Browsing Master's Theses--UW-Whitewater by Title
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Rear-facing child restraint device performance in side impact crashes
(2012)The purpose of this research project was to examine the performance of rear-facing child restraint devices (RFCRD) involved in side impact crashes. Side impact crashes are the second highest crash mode reported by the ... -
Rear-facing child restraint device performance in side impact crashes
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2012-12-14)The purpose of this research project was to examine the performance of rear-facing child restraint devices (RFCRD) involved in side impact crashes. Side impact crashes are the second highest crash mode reported by the ... -
A regression analysis of student motivation and the effect of supplemental instruction on student success
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-05-26)This paper examines the effects of the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program on student achievement at a two-year commuter college. SI offers free and optional review sessions lead by upper-level students who have successfully ... -
The relationship between macroeconomic variables and foreign exchange rate: evidence from a sample of emerging (Brazil & South Africa) and advanced (Germany & the United Kingdom) economies
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-07)This study tries to determine the long-run relationship between macroeconomic variables such as interest rates, inflation, money supply, productivities, trade balances and exchange rate of Brazil, South Africa, Germany, ... -
The relationship between morphological awareness and English vocabulary acquisition of Saudi female students at King Saud University
(2011)The present study examined the relationship between English vocabulary size and morphological awareness of Saudi female students at King Saud University. The participants in this study were 89 students divided into two ... -
The relative importance of communication competence, communication satisfaction and commercial friendship in hair stylist-client consultation communication : a coorientational approach
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2016-05)The beauty industry’s primary educational focus is on technical skills, safety and sanitation laws required to pass state licensure board exams, with minimal focus on communication skills (Braxton, 2001). Concerns arise ... -
Religious adherence and unemployment
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-12)This paper looks at the relationship between unemployment and religious adherence, as a proxy for religiosity. Using data from the Year 2000 US Census and data from the Associate of Religions Data Archives of the same year ... -
Replicating human bias through synthetic data generation using deep learning
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2023-12-12)The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) emphasizes the need for greater understanding of human and AI interactions. Human models formed during interactions with AI are subjected to cognitive biases, warranting further ... -
Repliclade : a simulator of sequence evolution in gene families
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-05)An ever-increasing need in phylogenetic inference entails selection of suitable analytic methods for a given lineage. It also includes identifying appropriate evolutionary models to perform forwards (or backwards) simulation ... -
A residual recurrent convolutional neural network for image superresolution with whole slide images
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-04)Presented is a deep learning based computational approach to solve the problem of enhancing the resolution of images gained from commonly available low magnification scanners, also known as the image super-resolution (SR) ... -
Resistance training and effects on distance running performance
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2013-09-11)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect that simultaneous resistance training and endurance training had on distance running performance through the retrospective analysis of the existing public information ... -
Resistance training and effects on distance running performance
(2013)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect that simultaneous resistance training and endurance training had on distance running performance through the retrospective analysis of the existing public information ... -
A review of food advertisements and childhood obesity and an exploration of the impact of food policies
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2013-07-23)Objective: The purpose of this study was to review food television advertisement policies that currently exist in multiple countries and to review the published literature on children’s television viewing behaviors, the ... -
A review of food advertisements and childhood obesity and an exploration of the impact of food policies
(2013)Objective: The purpose of this study was to review food television advertisement policies that currently exist in multiple countries and to review the published literature on children's television viewing behaviors, the ... -
Risky family backgrounds and their impact on relationship outcomes in a young adult dating sample
(2012)This study explored associations between individuals' risky family backgrounds from childhood and the implications for relationship outcomes (satisfaction and positive and negative interaction qualities) in young adult ... -
Risky family backgrounds and their impact on relationship outcomes in a young adult dating sample
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2012-05-01)This study explored associations between individuals' risky family backgrounds from childhood and the implications for relationship outcomes (satisfaction and positive and negative interaction qualities) in young adult ... -
School efficiency rankings in Minnesota
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-08)This paper examines the difference between school level performance rankings for Minnesota public schools for the 2013-2014 school year based on Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment passage rate and econometrically estimated ... -
A simple, space-efficient algorithm for detecting start and stop codons in DNA
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-04)The brute force algorithm for string matching has a worst-case execution complexity of O(MN), where N is the length of the entire string and M is the length of the substring to be matched. The efficiency of brute-force ... -
Small/medium market models of newspaper and broadcasting convergence in the midwest
(2006-11-10)There is a large body of research on a recent movement in the news media referred to as convergence. This practice of sharing resources between media organizations takes many forms and is found in major markets. Research ... -
Solving non-decomposable objectives using linear programming layers in general machine learning models : SVMs and deep neural networks
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-05)Many domain specific machine learning tasks require more fine tuning with respect to nondecomposable metrics to be effective. In many applications such as medical diagnosis and fraud detection, traditional loss measures ...