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    • Tickling Your Clients Funny Bone: A Focus Group Exploration of the Effective and Ineffective Uses of Humor in a Therapy Session 

      Goergen, Laura; Hajek, Lisa; Mitchell, Kathleen (University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2003)
      Humor is a tool that most, if not all people, regardless of culture or place in history, use in some form or another. (Engle, 1998) According to Newman ( 1992), "There has been a paucity of research on the psychotherapeutic ...
    • Analysis of the transtheoretical model of behavior change 

      Lenio, James A. (2006)
      The focus of this paper is on the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM). A description of the model, the applications toward modifying health behavior, and the model's criticisms will all be examined. Through ...
    • Do men deserve more credit? A study on gender and caregiving 

      Preimesberger, Colleen; Midthun, Kayla (2006)
      Care for the elderly population in the United States is fast becoming an issue many families are facing. This study investigated the relationship between gender and willingness of college students to care for aging parents ...
    • Functional foods: a comparison of blueberry muffin ingredients 

      Kaspar, Kerrie L.; Majoni, Sandra. (2006)
      Functional foods have increasingly gained attention regarding their ability to reduce the onset of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease. The objectives of this study were the following: 1) to evaluate blueberry ...
    • Investigation of chemical and physical properties of Southwestern Wisconsin maple syrup 

      Takano, Hiroyuki. (2006)
      Maple syrup is produced in the early spring from February through April when maple sap runs from the maple trees. It is traditionally known that the maple syrup produced from the sap in the later season tends to have a ...
    • Molecular analysis of grashopper populations to aid in prairie restoration efforts 

      Stodola, Levi.; Hurtgen, Brady. (2006)
      Although the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and nongovernment organizations have invested heavily in prairie restoration over the past decade, little effort had been made to evaluate whether insect species that ...
    • Responsibility: where does generation Y stand? 

      Butler, Mary; Beranek, Nathan (2006)
      Society perceives Generation Y as being irresponsible. This study investigated the attitudes of Generation Y towards the development of responsibility in childhood by surveying 20 male and female college students at the ...
    • Iris recognition: a general overview 

      Horst, Jesse (2006)
      This article reviewed the literature regarding iris recognition. The process of iris recognition is discussed in the context of the mathematical principles that underlie this procedure. Possible applications for iris ...
    • Principles of peer interviewing 

      Rask, Raschel.; Smith, Laura. (2006)
      Peer interviewing is a process for hiring employees that utilizes the people within the organization to gain a more complete idea of a candidate?s appropriateness for a position. The advantages and disadvantages of this ...
    • Hostage 

      Bamman, Jessica (2006)
      Society has an obligation to acknowledge social injustice in order to motivate action. In my drawings, I subtly portray domestic abuse showing how the action affects the victim's psychological state. Through the process ...
    • Effects of over-scheduled children: perspectives of childcare workers 

      Kringen, Erin M.; Nagel, Amanda K. (University of Wisconsin--Stout. Research Services, 2006)
      This study used survey research to gather the University of Wisconsin-Stout Child and Family Study Center (CFSC) childcare workers’ perspectives regarding the effects of over- scheduling children in Menomonie,Wisconsin ...
    • Blow out, flight, untitled 

      Walley, Emily A. (2006)
    • Variety series 

      Kasinskas, Valerie (2006)
    • College students' attitudes toward LGBT individuals 

      Johnson, Tessa M.; Greeley, Ashley A. (2007)
      Discrimination and oppression of the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) community is still very prevalent in society, as well as on college campuses. This study investigated attitudes toward LGBT individuals by surveying ...
    • Female students' attitudes on re-entering abusive relationships 

      Zemek, Jim.; Welbourn, Sally (2007)
      Women re-entering abusive relationships is an increasingly important issue. This study investigated female college students' attitudes on why women re-enter abusive relationships in hopes to gain a further understanding ...
    • Taking action to protect UW-Stout's last remaining wetland 

      Pettis, Maxine. (2007)
      Wetlands provide many essential ecosystem functions, such as flood control, wildlife habitat, and groundwater recharge. Although wetlands in Wisconsin are protected, not all wetlands are recognized. According to the Wisconsin ...
    • Zebrafish functional genomics development at UW-Stout 

      Hoage, Tiffany R. (2007)
      Since the completion of the human genome sequencing project, morpholino phosphorodiamidate oligonucleotide (MO) knockdown in zebrafish has been increasingly used to elucidate human gene function. As part of the effort to ...
    • Who gets custody? Current perspectives of social work students 

      Zuber, Courtney L.; Adams, Kyle J. (2007)
      Society and the American family are changing, leading to an increasing amount of single parent households. This study investigated the attitudes of social work students regarding non-traditional child placement by surveying ...
    • College students' attitudes towards eating disorders in males 

      Strommer, Christina.; VanDeLoo, Joy K. (2007)
      Eating disorders are a prevalent and serious health problem in the United States. Eating disorders are generally associated with young women. However, people are less aware of eating disorders among male; thus, there are ...