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The Early Black Press and Social Obligation to Abolish Slavery
(2009-11)The creation of the black press was spurred by the growing abolitionist sentiment of the antebellum period in America. The growing press developed different methods to reach free blacks and encourage them to join the ... -
An Economic Comparison of Post-Communist States to Others in Europe
(2017-05-12)Communism fell in Europe in 1989, making it necessary for European countries that had been communist to transition to market-based systems and more democratic regimes in the years following. It has been over 25 years ... -
Effect of Text Messaging Bans on Fatal Accidents
(2011-12)Do text messaging bans make roads safer? To determine the answer to this question, a multivariate regression model was developed to determine how fatal accidents by state were affected by the following variables: texting ... -
The Effects of Enriched and Typical Laboratory Environments on Object Investigation in Old Sprague Dawley Rats.
(2007-12-18)The purpose of this study was to observe the differences in object investigation between two groups of aged Sprague Dawley rats reared in an enriched and a typical laboratory environment. Research has shown that enrichment ... -
Effects of Music and Choice Listening on Arousal Changes.
(2008-06-11)This study based its method on Pitzen and Rauscher’s 1998 study, testing 60 participants between classical stimulative, sedative, or no music conditions and choice or no choice exposure conditions. We calculated results ... -
The Effects of Physical Activity on Adverse Side Effects in Chemotherapy Patients
(Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)Each year, more than 14 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. Despite advancements in medicine, a cure for this disease has not been found. Chemotherapy, a common cancer treatment, is often used in an attempt ... -
The Effects of Promotions on Attendance at Major League Baseball Games
(2009-11)What are the effects of promotions on attendance at Major League Baseball games? To examine this question, I collected data from each of the Milwaukee Brewers' 81 home games during the 2008 regular season. Several independent ... -
Effects of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Provision on the Uninsured Rate: A State-by-State Analysis
(2017-05-12)The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is a reform of the United States health care system passed by Congress in 2010. The goal is to increase the number of insured citizens and reduce the cost of health ... -
Emotional Expressivity between the United States and Brazil
(2012-12)Emotional expression differs according to culture and gender. Understanding such differences is important for cross-cultural communication. Brazilians are stereotyped as more emotionally expressive than other cultures. ... -
An Evaluation of the Factors Causing Food Insecurity in Africa
(2013-12)Food security is not only one of the most relevant fields of study for Africa but also one of the most pressing. Despite increasing levels of food production, famines such as the 2011 famine in the Horn of Africa continue ... -
EVE: Online as a Potential Microeconomic Model
(University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2017-12)EVE: Online (EVE) is a video game with one of the largest virtual economies in existence. The question reigns, can a video game economy function realistically according to microeconomic theory? To test this, I examined ... -
Experiments in Bone Burning
(University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2006-05)Most people, when building a fire, look for wood for their fuel source. However, wood was not available for some people in prehistory. Early arctic people of the Beringia area may have used bones as a primary fuel source. ... -
Failed Sisterhood: Expectations and Betrayal Between the Women of the Antebellum South
(2008-06-11)Mistresses and slave women in the antebellum South lived and often suffered together under an oppressive patriarchy. They all endured a kind of enslavement in a system that reduced all women to the property of White men ... -
Female Succession in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century
(2013-12)This paper explores the question of queenship in the Crusader States, specifically the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the twelfth century. It seeks to understand how women were able to gain and wield power in a time when they ... -
Fifteenth-Century Florentine Exceptionalism: Civic Humanism, the Medici, and Savonarola
(2014-12)The Italian city-state of Florence had a long-standing tradition of exceptionalist rhetoric during the Renaissance, though the focus of the city's distinction altered over time. This tradition, also referred to as the ... -
Gender and GDP Contributions: The Effects of Culture
(2008-06-11)This paper uses Ordinary Least Squares regressions to examine the cultural, demographic, and geographical sources of differences in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contributions of women. These cultural variables include ... -
Gender Quotas: The Right Idea for Argentina, a Good Idea for Latin America
(2010-12)The recent election cycles of Latin American parliaments have seen increased women's representation in some states and a stalemate or even reduction in others. Argentina consistently has among the highest legislative ... -
Global Capitalism in Oryx and Crake
(2009-11)In her speculative fiction novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood follows emerging global capitalism to its possible ends. As a response to our own world, her novel provides us with an opportunity to examine our global state ... -
Global Gene Expression in Cyanobacterial Electron Transfer Mutants
(2009-11)In photosynthesis, microalgae such as cyanobacteria capture enormous amounts of solar energy and convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into biopolymers that support life on earth and hold great potential for production of carbon-neutral ... -
“The Glorious American Banner Floating High above the Ramparts”: The Rise and Fall of Know-Nothingism in Wisconsin
(Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)Know-Nothingism was an anti-immigrant movement that gained prominence in the United States following a surge in Irish and German Catholic immigration during the 1840s and 1850s. Wisconsin, a new state with a diverse and ...