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DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cccc
title: CCDC 11: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

description: Related Article: Duen-Ren Hou, Joseph H. Reibenspies, Thomas Colacot, Kevin Burgess|2013|Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.E:Cryst.Commun.|55|29|doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.11.002
description: An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.ccnn
title: CCDC 20: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

description: Related Article: Marko Polo, John Kleenex|2016|CSD Communication|||
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description: An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-117245
title: An Exploratory Study of the Practice of Advocacy By Social Workers in Family Service and Child Guidance Agencies
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-121885
title: Social work, the law, and cohabitation
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-132311
title: A study of the Benjamin Rush Center-Venice population with emphasis on center use by poor, minority, and elderly consultees
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-142244
title: Some factors influencing voluntary employment terminations of social workers in one district of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-145537
title: A Black community's perception of community mental health
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-330742
title: Bringing GIS to a small community water system

description: Community Water Systems (CWS) are public or private water systems that supply water to the same population year-round, and they provide drinking water to over 300 million people in the United States each year. While the majority of the population is served by larger CWSs, where populations range from 10,000 to 100,000+, there are three times as many small water systems, where populations are less than 10,000, and these water systems generally have smaller budgets for maintaining or improving their systems. Many of these small CWSs rely on outdated maps or have no maps at all, and may not have the budget for a GIS. The goal of this study is to develop inexpensive geospatial solutions that can be implemented in small rural CWSs. ❧ As a case study, a geographic information system (GIS) was created and implemented at the Descanso Community Water District in San Diego County, California using open source GIS software. The Descanso CWD relied on outdated paper CAD maps and has no spatial data of their infrastructure. Locations of all features found in the water system were collected using high accuracy GPS. The locations of pipes were digitized with the aid of Descanso CWD employees using Esri’s ArcMap. The datasets were added in QGIS, an open source GIS software, and displayed over aerial photographs and other background data. A detailed map atlas of the water system and a small-scale wall map were created. Metadata for all data was created in XML format. A system employee was trained on the functions of the GIS software that are necessary to update the data as needed, which will allow the Descanso CWD to operate and maintain their GIS in-house instead of relying on a contractor to perform the work for them. A workflow for implementing a GIS at a small CWS was then created based on the findings of the case study.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-43895
title: Religiosity and ethnicity as factors influencing attitudes of the elderly toward death and dying
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-104783
title: An exploratory study of the communication between the Mexican American parent and the school
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-117445
title: Chronic illnesses in children: The impact on the family
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-121432
title: A study of breast reconstruction
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-136742
title: Some social factors contributing to successful completion of vocational rehabilitation
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-44341
title: Utilization of support networks by ethnic elderly in response to the crisis of hospitalization
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-125173
title: Library research study in the field of family therapy
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-159700
title: A study of clients' perception of service at Foothill Family Service---a follow-up study
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-377789
title: Spatiotemporal spillover in Lawn-to-Garden program participation in Long Beach, California

description: Turf replacement rebate programs are a water-conservation measure promoted by many local and regional government agencies in California. In an effort to reduce outdoor water use, these programs offer financial incentives to homeowners who replace water-intensive lawns with drought-tolerant landscaping and more efficient irrigation systems. Previous studies, however, have found that landscaping choices are based on more than just economic factors; social pressure, neighborhood norms, and property value are also important considerations, and homeowners tend to opt for landscaping similar to that of their neighbors. This study uses GIS, linear regression, binary logistic regression, and a comparison of means to characterize a spatiotemporal spillover effect in turfgrass replacement rebate program participation data for Long Beach, California. The study determines that residents are more likely to participate in a Lawn-to-Garden program when one or more neighbors on the same block have already completed turfgrass replacement projects. In fact, a block with a single project completion is 5.8 times more likely to see a future application submission than blocks where no projects have been completed, and the highest future application rates occur on blocks where more than 8% of households have already completed a Lawn-to-Garden project. Project completions on adjacent blocks were found to be far less influential. These findings indicate that residents are more willing to replace their conventional landscaping with drought-tolerant gardens after an alternative norm has been established on visually adjacent properties, suggesting that local governments should consider focusing their turf replacement program marketing and support efforts on blocks with no prior participation.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-130250
title: Female minority practitioners' self-report of how their own sex and ethnicity interact with the treatment process of white clients
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-130469
title: A study of the familiarization process of recent Chinese immigrants
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-143389
title: Cancer related experiences of six university students
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-154659
title: The integrated versus the specific social work curriculum: Comparison of former students' appraisals
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-129207
title: An Exploratory Study of Asian, Black, and Hispanic Community Organizers Operating in Ethnic Communities
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-134897
title: Cultural and ethnic factors in clinical social work
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-145865
title: Exploratory study of the impact of case records upon clinical diagnosis
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-151408
title: An exploratory study of group treatment for suicidal people
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-315383
title: Unraveling the active ingredients underlying improved movement time in hemiparetic reaching: development of a movement performance rating tool

description: Background: The Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) time score is frequently used to measure post‐stroke arm function. However, there are multiple movement solutions for any given time score. ❧ Objective: To adapt a standardized reaching performance rating scale to assess movement performance quality for two WMFT items. ❧ Design: We customized a valid video‐based rating scale (the Reaching Performance Scale, RPS) to measure movement performance for the “Lift Can” and “Hand to Box” WMFT items. We tested reliability and validity of the adapted scale (i.e., WMFT‐RPS), and explored the association between changes in movement performance and movement time. ❧ Methods: We tested inter‐ and intra‐rater reliability for the six ordinal‐scale elements of WMFT‐RPS using weighted kappa and percent agreement. Concurrent validity was assessed by comparing WMFT‐RPS score to baseline log mean WMFT time, mean WMFT Functional Abilities Scale and Upper Extremity Fugl Meyer Motor Score using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (rs). We used linear regression to explore the association between pre‐post intervention WMFT‐RPS score change and movement time. ❧ Results: Inter‐ and intra‐rater reliability weighted kappa ranged from 0.22-0.82, and weighted percent agreement ranged from 90.4-98.5%. Total WMFT‐RPS was significantly correlated with all three functional measures (range rs=-0.72 to 0.82, p&lt;0.05). There was a significant association between baseline-adjusted movement time change and total WMFT‐RPS change for the Hand to Box (p=0.02), but not the Lift Can task (p=0.88). ❧ Limitations: Being the first report of reliability and validity of an adapted video‐based movement performance tool, reproducibility and validation in a larger sample is warranted. ❧ Conclusions: The WMFT‐RPS is a valid and reliable video‐based rating tool with promise for revealing how upper limb movements recover after stroke.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-121816
title: Parents Anonymous: A study of a voluntary self-help organization for child abusers
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-123958
title: Perceptions of the helping process at the Pasadena Child Guidance Clinic by former clients of varied socioeconomic class
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-247183
title: The role of educational leadership in participation in the National  Program of Science and Technology Fairs at Eastside Elementary in the Mountain Region of Costa Rica

description: Countries around the globe are making changes to their education systems to evolve with the constantly shifting economic demands of the 21st century. Costa Rica has been positively and negatively affected by the global economy and the shifting of foreign investments by multinational corporations. The country has looked to its education system to produce workers equipped with 21st-century skills to compete for jobs in the global marketplace. The Costa Rican government has implemented several strategies to improve its education system to produce citizens who are capable of competing for jobs in the fickle jobs market. National Executive Decree #31900, mandating participation by all Costa Rican students in the National Program of Science and Technology Fairs (Programa Nacional de Ferias de Ciencia y Tecnología [PRONAFECYT]) is one strategy to prepare its students to be college or career ready. The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of educational leadership on participation in the science fairs in Costa Rica’s primary schools. The study identified the role of educational leaders in development and implementation of the science fairs. ❧ Data gathered via interviews, surveys, and observations depicted a system influenced by local, regional, and national leadership. To ensure that the science fairs initiative is implemented as intended, site and system leaders must create a shared vision of the program at all levels of implementation. In addition, the governmental mandate must be supported with resources for schools, teachers, parents, and students, in order to ensure equitable participation by all students.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-312521
title: Learning to write the right way: discourse initiation in the college classroom

description: Through using the framework of sociocultural theory, this study examined the ways in which students were initiated into an academic discourse community at a public college through the required courses of first year composition (FYC). The purpose of the study was to see how instructors assisted students to become part of the academic discourse community through learning to write at the proficiency level required at the college, and it was motivated by the following research question:  How do writing instructors of the entry-level writing requirement within FYC describe and implement the initiation of their students into the broader academic discourse community at a public college campus? The participants in this study were three entry-level writing instructors. By using a qualitative research design, the study used interviews and observations with classroom instructors as well as artifacts (e.g., worksheets) that yielded two main findings: first, unanticipated findings revealed that the graduate school initiation process the instructors went through could influence how they then set up the initiation process for their students; second, the instructors indicated a strong commitment supporting students in meeting expectations of academic writing and pursued this through sociocultural activities in the classroom.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-124979
title: Initiation/non-initiation/mutual-initiation as a factor in post divorce distress
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-125926
title: A model for program evaluaton: Nutrition programs for the elderly
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-138668
title: Adoptees' curiosity about origin---a search for identity
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-140371
title: Interaction patterns of families with a suicidal adolescent
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-141639
title: A comparative study of clinical practice orientations and careers of social workers as related to race and gender
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-144703
title: Three who died: An exploratory study in child abuse-related deaths
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-153165
title: Some factors associated with utilization of indigenous non-professionals in a public welfare program
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-353980
title: Black infant mortality in Kalamazoo, Michigan: understanding key elements of the social determinants of health model in eliminating health disparities in communities

description: The burden of infant mortality rates has disproportionately affected the Black population across the globe and in the United States. The infant mortality rate disparity between the White and Black populations across several communities is a major public health issue. For Kalamazoo, a small county in the state of Michigan, Black infants are dying at a rate of 4.5 times more than White infants. Analyzing the contributing factors to the high Black infant mortality rates in Kalamazoo is crucial to designing practical and innovative community responses that will eliminate health disparities and reduce infant mortality. Many communities across the United States have taken different approaches to addressing health disparities. This research will examine the integration of social structures and systems that contribute to racial disparities and poor birth outcomes in Kalamazoo. The research analyzes the practical interventions and steps taken to address infant mortality disparities in Genesee County, a successful approach, and examines whether these steps can be integrated in the Kalamazoo efforts. The theoretical perspective of this research focuses on the key elements of the Social Determinants of Health model. Using a mixed method research design, the relationship between the key elements of the Social determinants of Health model and infant mortality in Kalamazoo is analyzed. The key findings indicate that 1) racial differences in socioeconomic status between White and Black women have significant impact on birth outcomes; 2) disparities exist regardless of income level; 3) perceived discrimination experienced by Black women does affect their birth outcomes; 4) education alone as a protective factor in communities without promoting equity cannot eliminate racial disparities; and 5) policies and practices should have intentional focus on populations at risk to improve health outcomes and reduce health and racial disparities.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-376458
title: Inhibition of cell surface translocation of 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) by small molecules

description: The 78kDa glucose regulated protein (GRP78), also known as BiP, belongs to the heat shock protein (HSP) family and is a major chaperone resides in endoplasmic reticulum (ER). GRP78 is a master regulator of the unfolded protein response (UPR), a cell adaptive program in response to ER stress caused by accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins. Recent studies have shown that GRP78 can re-localize from the ER to the cell surface of stressed cancer cells and participate in critical oncogenic signaling pathways. However, its mechanisms to translocate GRP78 and exert its novel functions remain unclear. By using Dasatinib, a Src inhibitor, we discovered that the activation of Src which is induced by ER stress through specific UPR signaling pathway is required for the expression of cell surface GRP78. In the second part, we identified Oleandrin, a compound belonging to cardiac glycosides which inhibit the Na⁺/K⁺ ATPase ion pump on the plasma membrane, could suppress ER stress-induced total as well as cell surface GRP78 expression. This study focused on the small molecules effects of blocking the expression of cell surface GRP78 and contributed to uncovering the mechanism of ER stress-induced Src activation, which provided possible future direction to further investigate the process of GRP78 translocation.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-414242
title: South Korean zombie cinema: consumerism, carnivores, and ecocriticism

description: Since George Romero introduced the world to “Romero Zombies” there has been a consistent dedication to the analysis of Western Zombie media, however zombie films made in South Korea have been largely unstudied. Zombie representation in Western film foregrounds analysis of societally macro issues such as global-scale terrorism and the end of human society via apocalypse which can be essentially applied to many cultures. Contrastingly, this paper focuses on eco-related domestic societal anxieties unique to South Korea based on the country’s development historically. Three films, Doomsday Book, The Neighbour Zombie, and Zombie School, are analyzed in the context of South Korea’s increase in meat consumerism as an example of societal ills that develop due to changes in culture brought about quickly by entrance into global trade communities and thereby changes in consuming patterns. Evidenced by the 2008 beef protests and the 2010 foot-and-mouth epidemic, documented fears of the consumption of imported meat allow for these films to be based on the reality of the Korean meat industry and waste processing system as opposed to relying only on fiction. By employing zombies as subjects, these films embody the permeating societal fears associated with consumerism, food quality, and separation from the natural.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-126253
title: Camping for senior citizens: An exploratory study
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-152992
title: Public assistance recipients' general perferences concerning the dress and appearance of social workers
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-333430
title: Memory transformations in postwar France: contemporary Shoah films and literature and their ethical implications

description: This dissertation examines the ethics and aesthetics of testimony and bearing witness to the Shoah in French literary and filmic representations during the past decade. This multidisciplinary project draws from Henry Rousso’s ""Le Syndrome de Vichy"" (1990), in which he categorizes four distinct periods of memory transformations in France from 1945 to 1990 culminating in the “Vichy Syndrome”—a collective psychological condition characterized by the national obsession with exposing the Vichy past. The overarching goal of my dissertation is to engage with both the problematic of the politics of memory and the ethical debate surrounding the representability and pedagogical function of the Shoah in recent film, literature and testimonials. ❧ Through a comparative study of contemporary French Shoah films, literature, and testimonials, I argue that the Vichy Syndrome is no longer a relevant notion to understand the way French society is coping with its past. Instead, I maintain that the increasing emphasis placed on education and morality as a means of preserving memory within recent French films and literature underscores a growing anxiety about the gap between ""le devoir de mémoire"" of the Shoah and the lack of public discourse regarding French actions during more recent events of uncomfortable national legacy, namely the Algerian War. ❧ I conclude by exploring how this study is relevant to other studies on traumatic events and debates on memory. I contextualize my project within the current debate on how to more effectively combat the rise in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic attacks in France as well as the growing number of disenfranchised peoples within the French Republic. I propose several open-ended solutions to strengthening relations between the French Republic and its Muslim and Jewish populations in order to decrease the chance of genocidal acts taking place in the future.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c40-347413
title: The influence of globalization on the changes in educational policies and practices and the development of 21st-century skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in three rural schools in Ireland

description: In less than 50 years, technological advances and globalization have transformed Ireland into one of the most economically stable countries in the world. Changes in economic policies have enticed science and technology-based multinational corporations (MNCs) to take root in Ireland, thereby resulting in a changed job market for Irish citizens. The continued economic success of Ireland depends on its ability to achieve educational reform that prepares and educates citizens for 21st-century jobs in the ever-expanding fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Ireland must look closely at its educational policies and practices to ensure that students are equipped with the essential skills to successfully participate in a global workforce. ❧ This research examined how Ireland’s educational policies and practices have evolved and changed as a result of globalization. This case study focused on the influential relationship between MNCs and the Irish educational system and how the proliferation of science and technology competitions, primarily sponsored by MNCs, can enhance 21st-century skill advancement by students. The research revealed that the connections and partnerships between MNCs and local schools can provide opportunities for students to participate in STEM-related programs and influence them to pursue STEM-related careers. ❧ The qualitative and quantitative data gathered in this case study of three rural schools uncovered a disparity between the MNC connections with students in urban schools and connections with students in rural schools. The data also revealed a juxtaposition between the Irish government’s desire for changes in curricular and instructional practices and a reluctance to transform the traditional Leaving Certificate assessment system that hinders progress toward true educational reform.