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Requirements Specification For Dsic: Distribution System For Information And Collaboration, Alex Abrahamian
Requirements Specification For Dsic: Distribution System For Information And Collaboration, Alex Abrahamian
Computer Science and Software Engineering
There seems to exist an invisible barrier between people that should be connected but for whatever reasons (don't hang out in the same circles, don't go to the same meetings, or are geographically separated) haven't met each other yet.
Normally these people will only meet when others bring them together or they are thrown together on a project. DSIC aims to preempt the person discovery process by allowing a way for people to post ideas, events, and other collaborations in a single place that can then be searched by other users.
The system utilizes postings, user profiles, and a tagging …
Youtube For Doc Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab: Employee Training And Social Media Pr/Marketing Through The Use Of Video Production, Lauren Margaret Scott
Youtube For Doc Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab: Employee Training And Social Media Pr/Marketing Through The Use Of Video Production, Lauren Margaret Scott
Journalism
Every small business owner is looking for ways to improve their customer base and increase their profits with the smallest amount of investment possible. Two of the most important elements of successful small restaurants are consistent employee training and PR/marketing strategies. This paper addresses the importance of effective employee training methods and PR/marketing methods. The effectiveness of YouTube videos is addressed as it pertains to Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab in Arroyo Grande, California. There is a focus on two-way communication and communication with publics.
The Umbrella Effect: The Importance Of Converging Student Media At A University, Karlee Prazak
The Umbrella Effect: The Importance Of Converging Student Media At A University, Karlee Prazak
Journalism
Journalism today is much more than a single reporter, news anchor, photographer or videographer specializing in a single skill. Journalists today need to be multimedia journalists who have skills that encompass anything from writing a story to editing video. Currently, at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), journalism students are learning these skills, but they are learning them separately. Within the three concentrations offered by the journalism department — broadcast, news/editorial and public relations — there are the three student media outlets: Central Coast PRspectives, Cal Poly TV, KCPR radio and the Mustang Daily newspaper. Few students, however, …
Filming For Change: The Art Of Influencing Public Policy Through Documentary Filmmaking, Robert J. Griffith
Filming For Change: The Art Of Influencing Public Policy Through Documentary Filmmaking, Robert J. Griffith
Journalism
Documentary filmmaking is a very useful tool for bringing an issue to public attention and pushing for political action and policy change on that issue. This form of documentary filmmaking, Filming for Change, has been employed successfully and unsuccessfully by many different filmmakers. There are a few keys to making a successful documentary when Filming for Change, and the first is to appeal to the correct demographic. Those who have the political power to influence policy will tend to be white, male, and between 35 and 64 years of age. These people do not like propaganda or a slanted film. …
City Of Industry: An Historical Precedent And Its Concrete Effects, Christina A. Hernandez
City Of Industry: An Historical Precedent And Its Concrete Effects, Christina A. Hernandez
Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies
No abstract provided.
Using Counter-Memory To Build An Historical Knowledge Of Struggle, Gonzalo CháVez Villanueva
Using Counter-Memory To Build An Historical Knowledge Of Struggle, Gonzalo CháVez Villanueva
Ethnic Studies
The primary goal of this project was to transcribe a 2010 interview with Raul Ceja, a resident of Santa Maria, California who had been a member of the Local 1222 of the Laborers International Union of North America. The interviewee Raul Ceja was born in Guadalupe, California, raised in Nipomo, and was a current resident of Santa Maria, California at the time of the interview. Raul Ceja is known locally and respected for facilitating the United Farm Workers Union’s establishment throughout the Central Coast. The significance of Raul Ceja’s interview is that he has personal reflections and perspectives on controversies …
Improving Flavor Of Slo: Volunteer Engagement, Motivation, And Goal Setting In Event Planning, Kendall Ann Young
Improving Flavor Of Slo: Volunteer Engagement, Motivation, And Goal Setting In Event Planning, Kendall Ann Young
Communication Studies
No abstract provided.
Social Media And Public Education: The Use Of Social Media By The San Luis Obispo County Office Of Education, Chelsea Janee Harden
Social Media And Public Education: The Use Of Social Media By The San Luis Obispo County Office Of Education, Chelsea Janee Harden
Journalism
The growing number of negative news stories regarding public education has presented school officials and administrators with the difficult task of developing plans to combat this negative attention and promote public education. School districts nationwide have looked to social media as a tool to communicate a positive message about public education. This paper addresses how the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education (SLOCOE) can utilize social media to target the public; in particular, those without children in public education. It is those people who school administrators are most concerned about because they may be unaware of where these publics …
Photo Manipulation In The Media, Stephanie Coffaney
Photo Manipulation In The Media, Stephanie Coffaney
Graphic Communication
In today’s society there are photos everywhere; they are in magazines, advertisements, newspapers, and books because photos make the text or the story stand out. Some may not know it, but most of these photos have been edited and retouched. This research paper attempted to determine the majority opinion of what types of photo editing was above the tolerable limit, as well as the public awareness of media manipulation. The different levels of photo editing included changing the contrast, removal of blemishes and dust, addition/removal of objects, and addition/removal of main subjects. The results revealed that most people are aware …
City Of Industry: Los Efectos Concretos En El Condado De Los Angeles En La Economía, El Medio Ambiente Y La Salud Pública, Christina Andrea Hernandez
City Of Industry: Los Efectos Concretos En El Condado De Los Angeles En La Economía, El Medio Ambiente Y La Salud Pública, Christina Andrea Hernandez
World Languages and Cultures
This project attempts to document the development of the City of Industry, located in eastern Los Angeles County, and to examine the environmental as well as socio-economic effects this industrial hub maintains on its surrounding neighborhoods. City of Industry, since its incorporation in 1957, has established an alarming precedent as a privatized city that has informed concrete changes in the local economy, the environment, and the public health of the surrounding communities that are predominantly Latina(o).
The research undertaken for this project represents an interdisciplinary intersection of a special topic in the study of Industrial Engineering: the global logistics industry, …
Kanye West Is Heading South, Clifton A. Sammet
Kanye West Is Heading South, Clifton A. Sammet
Communication Studies
No abstract provided.
Where Were The Northern Elephant Seals? Holocene Archaeology And Biogeography Of Mirounga Angustirostris, Torben C. Rick, Robert L. Delong, Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, Terry L. Jones, Jeanne E. Arnold, Matthew R. Des Lauriers, William R. Hildebrandt, Douglas J. Kennett, Rene L. Vellanoweth, Thomas A. Wake
Where Were The Northern Elephant Seals? Holocene Archaeology And Biogeography Of Mirounga Angustirostris, Torben C. Rick, Robert L. Delong, Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, Terry L. Jones, Jeanne E. Arnold, Matthew R. Des Lauriers, William R. Hildebrandt, Douglas J. Kennett, Rene L. Vellanoweth, Thomas A. Wake
Social Sciences
Driven to the brink of extinction during the nineteenth century commercial fur and oil trade, northern elephant seal (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) populations now exceed 100 000 animals in the northeast Pacific from Alaska to Baja California. Because little is known about the biogeography and ecology of NES prior to the mid-nineteenth century, we synthesize and analyze the occurrence of NES remains in North American archaeological sites. Comparing these archaeological data with modern biogeographical, genetic, and behavioral data, we provide a trans-Holocene perspective on NES distribution and abundance. Compared with other pinnipeds, NES bones are relatively rare throughout the Holocene, even …
Subjective Posture And Subjective Affluence: Chicago Field Theories In The U.S. Media And Political Systems, Kevin G. Barnhurst, Richard Besel, Christopher Bodmann
Subjective Posture And Subjective Affluence: Chicago Field Theories In The U.S. Media And Political Systems, Kevin G. Barnhurst, Richard Besel, Christopher Bodmann
Communication Studies
To further understanding of how individuals experience media and political systems, this article compares a project in the Chicago sociology tradition to concepts from Bourdieu's field theory and practical reason. Limited life history documents from Chicago working-class and more-advantaged young adults illustrate two interactionist concepts, subjective posture, one's stance toward media and politics, and subjective affluence, the range of empowerment the postures reveal. A stance as individual consumer, primarily in pursuit of entertainment, crossed over class lines, but elite participants had higher subjective affluence, with agency as political actors influencing others. The similarities illustrate an aspect of Bourdieu's habitus, and …
Velocity Contour Weighting Method. Ii: Evaluation In Trapezoidal Channels And Roughness Sensitivity, Daniel Howes, Brett F. Sanders
Velocity Contour Weighting Method. Ii: Evaluation In Trapezoidal Channels And Roughness Sensitivity, Daniel Howes, Brett F. Sanders
BioResource and Agricultural Engineering
The Velocity Contour Weighting Method (VCWM) was developed in Part I to accurately estimate the cross-sectional average velocity of a prismatic channel flow using acoustic Doppler velocity meter (ADVM) measurements of centerline velocity. Here, the VCWM is validated by its successful application to 25 different concrete-lined trapezoidal channels used for irrigation water delivery. At each site, the cross-sectional distribution of velocity is measured by an acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV), which is moved horizontally and vertically through a sampling grid. Multiple tests at some sites led to a total of 51 sets of cross-sectional measurements. ADVM measurements are simulated by interpolating …
Velocity Contour Weighting Method. I: Algorithm Development And Laboratory Testing, Daniel J. Howes, Brett F. Sanders
Velocity Contour Weighting Method. I: Algorithm Development And Laboratory Testing, Daniel J. Howes, Brett F. Sanders
BioResource and Agricultural Engineering
An algorithm is developed for real-time estimation of the cross-sectional average velocity of a channel flow by using an upward-looking pulsed wave acoustic Doppler velocity meters (ADVM). The Velocity Contour Weighting Method (VCWM) is applicable to gradually varied flows in prismatic channels and requires little to no calibration. VCWM estimates the average velocity as a weighted average of ADVM bin velocities. Weights are based on the velocity distribution sampled by the ADVM. Collectively, the VCWM is able to adapt to a wide range of channel geometry and roughness features. Expressions for the velocity weights are developed by first applying a …
A Cry For Human Rights: Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "Solitude Of Self", Megan Palmer O'Donnell
A Cry For Human Rights: Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "Solitude Of Self", Megan Palmer O'Donnell
Communication Studies
No abstract provided.
The Economic Returns To U.S. Public Agricultural Research, Julian M. Alston, Matthew A. Anderson, Jennifer S. James, Phillip G. Pardey
The Economic Returns To U.S. Public Agricultural Research, Julian M. Alston, Matthew A. Anderson, Jennifer S. James, Phillip G. Pardey
Agribusiness
We use newly constructed state-specific data to explore the implications of common modeling choices for measures of research returns. Our results indicate that state-to-state spillover effects are important, that the research and development lag is longer than many studies have allowed, and that misspecification can give rise to significant biases. Across states, the average of the own-state benefit-cost ratios is 21:1, or 32:1 when the spillover benefits to other states are included. These ratios correspond to real internal rates of return of 9 or 10 per annum, much smaller than those typically reported in the literature, partly because we have …
Strategies For Reducing Inequalities And Improving Developmental Outcomes For Young Children In Low-Income And Middle-Income Countries, Patrice L. Engle, Lia C.H. Fernald, Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Chloe O'Gara, Aisha Yousafzai, Meena Cabral De Mello, Melissa Hidrobo, Nurper Ulkuer, Ilgi Ertem, Selim Iltus
Strategies For Reducing Inequalities And Improving Developmental Outcomes For Young Children In Low-Income And Middle-Income Countries, Patrice L. Engle, Lia C.H. Fernald, Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Chloe O'Gara, Aisha Yousafzai, Meena Cabral De Mello, Melissa Hidrobo, Nurper Ulkuer, Ilgi Ertem, Selim Iltus
Psychology and Child Development
This report is the second in a Series on early child development in low-income and middle-income countries and assesses the effectiveness of early child development interventions, such as parenting support and preschool enrollment. The evidence reviewed suggests that early child development can be improved through these interventions, with effects greater for programmes of higher quality and for the most vulnerable children. Other promising interventions for the promotion of early child development include children’s educational media, interventions with children at high risk, and combining the promotion of early child development with conditional cash transfer programmes. Effective investments in early child development …
Self-Regulation Of Emotion, Functional Impairment, And Comorbidity Among Children With Ad/Hd, Arthur D. Anastopoulos, Taylor Smith, Melanie E. Garrett, Erin Morrissey-Kane, Nicole K. Schatz, Jennifer L. Sommer, Scott H. Kollins, Allison Ashley-Koch
Self-Regulation Of Emotion, Functional Impairment, And Comorbidity Among Children With Ad/Hd, Arthur D. Anastopoulos, Taylor Smith, Melanie E. Garrett, Erin Morrissey-Kane, Nicole K. Schatz, Jennifer L. Sommer, Scott H. Kollins, Allison Ashley-Koch
Psychology and Child Development
Objective: This study investigated the role of self-regulation of emotion in relation to functional impairment and comorbidity among children with and without AD/HD. Method: A total of 358 probands and their siblings participated in the study, with 74% of the sample participants affected by AD/HD. Parent-rated levels of emotional lability served as a marker for self-regulation of emotion. Results: Nearly half of the children affected by AD/HD displayed significantly elevated levels of emotional lability versus 15% of those without this disorder. Children with AD/HD also displayed significantly higher rates of functional impairment, comorbidity, and treatment service utilization. …
Adapting Clinical Services To Accommodate Needs Of Refugee Populations, Jessica A. Kaczorowski, Ann Shah Williams, Taylor F. Smith, Niloofar Fallah, Julia L. Mendez, Rosemery Nelson-Gray
Adapting Clinical Services To Accommodate Needs Of Refugee Populations, Jessica A. Kaczorowski, Ann Shah Williams, Taylor F. Smith, Niloofar Fallah, Julia L. Mendez, Rosemery Nelson-Gray
Psychology and Child Development
The diversity of the refugee population in the United States requires practicing psychologists to respond by adapting clinical services to meet their mental health needs. However, the available literature on culturally adapted treatments is only a first step in guiding the process for adapting clinical services. This paper describes our experiences with designing and adapting a variety of clinical services for youth and families with refugee status. Guided by Sue's (2006) tenets for culturally competent service delivery, we discuss a therapeutic model of tiered service delivery used to deliver preventative services and treatment to refugee youth and adults. We discuss …
Do Student Learning Styles Translate To Different "Testing Styles"?, Anika Leithner
Do Student Learning Styles Translate To Different "Testing Styles"?, Anika Leithner
Political Science
Professors seem to be more aware of different student learning styles than ever before and are utilizing various teaching techniques in order to appeal to different students in their classes. Unfortunately, presenting materials is only one side of the coin, while the other side—assessment—has not received the same amount of attention. After all, if teachers can agree that students have different methods for learning, does it not stand to reason that they have different methods of reproducing this knowledge as well? This article makes a case for more diverse assessment techniques within the same course, connecting our knowledge on individual …
A Report On The State Of Education And Graphic Communication Industry In Russia And Ukraine: A Five Week Journey, Ken Macro
Graphic Communication
No abstract provided.
Completing Your Story: Explaining Your 'Colorful' Career History To Potential Employers, Keri Schwab
Completing Your Story: Explaining Your 'Colorful' Career History To Potential Employers, Keri Schwab
Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration
KATIE, A 26 year-old volunteer coordinator for an educational nonprofit, was on her fifth "job" since graduating from college and in the process of applying for a sixth. Her resume read like a magazine article for 20-somethings: Six jobs to try before 30! She had served as an AmeriCorps volunteer, an international volunteer, worked a seasonal job with a film institute, completed a contract for an environmental group, and finally settled into a volunteer coordinator position. Next up, she was applying for an outreach position with an environmental non-profit. Well qualified and with excellent references, her biggest challenge was explaining …
The (Mis)Use Of Disaster As Opportunity: Coerced Relocation From Celaque National Park, Honduras, Benjamin F. Timms
The (Mis)Use Of Disaster As Opportunity: Coerced Relocation From Celaque National Park, Honduras, Benjamin F. Timms
Social Sciences
“Disaster capitalism” refers to political economic processes that take advantage of mass trauma to impose neoliberal capitalist economic policies, facilitating the redistribution of wealth and exacerbating socio-economic divisions. Here the basic tenets of disaster capitalism are applied in another context: how natural disasters can be used to impose exclusionary protected area conservation principles with similar socio-economic consequences and ecological ramifications. The post-Hurricane Mitch relocation of resident populations from Celaque National Park, Honduras serves as a case study whereby a natural disaster, combined with the effects of neoliberal structural adjustment policies, created the opportunity to implement a universal model of exclusionary …
An Assessment Of Morro Bay Residents' Attitudes Toward And Knowledge About Tourism: Setting A Foundation For Sustainable Tourism Development, Tyson Matthew David Stockton
An Assessment Of Morro Bay Residents' Attitudes Toward And Knowledge About Tourism: Setting A Foundation For Sustainable Tourism Development, Tyson Matthew David Stockton
Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to explore Morro Bay residents’ attitudes toward tourism and knowledge about tourism in the three major tourism impact categories (economic, socio-cultural, and environmental). A mail-back questionnaire was hand-delivered during the winter of 2011 to 720 Morro Bay residents. In general, Morro Bay residents had slightly positive attitudes toward tourism in their community. The mean attitude score was 3.27 on a 5-point Likert type scale. The subjects had a relatively low level of tourism knowledge. The mean total indirect tourism knowledge score was 2.98 on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Residents’ total direct tourism knowledge score …
Digital Mapping As A Student And Staff Communication Tool, Ryan Gyurkovitz
Digital Mapping As A Student And Staff Communication Tool, Ryan Gyurkovitz
Horticulture and Crop Science
A study in the use of Geographic Information Systems in the development of digital maps for use by students and staff in Plant Identification Courses.
Trends In Logo Design Among Fortune 100 Companies, Juliane Bone
Trends In Logo Design Among Fortune 100 Companies, Juliane Bone
Graphic Communication
Using ten different criteria to rigorously inspect ten logo designs, this paper concludes that conceptuality is perhaps the most important component of a brand’s identity. Graphic Communication students, who are the future of the industry, offered up their conclusions of these logos and the success of the design. With the incorporation of articles and opinions of those in the field, trends in the latest logos are found.
An Exploratory Investigation Of The Effects Of Dragon Boating On The Psychosocial Well-Being Of Female Cancer Survivors, Clara Therese Louise Vanherweg
An Exploratory Investigation Of The Effects Of Dragon Boating On The Psychosocial Well-Being Of Female Cancer Survivors, Clara Therese Louise Vanherweg
Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to prospectively examine the effects of dragon boat participation on the psychosocial well-being of female cancer survivors over time and compared with the population-based norms. Nine female cancer survivors belonging to the dragon boat team, SurvivOars, participated in the initial measurement process. The measurement packet was 21 page compilation of psychosocial questionnaires capturing demographics, quality of life, moods, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, self-esteem, self-efficacy, social support, physical activity levels, body image, and sedentary behaviors. After 8 weeks, 8 subjects completed the same follow-up questionnaire to assess changes in psychosocial variables over time. Scores were …
Urbanization And Daughter-Biased Parental Investment In Fiji, Dawn B. Neill
Urbanization And Daughter-Biased Parental Investment In Fiji, Dawn B. Neill
Social Sciences
Parental investment decisions guide parental actions regarding children’s productive work and are shaped by ecological context. Urban ecology enhances long-term payoffs to investment in human capital, increasing opportunity costs for work performed by children, and decreased workload should result. Using an embodied capital framework, self-reported data on urban and rural Indo-Fijian children’s work activities are compared. Results show higher workloads for older children, rural children, and girls. High scholastic achievement is associated with lower workloads for girls, but not boys. This pattern is interpreted as daughter-biased investment in the context of urbanization.
La Construcción Social Del Español En La Diglosia Educativa De California, Nicole Siminski
La Construcción Social Del Español En La Diglosia Educativa De California, Nicole Siminski
World Languages and Cultures
This project attempts to deconstruct the position of the Spanish language in society while observing its effects on Spanish speaking students in the education system. An extensive look at the history of bilingual education in California reveals its portrayal in society as well as how it is implemented in the school systems. I will study the reaction of both native English speaking children and native Spanish speaking children to learning a second language in a dual immersion setting. Dual Immersion programs are popular for English speaking families but Spanish speaking families are often hesitant to participate. Due to social class …