A-basis
Salary rate computed on a twelve-month, annual basis.
Abomasum
The fourth digestive chamber of the digestive system of most ruminants. The abomasum is located after the forestomachs (rumen, reticulum and omasum) and before the first segment of the small intestine (i.e., the duodenum); It is sometimes referred to as the "true" stomach because of its acid-secreting ability, which is found in most other mammalian species.
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 Staff
Academic Staff
Academic Staff: a professional and administrative employee other than faculty with duties and types of appointments that are primarily associated with higher education institutions or their administration. Each academic staff has a principal role related to research, teaching, outreach, student services, information technology, libraries, communications, clinical/health services, or other responsibilities.
Academic Standing Status
The academic standing status of the student is calculated for the most current term.
SIS Academic Standing Code | Description |
---|---|
GST | Good Standing |
PRO | Probation |
DIS | Dismissed |
SUB | Subject to Dismissal |
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.
ACSSS*
ACT Composite
ACT Test Scores
The four subject test scores of the ACT (English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning) and the scores of their sub-sections.
SIS Subject Code | Description |
---|---|
COMP | Composite |
CWRT | Combined English/Writing |
ELA | English Language Arts |
ELAN | English Lang Arts Nat Norms |
ENGL | English |
MATH | Mathematics |
NS | Natural Science |
READ | Reading |
SCIRE | Science Reasoning |
SS | Social Science |
SS-AG | Alg/Coor Geometry Standard Sub |
SS-AL | Arts Literature Standard Subsc |
SS-EA | Elem Algebra Standard Subscore |
SS-GT | Plane Geom/Trig Standard Subsc |
SS-RH | Rhetorical Skills Standard Sub |
SS-SS | Soc Studies/Sci Standard Subsc |
SS-UM | Usage/Mechanics Standard Subsc |
STEM | STEM Score |
STEMN | STEM National Norms |
WDDS | Writing Dev and Support |
WDIA | Writing Ideas and Analysis |
WDLUC | Writing Lang Use and Con |
WDORG | Writing Organization |
WNN | Writing National Norms |
WRSUB | Writing Subscore |
WRT | Writing Subject Score |
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 |
---|---|
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.
Against the grain
at right angles to direction of paper grain. Opposite of paper grain direction
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).
ANABOLISM:
The part of the metabolism in which metabolites are used in the growth and repair of body tissues.
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).
Apple GSX
The Apple Global Service Exchange is used to check a customer's Applecare warranty status and other system information.
http://gsx.apple.com
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).
Aptitude Test
Test designed to predict how well students are likely to perform in some subsequent educational setting. The most common examples of aptitude tests are teh SAT-I and the ACT, both of which attempt to forecast how well high school students will perform in college. See also Achievement Test.
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).
AS-IS BASIS
A method of expressing the concentration of a nutrient in a feed. For example, a feed containing 12% crude protein on a dry matter basis contains 12 g of protein for each 100 g of feed "as-is" (or "fresh"). When feed ingredients are added to a mixer, they are weighted on an "as-is" of "fresh" basis. See also "Dry Matter Basis.
ASH
(see minerals)
ASPP
Academic Staff Policies and Procedures. For more information, visit the Secretary of Academic Staff website: http://acstaff.wisc.edu/resources/policies-and-procedures
ASSA
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".
assets
Assets are any physical object which has a certain value and needs to be tracked over its life cycle. Examples of assets include: laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, tablets, cameras, etc.
Assets in Inventory Manager are anything that has a WCER asset tag. Asset tags are always unique, and are meant to be used with asset tag labels affixed to the assets themselves.
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.
AST
Apple Service Toolkit
Asynchronous
Authors
A KB user who may edit documents. Authors may or may not be able to publish documents and all follow their KB Group's agreed upon document workflow.
Auto-Match Opportunity (WiSH)
Autodiscover
Exchange Autodiscover is a web service that helps Microsoft Exchange administrators configure user profile settings for clients running Outlook Enterprise/Subscription/2019/2016. It allows users to easily configure their email client knowing only their email address and password.
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.
Award Period (WiSH)
Batches
Documents are scanned in batches which are placed into the batches view of Perceptive Content. Once in the batches view, the batches undergo processing which includes separation into individual documents and quality assurance.
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
Bleeds
printed image that extends beyond trim marks, so finished product does not have a white border (generally 1/8" is the setting for bleed)
BROWSE
The part of leaf and twig growth of shrubs, woody vines, and trees that is available for animal consumption.
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.
C-basis
Salary rate computed on a nine-month, academic year basis.
CALS*
Campus ID
Campus ID number*
Canvas/EdTech Support
Capital Asset
A device that cost $5,000 or more when it was purchased
Case
Salesforce object that houses case records. Each case record tracks a question or issue from an individual, usually a prospective student, applicant, or supporter. 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 KB document Salesforce Cases Overview & Recruitment Case Management.
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.
CASI
Committee on Academic Staff Issues; these committees have been established in each school and college to advise Deans on policies and procedures, promotional opportunities, participation in department governance, and performance recognition for academic staff.
CATABOLISM
The part of the metabolism in which metabolites are oxidized for the production of work and heat.
CATALYST
A substance present in small amounts that increases the rate of chemical or biochemical reactions without being consumed in the process.
Categories
Is a feature in Outlook and Outlook on the web that allows you to assign a keyword or phrase (and color) to help you keep track of items/events. Using this feature you can easily find, sort, filter, or group different items/events that are located across your different folders/calendars.
Category (WiSH)
- Apply-To Student Categories
- Automatch Student Categories
- Post-Acceptance (P.A.) and Renewal Student Categories
- General Application and Conditional Application Categories
Apply-To Student Categories
Name | Visible To | Impact/Definition |
---|---|---|
Accepted | Applicants and Reviewers | The applicant has accepted the award. If the portfolio has a funding string and Post-Acceptance is NOT turned on, the student's award will be sent to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) as soon as they are in this status. |
Accepted - Paid Out From Payroll | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") | Instead of being paid through the Bursar's Office, the applicant's award was processed and paid to them through Payroll. |
Accepted – Post to Financial Aid for Disbursement | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") | Sends the student's award to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) while also allowing the student to continue to complete Post-Acceptance. |
Accepted - Sent to Payroll/Glacier | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") | This status is used to track which awardees with visas you or your business office have sent to the Glacier Team. Awards in this status will NOT be sent to SIS. If a student's award was previously sent to SIS using a different status and their was moved to this status, their scholarship in SIS will be removed. |
Applicant Declined | Applicants and Reviewers | The applicant has declined the award. |
Cancelled | Administrators only | The scholarship administrator no longer wishes to offer the student the award. |
Drafted | Applicants | The application has been started/opened but the applicant has not yet submitted the application. |
Ineligible – Drafted | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Drafted") | A way you can mark a student who has started an application as ineligible without notifying the student. |
Ineligible – Submitted | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Submitted") | A way you can mark a student who has submitted an application as ineligible without notifying the student. |
Offered | Applicant and Reviewers | The scholarship administrator has offered an award to the applicant. The applicant can now accept or decline this offer. If set to immediately, communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be sent as soon as they are moved to this category. If set to upon approval, the communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be in scholarship administrator's message queue to be approved. |
Plan to Offer | Reviewers | The scholarship administrator has encumbered funds by creating an offer for the applicant. However, the applicant cannot see the offer. To them, their category is still "Submitted." Additionally, the applicant has not been sent a communication notifying them of their offer. |
Automatch Student Categories
Name | Visible To | Impact/Definition |
---|---|---|
Accepted | Applicants and Reviewers | The applicant has accepted the award. If the portfolio has a funding string and Post-Acceptance is NOT turned on, the student's award will be sent to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) as soon as they are in this status. |
Accepted - Paid Out From Payroll | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") | Instead of being paid through the Bursar's Office, the applicant's award was processed and paid to them through Payroll. |
Accepted – Post to Financial Aid for Disbursement | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") | Sends the student's award to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) while also allowing the student to continue to complete Post-Acceptance. |
Accepted - Sent to Payroll/Glacier | Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") | This status is used to track which awardees with visas you or your business office have sent to the Glacier Team. Awards in this status will NOT be sent to SIS. If a student's award was previously sent to SIS using a different status and their was moved to this status, their scholarship in SIS will be removed. |
Applicant Declined | Applicants and Reviewers | The applicant has declined the award. |
Cancelled | Administrators Only | The scholarship administrator no longer wishes to offer the student the award. |
Drafted | Applicants | The applicant has not submitted the General or Conditional, if applicable, Application. |
Nominated | Reviewers | The applicant has been nominated to receive an award, often by a committee. This category encumbers funds for the applicant, but the applicant only sees the category "Submitted." |
Offered | Applicant and Reviewers | The scholarship administrator has offered an award to the applicant. The applicant can now accept or decline this offer. If set to immediately, communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be sent as soon as they are moved to this category. If set to upon approval, the communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be in scholarship administrator's message queue to be approved. |
Plan to Offer | Reviewers | The scholarship administrator has encumbered funds by creating an offer for the applicant. However, the applicant cannot see the offer. To them, their category is still "Submitted." Additionally, the applicant has not been sent a communication notifying them of their offer. |
Submitted | Applicants and Reviewers | The applicant has completed all necessary/required parts of the General and (if applicable) Conditional Application. |
Post-Acceptance (P.A.) and Renewal Student Categories
Name | Visible To | Impact/Definition |
---|---|---|
Awarded | Applicants | The scholarship administrator approves the applicant's P.A. and marks the award payment to be sent to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS). Once a student is moved to this category, they can no longer adjust their P.A. answers. If P.A. is not turn on, when an applicant accepts their award, their P.A. category will be automatically flipped to "Awarded" and sent to SIS. |
Awarded by Bursar Upload | Applicant (displays as "Awarded") | The scholarship administrator paid the applicant's award using the Bursar Scholarship Upload process instead of using WiSH functionality. |
Awarded - Paid Out From Payroll | Applicants (displays as "Awarded") | Instead of being paid through the Bursar's Office, the applicant's award was processed and paid to them through Payroll. When in this category, students cannot adjust their P.A. answers. |
Awarded - Sent to Payroll/Glacier | Applicants (displays as "Awarded") | This status is used to track which awardees with visas you or your business office have sent to the Glacier Team. Awards in this status will NOT be sent to SIS. If a student's award was previously sent to SIS using a different status and their was moved to this status, their scholarship in SIS will be removed. When in this category, students cannot adjust their P.A. answers. |
Cancelled | Applicants | The scholarship administrator has cancelled the award and future disbursements (if applicable). |
Deferred | Applicants | The scholarship administrator has deferred the payment for another term (for renewals specifically). |
Drafted | Applicant | The applicant has started to complete the P.A. questions but they have not submitted their responses. |
Final Disbursement | Applicants | The scholarship administrator marks this award payment as the last payment of a renewable scholarship. This category works similar to "Awarded" in that the scholarship will be sent to SIS for payment. |
Pending | Administrators Only | The initial category of the P.A. grid. When the scholarship administrator first encumbers an award for the applicant in the Applications grid, the applicant appears in the P.A. grid with this status. |
Requested | Applicants | The applicant has been asked to completed P.A. Applicants automatically move to this category when they accept the award. |
Submitted | Applicants and Reviewers | The applicant has completed all necessary/required parts of P.A. |
General Application and Conditional Application Categories
Name | Visible To | Impact/Definition |
---|---|---|
Archived | Administrators Only | The applicant's application has been archived. |
Drafted | Applicants | The application has been started/opened but the applicant has not yet submitted the application. |
Submitted | Applicants and Reviewers | The applicant has completed all necessary/required parts of the General and (if applicable) Conditional Application. |
CBS
Common Business System. Refer to Common Business System (CBS) Handling Information.
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'
Closed
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been closed by the IRB after the investigator has submitted a study completion report.
Cloud Service
Services made available to users on demand via the Internet from a cloud computing provider's servers as opposed to being provided from a company's own on-premises servers. Cloud services are designed to provide easy, scalable access to applications, resources and services, and are fully managed by a cloud services provider.
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
COLOSTRUM
The thick and yellowish secretion collected from the mammary gland at the first milking after calving. The colostrum is low in lactose but normally high in total solid (24%). It is rich in fat, proteins and antibodies that help the new born calf to fight infectious diseases. The secretion collected from the second to the eighth milking is referred to as "transition milk" because of it intermediate composition between colostrum and whole milk.
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.
Complete Expedited Checklist
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer (who must also be an IRB member) to complete the expedited checklist when a submission is in the expedited review state. This activity must occur for all expedited reviews before the IRB staff reviewer can send modifications to study team and record the expedited review decision.
Conditional Application (WiSH)
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 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).
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)
Crop marks
printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
Custom Properties
Additional fields that can be used to describe a document. Custom properties are associated with Doctypes. The number of custom properties is not limited.
Customer's Originals
print ready copy
DARS
Degree Audit Reporting System, web-based
Service Description
DARS*
Dashboard
A Salesforce object that houses dashboards. Dashboards are a collection of data visualizations tied to reports that allow the user to see an overview of data and track operational progress. See Salesforce Reports & Dashboards for Recruitment.
Dashboard (WiSH)
DCS*
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.
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.
DIGESTA
The mixture of digestive secretion, bacterial population and feeds undergoing digestion in the gastro-intestinal tract (such as rumen content).
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.
Dissertator Status
-
Y - Yes
-
Blank - No or No data
Distance Degree
DNS
Domain Name System
Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses
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.
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.
Double-sided
see duplex category
DRY MATTER BASIS
A method of expressing the concentration of a nutrient in a feed. For example, a feed containing 12% crude protein on a dry matter basis contains 12 g of protein for each 100 g of feed dry matter
DS
double-sided (see duplex category)
DS-2019*
EASLC
ECMS
Enterprise Content Management Service. Another name for the DoIT service which makes Perceptive Content available to the UW-Madison campus. Former product name was ImageNow, or "Imaging".
Ecosystem Service
Benefits people derive from ecosystem. Ecosystem services are typically grouped in four broad categories: provisioning, such as the production of food and water; regulating, such as the control of climate and disease; supporting, such as nutrient cycles and crop pollination; and cultural, such as spiritual and recreational benefits. (Source: Wikipedia)
Edit Letter to STE
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to create and edit correspondence to notify the study team of the IRB review outcome for a particular application The IRB staff reviewer will choose from several letter templates based on the type of application and the IRB's motion and will be able to manually edit the letter as needed.
EIS
Enterprise Internet Services
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 Address
Email Address
An email address identifies the account that messages should be delivered (e.g., bbadger@wisc.edu). An account can have multiple email addresses. Each account in Microsoft 365 has only one primary address, but an account can have multiple alternate addresses. An account will accept email for any email address on the account.
Emeritus Staff
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.
EPD Academic Staff Committee
Epistemology
The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion (Wikipedia).
ESL*
ESLAT*
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.
FA - Cost of Attendance (COA)
FA - FAFSA Received Date
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.
FAFSA*
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.
FALSE POSITIVE
An animal that tests as positive but who is actually negative. The percent of false positive for a test can be calculated as 100 – SPECIFICITY.
FCS
FCS is a term for fold / collate / staple — the act of saddle stitching a booklet.
FETUS
The unborn young.
FIBROUS CARBOHYDRATE
Hemicellulose and cellulose that can be quantify by the neutral detergent fiber procedure.
Field of Study
Academic plans (majors) are aggregated into four divisions called the Field of Study. The Field of Study for a student is based on the student’s primary academic program. This allows the user to select a division rather than listing several majors. Values are:
SIS Field of Study Code | Description |
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HUM | Arts and Humanities Division |
BIO | Biological Sciences Division |
PHY | Physical Sciences Division |
SOC | Social Studies Division |
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.
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)
Flush cut
cut to the edge
Food Desert
This term was defined by Congress in 2008 as an area in the USA with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly such an area composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods and communities
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).
Food Loss
Food losses refer to the decrease in edible food mass throughout the part of the supply chain that specifically leads to edible food for human consumption. Food losses take place at production, post-harvest and processing stages in the food supply chain. Food losses occurring at the end of the food chain (retail and final consumption) are rather called “food waste”, which relates to retailers’ and consumers’ behavior.
Food Security
Food security exists “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.” According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the three pillars of food security are: availability, access and (safe) utilization. In addition you can learn about the four dimensions of food insecurity at the FAO website.
Food Waste
Food waste is a component of food loss and occurs when an edible item goes unconsumed as a result of human action or inaction, such as food discarded by retailers as a result of appearance or plate waste by consumers.
Force Apply (WiSH)
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 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.
Free/Busy
Free/busy is a determination of whether there is a calendar event in a given time slot. Free designates time slots without events and busy designates time slots that are taken up in a person's calendar. Any account within Microsoft 365 will have the ability to view free/busy information against any other Office 365 account. Note: an event can be set to show as busy or free.
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.
FRUCTOSE (C6H12O6)
A sweet sugar occurring in many fruits and honey.
Full Mailbox Permissions
Full mailbox permissions can be assigned between any two accounts within UW-Madison's Microsoft 365 environment.
What can I do with full mailbox permissions? | What can't I do with full mailbox permissions? |
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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.
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
The stomach and the intestine as a functional unit.
General Application (WiSH)
Global Address List (GAL)
The Global Address List (GAL) is the address look up feature in Office 365. It contains email addresses for individuals and resources, excluding those that are hidden. Office 365 uses the Global Address List to supply email addresses when you are composing a message or inviting individuals to meetings.
Global Studies Passport Program*
Gloss finish
shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate
GLUCOSE: (C6H12O6)
A six carbon sugar which is the building block of starch and cellulose. Glucose is rapidly fermented into volatile fatty acids by ruminal bacteria.
GPS Form*
GRASS
Any of the numerous plants of the family gramineae, characteristically having narrow leaves and hollow, jointed stems (e.g., orchardgrass, ryegrass, bromegrass).
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)
Grippers
metal fingers on a printing press that hold the paper as it passes through the press, the image is registered in relation to the gripper. Similar to sideguide
GS*
H-basis
Paid bi-weekly for hours worked per pay period in calendar year.
Help Desk Level 2
The former name of the combined team of the current Contract Partner Support Help Desk and DoIT Help Desk Enterprise Support. The Help Desk announced a re-organization in December 2024.
HEMICELLULOSE
A type of carbohydrate similar to cellulose except that it contain not only glucose but also other 6 carbon sugars and also 5 carbon sugars.
Heuristic
Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves. Techniques, activities or lessons that allow someone to discover something for himself or by finding solutions through experiments or loosely defined rules.
Hide/Show Errors
The Hide/Show Errors link appears at the top of each application form. This link checks the submission for any required questions that are not answered.
High School City
High School Class Percentile
High School Class Rank
High School Class Size
High School GPA - Estimated
- A
- A-
- AB
- B
- BC or lower
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 State
High School Transcript
- High School Transcript #1
- High School Transcript #2
- High School Transcript #3
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 High School Transcripts, please use our sign-up sheet.
High School Transcript - Unofficial
- High School Transcript - Unofficial
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 High School Transcripts, please use our sign-up sheet.
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 - 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 Address
home institution*
HRS
Human Resources System. See Referrals - Human Resources System (HRS) and related apps.
HSLC
Health Sciences Learning Center
Human Resources
Human Subjects Research
For information on human subjects research, please see the Institutional Review Board's website.
HUSK
Outer envelop, usually green, of fruits and seeds, as around an ear of corn (syn hull).
HYDROLYSIS
Decomposition of a chemical compound by reaction with water.
IELTS*
Import File (WiSH)
Imposition
the arrangement of pages on a press sheet, or, the arrangement of fields on a document
Impression
putting an image on paper
independent study*
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 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.
IP Address
a numerical label assigned to each device using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network
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 Close Study
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to close a study in the approved state once the study team has submitted a study completion report.
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).
IRBS (IRB Staff Reviewer)
Abbreviation for IRB staff reviewer role.
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.
iScript
A derivative of Visual Basic and Java; proprietary scripting language of Perceptive Software that automates business logic. Used in workflow queues.
ISS*
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.
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.
KETOSIS
A condition characterized by a lack of appetite, especially for concentrates and an abnormally high concentration of ketone bodies (e.g., acetone, hydroxy-butyrate) in the blood. Ketosis or acetonemia occurs when the cow mobilizes large amounts of body reserves in early lactation.
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.
LACTOSE
A disaccharide composed of a unit of glucose and a unit of galactose. Also known as milk sugar, lactose is produced commercially from whey.
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.
Leadership Team
Learning Design and Technologies (LDT)
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.
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).
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.
LIPASE
An enzyme that breaks down fat.
LIPOPROTEINS
Protein coated packages that transport fats in the bloodstream
List View
An organizational tool available in each Salesforce object that enables users to view records by specific data field(s) in that object. See How to Create a List View of Your Campaigns.
LMS
Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)
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.
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.
Mac Address
media access control address - a unique identifier assigned to all network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment
Also known as: physical address, Ethernet ID
Mailing Address
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.
MAMMALS
A class of vertebrate animals distinguished by self-regulating body temperature, hair, and in the female (a) milk producing gland(s).
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.
Where your boss plays Mine Sweeper™.
Marketing Message
MASTICATION
To grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth to prepare it for swallowing and digestion (Syn: Chew).
MASTITIS
An infammation of the udder (often caused by a microbial infection) resulting in pain and the secretion of milk with a high count of white blood cells (referred to as somatic cell count).
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.
MESLS*
METABOLISM
Refers to all of the changes that nutrients undergo after they are absorbed from the digestive tract. Metabolism is divided into anabolism and catabolism.
METRITIS
Inflammation of the uterus.
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.
Microsoft 365 Video
Office 365 Video is an intranet website portal where people can post and view videos. It's a streaming video service that's available with SharePoint Online in Office 365. It's a great place to share videos of executive communications or recordings of classes, meetings, presentations, or training sessions, for example. Office 365 Video displays a thumbnail image of each video on the site. You just select a thumbnail to view a particular video.
MIDUS
Midlife in the US, the longitudinal study the MIDUS Neuroscience project is one of the sub-projects of.
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.
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).
MOSSE*
MSE
Microsoft Security Essentials
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MULTIPAROUS (cow)
A cow that has given birth more than once.
NCR - Offset
see page 10, job F141492 for example
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).
OAR Salesforce Website
https://uwmadison.my.salesforce.com/
OASDI*
OBESE
extremely fat.
OCIS
Office of Campus Information Security
Odyssey*
This project offers a University of Wisconsin-Madison humanities class for adult students facing economic barriers to college. Learn more here: Odyssey Project
Office of Admissions and Recruitment*
Office of the Registrar*
UW-Madison Office of the Registrar supports the teaching and learning mission of the University of Wisconsin-Madison by providing essential enrollment, curricular, and student record services to the campus community. It is organized into four areas:
- Administration, Reporting and Eligibility Services
- Application Development and Technical Services
- Curricular and Academic Management Services
- Student Services
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.
Offset & Digital Job
see page 12, job J143515 for example
Offset Job
see page 11, job F141490 for example
Offset Paper
term for uncoated paper
Offsetting
using an intermediate surface to transfer ink. This also occurs when images of freshly printed sheets transfer images to each other
OMASUM
The third stomach of a ruminant between the reticulum and the abomasum. It is characterized by the presence of muscular leaves that may have an absorptive function.
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 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 (WiSH)
Opportunity Administrator (WiSH)
ORTS
This is a German word that refers to leftovers of a meal. In dairy nutrition the orts is the amount of feed refused from a daily offering. In dairy nutrition research, orts must be sampled and analyzed in order to calculate with precision the consumption of dry matter and nutrients by the cow. Orts expressed as a percent of dry matter offered is a criteria to determine whether an animal was fed ad libitum (Syn: refusals).
Pads
see page 26, job J141725 for example
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
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.
PCS
Productivity and Collaborative Solutions
PEDS
Perceptive Enterprise Deployment Suite. A service used to deploy updates automatically to Perceptive Content clients connected to the PEDS server.
PEPSIN
A digestive enzyme found in the gastric juice that breaks down proteins into peptides.
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.
Phishing
an attempt to obtain sensitive personal information via email or other electronic means
General Information
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
The process by which the chlorophyll of plants converts carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars with the simultaneous release of oxygen.
PMS
Pantone Matching System (see Pantone Matching System definition)
PMS 200
the mixed ink graphic standard for UW printing; also UW red
POLISH (to)
To free from coarseness; to refine.
POLYGASTRIC
Having more than one digestive cavity; Having a stomach divided into different chambers (e.g., ruminants).
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.
Portfolio (WiSH)
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.
Primary Address
In Microsoft 365, your primary address is the email address associated with your Microsoft 365 account that will appear as your "From" address on emails and calendar invites. It will also appear as a result in the global address look up feature in Microsoft 365. For further information, click here.
PRIMIPAROUS (cow)
1. A young cow that is pregnant for the first time. 2. A cow that has given birth once.
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.
process color
the process of combining four basic colors to create a printed color picture or colors composed from the basic four colors
Program Support
PROTEASE
Digestive enzyme that breakdown proteins into peptides.
Public End Date (WiSH)
PYLORUS
The passage connecting the stomach (abomasum) to the duodenum.
Qualifications (WiSH)
Queues
A list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order.
Workflows are comprised of queues. Documents route through workflow queues until they reach their end destination. Often, in each queue an action is performed (automatically, by a user, or by a script).
RaDS
Repair and Departmental Support - Deprecated (obsolete) name for Departmental Support + Repair, which are now two separate groups within the User Services department
RDS - Remote Desktop Service
- Remote Desktop Service Connection Instructions: https://kb.wisc.edu/1775
- ECMS - Using RDS for Perceptive Content: https://kb.wisc.edu/63293
- ECMS - RDS-DEV - Accessing for ImageNow Users for Imaging Patch Testing: https://kb.wisc.edu/33032
- RDS Login: https://remotedesktop.doit.wisc.edu/RDWeb/Pages/en-US/login.aspx
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.).
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.
Reschedule
This allows the IRB office to place an item on a different agenda that what was originally scheduled.
Research (Applied)
Study directed toward gaining (scientific) knowledge to meet a recognized need
Research (Basic)
Study directed toward gaining (scientific) knowledge primarily for its own sake
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
Resolved
This is an end state in ARROW. Reportable events in this state have been acknowledged by the IRB, but no further action is needed and therefore, the reportable event is considered resolved.
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.
Restricted Data
Data is classified as Restricted if protection of the data is required by law or regulation or UW-Madison is required to self-report to the government and/or provide notice to the individual if the data is inappropriately accessed. See UW-Madison Data Classifications.
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.
RICKETS
A deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or lack of sunshine exposure, characterized by defective bone growth.
Roles
Each user has at least one role assigned to them in ARROW. A user's current role appears in the gold box on the left side menu of the homepage. Some users will have multiple roles. Click the desired role under the My Roles text on the left side menu to change roles in the system. Be sure to select the correct role since different activities are available to users based on their role.
Rules
A feature in Office 365 which allows you to take some action when a message arrives into your account or when you are sending a message. Examples of potential actions include move/copy/delete, mark with a category/read/importance, or forward/redirect.
Saddle Stitch
Saddle stitch is term for a pair of staples added to a collated booklet along the spine.
Salesforce
Salesforce started in 1999 in San Francisco and quickly grew in the 2000s to be an industry leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Salesforce was originally designed as a business-to-business (B2B) application to help companies improve their sales processes, and by extension, maximize their sales. It developed an Education platform in 2016.
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.
Salesforce Lookup field
A lookup field in Salesforce is used to find other records in Salesforce to build relationships between records. For example, in a contact record one uses a lookup field to find and relate another record such as an organization or community to the contact.
Salesforce User
A UW-Madison employee who has agreed to follow the terms of the Recruitment CRM Compliance Form for UW–Madison and has been granted access to OAR's Salesforce platform.
Sample
rough layout of a printed piece showing position and finished size
SASLI*
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.
Save
The smartform application allows users to save their work before exiting the application. Users should periodically save their completed work in the smartform application in order to avoid losing any work due to the potential for timing out of the system or when the user needs to complete the application at a later time.
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.
Scope (WiSH)
Score
an intentional crease made in paper to help eliminate cracking when folded
SCOUR
see diarrhea.
Searchable Question (WiSH)
SEASSI*
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.
SEED
A fertilized and ripened plant ovule containing an embryo capable of germinating to produce a new plant.
Self cover
a cover of the same paper as inside text pages
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).
SEO
Systems Engineering and Operations
SERUM
The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating the clotted whole blood into its liquid and solid (red and white blood cells) components.
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).
SFS
PeopleSoft Shared Financial System (supported by UWSA Problem Solvers). See https://www.wisconsin.edu/sfs/.
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.
Sheetwise
to use a separate plate for front and back printing, using the same gripper and guide for both sides of the sheet
SHIP*
Short Course
Side guide
the mechanical register unit on a printing press that positions a sheet from the side
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.)
SILAGE
Method of preservation of fresh forages based on the partial fermentation of the sugars in absence of oxygen. Silage can be made in various silos.
SILO
Structure constructed to help preserving forages as silage. Different types of silos includes: Tower silo, oxygen limiting silo, trench silo, 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.
SIS
Student Information System: This system keeps track of student, staff, and faculty records
SIS*
SLP
Student Leadership Program (often referred to as "SLP Program"): "SLP" also refers to students who have SLP positions, which includes the following: Student Web Writer, Student Developer, Level 2 Student Analyst, SOAR Student Ambassador, WiscIT Student Lead, Data & Metrics Lead, and Student Team Lead (STL).
SMPH
School of Medicine and Public Health
SMPH
School of Medicine and Public Health
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.
SOAR*
SOMATIC CELLS
(a) Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells. (b) Milk somatic cells are primarily leukocytes (white blood cells) and some epithelial cells shed from the lining of the mammary gland. The leukocytes are derived from blood and consist of macrophages, lymphocytes, and polymorphonuclear cells, primarily neutrophils (PMN). Normal milk does contain somatic cells, and the concentration of these cells is almost always less than 100,000 cells/ml in milk from uninfected/uninflamed mammary quarters.
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
Special student*
SPECIFICITY
The probability that a test is negative, given that the animal does not have the disease (see also sensitivity).
Spectrum U
Refer to SpectrumU.
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.)
SPROUT (to)
To grow or to develop quickly (syn to germinate).
SS
single-sided (see single-sided definition)
SSD
Solid State Drive
SSDI*
SSI*
Stack by page or subset
to keep each piece separate or independent
STALK
The main stem of an herbaceous plant.
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.
staple
Staple is a term for a staple added to a printed packet or book, commonly in the upper left corner or along the left side of a booklet.
STARCH
Carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, an stem pith of plants notably in corn, potatoes, wheat and rice. Warm season grasses (C4 plants) store starch in chloroplasts in leaf tissue. C4 grasses such as Bermuda Paspalum or Rhodes grasses grown under heat stress may contain considerable starch in leafy tissue. Nutritionally, it is referred to as non-structural carbohydrate as opposed to the carbohydrate found in the neutral detergent fiber of the plant.
Start Date (WiSH)
States
In ARROW, the IRB review process is divided into different parts, called States. The State an application is in will change as it moves through the review process. The list of actions a user can take for a submission will vary according to the state it is in.
STEM
The main upward growing axis of a plant, usually above the ground and in direction opposite of the roots.
Step-and-repeat
the process of placing the same image on a single sheet or page of a document multiple times
Stereotype Threat
The term refers to being at risk [given a specific set of contextual circumstances] of confirming a negative stereotype about one's social group as a self-characteristic [i.e., a personal trait]. For example, Let's say that you find yourself in a situation in which you realize that someone may have a steretotype about you [because of you physical appearance, gender or any other general characteristic of social group] and there is a part of you that is afraid that your [about to be undertaking] action and behavior will prove to that person that the stereotype is true. The concept was first introduced in seminal publication of Steele and Arsonson (1995) (see also ResearchGate link).
STILLBORN CALF
A calf born dead or that dies within 48 hours of birth.
stitch
Stitch is a staple added to a printed packet or book, commonly in the upper left corner or along the left side of a booklet.
Stock
the material to be printed on
STOVER
Fodder; mature-cured stalks from which seeds have been removed, such as stalks of corn or stalk of sorghum without heads.
STRAW
The plant residue remaining after separation of the seeds in threshing. It includes chaff.
STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE
(see Fibrous carbohydrate).
STS
Software Training for Students
STS
The term “STS” refers to short-term instructional staff beyond a department's Faculty and renewable Academic Staff instructors.
- Planning process, titles, appointment levels & funding: L&S Short-term Staffing Requests
- L&S Guidelines for Instructional Appointments
- L&S Instructional Staffing Options
Procedure for hiring STS:
- Request the position via the Instructional Staffing Request form (form instructions).
- Recruitment: L&S Recruitment of Short-Term Staff
- Letter templates: L&S Short-Term Staff Appointment Letters
- STS rates: L&S Standard Rates for Short-term Instructional Staff (STS) and Student Assistants
L&S Contacts
- L&S Teaching & Learning Administration
- Rob Schultz, Instructional Program Manager for Teaching & Learning Administration
- L&S Human Resources
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 |
---|---|
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 Completed
Once a study team has submitted a study completion report, the study moves from the "Approved" state to the "Study Completed" state. The study remains in this state for a period of 18 months, during which time the study team can reopen the study. After 18 months, the study is permanently archived.
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.
Study Team
The study team consists of the PI, the point of contact, and any other personnel listed as having edit/email or read-only access to study materials in the initial application smartform.
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
This is an activity available to study teams, allowing them to submit an initial application, continuing review, change of protocol, reportable event, etc., to the IRB.
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 Reactivate
This is an activity in ARROW that allows a PI or POC to submit a request to reactivate a submission that is in the IRB withdrawn state.
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
a defined part of a set
Subset - Collated
see page 7, job X140743 for example
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.
SW
Sheetwise (see sheetwise definition)
SWAP
Surplus With a Purpose
Sway
Microsoft Sway is a presentation app available through Office 365 that allows you to create and share interactive reports, presentations, newsletters, personal stories, and more.
SYMBIOSIS
The intimate living together of two dissimilar organism in any of various mutually beneficial relationships.
Synchronous
SysOps
Systems Operations
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)
Tabs - 2 up w/ HI tabs
see page 5, job J143403 for example
Tabs Job
see page 3, job J143400 for example
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.
TASTE
Property of feed detected by some papillae of the tongue and the roof of the mouth resulting in a positive or negative response to further ingestion of the feed.
Technical Support
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 Cumulative Credits
Trim marks
see crop marks
Trim size
finished size after final trim is made
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.
UGSR*
UGST*
Umbrella Apply-To Opportunity (WiSH)
UNCS*
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.
UNDS*
UNES*
UNHS*
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
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*
Update IRBS
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to notify the IRB staff reviewer if there are IRB member comments resulting from Preliminary Review
Upload Checklists
Prior to an IRB meeting, staff reviewers are able to upload reviewer checklists summarizing any issues/concerns/questions for the board to consider.
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.
User Services
The department within DoIT that provides several of our high volume customer services. User Services is broken down into the following areas:
- Help Desk
- Departmental Support
- DoIT Logistics
- Product Management
- Productivity & Collaborative Solutions
USPC*
UW Board of Regents*
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.
Views
Views allow users to search for documents using one or more constraint. Limited to 500 results or less.
VISP*
VITAMINS
Complex organic substances occurring naturally in plants and animal tissue and essential in small amounts for the proper functioning of numerous metabolic processes.
VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFA)
Products of fermentation of carbohydrates (and some amino acids) by the rumen microorganisms. Acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid are the primary volatile fatty acids which are absorbed through the rumen wall and used as an energy source by the cow.
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).
WESLI*
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.
Wiscard*
WiscIT
WiscIT is the IT Service Management software that DoIT uses to manage IT Services, using Cherwell Software as its platform. Also commonly referred to as WiscIT powered by Cherwell.
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
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.
WSO
Workspace ONE
WSOB*