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Patient Perspectives on Hypertension Treatment
(2011-08)Hypertension affects millions of people in the United States. Some patients do not realize the importance of following their prescribed hypertension treatment. Many do not realize they have hypertension, so when started ... -
Patient safety and staffing in emergency departments
(2009-04-10)The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe nurse staffing methods, nurse skill mix, and patient safety in emergency departments (EDs) in order to address the question: How does nurse staffing impact patient ... -
Peer Interactions Among Students with Autism and the Effects on Transitioning to Middle School
(2020-07)Many students, parents, and educators today are concerned about the climate in school environments, especially during times of transitioning from one environment to another. Besides having to adjust to a new environment ... -
Peer-Training Program: Disability Awareness in Inclusive Settings at the Elementary Level
(2006-05)Students with disabilities had been included in the general education environment at Wellington Elementary School in the Fox Valley of Wisconsin. However, such students were not experiencing social and behavioral success ... -
Perception of General Education Students of Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities
(2006-05)This study explored the perceptions of general education students regarding individuals with severe disabilities, and perception changes when students with disabilities are included within the regular education classroom. ... -
Perception of general health and self-efficacy for the coronary artery bypass graft patient
(2009-04-10)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perception of general health and self-efficacy in the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patient. Following CABG, risk factor modification and adoption ... -
Perceptions of Teachers with Inclusive Classrooms
(2014-05)Because of the increasing trend of providing inclusive educational classrooms, many different attitudes and perceptions are circulating regarding how teachers feel about having students with disabilities in their classroom. ... -
PERSUADED TO PREPARE: RHETORIC AND A COLD WAR FALLOUT SHELTER
(2013-12)Between 1958 and 1962, at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a Wisconsin physician collected government pamphlets on civil defense, articles from medical journals and news magazines, ... -
Photometric study of the galactic open cluster M11
(2012-05)The open cluster M11 (NGC 6705, Mel 213, Cr 391, OCl 76) is a concentrated, populous stellar system projected on the rich background of the Scutum star-forming field, towards the central part of the Galactic disk. Sometimes ... -
Physiological changes leading to obesity in active 13-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)
(2018-09-17)Obesity is a significant health issue in the developed world. During the pathogenesis of obesity, drastic changes in the gut microbiota lead to intestinal inflammation and increased intestinal permeability, resulting in ... -
Plato, the Other, and the Freedom to Love
(2010-12)Plato's Symposium is divided into several speeches; two, by Aristophanes and Socrates, are considered here. These classic views on love extend into the modern era by way of philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Bertrand ... -
Post-Event Urban Flood Mapping by Amateur Aerial Photography and Assessment of Potential Damage: Case of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
(2011-12)Several communities are so focused on the positive benefits of a rising economy that they ignore the negative effects of the urbanization process, such as the exacerbation of flooding by increasing impermeable surfaces. ... -
Poverty and Name Writing in Four-Year Olds
(2014-08)This study investigated the relationship between name writing ability in four-year old children qualifying for free-or-reduced lunch at school. This research attempted to answer if name writing ability in a four year old ... -
Poverty Rates and Spending on Public Education at the K-12 Level: Is There a Correlation?
(2007-12-14)Many academics and policymakers argue that increases in spending on public education will reduce poverty. The goal of this paper is to evaluate whether increases in current spending on public education at the K-12 level ... -
The Power Complex: The WSU System's Response to Dissent in the Late 1960s
(2009-11)In the late 1960s, liberal and radical students enrolled in the Wisconsin State University (WSU) System coalesced into organizations to challenge the policies of the System's administration. One of these liberal-left ... -
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican and Caribbean Ballgames: An Example of Cultural Diffusion
(2012-12)Upon examining the archaeological record and the historical accounts of pre-Columbian cultures in Mesoamerica and in the islands of the Caribbean Sea, one sees evidence of similar ballgames played in both regions. The ... -
Predicting optimal experience: examining flow from the perspective of motivational intensity theory
(2017-09-29)The present research explores the relationship between Csikszentmihalyi’s theory of optimal experience, or flow, (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990) and Brehm’s integrated model of motivational intensity theory (Brehm & Self, 1989; ... -
Premeditated Causes of the 2002 Gujarat Pogrom: A Comprehensive Analysis of Contributing Factors that Led to the Manifestation of the Riots
(2012-12)In the last 30 years, the nature of communalism in India has changed significantly. This increase in violence is commonly attributed to the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); however, there are other factors that ... -
Preservation and Immortatlity: The Transition From Oral to Written Culture in Iceland.
(2007-12-18)The following article comes from Dr. Barbara Crass’s Anthropology 300: The Viking World class during the Spring 2006 semester at UW Oshkosh. It is intended to provide insight on the transition from an oral to a written ...