Kaur Ahuja
The Dilemmas and Issues of Immigration to United States of America and Globalization, Yudhi Ahuja
The SLUGGS survey: globular cluster kinematics in a ‘double sigma’ galaxy – NGC 4473, Adebusola Alabi, Caroline Foster, Duncan Forbes, Aaron Romanowsky, Nicola Pastorello, Jean Brodie, Lee Spitler, Jay Strader, and Christopher Usher
A Sentimental Pigeon Keeper, ADNAN ALAM
Book Review: Guillelmus de Aragonia, De nobilitate animi, ed. and trans. William D. Paden and Mario Trovato, Jason Aleksander
Characterization of Gut Associated Circulating Invariant Natural Killer T Cells (iNKT) in Chronic Inflammation of the Intestine, Venus Allahyarzadeh
The "CSI Effect" and Its Potential Impact on Juror Decisions, John Alldredge
Utilizing discovery tools for classrooms: how do librarian attitudes on discovery impact tools they teach?, Natasha Danae Allen
Sexually Transmitted Disease Education and Effects on Condom Use in College Students, Patricia Alvarez
No Cops Needed: Collective Approaches to Violence and Sexual Assault Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex, Salomon J. Amrah
Virtual Peer Teams: Connecting Students with the Online Work Environment, Thalia Anagnos, Alicia Lyman-Holt, and Sean Brophy
Learning Computer Skills: Meanings and Influences on Occupations for Older Adults, Lynne Andonian
The Interactive Effect of Core Self-Evaluations and Perceived Organizational Support in Predicting Work Engagement, Martin Andres Araya
Introducing “CORA,” the Community of Online Research Assignments Repository, Susan G. Archambault and Lindsey McLean
Development of Bus-Stop Time Models in Dense Urban Areas: A Case Study in Washington DC, Stephen Arhin and Errol Noel
Using ground beetles (Carabidae) to assess riparian habitat restoration on the central coast of California: Chlaenius cumatillis may be a sensitive indicator, Jeondra Jessica Arrington
Predicting Autism over Large-Scale Child Dataset, Arpit Arya
Family-Centered Pediatric Radiation Therapy: A Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Collaboration Model, Elizabeth A. Austin
Pattern-Aided Regression Modelling and Prediction Model Analysis, Naresh Avva
Global Technology Experiences for Upper-division Engineering Students: An Assessment, Patricia Backer and Wenchiang Chung
Extensible Authentication Protocol Vulnerabilities and Improvements, Akshay Baheti
Effects of Acute Exercise, Mindfulness Meditation, and Mindfulness Meditation Neurofeedback on Stroop Performance, Claire Evelyn Balgemann
Reducing Contamination in Forensic Science, Carly Balk
Implementation of a Patient Satisfaction Survey in a Federally Qualified Health Center, Ricardo Jose Ballin II
Learning Language in Autism: Maternal Linguistic Input Contributes to Later Vocabulary, Janet Bang and Aparna Nadig
The Secret of Plinket, Priya Banwait
Growth, mortality, and reproductive potential of California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus) off central California, Cheryl L. Barnes
THE SOCIAL NATURE OF INDIVIDUAL SELF-IDENTITY: AKAN AND NARRATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF PERSONHOOD, COREY L. BARNES
Spatial estimation: a non-Bayesian alternative, Hilary Barth, Ellen Lesser, Jessica Taggart, and Emily Slusser
Using a Self-Management Project to Improve Student Performance in an Online Introductory Statistics Course, Nicholas Glenn Bathurst
Re-thinking migration: Mexican migration in a regime of subordinate inclusion, Eduardo Bautista
Human Impacts on Rocky Intertidal Gastropods: Are Marine Protected Areas Effective?, Cassie Bednar
Movements, Habitat Use, and Demography of Western Pond Turtles in an Intermittent Central California Stream, Joseph Paul Belli
Creating an Open Access Course Reserves (When an OA Textbook isn't enough), Jessica Bell
What does the time constant of the pulmonary circulation tell us about the progression of right ventricular dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension?, Alessandro Bellofiore, Z. Wang, and Naomi Chesler
Patterns of the Urban Jordanian Arabic Broken Plural, Netta Ben-Meir
East Oakland Innovators: Integrating Design Thinking and CBPR for Community-Driven Change, Rachel Berkowitz, Thea Anderson, Jessica Vechakul, Jaspal S. Sandhu, Jessica Luginbuhl, and Bina Shrimali
Wellness Program Participation in the City of Cupertino, Karen Bernard-Guerin
Effects of Input Modality on Capturing Notes, Chaya Bijani
Alfalfa Trap Cropping Increases Abundance Of Key Arachnids In An Organic Strawberry Agroecosystem, Sutapa Biswas
Developing a Patient Care Standard for Adolescents Based on a Nursing Needs Assessment, Kathryn Blake
Preferred activities and wellbeing: A study of occupation, Erna Imperatore Blanche, Megan Chang, and L. Diane Parham
On the Federal Excise Tax Exemption for U.S. Gasoline Exports, Bret N. Bogenschneider
The effect of short-term study abroad on second language Spanish phonetic development, Silvina Bongiovanni, Avizia Y. Long, Megan Solon, and Erik Willis
THE NEW PANAMA CANAL IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, Herman L. Boschken
A “Monstress” Undertaking: an interview with Lysley Tenorio, Noelle Brada-Williams
Introduction to Volume Six: An Identity Rebus, Noelle Brada-Williams
The Effect of Post-Operative Analgesics on Ovarian Medullary Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis, Shamus Martin Brady
Lucky Choice Number of Planar Graphs with Given Girth, Axel Brandt, Jennifer Diemunsch, and Sogol Jahanbekam
Using R at the Bench: Step-by-Step Data Analytics for Biologists, Martina Bremer and Rebecca W. Doerge
Deepening the home-school connection: Collaborating with diverse families to accelerate student learning, Allison Briceno
Book review: Biliteracy from the start: Biliteracy squared in action, Allison Briceño
WANG CHONG, TRUTH, AND QUASI-PLURALISM, Lajos L. BRONS
Looking Within: Teacher Critical Self-Reflection on Language and Cultural Integration in Multilingual Schools, Kathryn Brooks, Katya Karathanos, and Susan Adams
The Purpose, Function, and Performance of Streetcar Transit in the Modern U.S. City: A Multiple-Case-Study Investigation, MTI Report 12-39, Jeffrey Brown, Hilary Nixon, and Luis Enrique Ramos
Comparing the Model-simulated Global Warming Signal to Observations Using Empirical Estimates of Unforced Noise, Patrick T. Brown, Wenhong Li, Eugene C. Cordero, and Steven A. Mauget
Trajectories of Air Parcel Motions in Mars' Atmosphere Computed Using HYSPLIT, David Bruggeman
Seasonal Road Layout Design In Mountainous Terrain Using GIS With The Side Hill And Least Cost Path Methods, Emil Harold Brundage
Prokaryotic Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Organic, Intensive, and Transitional Coffee Farms in Brazil, Adam Caldwell, Livia Silva, Cynthia da Silva, and Cleber Ouverney
VEGAS-SSS. A VST early-type galaxy survey: analysis of small stellar systems: Testing the methodology on the globular cluster system in NGC 3115⋆, Michele Cantiello, Massimo Capaccioli, Nicola Napolitano, Aniello Grado, Luca Limatola, Maurizio Paolillo, Enrica Iodice, Aaron Romanowsky, Duncan Forbes, Gabriella Raimondo, Marilena Spavone, Francesco La Barbera, Thomas Puzia, and Pietro Schipani
VEGAS: A VST Early-type Galaxy Survey: I. Presentation, wide-field surface photometry, and substructures in NGC 4472, Massimo Capaccioli, Marilena Spavone, Aniello Grado, Enrichetta Iodice, Luca Limatola, Nicola Napolitano, Michele Cantiello, Maurizio Paolillo, Aaron Romanowsky, Duncan Forbes, Thomas Puzia, Gabriella Raimondo, and Pietro Schipani
Small Scatter and Nearly Isothermal Mass Profiles to Four Half-Light Radii from Two-Dimensional Stellar Dynamics of Early-Type Galaxies, Michele Cappellari, Aaron Romanowsky, Jean Brodie, Duncan Forbes, Jay Strader, Caroline Foster, Sreeja Kartha, Nicola Pastorello, Vincenzo Pota, Lee Spitler, Christopher Usher, and Jacob Arnold
Estimating Stagnation-Point Radiative Heating Using Maslen's Inverse Method And High-Temperature Equilibrium Air Properties, Alexander Anthony Carlozzi
2015 NACCS Scholar Award Remarks, Miguel Carranza
"Living in the Confluence of Two Eternities": The Impact of Politicized Religion in Richmond, Virginia, 1845-1914, Timothy Allen Case
NACCS Scholar Introduction - Hurtado, Inés Casillas
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Diet and Abundance at a Stopover and Wintering Ground on Southeast Farallon Island, California, Sara Lee Chandler
Moving from Binders to Bytes: Processing, Digitizing, and Publishing a Paper-Based Archive to an Institutional Repository, Emily K. Chan, April M. Gilbert, and Amanda L. Mellinger
Understanding Sleep Patterns Among Older Adults in a Subsidized Housing Facility: A Pilot Study, Megan Chang, Abigail Paquia, Sammie Wong, and Jean Koketsu
