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Taking action to protect UW-Stout's last remaining wetland
(2007)Wetlands provide many essential ecosystem functions, such as flood control, wildlife habitat, and groundwater recharge. Although wetlands in Wisconsin are protected, not all wetlands are recognized. According to the Wisconsin ... -
Tamarack Restoration in a Wetland Reserve Property: Comparison with a Natural Reference Site
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2023)Wetlands are important ecosystems with high levels of productivity, biodiversity, and provision of ecosystem services. Recently, wetlands have become a focal point for ecological restoration; however, it is difficult to ... -
Technology and the relationship to quality of life in later adulthood
(2013)The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by older adults has the potential to enhance the quality of life in those who remain connected to family and society (Feist, Parker, Howard, & Hugo, 2010).The ... -
Tickling Your Clients Funny Bone: A Focus Group Exploration of the Effective and Ineffective Uses of Humor in a Therapy Session
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2003)Humor is a tool that most, if not all people, regardless of culture or place in history, use in some form or another. (Engle, 1998) According to Newman ( 1992), "There has been a paucity of research on the psychotherapeutic ... -
Time-Series Analysis of Wave Elections
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2021)A wave election is commonly defined as an election in which one party makes major gains. However, there is little consensus on what constitutes such gains. A wave election could also be thought of as an election in which ... -
Torture in art throughout history
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Research Services, 2016-04)Abstract Art is a valuable asset in drawing attention to difficult issues in a different way. Controversial and taboo subjects, such as torture, are often ignored in people’s daily lives, but no subject is off limits ... -
Transient kinetics studies of azo dye oxidation catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2017-04)The release of azo dyes into the environment is a continuing hazard resulting from industrial wastewater being released into the ecosystem. The industrial wastewater contains azo dye runoff that is used to color ... -
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(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2017-04)This series of work is an exploration into the drive of curiosity and understanding through the manipulation of perception and communication. The perpetual necessity to learn, explore and investigate has always been ... -
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(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2022)The installations that this work sits within generate a space where one can witness and reflect upon the uncanny particulars that subvert one’s daily physical experience. This subversion is linked to the feeling of the ... -
Trespass
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2017-04)Drawing has the power to construct such an honest relationship between artist and observer. In its traditional and most foundational sense, drawing is an observational and communicative assembly of mark-making. Drawing ... -
Triumph and tragedy of early Christianity
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2017-04)This research aims to elaborate on women’s influence on the formations of Early Christianity and their underplayed role in affecting Europe’s intellectual movements. Women, both prior to and during the formation of ... -
"Troubled Waters" impact study: student environmentalism in the Red Cedar River Basin
(2013)As a research initiative by the University of Wisconsin-Stout and the Tainter Menomin Lake Association, Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History's acclaimed documentary film Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story ... -
Trust and credibility from desktop to handheld
(2013)A discussion of the responsibilities of both the rhetorician and audience regarding issues of trust and credibility, this essay lays an historical background of rhetoric dating from ancient Greece through to modern-day ... -
Ultraviolet/electron beam inks modernize packaging
(2007)Ultraviolet/Electron Beam (UV/EB) technology is changing the ink industry rapidly. As the technology continually improves and expands, it will soon overpower traditional ink systems. The cost of UV/EB materials and machinery ... -
Understanding the Effects of High Temperature Stress and Weathering on Concrete Strength
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2022)Concrete exists everywhere in our modern world, so there is a need for a deeper understanding of the stresses it undergoes and how these stresses affect its compressive strength. To do this, we have examined three variables ... -
The Undressed
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2021)I have found it necessary to find comfort amidst the cultural mess I have inherited and contributed to. As a reaction to this, I compulsively generate pieces that may be displayed in innumerable ways that speak to large-scale ... -
Unfixing agency
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Research Services, 2015-04)In my work, I strive to combine conceptual bricolage and drawing by using different and sometimes unrelated ideas and systems that I possess to create drawings. This often requires calling upon physical objects and subjects ... -
University alcohol policy and student attitudes
(2011)The problems associated with high-risk drinking affect campus and community health, safety, and academic functioning (Lavigne, Francione-Witt, Wood, Laforge & DeJong, 2008). This non-random pilot study examined gendered ... -
University of Wisconsin, Stout campus climate: university staff job satisfaction
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2017-04)A mixed-methodology research approach was taken to understand what job aspects impact university staff job satisfaction at the University of Wisconsin, Stout (UW-Stout). First, thematic analysis of a small number of ... -
Unsuccessful empirical study of problem solving via concept mapping
(University of Wisconsin--Stout. Research Services, 2015-04)This pedagogical study explores the problem solving technique of concept mapping (CM) as opposed to word problem solutions in operations and supply chain management. Concept mapping (CM) is a relatively common technique ...