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Field characterization and analog modeling of natural fractures in the Woodford Shale, southeast Oklahoma
(2011)
Understanding the mechanisms under which shales deform is fundamental to improving exploration success in unconventional resource plays. Several outcrops of the Woodford Shale have been chosen to characterize fracture ...
OU-Tulsa Presidents Interview
(2011-03-02)
Former OU-Tulsa presidents Ken Lackey, Ken Levitt, and Gerard Clancy discuss the history of the campus.
The Distortion of Upward Communication in Military Organizations
(2011)
This study explores the relationship between subordinates' inclination to distort negative upward organizational communication and four personality variables. The study used a postulated Upward Organizational Communication ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Intermediation
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the role and importance of intermediaries in corporate finance and financial markets. Chapter 1 investigates whether bond rating agencies convey new ...
HUMAN DETECTION AND TRACKING ENHANCING SECURITY SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY
(2011)
The dissertation undertakes the critical application of establishing smarter surveillance systems to improve security measures in various environments. Human detection and tracking are two image processing methods that ...
Student Acquisition of Biological Evolution-Related Misconceptions: The Role of Public High School Introductory Biology Teachers
(2011)
In order to eliminate student misconceptions concerning biological evolution, it is important to identify their sources. The purposes of this study were to: (a) identify biological evolution-related misconceptions held ...
Tactical Self-Enhancement in China: Is Modesty at the Service of Self-Enhancement in East Asian Culture?
(Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2011-01-01)
Huajian Cai is a professor at the Institute of Psychology at Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests involve culture and the self.
Nanoscale studies of thermal transport: R-matrix theory and thermal transport in strained graphene nanoribbons.
(2011)
The rapid development of nanotechnology has enabled the fabrication of structures much smaller than the mean free path of electrons and phonons. In modern electronics, miniaturization is desired to increase the transistor ...
Adolescent Male Attitudes About Singing in Choir
(Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2011-11-01)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence adolescent males to enroll in school choir as an elective class and to assess their attitudes about singing in general, self-concept of their own ...
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG COMMUNITIES, IDENTITIES, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
(2011)
A potential barrier to increasing diversity in engineering may be the failure of engineering colleges within predominantly White institutions (PWI's) to understand, acknowledge, and/or accommodate the unique perspectives ...