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Case Study Of San Francisco's Juvenile Probation Department's Community Service Program, Adrienne L. Blum

Master's Theses

The following cost/benefit case study researches the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department's alternative sentencing Community Service Program. The CSP offers nonviolent, criminally charged youth the opportunity to perform community service at various nonprofit organizations in lieu of incarceration in juvenile hall. This study highlights the benefits received as well as the associated costs incurred by juvenile offenders and nonprofit organizations as a result of their participation in the Community Service Program. Suggestions for further research and possible improvements to the program are discussed after the case study findings and results are presented.

For the case study, current participants or recent …

A Descriptive Study Of The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Depression By Nurse Practitioners, Polly T. Vick

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether family and adult nurse practitioners were able to diagnose and treat the depressed patient in the primary care setting. The sample included 28 adult and family nurse practitioners who had been practicing as NPs for at least one year and who were currently employed in the primary care setting. The researcher used five case studies that were developed by the investigator to portray different levels of depression. The study demonstrated a fair ability to diagnose depression. but not to recognize the different levels of depression. It also demonstrated a lack of …

Latino Organizations In San Francisco, Oakland, And Berkeley: Meeting The Challenges Of Fundraising, Mónica Natalia López

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to describe the fundraising effectiveness of Latino nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. A number of critical issues that contribute to fundraising effectiveness, such as the diversity of funding sources, board involvement in fundraising, organizational capacity to conduct fundraising, and relationships with the funding world, were explored. The study also describes the impediments to fundraising and the technical assistance needs of the Latino nonprofit organizations in the sample.

The study suggests that dedicated staff for fundraising is the most significant factor in accounting for the fundraising effectiveness of the organizations in the …

An Ulstrastructural Study Of Acetabularia Acetabulum, Rachel Vangilder

Master's Theses

Calcification within the cell and the cell wall Acetabularia acetabulum, a large single cell alga, is examined through an ultrastructural investigation, electron diffraction, and an elemental analysis. These methods suggest that amorphous calcium carbonate is located adjacent to and within the cell wall. The location of the crystals within and directly outside the cell wall suggests the calcium is obtained from the surrounding environment. Fibrillar structures are seen through SEM in areas where calcification is occurring. This fibrillar material appears to serve as the organic matrix where calcification initiates. Intracellularly electron dense materials is seen in the chloroplasts. This …

Attention, Memory, And Self-Efficacy Differences Between Adhd And Aging Individuals, Douglas Lee Welsh

Master's Theses

Attention and memory abilities decline with age. Although a similar pattern of attentional and memory decrement has been observed in individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), these two populations have never been directly compared. The present study examined performance on attention, self-efficacy (SE), and memory tasks by ADHD young adults and non-ADHD younger and older adults. ADHD adults displayed lower attentional SE than both non-ADHD younger and older adults, but performed comparably to older adults on an attention task on which non-ADHD younger adults outperformed both groups. ADHD adults and older adults had lower memory SE than non-AD HD …

Agency-Client Relationships : Comparing Advertising Agency And Client Perspectives, Helen Cantore

Master's Theses

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The Press And The 1960 Master Plan For Higher Education In California, Heather L. Jack

Master's Theses

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Creating And Sustaining Domestic Violence Through Communication, Nalla Sundarajan

Master's Theses

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Assessing The Business Benefits Of Corporate Volunteer Programs, Suzanne Allen Valdivia

Master's Theses

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Re-Examining Malcolm X, Daryl Farrah

Master's Theses

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Determining The Effectiveness Of Data Link Communications In The Terminal Environment, Michael Luis Montavlo

Master's Theses

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Framing Y2k : Year 2000 Crisis Or The Millenium Bug?, Yaryna Klioutchkovska

Master's Theses

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A Comparison Of Multi-Ethnic Images In U.S. And Taiwanese Television Commercials, Chi-Lin Kao

Master's Theses

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The Public Relations Function In High-Tech Organizations Of Silicon Valley, Madhupa Bakshi

Master's Theses

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Gender Communication Via Email Discussion List In An Organizational Setting, Kimberly Harbert

Master's Theses

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Critical Reflections Of Middle School Participants In The Students As Multicultural Educators Program: A Participatory Study, Gwenn Lei

Master's Theses

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Effects Of A Group Intervention On The Self-Esteem Of Sixth And Seventh Grade Girls, Anka M. Laszio

Master's Theses

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Education As A Tool For Social Change: Case Study Of An Arizona Inner-City Charter School, Heather Koger Devich

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between Perceived Availability Of Mentors, Expressed Need For Mentoring, And Student Satisfaction Among African American And Hispanic American Graduate Students, Denise Lutcher

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A Comparative Evaluation Of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy And Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy In The Treatment Of Comorbid Substance Abuse, Anxiety, And Depression In Substance Abusing Families, Terry Michael Mcclanahan

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Nonprofit Welfare-To-Work Programs: A Study Of The Programmatic Factors Related To Success For Single Tanf Women In Readiness Programs, Kathy Guidi

Master's Theses

This research project was a qualitative study with data collected primarily through interviews with three constituencies of welfare-to-work job readiness programs: TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) clients, nonprofit agency staff, and Department of Human Services (DHS) CalWORKs Department employment specialists. Specifically, six TANF clients, six nonprofit agency staff, and two DHS CalWORKs Department employment specialists were interviewed by the researcher. The study was conducted to determine which programmatic factors were related to success for single T ANF women participating in nonprofit organizations' work readiness programs in San Francisco. Program factors were divided into four areas: program model/structure, program curriculum, …

Community Foundations Serving Rural Regions: A Study Of Rural-Serving Community Foundations Located In Northern California, Michele B. Finstad

Master's Theses

This research project-a qualitative study with data collected primarily through interviews-was conducted to determine whether there are notable characteristics common to community foundations serving rural regions, and whether these characteristics differ from those of other community foundations in general. The framework developed for this research project was adapted from three empirical studies, each emphasizing specific characteristics related to organizational development and community foundations. The first study (Agard, 1992) examined the administrative, social, strategic, and technical systems of community foundations with regard to growth and change over time at different ages and asset sizes. The second study (Mayer, 1994) addressed the …

Modifications Of Nitric Oxide And Sexual Behavior In Prenatally Stressed Male Rats, Stephen D. Miller

Master's Theses

Normal male sexual differentiation is the culmination of perfectly timed, prenatal gonadal hormone release. Prenatal stress (PS) has a detrimental effect upon this process, obstructing the natural development of brain structures and sexual behavior. Prenatally-stressed male rats exhibit many physiological and neuroendocrinological differences when compared to control males. PS has a particularly harmful effect upon male sexual behavior, to which the neurotransmitter nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to be intimately involved. The present experiment examined whether PS reduces nNOS, the rate limiting enzyme of NO, in the medial preoptic area (rnPOA) of male rats, and whether administration of the …

Chief Executive Officers Of California Environmental Organizations: A Study Of Personal Values Congruence With Organizational Mission, Christine Marie Schmidt

Master's Theses

This study surveyed the Chief Executive Officers of 300 California environmental organizations to investigate whether these officers were personally committed to their organizations' missions as demonstrated by 1) past and present activities in their personal lives that indicated personal values similar to those espoused by the organization, and 2) their intent to stay with their organization. It was hypothesized that the level of activity in the personal lives of the CEOs demonstrating personal commitment to their organizations would be positively related to their intent to stay with their organizations. It was also expected that there would be a negative association …

A Case Study Of The Effectiveness Of Play Therapy With Inner-City Latino/A School Age Children Using A Single System Design, Anaisabel Marmolejo

Master's Theses

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A Multi-Families Support Group With Vietnamese Adolescents And Their Parent Measuring Parent-Child Interaction, Buu Thai

Master's Theses

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Faith And Understanding: The Reforms Of Nikolaus Cusanus, Joseph Eric Sych

Master's Theses

This paper explores the reform ideas of Nikolaus Cusanus, Bishop of Brixen, and Cardinal of St. Peter in Chains. It demonstrates the centrality of reform to the life of Cusanus, and traces the development of his reform ideas. To accomplish this, several of Cusanus' works are utilized, including De concordantia catholica, De dicta ignorant, De quaerendo Deum, several of his sermons, as well as Reformatio genera/is, which contains his reform ideas in their most mature stage of development. The paper argues that Cusanus' reform concept was formulated early, but was later influenced by the emergence of mystical and nominalistic forces.

Corporate Identity Campaign Management In Silicon Valley, Satina Chiu

Master's Theses

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Television's Role In The Socialization And Cultivation Of At-Risk Youth, Desiree Lea Jafferies

Master's Theses

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Cultural Dimensions Of Corporate Branding In The United States And Japan, Kiyomi Nagakura

Master's Theses

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