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Storm-Related Suspended Particulate Matter In Little Westham Creek, John R. Jordan

Master's Theses

Properties of a watershed regulate the amount of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in a stream. The present study examined relationships between storm-related SPM and impervious area and tree cover in the suburban watershed of Little Westham Creek, Richmond, Virginia during Summer and early Fall, 1999. SPM concentration, SPM discharge, and turbidity due to clay, silt and sand, and the areas of impervious surface and tree stand cover in the watershed were measured at three sites. SPM concentration, SPM discharge, and turbidity due to clay were greater upstream than downstream. The percentages of watershed area covered by impervious surfaces and tree …

The First Fifty Years Of Professional Baseball In Richmond, Virginia : 1883-1932, Scott P. Mayer

Master's Theses

A detailed history of Richmond, Virginia's relationship with professional baseball has never been chronicled, especially the turbulent, early years of its development. This study explores Richmond's relationship with baseball from 1883-1932. It includes information about the men who played on the field, the team owners, and also comments on the relationship shared by the team and the city.

The most reliable source of information regarding early baseball is the local newspaper. A detailed reading of the Richmond Daily Dispatch, and the successive Richmond Dispatch and Richmond Times-Dispatch, was undertaken for this project. While several newspapers have existed in Richmond's history, …

Financial Statement Ratio Standards For California Nonprofit Organizations, Margaret Ellen French

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to measure the central tendencies of selected financial ratio activity of nonprofit organizations in the state of California. It is a secondary analysis of data collected from the California Nonprofit Database Project using records provided by the IRS and California Registry of Charitable Trusts of IRS Form 990 tax information for year 1997. Only organizations that completed an audit were studied. The data sample for this study included 6031 organizations.

The following financial ratios were described: current assets, quick assets, debt ratio, fund balance reserve, unrestricted fund balance reserve, management and general expense, and …

From The Postal Medium To Electronic Media: A Historical Overview Of The Development Of Distance Learning In Higher Education With A Focus On Correspondence Study And Electronic Delivery Methods, Robson Marinho

Master's Theses

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study was to overview the development of distance learning in higher education both in the United States and around the world, stressing the relationship between correspondence study and electronic delivery methods as a basis for understanding and fostering different distance-learning methodologies.

Significance of the Study

The significance of this study resides in the fact that the current technological revolution is challenging all traditional forms of higher education and pointing to distance learning as the great phenomenon of today’s educational world. If distance education has played a secondary role in higher education so …

Liquefaction Mapping With A Geographic Information System Monterey County, Ca, John Matthew Gurley

Master's Theses

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A Rationale For Interscholastic Athletics In Jesuit High Schools In The United States, Ryan Jude Maher

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

Public Relations Professionalism In Taiwanese And U.S. High-Tech Companies, Yi Hu

Master's Theses

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Improved Leadership Through A Myers-Briggs Analysis: Personality Styles Of Principals And Teachers At The Secondary Level, Mark William Loos

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

The Effects Of Cognitive Strategy Instruction On Students' Reading Comprehension, Shira Lubliner

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

The De(Con)Struction Of Butch And Nelly: Participatory Research Regarding Gender Identity And Gender Self-Concept Of Gay Men, Rexton C. Lynn

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

Teachers' Perceived Effectiveness Of Their Evaluation Process At Selected School Districts, Heather Mcdougall

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

The Relationship Between Immediate Communication, Flow, And Motivation To Continue Learning And To Integrate Technology, Warren Linger

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

The Impact Of Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance And Media-Body Images On Women's Concern About Weight, Julianna M. Lyell

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

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 …

Government Contracting And The Unionization Of San Francisco's Social Service Nonprofits, Jeanne Bell Peters

Master's Theses

This study established baseline data about union activity among San Francisco's nonprofit social service agencies. It examined associations between agency staff size, annual budget size, reliance upon government funding, and the experience of union activity. It further sought to assess executive directors' opinions about factors motivating employees to organize, as well as their opinions about the viability of unionization in the nonprofit sector. The data demonstrate a strong, positive association between agency staff size, annual budget size, reliance upon government funding, and the experience of union activity. Executive directors of nonprofit social service agencies in this study believe that wages …

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 …

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 …

Sexual Decision-Making Among Homosexual Men In The San Francisco Bay Area, Matthew Edward Staley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Overcoming The Streets : An Exploration Of The Unique Wisdom Of Youths, Anne L. Roesler

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Attitudes Of Public Defenders And The Public On Drugs Issues, Shalini Arora

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

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

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

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

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

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

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis

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 …

Lord Lansdowne's Peace Letter And The Controversy It Caused, Mary Virginia Burton Cash

Master's Theses

This study analyzes the letter Lord Lansdowne published in the 29 November 1917 Daily Telegraph and the varied reactions to it. The letter and his Cabinet Memorandum, which preceded it by a year, give no evidence of the traitorous, cowardly, sick, or tired old man his detractors portrayed. The detractors naturally included his political opponents, but also Americans such as Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan. Interestingly, most abuse came from those of his own party with whom he had served his country in a variety of offices. This thesis explores the mystery of how a statesman could, by 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 …