• Impact of Fertilizer Quantity on Pothos (Epipremnum aurem) Vegetative Growth 

  Linberg, Mattea; Beuning, Kristina R. (2021-04)

  Pothos(Epipremnumaurem) is a common houseplant that is grown and sold at greenhouses for its lush foliage. Greenhouses apply fertilizer to both meet plant nutrient needs and produce favorable growth. Fertilizer should be ...

• How Does Varying Sizes and Concentrations of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Affect the Conformation and Function of the Enzyme Escherichia Coli Prolyl-Trna Synthetase? 

  Liebau, Jessica; Laatsch, Bethany; Lowater, Harrison; Hati, Sanchita (2021-04)

  Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) is a biocompatible, hydrophilic, flexible, non-toxic polyether commonly used in proteomics because it is widely regarded to be a biologically inert molecule. This includes PEG2000 (molecular ...

• Investigating Phenotypic Plasticity Along Two Axes of Plant Variation in Helianthus 

  Leonardson, Aleks; McNabb, Lydia; Mitchell, Nora (2021-04)

  Climate factors, such as temperature and rainfall, affect both leaf investment (specific leaf area; SLA) and plant height. Previous research has found evidence of relationships between traits and environmental factors, ...

• Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Hydrothermal Alteration at Lynne Zn-Cu-Pb Deposit, Oneida Co. Wi. 

  Lemke, Tara C.; Lodge, Robert W.D. (2021-04)

  The purpose of this project is to determine the specific style of hydrothermal alteration that occurs within the volcanic strata at Lynne Zn-Cu-Pb deposit. The Lynne deposit is a volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (VMS) ...

• Refocusing Choral Literature and Conducting to Benefit Future Educators 

  McDonnell, Danny; LeBouton, Maddie; Watkins, Frank A.; Dunbar, Laura (2021-04)

  In August 2020, our research team started to discuss the reconstruction of the curriculum for MUED 400: Choral Literature and Conducting. This course is typically taken by third-or fourth-year students majoring is choral ...

• Can These Mutations Lead to Blindness? : Analyzing the Effects of Genetic Variants of Uncertain Significance 

  Leavens, Caterra; Sadowska, Kati; Reither, Daniel; Gingerich, Jamie Lyman; Gingerich, Derek J. (2021-04)

  Genetic testing involves examining a patient's DNA sequence to look for changes (mutations) in the DNA that can potentially cause disease or illness. While some of the changes are benign, many have not yet been characterized ...

• Shoot the Messenger : Changes in Evaluations of Scientific Information as a Function of Messenger Identity 

  Lay, Parker; Witthun, Kora; Dobson, Ryan; Bleske-Rechek, April L. (2021-04)

  Research on cognitive biases has shown that humans are not impartial, objective receivers of information. In the current studies, we investigate the degree to which individuals’ evaluations of scientific information are ...

• Tracking COVID Locally and Adaptively 

  Lim, Jessica; Lim, Shin Yee; Kraker, Jessica J. (2021-04)

  In summer 2020, the project started with the faculty mentor created a dashboard to visualize and summarize information about local COVID data. Skills developed include learning a new programing package dplyr in R and hosting ...

• Off the Shelf: McIntyre Library Newsletter 

  University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. McIntyre Library (University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. McIntyre Library, 2022-04)

• Experimental Study of Hydroxyl Stretching in Aluminosilicate Glass Cooled from High Temperature at Variable Quench Rates 

  Langfield, Katherine; Guenther, William; Ihinger, Phillip D. (2021-04)

  The physical properties of natural silicate magma are strongly influenced by the dissolution of water into the aluminosilicate melt framework. Of note is the presence of hydroxyl species (X-OH) that break apart the rigid ...

• Is it Raining Plastic? Microplastics in Lakes of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness : Tracing the Sources of Microplastics Pollution 

  Kostelny, Reed; Wellnitz, Todd A. (2021-04)

  Microplastics are plastic particles < 5 mm that are known to have detrimental effects on the natural environment. Microplastics have been extensively studied at locations of high human impact, but their abundance and ...

• Safety of Radon Concentrations in Wisconsin Homes : A Statistical Investigation 

  Koepke, Leah; Aziz, Mohammad (2021-04)

  Exposure to high levels of radon (above 4 pCi/L) has been linked to several diseases, the most prevalent of these being lung cancer. The purpose of this study is to determine if the radon concentrations in Wisconsin homes ...

• Unexpected Classroom Events and How They Demonstrate a Math Teacher's Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching 

  Knutson, Jessica; Troudt, Melissa (2021-04)

  The field of mathematics education acknowledges teachers have a special way of knowing the content they. This special way of knowing termed pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) or mathematical knowledge for teaching includes ...

• Perceptions of Teaching Profession Among Midwest College Students 

  Kleutsch, Allisyn; Molkentin, Ted; Draghicchio, Stefania; Vriesema, Christine Calderon (2021-04)

  Many U.S. adults are unsatisfied with AmericanK-12 schools. Less than half of U.S. adults give their community’s schools A or B grades, and only 19% give A or B grades to the nation’s schools. Assigning low grades has ...

• Observations of a Shallow Inversion Layer in a Shoreline Lake Michigan Environment Using Meteorological Measurements on an Unmanned Aerial System 

  Kies, Benjamin; Radtke, Josie; Cleary, Patricia Anne (2021-04)

  The lower atmosphere is typically well-mixed during the daytime because the earth's atmosphere is heated by solar heating warming up the ground or ocean surfaces. Inversions in the atmosphere in the daytime, where warmer ...

• Teaching Methodologies in L2 Spanish Phonetics : Segmentals and Suprasegmentals in Word and Sentence Reading Styles 

  Lamers, Amber; Sanchez Rodriguez, Marely; Varela-García, Fabiola; Goodman, Jeffrey A. (2021-04)

  This quasi-experimental research study reports on the significance multimodal explicit, communicative, and standard teaching methodologies have on learning Spanish pronunciation in 94 English native speaking adults across ...

• Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies to Probe the Impact of Oxidative Stress on the Binding of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 

  Fossum, Carl; Lowater, Harrison; Narkiewicz-Jodko, Alexander; Laatsch, Bethany; Lonzarich, Leo; Hati, Sanchita; Bhattacharyya, Sudeep (2021-04)

  The receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as well as the human cell surface receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2) contain several cysteine residues. These cysteine residues exist either in ...

• Analysis of Lunchtime Waste-Sorting Habits at the University Student Center 

  Kawak, Katrina E.; Fiore, Mark; Clark, Scott K. (2021-04)

  Americans churn out an average of over 7 pounds of trash each day. As landfills reach capacity, it is becoming ever more critical to cultivate effective waste-sorting habits that can reduce waste-stream contamination, ...

• Exploring the Interactions Between Nitrogen Donors and MX3R Lewis Acids 

  Kappel, Keisha; Phillips, James A. (2021-04)

  This work is focused on designing medium-sensitive structures, of the form R-MX3-N, with the potential for the M-N bond to contract when in different solvents, as in previous studies of nitrile-BF3 complexes. If R-MX3-N ...

• Subsurface Investigation of Cape Kolka, Latvia : A Progradational Strandplain Along the Baltic Coast 

  Jefferies, Hailee; Wingren, Cameron P.; Jerviss, Kelly M.; Bergevin, Logan; Beck, Joseph D.; Jol, Harry M.; Goettl, Martin (2021-04)

  The Cape Kolka strandplain is located along the northern tip of Latvia, situated between the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga. The strandplain has been prograding due to excess sediment being carried northwards through ...

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