Dissertations / Theses: 'University of Southern California Los Angeles'

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Yaghoubi, Isra. "Traditional Iranian Music in Irangeles: An Ethnographic Study in Southern California." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/305864.

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This study focuses on the musical activities and views of Iranian immigrant artists who perform, teach, and support traditional Iranian music in Los Angeles and Southern California. This geographic area and its interconnected social networks, which I refer to as Irangeles, is part of a diaspora culture industry where music is central to everyday life, but where modern Iranian pop music dominates. Given Iran's historical negative stigma attached to entertainment-oriented music making, and the popularity of entertainment and dance-driven Persian pop in contemporary Irangeles, practitioners of traditional Iranian music express frustration and face challenges in promoting their art, what they feel is an authentic form of Iranian culture. The music they make expresses both personal and cultural values: it is a form of creative expression that presents itself as interwoven with their Iranian identity, reflecting personal and cultural ideals of character in Iranian culture. My findings highlight how Iranian immigrant artists avail themselves of the socio-cultural infrastructure of Irangeles to network with like-minded artists and strategically use satellite TV, online technology and social media to find recognition for, teach, and promote diverse genres of traditional Iranian music in this particular diaspora setting.

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Tran, Annie M. "Neustonic Plastic in the Los Angeles River." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/54.

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The characterization of neustonic plastic found in the Los Angeles River was completed in this study. 3 water samples were collected from the river on April 30, 2011 in Long Beach, CA using a 0.5 mm manta trawl. The plastic was separated from organic material, divided into 3 class sizes (0.5 mm, 1.4 mm, and 2.44 mm), and identified and sized under a microscope. Plastic was found in all three samples and categorized into seven categories. Paper, plastic, and styrofoam were present in all three samples. Styrofoam contributed the greatest percentage of the plastic found among the samples. Plastic film had the largest mean size.

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Peterson, Samuel. "Spatial and Temporal Employment Relationships: Southern California as a Case Study." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1813.

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Southern California is the largest U.S. metropolitan area geographically, and demonstrates complex spatial relationships between county labor markets. This paper is interested in investigating the employment dependencies between the core city of Los Angeles its respective commuting sheds, such as San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Using time series data that includes labor demand shocks from the Great Recession, this analysis implements a vector autoregressive model to dissect the relationship between urban and suburban employment changes. The work finds a strong lagging-leading relationship between counties that varies by business cycle phase, and provides policy implications from this relationship.

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Kropp, Phoebe S. ""All our yesterdays" : the Spanish fantasy past and the politics of public memory in Southern California, 1884-1939 /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9936872.

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Koegel, John. "Mexican-American music in nineteenth-century Southern California : the Lummis wax cylinder collection at the Southwest Museum,Los Angeles /." Ann Arbor (Mich.) : UMI, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb400363816.

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Rios, Bernardo Ramirez. "Culture, Migration, and Sport: A Bi-National Investigation of Southern Mexican Migrant Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338140496.

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Hansen, Linda Case. "Education by the ballot box : the impact of Proposition 227 on elementary and unified school districts in Los Angeles County /." La Verne, Calif. : University of La Verne, 2003. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.garfield.ulv.edu/dissertations/fullcit/3081987.

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Varillas, Montenegro Alberto. "RUT HOUSE WEBBER, Formulistic diction in the Spanish ballad. University of California Press. Berkeley and Los Angeles. 1951 . (University 01 California Publications in Modern Philology, vol . XXXIV. núm. 2. págs . 175-278)." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/114162.

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Stewart, Shawna Lynn. "Charles C. Hirt at the University of Southern California| Significant contributions and an enduring legacy." Thesis, University of Southern California, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3564029.

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Dr. Charles Hirt and the Department of Church and Choral Music at the University of Southern California (USC) produced some of America's most successful choral conductors and administrators. Many of those students are conducting or administrating at the finest colleges and universities, secondary schools, churches, and community choral organizations in the nation. From the earliest moments of his career, Charles Hirt himself received a seemingly endless string of accolades. Always focused on the betterment and future of the choral arts, he was a "founding father" of significant choral organizations such as the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Choral Conductors Guild of California, and the International Federation of Choral Music. It was also his visionary mindset that served as a hallmark of his tenure at USC and arguably earned him the right to stand as an equal alongside the greatest of American choral conductors.

It is the aim of this study to examine Hirt's significant contributions to the University of Southern California and his legacy as it continues on in his students and the subsequent generation of choral leaders they generated.

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Burt, James Augustus. "An investigation of the relationship between class I railroad employment and TEU traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, California: 1997-2006." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2008. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04042008-091302.

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Steers, Robert Jeremy. "Invasive plants, fire succession, and restoration of Creosote bush scrub in Southern California." Diss., [Riverside, Calif.] : University of California, Riverside, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1663078461&SrchMode=2&sid=1&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1265220063&clientId=48051.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2008.
Includes abstract. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed Febrary 3, 2010). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.

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Cosby, Kerri L. "From Mission to Megacity: The Changing Concentration of the Los Angeles City-system." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2004. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd415.pdf.

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Martinez, Garcia Mariana I. "Chicanos in education : an examination of the 1968 east Los Angeles student walkouts!" Scholarly Commons, 2008. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/695.

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In 1968 the Los Angeles community witnessed the up rise of thousands of Chicano students when they walked out of their high school on an early morning in March. The purpose of this study was to further understand the 1968 student walkouts as presented by student participants. The study was carried out as a phenomenological study and used a Critical Race Theory (CRT) framework to interpret the students' interpretation of the Walkouts.

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Goforth, Brett Russell. "Effects of extreme drought and megafires on sky island conifer forests of the Peninsular Ranges, southern California." Diss., [Riverside, Calif.] : University of California, Riverside, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1957308691&SrchMode=2&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1268852651&clientId=48051.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.
Includes abstract. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 16, 2010). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.

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Batie, Michael. "Charter schools and market segmentation." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=32&did=1905738701&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=7&retrieveGroup=0&VType=PQD&VInst=PROD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270138718&clientId=48051.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 149-156). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.

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Lee, Keisha Renee. "An Investigation of the Relationships of Student Engagement and Academic Performance of Supplemental Instruction Students Concurrently Enrolled in a Gateway Mathematics Course at California State University in Southern California." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10751920.

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This study, conducted at California State University (CSU) in Southern California, focused on student engagement factors and academic performance of supplemental instruction (SI) students concurrently enrolled in a gateway mathematics course. The purpose of this quantitative correlational survey study was to investigate engagement factors employed by SI students enrolled in gateway mathematics courses; the researcher explored the relationships of the SI students’ engagement factors to their gateway mathematics course grades. The participants completed a web-based survey in which they responded to items regarding their behaviors, thoughts, and feelings as experienced in the gateway mathematics course and the SI class sessions. The responses were scored within 4 engagement factor scales including skills engagement, emotional engagement, participation/interaction engagement, and performance engagement. The results of this study provided support for 2 alternative hypotheses: (a) there was a positive relationship between each of the 4 engagement factors and the gateway mathematics course grades of the participants, and (b) there was a positive relationship of the linear combination of the 4 engagement factors to the gateway mathematics course grades of the participants. The findings of this research study supported 3 conclusions: (a) engagement is a multidimensional construct, and the more students are engaged in their studies, the more likely they are to earn higher grades in a gateway mathematics course; (b) academic support and resources are essential for student learning; (c) college success, specifically, positive academic course performance, is a significant indicator of persistence toward college completion. Recommendations based on the findings and conclusions of this study include regular collaboration of efforts among all university stakeholders to provide a variety of student-centered venues for academic support and resources to engage students in developing self-efficacy for academic success in gateway mathematics courses.

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Carlson, Micah. "RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUNG ADULTS: A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR A COLLEGIATE RECOVERY PROGRAM AT A MIDSIZED PUBLIC UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/663.

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Substance use and substance use disorders continue to impact the health and safety of people across the United States. A population in which substance use and substance use disorders tend to be the highest being with college-age populations. In response to this growing public health concern, Recovery Support Services (RSS) are being implemented across colleges and universities nationwide. With each college or university being diverse based on its location, size, and demographics RSS resources do not look the same as they spread from campus to campus. This research project analyzed the current resources, how they are implemented, and how they correspond to the student population at a midsized public university located in Southern California. Utilizing a focus group and several structured interviews a survey design was assembled. The participants interviewed were asked a series of questions based on possible personal and departmental service viewpoints of pre-existing services as well as the quality of said services. Additionally, participants were asked about services not offered, as well as any issues that are not currently being addressed, and were asked to give feedback about each topic. Qualitative data were transcribed, analyzed, and coded using Microsoft Word as the coding software. Surveys were created and distributed via email, IBM SPSS was used for the statistical analysis, and results were compiled and recorded, with the study being reported to the campus Health Center for possible future program creation.

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Carvalho, Paulo Neves de. "Dissertação - An Analysis of Control and Coordination in the Public Service." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FJP, 2017. http://www.repositorio.fjp.mg.gov.br/handle/123456789/2571.

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Dissertação - Uma Análise de Controle e Coordenação no Serviço Público apresentada em Junho de 1955.
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Dissertação apresentada por Paulo Neves de Carvalho ao Corpo Docente da Escola de Administração Pública The University of Southern California. Em Atendimento Parcial dos Requisitos para o Grau de Doutor em Administração Pública.Junho de 1955.

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Carvalho, Paulo Neves de. "Uma Análise de Controle e Coordenação no Serviço Público." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FJP, 2017. http://www.repositorio.fjp.mg.gov.br/handle/123456789/2689.

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Dissertação - Uma análise de Controle e Coordenação no Serviço Público, apresentada em Junho de 1955.
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Thomas, James. "An analysis of the effectiveness of total quality management in local government /." La Verne, Calif. : University of La Verne, 2003. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.garfield.ulv.edu/dissertations/fullcit/3102441.

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Friedman, Paul Travis. "Elementary school principals' perceptions of teacher evaluation practices." Scholarly Commons, 2007. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/675.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions,)[ elementary school principals of teacher evaluation practices in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Specifically, the current study was guided by the following research questions: 1) What are the perceptions of elementary public school principals regarding the effectiveness of teacher evaluation in public elementary schools? and 2) To what extent do elementary school principals' perceptions of the effectiveness of teacher evaluation vary by selected demographic variables (e.g. socio-economic status (SES), Academic Performance Index (API) score, student ethnicity makeup, and size of school)? The collective bargaining agreement for the school district was reviewed and the perceptions of the different principals regarding teacher evaluation practices as well as their specific evaluation procedures at the site level were compared. Results revealed that the collective bargaining agreement did not place serious limitations on evaluation practices. Results of this study also demonstrated that elementary school principals indicated overwhelmingly that teacher evaluation needed to be improved to be more comprehensive, including more informal observations and feedback to be taken into account during the evaluation!on process. In addition, concerns were present regarding the consistency of how the teacher evaluations were conducted and the meaningfulness of the teacher evaluation process. In addition, concerns were present regarding the consistency of how the teacher evaluations were conducted and the meaningfulness of the teacher evaluation process. Results further indicated that time constraints and other factors limited the ability of principals to provide meaningful feedback to teachers. The results of this survey reflect a desire on the part of elementary school principals to see the teacher evaluation process changed to become more effective. This change in the teacher evaluation process will help principals make a difference for everyone- principals, teachers, and students alike.

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León, Miranda Bryan Alexander, Quicaño Ricardo Roca, and Porras A. Chavez. "Cuestionarios de calidad de vida en cáncer de próstata quirúrgico: University of California-Los Angeles-Prostate Cancer Index (UCLA-PCI) vs. Expanded Prostate Cancer Index (EPIC) vs. Cuestionario Calidad de Vida en Pacientes con Cáncer de Próstata (CAVIPRES)." Elsevier B.V, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/348556.

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Armstrong, Rebecca. "The Bernard Field Station: An Unanswered Question." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/30.

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An historical account of the Bernard Field Station and its present uses. Examining the rhetoric of Land Planning within the Claremont Consortium using archival documents and previous historical documentations. Examining the problems of the land's management and contentious history as well as the future intentions of the space.

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James, Lisa. "“To shape God, Shape Self”: The Political Manipulation of the Human Body and Reclamation of Space in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23673.

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This paper considers the role of the human body in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of theSower and the way it interacts with defined space to stage expressive forms of politicalopposition. Understanding the relationship between physical or metaphorical space and thecontradictions of the societies they encompass is crucial to deciphering Butler’s near-futuredystopia; a world where the problems of real-life Los Angeles and Southern California aredistorted into a gross carnivalesque of gender stereotypes, sociopolitical tensions, and vigilante warfare. This paper places a special emphasis on the areas of social and political stagnation found in Butler’s vision of near-future L.A., and analyses the dangers of clinging to archaic, patriarchal systems that no longer resonate with contemporary audiences. Focus is also placed on potential methods of resistance against oppressive social institutions, particularly exploring the limitations met by protagonist, Lauren Oya Olamina, in her attempts to voice concerns in a society where language is so nuanced by “traditional” gendered qualities that the female voice carries no political value. This papers also questions theories which promote violent confrontation as a means to social reform, disregarding collateral damage and victims of war in favour of insurgency. By exploring the movement of the human body away from defined space, this paper supports Butler’s notion of alternative prosocial action which celebrates the margins of society, positing a nurturing, constructive means to resist political opposition.

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Smith, Ginger Elliott. "Technology and artistic practice in 1960s and 1970s Southern California." Thesis, 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16035.

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This dissertation traces the ways in which the emergent countercultures on the West Coast, in parallel with the high-technology industrial complex of Southern California, fostered ad-hoc experimentation with technology in studio and post-studio practices. In the studio, individual artists researched, experimented with, and became self-taught experts on discrete technologies. In comparison, post-studio methods functioned less as a top-down mastery and innovation within a singular craft (as in the initial studio methods), and, instead, involved the creation of immersive, perceptual environments. The Introduction situates the development of the art/technology phenomenon alongside the emergence of the art scene in Los Angeles, expanding the literature in relation to other more established histories. Each of the first three chapters focuses on one case study--Larry Bell, Mary Corse, and Fred Eversley--to reveal the scope of appropriated technologies and the permutations within various mediums (glass sculpture, industrial lighting schematics, acrylic painting, and polyester sculpture). Chapter 4 analyzes this plurality, focusing on the appropriation of cognitive psychology. As technological appropriation became more commonplace, and particularly as some artists came to require larger spaces, curators and institutions helped orchestrate experimentation with immersive environments. I explore the range of post-studio practices in the works of Lloyd Hamrol, Tom Eatherton, Michael Asher, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Maria Nordman, and Eric Orr, among others, and include Hal Glicksman as a key example of curatorial influence. The concluding chapter considers the art/technology legacy alongside themes of dilapidation and obsolescence. This dissertation demonstrates how art with reflective and/or transparent materials of high-tech industry prescribed movements for viewer engagement--an embodied experience of mobile spectatorship in Los Angeles of the 1960s and 1970s. I correlate these movement patterns, in parallel with light, space, and sourced technology, to the experience of each work.

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Schneider, Craig L. "Pre-pliocene structural geology and structural evolution of the northern Los Angeles Basin, southern California." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/35965.

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Detailed subsurface structure contour maps and cross sections have shown the northern Los Angeles basin to be underlain by a south facing monocline that is complicated by secondary faults and folds. The monocline forms a structural shelf that marks the northern boundary of the Los Angeles central trough. The monocline and associated structures are called the Northern Los Angeles shelf. Isopach maps show that during the Miocene, the predominant structural style was extension. Thick accumulations of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, controlled by normal faults, had a very different depositional pattern than during the Pliocene. At approximately the beginning of the Pliocene extension changed to compression resulting in the reactivation of the Miocene normal faults in a reverse sense and the beginning of the formation of the monocline and secondary structures. Thick growth sequences were deposited to the south of the growing monocline toward the present day Los Angeles central trough. Fault-bend and fault-propagation fold models are inadmissible solutions to explain the growth of the monocline. A basement-involved shear model may explain some of the details of the secondary structures. Analysis of the Pliocene growth strata shows that the monocline and secondary structures, the South Salt Lake, the East Beverly Hills, and the Las Cienegas anticlines, all began to form near the beginning of the Pliocene. All of the secondary structures became inactive prior to the Upper Pico during the Late Pliocene. Thick accumulations of Upper Pico growth strata attest to continued monoclinal folding after the secondary structures became inactive. The growth strata record both the structural growth and the shortening associated with growth and therefore allow the dip of the monocline causing fault or shear zone (the Monocline fault) to be calculated. In the East Beverly Hills area, the growth strata yield a dip of 61°. At Las Cienegas the dip of the Monocline fault is 62°. These dips are maximum values based on the assumption the growth strata record all shortening. The fault slip rates for the Monocline fault are similar in both areas, 1.1-1.2 mm/yr in the East Beverly Hills and 1.3-1.5 mm/yr. in Las Cienegas. The resulting horizontal convergence rates are also similar, .5-.6 mm/yr and .6-.7 mm/yr respectively. The Quaternary marine gravels have been deformed into a broad east-west trending fold, the Wilshire arch. Elastic and non-elastic methods of modeling the blind fault (Wilshire fault), over which the deformation occurred, yield much greater shortening rates than for the Pliocene. The non-elastic method involves modeling the arch as a fault-bend fold. This model predicts a 15° north-dipping thrust with a slip rate of 1.5-1.9 mm/yr and a horizontal shortening rate of 1.4-1.8 mm/yr. The elastic method involves matching the observed deformation to that produced on the free surface by slip on a fault in an elastic half-space. The elastic dislocation model predicts a right-lateral reverse slip solution with an oblique-slip rate of 2.6-3.3 mm/yr. This solution yields a horizontal shortening rate of 1.4-1.8 mm/yr. These higher shortening rates suggest that there was a marked change in tectonic style at the end of the Pliocene from high-angle faulting and tectonic subsidence to shallow faulting and uplift.
Graduation date: 1994

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Herzog, David W. "Subsurface structural evolution along the northern Whittier fault zone of the eastern Los Angeles basin, Southern California." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33340.

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The Whittier fault forms the central part of a fault system extending from the East Montebello fault at Whittier Narrows to the Elsinore fault, which is traced as far as the Mexican border. The Whittier fault forms a restraining bend in this fault system, resulting in uplift of the Puente Hills. The northwestern part of the Whittier fault in the Whittier oil field in the eastern Los Angeles basin strikes approximately N65��W and dips 70-75�� northeast. The fault is near the range front of the Puente Hills northwest of Turnbull Canyon, and within the Puente Hills to the southeast. The central reach of the Whittier fault had normal separation in the Relizian and Luisian stages of the middle Miocene. From the Mohnian through Repettian stages of the late Miocene and early Pliocene, little, if any, offset occurred until the initiation of reverse offset in the Venturian stage of the late Pliocene. A component of right-lateral strike-slip may have been added near the end of the Pliocene, coinciding with the formation of the Elsinore fault. The Workman Hill and Whittier Heights faults may have formed in the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene, coinciding with the possible initiation of strike-slip on the Whittier fault. The present sense of slip on the Whittier fault southeast of the study area is nearly pure right-lateral strike-slip, with a slip rate of 2-3 mm/yr. The northwestern part of the Whittier fault has a component of reverse slip of approximately 1 mm/yr. The amount of strike-slip on this part of the fault was not determined by this study. The Rideout Heights, 304, and 184 low-amplitude anticlines formed in the Whittier oil field area in the late Miocene and early Pliocene. The Rideout Heights anticline is a southwest-verging fault-propagation fold trending northwesterly from the mouth of Turnbull Canyon through the Rideout Heights area. Strata are overturned in the southwest limb of the fold, and normally dipping in the northeast limb; the fold has been cut along its hinge by the Whittier fault. The 304 and 184 anticlines are north-verging and appear to be beddingplane shear folds in the northeast limb of the La Habra syncline. Recent strike-slip on the Whittier fault may have reactivated the 184 anticline, causing uplift of the footwall block south of Turnbull Canyon. North of Turnbull Canyon, the Whittier fault is at the range front with no evidence of Quaternary footwall uplift. The 304 anticline could be a fault-propagation fold from a previously-unknown southwest dipping blind reverse fault south of the Whittier fault; uplift on this fold could also be the cause of footwall uplift south of Turnbull Canyon. Active fault traces, possibly strike-slip, are on or near the Whittier fault south of Turnbull Canyon, but to the north, recent offsets appear to be northeast of the Whittier fault in the Puente Hills. These offsets may represent an attempt of the Whittier fault to straighten itself by bypassing the restraining bend at Turnbull Canyon. so, this movement is too recent to offset conglomerate beds more than a few tens of meters.
Graduation date: 1998

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"Perceptions of New Adjuncts on the Optional Professional Development at University Of California, Los Angeles Extension." Doctoral diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.53923.

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abstract: This mixed-methods study explored perceptions of new adjuncts on various trainings with regards to satisfying their professional and aspirational needs. Three trainings were offered in fall 2018 quarter as optional professional development: workshop, and two roundtable sessions. These trainings assisted adjuncts with their teaching skills, educational technology and pedagogy. Guidance was provided from experienced adjuncts and staff. Surveys and interviews with adjuncts, along with a focus group with staff were the sources of data for this study. A repeated measures Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) model was utilized. Analysis of data showed that there was a positive and statistical significance of change in perceptions of adjuncts who participated in all trainings towards fulfilling their needs, as compared to those who did not participate in any trainings. Adjuncts perceived an improvement in their professional growth based on Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory and the trainings also fulfilled their higher-level growth needs based on Maslow’s hierarchical needs theory. A large practical significance was also found which measures the practical impact of such trainings at local communities of practice.
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Doctoral Dissertation Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 2019

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Huang, Chenjie. "Synoptic-scale and mesoscale environments conducive to forest fires during the October 2003 extreme fire event in southern California." 2007. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03202007-163233/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

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Chuang, I.-Chen, and 莊宜蓁. "The Recruitment Strategies of International Students in U.S. Universities--A Case Study of University of Southern California." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9zg3g7.

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This research is mainly to probe into the existing circumstances of the recruitment strategies of international students in University of Southern California, and draw the research conclusions for the reference suggestions of existing circumstances of the recruitment strategies of international students in Taiwanese universities and the prospective formulation. The purposes of this research are: 1. Understanding the recent circumstances of the recruitment strategies of international students in University of Southern California. 2. Analyzing the recent circumstances of the recruitment strategies of international students in University of Southern California. 3. According to the above conclusions of this research offering suggestion to the recent circumstances of the recruitment strategies of international students in Taiwanese universities, for being referred to framing the recruitment strategies of international students by the educational policy decision departments in Taiwanese universities. This research adopts the method of searching and collecting related references and data to come at the feasible research methods of analyzing and investigating this theme, through understanding and probing into the related theory about U. S.’ recruiting international students, the developing process of the recruitment strategies of international students in U. S. universities, and the related research about the recruitment strategies of international students. And then using documentary analysis as the main research method, for understanding and analyzing the existing circumstances of the recruitment strategies of international students in University of Southern California, to summarize the main points of that above, and draw the reference to the development of recruitment strategies of international students in Taiwanese universities. The conclusions of this research are: 1. The strategy of international students’ scholarships offered by USC isn’t the strong pull force from USC to international students. 2. The strategy of international students’ full tuition offered by USC isn’t the strong pull force from USC to international students. 3. The strategy of international students’ service offered by USC is the pull force from USC to international students. By the research conclusions, some suggestions are offered to Taiwanese universities formulate the recruitment strategies of their international students: 1. Taiwanese universities may offer the full scholarships with more varieties and including more items of study fees. 2. Taiwanese universities may establish more school wide scholarships, allow prospective or on-campus students to apply to. 3. Taiwanese universities need to set up at least one international counsel service center in their campuses, and arrange a full-time position to be in charge of the affairs there. 4. Taiwanese universities need to establish the offices in the homeland of their graduated international students’.

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