MINDS@UW: Recent submissions
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Oral History Interview, Lynette Marguiles (1116)
(2010-08-23)In her two 2010 interviews with Linda Lenzke, Lynette Margulies shares the story of how she found her way to Madison and the different challenges and opportunities she’d encountered playing and performing in Madison’s ... -
Oral History Interview, Valerie Hodgson (1924)
(2019-10-21)In her 2019 interview with Pat Calchina, Val Hodgson details her life in Madison. She spoke of the time period between 1972 and the present and of the following topics: Her art career, the women’s and lesbian community in ... -
Oral History Interview, Bennet Goldstein (1104)
(2010-09-24)In his September 2010 interview with Anna Zeide, Bennet Goldstein recounts how he came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and joined the History of Science program. He shares his perspectives on the difficulty of coming ... -
LAND-BASED EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OPTIMARIN DN100 AND DN150 BALLAST SYSTEMS IN THE GREAT LAKES
(2023-03-23)This technical report presents the land-based evaluation of two Optimarin Ballast System models. The focus was primarily on the Model 68/340FX2 using a DN100 chamber but also includes data for one trial using the Model ... -
Oral History Interview, Malika Ziebarth (2215)
(2022-12-17)In the story collected by Kayla Bell with Malika Ziebarth, formally Malika McCormick, Malika shares her experience from her time as a Wisconsin women rower during the years of 2001 through 2005 as part of the oral history ... -
Oral History Interview, Elizabeth Auchter (2209)
(2022-12-17)In the story collected by Kayla Bell and Elizabeth Gediman with Elizabeth (Betsie) Aaron Auchter, Betsie details her life prior, during and after her time as a Wisconsin women rower as part of the oral history collection ... -
Oral History Interview, Judy Houck (1534)
(2015-03-24)Judith Houck was born and raised in rural northern California. Houck was the youngest of four children with a father who was a zoology professor and a mother who stayed home. Houck attended a college-prep elementary school ... -
Oral History Interview, Finn Enke (1526)
(2015-09-09)Finn Enke discusses growing up around activism, traveling as a 20-something, and pursuing an undergraduate and graduate education. -
Oral History Interview, Bonnie Augusta (1254)
(2012-06-11)In her June 2012 interview with Christine Haas, Bonnie Augusta talks about her upbringing in Fargo ND, Crystal Lake, IL and Lodi, WI. She talks of the differences she felt as a young child about her sexuality. She tells ... -
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 ... -
Statistical Sampling in a Library: The Unexpected Challenges of Data Collection
(36th annual St. Norbert College Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Regional Conference, De Pere, Wisconsin, 2022-11-05)In a world increasingly focused on data-driven decision-making, our techniques for statistical analysis depend on the reliability of data collection itself. However, as I found out while analyzing fiction and nonfiction ... -
Initial Insights on the Thermal Ecology of Lake Whitefish in Northwestern Lake Michigan
(19th annual Research in the Rotunda, University of Wisconsin System, 2023-03-08)Lake whitefish (LWF) Coregonus clupeaformis are a coldwater species native to the Great Lakes that support important fisheries in many parts of the basin. Sustainability of LWF stocks may be threatened by climate-induced ... -
Composting Deactivation of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions
(19th annual Research in the Rotunda, University of Wisconsin System, 2023-03-08)Prions are the causative agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) diseases in mammals. Prions are notoriously recalcitrant to chemical and physical degradation and are highly persistent in the environment. ... -
Formation of targeted and novel disinfection by-products during chlorine photolysis in the presence of bromide
(2023)Chlorine photolysis is an advanced oxidation process that relies on the combined use of direct chlorination by free available chlorine, direct photolysis, and reactive oxidants to transform contaminants. In waters that ... -
The Effect of Education on Income Inequality in Wisconsin
(19th annual Research in the Rotunda, University of Wisconsin System, 2023-03-08)Using cross-sectional data from each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, this research explores the effect of postsecondary educational attainment on income inequality in our state. To study this relationship using regression ... -
A Comparative Study of Name Entity Recognition Techniques in Software Engineering Texts
(2022-04)Named Entity Recognition (NER) is an essential sub-task for many important tasks in software engineering (SE), such as automated requirement analysis, opinion mining, question answering, knowledge base construction, and ... -
A Bibliographic Overview of Colorectal Cancer Detection and Prevention Using Machine Learning Techniques
(2022-04)The idea of using machine learning techniques to identify colorectal cancer is a relatively new one, with most of the research being done in the last ten years. To determine the current state of research in this field, an ... -
Schoobio: A Sustainability Curriculum to Increase Biocultural Diversity on School Grounds
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2022-12)I developed a new global curriculum, Schoobio, in which middle and high school students become citizen scientists and change agents as they engage in transdisciplinary activities culminating in their advocacy for biocultural ... -
EGFR Signaling Promotes Invadosome-Mediated 3-D Axon Outgrowth
(2021)During development, axons and dendrites (collectively known as neurites) extend from neuron cell bodies to form appropriate synaptic connections, using secreted and cellsurface ligands as guides (Lowery & Vactor, 2009). ...