28th Annual Central California Research Symposium Program
Convened on Thursday, April 12, 2007 in the University Business Center California State University, Fresno
Plenary Session University Business Center Auditorium, Room 191
12:00 Opening Remarks:
Dr. Thomas McClanahan, California State University, Fresno
Dr. Amit Lal, Defense Advance Research Projects Agency DARPA
Dr. Joan Voris, University of California, San Francisco
Fresno Medical Education Program
Dr. Donna Hudson, University of California, San Francisco
Fresno Medical Education Program
12:10 3-D Nanogap Molecular Electronics
Chung Hoon Lee, PhD
12:25 Expression Profile of Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum Plants Expressing Caenorhadbitis
elegans' Cell Death Genes
Carlos A. Tristan, Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, PhD
12:40 Infant Sleep and the Parent-Child Attachment Relationship
Melissa Dittmar, Kathleen Ramos, PhD,
Kathleen Reid, PhD
12:55 Burning and Grazing Increase Biodiversity in Vernal Pool Grasslands
Bobby Kamansky, Steve Blumenshine, PhD
1:30 Expunging Herself--Elizabeth Bishop Disappears
Leela Sannyasin, Chris Henson, PhD
1:45 Contesting Cultural Incompatibility Theories of Latino Health
Gilberto Lopez, James Mullooly, PhD
2:00 Health, Wealth, and Home: The Effects of Household Air Quality
on Incoте
Paula D. Wright, VaNee L. VanVleck, PhD
2:15 Anti-American Foreign Policy: Strained Relations between the United States and
Latin America
Ashlin E. Mattos, Russell Mardon, PhD
2:30 ROBOTRAK: A Software for Monitoring, Control,
and Coordination of Intelligent Robotic Swarms
Anthony Alvarez, Ming Li, PhD
2:45 Information and Communication Technology
and Its Effects on Nonprofits
Salvador S. Gallegos, Matthew A. Jendian, PhD
Concurrent Session B University Business Center Room 192
1:30 Media's Perception on Health Disparities: A Meta-Analysis
of Newspaper Publications
Tonantzin Soto, John Capitman, PhD
1:45 Newspaper Framing of a Hospital: The Impact
of Hospital Public Relations
Antonina Trachuk, Tamyra Pierce, PhD
2:00 Risk Factors of Gang Membership: Results from an Analysis
of Self-Reported Gang Members in the Fresno County Jail
David C. Pyrooz, Jason Kissner, PhD
2:15 The Eleventh Century Royal Portrait Manuscript Leaf
of King Gagik-Abas of Kars, Queen Goranduxt,
and Princess Marem: Who Commissioned It and Why?
Hazel Antaramian Hofman, Jennifer Borland, PhD
2:30 No Person Shall Be Forced to Have an Abortion Against
His Will: A Case of Epicene Pronouns in Written Discourse
Rebecca Headrick, Shigeko Okamoto, PhD
2:45 Analysis and Characterization of Putative AtWRKY6
and AtWRKY53 Orthologs in Podophyllum peltatum
Natalie Powers, John V.H. Constable, PhD,
Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, PhD
3:00 Break--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery
3:30 Concurrent Sessions Resume
Concurrent Session C
University Business Center
Room 193
1:30 Cancer Survival in California Hispanic Farm Workers, 1988-2001
Jennifer L. Dodge, MPH, Paul K. Mills, PhD,
Deborah G. Riordan, MPH
1:45 Proteomic Identification of a Functional B3-Integrin
Interaction with a Protease: Implications for Cancer Metastasis
Jason Bush, PhD
2:00 Hmong Women Issues: Identity and Mental Health
Song Lee, PhD
2:15 Patients Attitude Towards Physicians and Health Screening
Issues among First-Generation Asian-Indian Immigrants
to the United States
Kiran Toor, MD
2:30 Evolutionary Control of Large Damages to Steel Structures During Seismic Activity
Thomas Attard, PhD, Robin Dansby, PhD, Mirjana Marusic, PhD
2:45 Non-Destructive Sensor Development of the Detection
and Measurement of Residual Stresses
Thomas L. Nguyen, PhD
3:00 Break--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery 3:30 Concurrent Sessions Resume
Concurrent Session D
University Business Center
Room 194AB
1:30 Women in the Secured Housing Unit of California Prisons
Stephanie N. FrattoTorres, Barbara Owen, PhD
1:45 An Appreciative Inquiry Ethnography of a Native American Tribe
Trudy L. Tucker, Connie Conlee, PhD
2:00 Communication Theory: A Graduate Student's Grappling
with Questions, Answers and Processes
Kherstin Khan, Diane Blair, PhD
2:15 Breaking News: Are the Media Creating an Illusion of Importance?
Faith Sidlow, Tamyra Pierce, PhD
2:30 The Motives for Viewing Reality Television among Age, Sex and Race
Laine J. Hendricks, Tamyra Pierce, PhD
2:45 Convergence Education
Kirstie Hettinga, Tamyra Pierce, PhD
3:00 Break--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery
3:30 Concurrent Sessions Resume
Concurrent Session E
University Business Center
Auditorium, Room 191
3:30 Fluid Biomechanics of a Mussel Bed
Sean Thompson, Emily Carrington, Gretchen Moeser,
Brian Tsukimura, PhD
3:45 Settling Behavior of Planktonic Marine Larvae
in Realistic Flow and Wave Conditions
David Sischo, M.A.R. Koehl, Tom Hata,
Tim Cooper, Michael Hadfield, Brian Tsukimura., PhD
4:00 Unique Thiol Compositions of Two Actinomycetes Todd L. Johnson, Mamta Rawat, PhD
4:15 Spatial and Temporal Variations in Levels of Particle-Bound Pollutants in Fresno
Maria Woodcock, Enrique Lopez, Kenndy Vu, Laiky Nor, Alam Hasson, PhD
4:30 Degrading Propargyl Bromide with Soil Bacteria Antonio Toribio, Arthur Johnson, Alice Wright, PhD
4:45 Diesel Exhaust Chemicals Identified in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Possible Effects
in Various Regions of the Brain
in a Rodent Model
Jarrad Merriman, Tim R. Tyner, MS, Victor McCray, MD,
Kent Yamaguchi MD, Dianne Lim, Alam Hasson, PhD,
Mukesh Misra, MD
5:00 Effects of Diesel Exhaust Chemicals on Wound Healing
in Healthy and Diabetic Mouse Models
Tiffany Friedland, Tim R. Tyner, MS, Antonio Toribio, Kennedy Vu, Kenty Sian, MD,
Kent Yamaguchi, MD
5:15 Conclusion--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery Proceed to Student Awards and Social Hour
Concurrent Session F
University Business Center
Room 192
3:30 Effects of Racial Concordance, Physician Sex, and Patient
Education on Patient Satisfaction
Diana L. Stuber, Scott Moore, PhD
3:45 Prehospital Intranasal Versus Intravenous Administration
of Naloxone for Narcotic Overdose
Ian Dryden, Tania Robertson, MD, Gregory W. Hendey, MD,
Geoff Stroh, MD, Marc Shalit, MD
4:00 Size-Segregated Measurements of Organic Compounds
in Particulate Matter in the Central Valley
Enrique Lopez, Myeong Chung, Christina Sabado, Dora Rendulic,
Mark Sorenson, Kennedy Vu, Laiky Nor, Alam Hasson, PhD
4:15 Gross Alpha Radiation Levels in Private Drinking Water Wells
in Foothill Areas of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Jessica Woody, Sandra Donohue, PhD
4:30 If You Build It, Who Will Come? Landbird Response to Riparian
Restoration at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
Karl Kraft, Madhusudan Katti, PhD
4:45 Effects of the Parasitic Nematode Meloidogyne incognita
on Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing an Antisense Construct
of the Cell Death
Fumiko Yamamoto, Glenda W. Polack, Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, PhD
5:00 The Foraging Behavior of Birds Along Urban Gradients
Caroline Rhodes, Madhusudan Katti, PhD
5:15 Conclusion--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery
Proceed to Student Awards and Social Hour
Concurrent Session G
University Business Center
Room 193
3:30 A Good Baby: Infant Sleep and Parental Judgments
about Moral Goodness
Kathleen Ramos, PhD, Amanda Lockling, Melissa Dittmar
3:45 California Statewide Family Medicine Preceptorship Program's
Impact on Medical Students' Specialty Selection:
A Seven-Year Analysis
Victoria S. Kubal, MS, BCBA, John Zweifler, MD, MPH,
Susan Hughes MS
4:00 Ambivalent Relationship: The United States
and the Russian Constitutional Monarchy 1905-1911
Greg Morris
4:15 An Evaluation of a Loneliness Intervention Program
for College Students
Sean Seepersad, PhD
4:30 Reassessing Computer Aided Design in Architectural Practice
Jason Charalambides, PhD
4:45 Erosion Control Using Compost Soil on Roadside Embankment
Ming Xiao, PhD, Christopher Abela, Keith Mortensen,
Michael Beltran, Aaron Oliver
5:00 Crown Delineation and Profile Characterization of Old Growth
Conifer Forest Using LIDAR Data
Segun Ogunjemiyo, PhD
5:15 Conclusion--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery
Proceed to Student Awards and Social Hour
Concurrent Session H
University Business Center
Room 194AB
3:30 Applying the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
to Driving Situations: A Preliminary Analysis
Hilary Casner, Sunde Nesbit, PhD
3:45 Facial Composite Identification Across Delay
and Identification Procedure
Katelyn Kelly, Lisa Silvera, Karl Oswald, PhD
4:00 Bedtime for Baby: Parental Responsiveness During
Infant Sleep Routines
Amanda Lockling, Melissa Dittmar, Kathleen Ramos, PhD
4:15 The Relationship Between Exercise and Perceived Control:
A Meta-Analysis
Ashley J. Gosney, Sunde Nesbit, PhD, Paul Price, PhD
4:30 The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Early
Cognitive Screening Tool for Alzheimer's Disease
Andrea Salazar, Amanda Mortimer, PhD, Linda Hewett,
Loren Alving
4:45 Eyewitness Memory in Realistic Context
Adam B. Hess, Hilary Casner, Bethany Ranes, Jenna Jones,
Matthew J. Sharps, PhD
5:00 "Mindless" Decision Making and Contextual Reasoning
in Environmental Issues
Matthew J. Sharps, PhD, Adam B. Hess, Bethany Ranes
5:15 Conclusion--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery Proceed to Student Awards and Social Hour
Concurrent Session I
Peters Business Building
Room 101
3:30 Using Photovoice in Needs Assessment to Promote Action
in an Underserved Community
Alicia Gonzalez, John Capitman, PhD, Marlene Bengiamin, PhD
3:45 Important Issues in Power Supply Noise Measurement
Arpita Paul, Ramakrishna Nunna, PhD
4:00 Arabic Influences in the Castilian Literature
Maribel Moreno Galvez, Ted Bergman, PhD
4:15 Characterization of Hydraulic Properties in Salt Affected Soils
with a Mini Disk Infiltrometer
Vijayasatya N. Chaganti, Dave Goorahoo, PhD, Sharon E. Benes, PhD,
Diganta Adhikari, PhD
4:30 Determination of Soil Water Retention Curves for Coarse and Fine
Textured Soils Using a Dewpoint Potential Meter
Namratha Pulla Reddy Gari, Dave Goorahoo, PhD,
Diganta Adhikari, PhD
4:45 Temperament and Multiple Intelligences
Lillian Nelson, Janna Mahfoud, Kathleen Ramos, PhD
5:00 Development of the Plant-Parasitic Nematode Meliodogyne incognita
Saben Kane, B. Vanholme, Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, PhD
5:15 Conclusion--University Business Center, Gottschalks Gallery
Proceed to Student Awards and Social Hour
Poster Session I
University Business Center
12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Gottschalks Gallery
Authors will be available for questions from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.
(1) Understanding and Preventing Relational Aggression in Adolescent Girls Marites Alvarado, Elena Klaw, PhD
(2) Modeling Radio Interference to Spacecraft Tracking Peter W. Kinman, PhD
(3) Immediate Operation Versus Initial Conservative Management of Appendiceal Mass in Children Winnie Tong, David Hodge, Steven N. Parks
(4) The Universal Appeal of James Bond: Mythological Mystery Man
Steven Armstrong, Gabriele Rico, PhD
(5) Geo-Spatial Modeling of Wine Grape Quality Using GIS
Sivakumar Sachidhanantham, Robert Wample, PhD,
Matthew Yen, PhD, Balaji Sethuramasamyraja, PhD
(6) Synuclein and Its Role in Parkinson's Disease
Parvinder Kaur, David Bruck, PhD
(7) The Prevalence and Resident Knowledge of Metabolic Syndrome
in Santa Cruz, Bolivia-Hospital Universitario
Municipal San Juan de Dios
Peter A. Boehringer, Steven Stoltz
(8) Automated Computer Assessment of Carotid Artery Stenosis from 3D
Medical Datasets Acquired by Computer Tomography Angiography
Elizabeth Tong, MS, Max Wintermark, MD, Christine Glastonbury
MBBS, Benison C. Lau, Sarah Schaeffer, MPH, Peter J. Haar, M.St.,
Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton, PhD, David Saloner, PhD
(9) A New Planar Chiral Ferrocenyl Aminophosphine Ligand for
Ru(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation
of Acetophenone Derivatives
Felix Perez, Saeed Attar, PhD
(10) Synthesis and Characterization of a New Ruthenium (II) Catalyst for Asymmetric
Transfer Hydrogenation ofAcetophenone Derivatives
Gerson Uc-Basulto, Saeed Attar, PhD
(11) Tsunami Awareness on the Coast of Washington State
Brynne Walker, Richard Sedlock, PhD
(12) The Possibility of Moral Values in an Interpersonal Context:
A Problem in Max Scheler's Phenomenological Ethics
Robert Victor G. Miole, Richard Tieszen, PhD
(13) Convergent Evolution of Antifreeze Proteins:
Bioinformatics of the Genes and Proteins
Edward Reese, V.V. Krishnan, PhD
(14) Assistive Technology Service Delivery: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Scott Kupferman, Charles Arokiasamy, PhD
(15) Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Quantification
of B. Thuringiensis Toxins in Genetically Modified Cotton
Leslie M. Dominguez, M.L. McCullough, Alice Wright, PhD
(16) Utilization Characteristics of CT Colonography
in a US Veteran Population
Diana Fatyga, DeVang Prajapati, MD
(17) Impact of Ego Identity Status and Adverse Childhood Experiences
on Temperament Clarity
Janna Mahfoud, Kathleen Ramos, PhD, Lillian Nelson
(18) Post Treatment Complications of Botulism Type A and B:
A Review of Four Cases
Loan Nguyen, MD, P. Volkov, MD, M. Patel, R. Libke, MD
(19) Unexpected Death in Children 0-5 Years-Old
Ester Gonzalez, Tina M. Garcia, Davin Youngclarke, MA, Nikhat Shaik, MD, Neelu Mehra
MD, Don Fileds, DO
(20) Cultural Framework and Anger Expression
in Russian Immigrant Women
Zhanna Bagdasarov, Christine Edmondson, PhD
(21) Adsorption Kinetics of Antifreeze Glycoproteins
Joshua Silveira, V.V. Krishnan, PhD
(22) Normative Data for the Gaze Stabilization Test (GST) Protocols
on the inVision for High Performance Athletes
Rachel S. Worman, SPT, Peggy R. Trueblood, PhD, PT,
Toni Tyner, PT, MLS, Scott R. Sailor, EdD
(23) Synthesis and Characterization of One Dimensional
ZnO Nanostructure
Jenny Parra, J. Jasinski, V.J. Leppert, V. Katkanant, D. Zhang
(24) Quantification of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions
from California Dairy Facilities
Mark Sorenson, Dale Sullivan, Phillip Alanis, Brian Shamp, Koua Cha, Alam Hasason,
PhD
(25) A Key to Brachyuran Megalopae of the San Francisco Bay Estuary
Vanessa Becerra, Brian Tsukimura, PhD
Poster Session IIІ
University Business Center
3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Gottschalks Gallery
Authors will be available for questions from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
(1) Light Intensity Effects on Structure and Development of Vegetative
and Reproductive Leaves of Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple) Taylor Sanchez, Alicia
Brookshire, John V.H. Constable, PhD
(2) Selection of Extraction Conditions for Phenylephrine
in Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory Case Samples
Shaylene Scott, Nathan Sunderson, Alan Gandler, Leonid Vydro,
Eric Person, PhD
(3) Refinement of Linguistic Intonation Patterns Through Use
of Musical Criteria
Jered Sherrill, Benjamin Boone, PhD
(4) Influence of Mutations on the Folding Transition State of Proteins:
FSD-1 as a Model System
Jaspreet Singh, Gurinder Ghotra, Rajadas Jayakumar, Yong Duan, V.V. Krishnan, PhD
(5) Does Dabbing the Skin Surface Dry During Ice Massage Treatment
Accentuate Cryotherapeutic Effects?
Amrik Sidhu, Gary Lentell, DPT, PT, Robert Pettitt, PhD, ATC, CSCS
(6) The Effects of Depression on Anger Expression
in Romantic Relationships
Debbie Schmidt, Christine Edmondson, PhD
(7) The Effect of the Oakhurst Wastewater Treatment Plant
on Fresno River Water Quality
Megan R. Bailey, Steve Blumenshine, PhD
(8) Phenotypic Characterization and Genetic Mapping of Traits
in the Pepper Root Rot Pathogen
Nicholas E. Blanchard, Victoria Gomes, David Sischo, Kaitlin Crawford,
Michael Ruiz, Steven Miller, Gurmel Sidhu, James P. Prince, PhD
(9) The Effects of Urban Development and Climate on Species Distribution in the San
Joaquin Valley, California
Danny Tovar, Sean Boyd, Conrad Braganza, Vanessa Cadiz, Scott Hatfield, Bobby Kamansky,
Madhusudan Katti, PhD,
Laura Miller, Greg Phillips, Salvador Salcido, Jose Soto, Jim Vang
(10) Disease Resistance Genes Cluster in the Genome of Pepper Dylan B. Storey, Ebenezer A. Ogundiwin, Linda Donnelly, David Sischo, Gurmel Sidhu, James P. Prince, PhD
(11) A Comparison of Data Dissemination Protocols for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor
Networks
Chulho Won, J. Youn, Hong Zhou
(12) Changing Landscapes and Sustainability: Fresno County's Ecological Footprint
and the Effects of Urbanization
Craig Kellogg, V. Becerra, C. Braganza, K. Kraft, G. Phillips, S. Salcido, J. Soto,
J. Vang, M. Katti, PhD
(13) Anger Expression within Conduct and Intermittent Explosive Disorders
Janet Saenz, Christine Edmondson, PhD
(14) Protein Profile of Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum Plants Expressing
Caenorhadbitis elegans' Cell Death Genes
Christian G. Aguilar, Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, PhD
(15) An Investigation of Quinones as Biomarkers for Exposure
to Air Pollution
Kennedy Vu, Dianne Lim, Akihiro Ikeda, Christina Sabado, Tim Tyner,
Alam Hasson, PhD
(16) Differential Aggressive Responses to Male and Female Provoking Situations
Coleman Tuttle, Sunde Nesbit, PhD
(17) Community Partners in Research: The Tib Trainer
Marilyn E. Miller, PhD, PT, GCS, Peggy Trueblood, PhD, PT
(18) Selenium Impact on Frog Corticosterone Level and Development
Foung Vang, Brian Tsukimura, PhD, Patrick Kelly, Ryan Earley
(19) How Spatial is Social Distance?
Justin L. Matthews, Teenie Matlock, PhD
(20) Case Study: Schwannomatosis with Involvement of Multiple Nerves
Tai Yiu Tong, Sara H.Y. Tong, E.W.K. Lee, MD
(21) Incorporating GPS-GIS Technology in Student Learning to Enhance
Decision-Making Competency
Sandra J. Donohue, DPA, REHS
(22) Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Ionizing Radiation
on Arabidopsis thaliana
Sheppora Hood, Takako Kurimoto, John V.H. Constable, PhD,
Amir Huda, PhD
(23) Characterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis 137E6
transposon Mutant
Hasan Alhaddad, Venkata Kethanaboyina, Mamta Rawat, PhD
(24) Identification and Characterization of Two Diamide Sensitive
M. smegmatis Transposon Mutants
Teresa Lee, Swetha K. Kovvali, Mamta Rawat, PhD
(25) Characterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis Mutant 109C4
Blair Riding, Kaushiki Mahapatra, Mamta Rawat, PhD
(26) Short-Chain dehydrogenase-reductase Gene Interrupted in Diamide
Sensitive Mycobacterium I transposon Mutant
Chad Jorgensen, Yaw Anane, Mamta Rawat, PhD
Judges for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Presentations
and Poster Presentations:
Dr. Mark Arvanigian - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Saeed Attar - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Sharon Benes - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Alejandro Calderon-Urrea - California State University, Fresno
Ms. Marie Fisk - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Dan Griffin - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Howard Hendrix - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Robert Hierholzer - University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Donna Hudson - University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Thomas McClanahan - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Ramakrishna Nunna - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Karl Oswald - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Siobhan O'Toole - Alliant International University, Fresno
Mr. Chuck Radke - California State University, Fresno
Dr. Mamta Rawat - California State University, Fresno
Mr. Rick Stewart - Fresno City College
Dr. Alice Wright - California State University, Fresno
Mr. Davin Youngclarke - University of California, San Francisco
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