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UW-Eau Claire's Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity (CERCA) is designed to give UW-Eau Claire students the opportunity to display the results of collaborative research conducted with faculty mentors as well as the results of independent research. The event highlights student research accomplishments and the important role faculty and academic staff play as mentors in the scholarly activity process. Website: https://www.uwec.edu/orsp/students/cerca/
CERCA (formerly known as Student Research Day) encourages dissemination of research results from all disciplines represented in the UW-Eau Claire academic community.
Copyright for the materials in this collection is owned by the authors. This digital version is published by McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire with the consent of the author.
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Classification of Independent Medical Examination Reports Using Supervised Learning Methods
(2022-04)An independent medical examination (IME) is requested by an insurance provider or self-insured employer to determine the extent of an injured worker’s disability, including if the injury or ailment is permanent or ... -
Concerns and Confidence in Institutions Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022-04)With the COVID-19 pandemic still prevalent in the United States, it is important to assess the direct or indirect impacts of this virus on society. Different societal concerns have been brought to the forefront over the ... -
Colored Triple Linking Number
(2022-04)In an important work, Cimasoni and Florens introduced the notion of a colored link (literally a link whose components have been grouped together by colors). These allow one to define new link invariants by treating components ... -
Patterns of Hybridization in the Asteraceae Family Detected Through Systematic Review of the Primary Literature
(2022-04)Hybridization is an important evolutionary and biological phenomenon, especially in plants, which hybridize more frequently than animals and fungi. Plant species that hybridize often exhibit additivity, both morphologically ... -
The Turning Wheel – A Theory for Reading : Ideology, Psychoanalysis, and Henry V
(2022-04)When we read any text, it is often difficult to extract a sense of universality. “Truth” is frequently elusive as it is always caught up in the biases of our own gaze. Critics enjoy claiming what they “discover” in a text, ... -
Exploring Motivational Interviewing : As a Resource in Parent-Clinician Collaboration on a Conversation Intervention
(2022-04)The aim of this study is to explore the potential of motivational interviewing (MI) techniques as a way of fostering collaboration between parents and clinicians of diverse backgrounds. MI is a counseling style that ... -
Changing Perceptions of Inclusion : The Role of Universal Design for Learning Framework in Pre-Service Teacher Preparation
(2022-04)This study focuses on how instruction utilizing a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework influences secondary pre-service educators’ knowledge and perceptions of inclusion in educating students with disabilities. ... -
Temperature has a Greater Effect on Growth Strategies in Helianthus than Soil Type
(2022-04)Climate change is a serious ongoing problem and understanding how plant species respond to these changes is crucial for planning agricultural and conservation efforts. Specific leaf area (SLA), a proxy for investment and ... -
Prediction of B-cell Antibody Binding Through Statistical Analysis of Epitope Variables : With Application to COVID-19 Vaccine Development
(2022-04)A B-Cell is a type of cell in the body’s immune system that develops memory of different pathogens to be used toward future defense against disease. Antigens are the protein portion of a pathogen that functions as a target ... -
A Comparative Study of Bug Pattern Detection Tools
(2022-04)Analyzing and understanding source code changes is important in a variety of software maintenance tasks, such as automated program repair. Although many code differencing and code change summarization methods have been ... -
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 ... -
Deep Docking of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Quinone Oxidoreductase – A Toxifying Enzyme Causing Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
(2022-04)N-ribosyldihydronicotinamide:quinone oxidoreductase 2 (QR2) is a cytosolic enzyme that functions to reduce quinones into hydroquinones through a flavin adenine dinucleotide -mediated two-electron reduction. QR2 can also ... -
Using Deep Transfer Learning for Unsupervised Image Segmentation in Remote Sensing
(2022-04)As multispectral image resolution has increased, generating accurate segmentation of these images can pose a significant challenge. Furthermore, creating accurate labeled data requires hours of manual segmentation. One ... -
Experiences of Water Insecurity and Their Relation to Nutrition, Health, and Well-Being
(2022-04)Water insecurity, characterized by uncertain availability, access, use, and stability of clean water and poor water quality, is an emerging concept in the field of nutrition. Water insecurity may lead to issues with mental, ... -
The First Generation Student Experience at UW Eau Claire : A Case Study
(2022-04)"The First Generation Student Experience at UW-Eau Claire: A Case Study" aims to assess how recruitment and retention efforts can be improved for first generation students at the institution. The population of first ... -
Using Machine Learning to Analyze and Classify Echocardiogram Results
(2022-04)Heart arrhythmias can be difficult to diagnosis simply from external observation, and many fail to present themselves through concerning symptoms until damage has been done to the heart and the rest of the body. One of the ... -
Stomatal Size in Populus Is Related to Climate and Exhibits Plasticity Across Growing Environments
(2022-04)Climate change is an ongoing problem that is predicted to continue impacting ecosystems around the world. It is important to understand how plants will respond to novel climatic conditions, either by migration (moving to ... -
Canvas 2.0 : For Students, By Students
(2022-04)Canvas 2.0 is a homework planner/organization application that uses data from the university’s Canvas system to help students keep track of their assignments in one simple, organized space. Canvas 2.0 shares some similarities ... -
Deep Learning Segmentation of Kidney Tissue Microarrays Using Infrared Spectral Imaging
(2022-04)Renal function is an essential marker in the classification of renal disease and clinical symptoms of renal failure develop when there is 15% renal function. In this study, we used infrared spectroscopic (IR) imaging to ... -
Probability Discounting of Attending In-Person Events Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022-04)After over two years, the COVID-19 pandemic is still a present-day issue. Although precautionary measures have been developed, such as mask wearing and vaccines, individuals have been largely left to make personal decisions ...