Browsing UW-Oshkosh Theses, Clinical Papers, and Field Projects by Title
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11-and 3-hydroxyprogesterone as a pregnancy tracking hormone-metabolite in 13-lined ground squirrels (ictimodys tridecemlineatus)
(2017-09-29)Thirteen-lined ground squirrels (13LGS; Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) are small, omnivorous, fossorial, hibernating sciurid rodents. As favored models for studies of hibernation and conebased visual function, they have ... -
Academic entitlement, consumerism, and professional preference
(2017-09-29)The goal of the current study was to examine whether perception of professor accommodations and trait entitlement affected student ratings of a professor’s overall likability and perceived rigor. Participants were randomly ... -
Adult patients' perceptions of family nurse practitioners as providers of primary health care
(2009-04-13)Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) are registered nurses who complete advanced nursing education and training in diagnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses, as well as prescribing and monitoring medications, ... -
After Act 10: a Wisconsin district administrator's account of teacher compensation
(2018-01-31)The passage of Wisconsin Act 10 in 2011 ended an era. In 1959, the State of Wisconsin was the first to allow local government workers the ability to organize, which allowed employees to negotiate with employers for wages, ... -
AGENCY EDUCATORS' EXPECTATIONS FOR BACCALAUREATE GRADUATE NURSES
(2010-05)Today's new graduate nurses are entering a work world that is challenging and ever changing. Graduate nurses are having a difficult time transitioning into nursing careers that involve intense, fast-paced work environments; ... -
Analysis of clinical practices related to anticipatory menstrual education for adolescents
(2012-05)Aims and objectives. This study aimed to describe nurse practitioners awareness of the established guidelines for menstrual anticipatory education; to investigate practitioner?s routine use of these established guidelines; ... -
Analysis of how students learn patient advocacy.
(2008-08)ABSTRACT ANALYSIS OF HOW STUDENTS LEARN PATIENT ADVOCACY By Lori Dehnke A descriptive research design was used to explore how students learn the patient advocacy role in the bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH TIF USAGE IN WISCONSIN
(2012-11)The problems associated with "urban blight" can be connected with a variety of problems associated with the ongoing decay of American inner cities. These problems include white flight, crime, obsolete (and in many cases ... -
Anti-Predator Training and Subsequent Survival of Captive-Held Juvenile Meadow Voles (Microtus Pennsylvanicus)
(2012-05)Identifying a cost efficient and effective anti-predator training program for captive-held or captive-bred animals is important for developing strong reintroduction programs. Since many reintroduction programs have high ... -
Anxiety, attention, and mindfulness following focused attention and open-monitoring mindfulness meditation
(2017-07-25)Research on the effects of mindfulness meditation has been growing exponentially over the past three decades. The purpose of this present study is to explore whether different types of mindfulness meditative techniques ... -
ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN A MANIPULATED PRAIRIE AND THE IMPACT ON PLANT COMPETITION
(2009-12)The North American tallgrass prairie once stood the continent?s largest ecosystem. The magnitude of this grassland has been significantly reduced via sustained agriculture. Contemporary ecologists are striving to restore ... -
Are plant beds in streams hot spots of macroinvertebrate diversity, abundance and biomass?
(2008-05)ARE PLANT BEDS IN STREAMS HOT SPOTS OF MACROINVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY, ABUNDANCE AND BIOMASS? By Michael P. Shupryt Macroinvertebrates are known to exhibit habitat preferences for macrophytes in lakes and large rivers ... -
Assessing levels of mercury in the endangered whooping crane
(2019-04)Whooping cranes (Grus americana) are one of the most charismatic and endangered birds in North America. Currently, there are 594 wild individuals found in four populations, one of which is the eastern migratory population ... -
Assessment of the Clinical Relevance of Fungal Genotype in Blastomycosis Infections
(2019-11)While blastomycosis is a relatively rare disease throughout the United States at an annual incidence of 1-2/100,000 in humans, it is hyperendemic to Wisconsin. Some counties have reported an annual incidence as high as ... -
Attitudes and beliefs towards inclusion in today's schools
(2018-09-17)The “Attitudes and Beliefs towards Inclusion in Today’s Schools” project examined a potential relationship between the beliefs and attitudes towards inclusive practices of elementary administrators and the general education ... -
Attitudes of teachers toward evidence-based practices
(2018-07-09)This study examined the attitudes of teachers toward evidence-based practices (EBPs) among Pre-K through 8th grade regular and special education teachers within rural schools in north central Wisconsin. Implementation of ... -
Attributional biases and the inability to ignore retracted information
(2015-05)The purpose of the study was to explore factors that result in one type of distortion in memory. In particular, previous research has shown that people have a difficult time disregarding causal information that has later ...