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Mediated Public Diplomacy : How News Agencies Covered Global Climate Change
(2014-04)This research involves dissecting global media markets and how our news agencies around the world analyze global climate change. The goal is to show the similarities and differences among North America, Europe, Africa, ... -
Mediation of Non-suicidal Self-Injury Frequency by Aversion to NSSI Images on Implicit Association with Death and Suicide
(2019-05)Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the direct, deliberate destruction of one's own body tissue in the absence of suicidal intent. It has been shown to be a strong predictor of future suicide attempts, but research is lacking ... -
Medium or the Message : What Effects Youth's Responses to Anti-tobacco Messages
(2011-05)As the use of social media becomes more widespread among youth in our society (Purcell, 2011), public health officials have looked to new media to promote messages of healthy behaviors. Focusing on anti-tobacco messages, ... -
Medvegalis : A GPR Study of the Medieval Hillfort in Lithuania
(2018-02-05)Located on the western border of the Baltic state of Lithuania, Medvėgalis was one of the strongest and most important Middle Age hillforts in the region. First mentioned in written text in 1316, Medvėgalis served as a ... -
Mental Health Services for Incarcerated Women : a Study of Taycheedah Correctional Institution
(2011-05)This purpose of this study was to assess the current status of mental health services for incarcerated women housed at Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Taycheedah is a maximum/medium security ... -
Mentoring undergraduates in research
(2007-05-01)This poster addresses the Ph.D. shortage in higher education by describing efforts at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire to mentor undergraduates in research. In spring 2005, 20 undergraduates in CSD began a Directed ... -
Metabolic Syndrome Exacerbates Central Arterial Stiffness in HIV-1 Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment But Not in HIV-1 Treatment-Naive Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012-04)Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors, is becoming increasingly prevalent with HIV-1 in resource-limited settings, and higher rates are observed in HIV-1-infected patients who are undergoing ... -
Metacognition strategies and epistemological beliefs surveyed among college students.
(2007-05-01)This project addresses the question of whether there is a correlation between students' metacognitive awareness (i.e. awareness of their own thought processes) and their epistemological development (i.e., their beliefs ... -
Metal Reduction by Methobactins
(2010-04)Methanobactins (mb) are copper-binding peptides or chalkophores secreted by methanotrophs to scavenge copper ions from the environment. A unique feature of these molecules is their ability to reduce and stabilize copper ... -
Metal Sequestration During Aggregation Based Crystal Growth
(2018-01-09)This project is focused on determining how associated metals of environmental concern (especially Pb) behave during aggregationbased crystal growth as a function of increasing Crystallinity Index (CI). -
A Metalinguistic Approach for School-Based Speech and Language Intervention
(2017-12-21)Students with speech-language disorders often struggle to generalize their newly learned skills to the classroom and home environments. We hypothesize one reason this is challenging is because many speech-language pathologists ... -
A Metalinguistic Approach for School-Based Speech and Language Interventions
(2019-05)A challenge for many students on speech-language pathologists’ (SLP) caseloads is the development of metalinguistic awareness to support generalization of newly learned speech-language skills to classroom and home environments. ... -
Metals in Hair as Predictors of Disease
(2013-05)The link between metal concentrations in hair and human health effects has been shown in previously published literature. Bencko et al. (1986) determined that the best means of determining pollution's effect on humans is ... -
Metamorphic Petrography and Geochemistry of a Garnetiferous Gneiss in the Tobacco Root Mountains, Southwestern Montana
(2018-05)Both our sample and the Australian garnet gneiss are made primarily of banded iron/manganese garnets, quartz, with lesser magnetite, and trace monzite, ilmenite, grunerite, and biotite. Our sample, the Australian gneiss, ... -
Methamphetamine Induces Nonphotic Resetting of Circadian Clock in the Male Syrian Hamster.
(2009-04)Resetting of circadian clocks in male Syrian Hamsters can be manipulated photically and nonphotically. Previous work suggested that Propranolol, a know beta-adrengergic antagonist, may block nonphotic clock resetting in ... -
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Loja Province, Ecuador
(2012-04)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain of Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) which is resistant to methicillin, the antibiotic used most to treat Staphylococcus infections. MRSA poses health risks both in ... -
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates, Obtained from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Campus, Capable of Transferring Methicillin-Resistance
(2014-04)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcusaureus (MRSA) is an antibiotic-resistant strain of the bacterium Staphylococcusaureus that is responsible for many community and hospital-acquired infections worldwide. A survey of the ... -
Methodology for Determining ASC Density in Relation to Black Spot Parasite Load
(2010-04)It is generally thought that alarm substance cells (ASC) in the fish epidermis evolved as a means to warn other fish of nearby predation via release of the chemical substance these cells hold. It has been recently hypothesized, ... -
Methylene Chloride Exposure Alters Morphological Development in Zebrafish Larvae
(2021-04)The prevalence of individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has strikingly increased in recent decades. Both genetic and environmental factors have been associated with neurodevelopmental changes causing ... -
Miami Tribe of Indiana's Fight for Federal Recognition
(2011-05)Currently, there are two separate tribal Miami entities in the United States; the federally recognized Miami of Oklahoma (Western Miami) and the non-federally recognized Miami of Indiana (Eastern Miami). Without federal ...