Browsing by Subject "development"
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Assessing changes in intercultural sensitivity in students exposed to intercultural experiences supported by the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University using the intercultural development inventory
(2009-12)Oklahoma State University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (OSU-CASNR), understands the importance of educating students to become inter-culturally competent. As such, they have designed a variety ... -
Building Social Capital Through Rhetoric and Public Relations
(Management Communication Quarterly, 2011-08-01)When the focus is on meaning making, language, rhetorical argument, and persuasion, there is enormous potential to see how public relations theory and practice in external organizational rhetoric can serve community ... -
Developing Leadership for Creative Efforts: A Preface
(Advances in Developing Human Resources, 2011-08-01)Michael D. Mumford is the George Lynn Cross distinguished research professor of psychology at the University of Oklahoma where he directs the Center for Applied Social Research. He received his doctoral degree from the ... -
Developmental approach to measuring spiritual maturity from a Christian perspective
(2011-05)Scope and Method of Study: Although broad measures have revealed relationships between spirituality and other psychological variables, the exact nature of these remains unclear. Further, many measures fail to consider ... -
Effects of Agricultural, Manufacturing, and Mineral Exports on the Economic Growth of Angola
(2019-05-01)Angola's economic growth declined from 10.6% between 2003 and 2008 to 3.1% between 2009 and 2017 following plunges in petroleum prices (World Bank 2018). Mineral exports accounted for over 94% of Angola's total exports in ... -
Evolution and Development of Vegetative Architecture: Broad Scale Patterns of Branching Across the Grass Family (Poaceae) and Characterization of Architectural Development in Weedy Green Millet (Setaria Viridis (L.) P. Beauv.) and Characterization of Architectural Development in Setaria Viridis L. P. Beauv.
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-07-01)The objectives of this research were to identify patterns of vegetative architecture across the grass family (Poaceae) and investigate the pattern of architectural development in foxtail (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) ... -
Examining Leadership Development in Campus Recreation Student Employment Using the Student Leadership Practices Inventory: Pretest-posttest Design on Intramural Sports Basketball Officials
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)The purpose of this study was to take a quantitative look at how leadership develops in campus recreation student employees by examining Oklahoma State Intramural Sports Basketball Officials. Using the Student Leadership ... -
Foreign Aid and Development: The Leather Industry in Tanzania
(Oklahoma State University, 2007-05-01)Development failure in Tanzania's leather industry provides a context for discussing foreign aid effectiveness and the role of international aid organizations in the economic development of least developed countries (LDC). ... -
Ghosts of the past or relics of the future? A geographical analysis of the hand-pulled rickshaws of Calcutta
(2012-12)This dissertation was an attempt to develop a better understanding of the use and value of hand-pulled rickshaws in the city of Calcutta and the lifeworlds of the rickshaw pullers because of a ban placed on the profession ... -
Grid and group explanation of arts faculty development in two Thai universities
(2009-07)Scope and Method of Study: The purposes of the study are to use grid and group theory to explain the culture of two institutions as well as the interrelationship of professional development practices and faculty preferences ... -
Growth and Development of Setaria viridis (Poaceae) Under Normal and Shaded Light Regimes
(2019-05-01)Plants rely on photosynthesis to gain energy for growth, yet most plants are found with other plants, and therefore need to deal with varying degrees of shading. Shading by plants affects both the spectrum (especially red ... -
How information technology impacts economic growth and human development at the country-level
(2022-07)The goal of this document is to understand the differences between two predominately used country-level measures of development, economic growth and human development, and how information and communication technology impacts ... -
Impact of a Western-pattern diet on the interaction of prenatal stress, maternal behavior and offspring phenotype
(2019-12)Maternal prenatal stress is a significant source of developmental stress that can leave an epigenetic signature on offspring, leading to stress-related and anxious behavior. A limited amount of work has been accomplished ... -
Information and communication technology development and anthropogenic global warming: A cross-national panel study of ICT development on carbon dioxide emissions 1990-2009
(2013-12)Policy makers and ecological modernization scholars have begun to focus attention on the application of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to the mitigation of CO2 emissions, the primary cause of anthropogenic ... -
Liposcelis obscurus Broadhead (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) Ecology and Dehumidification for Psocid Management
(2017-12-01)Psocids (Psocoptera) have become more economically important as serious pests of stored-products worldwide in the last two-to-three decades. However, knowledge on their ecology and biology which is crucial for the development ... -
A New Trichotomous Measure of World-system Position Using the International Trade Network
(International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2009-02-01)Snyder and Kick's (1979) measure of world-system position continues to serve as the premier trichotomous network indicator of a state's location in the capitalist world economy. In this study, we identify several problems ... -
World-system position and democracy, 1972–2008
(International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2012-10-01)Global levels of democracy are higher than ever before, and democratic principles are now institutionalized as a world cultural norm. Nevertheless, a number of countries continue to feature governing systems that restrict ...