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Women's Shame Resilience: Examining Various Theoretical Assumptions of Shame Resilience Theory
(2014-12-12)Shame has been identified as a self-conscious emotion (i.e., emotions evoked by self-reflection and self-evaluation) that negatively impacts interpersonal relationships, mental health, and psychological adjustment (Tangney ... -
Women, bison, and coup : a structural analysis of Cheyenne pictographic art /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1985)Cheyenne pictographic art of the 19th century was a complex medium of communication that expressed cultural perceptions and functioned to reinforce and mold social values. In addition to the explicit narrative content of ... -
Women, politics, and power: The media's construction of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
(1999)From the beginning, their open political partnership was hotly discussed and debated in the media. Media attention and concern centered on Rodham Clinton's political power and influence. With her appointment to head the ... -
Woodford Shale enclosed mini-basin fill on the Hunton Paleo Shelf. A depositional model for unconventional resource shales
(2020-05-08)The exploration of unconventional hydrocarbon resources of the Woodford Shale in Oklahoma (USA) has focused on characterizing this formation as an entirely open marine deposit. The impact of recognizing the enclosed ... -
The Woodford Shale in the Marietta Basin (Oklahoma and North Texas)
(2019-05-10)A geologic characterization of the Woodford Shale in the Marietta Basin has never been published due to the very limited data in the basin. The primary goal of this dissertation is to identify, analyze and interpret the ... -
A word frequency analysis of business communications and shorthand textbook materials.
(1982)The comparison of word frequencies of the business letters and the business memoranda indicates that a large percentage of high frequency words in business letters are not high frequency words in business memoranda; that ... -
Work requirements and welfare participation: Analyzing the effects of the JOBS program.
(2000)The 1996 welfare reform relies heavily on work as an antidote to "dependency." But have we any reason to expect work requirements to spur people to leave welfare? Recent experience provides an opportunity to analyze the ... -
Working alliance and readiness to change in incarcerated sex offenders.
(1999)This study measured the effect of treatment alliance on Readiness to Change, utilizing the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) (Horvath & Greenberg, 1989) and the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Inventory (URICA) ... -
The working draft sequence of the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus stearothermophilus strain 10 genome, its analysis, and annotation.
(2002)A whole-genome random shotgun (WGS) sequencing method was used to obtain the working draft sequence. To date, over 99 percent of this approximately 3.4 Mbp Bacillus stearothermophilus genome has been sequenced from ... -
Working in conflict: how bureaucrats navigate accountability pressures
(2022)Bureaucrats make policy. So, understanding their motivations behind discretionary choices, or ultimate decisions about their role and agency are pivotal toward examining policy outcomes. This dissertation attempts to expand ... -
Working in the 'gray' area of a "permanent campaign": The routine, political and campaign activities of congressional district staff.
(2001)The district staff members of incumbents in the United States House of Representatives perform vital representational and electoral functions. Nearly half of all personal staff in the United States Congress work 'back home' ... -
Working Memory and the Time Course Influence on Visual Attention
(2011)Working memory and attention are closely related concepts. Capture of visual attention by working memory (WM) contents has generated much interest in recent years. However, there is a lack of literature related to the time ... -
Working together: School administrators supporting teachers of students with behavioral challenges
(2023-12-15)Special educators who teach students with significant or challenging behaviors may experience physical aggression, verbal aggression, the destruction of classroom or personal property, or the elopement of a student. Student ... -
Workload History and Anticipation: Effects on Task Performance and Subjective Stress
(2011)Though previous research has demonstrated that a sudden change in workload can have negative performance outcomes, there has been little examination of factors that could minimize these effects. The purpose of the present ... -
Workload History and Anticipation: Effects on Task Performance and Subjective Stress
(2011)Though previous research has demonstrated that a sudden change in workload can have negative performance outcomes, there has been little examination of factors that could minimize these effects. The purpose of the present ... -
The workshop and the academy :
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THE WORLD BELOW: HOW RESOURCES AND HABITAT INFLUENCE INSECT COMMUNITIES ACROSS SPACE AND THROUGH TIME
(2019-05-10)Insects are one of the most abundant, diverse, and ecologically important clades of organisms. They represent up to 5-10 million species, accounting for approximately 46% of the animal biomass on Earth. Yet, despite the ... -
The world view of William Faulkner /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1955) -
WORLDS APART: THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL WORLDVIEW ON THE POLICY PREFERENCES OF THE RICH AND POOR
(2018-05-11)In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law amid mixed reviews from the public. The primary research question for this dissertation is: what explains the public’s level of support ... -
WRITING A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ONE NON-WRITER'S JOURNEY
(2010)This qualitative study explores the experiences of a self-proclaimed non-writer as she seeks to understand and develop a style of writing. Research is included to support the ideas that teachers of writing should be writers ...