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How to Grow a Dialect Poet in Thirty-Three Years : Linquistic Influences on Paul Laurence Dunbar
(2010-04)Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first African American writers to rise to prominence in American popular culture and literature. While he wrote in many voices, Dunbar's work is distinctive for its portrayal of African ... -
How Will International Students Spend Their Vacation?
(2019-04)Nowadays, international students are under great pressures, so they are looking forward to the vacation to relax. However, it is also important for them to spend vacation wisely. In order to help them make full use of their ... -
How Would Organizational Justice Shape Police Officer’s Attitudes in the Workplace? : A Systematic Review
(2019-05)Organizational justice theory noted by Greenberg (1987) has indicated that an employee’s perception of justice would affect their behavior in the workplace. The current study aims to further explore what organizational ... -
Human Dimensions of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin
(2019-05)CWD is a disease caused by prions (an infectious protein particle similar to a virus). CWD can affect deer, elk, moose and reindeer. The first case of CWD in Wisconsin was discovered in 2002 and in Eau Claire County in ... -
Human Impact on Surrounding Communities in Campsites of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
(2010-04)This study examines the human impact in the form of soil compaction and its effect on species richness in and around campsites in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Northern Minnesota. Our research hopes to provide ... -
Human Traffic and Fire Effects On Invasive Earthworm Abundance in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Northern Minnesota
(2015-04)We hypothesized that worms would be more abundant near BWCA campsites and less abundant in areas burned by the Pagami Creek Fire of 2011. -
Humanitarian Chains : An Analysis of Foreign Aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2022-04)The project aims to explore and analyze the decisions by the United States government to provide humanitarian aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which hosts the world’s largest United Nations peacekeeping ... -
Humor and Intimate Relationships : What Can Humor Say About Your Relationship?
(2018-01-11)The present study investigated the link between similarity in sense of humor and overall relationship quality, as well as whether humor is a viable avenue for conflict resolution in romantic couples. We asked both members ... -
Humor and YouTube: Do Perceived Realism and Homophily Change What is Funny?
(2009-04)Created in 2005, YouTube has become the most successful video streaming site on the Internet. Because it is universally available, reaches millions of people, and is uncontrolled, YouTube may be a powerful persuasive force ... -
Hydrogen Bonded Networks with Variable Functionalized Netpoints : a Probe of Mesophase Stability
(2010-04)A series of halogen-bonded supramolecular networks based on rigid bispryidyls, non-meosgenic tetrapyridyls and bis(4-iood-2,3,5,6-tetraflouophenoxyl)-1,10-decane was synthesized. All complexes were analyzed bor liquid ... -
Hydrogen-bonded Liquid Crystals : Competitive Mesogen Formation
(2011-05)This study will determine the nature of the hydrogen bonds formed in the mesophases using variable temperature infrared spectroscopy. -
Hydrogen-bonded Liquid Crystals : Distonic Mesogenic Acceptors with Increasing Flexibility
(2011-05)This study shows the effects of increasing concentrations of the flexible polypyridyls as they are added to supramolecular liquid crystal systems. -
Hydrogen-bonded Liquid Crystals : Polymeric Networks Utilizing Rigid Tetrafunctional Netpoints
(2011-05)This study analyzes hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals using rigid tetrafunctional netpoints. -
Hydrologic Effects of Improved Agricultural Practices in the Galena Watershed
(2018-04)In July of 2017, we joined graduate students from Missouri State University in sampling in-channel sediment deposits for subsequent trace-metal analysis (Figure 2,3,4). As part of that field work, we made a variety of ... -
Hydrolysis Studies of Vitamin K Analogues
(2013-05)The purpose of this study was to find an analog of Vitamin K that is a better and safer anticoagulant than the current drug, warfarin (Coumadin [trademark symbol]). -
Hygroreceptionin Relation to Aggregation Behavior in Oniscus asellus
(2017-02-20)Oniscus asellus, the Common Shiny Woodlouse represent one of the only orders of terrestrial isopods that come from the crustacean family (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Woodlice elicit unique social behaviors in the form of aggregating ... -
"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 ...