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Issues involved in groundwater withdrawals and pollution of the Ogallala: Evidence from West Texas
(2012-05)Scope and Method of Study: The existing body of economic research dealing with groundwater extraction seems to focus only on that problem itself and does not view the exploitation of the aquifer and the corresponding ... -
Issues Pertaining to Dielectric Assessment of Soil Moisture in a Coaxial Cell
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-12-01)The study considered a pre-existing coaxial cell design and attempted to improve upon the accuracy of the coaxial cell as a measurement device. The cell was modeled with a revised transmission line model. Simulations were ... -
Issues Related to the Forward Problem for Endoscopic Near-infrared Diffuse Optical Tomography
(Oklahoma State University, 2007-12-01)Near-infrared diffuse optical tomography (NIR DOT) imaging technology has been shown to be capable of detecting the presence of certain types of cancer within the body in a non-invasive way. At Oklahoma State University, ... -
“It is productive to take care of yourself at work”: Gender, coping, and anti-violence work during COVID-19
(2021-07-08)After interviewing 23 anti-violence workers in Great Plains states using a semi-structured interview format, we discovered trends of coping mechanisms used by anti-violence workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. These coping ... -
It is the process, not the test: A mixed method study of a professional learning community at one elementary school in Oklahoma.
(2006)The juxtaposition of the quest for reaching accountability benchmarks and the desire for meeting students' individual needs has created a problem for district administration, site principals, and school staff. As a result, ... -
It must be the money : family structure, child well-being, and public policy.
(2008)This study proposed to examine the interactions between income, family structure, race and child well-being. Educational achievement was used as a proxy for child well-being. -
It only takes one teacher to make a difference in the life of a student with dyslexia: A content analysis
(2021-05)Students in Oklahoma schools who struggle to read consistently perform low in reading, including those with dyslexia. Teachers of these students are directly linked to students' achievement in all areas of academics. This ... -
IT personnel sourcing decisions in IT projects.
(2006)The evolutionary growth of information technology, during the past few decades, has created the impetus for change in the organizational workplace from a focus on narrow and specific tasks, carried out by individuals, to ... -
"It Seemed Like a Wonderful Way to Influence the World and to Touch Lives": Exploring Reasons Teachers Stay in the Classroom
(2020)Retaining experienced, effective teachers in the classroom is essential. In fact, research shows it is the most significant factor in student achievement and the stability of the learning environment (Carver-Thomas & ... -
“It Takes a Village”: A Re-examination of Black-Interest Advocacy, Collective Representation, & the Modern Congressional Black Caucus
(2020)This project has three explicit goals in mind. First, I aim to uncover how the CBC constructs and communicates their collective worldview to the institution. Existing literature has been essential to improving our understanding ... -
"It Turns You Inside Out": The Emotional Effects of Working Within the Capital Punishment System
(2022-08-04)While previous literature on the emotional effects of capital punishment has examined the experiences of the family members of victims and the family members of accused or convicted capital murderers, little research has ... -
It's a collaborative team effort: Communication skills and intervention programs for the young minimally verbal child with ASD and CAS and only CAS
(2019-12)Young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) often exhibit delays in the acquisition of spoken language. The purpose of this qualitative study was to: (1) examine the comprehensive ... -
It's a dry heat: Quantifying effects of increasing atmospheric moisture demand on native Oklahoma trees
(Oklahoma State University, 2019-04-26)Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to alter precipitation frequency and intensity across Oklahoma in the coming decades, leading to an increase in the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme events such as ... -
It's All About Kids: Preventing Overweight in Elementary School Children in Tulsa, Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2006-12-01)Controlled trial in twenty 4th grade classrooms in 10 schools. Compared changes in mean KAB scores, CATCH scores, FitnessGram measures, and BMI z-scores between intervention and control schools using repeated measures ... -
It's complicated: Exploring the co-creation of land-grant brand identity amongst faculty members at Oklahoma State University
(2021-05)Land-grant institutions (LGIs) are tasked with providing accessible education to the common man and improving their quality of life. This study examined faculty members' awareness, perceptions, and interpretations of the ... -
It's my party...: Examining women as partisans within the United States Congress.
(2002)The present work utilizes multiple data sources and methodological approaches to offer a more thorough analysis of the nuances of women's legislative behavior. In the first section, interview data is combined with Member- ... -
"It's Not A Treaty, It's A Legal Binding Agreement": Fort Lawton, Red Power, and the Struggle for Indigenous Land Reclamation
(2023-05-12)In 1970, over one hundred Native American activists occupied the Fort Lawton military base in Seattle, Washington. The protestors, disgruntled over the federal government’s termination of tribal lands and lack of support ... -
It's Not About Cowboys: Cowboys as Subject in Contemporary Art
(2015-05)Images of American cowboys are examined in a selection of lens-based artworks including Richard Avedon’s In the American West (1984), Laurie Simmons’ Cowboys (1979), David Levinthal’s The Wild West (1987-89), Matthew ...