Browsing UW-Oshkosh Theses, Clinical Papers, and Field Projects by Title
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A Comparative survey of proboscis and tymbal morphology in Tiger moths (lepidoptera: erebidae: arctiini)
(2016-08-23)Arctiini (tiger moths) include some of the most brightly colored, charismatic moths in the order Lepidoptera. Bright coloration and sound production in tiger moths can serve as defense mechanisms to warn predators of their ... -
COMPARING MOLECULAR PLASTICITY RESPONSES OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA RILS TO COLD STRATIFICATION
(2010-10)Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of genetically identical organisms to produce differing phenotypes in response to environmental heterogeneity. While there are two central models for the genetic basis of phenotypic ... -
Comparison of biventricular/icd therapy and palliative care on the quality of ife of congestive heart failure patients
(2010-04-04)Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major public health problem in the United States. One in eight people develop CHF, with the trend continuing to increase. Individuals diagnosed with CHF are confronted with multiple ... -
Comparison of narratives: American veterans of the Vietnam war and operation Iraqi freedom
(2009-02-09)At the heart of every person is a story, an account of a significant life event that is often hidden within the memory. When memories are written down, the past becomes a story, a style, a piece of literature. In this ... -
A COMPARISON OF VITAMIN D PRACTICE HABITS TO BONE MINERAL DENSITY SCORES
(2010-04)Vitamin D deficiency and bone metabolism are related. Vitamin D research has shown that greater than 50% of adults over age 65 in the United States (U.S.) are vitamin D deficient and as the aging population rises, osteoporosis ... -
Comprehensive sanitary survey evaluation of high risk beaches in northern Wisconsin
(2014-06)In 2008 13% of Great Lakes beaches exceeded health standards; approximately 90% of those exceedances were attributed to unknown pollution sources. In this project, sanitary surveys were conducted at all impaired beaches ... -
Consumption and Exploitation in The Hunger Games Trilogy
(2022-11)Beyond having captivating plots, the three novels composing The Hunger Games trilogy address significant cultural topics. Academics have written much about the books’ themes of food inequity, violence involving children, ... -
CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND ATTITUDES OF MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS
(2010-09)Young adults in the United States have a high rate of unintended pregnancies. Specifically, this is a problem in the college setting, because this population has the highest rates of unintended pregnancies due to lack ... -
The contribution of expertise on musical and phonological processing
(2018-07)The goal of the present study was twofold, it 1) sought to investigate whether musical information is processed by the phonological loop, a component of working memory, and 2) explored whether musical expertise affects the ... -
Critical Thinking: Student Dispositions
(2009-07-15)The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has identified critical thinking as an essential element of baccalaureate nursing framework and curriculum (2008). The expectation of baccalaureate-prepared nurses ... -
Cry of curs : language, class and the mob in Sidney, Spenser and Shakespeare
(2009-04-10)According to Stephen Greenblatt, "the Renaissance displays a markedly increased sensitivity, nourished by classicism, to theoretical implications of genre differentiation." In the works of Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare, ... -
CUES TO WORD SEGMENTATION FOR ADULT LEARNERS
(2009-05)An important step in acquiring a language is the ability to segment words from speech streams. Typical speech contains many cues to word segmentation, but cues are not always consistent. In studying the efficacy of ... -
Culturability of potential pathogenic bacteria in a co-digestion anaerobic digester system
(2018-01-31)Anaerobic digestion (AD) has the potential to reduce organic wastes and produce renewable energy from the degradation of organic materials to produce biogas. However, mixed substrate anaerobic digesters may create a ... -
Cyclic electron transfer pathways in SYNECHOCOCCUS Sp. PCC 7002 cyanobacteria during photosynthesis at high light intensity
(2012-01)With current global warming, there is growing interest in coupling carbon dioxide (CO2) capture to chemical synthesis via photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria convert up to 10% of the sun's energy into biomass compared to 1% by ... -
D2/D3 RECEPTOR AGONIST, QUINPIROLE, AND HIGH FAT DIET DECREASE FAT PREFERENCE IN RATS
(2011-01)Long term exposure to a high fat diet can cause a persistent preference for a high fat diet even after a switch to a low fat diet (Teegarden, Scott, & Bale, 2009). High fat foods stimulate the release of the neurotransmitter ... -
DECONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING THE TOWERS: ALLEGORICAL FIGURES OF 9/11
(2013)In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Americans grasped for ways to understand and represent the incomprehensible trauma, in part because, as many philosophers and cultural critics acknowledged, ... -
DECONSTRUCTING SIGNALING THEORY: THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL, REFERENT OTHER, AND SELF-REFERENTIAL INFERENCES IN RECRUITMENT
(2010-05)Understanding recruitment is crucial for organizations to generate a qualified applicant pool from which they can select employees. Past research on recruitment has looked at applicant willingness to apply for a position ... -
Dehumanization of people with dementia: perception of uniquely human nature characteristics
(2018-07)This study assessed how Human Nature (HN) and Uniquely Human (UH) characteristics affected moral status, attitudes toward, and willingness to interact with a female target with dementia. A short narrative described six ... -
A Dementia Blog Analysis of the Association Between Multiple Identities and Psychological Wellbeing
(2025-12)The present study contributes to a growing body of evidence supporting the psychological benefits of having multiple social identities by extending the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC; Haslam et al., 2021) ...