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The Bases The Story of Norman's Naval Bases during 1942 Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)
This paper was selected because it exemplifies good storytelling. The author, Breanna Edwards, traces the establishment of several naval bases in Norman, Oklahoma through reports in the local newspaper in 1942. From the ...
Relationship Satisfaction and Shared Physical Activity
(2012)
The researcher investigated how sharing activity of a physical nature is associated with relationship satisfaction. The association between sharing physical activity with one‟s partner and relationship satisfaction ...
A Rational Problem of Evil: The Coherence of Christian Doctrine with a Broad Free Will Defense
(2012)
The problem that evil presents for Christian theism is often thought to be the most diffi- cult problem to solve. Since Alvin Plantinga's celebrated free will defense, however, some have argued that the logical problem was ...
Minutes of a Regular Meeting, The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, January 24, 2012
(The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, 2012-01-24)
Essays on State Ownership
(2012)
The aim of my dissertation is to provide insights into the rationale and impact of government investments. The first chapter introduces the topic, from a corporate finance perspective. The second chapter (Why Do Governments ...
TREES AS ECOLOGICAL TEMPLATES FOR TROPICAL LITTER ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES
(2012)
My dissertation spans five chapters on diverse topics on the ecology and taxonomy of ants in tropical regions. In Chapter 1, I explored if tree species identity explained litter arthropod biodiversity. In Chapter 2, I ...
Casimir energies of cavities: The geometry question
(2012)
The question of how the Casimir effect relates to a system's geometry is of fundamental interest. In this thesis, we present new results for interior Casimir self-energies of various integrable geometries and show interesting ...
Journal of the Faculty Senate, February 13, 2012
(The University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate, 2012-02-13)
Genetic Evidence for an Indispensable Role of Somatic Embryogenesis Receptor Kinases in Brassinosteroid Signaling
(PLos Genetics, 2012-01-12)
Author Summary Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a group of plant hormones critical for plant growth and development. BRs are perceived by a cell-surface receptor complex including two distinctive receptor kinases, BRI1 ...
The effects of 12 weeks of walking with and without blood flow reduction on bone turnover markers in college-aged women
(2012)
Walking while reducing blood flow to and from the working muscles has been shown to result in strength gains and increased muscle cross-sectional area (MCSA) in young men and older adults. However, little is known about ...