UWM Digital Commons

Fighting Health Misinformation: Building an Interpretable, Criteria-Driven System to Assist the Public in Assessing the Quality of Health News, Xiaoyu Liu
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Emergency Preparedness in Nursing Homes: The Association Between Emergency Preparedness Standards Compliance and the COVID-19 Pandemic, MOHAMMED ABDULRAHMAN M ABAHUSSAIN
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Characterization of the Role of T Regulatory Cells in the Immune Response to Borrelia Burgdorferi Infection, Alaa Almatrook
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Experiences and Perspectives of Women Veterans Use of the Veterans’ Health Administration Services, Leanne Anthon
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Three Essays on Online Customer Reviews in Business and Healthcare, Cong Zhang
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Pipeline for Calculating Calories for Print Recipes with Minimal User Intervention, Karl W. Holten
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Characterization of B Regulatory Cell-Derived-Interleukin-35 Containing Exosomes and Their Immunosuppressive Effect, Sahar Ali Alhakeem
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Interrater Reliability of the Accesstools Assessment with Novice Raters, Qussai Mohammed Obiedat
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Impact of Teacher Cognition on the Implementation of Social- Emotional Learning Practices for EL Students, Madeline Bliske
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A Community-engaged Narrative Inquiry Photovoice Project Examining the Health-Impacting Experiences of Older Adult Russian and Spanish-Speaking Immigrants in Southeastern Wisconsin, United States., Maren Hawkins
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Cultural Safety and the Provision of Humanitarian Nursing in Haiti, Jennifer Weitzel
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Perianesthesia Discourses on Directives Limiting Care: A Foucauldian Case Study, Joshua Brian Hardin
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Facilitators and Barriers to Electronic Personal Health Record Use in the Older Adult Population, Janelle Theisen
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Association Between Components of a Self-management Theory and Falls Among Older Adults, Christina Diane Sima
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Examining Dyslipidemia as a Contributing Factor to Dementia Risk, Michelle Dunk
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Nursing Students with Background Check Findings, Christopher Charles Peters
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Impacting Positive Breastfeeding Attitudes of Prelicensure Nursing Students Using an Evidence-based Breastfeeding Module, Stephanie D. Uhr
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Development of New Treatments for Asthma and Neuropathic Pain Based on Ɣ-Aminobutyric Acid a Receptor (GABAAR) Ligands, Nicolas Mark Zahn
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In Vitro and In Vivo Identification and Quantification of Carmofur and 5-Fluorouracil Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Mohammad Mohiminul Islam
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Full-Body Biomechanical Characterization of Children with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome During Gait and Activities of Daily Living, Anahita Alahmoradiqashqai
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Resident Doctor Duty Shift Scheduling in Tarragona, Spain, Anna Daniel Fuentes
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Effect of 670 Nm Photobiomodulation on Angiogenic and Inflammatory Signaling Pathways in an in Vitro Model of Diabetic Retinopathy, Annamarie Grace Lofald
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Patient Centric Solutions to Mitigate Information Need of Obstetric Ultrasound Exam Among Pregnant Women: Design-Thinking Approach, Eman Alanazi
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Examining the Mental Health Needs and Help-Seeking Behaviors of Online College Students, Lori Ann Bokowy Feldhausen
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Examining Secondary Victimization Within the Nurse-Patient Relationship, Ashley Ruiz
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A Qualitative Assessment of Screening Behavior for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among African American Women in Milwaukee Using the Integrated Behavioral Model, Bernadette Okwu
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Mental Health Needs Among Latina Migrant Farmworkers in the State of Wisconsin - A Colonial Legacy, Maria Del Carmen Graf
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Use of Mobile Phones for HIV Prevention and Testing Information Needs By Emerging Adult Male Population in Rural Kenya. A Qualitative Study, Augustine Boswony Kiplagat
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Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Air Pollutants and COVID-19 Death Rate: A Case Study for Los Angeles County, California, Akhil Mandalapu, Junfeng Jiao, Amin Azimian
International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research

Association of Gender, Race, Mechanism of Injury on Alcohol Use, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression in Trauma, Collen M. Trevino, Ryan Shorey, Carisa Bergner, Amber Brandolino, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Christopher R. France
Psychology Faculty Articles

Effects of Seat and Axle Position on Pain, Pathology, and Independence in Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Users with Spinal Cord Injury, Hannah Frank
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Evaluating the Biological Activities of Novel Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors (hdaci) in Adherent and Nonadherent Tumor Cell Lines, Samer Alanani
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Central Sensitization, Muscle Function, and Knee Kinematics in Females with Patellofemoral Pain, Kemery Jean Sigmund
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Effect of Regulatory T Cells on the Humoral Immune Response to Borrelia Burgdorferi, Tanya Kozlik
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Mass Spectrometry Directed Pre-Clinical Studies of Asthma Candidate MIDD0301 and Its Analogs, Md Shadiqur Rashid Roni
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Effects of Provider Support and Psychosocial Stressors on Maternal Health-promoting Behaviors, Mary Catherine Jessen
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Acute Induced Scurvy: Implications for COVID-19 and the Cytokine Storm, Chawki Belhadi
Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology

Anxiety and Social Withdrawal Among Children: Associations with Emotion Awareness and Emotion Regulation Strategy Use at the Intra- and Interpersonal Levels, JaNae Ellen Teer
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School-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication Collaboration During COVID-19, Nicole Kocanda
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Resting-State Versus Breath-Hold for Testing Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Integrity in Pre-Surgical Planning, Nooshin Jafari Fesharaki
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Ultrasonography as Biofeedback to Increase Muscle Activation During the Mendelsohn Maneuver in Healthy Adults, Ching-Hsuan Peng
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The Spatial Prevalence and Associated Factors of Opioid Overdose Mortality in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Andrew Schendl
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The Impact of Structural Determinants on Pregnancy Intention and Reproductive Decision Making Among African American Women, Jill Strickland Denson
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Senior Cohousing: The Social Architecture of Cohousing, Community Design & Well Being, Michael Mandelman
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Factors That Influence the Health Seeking Behavior and Degree of Health Service Utilization of Ethiopian Immigrants Living in One of the Midwest Cities of the United States: A Mixed Methods, Sisay Bekele Mersha
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Transition to Adulthood: Experience of Youth with Spina Bifida in Japan, Shiho Murayama
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Two Essays on Leveraging Analytics to Improve Healthcare, Deepika Gopukumar
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Geospatial Clustering and Hot Spot Detection of COVID-19 Incidence in 2020: A Global Analysis, Munazza Fatima, Sana Arshad, Ibtisam Butt, Saba Arshad
International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research

Understanding patient needs and gaps in radiology reports through online discussion forum analysis, Mohammad Alarifi, Timothy Patrick, Abdulrahman Jabour, Min Wu, Jake Luo
Health Informatics & Administration Faculty Articles

Modeling the bidirectional glutamine/ ammonium conversion between cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts, Peter Hinow, Gabriella Pinter, Wei Yan, Shizhen Emily Wang
Mathematical Sciences Faculty Articles

Biomechanical Analysis of Stroke Patterns and Functional Outcomes in Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Users, Paige Louise Aschenbrener
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Parent-Child Sexual Communication and Sexual Risk: A Meta-Analytic Review, Brittnie Star Peck
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Upper Extremity Kinematics and Pain Outcomes During Activities of Daily Living in Pediatric Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Olivia Yanez Wilwert
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Comparing Sensory Accessibility Needs in Deaf and Low Vision Populations: an Explorative Study, Anna Bruckbauer
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Establishing Content and Face Validity of an Assessment to Evaluate the Attitudes, Self-efficacy, and Knowledge of Pre-professional Students Related to Assistive Technology for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (asd), Cynthia Amy Ruedinger
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Unmet Medical Home Needs and Educational Services Access in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sabrin Rizk
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Designing a Health Consumer-Friendly Radiology Report Using a Patient-Centered Approach, Mohammad Alarifi
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Modelling of Internet of Things (IoT) for Healthcare, Swapna Kolarkar
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Interactive Health Literacy and Self-management of Lung Cancer Symptoms, Julie Kieffer Campbell
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Primary Caregivers Caring for a Child at End of Life in Saudi Arabia, Shahad Amr Hafez
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Estimating Covid-19 Survival Rate and Inferring Case Severity with Respect to Milwaukee County Policy Change Using Logistic Regression, Geoff M. Chappelle
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Health Literacy and Alcohol Use Behaviors in High School Students, Rebecca Parizek
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The Contributing Factors to Student Nurse Medication Administration Errors and Near Misses in the Clinical Setting as Identified By Clinical Instructors, Kristen M. Selig
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Dialect Use, Language Abilities, and Emergent Literacy Skills of Prekindergarten Children Who Speak African American English, Erika Rose Baldwin
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A Comparison of Two Devices for Isometric Lingual Strengthening in Healthy Adults, Daniel Laurensio Gutierrez
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Machine-Learning-based Prediction of Sepsis Events from Vertical Clinical Trial Data: a Naïve Approach, Tyler Michael Gaddis
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Communicating About Routine Childhood Vaccines: Meta-Analysis of Parental Attitudes, Behaviors, & Vaccine Hesitancy, Angela Victor
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Intimate Partner Violence in the Lives of Urban Wisconsin American Indian Women- a Continuation of Colonial Injustice, Jeneile Marie Luebke
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Women's Empowerment Among Women Living with HIV in the Kasungu District of Malawi, Victoria Scheer
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Substance Use Disorder: Experiences of Affected Family Members Social Support, Eileen Kane
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A Mixed Methods Evaluation of an Intersectional Bystander Program Against Sexual Violence Using the Integrated Model of Behavioral Prediction Within a Cluster Randomized Control Trial, Rose Hennessy
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The Process of Identity Management in Individuals Living with Systemic Scleroderma, Donald David Miller
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Maternal-Fetal Relationship in Pregnancy After Perinatal Loss Among African American Women, Jeri M. Antilla
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HIV Risk and Prevention Needs Among Young Women in Kibra, Kenya, Florine Ndakuya-Fitzgerald
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Hypersensitivity Adverse Event Reporting in Clinical Cancer Trials: Barriers and Potential Solutions to Studying Severe Events on a Population Level, Christina E. Eldredge
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Toxicological Effects of Antimicrobials (Triclosan and Triclocarban) and Cyanopeptides (Anabaenopeptins and Cyanopeptolins) in the Nematode C. Elegans, Kade A. Lenz
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Disparities in Anti-Vaccine Views: Twitter Contents Analysis During World Immunization Week, Saleh Alzughaibi
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Characterization of the Effect of Photobiomodulation on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Cd4+ T Cells from Healthy Donors and Multiple Sclerosis Subjects., Miguel Tolentino
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Patients’ Needs and Preferences Regarding Radiology Test Results on Patient Portals, Mansour Abdulaziz Almanaa
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Examining Factors Associated with Experiencing Bullying Among Adolescent Subgroups, Terese Blakeslee
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Life Course Health Effects of Early Life Trauma, Jennifer Mei Ping Woo
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Practical Problems and Moral Discourses: an Ethnography of Breastfeeding, Tara Ann Gallagher
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The Relationship Between Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Coping and Satisfaction with Care Among Family of Adult Acute Care Trauma Patients, Ashalata Ann Pereira
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The Impact of Pre-visit Contextual Data Collection on Patient Activation: Results from a Randomized Control Trial, Jeana Marie Holt
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Contribution of Individual, Community, and Health System Factors to Health Outcomes in Inner-city African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes, Jennifer Annette Campbell
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Expectations of Aging and Goals as Motivation for Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management in Individuals with Early Diagnosis, Lisa M. Blohm
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Infant Mortality in the United States: Socioeconomic Factors Predicting Infant Survival in Late Neo-natal and Post Neo-natal Infants from Birth Certificate Data, Mark Brunk-Grady
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A Conceptual Definition of Quality of Life for People Living with an Implanted, Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device, David Dwyer
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Parental Uncertainty in Illness of an Infant and Perinatal Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the NICU, Kathryn Jeanne Malin
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Factors Affecting Blood Pressure Target Outcomes for Veterans Using Home Telehealth, Vincent Boom
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Functional Characterization of LT-HSC Metabolic Activity Dependent on AHR Activity, Everett Tate
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Examining the Relationship Between Yoga Participation and Health. You Down, Dog?, Bethany Forseth Hanson
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Investigating the Contribution of Instance-Reliant Learning in Visuomotor Adaptation and Its Generalization, Shancheng Bao
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Role of Regulatory T Cells in the Development and Progression of Lyme Disease in Balb/c Mice, Kaitlyn Nielsen
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Consumer Health Information Needs, Seeking and Searching Behavior By Rural Residents in the Kachia Grazing Reserve, with a Focus on Vector-borne Diseases, Musa Dauda Hassan
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Cholesterol: A Possible Mediator of APOE Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, Michelle Marie Dunk
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Contributing Factors to Diaper Dermatitis in the NICU, Media S. Esser
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Strategic Differentiation of High-Tech Services in Local Hospital Markets, Hanh Q. Trinh, James W. Begun
Health Informatics & Administration Faculty Articles

Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice: A Theory-Driven Conceptual Framework for Structural Analysis of Transgender Health Inequities, Linda Marie Wesp, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Ayana Elliott, Tonia Poteat
Nursing Faculty Articles

Semi-Recumbent Vibration Exercise in Older Adults: A Pilot Study of Methodology, Feasibility, and Safety, Murad Taani, Ellen Siglinsky, Jessie Libber, Diane Krueger, Neil Binkley, Christine R. Kovach, Bjoern Buehring
Nursing Faculty Articles

To Meme, or Not to Meme: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management to the Provision of Support After Depressed Individuals Share Suicidal Memes, Jacki Paige Willenborg
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The Effect of Attention to Self-Regulation of Speech Sound Productions on Speech Fluency in Oral Reading, Chana Basya Halpern
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Obesity Suppresses Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor and Alters Pro-Tumorigenic Signaling Pathways in Prostate Cancer, Nizar Ahmed Khamjan
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Trans in Higher Ed: Understanding the Experiences of Transgender and Nonbinary College Students, Katherine Cochran
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Medication Self-Management Behaviors of Community-dwelling Adults with Chronic Disease, Michelle Yvonne Williams
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Experiences of Women Accessing Prenatal Care: Voices of Rural Saudi Women in Faifa Mountains, Faten Yahya Alfaifi
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Less Than Human: a Study of the Institutional Origins of the Medical Waste Recovered at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery, Alexander Anthony
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Stability Analysis for the Equilibria of a Monkeypox Model, Rachel Elizabeth TeWinkel
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Buffering of Physiological and Affective Reactivity By a Single Proactive 5-minute Stress Management Technique, Kayla Talia Johnson
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Buffering of Physiological and Affective Reactivity By a Single Proactive 5-Minute Stress Management Technique, Kayla Talia Johnson
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The Assessment of Technology Adoption Interventions and Outcome Achievement Related to the Use of a Clinical Research Data Warehouse, Katie A. McCarthy
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Quantitative Evaluation of Geared Manual Wheelchair Mobility in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: An Integrative Approach, Omid Jahanian
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Memory-Based Viewing: a Potential Marker of Pathological Aging, Jenna Blujus
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Less Than Human: A Study of the Institutional Origins of the Medical Waste Recovered at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery, Alexander Anthony
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Memory-based Viewing: a Potential Marker of Pathological Aging, Jenna Blujus
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It’s a Process: A Qualitative Study About the Resistance and Resilience of Transgender Youth of Color Navigating Parent/guardian Support and Societal Oppressions, Linda Marie Wesp
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Factors Associated with Turnover Intention Among Newly Graduated Nurses, Shaherah Yousef Andargeery
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Heart Failure Self-Management, Svetlana Zaharova
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Simulation Facilitator Competency: Validity and Reliability of a Self-Assessment Tool, Mary (Molly) Kellgren
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Effects of Patient Characteristics on Outpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes in Patients with Lumbar Impairments, Jenna Powers
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Pre-Operative Versus Post-Operative Kinematic Assessment and Functional Outcomes of the Thoracohumeral Joint in Adults with Rotator Cuff Tears, Margaret French
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Improvement of Speech Perception for Hearing-Impaired Listeners, Fang Du
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Health, Wellness, and the Health Care Experiences of Female Adolescents Living with Increased Weight, April L. Yerges
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The Impact of Maternal Diabetes on Fetal and Infant Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of Peridata.net® from 2013 to 2017, Christina Lynn Dzioba
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Critical Illness Survivors’ Perceptions of Their Recovery: An Interpretive Phenomenological Inquiry, Kelly Calkins
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Description of Self-Regulation in Health Behavior Change Using Ecological Momentary Assessments, Melissa Anne Brown
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Navigating Complex Realities: Barriers to Health Care, Law Enforcement and Mental Health Concerns of Undocumented African Immigrant Women in the United States, Oluwatoyin Olukotun
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Preterm Infant Growth and Human Milk Exposure in the NICU, Lindsay Schehr
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Technology-Based Dietary Assessment in Youth with and Without Developmental Disabilities, Michele Polfuss, Andrea Moosreiner, Carol J. Boushey, Edward J. Delp, Fengqing Zhu
Nursing Faculty Articles

Learning for clinical named entity recognition without manual annotations, Omid Ghiasvand, Rohit J. Kate
Health Informatics & Administration Faculty Articles

Replacing Sedentary Behavior with a Light Intensity Physical Activity in the Homes of Older Adults, Nicholas Louis Lerma
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Comparison of Analysis Techniques for Assessing Oro-Pharyngeal Swallow from Videofluoroscopy, Prasanna Venkataraman
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Differential Migration of CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells During an Immune Response, Jacob Parrott
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Analysis of Family-Health-Related Topics on Wikipedia, Yanyan Wang
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Network Analysis of Scientific Collaboration and Co-authorship of the Trifecta of Malaria, Tuberculosis and Hiv/aids in Benin., Gbedegnon Roseric Azondekon
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Speech-Language Pathologists' Practices and Attitudes Toward App Use in Therapy, Tessa Alexandra Benedon
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Self-management Experiences of Community-Dwelling Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Wendy Bauer
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A Preliminary Evaluation of an Academic Support Program, James Colin Bumby
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Experience as Counterpoint: A Qualitative Study of Home, Happiness & Aging Amongst First-generation South Asian Migrants in the U.S., Angela Singh
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Medical Device Alarm Systems: a Multi-Hospital Study of Alarm-Related Events, Caregiver Alarm Response, and Their Contributing Factors, Colleen K. Lindell
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Quantitative Phenotype Analysis to Identify, Validate and Compare Rat Disease Models, Yiqing Zhao
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Overwhelmed: a Qualitative Study of the Mental Health Experiences of Mothers of Minor Children After Release from Jail and Prison, Ann Elizabeth Stanton
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Whispers2mom: a Young Adult Prenatal Text Messaging Intervention, Christine Patricia Laurent
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Pediatric Nurses' Experiences of Identifying and Managing Constipation in Hospitalized Children, Eileen Sherburne
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Promoting Meaningful Learning Through the Use of Concept Maps, Duaa Amr Hafez
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Fat and Caloric Content of Breast Milk of Mothers of Premature Infants: Comparison of High vs. Low Volume Producers and the Impact of Volume in Single Pumping Sessions and the Interval Between Pumping Sessions, Barbara Haase
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Using Critical and Transformative Theory to Describe Basic Palliative Care in the Acute Care Setting, Tammy Neiman
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The Effects of a Repeating Simulation Experience on Senior Nursing Students, Laura Skoronski
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Deciding to Call the Shots: Awareness, Agency, and Shelter-Bbuilding During Home Birth Planning, Jessica Coburn
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The Association Between Physiologic Sources of Pain and Sleep Quality in Older Adults and People with Dementia, Crystal-Rae Evans
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Spiral tracing on a touchscreen is influenced by age, hand, implement, and friction, Kevin Keenan, Brittany D. Heintz
Kinesiology Faculty Articles

Physical activity and annual medical outlay in U.S. colorectal, breast and prostate cancer survivors, Alice F. Yan, Yang Wang, Alexander V. Ng
Public Health Faculty Articles

Using data-driven sublanguage pattern mining to induce knowledge models: application in medical image reports knowledge representation, Yiqing Zhao, Nooshin J. Fesharaki, Hongfang Liu, Jake Luo
Health Informatics & Administration Faculty Articles

Concept analysis of impressionability among adolescents and young adults, Seok Hyun Gwon
Nursing Faculty Articles

Utilizing Consumer Health Posts for Pharmacovigilance: Identifying Underlying Factors Associated with Patients’ Attitudes Towards Antidepressants, Maryam Zolnoori
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Understanding Public Health Professional Socialization and Professional Identity Formation Experiences, Jennifer M. Freiheit
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Using Photovoice to Understand the Meaning of Social Participation as It Impacts Transitions for Student Veterans, Caitlin Gene Dobson
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Wording Matters: the Impact of Disability Identification in Post-Secondary Education, Jacqueline Marie Love
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The Correlation of Size of Core Network and Frequency of Contacts with Agitation and Positive Affect in Elderly with Dementia, Amal Ali Al Ghassani
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Unveiling Recovery: A Discourse Analysis of Mental Illness Recovery Narratives, Elizabeth Albert
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Association of Childhood Blood Lead Levels with Firearm Violence Perpetration and Victimization, Lindsay Rae Emer
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Social Engagement and Health: a Structural Equation Modelling Analysis of Downstream Links to Health Outcomes Among White-collar Professionals, Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Bin Mohd Nazan
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Relationships Among Climate of Care, Nursing Family Care and Family Well-being in Intensive Care Units, Natalie Susan McAndrew
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Evaluation of Student Competence in Simulation Following a Prebriefing Activity: A Pilot Study, Sarah Black Beman
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Feasibility of a Social Emotional Parenting Curriculum Applied in an Early Head Start Home Visitation Program with Mexican Immigrant Families, Patricia J. Ealy
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Exploring Resiliency and Family Functioning for Families of Premature Infants, Karen Schnackel Gralton
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The Emerging Role of Two-Pore Domain Potassium Channels in Breast Cancer, Keith A. Dookeran, Auer Paul
Public Health Faculty Articles

The Impact of Stand-biased Desks on After-school Physical Activity Behaviors in Children, Nathan Tokarek
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Cultural Correlates of PTSD in Latinos Residing in the U.s., Gabriela A. Nagy
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What Should Be Included in a Measure of Communicative Participation? Perspectives of Speech-language Pathologists, Natalie Kelly Graceffa
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What Influences School-Based Occupational Therapists’ Decision-making? a Qualitative Study, Cynthia Helen Clough
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The Potential Role of AIRAP/AIRAPL in Ameliorating the Toxicity Related to Amyloid-beta (aβ) in Mammalian Neuronal Cells, Advaita Chakraborty
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Cognitive and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Sarcopenia in Older Adults, Murad Taani
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Influence of Expectations of Aging on Older Women’s Use of Dietary Supplements Using the Health Promotion Theory, Barbara Emily Hekel
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Which Activities Count? Gender and Socioeconomic Differences in the Conceptualization of Physical Activity: the Role of Leisure, Housework and Dependent Care, and Paid Work, Rachel N. Cusatis
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Layperson Perceptions and Attitudes Towards a National Electronic Health Record Introduction in Saudi Arabia, Jwaher Abdullah Almulhem
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Exploring the Costs and Values of the Household Model in Long Term Care, Mark Alan Proffitt
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A Psychometric Evaluation of the Recovery Stress Questionnaire for Athletes (RESTQ-Sport), Stacy L. Gnacinski
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Complementary and Integrative Health Services in a Low-resource Community: a Retrospective Examination, Barbara M. Wesson
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Modeling of Anticancer Drug Delivery By Temperature-Sensitive Liposomes, Vera Franziska Loeser
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Housing Adjustment Behaviors of Korean Elderly Immigrants Residing in Affordable Housing: The Cultural Aspects of Residential Experiences, Myounghee Jorn
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Improving Research Participants' Understanding of Informed Consent, Debra Jean Gillespie
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Factors Associated with Unmet Respite Care Needs in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kim E. Whitmore
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Patient Acuity as a Predictor of Length of Hospital Stay and Discharge Disposition After Open Colorectal Surgery, Martha Kimpton Badger
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Influence of Health Beliefs on Diabetes Self-care in Saudi Adults, Moudi Albargawi
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Exploring Factors Influencing Health Promoting Behaviors Among Latino Immigrants, Martin Joseph Mikell
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Maternal ABO Blood Phenotype and Factors Associated with Preeclampsia Subtype, Adriane Burgess
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Patient Web Portal Use Among Women with Gestational Diabetes, Megan Anderson
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Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youths’ Public Facilities Use and Psychological Well-Being: A Mixed-Method Study, Lance S. Weinhardt, Patricia Stevens, Hui Xie, Steven Alan John, Immaculate Apchemengich, David Kioko, Shannon Chavez-Korll, Katherine M. Cochran, Jennifer M. Watjen, Nickolas H. Lambrou
Public Health Faculty Articles

Associations of two‑pore domain potassium channels and triple negative breast cancer subtype in The Cancer Genome Atlas: systematic evaluation of gene expression and methylation, Keith A. Dookeran, Wei Zhang, Leslie Stayner, Maria Argos
Public Health Faculty Articles

Regulatory Mechanisms in Borrelia Burgdorferi-Induced Arthritis, Emily Siebers Hansen
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Examining the Lived Experience of Caregivers Learning a Home Program from a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, Michelle Finet
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Sensitivity Analysis of Geometry Changes in the Simulation of Basilar Aneurysms, Paul Eserkaln
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The Transcriptional Effects of Photobiomodulation in an In Vitro Model of Diabetic Retinopathy, Hannah Jane Therese Fisher
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The Association of Nurses’ Assessment and Certainty to Pain Management and Outcomes for Nursing Home Residents in Jordan, Mohammad Jamil Rababa
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Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy: Elicitation Research Using a Mixed-Method Study Design to Support the Development of a Behavioral Intervention for Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic Patients, Steven Alan John
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Type 1 Diabetes: Factors That Affect Youth/Parent Dyads’ Health Related Quality of Life and Youth Metabolic Control, Joan Pennington Totka
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The Potential Effect of Breastfeeding on Maternal Senstivity During the First Year of Life, Sawsan Hammad Hammad
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The Utility of Mobile Phones for Health Among Women Living with HIV in Urban Malawi, Linda Marie Dietrich
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The Influences of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors on the Relationships Among Work-Family Conflict, Stress, and Turnover Intention in Saudi Arabian Registered Nurses, Sitah S. Alshutwi
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Is the Therapeutic Alliance Associated with and Predictive of Treatment Retention and Outcome Among Latinos?: A Secondary Analysis of an RCT of Behavioral Activation for Latinos with Depression Versus Treatment-as-Usual, Maria Magdalena Santos
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Using a Database of Typical Speakers to Describe the Expository Language Skills of Children with Language Impairment, Joanna Carol Zwerlein
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Translating Modified Ashworth Scale into Functional Measures and Quantitative Kinematic Values: A Pilot Study, Patrick Frigge
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Perspectives of Stuttering Treatment: Parents, Children, and Adolescents, Heather Darlene Salvo
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iPad Application for Pain Assessment in Youths with Developmental Disabilities and Complex Communication Needs, Alyssa Rose Guard
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Point of Use Biosand Filters of the Rural Dominican Republic, Kurtis Quamme
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Essays on Health and Labor Market Practices in the U.S., Mona Khadem Sameni
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Longitudinal Patient Records: A Re-Examination of the Possibility, Zeanab Hassan Bassi
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Exploring Proximal and Distal Psychosocial Stressors Influencing the Health Outcomes of Urban American Indians in the Midwest, Alina Aloma
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The Influence of Transcultural Humility Simulation Development Activities on the Cultural Competence of Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Teresa Hamilton
Theses and Dissertations

Barriers to Nurses’ Promoting Mobility in Hospitalized Older Adults, Gordana Dermody
Theses and Dissertations

Effects of Drift, Selection and Gene Flow on Immune Genes in Prairie Grouse, Zachary Bateson
Theses and Dissertations

Coding Strategies for Cochlear Implants Under Adverse Environments, Qudsia Tahmina
Theses and Dissertations

Age-Associated B Cell and T Helper Cell Dysfunction in Rhesus Macaques, Evan Knox Stalvig
Theses and Dissertations

Health in Your Hand: Assessment of Clinicians’ Readiness to Adopt Mhealth into Rural Patient Care, Bryan Weichelt
Theses and Dissertations

The Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Appeal of Pediatric Echocardiography Protocol Training for First Year Pediatric Cardiology Fellows, Lynne M. Brown
Theses and Dissertations

Essays on Two Implications of the Affordable Care Act (aca), Esmaeil Salem
Theses and Dissertations

A Brief Rational Disputation Exercise Enhances Cardiovascular, Anxiety, and Affective Recovery Following Worry-Recall, Michelle Rosalie Di Paolo
Theses and Dissertations

Exploring Interactive Survivorship Plans: Patient Perceived Value, Acceptance and Usability Evaluation of an Online Breast Cancer Survivorship Tool, Akshat Kapoor
Theses and Dissertations

RN Perceptions of Coworker Incivility and Collective Efficacy as Influential to Hospital Structures and Outcomes, Jessica Grace Smith
Theses and Dissertations

A Qualitative Study to Explore Ambiguous Loss and Belonging in Foster Care, Catherine S. Schoenewald
Theses and Dissertations

Transitional Care Interventions as Implemented By Faith Community Nurses, Deborah Jean Ziebarth
Theses and Dissertations

Relationship Between Financial Support and Retention of Economically Disadvantaged Students in an Undergraduate Baccalaureate Nursing Program, Karen Lynn O'Brien
Theses and Dissertations

A Phenomenographical Study on the Perceived Factors Affecting Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Role Transition, Andy John Tracy
Theses and Dissertations

The Influence of Perceived Same-Status Nurse-to-Nurse Coworker Exchange Relationships, Quality of Care Provided, Overall Nurse Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment on Intent to Stay and Job Search Behavior of Nurses in the Acute Care Nurse Work Environment, Madonna M. Kubichka
Theses and Dissertations

Barriers and Facilitators to Completion of an Undergraduate Nursing Program: Exploration of Mindfulness, Mindlessness, and Retention Among Ethnic Minorities, Amber Faye Young-Brice
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Three Essays on Public Policy and Health, Darin F. Ullman
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Place Experience of Nursing Home Courtyards: a Holistic Approach to Understanding Institutional Outdoor Environments, Chia Jung Shih
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Dental Hygienists' Cognitive Process in Periodontal Soft Tissue Charting, Kelsey M. Schwei
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Upper Extremity Kinematic and Kinetic Comparison of Anterior Versus Posterior Walkers During Functional Activities in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Chris Burckardt
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The Lived Experiences of an Injured Athlete and Members of a Performance Management Team During Injury Rehabilitation: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Courtney Wynne Hess
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The Effects of Applied Grip Force, Frequency and Duration on Ratings of Perceived Exertion, Jessica Lynne Gall
Theses and Dissertations

Functional and Phenotypic Analysis of B- and T-Helper Cells in Rhesus Macaques and African Green Monkeys, Sahar Ali Alhakeem
Theses and Dissertations

Determining Accessibility for iOS Applications: Piloting a Checklist for Practitioners, KateLyn White
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From Data to Decision: An Implementation Model for the Use of Evidence-based Medicine, Data Analytics, and Education in Transfusion Medicine Practice, Nazanin Tabesh
Theses and Dissertations

Clinical Decision Making in Last Semester Senior Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Beth Cusatis Phillips
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Three Essays on Enhancing Clinical Trial Subject Recruitment Using Natural Language Processing and Text Mining, Euisung Jung
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Relationship-Based Care: a Test of the Quality Caring Model's Association with Nurses' Perceptions of Work and Patient Relationships, Kristopher Heindel
Theses and Dissertations

Migration of Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells to Tumor and Tumor-Draining Lymph Node in a Murine Model of Breast Cancer, Vyara Matson
Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Color in Recognition of Images in Multiple-Choice Displays By People with and Without Aphasia, Kristin Michelle Zenz
Theses and Dissertations

Health of the Nation: the Impact of Racial and Income Segregation on Food Insecurity in the United States, Mark Anthony Caldwell
Theses and Dissertations

Comparison of Conversation and Narrative Language Abilities in Children with Autism: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations, Corissa Kroenke
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Print Awareness: a Comparison Between Print and Electronic Assessments in Typically Developing Preschool Children, Peter Kao
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The Effects of 830nm Light on Inflammation in Retinitis Pigmentosa, Krystal Marie Bach
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Improving Mental Health Literacy: a Single-Subject Design Experiment Examining the Effects of Text Messaging on Adolescent Mental Health Literacy, Emma Coffman
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Ancestral Dvelopmental Exposure to Methylmercury Induces Transgenerational Inheritance of Visual and Neurobehavioral Deficits, Thomas Achankunju Kalluvila
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Facilitating and Enhancing Biomedical Knowledge Translation: An in Silico Approach to Patient-centered Pharmacogenomic Outcomes Research, Kourosh Ravvaz
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"I Know I Can't Be the Only Lesbian Out There:" an Inductive Thematic Analysis of a Virtual Community of Lesbian Breast Cancer Survivors, Rachael Lynn Wandrey
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Family Connections: The Impact of Self-disclosure, Solidarity, and Stereotyping on Relational Satisfaction in Grandparent-adult Grandchild Dyads, DeAnne Priddis
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Predicting Postraumatic Stress Disorder in Single-Incident Trauma Survivors with an Acute Injury, Joshua C. Hunt
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Mentally Disordered or Culturally Displaced? How the PTSD Label Transforms Personhood in US Military Veterans, Katinka Hooyer
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Crisis 2030: Aging at Risk, Guadalupe Aguilera Corona
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Impaired T Lymphocyte Responses in Older Macaques: Possible Implications for Lentiviral Disease Progression, Sopitsuda Bunnag
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Effects of 670 Nm and 830 Nm Light on the Immune Response to Borrelia Burgdorferi, Felice Chen
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Examining the Association of Crime Laboratory Practices, Internal and External Determinants, and DNA Case Completion Time and Backlog, Eva Marie Lewis King
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The Effects of Antibodies in Disease Progression of MOG-induced Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, Melissa Marie Riter
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Development and Testing of an Occupational Therapy Intervention to Promote Medication Adherence, Jaclyn K. Schwartz
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The Mechanism of Suppression By a Protective Peptide in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis, Alaa Mansour Almatrook
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Modulation of Cholinergic Signaling in Embryonic and Larval Zebrafish: Impacts on Circadian Rhythms, Learning, and Memory, Matthew Eric Wolter
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School Nurses' Perceptions of Their Role in Healthy Eating School Environments, Jean Muckian
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Assessing Quality of Pain Management of Older Adults in Emergency Care, Sharon R. Rainer
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Hearing the Voices of HIV Positive Women in Kenya: Secondary Analysis of Interview Data Using Dialogic/Performance Analysis, Lenore L. Boris
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Lived Experiences of Nursing Autonomy: a Phenomenological Exploration, Rebekah Kalen Dubrosky
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Using Omaha System Documentation to Understand Physical Activity Among Rural Women, Jeanette Melissa Olsen
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Consequences of Providing Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Riko Sano
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Personal Hygiene Self-Management of Chronically Unsheltered Homeless Women, Stephanie Lynn Durfor
Theses and Dissertations

Inhibitory Control in Young Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Destany Cancel
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Characterizing Tg[GT1: HTG] Line of Zebrafish, Samantha Rissling
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Self-management strategies of HIV-positive Mothers in Kenya: Identifying opportunities for sustained wellbeing of HIV+ mothers and their children, Paige Sutherland
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Development of a Quantitative Spasticity Measure for Routine Clinical Practice – Translating Modified Ashworth Scale into Quantitative Kinematic and Kinetic Values, Patrick Frigge
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Influence of Quality of Life and Reasons for Nondisclosure on HIV Stress among Urban HIV-Infected African American Men, Raven Wright
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Individual and Family Factors Related to the Weight Status of a Child with Special Needs, Fallon Meyer-Wentland
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Correlation between Patient’s Perceived Importance of Family Health History and Physical Examination Compliance, Anna Conroy
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Oxygen Use at the End of Life: Attitudes and Beliefs Survey in Wisconsin, Molly Bray
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Methods for Biomechanical Analysis of Amputee Gait and Activities of Daily Living, John Deckert
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

PADlock Cryptanalysis: a Bayesian Approach to Identifying Trends in the PTM Deimination, Justin Olson
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Longitudinal Data Analysis of GI Mortality Rates, Kimberly Siegler
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Effects of Multifocal Lens Glasses on Stair Descent of Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Joseph Martini, Joseph Martini, Amber Peplinski
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Preparation of Fluorescent Tissue Factor Fusion Protein Constructs for Stable Transfection of Cell Lines, Christopher Crumb
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Identifying Possibly Pleiotropic Comorbidities Using Genetic Variant and Phenotypic Data, Amy Donahue, John Weissert
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Implementing a Modified Russell Two-Point Method to Measure Glomerular Filtration Rates (GFR), Kelsey Lewien
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

A Breastfeeding Friendly Environment for African American Families, Rachel Kinzler
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Influence of Various Psychological Variables on Patient-Reported Versus Clinician-Reported Global Rate of Change Among Individuals with Lumbar Spine Impairment Receiving Outpatient Rehabilitation, Madeline Tetzke, Gayana Wanniarachchi
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Effects of Shear Rate, Temperature, and Blood Composition on Platelet Adhesion and Aggregation in Whole Blood of Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels, Sarah Lloyd, Kathryn Dobbs
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Exploratory Study of Breast Cancer Screening Practices of Urban Women: A Closer Look at Who Is and Is Not Getting Screened, Kathryn Rotsch
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Relationship Between Foot Structure and Ankle Laxity, Alexander Krause
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Prescription Label Factors Affecting Compliance of Antibiotic Medications Among College Students, Shad Pionek
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Relationship Between Balance and Measures of Fitness and Strength in Firefighters, Elizabeth Ford
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Feasibility of Quantifying Frequency and Duration of Hand Exertions Using Surface Electromyography, Callie O'Donnell, Quinn Wermuth, Kimberly Dembinski
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Establishing pathological markers in aging MIN mice with progressing intestinal cancer, Ashwanth L Padmanabhan, Danielle L. Damask, Ashley M. Jenilek, Maria L. Morales
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Scientific Controversy and its Relationship to the Media, Kristiana Perleberg
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Sex Differences in Elite Indoor Rowing Times: The Potential Role of Participation, Mariana Nino de Guzman
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Geographic Access to Breast Cancer Screening Facilities Among African American Women in Southeastern Wisconsin, Keighla Mueller
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Intrauterine and Perinatal Bisphenol-A Exposure and Neonatal Body Composition, Zindy Benavides
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Assessing How Cultural Competence Could Identify Color Blind Racial Attitudes Contributing to Health Disparities, Raven Wright
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Review and Evaluation of Measures of Self-Management Behaviors for Persons Living with Diabetes, Emily Dunn
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Exploring Internationally Where Infants Sleep and Why, Alexis Marvin, Samantha Strook
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Developing a Dual Luciferase Assay to Validate VSX2 Binding Sites Identified by Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Followed By High Through-Put Sequencing (ChIP-seq), Stephanie Pommerening
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

PhyloProteomic Analysis of Functional Domain Evolution in H7N9 Influenza, Tyler Novotny, Daniel Krause
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Food Choice Quality among College Students, Erika Petersen
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium