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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 ...
Oshkosh Scholar
(Office of Grants and Faculty Development, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2008-04)
Robert Venturi and His Contributions to Postmodern Architecture.
(2008-06-11)
This paper examines the major contributions of architect Robert Venturi to
the field of Postmodern architecture during the 1970s. Many of Venturi’s buildings
were small in stature, designed for a specific location and ...
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 ...
Does an Inverted Yield Curve Predict Recessions?
(2008-06-11)
This paper examines the factors that determine the rate of growth of Gross
Domestic Product in the U.S. economy for the years 1976-2006, with an emphasis on
the role of the yield curve in predicting economic growth. Using ...
The Historical Jesus and the Slave of the Centurion: How the Themes of Slavery, Sexuality, and Military Service Intersect in Matthew 8:5-13.
(2008-06-11)
When the identity of the slave in the Gospel narrative of “The Healing of the
Centurion’s Slave” is studied through historical-critical research, the written and earlier
oral traditions of the story indicate that the ...
Prolonging the War for a Permanent Peace: Wisconsin Soldiers and the 1864 Election.
(2008-06-11)
The main focus of this essay was to find out what the motivations were for
Civil War soldiers from Wisconsin in their choice for president in the 1864 election.
The decision was a difficult one: they could either stay ...
A Contradictory Constitution: Forgotten Hypocrisies in the Blueprint of Democracy
(2008-06-11)
The following essay investigates the contradictions of the modern concepts
linked to the U.S. Constitution and the actual ideologies of those who wrote it.
While it may be viewed as a beacon of modern democracy today, ...
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 ...
Use of Screen Real Estate on University Home Pages.
(2008-06-11)
In this project, the home pages of the 11 comprehensive universities in the
University of Wisconsin System were analyzed and compared according to categories
suggested by Jakob Nielsen. This research clearly defines eight ...