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Rationality, Parapsychology, And Artificial Intelligence In Military And Intelligence Research By The United States Government In The Cold War, Guy M. Lomeo
Theses and Dissertations
A study analyzing the roles of rationality, parapsychology, and artificial intelligence in military and intelligence research by the United States Government in the Cold War. An examination of the methodology behind the decisions to pursue research in two fields that were initially considered irrational.
Identifying With “The Native” In Anglo-American Environmental Writing: A Rhetorical Study, Alexis Piper
Identifying With “The Native” In Anglo-American Environmental Writing: A Rhetorical Study, Alexis Piper
Theses and Dissertations
ABSTRACT
IDENTIFYING WITH “THE NATIVE”
IN ANGLO-AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING:
A RHETORICAL STUDY
by
Alexis F. Piper
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016
Under the Supervision of Professor Anne Wysocki
In an effort to contribute to rhetorical theories of “identification” this dissertation examines Anglo nature writing written for Anglo audiences in the United States over several centuries. In my conclusion, I suggest approaches current nature writers might use to offer audiences ways of engaging with Indigenous peoples and Native conceptions of environment that are more ethical, appropriate, and effective than approaches used in previous centuries. I maintain that such approaches could potentially …
Eco Ephemeral: Works By Thomas Ferrella & Artists’ Books From Special Collections, Uw-Milwaukee Libraries, Pamela Caserta Hugdahl
Eco Ephemeral: Works By Thomas Ferrella & Artists’ Books From Special Collections, Uw-Milwaukee Libraries, Pamela Caserta Hugdahl
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis essay and accompanying exhibition approach environmental concerns through an art historical perspective by considering works of art by Thomas Ferrella, M.D. and artists’ books from Special Collections at UW-Milwaukee Libraries. The exhibition evades conventional boundaries of galleries in order to present artists’ books in their intended manner and to display Ferrella’s outdoor installations in context with UWM’s award-winning sustainability initiatives. The results exemplify how we shape earth and in turn how our actions upon earth impact us, emphasizing human interdependence on fragile ecosystems. Ferrella’s artworks and medical expertise in combination with the content in the artists’ books and …
Bayesian Nonparametric Approaches To Multiple Testing, Density Estimation, And Supervised Learning, William Cipolli Iii
Bayesian Nonparametric Approaches To Multiple Testing, Density Estimation, And Supervised Learning, William Cipolli Iii
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation presents methods for several applications of Polya tree models. These novel nonparametric approaches to the problems of multiple testing, density estimation and supervised learning provide an alternative to other parametric and nonparametric models. In Chapter 2, the proposed approximate finite Polya tree multiple testing procedure is very successful in correctly classifying the observations with non-zero mean in a computationally efficient manner; this holds even when the non-zero means are simulated from a mean-zero distribution. Further, the model is capable of this for “interestingly different” observations in the cases where that is of interest. Chapter 3 proposes discrete, and …
Ecohydrology And Groundwater Dynamics In A Salt Marsh Island, Andrea L. H. Hughes
Ecohydrology And Groundwater Dynamics In A Salt Marsh Island, Andrea L. H. Hughes
Theses and Dissertations
Tidal salt marshes are extraordinarily productive and valuable ecosystems that provide via groundwater a not insignificant portion of coastal solute and nutrient budgets. Among the many goods and services they provide are habitat for diverse wildlife, protection for coastal communities during storms, and protection for coastal surface waters by filtering anthropogenic pollutants. One threat to the health of tidal salt marshes along the East Coast have been episodes of Acute Marsh Dieback (AMD) from 1999 to 2001. Dieback was observed at North Inlet salt marsh from 2000 to 2001. Since salt marsh hydrology is dominated by the local tidal regime, …