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Abstinence-Only Sex Education : Are There Effects Beyond the Realm of Knowledge, STIs, and Pregnancy?
(2017-04-19)This research takes a Feminist Theoretical perspective and investigates if the often patriarchal, essentialist, and objectivizing curriculum in Abstinence Emphasized sex education (AE) can be used as a proxy measure of ... -
Academic achievement : a Study of the Predictors of Success in Higher Education
(2009-02-09)This research examined predictors of academic achievement among college seniors. Specifically, academic achievement was studied in relation to employment, organizational involvement, out of class communication with faculty, ... -
Academic Advising Convenience : Undergraduate Perspective of Alternative Techniques
(2013-05)The purpose of this study was to evaluate student views on the effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction of online and in person advising. -
Accelerated Second-Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing Graduates : Experience of the Transition to Professional Practice
(2015-04)Accelerated second baccalaureate degree nursing (ASBSN) programs enable non-nurse college graduates to streamline their nursing education and begin professional practice. However, few studies have investigated their ... -
Accelerating Exact Logic Synthesis Using Parallel Computing Methods
(2011-05)Exact synthesis is the process of creating a minimal-cost representation of a logic function. These representations are used in the design of microprocessors and other digital devices. An existing exact synthesis program ... -
Accelerometer Measurements of a Disc in Flight
(2014-04)Hand-thrown flying discs have been around since the late 1930s. However, the physics of flying disc flight is complex and few measurements have been made of discs in flight. The purpose of this study was to make in-flight ... -
Accelerometer Measurements of Water Rocket Motion
(2012-04)The purpose of this study was to use accelerometers and micro-controllers to measure the acceleration of water rockets and to compare the results to a theoretical model developed by Peter Nielsen of the University of Queensland. -
Achieving a Closed Orbit Around Neptune Through Aerobraking
(2011-05)Changing the orbit of a spacecraft requires large changes in energy and angular momentum. If a spacecraft approaches a target planet with too much angular momentum, it will be routed around the planet and not captured ... -
Acquisition and Analysis of the Light Curve of Binary Star System BX Tri
(2019-05)We have obtained and analyzed a light curve of the contact binary star system BX Tri. We chose BX Tri because of its very short period, which is one of the shortest periods among known binary systems. We wanted to observe ... -
Action Figures and Dolls : Exploring Preschool Children's Interests.
(2009-02-03)Interest is present from birth and fosters human development by impelling growth-oriented behaviors such as exploration, curiosity, cognitive activity, information seeking, and involvement. The aim of the current study ... -
Active Channel Loss, Reed Canary Grass expansion, and Nutrient-Enriched Groundwater in the Lower Chippewa River in West-central Wisconsin
(2017-02-27)Maps constructed from aerial photographs dating to 1938 along a 50-km section of the Lower Chippewa River (LCR) in western Wisconsin document a decline of active-channel area exceeding 25%. This loss in channel area has ... -
An Actuarial Exploration of Fantasy Football Insurance : Modeling Relative Injury Risk in Professional Athletes
(2022-04)The purpose of the project was to price and analyze the profitability of a hypothetical fantasy football insurance product. To accomplish this, various statistical techniques were explored to help predict player injury ... -
Acute impact of Resistance Exercise on Premenstrual Symptoms In College-aged Non-Exercising Eumenorrheic Females
(2022-04)Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) includes cyclic characteristics of physical, cognitive, affective, and behavioral symptoms and occurs in 90% of reproductive-aged females. There is a growing need for research on how non-drug ... -
ADA Compliance and Accessibility of Fitness Facilities in Western Wisonsin
(2010-04)This project examined the accessibility of fitness facilities in Western Wisconsin. This was accomplished by direct observation and physical measurements taken during on-site visits to 16 fitness facilities in Western ... -
Adding Performance Feedback to Math Wise to Enhance Math Computation Fluency : Enhancing a Summer Math Tutoring Program
(2021-04)The National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (2006) identifies computational fluency in math as an important foundational skill. Many students, however, do not meet the grade-level expectations in math fluency. Having ... -
Addressing Issues of Technique and Style in Tenor Trombone Repertoire
(2011-05)This research project focused on the study of style and technique in two standard trombone solos, LaunyGr?ndahl?sConcerto for Trombone and Orchestra and Camille Saint-Saens Cavatinefor Trombone and Piano, Op. 144. -
Addressing Public Concerns About Frac Sand Mining in West Central Wisconsin
(2021-04)The COVID-19 pandemic halted frac sand activity within west-central Wisconsin and our team installed and analyzed data from air quality monitors to collect baseline PM2.5 concentrations in communities near frac sand ... -
Advanced Energy Manufacturing in Wisconsin
(2020-04)Two advanced sources of clean energy that are being deployed around the world are solar power and wind power. In both cases, the source of power, the sun, and the wind, are renewable and available worldwide. In the United ... -
Adventures in Organophosphorus Chemistry
(2015-04)Organophosphorus compounds have been an increasingly important part of organic synthesis since the discovery of the Arbuzov rearrangement in 1905. In the century that followed this discovery, the applications of phosphorus-based ... -
Adventures with Fluorescent Compounds
(2018-05)4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide derivatives1 are highly fluorescent compounds whose relatively simple synthesis and high quantum yields have led to their widespread use, for example, as fluorescent sensors for metal ions and pH, ...