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School efficiency rankings in Minnesota
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-08)This paper examines the difference between school level performance rankings for Minnesota public schools for the 2013-2014 school year based on Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment passage rate and econometrically estimated ... -
Self efficacy and retention among first-generation college students
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2020-12)The American education system is often regarded as an engine of social mobility (Bowen, Kurzweil, Tobin, & Pichler, 2005). However, research has shown that the higher education system can instead play a major role in ... -
Silver-coated insects, concept and perception
(2010)A poster describing the artist's exhibit that explored the transition between life and death by coating organic insect carcasses with a thin film of metal, displaying them in a darkened room with shadows, and asking viewers ... -
A simple, space-efficient algorithm for detecting start and stop codons in DNA
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-04)The brute force algorithm for string matching has a worst-case execution complexity of O(MN), where N is the length of the entire string and M is the length of the substring to be matched. The efficiency of brute-force ... -
Small business adoption of integrated computerized accounting information systems
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2024-08)Small businesses have a significant impact on the economy of the United States. Although many small businesses lack resources such as technology, integrated computerized accounting information systems (ICAIS) are accessible. ... -
Small/medium market models of newspaper and broadcasting convergence in the midwest
(2006-11-10)There is a large body of research on a recent movement in the news media referred to as convergence. This practice of sharing resources between media organizations takes many forms and is found in major markets. Research ... -
Solving non-decomposable objectives using linear programming layers in general machine learning models : SVMs and deep neural networks
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-05)Many domain specific machine learning tasks require more fine tuning with respect to nondecomposable metrics to be effective. In many applications such as medical diagnosis and fraud detection, traditional loss measures ... -
Spatial and temporal variation in diversity of pleurocerid gastropoda and other benthic macroinvertebrate fauna, Mukwonago River, Wisconsin
(2012)Benthic macroinvertebrate taxa were sampled using Hess and coring samplers in two locations of the Mukwonago River in Waukesha County gravel substrates immediately downstream from the Phantom Lake dam, and sand ... -
Stressed and confused : an exploration into citizenship fatigue and the dark side of workplace friendship
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2021-05)This two-essay study investigated two growing areas of interest related to employee stress: citizenship fatigue and the dark side of workplace friendships. Essay 1 hypothesizes that person–organization fit is negatively ... -
Students on the autism spectrum and the transitional skills necessary for college
(2013)This study examined the transitional life skills students with Autism and Asperger's need in order to succeed in college. Students with Autism and Asperger's can do well in college if they possess specific life skills. ... -
Studies in fluorescence resonance energy transfer in a FAM/Iowa black labeled thrombin-binding aptamer
(2010)Describes a study with the hypotheses: using a dual labeled thrombin-binding aptamer (TBA), as ions are added to the solution total fluorescence will decrease when using FAM and Iowa black-FQ as a result of fluorescence ... -
A study of CFO and CEO attributes : cash and operating cycles as determinant measures of success and effect of c-suite members' social network capital on tail risk
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2020-12)The chief executive officer (CEO) is the face of an organization. Nonetheless, since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the importance of the chief financial officer (CFO) has increased (Alkhafaji, 2007; Schminke, Arnaud, & ... -
Study of the difference in coverage of the Israeli operation in Gaza (December, 2008 to January, 2009) in the New York Times and BBC
(2010)Coverage of the Middle East by western media is often an issue of argument. The most controversial is how this media cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While media defend itself by claiming the balanced, objective ... -
A study of the implementation of differentiation strategies in the spelling classroom
(2011)A Study of the Implementation of Differentiation Strategies in the Spelling Classroom discusses the implementation of various differentiation strategies in a third grade spelling classroom. The strategies are used to ... -
Sub-linear algorithms for shortest unique substring and maximal unique matches
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-12)Living in an era where we produce quintillions of data on a daily basis means that there are many intriguing (possibly unrevealed) facts behind them. Some of the data that exists in large quantities is encountered in ... -
Superresolution recurrent convolutional neural networks for learning with multi-resolution whole slide images
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-11)A recurrent convolutional neural network is supervised machine learning way to process images that has both properties of convolutional and recurrent networks. We propose Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based approach ... -
Supply chain integration and the impacts of information technology capabilities, organizational culture (i.e. customer orientation, buyer dependence), and environmental uncertainties (i.e. supply, demand, technology) on supply chain performance
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-11)The Technology, Organization, Environment (TOE) framework has been extensively studied in the context of information technology. However, the TOE framework has not yet been utilized to examine determinants of supply chain ... -
Supporting the struggling mathematics student in my fifth grade classroom
(2011)Everyday Mathematics is a popular reform and research-based program that is currently being used in my district. It is not a complete math program however, and some struggling students are being left out. This project ... -
Survivor and other reality T.V. gameshows: the uses and gratifications perspective on a reality sub-genre
(2006-05-03)Ever since the 1930s when different forms of media such as film, radio, and print became a main source/influence of how people obtained information and were entertained, media theorists have questioned the effects of the ... -
Teachers' preparation and perspectives toward native language use in the classroom
(2012)This ethnographic case study investigates teacher preparation in educating English language learners (ELLs) and how it relates to perspectives and attitudes toward the use of students' native language (L1) in the classroom ...