Browsing UW Milwaukee Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Air-water gas exchange and the carbon cycle of Green Bay, Lake Michigan
(1998-05-01)The purpose of this study was to constrain estimates of the kinetics of gas transfer across the air-water interface as well as quantify the net flux of carbon between southern Green Bay (1635 km2) and the atmosphere. In ... -
Life's Work : The Accidental Career of Laura Margolis Jarblum
(2000-12-01)Laura Margolis Jarblum has been largely overlooked by history, but her story is an important one. She worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee throughout four decades, serving around the world in places ... -
Chief for Life: Harold Breier and His Era
(2002-12-01)Harold Breier served as Milwaukee's Chief of Police from 1964 until 1984. His tenure occurred during a time of cultural upheaval in the United States, marked by the turmoil of the civil rights movement, the peace movement, ... -
Gender Trouble Girl: The Disruptive Work of Kim Gordon
(2005-08-01)Kim Gordon has been referred to as the “Godmother of Grunge,” the “Godmother of alternative rock,” “rock’s reigning experimental diva,” the original “Riot Mom,” and other similar sobriquets when mentioned as an important ... -
Examination of asynchronous volumetric and frequency communication patterns in online courses and their impact on adult learner satisfaction
(2006-12-01)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of online discussion board interactions of adult learners and their satisfaction with their experience. Specifically, this study's objectives were to examine ... -
Stormwater quality characterization, modeling, and management for the greater Milwaukee area, Wisconsin
(2007-12-01)Storm sewer pipes in the Greater Milwaukee area collect poluted stormwater runoff -
Tense or Aspect? Effects of L1 Prominence in L2 Acquisition
(2009-12-01)This study introduces a typological model of the conceptual language-specific approach to the L2 research on the acquisition of tense-aspect. The model is based on the typological notion of prominence, classifying languages ... -
Part I, Unified Pharmacophore Protein Models of the Benzodiazepine Receptor Subtypes ; Part II, Subtype
(2011-12-01)Part I. New models of unified pharmacophore/receptors have been constructed guided by the synthesis of subtype selective compounds in light of recent developments both in ligand synthesis and structural studies of the ... -
Spirituality and Transformational Learning: How Urban Residents Abandoned a Life of Violence
(2011-12-01)Community violence has been a perpetual issue among disenfranchised, African American, urban youth around the world. Many authors argue that high rates of violence among these youth are due to macro-structural characteristics ... -
The 1868 St. Landry Massacre: Reconstruction's Deadliest Episode of Violence
(2012-05-01)The St. Landry Massacre is representative of the pervasive violence and intimidation in the South during the 1868 presidential canvass and represented the deadliest incident of racial violence during the Reconstruction ... -
Sports Participation Among South Asian Americans: The Influence of Acculturation and Value of Sport
(2012-08-01)Asian Americans, one of the fastest growing communities in recent decades (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008) continue to be underrepresented in sports in the United States. Recent trends in sport participation suggest that while ... -
The Effects of Plantar Fasciitis on Multi-segment Foot Running Gait Kinematics
(2012-08-01)Plantar fasciitis is a common lower extremity injury caused by mechanical overload that affects 10% of all runners. Despite its commonality, research results investigating the etiology of the condition and the most efficacious ... -
Effects of Progressive Lens Eyeglasses on Gait Performance Factors Among Young and Middle-Aged Groups
(2012-08-01)Background: It is estimated that over 85% of adults over the age of 45 develop a condition called presbyopia (Holden et al., 2008). Multifocal lenses (MfLs) are used to functionally adapt to this condition to allow for ... -
A Three-Stage Process Model of Self-Initiated Expatriate Career Transitions: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
(2012-08-01)With more than 31 percent of employers worldwide having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of suitable talent available in their home markets (Manpower, 2010), talent shortage has become a global problem. Thus, ... -
Sweet Nothings: Women in Rockabilly Music: LaVern Baker and Janis Martin
(2012-08-01)Rockabilly music is an exciting and vibrant style of early Rock and Roll that originated in the 1950s. With its aggressive beat and anti-establishment connotations, rockabilly is considered a widely male-dominated genre, ... -
Integrating "Code Smells" Detection with Refactoring Tool Support
(2012-08-01)Refactoring is a form of program transformation which preserves the semantics of the program. Refactoring frameworks for object-oriented programs were first introduced in 1992 by William Opdyke. Few people apply refactoring ... -
Role of Interleukin-17 in the Adaptive Immune Response in Lyme Arthritis
(2012-08-01)Lyme arthritis is a devastating symptom of Lyme borreliosis that causes severe inflammation of the synovial joints. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) plays a role in the pathogenesis of various arthritides, including, possibly, Lyme ... -
Relationship Between Counter Movement Jump Performance and Extraversion Level
(2012-08-01)Introduction: Sport psychology literature has demonstrated a relationship between personality and physical ability and athletic performance. In general, individuals who exhibit a greater degree of extraversion display a ... -
A Story That Made You Up: A Novel
(2012-08-01)A Story That Made You Up traces the dissolution of a long friendship between two women, Mia, the novel's first-person narrator, and Jules. The focus of the novel involves the importance in women's lives of having close ... -
The Lived Experiences of 24/7 Connectivity on Secondary Educators
(2012-08-01)Student access to the Internet has dramatically increased during the first decade of 2000. A recent study indicated that over 85% of US teens have regular access to a cell phone (Rideout et al., 2010). The cell phone coupled ...