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Resident Assistants' Perceptions of Alcohol Use : Consequences for Students Living on Campus
(2010-04)The purpose of this study was to explore challenges in the role of resident assistants (RAs) in situations where students are influenced by alcohol, and to explore the implications of alcohol use in UWEC residence halls ... -
"Resident for a Day" : How a Simulation Experience Influences Future Leaders in "Culture Change"
(2010-04)Many nursing homes are still providing resident care based on an outdated medical model, and although there has been a grassroots effort over the past decade to encourage a shift to a more social model, where person-centered ... -
Residential Investment & the Business Cycle : International Evidence
(2010-04)Generally speaking, economists believe that recessions (a decrease in production or GDP) begin with a slump in investment spending by businesses (e.g. buildings, machinery, equipment), which is why the short-run fluctuations ... -
Residual Reality : an Undergraduate Immersive Experience in the Arts
(2010-04)The exhibition "Residual Reality" is a successful collaborative project where students and faculty in the department of Art & Design worked together this past summer and fall to create an innovative photography exhibition ... -
Resolving Word Sense Ambiguity in Natural Language Processing
(2011-05)Word sense disambiguation is a task in which the correct meaning of a given word is determined based upon contextual information. Word sense disambiguation is used in such computer applications as spam identification, text ... -
Resource Booklet for New Hispanics in Western Wisconsin.
(2009-04)The long-term objective of this collaborative project between the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire and the non-profit organization Puentes/Bridges is to create a resource that Latinos who are new to Western Wisconsin ... -
Resting Metabolic Rate--Comparing Measured to Predicted Values.
(2009-01-09)Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) reveals how many calories are burned throughout the day without any added body activity - eating, working, and exercise. Analysis of the results to date are tending to confirm the hypothesis ... -
Restoration Case Study : New Jersey's Pompeston Creek and Kerny Marsh
(2010-04)Maintaining the natural integrity of streams and wetlands has become increasingly important as human populations expand and put ever-greater demands on limited freshwaters sources. Commercial, residential, and agricultural ... -
Restoration of the Salton Sea : A Stakeholder Engagement Model for Sustainable Development
(2022-04)The Salton Sea is a shallow highly saline water body that lies within the Salton Trough and stretches across Riverside and Imperial counties in southern California. Geological records suggest that for thousands of years ... -
Restructuring a Myth : Economic Impact of Casinos in the Chippewa Valley
(2012-04)In 1988 the United States Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which made gaming possible. It would not be until 1992 that the St. Croix Band of Chippewa Indians would open the door to their first casino in ... -
Results from an Evaluation of a School District's Student Support Team Effectiveness.
(2009-04)This research was undertaken to investigate the conditions under which a school district's Student Support Teams (SST) met the National Association of School Psychology's (NASP) best practices standards for pre-referral ... -
Retention of Students of Color in Honors : Reflections on an Interview Project
(2024-04)To address the equity gap between students of colors and their white counterparts in the honors program, we undertook a research project in 2022 and 2023 to strengthen our understanding of experiences of honors students ... -
Returning to Campus After Study Abroad : Differences in Intercultural Competency and Adaptability Based on Structure of Study Abroad Program
(2018-04)Institutions of higher education face mounting pressures to stay on the cutting edge of opportunity availability as incoming students realize the demands of the increasingly globalized workforce of which they plan to enter. ... -
A Review of Aggressive Behavior Intervention Outcome Research
(2015-04)Research on the general effectiveness of school-based behavioral interventions targeting overt, physically aggressive behavior will be synthesized using meta-analysis. -
A Review of Error-Correction Strategies
(2018-03-26)Teaching skills using effective procedures can sometimes still result in learner errors. How a teacher should respond when an error occurs is not always clear. Given the importance of teaching skills to persons with ... -
Review of Naturalistic Teaching Models for Children with Autism.
(2009-02-05)Within Applied Behavior Analysis, several different naturalistic teaching models are used to teach skills to children with autism. These models include: Incidental Teaching (IT), Milieu Teaching (MT), Natural Language ... -
A Review of the Literature Pertaining to Noncompliance
(2018-05)A lot of research exists to address noncompliance for children and adults. Several reviews of the literature pertaining to noncompliance exist; however, none of the reviews have investigated the functions of noncompliance ... -
Revisit of the Credit Rating : an Empirical Test of the First Passage Model
(2012-04)Credit ratings are assigned to overcome informative asymmetry between lenders and borrowers in financial markets. This study revisted the "first passage model" of credit ratings. -
Rhombohedral vs. Prism Sector Zones in Hydrothermal Quartz Crystals : Implications for Growth Dynamics
(2019-05)Gemmy hydrothermal quartz crystals typically exhibit each of their six prism and six rhombohedral crystal faces. However, discerning which of the crystal faces were actively growing at any given time during construction ... -
The Riddler’s Motivation for Terrorism in The Batman : Domestic Terrorism in an Age of Disillusionment
(2024-04)The interplay of domestic terrorism and disillusionment is the key focus of this project, particularly the radicalization of lone wolf terrorists via the various subcultures of the internet. To illustrate this relationship, ...