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"I can has rules?" A Syntactic Analysis of Lolspeak
(2011-05)The goal of this study was to analyze the sentence structure (syntax)of the language used in the internet meme, "Lolcats," a collection of user-created pictures of captioned cats. -
I Can See Myself There : Sociology UW-System Webpage Diversity and Student of Color Enrollment in College
(2021-04)This project investigates how university retention and recruitment efforts for students of color (SOC) may be affected by university website content. Data was collected from 4-year UW websites with a focus on visible ... -
I Need Out Because He Wants in the House: the Subject Pronoun in Need and Want Phrasal Constructions.
(2009-04)In this project, which is part of a larger project examining syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic factors affecting want + prepositional adverb/phrase and need + prepositional adverb/phrase, we explore the role that one ... -
"I Only Wish I Could Draw it as Fine as it was" : the Romanticization of Baby Doe and Violetta Valery
(2013-05)The courtesan has been a subject of fascination for thousands of years. Even today, the courtesan is still portrayed in movies like Pretty Woman and Moulin Rouge. The most famous operatic courtesan is Violetta Valery from ... -
I Run to Me : Exploring the Religious Oppression of LGBTQ Youth Through Autobiographical Photo Collage
(2024-04)The U.S. recently has seen a wave of anti-LGBTQ laws targeting trans youth. Such laws are supported by far right, white dominated Evangelical Christian organizations seeking to enforce binary gender and (hetero)sexual ... -
I'ma Tell You 'bout I'ma : a Syntactic and Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Reduced Form of I'm Gonna
(2011-05)This study is the first to define the unique syntactic properties of I'ma (cf. I am going to). As an apparent contraction of I'm and gonna, I'ma is a combination that has yet to be understood syntactically. This study ... -
I've Chosen Well, But Perhaps I Could Do Better : Maximizing Tendencies and Romantic Relationship Judgments
(2018-04)People make choices in nearly every domain of life, and individuals differ in their choice-making strategies: maximizers search extensively for the best possible option. Satisficers search just until they encounter an ... -
I.T. Ethics in China & United States
(2012-04)Recent advances in computer and communication technology have raised public awareness on ethical issues in information technology. China and the United States combined account for 1/3 of the world's Internet population. ... -
Identification of Brain Regions Activated with Arousal-Induced Clock Resetting in Female Mice
(2017-11-13)The circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the brain modulates many important biological functions on a 24 hour basis. These functions include sleeping and waking, alertness, hormone secretion, and many ... -
Identification of Brain Regions Activated with Arousal-Induced Clock Resetting in Male and Female Mice
(2018-05)The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a vital area of the brain involved in regulating circadian rhythms. Various important biological functions rely on this circadian rhythm to maintain a 24-hour cycle. Sleeping and waking, ... -
Identification of Brain Regions Activated with Arousal-Induced Clock Resetting in Mice
(2015-04)The purpose of this experiment was to investigate these possible regions by determining activation patterns in mouse brains given a transition to complete darkness. -
Identification of DNA Methylation Markers Using Feature Selection and Deep Learning
(2021-04)Current tools used to gather DNA methylation data can now retrieve well over 850,000 unique methylation values per sample. As these datasets tend to be too large for a human to reasonably parse through by themselves, ... -
Identification of Factors Affecting Proper Localization of C. elegans PKD-2
(2013-05)Primary cilia are cellular antennae that mediate responses to the external environment. Response requires perception of a cue and transmission of that signal to the cell. The purpose of this study was to understand how ... -
Identifying Opportunities for Wisconsin to Participate in Advanced Energy Manufacturing : An investigation into the State’s Real Capacity for Green Manufacturing
(2020-04)We sought to answer this question: What is the capacity of the Wisconsin economy to be able to convert into the production of green energy technology. This project originated through a grant from the Tommy Thomson center ... -
Identifying Systems Development and Business Analyst Skills and Traits Desired by Employers in Graduating Information Systems Students
(2011-05)The purpose of this research was to identify the qualities and skills that current employers seek in graduates with information systems (IS) degrees. This research will provide current and future students majoring in IS ... -
Identifying the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius, Lithuania
(2018-02-20)Since 1957, the remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius, Lithuania have been hidden under an elementary school. An international team of scientists used ground penetrating radar (GPR) to identify the buried ... -
Identifying the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, Lithuania With Ground Penetrating Radar
(2017-04-19)The Great Synagogue of Vilnius, Lithuania was heavily damaged by the Nazi’s during World War II. From preliminary analysis, remains of the synagogue’s walls have been located in Grid #2 and further analysis with EKKO_Project ... -
Identifying the Hurdles and Springboards to Admission, Persistance, and Graduation for Students of Color in a Teacher Education Program
(2010-04)The University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire is actively engaged in the process of making the campus more equitable, diverse, and inclusive. Current quantitative dat indicate the number of students of color applying, persisting, ... -
Identifying the needs of student teachers.
(2007-05-01)An e-mail survey and follow-up focus group were used to gain perspective into how a particular group of K-12 student teachers identified to what extent their needs were met in course work and field experiences in their ... -
Ideology and News Coverage in North Korea.
(2009-02-06)The media in North Karea are closely tied to ther communist sociopolitical structures. Therefore, news in North Korea has always been shown at the representation of the political ideology and interest of the communist ...