Academic Level (Year in School)
The academic level, or year in school, is determined at the beginning of most current term in SIS. Academic level determination includes all units, including test and other credit. Prospective students/Applicants to the university do not have an academic level. Values are:
- UW Special Guest
- Freshman
- Sophomore
- Junior
- Senior
- Graduate
- Professional Year 1
- Professional Year 2
- Professional Year 3
- Professional Year 4
Academic Standing Status
The academic standing status of the student is calculated for the most current term.
SIS Academic Standing Code | Description |
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GST | Good Standing |
PRO | Probation |
DIS | Dismissed |
SUB | Subject to Dismissal |
Account
Salesforce object that houses account records. Account records contain information about entities - school, university, Community-Based Organization (CBO), association, and business contact and location information. See Salesforce Objects.
Account Consolidation
The process of combining multiple accounts into a single account during the transition to Office 365.
Achievement Test
Test designed to evaluate mastery of a given body of material. Grades are generally based on achievement tests. The SAT (Stanford Achievement Tests) is an example of an achievement test. See also Aptitude Test
Acidosis (rumen)
Condition characterized by a low rumen pH (below 6). The normal rumen function are impeded usually because too much concentrates were fed.
Acknowledge Reportable Event
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to acknowledge receipt of a reportable event that does not require further IRB review. Upon acknowledgement, the study will return to the approved state.
Adaptation
Adjustment or preparation of natural or human systems to a new or changing environment which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities (Source: EPA Glossary).
Administrative Contact
An organization's administrative point of contact, responsible for assigning staff time to the Office 365 transition. Communicates with the Office 365 Team and their organization's leadership.
Admission Plan
The primary intended major as indicated by an applicant on the Admissions application (e.g. Psychology BS – BS 832). Request the ‘Subplan’ when generating reports for more information.
Admission Secondary Plan
The secondary intended major as indicated by an applicant on the Admissions application (e.g. Psychology BS – BS 832). Request the ‘Subplan’ when generating reports for more information.
Admissions Admit Status
Admissions Admit Status indicates where the student is in the admissions process. Important for verifying enrollment.
Admissions Program Action | Description |
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AC | Accepted Admission |
AD | Admitted |
AP | Applied |
CN | Cancelled |
PM | Pre-Matriculant (i.e. Intend to Enroll) |
WT | Waitlist |
Admissions Admit Status - Detailed
Admissions Admit Status - Detailed, or Admissions Program Action, indicates where the student is in the admissions process. Important for verifying enrollment.
Admissions Program Action | Description |
---|---|
WADM | Administrative Withdrawal |
ADRV | Admission Revocation |
ADMIT | Admit |
WAPP | Applicant Withdrawal |
APPL | Applicant |
COND | Conditional Admit |
DATA | Data Change |
DDEF | Defer Decision |
DEFR | Defer Enrollment |
DENY | Deny |
DEIN | Intention to Matriculate |
MATR | Matriculation |
PLNC | Plan Change |
PRGC | Program Change |
RAPP | Readmit Application |
RECN | Reconsideration |
WAIT | Waitlist |
WAOF | Waitlist Offer |
Admissions Applicant Affiliations
A field used in the admission's process to track an applicant's/admitted student's participation or association with certain programs or UW affiliations. This field is also known as Recruitment Category.
SIS Recruitment Category Code | Description | Award |
---|---|---|
BEL | Business Emerging Leaders | $10,000+ / Year |
ITAP | Information Technology Academy PEOPLE Program | Tuition Scholarship |
PEOP | PEOPLE Program | Tuition Scholarship |
POSS | UW-Madison Posse | Tuition Scholarship |
WAVS | First Wave Scholarship | Tuition Scholarship |
Admissions Application Materials
- Admissions Application Materials
Additionally, please note that only Users/Reviewers with the appropriate ImageNow access will be able to access the links. If you’d like to sign your Review Group(s) up for ImageNow access for Admissions Application Materials, please use our sign-up sheet.
Admissions Category - Academic Performance and Course Rigor
This data point provides a summary of high school academic performance through placing students in one of three groups based on similar grade performance and course rigor. Admitted students are not equally distributed between these hierarchical group. As of 1/29/2025, admitted first-year students are distributed across the three academic groups as follows:
- Group 1: (34.0% of admits) This group has achieved all A/A- Grades taking rigorous courses across 4-5 course subjects. Course subject areas include English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Language
- Group 2: (33.5%) Most of the students in this group have achieved A- grades with rigor across 4 subjects. Some students may have achieved higher grades with slightly lower rigor or slightly lower grades with slightly greater rigor.
- Group 3: (32.4%) This group contains all remaining admits. Most students in this group have achieved A-/AB grades with rigor across 2-4 subjects.
It is appropriate to note that access to high course rigor is not consistent among our admitted students and that some schools do not offer as many opportunities for advanced course work. As a result, not every student will have an opportunity to achieve at the highest academic performance and course rigor groups. The Academic Performance and Course Rigor Group should be used in conjunction with other aspects of student achievement.
Admissions Category - First Choice Major Fit
This field will display a “Y” when the admission’s review determines clear passion and commitment to the applicant’s first choice major through the campus essay, coursework, involvement, and/or other application materials.
Admissions Category – Wisconsin Idea and Impact
Extraordinary |
Few are given this highest rating. Students in this category have shown evidence of interest in making an impact on their community through a UW-Madison education AND shown evidence of currently making an impact on their school/community. This could include:
|
Exceeds Expectations |
These students show evidence of a genuine interest in making an impact on their community through a UW-Madison education. This could include:
|
Meets Expectations |
This is the most common rating in our applicant pool by far. These students show involvement in high school and/or interest in involvement as a student at UW-Madison though do not rise to the level of the first two categories. |
Average | These students may have limited involvement and/or share minimally as to how they will become involved as a student at UW-Madison. |
Advanced Course Level
Program knowledge level most useful for individuals with mastery of the particular topic. This level focuses on the development of in-depth knowledge, a variety of skills, or a broader range of applications. Advanced level programs are often appropriate for seasoned professionals within organizations; however they may also be beneficial for other professionals with specialized knowledge in a subject area.
AEN Number
AFCHRON
AFCHRON is the "affective chronometry" R01 also known publicly as the Emotion and Wellness Study.
It was separate from the MIDUS cohort.
Against the grain
at right angles to direction of paper grain. Opposite of paper grain direction
Allometric (equation)
Allometric equations take the general form Y = aMb, where Y is some biological variable, M is a measure of body size, and b is some scaling exponent. See West et al. (2012) for more details.
Alternate Address
In Microsoft 365, an alternate address is any email address associated with a NetID@wisc.edu or service account (something@domain.wisc.edu). Any NetID or Service account may have any number of email addresses associated with it. These email addresses includes, but is not limited to, previous alias/alternates accounts and/or user/role/service accounts that have been consolidated with the NetID. A message destined to any of the alternate addresses will be delivered to the main address on the account (NetID@wisc.edu or something_domain@wisc.edu).
AMINO ACID
One of the 20 building block units of protein. Amino acids contain both an amino group (NH2) and an acid or carboxyl group (COOH).
AMMONIA (NH3)
A pungent gas. Ammonia is extensively used to manufacture fertilizers and nitrogen containing compounds. Also, ammonia is the end-product of protein degradation by ruminal bacteria.
ANABOLISM:
The part of the metabolism in which metabolites are used in the growth and repair of body tissues.
Ancillary Committee (ANC)
Ancillary Committees (ANC) are committees that have oversight for specific areas of a submission, such as investigational drugs, conflict of interest, or Veterans Affairs (VA) issues. These committees do not issue approval for the study a whole; only for their areas of oversight.
The IRB will forward submissions to the appropriate ancillary committee if review is needed and has not yet been provided. Ancillary committees may request documentation from the study team that is additional to the IRB application completed in ARROW.
ANEMIA
A disease due to a deficiency in red blood cells or in hemoglobin that carries oxygen in the blood.
Annotations
In Perceptive Content imaging software, annotations are used to mark up and add comments to a document without affecting the original image. Annotations enable you to select, add notes to, or even block out parts of a document. The file types that support annotations are: TIFF (.tif), JPEG (.jpg), Bitmap (.bmp), GIF (.gif), and PNG (.png).
ANTIBODY
Protein released in the blood that is generated in reaction to a foreign protein (antigen) that has entered the body. Antibodies produce immunity against certain micro-organisms or their toxins.
Application Plan
An Application Plan defines index keys of a document. It is created in the Perceptive Content Management Console and set in a Capture Profile.
Apply-To Opportunity (WiSH)
Approved with Administrative Hold
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in the Approved with Administrative Hold state have been reviewed and approved by the IRB; however, additional administrative documentation is required before final approval is granted (e.g. submission of a Certificate of Confidentiality).
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Reproductive procedure by which semen previously collected from sires, packaged in “straws” and frozen in liquid nitrogen is thawed and manually deposited in the uterus of a cow in estrus, in the hope of conception. Artificial insemination is a technology that allows for genetic improvement based on selection and use of superior sires.(see also Timed Artificial Insemination).
Assessment
1. Evaluation of student performance. 2. A component of the instructional environment that provides feedback which can be used to improve teaching and enhance learning. Assessment activities ought to help us improve the learning experience and validate what appears to be working successfully. Assessments activities are often categorized as "formative" or "summative".
Assign IRBF
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to assign a submission to an IRB Floater.
Assign to IRBS and IRB
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to assign a new submission to an IRB staff reviewer and an IRB (e.g. Minimal Risk IRB or Health Sciences IRB).
Assigned to IRB Meeting
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been assigned to an upcoming meeting by either the IRB staff reviewer or the IRB submission manager. In this state, the IRB staff reviewer can record the IRB meeting decision and draft meeting minutes.
Asynchronous
Auto-Match Opportunity (WiSH)
Awaiting Correspondence
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have undergone IRB review, a meeting decision has been recorded and the IRB staff can draft correspondence for the study team.
Awaiting Scientific Review
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been triaged by the IRB and determined to require scientific review. In this state, the Scientific Review Committee (e.g. CTRC PIR, SRC, PRMC) will review the study and indicate the outcome of their review.
Begin Review Period (WiSH)
BeyondTrust (Formerly Bomgar)
a remote desktop solution that allows for remote troubleshooting and the presentation of meetings
Handling Information
Binders
see page 27, job J143416 for example
Biogenic
Produced or brought about by living organisms.
BIOLOGICAL VALUE (of a protein)
A measure of protein quality. The percentage of protein in a feed which is not lost in the urine or the feces of the animal. Biological value is a reflection of the balance of amino acids available to the animal after digestion and absorption.
Blended
BULL (CLEAN-UP)
A bull used for natural mating after mutiple artificial insemination attempts have failed to establish pregnancy.
Business Card - 12 up
see page 2, job J143565 for example
Business Card - 8 up
see page 1, job J143567 for example
Business Insight
A tool integrated into the Imaging Service that can be used to run reports against data; often used to check user/group permissions.
Campaign
Salesforce object area that houses campaign records. Each campaign records contains one recruitment or marketing event. Recruitment events include on-campus and off-campus programming. See Salesforce Campaigns.
Campus ID number*
Canvas/EdTech Support
Capture Token
A licensing mechanism. Every scanner used with ImageNow uses a token; if all tokens are in use, another scanner cannot be configured until one is released.
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
A gas produced by combustion or oxidation of organic matter. Carbon dioxide is also produced in large quantities during ruminal fermentation.
Case Management
The collaborative functionality built into the Cases object in the Service Console app of Salesforce. And, the process of following a Salesforce case through to completion. See the CRM section of the Admissions Front Line Services Resource, How To's: Step-by-Step Guides for the CRM, PC, SIS, Student Views, and Visit Bucky module and the Cases KB document.
CE Grant*
CELLULOSE (C6H10O5)n:
A polymer - long chain- of glucose units. Cellulose is the most abundant organic matter in the world. It is a major component of plant cell wall. Ruminant can use cellulose as an energy source because of fermentation by bacteria in the rumen.
Certify Not Human Subjects Research
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to certify that an application does not constitute human subjects research. This activity occurs in the Pre-review state.
Changes Requested - Scientific Review
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have undergone scientific review and changes were requested by the scientific review committee. In this state, the study team can either 1) respond to the committee request so that it returns to the Awaiting Scientific Review state for additional review, or 2) withdraw the application.
Citizenship Country
A student's country of citizenship. This value captured on the application for admission, and when necessary, is verified by the International Student Services Office. There is a value for every country.
Country Code | Country Description |
---|---|
ABW | Aruba |
AFG | Afghanistan |
AGO | Angola |
AIA | Anguilla |
ALA | Aland Islands |
ALB | Albania |
AND | Andorra |
ARE | United Arab Emirates |
ARG | Argentina |
ARM | Armenia |
ASM | American Samoa |
ATA | Antarctica |
ATF | French Southern Territories |
ATG | Antigua and Barbuda |
AUS | Australia |
AUT | Austria |
AZE | Azerbaijan |
BDI | Burundi |
BEL | Belgium |
BEN | Benin |
BES | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba |
BFA | Burkina Faso |
BGD | Bangladesh |
BGR | Bulgaria |
BHR | Bahrain |
BHS | Bahamas |
BIH | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BLM | Saint Barthelemy |
BLR | Belarus |
BLZ | Belize |
BMU | Bermuda |
BOL | Bolivia |
BRA | Brazil |
BRB | Barbados |
BRN | Brunei Darussalam |
BTN | Bhutan |
BVT | Bouvet Island |
BWA | Botswana |
CAF | Central African Republic |
CAN | Canada |
CCK | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
CHE | Switzerland |
CHL | Chile |
CHN | China |
CIV | Cote D'Ivoire |
CMR | Cameroon |
COD | Congo, The Democratic Republic |
COG | Congo |
COK | Cook Islands |
COL | Colombia |
COM | Comoros |
CPV | Cape Verde/Cabo Verde |
CRI | Costa Rica |
CUB | Cuba |
CUW | Curacao |
CXR | Christmas Island |
CYM | Cayman Islands |
CYP | Cyprus |
CZE | Czech Republic |
DEU | Germany |
DJI | Djibouti |
DMA | Dominica |
DNK | Denmark |
DOM | Dominican Republic |
DZA | Algeria |
ECU | Ecuador |
EGY | Egypt |
ERI | Eritrea |
ESH | Western Sahara |
ESP | Spain |
EST | Estonia |
ETH | Ethiopia |
FIN | Finland |
FJI | Fiji |
FLK | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
FRA | France |
FRO | Faroe Islands |
FSM | Micronesia, Federated States |
GAB | Gabon |
GBR | United Kingdom |
GEO | Georgia |
GGY | Guernsey |
GHA | Ghana |
GIB | Gibraltar |
GIN | Guinea |
GLP | Guadeloupe |
GMB | Gambia |
GNB | Guinea-Bissau |
GNQ | Equatorial Guinea |
GRC | Greece |
GRD | Grenada |
GRL | Greenland |
GTM | Guatemala |
GUF | French Guiana |
GUM | Guam |
GUY | Guyana |
HKG | Hong Kong |
HMD | Heard and McDonald Islands |
HND | Honduras |
HRV | Croatia |
HTI | Haiti |
HUN | Hungary |
IDN | Indonesia |
IMN | Isle of Man |
IND | India |
IOT | British Indian Ocean Territory |
IRL | Ireland |
IRN | Iran (Islamic Republic Of) |
IRQ | Iraq |
ISL | Iceland |
ISR | Israel |
ITA | Italy |
JAM | Jamaica |
JEY | Jersey |
JOR | Jordan |
JPN | Japan |
KAZ | Kazakhstan |
KEN | Kenya |
KGZ | Kyrgyzstan |
KHM | Cambodia |
KIR | Kiribati |
KNA | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
KOR | Korea, Republic of |
KOS | Kosovo |
KWT | Kuwait |
LAO | Lao People's Democratic Rep |
LBN | Lebanon |
LBR | Liberia |
LBY | Libya |
LCA | Saint Lucia |
LIE | Liechtenstein |
LKA | Sri Lanka |
LSO | Lesotho |
LTU | Lithuania |
LUX | Luxembourg |
LVA | Latvia |
MAC | Macao |
MAF | Saint Martin (French part) |
MAR | Morocco |
MCO | Monaco |
MDA | Moldova, Republic of |
MDG | Madagascar |
MDV | Maldives |
MEX | Mexico |
MHL | Marshall Islands |
MKD | Macedonia, fmr Yugoslav Rep of |
MLI | Mali |
MLT | Malta |
MMR | Myanmar |
MNE | Republic of Montenegro |
MNG | Mongolia |
MNP | Northern Mariana Islands |
MOZ | Mozambique |
MRT | Mauritania |
MSR | Montserrat |
MTQ | Martinique |
MUS | Mauritius |
MWI | Malawi |
MYS | Malaysia |
MYT | Mayotte |
NAM | Namibia |
NCL | New Caledonia |
NER | Niger |
NFK | Norfolk Island |
NGA | Nigeria |
NIC | Nicaragua |
NIU | Niue |
NLD | Netherlands |
NOR | Norway |
NPL | Nepal |
NRU | Nauru |
NZL | New Zealand |
OMN | Oman |
PAK | Pakistan |
PAN | Panama |
PCN | Pitcairn |
PER | Peru |
PHL | Philippines |
PLW | Palau |
PNG | Papua New Guinea |
POL | Poland |
PRI | Puerto Rico |
PRK | Korea, Democratic People's Rep |
PRT | Portugal |
PRY | Paraguay |
PSE | Palestine, State of |
PYF | French Polynesia |
QAT | Qatar |
REU | Reunion |
ROU | Romania |
RUS | Russian Federation |
RWA | Rwanda |
SAU | Saudi Arabia |
SDN | Sudan |
SEN | Senegal |
SGP | Singapore |
SGS | Sth Georgia & Sth Sandwich Is |
SHN | Saint Helena |
SJM | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
SLB | Solomon Islands |
SLE | Sierra Leone |
SLV | El Salvador |
SMR | San Marino |
SOM | Somalia |
SPM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
SRB | Serbia |
SSD | South Sudan |
STP | Sao Tome and Principe |
SUR | Suriname |
SVK | Slovakia |
SVN | Slovenia |
SWE | Sweden |
SWZ | Swaziland |
SXM | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
SYC | Seychelles |
SYR | Syrian Arab Republic |
TCA | Turks and Caicos Islands |
TCD | Chad |
TGO | Togo |
THA | Thailand |
TJK | Tajikistan |
TKL | Tokelau |
TKM | Turkmenistan |
TLS | Timor-Leste |
TON | Tonga |
TTO | Trinidad and Tobago |
TUN | Tunisia |
TUR | Turkey |
TUV | Tuvalu |
TWN | Taiwan, Republic of China |
TZA | Tanzania, United Republic of |
UGA | Uganda |
UKR | Ukraine |
UMI | US Minor Outlying Islands |
URY | Uruguay |
USA | United States |
UZB | Uzbekistan |
VAT | Holy See (Vatican City State) |
VCT | St Vincent and the Grenadines |
VEN | Venezuela |
VGB | Virgin Islands (British) |
VIR | Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
VNM | Viet Nam |
VUT | Vanuatu |
WLF | Wallis and Futuna Islands |
WSM | Samoa |
YEM | Yemen |
ZAF | South Africa |
ZMB | Zambia |
ZWE | Zimbabwe |
Citizenship Status (U.S.A.)
- Native
- Naturalized
- Alien Permanent*
- Alien Temporary
- Alien
- Refugee
- Domestic, status pending
- Unknown
*Another term for 'Alien Permanent' is 'Permanent Resident'
CLINICAL
Involving or based on direct observation of the patient (a clinical diagnosis). A clinical disease is a disease that can be diagnosed by examination because of signs / symptoms of discomfort, anomalies of the normal state
Clone ID
Coil Bind
a plastic coil that has a 4:1 pitch ratio used as a binding material to hold a book together
Coil Bind
see page 32, job J143418 for example
Collaboration Space
Collaboration Space is a type of notebook in Office 365's Class Notebook app. It is a notebook for all students and the teacher in the class to share, organize, and collaborate.
College Transcripts
- College Transcript #1
- College Transcript #2
- College Transcript #3
Complete Exemption Checklist
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to complete the exemption checklist when a submission is in the exempt review state. This activity must occur for all exempt reviews before the IRB staff reviewer can send modifications to study team and grant exemption.
CONCENTRATE
Feedstuffs usually rich in energy and coming from the part of the plant that accumulate nutrient reserves for an embryo (fruits, nuts, seeds and grains). The word concentrate is also used to refer to the mixture of minerals and other supplements used to feed dairy cattle.
Conditional Application (WiSH)
Confirm for IRB Agenda
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to confirm that a submission can be included on the assigned IRB meeting agenda (for example, once PRS review is complete). The meeting date cannot be changed through this activity, only through the Reschedule activity.
Confirm Study Completed
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to document IRB agreement with the study team's assessment that the study meets study completion criteria.
Connections Program*
Consultant Review
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to document nature of the consult and any relevant information about the outcome of the consult.
Contact
Contacts are like electronic cards that store a person's information. A contact can be as basic as a name and email address, or include more information like a street address, multiple phone numbers, and a photo.
Contact
Salesforce object area that houses Contact records. Contact records contain contact information for individuals, and if they are an applicant, EMPL ID. Also contains a plugin to Eloqua Profiler. See Salesforce Objects.
Contact
A contact in Salesforce is a record about a single individual person and fundamentally it contains information about how to 'contact' a person.
Contact Group
A contact group -- formerly called "distribution list" -- is a group of contacts that you can send messages, meeting requests and tasks requests.
Contact Group/List
A contact group/list is a personal group which is stored in your Contacts folder and can contain entries from your personal Contacts and from the Global Address List (GAL).
Content Library
A Content Library is a type of notebook in Office 365's Class Notebook app. It is a notebook for teachers to share course materials with students. Teachers can add and edit its materials, but for students, the notebook is read-only.
Continue Button
ARROW forms have a Continue button at the bottom that moves you forward through the application. Clicking Continue saves the current page and moves the user to the next page. Continue is not the same as the Forward button on a browser. Do not use the Forward button on a browser when completing forms in ARROW or the data entered will be lost.
Continuing or New Student
Timing is an important consideration if using this field in terms of your scholarship cycle. A ‘New’ applicant will become a ‘Continuing’ student when matriculation occurs. For Admit Terms, matriculation occurs:
- Admitted for summer term = matriculation occurs in late March
- Admitted for fall term = matriculation occurs in May
- Admitted for spring term = matriculation occurs in mid-November
Contract Partner(s)
"Contract Partners" is the name for customers who are supported by DoIT Departmental Support for their tech support. Formerly customers may have been called other terms like Bascom Platinum, VIP, etc.
Copy Reportable Event to Other Study
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to copy a reportable event application to another study. For example, if a reportable event affects several studies open by the PI, the PI only needs to fill out the RE application one time and then copy it to the other affected studies.
Correspondence Prepared
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB floater to confirm that correspondence they've drafted is ready for review by the IRB staff reviewer.
Count Sheep
Midnight test. Lamb. Some text here.
Course Number
Course Options Program (CO)*
Course Planning Group (CPG)
Critical Thinking
The art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it (Foundation for Critical Thinking).
Cronbach alpha
Cronbach's alpha is a measure used to assess the reliability, or internal consistency, of a set of scale or test items. In other words, the reliability of any given measurement refers to the extent to which it is a consistent measure of a concept, and Cronbach's alpha is one way of measuring the strength of that consistency. See more here: Virginia stat Consulting or here (Wikipedia).
CROWN
Base of the stem where roots arise
CRUDE PROTEIN
A measure of the amount of protein in a feed determined as the amount of nitrogen multiplied by 6.25. The factor 6.25 is the average grams of protein that contains 1 gram of nitrogen. The word "crude" refers to the fact that not all nitrogen in most feed is exclusively in the form of protein. Because most feeds contain non-protein nitrogen (NPN), crude protein generally overestimates the actual protein content of a feed.
Cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average)
Customer's Originals
print ready copy
Cyan
C, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, blue in color
Cycle Management
Cycle Management is the annual process to close out one cycle in WiSH and open a new one. UW-Madison performs this process each August, and members of the OSFA WiSH Team lead the process.
For more information on the process, please check out this Blackbaud video on Cycle Management.
Degree Conferred
Densitometer
a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink
Density
the degree of color or darkness of an image or photograph
DENSITY
A measure of the concentration of matter per unit of volume (e.g., g/l or kg/m3)
Deny Request to Reactivate
This is an activity in ARROW in which the IRB submission manager can deny a study team's request to reactivate a submission that was previously withdrawn by the IRB (e.g. due to lack of submission of a continuing review for a study that has an expired IRB approval). Execution of this activity will result in email notification to the study team that the request to reactivate has been denied and the study team will need to start the submission process over.
Deny Request to Reopen
This is an activity in ARROW in which the IRB submission manager can deny a study team's request to reopen a submission that was reported by the study team as completed or is in the closed state.
DENY*
Departmental Support (DS)
The DoIT group under User Services that provides Departmental Tech Support to Contract Partners.
Departmental Tech Support
Refer to the IT Services page for information: Departmental Tech Support. Departments that use DoIT Departmental Tech Support are called Contract Partners. They are supported by the Contract Partner Support (CPS) Help Desk.
DIGESTIBILITY (Coefficient of)
A measure of the proportion of a feed that is digestible. The digestibility of a nutrient is often measured as the difference between the amount of nutrient ingested minus the amount of nutrient excreted in the feces, expressed as a percentage of the nutrient ingested: 100 x (intake - excreted)/intake.
Distance Degree
DNS
Domain Name System
Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses
Document capture
Document capture is any one of several processes used to convert a physical document to another format, typically a digital representation.
Document Keys
Values set that define and describe a document. There are seven for campus’ implementation of ImageNow: Drawer, Doctype, and five optionable/customizable keys. Discrete documents cannot have the same value for all of the key(s) otherwise they will be considered the same document and effectively merged.
Document Lifecycle
The document lifecycle is the sequence of stages that a document goes through from its creation to its eventual archival or deletion. Proper procedures throughout the document’s lifecycle are an important part of content management.
This is a set of defined processes that help your KB Group obtain, organize, store and deliver information crucial to its operation in the most effective manner possible. The stages of a document’s lifecycle include: creation, publication (site access), categorizing (topics), keywords, metadata tagging, delivery or sharing, repurposing, review and reporting, archiving and / or deletion.
Document Review Mode
Click on the Title of a document in any queue: Active, In Review, In Progress, Inactive and/or Trash to see its content in read-only mode.
DoIT Billing Customer ID
A payment system that allows departmental customers to pay for DoIT goods and services though an account-specific set of numbers: DoIT Numbers - Overview (DoIT Billing Customer ID). As part of the Workday transition in July 2025, your DoIT Number became your DoIT Billing Customer ID.
DRY MATTER INTAKE
Quantity of dry matter ingested by a cow in a 24 h period. For example, a cow eating 18 kg of grass silage of 33% of dry matter ingest 18 x 0.33 = 6 kg of grass silage dry matter.
Dunning Letter
DUODENUM
First part of the small intestine. The secretions of the liver and pancreas are discharged into the duodenum.
Duotone
a halftone picture made up of two printed colors
EAR (of corn)
The seed-bearing part of a cereal plant. An ear of corn is composed of the grains, the cob, but not the husk, which are removed during harvesting.
Elastic (goods and services)
Elastic goods and services generally have plenty of substitutes. Inelastic goods have fewer substitutes and price change doesn't affect quantity demanded as much. Some inelastic goods include gas, electricity, water, drinks, clothing, tobacco, food, and oil.
Email Domain
In email addresses, the domain is the part of an email address comes after the @ symbol. For example, for the email address of "bbadger@wisc.edu", the domain is "wisc.edu".
Employee-in-Training
Persons holding a title in the Employees-in-Training title group are normally acquiring additional training or experience in their field of specialization. Two examples of Employees-in-Training titles are Postdoctoral Fellow and Postgraduate Trainee.
Source: Office of Human Resources, Unclassified Title Guideline: Summary of Unclassified Appointment Types
Encumbered Funds (WiSH)
Encumbered Funds are the total amount of aid/funding an application has been offered or awarded.
For more information about how Encumbered Funds work in WiSH, please check out these BAM Knowledgebase articles: What is the Encumbered Funds Report and How Can I See How Much Funding an Applicant Has Received.
End Review Period (WiSH)
ENDOSPERM
The nutritive tissue of a plant seed, surrounding and absorbed by the embryo.
ENERGY DENSITY
A measure of the concentration of energy in a feed or a ration usually expressed as a unit of energy (megacalorie or megajoule) per lb of dry matter or per kg of dry matter.
ENROLLMENT PLAN
Method used to select cows which are eligible for hormonal treatment (such as Ovsynch). For example, the enrollment plan may be defined by the voluntary waiting period or a negative pregnancy check.
ENZYME
Usually a protein that accelerates a biochemical reaction at body temperature, without being used up in the process (see also catalyst).
EPD - binder provided
see page 22, job E140248 for example
EPD - iGen
see page 15, job E140225 for example
EPD - Nuvera
see page 17, job E140245 for example
EPD Community
Exchange ActiveSync Protocol
Exchange ActiveSync (also known as EAS) is a communications protocol designed for the synchronization of email, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes from a messaging server to a smartphone or other mobile devices. The protocol also provides mobile device management and policy controls.
Exchange Protocol
A service -- similar to IMAP, POP3, and ActiveSync -- that works to transfer and synchronize email/calendar information between the server and the end user's client.
EXCRETION
The removal of a material from an organism. Example of material excreted include tears, urine, feces, sweat and carbon dioxide. Examples of an organism's organs involved in excretion include eyes, bladder, rectum, skins and lungs.
Exemption Granted
This is a state in ARROW. Applications in this state have undergone review by an IRB staff reviewer and determined to qualify for exemption. In this state, the study team can submit changes of protocol, personnel changes, and reportable events, as well as report study completion.
Extend Exemption
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the study team to automatically set a new 5 year renewal period for the exemption if the activities are not yet complete. The study team must provide attestation of exempt status of study. There is no limited on the use of the “Extend Exemption” activity, as long as the activities conducted under the exemption are not yet complete and the the exempt status of the study has not changed.
FA - Cost of Attendance (COA)
FA - Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
FA - Federal Need
Cost of Attendance $29,684 - SAI $3,108 = Federal Need $26,576. This means that the student may receive up to $26,576 in need-based aid, but can receive up to 29,684 in total aid.
FA - Gift Need (Need Not Met by Gift Aid)
Equation Examples:
$5,000 Federal Need - $3,000 Grant Aid awarded = $2,000 Gift Need
$5,000 Federal Need - $10,000 Grant Aid awarded = $0 Gift Need
FA - Packaging Status (Y/N)
Packaging Status (Y/N) shows whether or not a student has received their initial financial aid offer for a given academic year. If the student has submitted a FAFSA and received their initial financial aid offer, they will have the value of "Y." If the student has submitted their FAFSA but does not have a financial aid offer yet, it will show the value of "N." If the student has not submitted the FAFSA, the value will be blank. The intention of this data point is to offer more clarity around a student's financial information. There are several important things to remember when referencing this data point:
- You should not use this data point as a qualification. Doing so might negatively impact students in the process of completing verification.
- Even if a student has received their financial aid offer (i.e. has a "Y"), their financial aid offer may still change. OSFA is required by federal regulations to adjust student financial aid offers if a student receive additional financial aid (ie. scholarships, fellowships etc) after they receive their initial financial aid offer. A student may also experience a dramatic change to their financial situation (i.e. parent retiring, loss of parent's job) that might cause a re-evaluation of the student's financial aid offer.
- When summer enrollment begins in late spring, you may see some students who were previously marked as "Y" move to "N." Summer financial aid offers use the same FAFSA data as the preceding academic year. These students still have their academic year offers. For next year offers (so the future academic year), this will not be an issue.
FA - Student Aid Index (SAI)
A number that determines a student’s eligibility for federal student aid. A student's SAI is calculated by the Department of Education based on the financial information a student, their parents, and/or spouse provide on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The lower the SAI, the higher level of financial need a student has. SAIs can range from -1,500 to 999,999.
FA - Unmet Need
FALSE NEGATIVE
An animal that tests as negative but who is actually positive. The percent of false negative for a test can be calculated as 100 – SENSITIVITY.
Federal Ethnicity
- All international individuals are reported in a separate category called “International”. “International” in this context refers to individuals who are not U.S. citizens and are not in permanent resident or refugee status.
- Domestic (non-international) individuals who identify as Hispanic are reported as “Hispanic”, regardless of the racial identities provided.
- Domestic individuals who do not identify as Hispanic but identify multiple races are reported as “2 or more races”.
- Domestic individuals who do not identify as Hispanic and only identified a single race are reported in that racial category (i.e. American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White).
Racial/ethnic sub-categories for students are not considered part of the federal reporting methodology and are used only at the state and UW System level.
FERMENTATION (in the rumen)
The transformation of carbohydrates in absence of oxygen by rumen micro flora that produces volatile fatty acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid, and gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
Finalize Documents
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer or IRB floater to finalize IRB-approved documents for the study team. The documents that can be finalized include IRB-approved consent forms and recruitment fliers. Once the IRBS or IRBF finalizes a document, it is made into a pdf file and stamped with the IRB approval date, expiration date and name of the reviewing IRB.
financial aid*
First Generation
- Y - Yes
- Blank - Did Not Indicate First Generation Status OR Graduate/Professional/Special Student (i.e. who did not complete Undergraduate Admissions App)
Font
A font is a set of printable or displayable text characters in a specific style and size.
Food Insecurity
The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) defines food insecurity as a household characteristic. Food insecure households are those for which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year” (See more at: USDA-ERS).
Food Insecurity
The state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. During the first decade of this century, more than 800 million people live every day with hunger or food insecurity as their constant companion (see also National Academy of Science definitions).
FORAGE TO CONCENTRATE RATIO
Usually expressed as two percentages. The percentage of ration dry matter that is made up of forage and the percentage of ration dry matter that is composed of concentrates. The two total 100. For example a 50:50 forage to concentrate ratio means that a cow eating 20 kg of dry matter of that ration would eat 10 kg of concentrate dry matter and 10 kg of forage dry matter.
Forward to Changes Requested - Scientific Review
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a submission in the IRB withdrawn state to the Changes Requested -Scientific Review state.
Forward to Deferral Response Pending
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a submission in the IRB withdrawn state to the Deferral Response Pending state.
Forward to IRB Administrative Review
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a new submission to administrative review when scientific review is not required for the new submission. The activity requires attestation from IRB submission manager that scientific review is not required.
Forward to IRB Pre-Meeting
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to transition a submission out of the PRS review state back to the IRB Pre-Meeting state in preparation for review at a convened IRB meeting.
Forward to IRB Pre-Meeting
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager or the IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission currently in the PRS review state to IRB Pre-Review.
Forward to IRB Review of Modification Response
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission to the IRB for review of a modification response from the study team. This activity can be used when the study team's response requires additional review by the full IRB.
Forward to Issues Pending
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a submission in the IRB withdrawn state to the Issues Pending state.
Forward to Modifications Requested
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a submission in the IRB withdrawn state to the Modifications Requested state.
Forward to Pre-Submission
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission back to the Pre-submission state. This activity can occur in Pre-review, In Expedited Review and In Exempt Review states. This activity can be used when the application has been triaged incorrectly (e.g. requires review by a different IRB or scientific review).
Forward to Scientific Review
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager or IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission to scientific review. Applications will be assigned to: 1. CTRC PIR, 2. PRMC, or 3. ICTR SRC.
FRUCTANS
Is a polymer of fructose molecules generally, but not always, found as "carbohydrate storage in cool season grasses (C3 plants). Tall fescue and perennial ryegrass tend to have the highest levels of fructans when compared to other grasses under the same conditions. Fructan is stored in vacuoles inside cells throughout the plant where it is readily available as needed. In some species of grass the lower part of the stem is a carbohydrate storage organ.
FTE (Full Time Equivalent) and Headcount
There are two basic ways that we count the number of employees. When we use headcount, each individual person counts as one employee whether their appointment is full time or part time. When we use "FTE," we are using the "Full Time Equivalent."
The Full Time Equivalent is the total of all positions using the percentage of the appointment rather than the number of individual employees. This is what the headcount looks like for the same employees using each measure:
Employee A - .5 appointment
Employee B - 1.0 appointment
Employee C - .6 appointment
Employee D - .4 appointment
Using Headcount, there are 4 employees
Using FTE, there are 2.5 employees (.5 + 1 + .6 + .4 = 2.5)
Full Mailbox Permissions
Full mailbox permissions can be assigned between any two accounts within UW-Madison's Microsoft 365 environment.
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* To send emails, you will either need 'send as' or 'send on-behalf' of permissions.
See how to manage full mailbox permissions for an account for further details.
Fund Code
- Account_Fund_Program_Org_Project/Grant (Example: 5711_233_9_123456_PRJ1234)
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
The stomach and the intestine as a functional unit.
Gender
- F - Female
- M - Male
- U - Unknown
- X - Another legal sex
As a note, while SIS uses the term gender in reference to these values, they actually are sex values. Gender values would be man, woman, non-binary etc. To stay inline with SIS and minimize confusion between the two systems, WiSH refers to the field as gender instead of sex.
For more information, please see our Inclusive Scholarship Practices: Designing Scholarship Applications and Communications page.
General Application (WiSH)
GERMINATE (to)
To begin to or to cause to grow (syn to sprout.
Global Action
An action a user can take outside of an object. All actions relate back to one or more objects, but global actions are housed on Salesforce’s lightning experience bar (called the Salesforce tool bar in our documentation), located in the upper right corner, for easy access. See Global Actions in Navigating Salesforce.
Global Warming Potential (GWP)
An index (i.e., a relative measure) of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere over a chosen time horizon, relative to that of carbon dioxide. The GWP represents the combined effect of the differing times these gases remain in the atmosphere and their relative effectiveness in absorbing outgoing thermal infrared radiation. Although the most common time horizon is 100 years, GWP have been reported also for time horizons of 20 years and 500 years.
Gloss finish
shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate
Grain
the direction in which the paper fiber lie
GRAIN
Seed from cereal plants.
GRAMINEAE
Family of plants including rye grass, fescue, brome, timothy and other herbaceous plants often referred to as grass. Cereals are gramineous plants but often, they are considered apart from the grass because they are cropped for the grain rather than the vegetative parts of the plant.
Green Manure
A fertilizer consisting of growing plants that are plowed back into the soil.
Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
Any of the atmospheric gases, both natural and anthropogenic, that contribute to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation produced by solar warming of the Earth's surface. Water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) are the primary greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse Gas Effect
Heat trapping effect of greenhouse gases in the troposphere (lowest portion of the earth's atmosphere)
Halftone
converting a continuous tone to dots for printing
Hedonic
Relating to or considered in terms of pleasant (or unpleasant) sensations.
HEMOGLOBIN
An iron rich protein found in the red blood cells which function as a carrier of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
High School Class Percentile
High School Class Rank
High School Name
High School Rural Designation (WI High Schools Only)
- City - Large: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population of 250,000 or more.
- City - Midsize: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.
- City - Small: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 100,000.
- Suburb - Large: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more.
- Suburb - Midsize: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.
- Suburb - Small: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 100,000.
- Town - Fringe: Territory inside an urban cluster that is less than or equal to 10 miles from an urbanized area.
- Town - Distant: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 miles and less than or equal to 35 miles from an urbanized area.
- Town - Remote: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles from an urbanized area.
- Rural - Fringe: Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster.
- Rural - Distant: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster.
- Rural - Remote: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and is also more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.
High School Transcript
- High School Transcript #1
- High School Transcript #2
- High School Transcript #3
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High School Transcript - Unofficial
- High School Transcript - Unofficial
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Hold Change for Continuing Review
This is activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to hold a change application submitted by the research team in order to proceed with review of a continuing review application that has also been submitted concurrently. In ARROW, with the exception of a personnel change amendment, only one submission will be in the IRB review process at a time.
Hold Change for Reportable Event
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to hold a change application submitted by the research team in order to proceed with review of a reportable event application that has been submitted concurrently. In ARROW, with the exception of a personnel change amendment, only one submission will be in the IRB review process at a time.
Hold Continuing Review for Reportable Event
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to hold a continuing review application submitted by the research team in order to proceed with review of a reportable event application that has been submitted concurrently. In ARROW, with the exception of a personnel change amendment, only one submission will be in the IRB review process at a time.
Hold for Scheduling: Ancillary Committee Review Pending
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state cannot be scheduled for an IRB meeting until the Ancillary Committee Review decision has been entered into the system.
Hold IRB Review - Continuing Review Required
This is a state in ARROW. In this state, change applications are being held until a continuing review application has been submitted by the study team and reviewed by the IRB.
Hold IRB Review - Submission of Reportable Event Pending
This is a state in ARROW. In this state, continuing and change applications are being held until a reportable event has been submitted by the study team. Once the reportable event has been submitted, the continuing or change will transition back to the pre-review state.
home institution*
Human Resources
Human Subjects Research
For information on human subjects research, please see the Institutional Review Board's website.
HUNGER
A strong desire for food.
Hunger
(1) The word hunger describes the feeling of discomfort that is the body’s signal that it is in need of more food. Because of prolonged, involuntary lack of food, hunger results in discomfort, illness, weakness, or pain that goes beyond the usual uneasy sensation." Thus hunger is an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity. (2) The World Food Programme of the United Nations defines hunger as not having enough to eat to meet energy requirements. Hunger can lead to malnutrition, but absence of hunger does not imply absence of malnutrition (See related definitions at the WFP website.)
ImageNow Printer
Software that enables you to "print" files into a .TIFF (tagged image file format); for desktop users, the ImageNow Printer will display as a device in the “Devices and Printers,” “Printers and Faxes” area of the Windows’ Control Panel.
Imposition
the arrangement of pages on a press sheet, or, the arrangement of fields on a document
Impression
putting an image on paper
Imprint
adding copy to a previously printed page
In Exempt Review
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been identified as qualifying for exemption review and have been assigned an exempt reviewer.
In Expedited Review
This is state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been identified as qualifying for expedited review and have been assigned an expedited reviewer.
Inbox
The Inbox appears whenever a user logs into ARROW. Studies that appear in the Inbox require action by the user before a study can move forward in the review process.
Incident
an unplanned interruption to an IT Service or a reduction in the performance or reliability of an IT Service
IncludeDoc
- A custom class that embeds the contents of a KB document or url into a host KB document.
independent study*
Indicia
postal information place on a printed product
Industrial Refrigeration Center (IRC)
INFLORESCENCE
The arrangement of flowers on a stalk that characterizes a plant species.
Inform Institutional Official
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to inform the Instituitonal Official of a reportable event for which the IRB determined required reporting internally and/or externally (e.g. to the IO, regulatory agency, funding agency, etc.).
Instance Number
Institution
Other definitions (not necessarily used in this class):
Intermediate Course Level
Program knowledge level that builds on an introductory program, most appropriate for learners with detailed knowledge in an area. Such persons are often at a mid-level within the organization, with operational or supervisory responsibilities, or both.
Internal Data
By default, all Institutional Data that is not explicitly classified as Restricted, Sensitive or Public data is treated as Internal data. See UW-Madison Data Classifications.
Internal End Date (WiSH)
The final day on which a student can match to an Auto-Match opportunity. It is also the final day a student's imported SIS data will update in an opportunity's application grid. (The data will freeze at 11:59 PM on this day.) Please note that:
- Students cannot see the Internal End Date; it is only for administrators.
- Every opportunity must have an Internal End Date that ends before the start of Cycle Management of the next year (the process of opening the new General Application for the year.)
- If you change the Internal End Date after it has passed to a date in the future, students will start matching to your opportunity (if an Auto-Match) and student imported SIS data will begin to update again.
- Internal End Dates should be set as the same day or after the date the Public End Date is set to.
INTERNATIONAL UNITS (IU)
A unit of measurement of the amount of biologically active vitamin in a feed or required in a diet.
InterPro Customer Service
Introductory Course Level
Program knowledge level most beneficial to learners new to a skill or an attribute. These individuals are often at the staff or entry level in organizations. Although such program may also benefit a seasoned professional with limited exposure to the area.
IRB Administrative Review
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state will undergo administrative review by the IRB submission manager in order to determine appropriate IRB and staff reviewer assignment. In this state, the IRB submission manager can also send administrative issues to the study team.
IRB Member Modification Review
This is a state in ARROW in which an IRB member can conduct a review of a modification response by the study team upon the request of an IRB staff reviewer. In this state, the IRB member can submit modification review notes regarding their assessment of the modification response. Then the IRB staff reviewer forwards the submission back to IRB Review of Modification Response.
IRB Pre-Meeting
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been scheduled for an IRB meeting and go through the pre-meeting state in order to be scheduled for PRS or confirmed for an upcoming IRB agenda.
IRB Review of Modification Response
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state were previously reviewed by the IRB and modifications were requested. The response from the study team requires review by the IRB to determine whether the study team has adequately addressed the IRB's requests. In this state, the IRB staff reviewer can send the modification response to an IRB member or schedule it for review at a full meeting.
IRB Suspend
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to suspend a study in the approved state (for example, due to report of an unanticipated problem for which the IRB determined involved risk of harm to subjects).
IRB Withdrawn
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been withdrawn by the IRB due to lack of response to an IRB request for modifications or deferral response.
IRBSM (IRB Submission Manager)
Abbreviation for IRB submission manager role. The submission manager is responsible for the triage and administrative review of all IRB submissions to ARROW.
Issue Ancillary Decision
This is an activity in ARROW that allows an ancillary committee representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the ancillary committee review.
Issue CTRC PIR Decision
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the CTRC PIR committee representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the committee review. Once the motion has been entered, the study will transition out of the 'Scientific Review' state.
Issue PRMC Motion
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PRMC representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the PRMC review. Once the motion has been entered, the study will transition out of the 'Scientific Review' state.
Issue SRC Motion
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the SRC representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the scientific review. Once the motion has been entered, the study will transition out of the 'Scientific Review' state.
Kanopy
A video streaming service that was discontinued by UW-Madison Libraries. Any questions about Kanopy must be referred to the General Library Help Desk
For more information, see https://www.library.wisc.edu/music/2018/06/28/kanopy-no-longer-available/
KCS (Knowledge-Centered Service)
KCS (Knowledge-Centered Service) is a knowledge/information management model. It focuses on knowledge being created, used, reviewed, and edited by the same team that is resolving the issues, rather than a parallel knowledge management team.
KERNEL
The whole grain of a cereal. The meats of nuts and drupes (single stoned fruits).
Keyline
an outline drawing (see also trim box defintion)
Knowledge
That, which is discovered and used to change one's life or the life of others.
L&S Department ID/UDDS
A Department ID is the sequence of numbers that identifies a specific campus department, program, or entity. Historically, the Department ID was known as a "UDDS," which stands for "Unit, Division, Department, Subdepartment." This term is still in use in some resources, so we are including it in this glossary listing.
In more practical terms, a Department ID/UDDS is the unique combination of letters and numbers that identify the division, department, and possibly subdepartment, associated with a particular personnel, research, financial, or other activity or transaction.
EXAMPLE: The full Department ID for a particular Letters & Science Department would be written as : 48XXXX.
"48" stands for "College of Letters & Science"
"XXXX" are the four numbers that identify the specific department, program, project, or other administrative entity.
A list of Letters & Science Department ID/UDDS numbers can be found at:
UW Madison Coding Information Dept ID
Click on the link and you will be directed to the Accounting Services web site. Click on the Coding link on the left side of the screen. Click on the Organization/Dept ID. When the excel list opens click on A48 to find a list of all Letters & Science Departments and descriptions.
L&S Majors, Certificates, and Degrees
The official lists of majors, certificates, and degrees offered in Letters & Science are available on-line:
- The Guide provides a comprehensive list of undergraduate majors, special degree programs, certificates, and concentrations organized by the respective school or college that offers the academic program.
- The Guide also provides a comprehensive list of graduate degrees, minors, and certificates. The information is organized alphabetically for all university programs.
Laminate
using a high-temperature process to melt plastic on paper, can be one or two-sided
Laminating - Downstairs
see page 25, job J143415 for example
Laminating - Upstairs
see page 24, job J143414 for example
LAMINITIS
Inflammation of the sensitive vascular tissue of the hoof.
LDT and Marketing Production Team
Learning
The process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience (Kolb, Experiential Learning; Experience as the Source of Learning and Development).
Learning Design and Technologies (LDT)
Learning Environment
LearnModes
A special type of application plan that can interface with Windows programs outside of Perceptive Content and pull information from them. The information can then be mapped to document keys.
Letter of Recommendation
- Letter of Recommendation #1
- Letter of Recommendation #2
- Letter of Recommendation #3
- Letter of Recommendation #4
- Letter of Recommendation #5
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Life Cycle Assessment
LCA addresses the environmental aspects and potential environmental impacts (e.g. use of resources and the environmental consequences of releases) throughout a product's life cycle from raw material acquisition through production, use, end-of-life treatment, recycling and final disposal (i.e. cradle-to-grave). There are four phases in an LCA study: a) the goal and scope definition phase, b) the inventory analysis phase, c) the impact assessment phase, and d) the interpretation phase (ISO 2006).
Lightning Experience
Salesforce’s user interface, designed to be flexible, customizable, and optimized to help the user focus on, in OAR's case, recruiting and yielding students.
LIGNIN
Indigestible phenolic compound which, as the plant matures, is deposited in the cell wall and is responsible for the decrease in digestibility of the cell wall carbohydrates.
Lignin
Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Lignins are particularly important in the formation of cell walls, especially in wood and bark, because they lend rigidity and do not rot easily.
LIMESTONE
A sedimentary rock, chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO3), containing variable amounts of magnesium. It is used as building stone, but also as a source of calcium in ration of animals.
LIPOPROTEINS
Protein coated packages that transport fats in the bloodstream
Living Documentation
Living documentation is a dynamic system documentation that provides information that is current, accurate and easy to understand. Documents that are written in a natural language format serve as the core of living documentation. Your content experts can review the documentation to ensure that it describes the desired behavior of the system from a logical standpoint.
Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)
Log Private Comment
This is a way for IRB staff to make comments on applications that are saved to the history log, but are not visible outside the IRB office. Study teams cannot see private comments.
Log Scientific Review Comment
This is an activity which allows a coordinator of any scientific review committee to comment on a submission during their review. This comment is visible to the study team and the IRB staff.
Lync
Microsoft Lync (formerly Microsoft Office Communicator) and Microsoft Lync for Mac are instant messaging clients used with Microsoft Lync Server or Lync Online available with Microsoft Office 365. Lync is currently not available within UW-Madison's implementation of Office 365.
LYSINE
One of the 20 amino acids constituting the building blocks of proteins. Animals have a high requirement for lysine, and it is often deficient in proteins of plants.
Magenta
M, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, pink/purple in color
Mailing Address
MAINTENANCE (diet)
A diet that supplies the nutrients required to maintain vital functions (heart beat, respiration) and assure a constant body temperature.
MAINTENANCE (state)
A physiological state in which the animal is neither gaining nor losing weight, performing work or expending nutrients for any type of production.
Major Option
Major Option is a named option is a formally documented sub-major within an academic major program.
For more information, please check out this CAP KB page on named options in academic majors.
Malnutrition
Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat (see more on Wikipedia).
Management Console
A major component of Perceptive Content that allows users with appropriate permissions to manage many aspects of Perceptive Content including drawers, doctypes, application plans, etc.
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Marketing Message
MASTICATION
To grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth to prepare it for swallowing and digestion (Syn: Chew).
MATC-Conn*
Matte finish
dull paper, ink, or laminate finish
MEAN (Statistics)
The mean of a normal distribution is the most likely value (the value that has the lowest probability of being "wrong"). The mean is the best measure of central tendency of a normal distribution. With a normal distribution, approximately one-half of the samples have values lower than the mean and one-half have values higher than the mean.
METABOLIZABLE PROTEIN
In ruminant nutrion, metabolizable protein, often abbreviated MP, is the amount of digestible protein that reach the small intestine, which is the source of amino acids absorbed into the blood. The three main sources of MP include rumen undegraded protein (the dietary protein fraction that has not been degraded in the rumen), the microbial (bacterial) protein synthesized in the rumen from the fermentation process, and the endogenous protein (intestinal digestive enzymes and sloughed cells from the gastro-intestinal tract). The latter source is minimal.
MFA-Duo (multi-factor authentication)
Multi-factor authentication is part of the new UW–Madison login process that verifies your identity. It combines something you know (your NetID and password) with something you have (smartphone, token/fob or tablet) preventing anyone but you from logging into a system. UW-Madison has partnered with Duo to provide this service.
You will now need to log in by:
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Entering your NetID and password, and
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Confirming your login with the Duo app on your device.
MICROORGANISM
(see Microbe).
Microsoft 365 (Email and Calendaring System)
Office 365 is a cloud-based service provided by Microsoft. To see what features are available in UW-Madison's implementation, check here: Microsoft 365 - What features are included in Microsoft 365?
Microsoft 365 Account
The location in the Office 365 system where your email, calendar, task list, and address book are stored. Each Office 365 account has one primary address, but can have many alternate addresses.
Microsoft 365 Transition Website
Located at 365transition.wisc.edu, the Office 365 Transition Website is the first stop for those who are interested to know more about the transition. It provides general info on everything from the project history and the business case to the Office 365 Team roster and announcements to campus.
MINERAL
1. The inorganic chemical elements (e.g., calcium phosphorus magnesium) determined by combusting a sample in a furnace and weighing the mineral residue. 2. Minerals play major roles in numerous metabolic processes. (syn Ash).
Minutes Summary
A summary of IRB discussion and determinations made on a particular submission. This is completed by IRB staff reviewers after the submission has been reviewed at an IRB meeting.
MItigation
A human intervention to reduce the human impact on the climate system; it includes strategies to reduce greenhouse gas sources and emissions and enhancing greenhouse gas sinks (Source: EPA Glossary).
Modfications Requested
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have gone to an IRB meeting and IRB modifications have been sent to the study team. Study teams must submit a response to the modifications before the study can move on from this state.
Modification Response Approved
This is an activity that is completed by a staff review. This means that a modification response submitted by a study team has been reviewed by the IRB staff reviewer and was found to have adequately addressed the IRB's concerns without the need for additional full board review.
Modification Response Reviewed
Allows a floater (assistant) to confirm that they have completed a preliminary review of a modification response submitted by a study team. Additional action must be taken by the assigned staff reviewer in order for the submission to move forward in the system.
MONOGASTRIC
Having one digestive cavity (i.e., one stomach).
Multi on
two or more different images placed on one sheet two or more of the same images up on one sheet
NCR
multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper
NCR - Digital
see page 9, job X140725 for example
NCR - Offset
see page 10, job F141492 for example
Negative
the image on a film that inverts color
NENR*
NET ENERGY OF LACTATION (NEl)
The amount of energy in a feed which is available for milk production and body maintenance. Feeds generally are similar in total energy content but vary widely in the proportion of the total energy which is available for maintenance and milk production. The remainder of the energy in the feed is lost in the feces urine, gas belched form the rumen and excess heat production by the cow. In the cow, it takes 0.74 Mcal NEl to produce 1 kg of milk containing 4% fat and the net energy content of most feed range from 0.9 to 2.2 Mcal NEl per kg dry matter.
NetID
A NetID is your username which allows both students and administrators access to WiSH and other University services (i.e. Office 365 email, MyUW, calendaring, student records, payroll information, etc.)
For more information, please check out this IAM KB page on NetIDs.
NetID*
NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER (NDF)
A measure of the amount of cell wall in a feed determined by a laboratory procedure. Neutral detergent fiber includes cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.
New Continuing Review (CR)
This is an activity available to study teams for all studies in the Approved state. This allows study teams to initiate a new continuing review application.
New Full Change
This is an activity available to study teams for all studies in the Approved state. This allows study teams to initiate a new change of protocol.
New Reportable Event
This is an activity available to study teams for all studies in the Approved state. This allows study teams to initiate a reportable event.
NIDU
The Help Desk NetID Utility, located at https://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/internal/tools/netid/index.php
NOC
The former name for the Network Operations Center, now the Systems & Network Control Center (SNCC).
NON-FIBER CARBOHYDRATE
Carbohydrates that are not part of the neutral detergent fiber, but generally accumulate in the plant as energy reserve (e.g., starch). These carbohydrates usually are more rapidly and more completely digested than the fibrous carbohydrates (syn Non-structural carbohydrate).
NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN (NPN)
Nitrogen that comes from a source other than protein but may be used by a ruminant in the building of protein. NPN sources include compounds such as urea and anhydrous ammonia, which are used in feed formulations for ruminant only.
Non-Service Related Appointment
Income with no work requirement; related to a non-service appointment (e.g. Fellow, Scholar, Trainee). Payment of the funds is not dependent on work or service to the university performed by the recipient.
NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE
(see non-fiber carbohydrate).
Notebook Production Group (NPG)
NUTRIENT
The chemical substances found in feeds that can be used, and are necessary, for the maintenance, production and health of the animal. The main classes of nutrients are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins and water.
NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT
This refers to meeting the animal's need of the various classes of nutrients for maintenance, growth, reproduction, lactation and physical work.
Office of Admissions and Recruitment*
Office Online
Office Online (previously Office Web Apps) is an online office suite offered by Microsoft as a part of Office 365, which allows users to create and edit files using lightweight, web browser-based versions of Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. The offering also includes Outlook, People, Calendar and OneDrive for Business, all of which are accessible from a unified app switcher (Outlook on the web).
Offline Data File (OST)
Typically, when you use a Microsoft Exchange Server account (Office 365 account), your email messages, calendar, and other items are delivered to and saved on the server. You can configure Outlook to keep a local copy of your items on your computer in an Outlook data file that is named an offline Outlook Data File (.ost). This allows you to use Cached Exchange Mode or to work offline when a connection to the Office 365 (Exchange) computer may not be possible or wanted. The .ost file is synchronized with the Office 365 (Exchange) computer when a connection is available.
Offsetting
using an intermediate surface to transfer ink. This also occurs when images of freshly printed sheets transfer images to each other
OneDrive for Business
OneDrive for Business is Office 365's file hosting service. It allows users to upload and sync files to a cloud storage and then access them from a web browser or their local device.
OneNote
OneNote is an electronic version of a paper notebook where you can write down notes, thoughts, ideas, scribbles, reminders, and all kinds of other information. Unlike the traditional document page format of other programs such as word-processing or spreadsheet programs, OneNote offers a free-form canvas where you can type, write, or draw notes in the form of text, graphics, and images wherever and however you want them.
OneNote Class Notebook
The OneNote Class Notebook is an Office 365 app that helps instructors set up OneNote in their class. This app will create a class notebook, which includes three types of sub-notebooks: Student Notebooks, Content Library, and Collaboration Space.
Online Support
Opportunity
Salesforce object that houses opportunity records. Opportunity records contain application term and status (stage) data. See Salesforce Objects.
Opportunity (WiSH)
Opportunity Administrator (WiSH)
ORGANIC MATTER
Compounds composed of carbon oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen. All living organisms are composed primarily of organic matter. Fats, carbohydrates and proteins are examples of organic compounds.
Organizational Unit
An organizational unit (OU) is a subdivision within an Active Directory to which you can place users, groups, computers, and even other organizational units. Organizational units can be created to mirror an organization's functional or business structure. Each domain can implement its own organizational unit hierarchy. If an organization contains several domains, there may be organizational unit structures in each domain which are independent of the structures in the other domains.
The term "organizational unit" is often shortened to "OU" in casual conversation. The organizational units within the School of Education’s AD domain are "WCER" and "SOEIT".
Original
material that is to be reproduced using various printing methods. i.e., PDFs, documents, photographs, artwork, product sample, or artist's drawing
Outlook on the web
Microsoft's service for accessing your Microsoft 365 account via web browser. Log into Outlook on the web.
OVULATION
Release of an oocyte (i.e., egg) from a mature follicle. In dairy cows, ovulation occurs 24 to 32 hours after the first standing event of behavioral estrous. Similarly, ovulation occurs 24 to 32 hours after an injection of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone; (Gn-RH) administered in the presence of a dominant follicle.
Owner
The owner is the IRB staff member who has been assigned to review that submission. Other IRB staff members can take ownership of a submission through the Take Ownership activity.
Page count
total number of pages in a book including blanks
PANCREAS
An irregularly shaped gland that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and produces insulin that is released into the blood.
Pantone Matching System
(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing
PAPILLAE (reticulo-rumen)
1. Small projections on the inner surface of the rumen and the reticulum wall that increase the surface area of absorption of volatile fatty acids and other end-products of bacterial fermentation.
PAPILLAE (tongue)
Protuberances at the surface of the tongue that detect the taste of a feed.
PARTURITION
The act of giving birth (Syn Calving).
Payment for Environmental Services (PES)
Payments to farmers or landowners who have agreed to take certain actions to manage their land or watersheds to provide an ecological service. As the payments provide incentives to land owners and managers, PES is a market-based mechanism, similar to subsidies and taxes, to encourage the conservation of natural resources.
PEPSIN
A digestive enzyme found in the gastric juice that breaks down proteins into peptides.
Perceptive Content
The desktop application used to access the Enterprise Content Management/Imaging Service at UW-Madison .
Perceptive Content, formerly ImageNow, is a Hyland system provided to campus that allows users to enter and store documents. Documents are commonly entered via scanner, but can be “printed” into the system or bulk-imported as well.
Perceptive Experience
Perceptive Experience is an HTML5 web client that can access and view documents in the Imaging System on all operating systems. Unlike WebNow Perceptive Experience does not "look" like the Perceptive Content desktop client. Thus there is "get acquainted" period in learning its use. We have several KnowledgeBase documents about Perceptive Experience:
- Perceptive Experience - Overview and Getting Started
- Perceptive Experience - Searching for and viewing documents
- Perceptive Experience - Processing documents in workflow
Perf (Perforation)
a series of small cuts at regular intervals usually made to help a sheet tear apart evenly
Perfect bind
type of binding that uses glue on the spine of the sheets to adhere a cover to the sheets, like a phone book
Perfect bound book
see page 29, job J143396 for example
Perfecting
see page 14, job F141491 for example
Perfecting
a sheet printing both sides in one pass using perfector drum
Permissions
In Microsoft 365, permissions can enable an individual to access another individual's mail, calendars, and contacts. For example, if User A wanted the ability to modify events in User B's calendar, User B would need to assign read/write/modify permissions to User A. Review complete list of permissions levels (and definitions): Microsoft 365 - Mail and Calendar folder permission levels.
Personal Folders File (PST)
A Personal Folders file (.pst) is an Outlook data file that stores your messages and other items on your computer. This is the most common file in which information in Outlook is saved by home users or in small organizations. Learn more.
PHENOLIC (compound)
Organic substance in which the carbon atoms are linked together in a ring structure (also called aromatic structure). Lignin is an example of phenolic compound.
Phishing
an attempt to obtain sensitive personal information via email or other electronic means
General Information
Phone Number
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
The process by which the chlorophyll of plants converts carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars with the simultaneous release of oxygen.
PLACENTA
An organ that develops during pregnancy in female mammals. It lines the uterus and partially envelopes the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta, then called the after birth, is normally expelled. The retention of the placenta usually leads to bacterial infection of the uterus called metritis.
Plan Group
PNG
is a Portable Network Graphics) is a file format for image compression that was designed to provide a number of improvements over the GIF format. Like a GIF, a PNG file is compressed in lossless fashion (meaning all image information is restored when the file is decompressed during viewing). Files typically have a .png extension.
Point of Contact (POC)
The point of contact on a study has the capacity to edit the application and can also submit to the IRB on behalf of the PI. There may four point of contacts assigned to a study and only the PI and the POCs can submit directly to the IRB.
POPULATION (statistics)
The set of individuals, items, or data from which a statistical sample is taken. In statistical terms, a population is defined as a larger set from which samples are obtained.
Pre-Submission
This is a state in ARROW. Pre-submission is the default state for any newly-created submission. Applications in Pre-Submission have not yet been submitted to the IRB.
PRECISION
1. The degree with which a measurement is reproducible, that is, yielding similar results when repeated (see also Accuracy).
2. the number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured.
PREGNANT
Having one or several fetus growing inside the uterus.
Print Reviewer Checklist
When a study is scheduled for an IRB meeting, IRB staff reviewers will upload a reviewer checklist summarizing any issues/concerns/questions that the board should be aware of. The checklist can then be printed out by key board reviewers during their review of the study. This is where board members comment on affirm/deny staff recommendations.
Program Number
PROTEIN
A chain or multiple chains of amino acids (more than 100). Proteins are composed of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen nitrogen (16% on average,found in the form of amino acids) and often sulfur. Proteins have important functions in the body. They are present in all plants and animals and they are essential in the ration of animals. See also Crude Protein.
PROTOZOAN
Most primitive form of life in the animal kingdom composed of only one microscopic cell.
Public End Date (WiSH)
Punch
typically 44 hole (on 11" sheet of paper) on the binding-edge of a sheet of paper, created by punching the paper using a die that punches out the holes
Qualifications (WiSH)
Reassign IRB
Research teams initially determine which IRB to submit their study to. During pre-reivew, the IRB office may determine that the study should be reviewed by another IRB. This activity, available only to the IRB director, can move the study between the MR and HS boards, as well as to the SBS and ED IRBs.
Reassign IRB Member
Once a submission has been scheduled for review at an IRB meeting, IRB Office staff can reassign the primary or secondary reviewer responsible for conducting the review, should scheduling or other conflicts arise.
Reassign IRBS
Studies in pre-review are assigned to a specific IRB staff reviewer. If necessary due to workload, vacations, or any other issue, the IRB director can reassign that study to a different staff reviewer using this activity.
Record Facilitated Review Decision
Some studies undergo a facilitated review rather than a full review, for example, studies sent to the NCI CIRB. IRB staff will record the facilitated review decision using this activity. This activity moves the study to the "awaiting correspondence" state.
Record Meeting Decision
During or after an IRB meeting, IRB staff use this activity to record the outcome of the review (e.g. approved, deferred, etc.).
REGURGITATION
Reversal of the natural direction in which contents flow through a tube or a cavity in the body. During rumination, rumen contents are regurgitated through the esophagus in the mouth for further mastication.
Remove from Agenda
A study that has been assigned to an IRB meeting may need to be removed from the agenda for various reasons (new information has come to light, the study team needs to make additional revisions, etc.). This activity allows IRB staff to remove a previously scheduled item from an agenda and send it back to pre-review.
Reportable Events
Refers to any submission that is not an initial, continuing or change of protocol. Reportable events include noncompliance, new information, adverse events and unanticipated problems.
Residency
Residency for Tuition
Resilience
The capacity of a system to buffer shock and stresses. The ability to recover from setbacks, adapt well to change, and keep going in the face of adversity.
ResNet
An obsolete name for the former University Housing's Residential Network. ResNet was replaced with Campus Network Housing with the introduction of HAPs.
Handling Information
Resource Account
In Office 365, a resource account is a non-person account that can be classified as either "room" or "equipment". Examples can include meeting/conference rooms, audio-visual equipment, or vacation calendars. Individuals must be granted permissions to interact with a resource account. More details.
RETICULO-RUMEN
The first two stomachs of a ruminant comprised of the reticulum and the rumen. A microbial population lives in the rumen and enable the cow to digest dietary fiber. The digesta in the rumen and the reticulum is being exchanged once about every 50 to 60 seconds under the influence of a rhythmic cycle of contraction which also results in passage of some digesta from the reticulum into the omasum through the reticulo-omasal orifice.
Reviewer Notes
Reviewer Notes are notes made in an application by IRB staff. Reviewer notes labeled IRB Question require a response from the study team. Only IRB staff can create Reviewer Notes in ARROW.
Revoke Exemption
If new information comes to light, or changes are made such that a previously exempted study no longer meets the criteria for exemption, the IRB director may revoke the exemption. This moves the exemption to the "closed" state.
Right-Angle fold
two folds at right angles to each other
RUMEN
The large first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant from which food is regurgitated and in which cellulose in broken down by the action of the symbiotic bacterial, protozoa, and fungal populations.
Salesforce Compliance Form
All Salesforce users agreed to the terms of the Recruitment CRM Compliance Form for UW–Madison prior to gaining access to Salesforce. All users are responsible for continuing to comply with the form's terms for the duration of their access. Failure to comply will result in revocation of access.
SAT (Composite and Component)
- Before March 2016, the SAT composite score was the combined score of the three main test sections (mathematics, verbal, and writing). The best possible score was 2400.
Scanner Profile
A reuseable collection of settings that defines scanner parameters. A scanner profile sets things like DPI (dots per inch) and Simplex (single-side) /Duplex (double-sided) on scans. Scanner profiles are located and set in capture profiles.
Schedule for IRB Meeting
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to schedule a submission for an upcoming IRB meeting. Once the IRB staff reviewer schedules the submission for a meeting, the submission moves to the IRB Pre-Meeting state.
Scientific Review
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state must undergo review by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Scientific Review Committee (ICTR SRC), the UW Cancer Center Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) or the Clinical and Translational Research Core Protocol Implementation Review (CTRC PIR) before moving on to the IRB Pre-Review state.
SCIREV (Scientific Review)
An abbreviation for the role of the Scientific Review committee. Scientific Review Committee activities can only be executed by their respective coordinators.
Searchable Question (WiSH)
SECRETION
The movement of a material from one place to another. Secretion is often required to move a material to the place where it can be excreted. Examples of materials secreted include all materials excreted (see Excretion above), plus enzymes, hormones and saliva. The organs that play a role in secretion include all those involved in excretion, plus the digestive glands like salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder and endocrine glands like the thyroid gland, pituitary gland, and ovaries and testes.
seminar*
Send Administrative Issues to Study Team
The IRB Submission Manager reviews all new submissions to ARROW for completeness and any other administrative concerns (incorrect/missing documentation,etc.). Any identified issues are sent from the submission manager to the study team via this activity.
Send As
In Office 365, this permission allows users other than the mailbox owner to use the mailbox to send messages. After this permission is assigned to a delegate, any message that a delegate sends from this mailbox will appear as if it was sent by the mailbox owner. However, this permission doesn't allow a delegate to sign in to the user's mailbox.
Send Change for Exemption to Ancillary Committee
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send a change of protocol for an exemption to an ancillary review committee. For example, if an exemption initially required VA R&D Committee review and a change is being made to the exemption, the IRB staff reviewer could send the change to the VA R&D Committee for review.
Send Correspondence to STE
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send formal correspondence from the IRB (e.g. IRB approval letter) to the study team. The study team members with email/edit access will receive notification that formal correspondence has been sent that then the study team can access the document(s) in their ARROW workspace.
Send Issues to STE
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send issues, including reviewer notes, requests for modifications and clarifications, to the study team to address. This is a transitional activity that moves a submission to the Issues Pending state.
Send On Behalf Of
In Office 365, this permission allows a delegate to use this mailbox to send messages. However, after this permission is assigned to a delegate, the From address in any message sent by the delegate indicates that the message was sent by the delegate on behalf of the mailbox owner.
Send Revised Determination to Study Team
This is an activity in ARROW in the Exemption Granted state. This activity allows the IRB staff reviewer to send a revised exemption determination to the study team.
Send to Ancillary Committee
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send full board review applications to ancillary committees for review. All ancillary committee approvals must be in place before scheduling for IRB meeting can occur.
Send to IRB Member
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send modifications made by the study team to an IRB member to review. This is a transitional activity that moves a submission from the IRB Review of Modification Response to the IRB Member Modification Review state.
Send to Pre-Submission
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to send an application back to the Pre-Submission state from the Withdrawn state. For example, the PI withdrew an application from the IRB review process and now wants to start the submission process again using the previously withdrawn application.
Send to PRS Review
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to send a submission to Preliminary Review Session (PRS) review. Once the IRB submission manager executes this activity, the submission moves to the PRS review state.
Sensitive Data
Data is classified as Sensitive if the loss of confidentiality, integrity or availability of the data could have a serious adverse effect on university operations, assets or individuals. See UW-Madison Data Classifications.
SENSITIVITY
The probability that a test is positive, given that the animal has the disease (See also specificity).
Service Account
Microsoft 365 service accounts are intended to be used for shared/changing roles (e.g., info, secretary, webmaster, newsletter, feedback, etc.) or service/programmatic access (e.g., printers, copiers, mailers). Service accounts can be accessed via all Outlook clients. Learn more about the types of accounts available within UW-Madison's implementation of Microsoft 365.
Service Account
An OAR email address that ends in @admissions.wisc.edu and that represents a core function of our office rather than an individual. See Case Queues in Cases.
Service Related Appointments
Employment payment, compensation for work performed in service to the university. Income is contingent upon an activity or employee position (e.g. Project Assistant, Research Associate, Teaching Assistant, etc.).
Set Expiration Date
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer or IRB floater to set the expiration date for a continuing review submission, rather than relying on the default expiration date set by the system (at 1 year minus 1 day from the meeting date).
SharePoint
SharePoint is a web application framework and platform which integrates intranet, content management, and document management. You can use it as a secure place to store, organize, share, and access information from almost any device. Learn more.
SharePoint Designer
Microsoft SharePoint Designer is a specialized HTML editor and web design freeware for creating or modifying Microsoft SharePoint sites, workflows and web pages.
Sifting and Winnowing
The phrase "sifting and winnowing" refers to UW-Madison's historic tradition of defense of intellectual and academic freedom. The words are taken from an 1894 report of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and were originally used to explain the board's refusal to censure a professor accused of socialist and pro-union activity. The words are mounted on a plaque on the front of Bascom Hall:
Signature
a sheet of printed pages that when folded become part of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)
Single-sided
only one side of the page is printed, meaning the back side of each page is blank
SINUS
A cavity formed by a bending or curving; a dilated passage.
SNCC
Systems and Network Control Center: SNCC is the primary contact for outages and problems for HDQA, either through forwarding problems to SNCC-SysOps or by chatting in the Service Support chat room.
Special student*
SPHINCTER
A ring-like muscle that maintains constriction of a bodily passage or orifice and opens upon relaxation.
Spine
the binding edge of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)
STANDARD DEVIATION (statistics)
Standard deviation (SD) is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. If the data points are further from the mean, there is higher deviation within the data set. The SD shares the same unit as the mean. The SD is calculated as the square root of variance by determining the variation between each data point relative to the mean. The symbol for standard deviation is σ (the Greek letter sigma). Approximately, in a normal distribution,
38% of all observations are within ± 0.5 SD units of the mean;
68% of all observations are within ± 1 SD units of the mean;
95% of all observations are within ± 2 SD units of the mean;
99% of all observations are within ± 3 SDunits of the mean.
Step-and-repeat
the process of placing the same image on a single sheet or page of a document multiple times
STILLBORN CALF
A calf born dead or that dies within 48 hours of birth.
Student Assistants
Titles in the Student Assistant title group are used for graduate students who: hold a fellowship, scholarship or traineeship; hold an appointment which is intended primarily to further the education and training of the student; are employed to assist with research training or other academic programs or projects; and/or have been assigned teaching responsibilities in an instructional department under the supervision of a faculty member.
In addition, Student Assistant titles are available to undergraduate students when: no qualified graduate student is available to perform a function that would normally be assigned to graduate students (i.e., Undergraduate Assistant - requires advance approval of the dean); or when the terms of a supporting grant or contract preclude the use of other normally appropriate titles (Undergraduate Intern).
SOURCE: Office of Human Resources, UW-Madison Unclassified Title Guideline; Summary of Unclassified Appointment Types
Student Group
Student Groups are SIS attributes used for hundreds of different populations on campus, including First Year Interest Groups (FYIGs), honors programs, and others. If you would like to have a Student Group added to WiSH, please contact us at scholarships@finaid.wisc.edu. Values include:
SIS Student Group Code | Description |
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BEL | Business Emerging Leaders |
CAE | Center for Academic Excellence |
CAQS | CALS Quickstart Participant |
CEO | Center for Educational Opportunity |
CESP | Community Environmental Scholars Program |
CSP | Chancellor’s Scholars |
ECSL | ECE Summer Launch |
FNED | High Financial Need |
FSC1 | Farm Short Course Year 1 |
FSC2 | Farm Short Course Year 2 |
FWAV | First Wave Program |
HDLA | Honors - Liberal Arts (EDU) |
HLLA | Honors - Liberal Arts (L&S) |
HMAJ | Honors in the Major (L&S) |
ISSI | International Student Summer Institute |
MESL | Mechanical Engineering Summer Launch |
PEOP | PEOPLE Program |
PKSP | Powers-Knapp Scholars |
POSS | Posse Program |
WESL | WI Experience Summer Launch |
WISE | WISE – Enrollment (i.e. Women in Science & Engineering) |
Student ID*
Student Notebooks
Student Notebooks are a part of Office 365's Class Notebook app. They are private notebooks that are shared between each teacher and their individual students. Teachers can access these notebooks at any time, but students cannot see other students’ notebooks.
Student Services
Student Visa Type
Study Suspended
The IRB can suspend a study, automatically moving it to the "suspended" state rather than the "approved" state. Once a study has been suspended, activities available to the study team are limited. Study teams can initiate a change of protocol to address whatever caused the study to be suspended in the first place.
Stunted growth
Stunted growth also known as stunting and nutritional stunting, is a reduced growth rate in human development, characterized by a low height for one's age. It is a primary manifestation of malnutrition (or more precisely undernutrition) and recurrent infections, such as diarrhea and helminthiasis, in early childhood and even before birth, due to malnutrition during fetal development brought on by a malnourished mother. An estimated 162 million children under 5 years of age, or 25%, were stunted in 2012 (Source: Wikipedia).
Sub-Domain
A sub-domain is a domain that is part of a larger domain; the only domain that is not also a sub-domain is the root domain. For example, doit.wisc.edu and engr.wisc.edu are sub-domains of the wisc.edu domain.
SUBCLINICAL
Without clinical manifestations; said of the early stages or a very mild form of a disease, e.g. subclinical disease, infection, parasitism, or when a disease is detectable by biological tests but not by a clinical examination.
Submit Administrative Hold Response
After a study has been approved with an administrative hold, study teams must resolve the conditions of this hold; this is done by submitting a response.
Submit Changes
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to submit changes requested by the scientific review committee.
Submit Deferral Response
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to submit a deferral response to the IRB. Once the PI or POC submits the deferral response, the submission transitions back to the IRB Pre-Review state.
Submit Facilitated Review Notes
This is an activity in ARROW that allows an IRB member to submit their facilitated review notes. This activity transitions a submission from the IRB Member Facilitated Review state back to the In Facilitated Review state once the assigned IRB member(s) has completed their review.
Submit Issues Response
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to submit their response to issues sent by the IRB. Once the PI or POC submits their response to issues, the submission transitions back to the IRB Pre-Review state.
Submit Modification Response
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to submit their modification response to the IRB. Once the PI or POC submits their modification response, the submission transitions to the IRB Review of Modification Response state.
Submit Modification Review Notes
Review state to the IRB Review of Modification Response state once the assigned IRB member(s) has completed their review.
Submit Reportable Event Notes
This is an activity in ARROW that allows an IRB member to submit their reportable events notes. This activity transitions a submission from the IRB Member Review of Reportable Event state back to the IRB Pre-Review state once the assigned IRB member(s) has completed their review.
Submit Request to Reopen
This is an activity in ARROW that allows a PI or POC to submit a request to reopen a study that is in the Study Completed state or in the Closed state.
Submit Study Completion Report
This is an activity in ARROW that allows a PI or POC to submit their study completion report. This activity is available in the following states for an initial review: Approved, Exemption Granted, Expired. The study then transitions to the Study Completed state.
Subset - Uncollated
see page 8, job X140742 for example
Supplemental Question (Apply-To/Fund-Specific Applications)
Suspend Study
This is activity in ARROW that allows an IRB staff reviewer to execute the activity of suspending a study in the IRB Pre-Review state due to a reportable event. Completion of this activity transitions the study from an approved state to the study suspended state.
Suspended
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been suspended. Research teams can only submit a change of protocol in this state. Once the IRB approves the change of protocol addressing the issues which resulted in the suspension, the IRB will then review the full study to determine if the suspension can be lifted and the study can be moved back to the approved state.
Sustainability
Sustainability is a holistic concept that built on three inter-related pillars: environmental, social and economic. To be sustainable, any entrepreneurial activity must be economically viable, ecologically healthy and socially equitable. A universal definition of sustainability was given for the first time by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in the Brundtland report published under the auspices of the United Nations in 1987.
Sustainable Intensification
Narrowly defined, SI refers to increase food production from existing farmland in ways that place far less pressure on the environment and that do not undermine our capacity to continue producing food in the future. However, Garnett et al. (2013) added the following four premises underlying SI: (a) The need to increase production; (b) Increase production must be met through higher yields because increasing the area of land in agriculture carries major environmental costs; (c) Food security requires as much attention to increasing environmental sustainability as to raising productivity; and (d) SI denotes a goal but does not specify a priori how it should be attained or which agricultural techniques to deploy.
Synchronous
System Administrator (WiSH)
System Thinking
A set of synergistic analytic skills used to improve the capability of identifying and understanding systems, predicting their behaviors, and devising modifications to them in order to produce desired effects (Arnold and Wade, 2015)
Take Ownership
This is an activity in ARROW that allows an IRB staff reviewer or IRB director to take ownership of a submission from another IRB staff reviewer. This may be necessary when the original assigned staff reviewer is unavailable or workload needs to be shifted.
TANNIN
Highly complex phenolic compounds in plants that may play a role of defense again microorganisms and possible predators (the herbivores). Tannin binds and reduces the availability of proteins and carbohydrates to ruminal microbes.
Tape Bind
a type of binding that uses a strip of durable tape to hold a book together lines that indicate where to trim before a job goes on the collator or other binding equipment, by doing this it allows the operator to still see the trim marks for final trim
Technical Support
Teleconference
Terminated
This is both a potential motion that can be made by the IRB upon review of a reportable event, as well as a state in ARROW. Studies that are in the terminated state can be forwarded to the end state, Archive, by the IRB submission manager or will be automatically archived after 18 months.
THYROID GLAND
A two-lobed gland located in the throat and secreting the hormone thyroxin, which regulates the iodine metabolism in the body.
TIMED ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Method of AI breeding in which the timing of artificial insemination (AI) is based on a hormonal protocol that synchronizes the timing of ovulation. This is in contrast to timing insemination based on direct or indirect detection of estrous behavior. Hormonal protocols for Timed AI were developed in 1995 and have been widely adopted by dairy producers for reproductive management.
Tints
a shade of a single color or combined colors
Total Mixed Ration (TMR)
Refers to the practice of loading pre-determined amounts of all feed ingredients and blending them in a mixer, followed by delivery to a group of cows, usually housed and managed in confinement. Typically a dairy nutrition consultant will make recommendations using least-cost ration formulation software to determine the amounts and type of feed to blend based on economic considerations (minimizing feed cost), while providing the lactating cows with all know nutrients required for health and high milk production performance.
TOTAL MIXED RATION (TMR)
Mixture of the forages, concentrates, minerals and vitamin supplements of a ration. The total mixed ration has the advantage of offering a balanced ration at each meal rather than on a 24 h basis.
Trapping
used to expand the dominant ink to be printed larger-than the less-dominant ink, used to help tight registration on offset printing
TRYPSIN
Digestive enzyme secreted by the pancreas and responsible for the break down of peptide bonds of proteins. Some plants contain a trypsin inhibitor that prevent trypsin from functioning properly.
Umbrella Apply-To Opportunity (WiSH)
UNCS*
UNDERFEEDING
Usually refers to feeding insufficient energy.
Undergraduate Admissions Recruitment Initiated Event Campaign
Campaign used by recruiters for high school, college and organization visits.
Naming Convention
State or Country Code - School Name - Month - Year
Undergraduate Admissions Recruitment Invited Event Campaign
Campaign used by recruiters for college fairs, panels, and other events we are invited to.
Naming Convention
State or Country Code - School Name - Year [for fairs]
OR
State or Country Code - Org Name - Event Name - Season - Year [for other external events]
Undergraduate Admissions Recruitment Trip Campaign
Campaign used by recruiters to set up a recruitment trip or recruiting season itinerary.
Naming Convention
Last Name-State or Country Code - Month - Year
OR
Last Name - Season - Year
Undergraduate Admissions UW Sponsored Event
Campaign used by recruitment and events team members for prospective student recruitment sessions and Visit Bucky events.
Undergraduate degree*
Undergraduate*
UNDS*
UNES*
UNHS*
Unique ID
A special index key typically used as one of the five customizable document keys. If used, this key will generate a unique string that will belong only to a single document. This field exists to ensure that individual documents stay separate from others and to easily locate/communicate information about a specific document.
UNIS*
Unit of Mass in Metric System
1,000,000,000,000,000
1x1015
petagram (Pg)
quadrillion
1,000,000,000,000
(Million Metric Tons or Megatonnes) 1x1012
teragram (Tg)
trillion
1,000,000,000
(Thousand Metric Tons) 1x109
gigagram (Gg)
billion
1,000,000
(Metric Ton) 1x106
megagram (Mg)
million
1,000
1x103
kilogram (Kg)
thousand
100
1x102
hectogram (Hg)
hundred
10
1x101
decagram (Dg)
ten
1
gram
0.1 10-1
decigram (dg)
tenth
0.01 10-2
centigram (cg)
hundredth
0.001 10-3
milligram (mg)
thousandth
0.000,001 10-6
microgram (µg)
millionth
0.000,000,001 10-9
nanogram (ng)
billionth
0.000,000,000,001 10-12
picogram (pg)
trillionth
0.000,000,000,000,001 10-15
femtogram (fp)
quadrillionth
Units Taken
University Special Students*
University Staff
University Staff
University staff positions focus primarily on supporting education, research, and the campus infrastructure. If a position involves functions that are similar in nature to other positions in Wisconsin state government, the position is university staff. These positions include accountants, administrative support associates, nurses, microbiologists, and custodians.
SOURCE: Office of Human Resources
UNOL*
Special student classification: Online only
UNOS*
UNPS*
UNRS*
Special student classification: Admission requirements for graduate or professional school
UNSATURATED FAT
Fat containing fatty acids that can accept hydrogen atoms to saturate their structure (e.g., oleic, linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic acids).
UNVS*
Upload Scanned Reviewer Checklist
During their review of a submission, IRB members make comments on and respond to specific staff questions/recommendations on hardcopies of the reviewer checklists that they have previously printed out. These hardcopies with board member comments are uploaded into ARROW after the IRB meeting and become part of the studies electronic file.
UREA [CO(NH2)2]
A nitrogen-containing organic compound found in urine and other body fluids. Urea is synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide. Urea can be used as fertilizer or as a source of nitrogen in the ration of ruminants.
UV Coating
protective liquid coating applied to printed sheets (similar to varnish), bonded and cured with ultra-violet (UV) light
UW Board of Regents*
UWNet
The UW-Madison wireless network service
Service Description
Varnish
clear ink-like substance that is applied to printed surfaces for appearance and protection
Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL)
Particles that carry cholesterol and fat throughout the bloodstream. These particles are released from the liver into the bloodstream. They are similar to chylomicrons which originate from the gut because they both carry cholesterol and triglycerides which are gradually released in the bloodstream to be absorbed by body cells along the way. In the process of losing triglycerides, the VLDLs grow smaller and turn into LDLs (Low Density Lipoprotein) which have lost all their triglycerides.
View Differences
This is an activity in ARROW that allows IRB staff, IRB members, and study teams to view differences between versions of the submitted smartform application. For example, if a study team made changes to the initial review application as a result of IRB Pre-Review and submitted those change to the IRB, a new version of the application is tracked. The study team and the IRB staff can easily view the differences between the old and new version of the application by using this activity button.
VITAMINS
Complex organic substances occurring naturally in plants and animal tissue and essential in small amounts for the proper functioning of numerous metabolic processes.
VOLUNTARY WAITING PERIOD
The number of days between calving and first attempt to breed a cow. A typical voluntary waiting period is 45 days. However, it may varies from less than 40 to 80 days depending on farmer’s preference and reproductive protocol in place on the farm.
VPN
Virtual Private Network
WiscVPN: A VPN service available to all UW students, faculty and staff.
Departmental VPN: Used by some departments to allow employees to access department resources remotely.
Wasting
Wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to "waste" away leading to children of low weight for their height. Wasting is sometimes referred to as "acute malnutrition" because it is believed that episodes of wasting have a short duration, in contrast to stunting, which is regarded as chronic malnutrition (Source: Wikipedia).
Web Conference
Webinar
Wisc Account Administration Site
A web site that allows administrators and end users to manage accounts (NetID and departmental) that access Office 365, WiscMail, CloudFax, Box, Qualtrics, LastPass, and Google Apps.
Wisconsin County
Note: We suggest using in combination with Mailing Address, Home Address, Residency for Tuition and/or High School State to ensure accuracy.
Wisconsin Federation Login
an authentication and authorization framework that allows applications the ability to provide campus-specific login services
With the grain
folding or feeding paper into the press or folder parallel to the grain of paper
Withdraw Change
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to withdraw a submitted change from the review process. This activity moves the submission to the Withdrawn state at which time the PI or POC can send the submission back to Pre-Submission or archive it.
Withdraw Continuing Review
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to withdraw a submitted continuing review from the review process. This activity moves the submission to the Withdrawn state at which time the PI or POC can send the submission back to Pre-Submission or archive it.
Withdraw Reportable Event
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to withdraw a submitted continuing review from the review process. This activity moves the submission to the Withdrawn state at which time the PI or POC can send the submission back to Pre-Submission.
Withdrawn
This is a state in ARROW. Submissions in this state have been withdrawn by the PI or POC. Submissions in this state can be sent back to Pre-Submission or Archived by the PI or POC.
Work and tumble
using the same plate and same guide, printing one side of a sheet, and flipping it from gripper to tail to print on the back of the sheet. Similar to perfecting but 2 passes
Work and turn
using the same plate and common guide, printing one side of a sheet, and flipping it from left to right to print on the back of the sheet
Workspace ONE
Workspace ONE is VMWare’s unified endpoint management (UEM) service. The service allows individual campus units to configure and manage devices on multiple platforms such as macOS, iOS, Android, and Windows. Workspace ONE allows Research IT to purchase and install Apple App Store software on enrolled devices, and to uninstall software and reassign licenses as needed.
Users also have access to popular UW campus-provided software as well as freely available offerings via the self-service features of the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub. Workspace ONE also allows the configuration of security and other device policies.