MINDS@UW La Crosse: Recent submissions
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“Taking a Step Back”: What White Student Affairs Practitioners Engaged in Social Justice Work Say about Followership
(2023-05)The study of followership is underrepresented in leadership literature. The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological study was to explore how White student affairs practitioners engaged in social justice work at a ... -
Dissolved organic carbon dynamics in lakes and streams in Northern Wisconsin
(2023-05)Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is naturally occurring; however, various aspects of global climate change are increasing anthropogenic DOC in freshwater systems. Here we focus on lakes and streams in the Northern Lakes and ... -
Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) as affected by interspecific competition with non-native Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) following a stream fish community manipulation in the Wisconsin Driftless Area.
(2022-12)Brook and brown trout are the two dominant trout species that inhabit Wisconsin Driftless Area streams. Brook Trout are native within this area, whereas Brown Trout were introduced in the late 1800s. There are widespread ... -
Genetic bottlenecks effects on influenza A replication
(2023-05)Influenza A causes a mild to severe seasonal respiratory illness that can lead to hospitalization and death. The impact of seasonal influenza epidemics and the unpredictable emergence of influenza pandemics require further ... -
Larval Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) acceptance of formulated diets based on maternal lineage
(2022-12)Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) populations declined throughout the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins during the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to overexploitation and habitat degradation. Aquaculture ... -
Epidemiological analysis of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in La Crosse County, Wisconsin from 2001 to 2020
(2022-12)Over 20 million people are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection each year in the United States (US). Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the two most reported bacterial infections in the US, ... -
Hypothalamic control of feeding behavior in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel
(2022-08)The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) undergoes natural, extreme changes in feeding behavior, including a six-month fast during hibernation. In the spring and summer, ground squirrels become ... -
Assessing the effects of imidacloprid and binary mixtures of the neonicotinoids imidacloprid in fathead minnow larvae (Pimephales promelas)
(2022-08)Neonicotinoid insecticides were designed to be selective for insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), however recent studies indicate they may cause subtle toxicity in fish. Imidacloprid (IM) and thiamethoxam ... -
"Where is the support?": Black men student affairs professionals experiences with secondary trauma.
(2022-08)Student affairs professionals respond to college students in crisis on their respective campuses on a daily basis. After time, this work may begin to affect the professionals negatively and it may lead to the development ... -
Queer connection, access, and identity: Investigating the lived experiences of queer, mad, mentally ill, neurodivergent, and/or disabled (MMIND) college students in higher education.
(2022-08)This phenomenological study was designed to elevate the lived experiences of queer, mad, mentally ill, neurodivergent, and/or disabled (MMIND) college students in higher education. Little research exists which describes ... -
Empowerment of women military spouses in higher education pursuits: A narrative inquiry.
(2022-05)There are a number of challenges associated with being a military spouse. Military culture prioritizes the needs of service members over those of military spouses. The cost of traversing this path is the sacrifice of ... -
"Finding calm in the chaos": the influence of yoga practice on the professional experiences of white student affairs mothers
(2022-05)A culture that supports student affairs educators to engage in holistic wellness behaviors, as espoused by student affairs professional competencies, is not engrained in student affairs work, as capitalistic, patriarchal, ... -
College-choice factors of first-generation students with disabilities
(2022-05)College-choice research typically analyzed students based on a single perspective of their identity rather than from an intersecting perspective. However, such research fails to account for the experience of people with ... -
Examining the genetics of mushroom development in the cultivated edible mushroom Flammulina velutipes
(2022-01)Flammulina velutipes is a cultivated edible mushroom with two distinct growth forms: highly pigmented and umbrella-shaped in the wild, but pale and thread-like under cultivation conditions. Recent studies using F. velutipes ... -
Endophytic fungal diversity in whitebark pine: links between species assemblage, biogeography, and blister rust occurrence.
(2022-01)Whitebark pine is a threatened, keystone and foundational species in the northern Rocky Mountains that occurs in a narrow elevational zone and has experienced 40-90% population declines. These declines are due to an invasive ... -
Adult online learners and their learning spaces: a phenomenological inquiry
(2022-05)The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine how adult online learners experience learning spaces. The research was rooted in the body of interdisciplinary research focused on learning spaces and borrowed ... -
Myxococcus xanthus and the nmpRSTU system as a model for bacterial two-component systems
(2022-05)Myxococcus xanthus is a soil bacterium that uses two-component systems (TCSs) to regulate numerous social behaviors. Bacterial TCSs consist of a histidine kinase (HK) that recognizes a signal and a response regulator (RR) ... -
Effect of phosphorus on microbially induced corrosion to copper metal and possible implications for drinking water quality
(2021-12)Microbial corrosion is defined as the degradation of industrial material by microbiological activity. In home drinking water systems, corrosion of piping material can lead to hazardous levels of copper or lead in potable ... -
Perceptions of resilience: an exploration into the impact of perceived and actual risk.
(2022-05)INTRODUCTION: Outdoor orientation programs have been identified as helping students develop resilience skills to help them transition from home to college. However, what is not known is how perceived risk and actual risk ... -
Inequities in dual credit enrollment: How dual credit enrollment and weighted GPAs impact college access through the Texas top ten percent policy
(2022-05)In response to the ban on affirmative action and the decrease in racial minority enrollment, the Texas legislature created the Texas Top 10% rule, which mandates public higher education institutions to admit undergraduate ...