OU - Dissertations
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“I Phub You Because…”: Testing a Theory of Interpersonal Behavior for Understanding and Predicting Phubbing
(2024-05-10)Phubbing (i.e., phone and snubbing) is toxic to most individuals. Unlike their perceptions that it is rude, they still phub others. With the prevalence of such behavior in the current age of high technology, it is necessary ... -
Investigations of microbial diversity and microbial interactions in a contaminated aquifer and experimental evolution of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough
(2024-05-10)Investigating the mechanisms underlying microbial diversity is one of the challenges in microbiology. The dimension of diversity typically includes three aspects: taxonomic diversity (TD), phylogenetic diversity (PD), ... -
Fire management and risk perception through an organizational lens
(2024-05-10)Acting as a relentless flame, increasing wildfire risk has left a scorched trail of devastation across the globe. Based on the most recent National Climate Assessment, this threat is only projected to climb as climate ... -
Diversification dynamics in space and time of two marine fish groups
(2024-05-10)Understanding the evolutionary processes shaping species distributions in both marine and terrestrial environments has been a central interest among evolutionary biologists, biogeographers, and ecologists. Species richness ... -
Understanding Emotionally Supportive Family Communication Individuals with MS Experience Through a Critical Interpersonal and Family Communication (CIFC) Framework
(2024-05-10)Emotionally supportive communication (ESC) has been argued as the most valuable form of supportive communication, which the present study explores from the perspective of individuals living with multiple sclerosis (MS). ...