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The Fledgling Führers : A Comparative Study of Interwar Fascist Movements in Britain and the U.S.
(2023-05)During the interwar period (1918-1939), Italy and Germany were not alone in their experimentation with fascism. In Britain and the United States, two lesser-known groups, the British Union of Fascists and the German American ... -
Incidence of Multi-Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Farm Soil and Manure from Wisconsin and Minnesota Farms
(2022-04)Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming increasingly more common and deadly. Most of the antibiotics produced are used in the agriculture industry; particularly as feed additive to prevent disease and increase animal ... -
Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging : A Novel Approach to Understanding Diseases in Model Systems
(2022-04)The fundamental basis of many human diseases is changes to the cells and tissues in the human body, including cancer, diabetes and transplanted organ rejection. The best way to understand the complex changes to cells ... -
Disagreement in a Remote Course on Race, Class, and Language
(2022-04)For the Spring 2021 semester, UWEC offered the course ENGL 325 “Race, Language, and Class in the US” as a virtual remote class. The social annotation platform, Perusall, was utilized as a way for students to annotate and ... -
KN-95 Customizable Masks
(2022-04)Emergency Room doctors and surgeons are required to have a tight sealing mask for extensive periods of time. Medical professionals believed that if they had a customizable mask, it would be more tolerable for themselves, ... -
An Exploration of the Impact of COVID-19 on Collegiate Student Athletes
(2022-04)The COVID-19 pandemic had an unexplainably immense impact on the entire world when it began in March of 2020 including the cancellations or postponements of sports worldwide. The National Collegiate Athletics Association ... -
Off the Shelf: McIntyre Library Newsletter
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A Comparative Study of Name Entity Recognition Techniques in Software Engineering Texts
(2022-04)Named Entity Recognition (NER) is an essential sub-task for many important tasks in software engineering (SE), such as automated requirement analysis, opinion mining, question answering, knowledge base construction, and ... -
A Bibliographic Overview of Colorectal Cancer Detection and Prevention Using Machine Learning Techniques
(2022-04)The idea of using machine learning techniques to identify colorectal cancer is a relatively new one, with most of the research being done in the last ten years. To determine the current state of research in this field, an ... -
In the Shadows of Brotherhood : Analyzing Three Women's Gendered Political Roles, Contributions, and Alternative Discourses in the Club of Great Powers During the Late Bronze Age (1500 to 1200 BC)
(2022-12)The Amarna Letters, a cache of around 350 cuneiform tablets documenting relations between ancient Near East kings during the Late Bronze Age (1500 to 1200 BC), has been extensively studied by philologists who managed to ... -
A Contested Past, a Therapeutic Present : The Italian Hall Memorial and Keweenaw National Historical Park, Calumet, Michigan
(2022-12)This thesis examines the Italian Hall Memorial and Keweenaw National Historical Park as a local commemorative space in Calumet, Michigan, and as a national component to memory studies and twentieth-century labor within the ... -
Curriculum Development of Math 114 : Calculus
(2022-04)Throughout the course of the Fall 2021 semester, data was collected on students enrolled in Math 114 on their online homework (WeBWorK) and students’ assessment (quizzes/exams) scores. After each assessment was taken, data ... -
Continuous, Dynamic User Authentication Using Mobile Touch Dynamics Based on Machine Learning
(2022-04)Modern user authentication measures on mobile devices often include biometric authentication (facial and fingerprint), multi-factor authentication, and password entry as ways of authenticating users. These authentication ... -
Microplastic pollution of Ulothrix Filamentous Algae in Western Lake Superior
(2022-04)Lake Superior and the St. Louis River Estuary (SLRE) are important ecological and economical resources for the Upper Midwest as waterways, fisheries, and recreation destinations—however, these essential waterbodies may be ... -
Exploring Policies to Promote High-Performance Computing in Post-Pandemic Undergraduate Education in Wisconsin
(2022-04)The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged higher education institutions across the world to maintain the quality of education and fulfill their mission. Notably, classes and research projects that involved high-performance ... -
Origins of Folk Songs Used in the Music Classroom
(2022-04)This research project is a response to the current environment in music education surrounding the history of folk music. Initially, the purpose of this project was to research the set of folk songs used in our general music ... -
Predicting Fibrotic Progression in Renal Transplant Tissue Using FT-IR Imaging
(2022-04)Kidney is the most transplanted organ in the United States. Transplantation is the primary treatment for end-stage renal disease, yet 50% of transplants progress to chronic allograft injury. It is difficult to discern ... -
Understanding the Language of Music : From an Etude Generation Perspective
(2022-04)In recent years there has been a focus on the accessibility and equity of music instruction in under-served communities. The value of private/guided instruction is clear, but the question of reaching students from lower ... -
Attitudes and Perceptions Toward COVID-19 Vaccines Among the Somali Population in Northern Wisconsin : Qualitative Study
(2022-04)Between 2001 and 2005, Somalis made up 25% of U.S. admitted refugees. Many sought refuge from famine and war faced by militia groups. Many refugees came to Minnesota for jobs, lower costs of living, higher minimum wage, ... -
COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Level of Trust in Information Sources
(2022-04)In the two years since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a large spread of misinformation regarding COVID-19 which can hinder collective action in democratic societies and contribute to distrust in information ...